Varna Social Notes Highlight Holidays And Local Events
Varna hosted relatives from Pontiac Chicago and Washington state during Christmas week. A serious rabbit hunting accident near Varna involved John Madro who is recovering with nurse Maud Bell aiding. A Varna dancing club Christmas dance drew praise and Colson orchestra featured. a wartime style marriage occurred between Joseph Splain and Miss Lewis, who wed aboard a Lacon to Chicago trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varna
August Quiram
Smith
Pontiac
Tillie Swanson
Chicago
Ernst
Washington State
G. T. Swanson
Thompson
Mildred
Lacon
Ed Spencer
Magnolia
John Madro
Maud Bell
Frank Holton
Mr Holton
Wenona
Brink Lane
C. Mae Ricketts
Crow Agency
Montana
Grandma McCulloch
Joseph Splain
Miss Lewis
Local social notes from Varna and Hopewell
Community brief listing visitors and residents in Varna and Hopewell over Christmas week. Names include the Kelley sisters, Justice family, Dorff and Salisbury, Jesse sisters, Day and Pearl, Mai Culloch, Dr. Dean, Dr. Hoge, Wright family, Grieves party, and many local residents. Mentions moving pictures at Varna, church Christmas programs, and a nearby wedding in Lacon with uncertain groom name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl
Mai Culloch
Dean
Streator
Grandma Lord
Varna
Vivan Hans
Bert Smith
M. B. Church
German Lutheran Church
Hopewell
Peter Selaquist
Roberts
John Selquist
Allan Okerberg
Peoria
Elvina Lindberg
Bjork
Warna
Charlea Garlson
Dave
Anderson
Evar Garlron
Alan Hultgren
Zdinner
Hazel ‘Tate
Hans
Lacon
Christmas program and community notes at Sawyer school
A Christmas program at Sawyer school drew an unusually large crowd. Miss Jennie Ramp organized it with praise for the students and helpers. Mrs. Hess and Nettie Hess recovered from surgery while church events, revivals, and repairs to the church sheds dominated local life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sawyer
Atp
Jennie Ramp
Dave Anderson
Jalmer Hultgren
Allan Hultgren
Mose German
Ivan Shorts
Ed Falk
van Duffield
Earl Wabel
Harry Aukland
Irma Jennings
Violet Wabel
Lillian Duffield
Elsie Clawson
Edith Falk
Neal
Bro
Smith
Ben McAlister
Ellsworth Clark
Swillett
Hess
Sydney
Nettie Hess
Charles Hess
Nettle
Merton Swift
Swift
Gebhart
C Wosdick
Lucian Fosdick
Bro Gebhart
Dr. Swift
G. M. Clark
Norton Swift
Snowden Moffitt
Lydia Moffitt
Harry Snell
True
Theo
Wm Mielkey
Isyvery Bick
Delph
Peoria
Nettle Hess
Appendicus
Timothy Debolt
Missing Fragments From Saratogals Event
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Miss Jona Alice Jurgensen and Alfred with Epworth League social planned for Friday evening this week. Readers see anxious anticipation and arrangements amid unclear text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jona
Alice Jurgensen
Epworth- “League Social
Alfred
Marge Die Elbits
Christmas gathering and church notes from Miller to Varna
A long column records social visits across Hutchins Downey Henry and nearby towns. It notes a large Christmas program at the MFE church, Epworth League events, marriages, and community greetings, with detailed households and visitors including the Pettegrews and Miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Milo
Hettie Whittaker
Providence
Jonathan Pettegrew
Frank Applen
Adel
Charlie Reid
Colehower
Harry
MFE
William Clement
Charlie Swineman
Sherman Ellard
Myrtle Stevens
Goudie
Fox Lake
Wis
Florence Wilson
Macksburg
Maria Pettegrew
Ethel Rouse
Clarence Austin
Epworth
Morning Watch
Myrtle Bowman
Boyd’s Grove League
Floyd Turner
Alice Hanchett
Lula Sherman
Mattie Phelps
Viva Read
Beulah Hanchett
Ernest Barker
Addie Barker
Whitefield Center Christmas Dinners and Local News
Whitefield Center readers share Christmas dinner memories with neighbors and relatives including Leo Huffman family Barry Aukland Lay Hunt Ketchum Seelye and Harrison. Marshall County representative Geellin Wallace heads to Springfield while Miss Viola Herr and Mintath Ireland visit Aukland home. George Vail hag sells today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitefield Center
Happyland
Leo Huffman
Barry
Lawrence Hunt
Hunt
Charles Aukland
James McAleer
Thomas Seelye
Harrison
Jerrel Ketchum
Eo" Huffman
Jeriel” Ketchum
Rand
Thomas
Viola-Herr
Mintath
Ireland
Whitefield
Jeriel ‘Ketchum
Spencer
Indiana
George
Vail- Hag
Also Mentioned on This Page
Saratogals
Rte
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Hart Schaffer & Marx
Hutchins & Downey
Henry, Illinois
Epworth League
Wm. Piper and Son
Aurora
George Milner
Ana
Margaret Condon
Sheffield
Daniel Donovan
Wm. Perry
John Carroll’s
Wm. Fountain
Merna
Bruce Fountain
John O'Neal
Wm. Flynn
Henry
Ernest Reynolds
Roy Maynard
Glenn
Wilbur Soverhill
Samuel Maupin
Miss Pattle
Kentucky
Henry Myers
Iowa
George Smith
Pearl Decker
Heggstrom
Axel Gustafson
Frank Anderson
Robert
Frank Lidgard
Chambersburg
Samuel Chesney
Maxine Chesney
Charles
Xyillie Chesney
Chesney
Brokaw
Lee
Fountain
sHalladay
Ride
Daniel
Donovan
Perry
Frank Perry
P.C. Bacon
S.byron
Allen
Hiram ‘Allen's
Mr. Rand
Gundeen
Annie“yand
Isle
Lawrence
Lundeens
Bekhoff
Judes -Miller’s
James Smith
Bradford
Roger
Atkinson
Gua Rubure
Babe
Frank
Blanche
Doty
Minier Anas
Weil
Hidgar
Snyder
George Minler
Royd iMaynard
Enrere
Nat Charles
Anthony
Arleene
Landeen
Lorence
Boyer
Ernest
Lawrence Landeen
Rude Miller’s
Quaker Lane
C. S. Boman
Janie Nash
Osco
Harwood Griffith
Guyserville
Cal
Kirksville
F. HB. Smith
la Salle
J. C. Sutherlands
Prof. Kreig
Chillicothe
Griffith
W. L. Mills
Salter Seed Company
Mgr
R. C. Tomlinson
Swaney
C . Flitcraft
Oak Park
A. B Wilson
Clement
Lucretia Franklin
Sara Chase
Lexington
Mary W. Smith
Enida Griffith
Charles Mills
Boston Mass
Abel Mills
A. B. Wilson
Magnolia Grange
IE. B. Mills
I. R. Bumgarner
L.S. Griffith
Edna Wilson
Ruth Bumgarner
Wilber
Harold Sutherland
Harry Stansell
Burdette Griffith
Louis Spalding
Turner Mills
Alfred Wilson
University of Illinois
Helen Smith
Milliken
Hazel Boman
Normal
Wilson
Ae R. Fairbanks
Tbl
Adves
Tein
Ree Hexter
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