Local social notes and community updates move through Patoka area
East St. Louis teachers meeting reported. Wayne Doolen of Sterling visited his mother in town. Patoka residents hosted social calls and fall ill residents include Cecil Binnion and Albert Forehand. Many neighbors visited, extended families traveled from Centralia Vandalia and Peoria, with church and Ladies Aid activities noted. A fire damaged Eli Morgan's home but was contained. High school drama set for April 14 and local oil lease efforts mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East St. Louis
Wayne Doolen
Sterling
Blanche Jones
D. L. Freyer
Patoka
J. M. Thompson
Edith Peyton
East of Town
Owenco
Wm. Secrest
Cecil Binnion
Earl Graham
Bertha Danbury
Woman’s Club
Mary K. Smith
Albert
Kepler
Harold Jolliff
Ruth Moore
Centralia
Charles Moore
Jim Nicholson
Odin
Joe Wickenhauser
Jessie Binnion
Barl Doolen
Wilma Cole
West of Patoka
Gerald Livesay
Marcelline Garrett
Kinmundy
Claud Garrett
Alice Pratt
Lora Wilson
Vandalia
Harry Lynch
Decatur
William Danbery
Bruce
Emmer Danbery
Ada Dolly
Lucille Dolly
Peoria
Phyllis
Estella Livesay
St. Louis
C. O.livesay
George Johnson
Vernon Ladies Aid
Berths
Danbury
Belix Livesay
Bobby
Salem
Francis Livesay
Eli Morgan
Louis Laurence
Helen Herring
Charles
Danbery
Vernon High School
Ladies Aid
Effie Hathaway
Estella West
Hathaway
Robert Foltz
Edna Lenigar
Cloe Kepler
Mark Greer Hospital
Frank Dolly
Alma
Zion Ladies Aid Meeting and Local Sale Report
The Ladies Aid of Zion met with Mildred Walton this week. Attendees from the vicinity attended a sale held at the late home of Lafe Bassett. Taura Frizzell spends the week near Flora with Mr and Mrs Art Wilfong, who report recent illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid of Zion
Mildred Walton
Lafe Bassett
Taura Frizzell
Flora
Heward
Art Wilfong
Stombaugh Hill Residents Mingle and Attend Easter Events
Local gossip records numerous visits and social calls among Stombaugh, Stark, Wolff, and Summan families in Vandalia and nearby towns. Easter egg hunt draws about fifteen hundred attendees at Cry Park, with multiple households hosting dinners and sightseeing across Patoka, Decatur, Mulberry Grove, and Brownstown areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claud Carroll
Rollie Stombaugh
John Wolff
Bill Wolff
Shobonier
Grace Davies
Bess Davies
Margaret Wolff
Decatur
Burl Buckmaster
Mary Stombaugh
Amil Oberg
Dow Davies
Martin Summan
Jean
Shirley
John Merriman
Carson
Brownstown
Ellen Meyers
Stombaugh
T. M. Stombaugh
Ella Hawkins
John Luster
Cry Park
Vandalia
Oscar Blom
J. R. Stombaugh
Mulberry Grove
Ames Oberg
Bessie Oldham
Bessie Stark
Mrs. Fisher
Social Notes From Vernon Area Household Visits
Mrs Icy Garrett and Mrs Lela Dunlap and daughter visited Mrs Ollie Thomas Friday afternoon. Mr Elvin and Abe Owens of Missouri came to aid their sister Mrs Vinda Conant. Miss Pauline Williams visited Nelda Thomas. No school Friday due to a teachers meeting in St Louis. Selby Garrett and son Tom visited Noah Thomas. Fred Brown of Loami Illinois visited son Richard Brown. Bell Williams spent weekend with T P Williams family. Eva Headley and Dresden Headley and Fiona Haynes visited Arcola with Mrs Frank Lewellen. PTA met Wednesday evening. Virgie Garrett and Robert Nichols visited Kinmundy Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Binnion
Vernon
Icy Garrett
Lela Dunlap
Ollie Thomas
Elvin
Abe Owens
Missouri
Vinda Conant
Pauline Williams
Nelda Thomas
Lois Winegarner
St. Louis
Selby Garrett
For Rent and Sale Notices from Patoka Area
Classified notices show two sleeping rooms for rent at the Register Office and multiple sale items in Patoka Illinois. Items include mules, sewing machine, furniture pieces, a barrow, strawberry plants, turkey eggs and poults, and poultry stock with sellers Frank Crawford Geo Wickersham J L Stasik A L Irvin Myrtle McClelland and Madalene Porter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle McClelland
Sandoval
Lake Bassett sale draws large crowd Tuesday afternoon
A crowd attended the Lake Bassett sale Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Virgie Garrett and granddaughter Betty Bender spent Thursday at the Sam Arnold home. Mrs Elizabeth Williams and daughter were shopping in Alma Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Bassett
Virgie Garrett
Betty Bender
Sam Arnold
Elizabeth Williams
Alma
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Minnie Peddicord
Peck Caldwell
Hary Chance
Lizzie Caldwell
Lara Anderson
Walker Caldwell
Jamie Caldwell
Davidson
Granite City
Gladys Garrett
Clara Frizzell
Bobie Williams
Pearl Berry
Edwin Arnold
Cyrus Arnold
Elmer Berry
Oscar Caldwell
Emmett Garrett
Marvin Chandler
Hubert Headley
Bertha Mulvaney
Lucille Nichols
Chicago
Roberta Arnold
Robert Nichols
Elmer Frizzell
Magpugi
Hogan Pratt
Frank ‘Casey
Sherman
Bill Cothern
Hunt Taylor
Louise Casey
Ramsey
Carl Casey
C. J. Piland
Eamizens
W. J. Schroeder
C. H. Hell
L. D. Altom
B. N. Griffin
L. E. Green
D. W. Troyer
C. M. Rogier
H. N. Potts
Noah Carter
J. C. Beery
H. G. Hudspeth
Clark Simcox
Lester Ballance
Dale Nattier
Frank Miller
W. E. Field
Marion County
Yok K. Mses
Patoka Elevator CO
Morine
Emerson Gang
John Deere
McCor.Deering
Harrow
McCor
Deering Binder
Virginia
Timothy
Timothy, Per Ton
East Zion
Stombaugh Hill
Frank Crawford
Geo. Wickersham
Pope Sisters
Barrow
J. L. Stasik
Patoka, Ill
A. L. Irvin
Madalene Porter
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Phone Patoka
Linton
COX & Martin
Vernon Sandoval Patoka
Sandy Branch
George
Old
Crawford
Sta
Byrd-Watson Drug CO
Centralia Illingis
Philco Radioe
Maurice Reynolds
Burtschi Motor Co
Field’s Barber Shop
MAE Eagan
C. S. Huddleston
Centralia, Illinois
P. O. Box
K. W. Webster
South Poplar Street
Centralia, Ill
Old Capitol
Illinois
South 6Th St
Websters
5Th St
Locust St. Centralia
Ill
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