George Emerson Phebus
(known as Emerson Phebus)
 1937 LHS freshman class |
 1937 LHS basketball squad |
 1939 LHS junior class |
 1939 Ag Club |
 1939 LHS football squad |
 1940 |
 1940 LHS track squad |
In the 1937 Lowellian, Emerson Phebus was listed as one of the freshman boys involved in sports (page 54) and as a participant in Mr. Floyd's wrestling and boxing matches put on for the school open house on Feb. 25, 1937 (page 81). He was also on the basketball squad (page 86). The 1938 Lowellian also mentioned that he excelled at sports (page 53), and in 1939 he was listed as one of the "leading boy athletes" (page 67). In the "Senior Will" section of the 1939 Lowellian another boy wrote, "I, Julius Pattee, will my naturaly wavy black hair to Emerson Phebus." (page 41)
In his senior year Emerson Phebus's senior will entry (page 69) in the 1940 Lowellian stated "I, Emerson Phebus, will to Harold Wietbrock my numerous recitations in all classes." Another section of the 1940 yearbook, listing impossibilities, suggested that "Emerson Phebus looking cheerful" would never happen. On a more serious note, he was president of the Ag club in the 1939/40 school year, and an entry on page 102 stated: "A team composed of Vernon Childress, Emerson Phebus, Leopold Kalvairis, and Archie Huebsch won fifth at the Indiana Muck Crop Show. Emerson Phebus also carried off third honors at the district Corn Husking Contest."
The following February 13, 1958, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 7, column 7:
- Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Phebus of State Line Road are recipients of sympathy in the loss of their infant daughter, Deborah Jane, who died at birth January 30, in St. Marys hospital, Kankakee. Memorial services were held January 31 in the Marshall Funeral Home at Grant Park, and burial was in Sanders cemetery near Lowell. Surviving with her parents are a brother, Larry, and sister, Peggy; also the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Meine Cirks and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Phebus, all of Grant Park.
The following Nov. 4, 1981, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 11, column 1:
- Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Phebus celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary Oct. 18. More than 50 people gathered at the event, hosted by Peg and Bill Weybrieht. They received a telephone call from Sherry and Larry Phebus and family of Columbus, Miss. Lovely flowers gracing the altar of the St. Peter United Church of Christ, Grant Park, Ill., were given in their honor.
This Nov. 13, 1991, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 9, columns 5-7:
Golden Anniversary Open House Planned
Emerson and Mabel Phebus of Lowell will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an Open House at the Grant Park (Illinois) Community Shelter from 2-4 p.m. Sat., Nov. 16.Emerson Phebus and Mabel Cirks were married Oct. 18, 1941, in rural Grant Park at the home of the brides parents, with Rev. Roy Brumbaugh officiating.
Their witnesses were the brides sister and her husband, Margaret and George Frahm of Grant Park, who will share the Open House celebration in anticipation of their golden anniversary in December.
Farmers all their married life, the Phebus are active members of St. Peter United Church of Christ in Grant Park, and Mabel Phebus also worked about 10 years at St. James Hospital in Chicago Hts., Ill.
The couples children are Larry and Sherry Phebus of Columbus, Miss., and Peggy and Bill Weybright of Grant Park. The grandchildren include: Tiffany Phebus of Columbus, Tammi and Bruce Boudin of Millport, Ala, Traci and Alan Wall of Jackson, Miss., Teri Phebus of Huntsville, Ala., and Trisha and Tim Weybright of Grant Park.
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