Community Notes Include Visits and Church Services
Mrs Laura Quick spent a few days with her sister Mrs Will Snyder. Wash Bowen and family visited Mr Cobie Peyton and family. Funeral services for Mrs Mckey drew many from the area. Clarence Cavins and wife visited Ed Belcher and family. Albert Hindrex stayed with his parents and later with his children and Mr Theo Meredith. Dan Retter and family visited Mrs Betters parents. Sunday School attendance reached thirty one at Fairman and thirty five at Temple with 3 pm preaching at Temple. Lela Bopp hosted visits from Mable Gladys and Isabell Bowen. Patoka girls visited Hilda Tacke and Temple hosted Surfay Sunday School at ten. Murl and Rosy Snyder called on Opal Belcher Monday. Nathan Kiest helped John Bopp with his house plans, Irvin Bowen and family attended Sunday. Mrs Mat Belcher called on Mrs James Snyder Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Quick
Will Snyder
Wash Bowen
Cobie Peyton
Theo, Meredith
Dan Retter
Betters
Charles Bowen
Fairman
Temple
Mable
Gladys
Isabell Bowen
Lela
Lila Bopp
Patoka
Hilda Tacke
Surfay
Murl
Rosy Snyder
Opal Belcher
Nathan Kiest
John Bopp
Irvin Bowen
Mat Belcher
James Snyder
Local notes on visits and social calls in Murphysboro area
David Gerrish and family and Floyd Britt drove to Murphysboro to view ruins. Harry Perkins met J. C. Hunter near Shobonier. Opal Forehand and family visited Wm. Perkins. Emelia Anetta and Fredia Perkins spent time with Wm. Perkins. Evalene Smith visited her sister Mrs Cecil Beckett. Hayes Smith works as a carpenter in Patoka for O A Nattier. Wm. Perkins and wife called on David Gerrish and family. The community notes pleasant weather and a big dinner at the Eag- Page mentions local gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Gerrish
Floyd Britt
Murphysboro
Harry Perkins
J. C. Hunter
East of Shobonier
Opal
Famly
Wm. Perkins
Emelia
Anetta
Fredia Perkins
Evalene Smith
Cecil Beckett
Hayes Smith
Patoka
O. A. Nattier
Eag
Lin Schol House Holds Final Day Event
The last day of school was well attended and all enjoyed a fine time. Mr. Cecil Beckett and wife visited Hayes Smith and wife and Wm. Perkins and wife Tuesday night. Lon Pritchett helped Lawrence Perrine plow for oats the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lin Schol
Cecil Beckett
Hayes Smith
Wm. Perkins
Lon Pritchett
Lawrence Perrine
Bear Creek News Adolph Mueller Buys 100 Acre Pope Farm
Mrs. Carl Christie and Aunt Jane Christie are ill. Adolph Mueller of Decatur bought Cyril E. Lake farm last Saturday, 100 acres, total 1119 12 acres in Pope township. Oversee repairs and fence cleaning by Frank Tompkins of Shobonier. Sunday visits include the Lake and Christie families, Belcher, Robertson, Potts, Brown, and others. Grandpa Robertson is seriously ill. T. J. Christie and Edward Payne, with several others, visited Vandalia Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Christie
Jane Christie
Adolph Mueller
Decatur
Cyril E. Lake
Pope Township
Frank Tompkins
Shobonier
A. Brummil
Thomaas Belcher
Vernon
Fred Lake
Surprise Party in Honor of Vivian Williams Departure
Neighborhood youths attended a Saturday night surprise for Vivian Williams as she leaves for Carbondale. Dorris and wife visited Melton Hines and wife in Alma on Sunday. Walter Somerville heads to Chicago to enroll in Coynes electrical school. Cecil Black and wife welcomed a baby boy. Susan Black of Kinmundy visits Cecil and Wesley Black. Supervisor orders confinement or destruction of dogs bitten by a rabid animal as Urbana experiment station warns animals may go mad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hy Williams
Miss Vivian
Carbondale
Dorris
Melton Hines
Alma
Walter Somerville
Chicago
Coynes Electrical School
Cecil Black
Susan Black
Kinmundy
Cecil
Wesley Black
Urbana Experimental Department
Rabid dog sightings and local activity reported
A rabid large yellow shepherd dog was killed west of town after biting animals. Earlier a rabid dog from Alma in the Mt Moriah settlement was killed. Dorris and Guy Chandler patrolled roads Saturday while Forest Sanders hauled logs for a new home. Alvin Gray moved limestone from Patkoa, and Miss Vivian Williams hosted a youth gathering before closing her school Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma
Mt. Moriah
Dorris
Guy Chandler
Forest Sanders
Alvin Gray
Patkoa
Above the Knee Fashion and Hidden Wealth in the News
The piece muses on fashion trends urging skirts above the knee and red dyed ears while praising a divine destiny for women. It discusses vast untapped wealth from atmospheric nitrogen, offshore oil wells, and potential future ocean bed exploration, noting the Supreme Court ruling on the game and fish act and the Monterey Fish Product Company halting operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Pacific
Alaska
Africa
Henry Ford
Supreme Court
Monterey Fish Product Company
Letter from Marshall Field president on fertilizer fish issue
James Simpson president of Marshall Field & Company writes on fertilizer fish fit for human food. He notes manufacturers distributors and workers rely on generally prosperous conditions and highlights a paragraph with implications for industry and employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Simpson
Marshall Field & Company
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Mary Sunshine
St. Louis
James Troutt
Eaglin
Illinois Theatre
Thomas Meighan
Fox News
Colleen Moore
Fables
Pathe Review
Bear Creek News
Balstons
Davis-Reichenbach
Centralia
Elk Scout
Illinois
Paris
Barland Oil Company
Colorado
Lowe Brothers Auto Enamel
Globe Lumber C
Vernon, Illinois
California
Ballances’ Store
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