anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, recall the words of President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered to a joint session of Congress
Dec. 7th, 1941
“Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives:
“Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy – the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.
To clarify, on Monday, November 20th, the Virginia School Board voted to allow the Senior Class to utilize class funds to possibly go on a cruise for their senior trip. This trip would not be chaperoned by Virginia School staff nor would the Virginia School District consider this trip a district sponsored Senior Class Trip.
A Candy Cane Hunt will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 9 at Everest Supportive Living, 8570 St. Luke Drive, Beardstown. There will be two age groups; Pre-K-1st Grade and 2nd Grade to 4th Grade.
Two winners will receive a $50 Amazon Gift Card. There will be lots of candy canes and special candy canes can be redeemed for prizes. Cookies, milk and hot chocolate will be available for everyone! The public is invited.
This may come as a surprise to younger readers, but there was a time when most people placed strong trust in the news media.
In survey results released earlier this year by Gallup and the Knight Foundation as reported by the Associated Press, half of those surveyed “believe national news organizations intend to mislead, misinform or persuade the public to adopt a particular point of view through their reporting.”
Charles Swindoll, Christian pastor, author and educator, once said “I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let’s face it, friends make life a lot more fun.”
Everyone is invited to a cantata entitled “Sing We Now of Christmas” by Howard Helvey.
The first presentation will be at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, December 18 at Waverly First United Methodist Church at 190 E. State St. in Waverly. It will be repeated at Grace United Methodist Church at 400 W. Morgan St. at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 21.
Harvesting ice out of Mascouten Bay was quite an interesting business during the winter. It was a beautiful body of water at the edge of the Illinois River at the northeast corner of Beardstown and was where the Indians fished and hunted just 100 years earlier. The workers at the bay would use a team of horses to pull large knives that would score the ice in 100-pound blocks. They would float the blocks of ice to the edge of the shore where a steam engine ran
One of the things that happens after Thanksgiving is Black Friday. I’ve never really understood the hype behind it all, but I know a lot of people who really love shopping on that crazy day every year.
I used to work with a friend who usually made it a family affair. They would get up in the middle of the night, leave around 4:00 a.m. and hit Jacksonville or Springfield, or both, and spend the whole day dodging traffic, shopping carts and irate, rude and unhappy people. Why?
Monday - Chicken & noodles, corn, dinner roll, pineapple, milk. Tuesday - Sweet & sour pork, rice, broccoli, bread, apricots, milk. Wednesday - Chili, carrot sticks, crackers, tropical fruit, milk
Mark your calendar for Friday, January 12, 2024! That is the date the 1959 Gymnasium at Beardstown High School, the site of an era of unmatched success for Beardstown High School basketball under Coach Bob Hembrough, will be dedicated to the Tigers’ former head mentor.