Another Greenup Press Week (15)

It’s time to revisit The Greenup Press. You remember the Press, don’t you? It has the weekly scoop on what’s going on in my hometown of Greenup, IL (Pop. 1500). I like to read it and make “smart remarks” about some of the items. As the Press isn’t online (darn), I feel it’s my duty to share. Here are a few highlights since I first covered it in July (Blog No. 6).

Bulletin from the Timothy News:

“Don & Brenda P. spent a few days in Kentucky while there, they took in the World’s Longest Yard Sale.”

(Maybe it just seemed long.)

From the Liberty Hills News:

“Gina M. left Wednesday morning to go back to Northern IL. University for the fall semester. Her uncle Brent B. also took a truck load of things for her. I didn’t know it took so much stuff to go to school, but she says she needs every bit of it. Anyhow she is all moved in and taking training to be a floor counselor in her dorm. The students will all be moving in next week so she will be very busy on those days helping new students get to their rooms.”

(Is this one of those “party” schools?)

“We had a little excitement here in Greenup last week. My end of town was closed off awhile due to a unknown object that was found about one block from me.

It was handled as a bomb threat that turned out that it was not. It sure made a lot of extra work and scare for local and state officials. It was decided that the boxes were meant to trap mosquitoes to check for Niles infected mosquitoes. I feel kind of sorry for the guy that put them out as I bet he sure got in trouble. Anyhow I guess it was good training for everyone. At least we now know we have trained personnel if we should need it.”

(Trained personnel? Let’s have a few names please.)


From Letter To The Editor:

In response to Mr. C.’s letter to the editor, as commander of the American Legion I am at all the dances and we have very little trouble. We did not have any fights at the dance that ended at 1:30. Yes, one young man took his frustrations out on a door.”

(It’s good to know the Commander attends all the dances, but maybe in his next report he could explain the “frustrations out on a door”—sounds sort of kinky, don’t you think?)

From Class Offered Notice:

“On Tuesday, November 1, at 7 pm at Toledo Village Hall, Effingham Center Educators Beverly C. and Pat H. will present “Celebrate the Holidays: Make it Simple”. Beverly will give several holiday recipes featuring a variety of convenience foods. Pat will share simple, inexpensive ideas for quick ways to add a festive look to packaging (gift wrapping). You will also learn about some new small kitchen ware on the market”.

(Sounds like the girls will be selling something.)


From Museum News:

“It would be nice if we had a variety store where one could buy a pair of anklets and things such as this without going out of town”.

(Interesting, but what happened to the Museum News?)

And, finally, from the Jack Oak News (our favorite column):

“Mon. Oct. 10th Keith and Anita B. both kept Doctor appointments in Champaign. We are both going to live unless some unforeseen thing occurs”.

And on that cheerful note, we must bid farewell to the Village of Greenup.

See you next week.