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Askew, Homer L. 1913-2005

Posted on by December 5, 2013

Homer Askew 1913-2005Homer Lee Askew was born August 17, 1913 to Edward Eugene Askew (1882-1972) and Ava Narcissus Johnson (1887-1947) in Tunnel Hill, Johnson County, Illinois. Homer was only one of thirteen children belonging to the large farm family.

In the 1920 federal census, Homer was aged 6, living with his parental family on the family’s Tunnel Hill farmland. Siblings present in the home were Raymond Askew 14, Gomer Askew 12, Allen Askew 10, Beatrice Askew 8, George Askew 4, Mildred Askew 2 and Otto Askew, 8 months old. Continue reading →

1954, Improvements for Marion and Vicinity Planned

Posted on by December 5, 2013

Over Two Million Dollars in Improvements For Marion and Vicinity Planned For 1954

Over two million dollars will be spent in Marion and vicinity during this year on new construction and the purchase of right–of-way for relocating of State Highway 13, according to figures compiled this week by the Marion Daily Republican. Continue reading →

1954, Old Men’s Club Lose Home

Posted on by June 6, 2014

Senior Citizen’s Will Give Up Meeting Place

Today there are twelve unhappy “old men” for the Old Men’s Club, located at 104 East Main Street, was forced to close its doors and these men are now without a meeting place. The irony of the situation is that construction has just started on the Greenburg building on the east corner of the square, and the Old Men’s Club had a choice location for the “sidewalk” engineers to sit and watch the work progress. Continue reading →

1955, Longfellow School Opens To Students

Posted on by December 4, 2013

Longfellow School Opens To Students

Classes Moved from Temporary Quarter in Other Buildings

Two hundred eighty students were transferred Monday from their temporary quarters at other buildings to their new rooms at the Longfellow school. The transferred students had been assigned to Longfellow at the beginning of the term and attended classes at other schools awaiting completion of the new building which was occupied Monday for the first time. Continue reading →