Social visits and meals mark community weekend in Patoka area
Centralia and Patoka residents visited friends and relatives Friday through Sunday. The weekend featured school events, gatherings with baskets and dinner, egg roasts, music, and multiple households hosting family groups. Casper Campbell CCC camp notes and Navy call rumors surfaced amid family visits and Easter Sunday attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Campbell
CCC
Jefferson Barracks
Everett Jett
Gene Simpson
Eunice McHaney
Campbell
Talbert
Ches
Jett
Arthur Capbell
Cairo
Navy
Wm. Palmer
Henry Hines
Local Patoka Area Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits
Willie Perkins acted as a Patoka caller Friday while Henry Meredith and family shopped in Fairman Saturday. Several visits occur across Patoka, Sandoval, Pittsburg, and Fredonia with Cort Walker, Henry Stillabower, and families receiving guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Perkins
Patoka
Henry Meredith
Fairman
George Peddicord
Pittsburg
Cort Walker
Charles Bowen
Ralph Williams
Don Peddicord
Herb Schmahl
Sandoval
Geo, Mason
Henry Stillabower
Ralph
Wayne Williams
Homer Steele
Ernest Schmahl
Fanny Belcher
Colorado
Ruby
Nettie Schmahl
Helen Hill
Doris Cozad
Rusell Palmer
Fredonia
Luther Williams
Birthday Dinner for Mrs Loomis Brings Loyal Friends
Loyal Friends Sunday School class of Hoots Chapel gathered at Mr and Mrs Omer Loomis home on April 14 to celebrate Mrs Loomis birthday with a pot luck noon meal and conversation. Little Bobby Elwell cut his head sliding to the basement steps and received medical care with stitches removed. J P Hicks family did business at the county seat. James Patterson recovering at home from arm blood poison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iends
Hoots Chapel
Omer Loomis
Bobby Elwell
J. P. Hicks
James Patterson
Easter Gatherings and Local News at Sandy Branch
George Cole and family spent Sunday with Sam Lowe and family. Crowleys and Green families shared Easter with Marvin Conant. Doolen and Headley families visited, and Mrs Ella Garrett died, buried at Sandy Branch cemetery. Billy Morris hospitalized with bronchial pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cole
Sam Lowe
Clyde Crowley
Russell Green
Tack Green
Marvin Conant
Gilbert Doolen
Carbondale
Doolen
Headley
Richard Schwabe
Kinmuntty
Marshall Williams
Alma
Selby Garrett
Mack Robbs
Melvin Conant
Mack Robb
Valinda Conants
Bettie Nichol
Ella Garrett
Sandy Branch
Mack Headley
Cleve Doolen
Billy Morris
George Coles
Local Socials and Business News Highlight Odin Area
S H Hurd marketed eggs to the Farthing Hatchery Wednesday morning. Mrs Ida Loomis of near Hoots Chapel is reported on the sick list. Mrs Verdy Hurd and Mrs Ida Jett attended a birthday party for Mrs Sadie Hurd in Odin on April 13. Mrs A A Galbreth stayed with her daughter in Centralia. Pearl Jackson of Odin visited her parents in Jett family home. Earl Ramsey and Mrs Ramsey dined with A A Galbreth family. A H Sebastian of Odin visited G F Jett and wife at Vandalia athletic banquet. George Bundy of Argenta came for Donna Fae Norris’s illness. Fred L Brown sold Red and White Store to an Indiana buyer. new owner to take charge this week after 30 years in business. Edward Carpenter and family from St Louis visited E L Norris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wagner
Jake Mack
Centralia
E. E. McHimney
Ruth Talbert
Patoka
C. E. Goodwin
Russel Palmer
Chas. Kelly
Odin
Campbell Brothers
Henry Stilabower
Russell Palmer
Wm. Campbell
Orville Hill
Doris Cozad
James Simpson
Salem
Everett Jett
Dad Palmer
Pete Bopp
S. H. Hurd
Farthing
Ida Loomis
Near Hoots Chapel
Verdy Hurd
Ida Jett
Sadie Hurd
A. A. Galbreth
Earl Ramsey
Pearl Jackson
George Jett
Ramsey
A. H. Sebastian
G. F. Jett
Vandalia
George Bundy
Argenta
Donna Fae Norris
Fred L. Brown
Indiana
Brown
Edward Carpenter
St. Louis
E. L. Norris
Vernon News Social roundup and local visits
Vernon residents and guests gather for dinners visits and Easter events. Notables include Dean Freyer from California honored at a Sunday dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Danbury, plus arrivals from Champaign Lincoln and Mattoon attendances. The area reports elections, teaching appointments, a conference at Vernon, and several trips to Decatur Cerro Gordo Centralia and Chicago for services and family time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Danbury
Dean Freyer
California
IF. C. Freyer
Dean
Laurence Wilson
Lora” Margaret
John Quayle
Marilyn
Minnie ‘ Peddicord
Charles Vernon Ehlers
Mary Hayes
Francis Belcher
Patoka
Dot Doolen
Champaign
Lincoln
Maron
Clara Murfin
Dorothy ,Doolen
Clyde Doolen
C. T. Wade
Farina
H. D. Merritt
Centralia
W. H. Wade
Lela Gray
Decatur
Estella White
Charles Moore
Ruth
Forrest
Oates
Mt. Vernon
Morres
Cloud Betts
Cerro Gordo
Jesse Walton
J. A. Hanson
J. A. Purdue
Forrest Oates
Minnie Peddicord
Thelma Doolen
Vernon
C. C. Hall
Hall
George Lange
Wood River
Lula Karson
Billy
Betty Burton
J. P. Roberts
Elizabeth Burton
I. A. Pfeffer
J. W. Epps
Chester
Charles Epps
Moneaqua
Gladys Hodges
Madeline Green
Ellen May
Inez Epps
Grant Arnold
Clinton
E. H. Minnis
Springfield
California Perfume Co
William A. Miller
Salem
Neil Purtle
Carbondale
Chicago
Elmer Wortman
Monrovia
Caryl Walton
Venice
Ill
Marian Epps
J. Alfred Purdue
Kenneth Thomas
William Hathaway
Marian Laurence
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Ida Stillabower
Edith Campbell
LYRIC
New York
Franchot Tone
Una Merkel
Pengram
Lowe
Victor McLagren
Owl Show
Wallace Beary
Field’s Barber Shop
West Side
DR. Johnson
Morris Store
Illinois
Janesville
Websters
S. Loenst St. Centralia
G. H. Lensgraf
S. 5Th St
Linton & Beery Funeral Directors
Embalmers
Patoka, Illinois
C. S. Huddleston
Centralia, Illinois
P. O. Box
MAE Eagan Auto and Property Insurance
R. C. McGuire
Weer Freeman Bldg
Patoka Register
East Fork
FOX Illinois Theatre
SUN
Jerome Kern
Roberta
Trene Dunne
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Patoka Farmers’ Co-operative
Geo. J. Wasem
Gold Medal Company
Elevator Co
Ritchie Studio
East Broadway
Kourdouvelis Bros. Day Cleaners
N. Locust
U.S
Erne
Chas. H. Hill
Egyptian Academy
Beauty Culture
Nat’l Bank
Old Capitol
Vandalia, Illinois
Baby Chix
Spires & Hunter
Ramsey, Illinois
Reed & Bergin
Califo
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