Postal receipts rise in fifty cities in February 1930
February postal receipts in fifty cities show a 1.78 per cent dip from February 1929, but the daily average rose by 34,842 over January 1930. Total February receipts reached 29,457,462.92, down from 29,992,624.37. Leading gains include Syracuse 16.30 percent and Dayton 15.25 percent. Local items note community visits and family events through Vernon, Centralia, Vandalia, and nearby towns.
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Syracuse
New York
Dayton
Ohio
Des Moines
Iowa
Hartford
Connecticut
Springfield
Massachusetts
Richview Social Notes Include Visits and a Minor Injury
Richview residents record numerous Sunday and Saturday visits among neighbors and relatives. N P Sorrell tends the sick list as Mrs Belcher suffers a shoulder injury in a snow storm and returns to Decatur with her daughter.
Local Notes From Murphysboro And Area Events
Vernon Anderson surveys site for new school house in Murphysboro. Local residents attend teachers meeting in East St. Louis and a birthday party honors Lorene Kinney. Several families visit Vandalia, Bloomington, and Decatur for shopping and relatives as other residents move or travel for work.
Local families enjoy Sunday visits around town
Geo Walton and family spent Sunday at Jess Walton home with others visiting nearby. Attendees include Joseph Johndrow and wife and Mrs Orvel West family. M E Sunday School had eighty two in attendance and collected 3.30. Various locals visited relatives in Bloomington Centralia Vandalia St Louis Patoka and Sandoval over the weekend. Easter program practice at M E church noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Walton
Ray
Wayne
Jess Walton
Joseph Johndrow
Alton
Orvel West
M. E
Eberlee Norris
J. W. Jones
Elvis Burton
Champaign
John Roberts
G. C. Betts
Maxine Walton
Centralia
Effie Arnold
Alma
Gus Pratt
Fred Brown
Bloomington
Glenwood Brown
J. F. Arnold
Harold Jarrett
Forest Caudle
Vandalia
Lillie
Estella Livesay
St. Louis
Frances Livesay
Salem
C. O. Livesay
John Rouse
Dale
Robert Revis
Lucas Snyder
Tom Ballance
Patoka
Phyllis Livesay
Sunday School Attendance and Local Visits in Southeast Town
Thirty-one attended Sunday School at Temple on April 6, 1930. There was preaching at Temple Sunday. Numerous visits took place with William Snyder and family, Mayme Bo wen and family, Pete Bopp and family, Theodore Meredith and wife, Matt Belcher family, Ed Belcher family, and others including the Bowen, Belcher, Snyder, Williams, Belcher, and Bopp households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple
George Orell
William ‘Snyder
Opal Belcher
Mabel
Isabell
Cecil
Floyd Bowen
Mayme
Albert
Dean Bowen
Pearl Poole
Pete Bopp
Minnie Hendrick
Theodore Meredith
Wash Bowen
Frank Bradford
Matt Belcher
Hollis Pulver
Calvin Belcher
Clarence Cavins
Lizzie Scott
Ed Belcher
James Snyder
Mat Belcher
Monahan
Salem
Russell Collins
Luther Williams
Henry*Williams
Tom Spears
Will
Local Visits and Social Calls Around Centralia Area
Fairman Guy Quick acted as caller at the Jewell Chausse home Thursday morning. Will Crothers and wife with daughter Betty Jean and Buster Hayes visited Clarence Cozad and wife Wednesday evening. Various residents, including Rachel Chausse and Jonnie Meredith Frances Chaussée, visited on Wednesday. Ralph Merten roofed his mother's coal house Thursday afternoon. Dave Corson and family spent Wednesday in Centralia. Fred Corson hauled lumber from Centralia Thursday morning. Clarence Cozad worked in Centralia Wednesday. R M Carrigan and wife shopped in Centralia Wednesday. Cecil Mason worked for H J Stone. Herb Stone hauled coal for Patoka Dairy Thursday afternoon. Jewell Chausse visited with Ford Stein of Carrigan. Norma Jean Carter of Centralia visited Wednesday night and Thursday with her grandparents R M Carrigan and wife. Thomas Walker and wife of Patoka called on Clarence Cozad Thursday evening. Jewell Chausse and family attended the Literary at Carrigan Friday evening. Betty Jean attended a party at Centralia Saturday evening. Bro Settles held services at Fairman church Saturday night through Sunday night. Mrs R M Carrigan attended Sunday School in Centralia Sunday morning. Several people attended the funeral of Mrs Mojonnier of Patoka last Sunday. Boyd Steele and family of Centralia called on friends Friday evening. Weekend visits with his uncle and aunt R M Carrigan and wife Md Woods and family at Surdey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Quick
Jewell Chausse
Will Crothers
Betty Jean
Buster Hayes
Clarence Cozad
Rachel Chausse
Jonnie Meredith Frances Chaussée
Marie Cozad
Ralph Merten
Dave Corson
Centralia
Fred Corson
Centraliae
R. M. Carrigan
Cecil Mason
H. J. Stone
Herb Stone
Patoka Dairy
Ford Stein
Carrigan
Norma Jean Carter
Thomas Walker
Patoka
Frances
Harry Bopp
Minnie Merten
Bro. Settles
Fairman Church
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C. O
Ill
George
Marvin Sorrell
Walter Kleeman
Vernon
Henry Jones
Centralia Hospital
Henry Abendroth
Albert Abendroth
Helen Henry
Gertrude Jones
Reba
Bernice
Everett Doolen
R. Herring
Carl
George Jones
John Steele
Lora Jones
Cecil Binnion
Claude Meadors
Dean Abendroth
Wanda Doolen
Melba Hathaway
Bernice Meador
Mason Bassett
O. L. Doolen
Amos, Loretta and
Kenneth Meador
Everett Doolen and
Wife
Richview News
Jamie Wernsman
Archie Sorrell
Ruth Sorrell
Verna Thomas
N. P. Sorrell
Marjorie Ehrat
Glenna Abendroth
Helen
Freda Lange
Evelyn Goedel
Helen Herrings
Richview Nail
Sorrell
Emil, Beyer and Son
Martin
Aburd
Ernest Wolfe
Arthur Co Ocagne
Vindalin
Vivian Wolfe
R. Belcher
Yord Cocaeye
van’ Clin
Matilda Littman
Bowens
Perkins
N. P. Sorrel
Opal Jones
Werren Caudle
John Caudle
August Meseke
Dave Johnson
Wm. Belcher
Bayer
Dectors
Mark Headley
Ivy Lowe
David
Hoodles
Decatur
Armie Belcher
Winnie Wortman
Mt. Olive
J.W. Epps
East St. Louis
Blanche Doolen
Gladys Wernsman
Thelma Doolen
Carrie Jones
Clarence Kirchhoefer
Roy Cox
Dale Whitehurst
M. E. Ladies Aid
Lillie Walton
Lorene Kinney
Doris
Winnifred
Lorene Sprinkle
Ella May
Inez Epps
Lois Lawrence
Madelyn Green
Ruth Reisman
Lora Wilson
Irene Jarrett
Lucille Dally
Velvin Hathaway
John Barnes
Annie Belcher
Carrie
Opal Jane
Leninger
Protz
Henry Troutt and
Leo Carson
Boyd Steele
Anna Besant
Margaret
Bertha Crothers
Leonard Crothers
Frances Stone
Gwendolyn Thomas
Sandoval
Arthur Thomas
Fairman
Sallie Schau
Bert
Vernon, Illinois
Everett Purdue
W. H. Wade
Insurance Department of Illinois
Superior
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Superior Mutual Benefit Association
Wiamcmal
Daakdross
Ilinois
Illinois
Superior Mutual Benefit Ass’n
Herschel H. Albert
Andy
X) Albert
E. E. Albert
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Andy Albert
Herschel H. Albert One Thousand Benefit
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N. H. F. Johnson
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