Smith's Plant Shop Advertises Low Prices This Spring
Local notes mention Cecil Beckett visiting from Ramsey area and returning to a farm near Ramsey. The Dawsons, recently from Florida, stop in before heading to Chicago. Alden Sears promotes Smith's new spring plant line with cheap prices including sweet potato slips. Roy Jones family and Herschel Bookhout party visit Centralia and Salem areas during Easter weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith’s
Smith
Cecil Beckett
Ramsey
Harry Dawson
Ella Doty
James
Dawsons
Florida
Chicago
Alden Sears
Roy Jones
Darvin
Connor Moore
Centralia
Herschel Bookhout Sand
Bob
Salem
Don Wilwon
Local notes on residents and church events
Harold Howell visited in St Elmo and many attended Easter Sunrise services at the Christian Church. A district M E Church South conference at Denison and visits by several locals are noted along with home purchases and business trips to Patoka and Centralia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Howell
St. Elmo
Christian Church
Ross Smith
M. KE. Church South
C. W. Martin
Dean Martin
Roy Jones
St. Louis
Chas. Adams
Lyle Simcox
Clinton
J. L. Simcox
Robert Morey
Cecil Elliott
H. G. Hudspeth
Joe Simcox
Don Wilson
M. E. Church South
Dennison
W. D. Humphrey
Patoka
C. J. Piland
Lesser, NL
Claud Walker
Don Crawford
M. E. Church
Geo. Wickersham
G. D. Smith
Chicago
James Adams
Centralia
Frank Adams
Denver Adams
Helen Marshall
Social Notices From Vernon Area Families
Vernon community highlights visits and family gatherings with residents from Brownstown St. Louis Vandalia and Springfield. Relative trips include Mrs Rose Gherkin Mr Clarence Gherkin and family Ms Minnie Peddicord and Mrs Isabel Prott. Local residents hosted visitors from Decatur Hardenville and Ob- region families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Gherkin
Sholconier
Clarence Gherkin
John Stine
Brownstown
Rose Doolen
David Headley
St. Louis
Warren Bobbit
Minnie Peddicord
Isabel Prott
Vandalia
Howard Pape
Decatur
John C. Martin
Springfield
John Thompson
Curtis Anderson
Henrietta Cox
Irvin Garrard
D. T. Williams
Hardenville
E. Massey
Lib Doolen
Geo. Walton
John Osborne
Ora Montanya
Easter Social Calls Sweep Through Local Homes
Sunday visitors gathered at multiple homes across the area during Easter. Families from Downs, Champaign, Robinson, Sumner, Kinmundy, Patoka, Lincoln, Vandalia, Assumption and nearby towns stopped by to visit friends and relatives, with notes of improved health for Marian Epps and new car ownership for Harold Jolliff.
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B. F. Lowe
Kinmundy
Rose Doolen
Dot Doolen
Salem
Marilyn Quayle
Patoka
Leo Freyer
Donald Walton
Lincoln
Geo. Walton
John Epps
Marian Epps
George Manus
Iowa
Grant Arnold
Sandoval
D. E. Doolsen
Andy Crothers
Westend
Vandalia
Chuck” MacNier
Harold Jolliff
Dodge
John Quayle
Marilyn
Lila Jolliff
Arnold Chapel
Will H. Jones
Wall Thomas Dies at 76 in Greenridge Area
Community mourns the death of Wall Thomas who died Thursday at his home southwest of Greenridge after a period of illness. He was seventy six. The funeral was held at Greenridge church at 2:00 p m with interment following.
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Wall Thomas
Greenridge
Greenridge Church
Card of Thanks from Ida Smith
Ida Smith thanks friends for visits flowers fruit cheering cards letters and kindness during her hospital stay and after returning home. She wishes God’s richest blessings on each one.
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Ida Smith
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Louis
Alden
Tor
State Normal University At
Normal
J. R. Wasem
Elizabeth Livesay
Wasems
Patoka Elevator Co
Chas. Whitner
Oxfords
Chas. H. Hill
John J. Parish
Illinois
Charles B. Voris
Tom Quayle
Alvin Hathaway
Joyce
Janice
William Miller
Mattie Jarrett
Lynn
Assumption
Frank
Omar Peyton
Gayle Stevens
Sandy Branch
Minnie Summerville
William Jones
James Bassett
Ruth
James Osborne
Vernon
John Glispie
Mabel
Orie Green
Eli
Roberta Arnold
Alton
Lewis Jones
Geo. Headley
Arnold
A-1
J. W. Alexander & Son
Patoka Oil Exchange
Griffin Farm
Missouri
Shorty
Evergreen Foreman
Guernsey
W. L. Griffin
Alma, Ill
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