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June, 1928

Antioch News7 June 1928
Several from here attended the Commencement exercises at Antioch and Gurnee Wednesday evening. Miss Helen Neahous and Frank Paskawsky were among the twenty-seven graduates from Antioch, and Misses Doris Jamieson and Roberta Hook and Arthur Slocum were the graduates from Gurnee.

Mr. and Mrs. George Follet and daughter of Libertyville, Mr. and Mrs. Barney Trieger, Mrs. Arthur Trieger, Mr. and Mrs. Phelps of Antioch, Andrew White, Mr. and Mrs. D. G. White and Miss Cora White of Grayslake visited Millburn church on Sunday to hear Miss Una Minto in her farewell talk.
Miss Minto arrived home last June on a year's furlough and has been busily engaged in the interests of Missions while at home, speaking in every town in her own county, and in hundreds of churches in other states, but is eager to get back to her post in Angola, Africa. Her many friends, both old and new, wish her well, as she returns to her chosen field of service.

Mr. and Mrs. Sid Hook, Mrs. Cora Studer and daughter of Gurnee spent Tuesday with Mrs. W. M. Bonner.

Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler Denman and son of Waukegan and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Denman and children of Gurnee spent Decoration day at C. E. Denman's.

Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Martin were Chicago shoppers Friday.

Mrs. Louis Schwicht and baby daughter are spending a few weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Chope.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Garby and daughter of Chicago spent the week end at Robert Bonner's.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gillings, Miss Ruby Gillings, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Harmer and children of Waukegan were Sunday callers at W. Bonner's,

Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Martin entertained Mr. and Mrs. Fred Achen and sons of Kenosha Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Cannon of Pasadena, California, arrived Monday for two month's visit with their children in Lake County and Chicago.

Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Bonner and children called on Mrs. Mina Gilbert at Waukegan Sunday.

Miss May Dodge of Peoria spent the past week with her cousins, the Bonner families.

Miss Alice Bauman returned Tuesday from DeKalb Normal for a short vacation before starting the summer course.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Newman of Boulder, Colorado, are spending a month with the latter's sister, Mrs. J. S. Denman and other relatives.

Miss Ruby Gillings returned Saturday to her brother, L. E. Gillings' home, after several weeks visit with her sister, Mrs. Frazier Hollenbeck of Chicago.

Joe McDermott returned Wednesday to the Rosenthal home, having spent the winter with his mother in Rochester, Minn.

Mrs. Lenore Sage of Chicago visited her cousin, Miss Mary Eichinger the past week.

Charles M. Gorham of 419 West street, Waukegan, passed away at his home Monday morning at the age of 80 years. The funeral was at the home Wednesday afternoon with burial in Millburn cemetery.

Antioch News14 June 1928
All roads lead to Millburn on Friday night, June 15, when the Ladies Aid will put on a "Fashion and Stunt Night." There will be many a laugh provided for the sum of 15 cents admittance. A bakery sale and ice cream will be sold after the program.

Children's Day services entitled "The Children's Share" will be given at the church Sunday morning, June 17, at 10:30 o'clock. Everyone is very welcome to attend this service which is given entirely by the children.

Miss Mary Dunbar, formerly a teacher at Millburn, but now a student in Lawrence College, Appleton, Wis., spent Sunday with the L. J. Slocum family and remained for a few days with Mrs. E. A. Martin.

Dr. and Mrs. H. E. Jamison and Doris, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Martin and Richard, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dodge in Oak Park.

Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Denman and family, D. M. White, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Newman were entertained at the Leslie Kamper home in River Forest Sunday.

Miss Alice Bauman left Monday for a six-weeks course at DeKalb Normal school.

John Vernon Edwards spent the past week with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Kaluf at Druces Lake.

Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Cannon accompanied by their son-in-law, Geo. Crockett of Niles, attended church here Sunday.

Dr. Royal Hall and four children of Albion, Michigan, are spending two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Mac Nair at the parsonage.

Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Bonner and children drove to Three Oaks, Mich., Monday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Bonner's brother, Roy Dawson, who was killed in an auto accident in Sioux City, Iowa, last Friday night.

Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Denman spent Sunday at Gurnee with their son, Edwin Denman and family.

Rev. Mac Nair will hold services at the Hickory church Sunday afternoon, June 17, at 2:30.

Antioch News21 June 1928
Miss Una Minto Sails For Mission Fields
Miss Una Jean Minto, sister of Harold Minto of Maple Hill Farm, Antioch, who has been on furlough in America for the past year, returns to her field as a worker under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in West Central Africa, and June 22. Miss Minto will sail on the Majestic, connecting at Southampton with the S. S. "Elizabethville." She will stop off at Leopoldville, West Central Africa, to attend a conference, before going to her station in Bailundo, West Central Africa.
Miss Minto will be recalled as a member of the teaching staff of the American Board Girls' School at Bailundo. There are two schools there, one for boys and one for girls, which give to native children who come from the African Kralls, at least a working knowledge of the "3 R's". In addition, they are taught gardening, manual training, and simple rules for domestic life. Many of these children travel seventy-five miles on foot to reach the school and often eager groups are turned away because of lack of accommodations.

Mrs. D.B. Webb spent the past week with her daughter, Mrs. Earl Edwards at River Forest. She attended the high school graduation exercises of her granddaughter, Helen Edwards.

Misses Katherine and Ruth Minto returned to their home on Monday for their summer vacations from Beloit college.

Saturday afternoon at her summer home on Loon Lake Miss Clara Nelson entertained Mr. and Mrs. Carl Newman, Mrs. J. S. Denman, Miss Haines of Gurnee and Miss Margaret Gilbert of Waukegan.

Mr. and Mrs. George White and sons, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Denman and children, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Newman motored to Lake Geneva and Rochester, Wis., Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. Newman leave Wednesday for their home in Boulder, Colorado, after three week's visit with relatives' here.

The Fashion Show and Stunt night given by the Ladies Aid was well attended, and enjoyed by all. About forty dollars was realized from bakery sale and tickets.

John Ecihinger spent Friday and Saturday at Mukwonago with his niece, Mrs. Geo. Gerrity and family.

Eighteen from Millburn church attended the Lake county Conference of Congregational churches at Waukegan Tuesday.

Mrs. Bauman, Sr., of Waukegan is visiting at the home of her son, Lewis Bauman.

Miss Norma Torfin entertained the party of girls Wednesday afternoon in honor of her thirteenth birthday.

The Christian Endeavor Society are giving a steak fry in Beshel's woods east of Millburn Thursday evening.

Vernon' Webb and Ralph McGuire left Wednesday morning for a week's outing at a Young People's conference at Tower Hill, Mich. Rev. MacNair accompanied them to Chicago.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bonner and sons spent Sunday with Mrs. Bonner's parents at Kansasville, Wis.

Antioch News28 June 1928

Miss Rubie Gillings spent several days the past week with Mrs. W. M. Bonner.

Dr. Hall and children, who have spent the past two weeks at the parsonage, returned on Saturday to their home in Albion, Mich.

Mrs. MacNair, Robert Hook, Doris Jamison and Lillian Strohal left early Monday morning by auto for the State Christian Endeavor convention at Danville, Ill.

Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bonner and Ethel McGuire spent Sunday with Edwin Denman and family of Gurnee.

Miss Helen Neahous, who is employed in North Chicago, spent the week end with her parents.

Miss Rubie Gillings accompanied her sister, Mrs. Frazier Hollenbeck to Chicago Sunday, where she will visit several weeks.

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Bonner and children were Sunday callers at the R. G. Murri home at Russell.

Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Denman, Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler Denman and son of Waukegan, motored to Starved Rock last Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bonner and sons spent Sunday with Mrs. Bonner's parents at Kansasville.

Mrs. MacNair entertained a party of Sunday School girls last Thursday afternoon in honor of her nieces, Louise and Eleanor Hall.

The Sunday School picnic which has been held on July 4, for several years, will be held later in July this year. Watch for the date.

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