Flora Journal-Record

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The flora Journal-Recor
PART ONE
YOU SHOULD REAOm^ JOURNAL4lECOIU> ^THE NEWSIEST NEWSPAPER IN CLA^ COUNTY
VOLUME XIV
• THE JOlTRlTAlh Vol M        No. S
, FLORA. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 2^. 1923
NUMBER 24
TOeiNEY DRAWIiIGS HADE
Flora Di»w* Boae   G«p   for    Firet
Gone.  IjohtorlUe and Olney
Draw BMy Oypo—to.
nXAIi  BHOVUD  BB  THIUIXER
8CPT. OOJJBBnK BNTBRS
RACE FOB RB-iO^BCTION^
County Soperlntendent ot Schools, Gllle*pte. •nnounces In tht* Usue of this papor his candidacy for nom- Inatloa^ind re-election to office. Mr. Olllssple l)as aerved the people wJti In the cause ot education daring Ut* time he has    been    In office.
CIADES WW TOORHAMEIIIT *"*"« "l^^jo^r buxedI
Brine Bm Over by a Ou- DHvea by
DoToat   lAwrmcevlIle  8X  to Final Oame Hatnrday.
as ia
The tournament drawtBc* were re-
eelrad tha Ust of last wdbk and gire ' Tlora three godd teams to play be-
.ior* the finals. Bon* Oap, their flr*t  ',Z1 .._,_ .,      w    ..     ..      - 'oppoaeat. are strong thli year and \^l ^Tr^^J\*t", ^•'* •» """>
irtli ptay their best baU. t*ewton •"«! I Ih J, "J^iVr, ^L^^/'J* ,"'^°
CIma are both playing ball the oaual^"",?S"'"*'»" ^''« bn'^" «>» •«-
o« BOD* Oap.  and  then CUy  City.      iS Kaui-„
who irlll probably go  to  the ¦«nit-      «•«>•«•»•«
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,    The-Flora eighth grade basketball
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iinatar ar* prortng themselrea strong «r ererf week.
Olney -drew Noble, who hare also been showing *igns of Improrement but they ahould win wtth eane. Lou- ¦,^UIe ha* defeated Xenik so bad -^nrtee this season they are not doped -ta ahow much oppoaUton, but It Is a ««rulnty they will fight the Card.. Inala hard. Probably the beat aa—.g tbe tournament will be the Jjasaidaas-tilaey game. Olney Is Im- grostsg ra»Mly, and are coming pteeeaeA to take the shield home with tfaeH—and they may do It too.    A
"^trletory orer Louisville will give them
¦jSaa edge that win be hard to beat.
''•AiOiilatlUe taas recovered fronx her 'imid-aaaaon slump aad any team that 'baata thera wtll hare to be In the same erery secoad. With one ot tba fastest tean>8 in the district they win be hard to take, ei|ther In the •aoond game or th% flnf la. Flora has sot gone mny too well of late and will hare to play on all six to win Ab* trophy this year.
Tbere  will  be  other good  games
."Irat the ones mentioned will be the
u«aal battles    b.
-' Saason ticket* are going good but Shsre are itlll seme left fior loiial fan and arery one who cad should bur a season ticket. The seats are Taaarred aad you can go when you want to and leare whan you want to. Just trarel down to Prince's and get yours while you  think about it.
Business houses will be decorating lhe flrst of the week In gala attire, and the entire town will be prepared
that In.wder to in- .cr«a*a tba atflclaney ot aar achool syatems tt is necessary that teaob- *r* aad pupils should hare adeqiiata equipment with which to work. Therefore.Mr. Olllesple has made a drlre thla year for Standard Schools which has resulted In the placing of flre schools on the Standard list with the promise of others to comply In the near future.
He tdforms us that all of the rural schools tn the County hav* now cOai- plied with the Sanitation Law and are drawing erery" dollar of thetr State funds with the ezeeptlon of ona, which wlU Ukely comply