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Virtual Preschool Storytime
The Nippersink Library invites your preschooler to a virtual storytime on Tuesdays from 10:00 - 10:45 with Ms. Lindsey. Email her at lindseyt@nippersinklibrary.org to get the Zoom link and password. Held weekly on Tuesdays until June 1.RBBA Domino's Slice the Price Fundraiser
The Richmond Burton Baseball Association is holding a fundraiser in conjunction with Domino's Pizza called Slice the Price card!- Every time you purchase a large pizza at Domino’s, you will receive a large pizza FREE!
- The cost of the card is just $15, which is around the price of a large pizza, so if you use the card just one time, it pays for itself!
- Use the card as many times as you would like until the card expires.
- Multiple purchases allowed. Buy10 pizzas and get 10 more pizzas FREE!
The Grove Pub and Grill Update
The Grove Pub and Grill is excited to have recently installed new sidewalls for the screened patio to help keep their al fresco dining more comfortable during the cold winter months! The new sidewalls and the heated floors make for a cozy day or evening out with friends or family. Visit them on Facebook here. Located at 2008 Main Street.Photo of the Week
Even the cows at the Thread & Gage Co. Farm on Richardson Road are looking forward to spring. Photo submitted by Nick Petska. If you have a photo of Spring Grove you would like to share, email it here.
Kids Karnival
Step right up and join the fun . . . this Kids Karnival will be the best one! Games, bounce houses, face painting and more – nachos, popcorn, treats galore. To be held on Friday, February 25 from 6pm-8pm at LifeSpring Community Church's new location at 1154 Route 173. Contact Susan with any questions at susan@lifespringefc.org.Spring Grove Elementary PTO Fundraiser
Richmond Motor Sales & Service is donating 10% of customer repair bills back to the SGE PTO for the month of February when you bring in the attached flyer.Magic Moon Gaming & Wine Bar
Magic Moon Gaming & Wine Bar features charcuterie boards and other finger foods to accompany your glass of wine from a nice assortment on their wine list. Take advantage of their 10% DISCOUNT for seniors. Visit them here! Located at 2020 Route 12 Unit M. Open 9 a.m.- 1 a.m. Mon - Sat and to 11:00 p.m. on Sundays.Blast from the Past - Kate Patterson Shotliff Sanborn Orvis
Kate in center with grandsons and neighbor going for a sleigh ride in 1926
Kate and son Fred Valentine Shotliff
circa 1935
Katherine “Kate” Patterson was the second wife of William Shotliff. She was born in Tyrone, Ireland, on May 6, 1867. She emigrated with her parents to America in 1872. Their first stop was Chicago where her father found employment as a baker. In 1875 they came to McHenry County and Harvard, Richmond, Solon Mills and finally Spring Grove in 1884.
When she married William Shotliff in 1885, who we learned last week was a widower with one child, she was 18 and he was 35. Together they had three sons and two daughters.
William died suddenly in 1900 and she remarried in 1904 to John W. Sanborn. John had six children from a previous marriage, and they had one child together, a boy named John B. Sanborn.
John W. died in 1920 and in 1921 Kate married one more time to Byron L. Orvis. When they were young, Byron and Kate were schoolmates and friends. Her father was a baker in Solon Mills and when he went around the county selling his wares, Byron and Kate secretly ate cookies and pies in his bakery together. Kate would often take the blame - and the punishment - for the missing pastries. Byron had two children from his first wife’s first marriage that he was raising after her death.
Now, John W. Sanborn was Byron’s uncle...so in essence, Byron married his aunt and became the stepfather of his seven cousins!
If you were counting, Kate and Byron had 15 children now, and they were all with them when they went to the Chicago City Hall to get married. After 25 years with Byron, for the first time Kate did not outlive her spouse when she passed away in 1946.
Described as a loving woman with “great generosities toward everyone” she was laid to rest with William Shotliff and his first wife, Mattie Stevens in Cole Cemetery.
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