Freeport Journal-Standard, 16 April 1938
Ben Brinkmeier and family of Brodhead WI visited Sunday with his mother Mrs. S.D. Brinkmeier who is staying at the Dan Brinkmeier home.

George Walrod has re-entered theDeaconess Hospital, his condition not improving as rapidly as was expected.

Elmer Studebaker and Donald Barklow are building a new porch on the Maurice Finkenbinder residence this week.

F.M. Offenhiser attended the Supervisors meeting held in Freeport several days this week.

Mrs. Raymond Groesinger and Mrs. Dan Brinkmeier were Rockford shoppers Monday.

The free moving pictures will start on Monday evening May 23 with the picture "Northern Frontier" and will continue every Monday evening throughout the summer. There will be no shows on Decoration Day July 4, nor Labor Day. The same group of business men of Pearl City will sponser them again this year.

Miss Pearl Olthoff who teaches at Wilmette is spending her Easter vacation at her home here this week.

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Reynolds and family visited the formers mother Mrs. Birdie Reynolds at Lena Monday evening.

Mrs. Martha Woessner of Shannon visited Thursday at the Donald Barklow home.

Miss Erma Dambman of Chadwick, who teaches at Downers Grove was a weekend guest at the home of Dan Kuhlmeyer.

Miss Thelma Finkenbinder was a Chicago visitor Friday.

Freeport Journal-Standard, 08 July 1938
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Offenheiser and daughter spent Sunday with the August Hasselmann family in Pearl City.

Freeport Journal-Standard, 25 November 1938
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Hummermeier were given a surprise farewell party at their home in Erin township last week by fifty neighbors adn friends. The Hummermeiers are moving to Freeport. A social time was enjoyed and a handsome table lamp was presented to the honorees.

Freeport Journal-Standard, 12 December 1938
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Groezinger, west of town, entertained Mr. and Mrs. Chester Otte and sons. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Groezinger, of Pearl City, Francis Raders and Miss Betty Mae Schulz, at dinner Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Raders returned home Sunday, having spent the week-end in Chicago visiting at the Imo Niell home and attending the stock show at the Coliseum. Mrs. Imo Niell is a patient at the Lying In hospital, recuperating from an operation.

Freeport Journal-Standard, 21 January 1939
Mrs. Hugo Neebel was hostess at a quilting party this week, every member of the Dublin country Ladies club being present. A friendship coverlet on which were worked the names of community friends, made an interesting as well as attractive article to work on. A potluck dinner was served at noon. The following attended: Mesdames W.L. Momenteller, Herman Kellar, Leroy Bowden, Walter Keller, Archie Solt, Milton Flack, Harvey Rubendahl, Floyd Miller, Jesse Miller, George Lobdel, Wiliam Lobdell, Raymond Kluck and the Misses Gladys Kluck, Mabel Keller and Stella Kinsella.

The first meeting of the Pearl Valley Rangers were held Monday night with an attendance of 32. Officers elected were: President, Jay Mitchell; vice president, Alden Kempel; Secretary - Aleen Flack; treasurer, Ruth Kempel; reporter, Marian Kempel. G.R. Brown explained the responsibilities and benefits club member could expect from project work. Club meetings will be held the first Monday of every month

Freeport Journal-Standard, 26 September 1939
Dick Musser has purchased the former Fred Meyers farm southwest of Pearl City.

Freeport Journal-Standard, 05 March 1940
The Ephraim Klipping family moved last week to a farm near Waddams.

Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Borchers and daughter Carol Ann of Freeport were Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Schuler

Miss Vera Mitchell is attending a beauticians convention in Chicago several days this week.

Miss Marian Kempel was home from DeKalb college this weekend

Miss Maxine Mitchell entertained her friend Miss Marian Friday of Stillman Valley over the weekend. Both girls are students at the Metropolitian College of Rockfod.

Miss Phyllis Solt has completed her course in beauty culture at the Dixon school and now has employment at a shop here. She spend Monday at the home of her parents here.

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Boop moved Saturday to a Luebbing farm west of Florence Station.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bruer and family have moved to Pearl City.

S.W. Kuhlmeyer returned last week after spending the winter months with relatives at Pamona CA.

Winners of the literary contest held Friday night were Fay Gillenwaters first in oration; Esther Olthoff first in dramatic declamations; Elaine Gassman first in humorous declamations; Mildred Boop first in vocal; Mary Louise Schroer won in verse reading with no competition. These students will represent Pearl City in the county contest at Dakota on March 29.

C.W. Kuhlmeyer fell Sunday morning on the icy sidewalks and hurt his ankle.

Families in New Dublin community gave a shower for Mr. and Mrs. Ray Klatt Thursday night at the Henry Brady home. They received a purse of money from the group.

Clipping 1952 Contributed by Karen Fyock
A "flying saucer" or variation thereof was sighted late last night by a startled Pearl City farm woman driving home from a movie in Freeport. Mrs. John Baumgartner had come to Freeport with her granddaughter to attend a motion picture and was driving home west on the Pearl City blacktop. As she passed the Grant Olthoff farm the apparition appeared at the southwest edge of her vision and moved at tremendous speed horizontally to the northwest. "It wasn't a falling star," Mrs. Baumgartner said. "I've seen lots of those and they don't move as fast and they don't move horizontally. They fall." Mrs. Baumgartner said what she saw was longer than it was high. "It was light at the front end, reddish and orange in the middle and had a green trail," she reported. "I never saw a falling star with a green trail." The "saucer" Mrs. Baumgartner saw seemed tilted slightly, but traveled in a straight line from south to north at what appeared to be uniform altitude. Her granddaughter didn't see it and Mrs. Baumgartner was too startled to call it to her attention. "I couldn't have said a word, even if there had been an older person along." Mrs. Baumgartner commented. "I've read about these flying saucers, but I couldn't say what I saw was one or not. I still don't know what it was, but it must have been one. I don't know what else it could be." It was the first report of a flying saucer in the immediate Freeport area. Several Rockford residents have reported seeing saucers in the last week. A report that one had landed in Rockford yesterday turned out to be a hoax perpetrated by U. S. Navy personnel attached to the Rockford recruiting station as publicity for the station's current recruiting drive. Two other persons told authorities here of seeing a similar object about the same time. Both declined to five their names.

The Steaphenson Farmer 19 October 1961 Contributed by Karen Fyock
A surprise party honoring Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kingham of Australia, parent of Mrs. Lester Miche, was held October 11th at Zion Evangelical United Church annex. The couple has been visiting here since the first week in September and will leave for home Friday. Following a short devotional period, Lester Miche, the couple's son-in-law showed slides from Australia, they had brought with them. Mrs. Kingham was presented with a gold brooch and Mr. Kingham a set of cuff links as gifts from the group. Refreshments were served. Sponsors of the gesture were members of the Builders Sunday School Class to which Mr. and Mrs. Miche belong. Mr. and Mrs. Kingham live at Tichborne, in New South Wales, Australia. Their daughter, Lila, met Mr. Miche when he was an INternational Foreign Youth Exchange student from September 1953 to April 1954. The couple was married in Toronto, Canada the following January. This is the first opportunity the grandparents have had to see their two grandsons, Leland and Rickey. The Kinghams are farmers raising mainly sheep and wheat; also flowers which they sell. They wer especially interested in dairy farming, little of which is done in their section of the country; also hog and sheep crops here. Week end visitors in the Miche home to meet the Kinghams were Mr. and MRs. Kenneth Harper of Waterdown, Ontario, Canada, the couple with whom Mrs. Miche stayed about sixty days waiting clearance of her permit to enter the United States.

A line from Riley E. Barnes of 726 Susan Drive, Lakeland, Fla., formerly of Pearl City reads: "Levi Mishler who lives not far from us, told us the other day that the Pearl City News was no more. I shall miss it ore than I can say. I used to pass the office every day on my way to and from school. My sister Nellie worked there for quite some time. In its records are the happenings of friends and relatives. It was truly a landmark and worthy of the respect of the community. We are contented in Florida, the sunshine state. It is a good place for retirement; that is if there is any good place for retirement. We visited John Knapp in St. Augustine last July. He is 91 still operates a farm about 12 miles from town, driving out there every day. We had a nice visit with him and his wife Helen. He told me his brother Charles is still going strong at 94 and lives in Pasadena, Calif. Please give my regards to Pearl City acquaintances."

Mr and Mrs. LaVere Endress and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Garnhard were week end guests of friends in Chicago.

Mrs. Lea Gilpin of Keokuk, Iowa, is visiting at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Karl Koch.

Calvin L. Barklow, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Barklow in army training the past year called home Sunday night from his base in California informing his parents of his flight Monday to Fort Dix, N. J., from where he will go to Germany.

Attending Dad's Day Saturday at Normal where their children are students at the State Teachers College were Mr. and Mrs. Ray Groesinger, whose daughter Darla is a sophomore; Mr. and Mrs. Jay Mitchell whose son Douglas is a freshman and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Croffoot whose daughter, Jill is a freshman. Others attending were Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Wick and daughter Valerie and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Piefer.

Mrs. Viola Heine suffered a broken arm the past week in a fall on the sidewalk enroute to the post office.