Illinois announces pension increases and safety week across state
The Illinois Public Aid Commission says pensions rise for most recipients starting May to reflect food budget changes since 1942. Governor Green proclaims Safety Week May 1 and Midwest Safety Conference will focus on accident prevention. March coal output rises slightly, highway traffic falls five percent due to gas coupon reductions. Conservation exhibit at sports show in Chicago April 22 to 30. Civil service plans exams for stenographers typists health staff and welfare institution attendants.
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Illinois
Chicago
Illinois Department of Conservation
Ilinois Civil Service Commission
Methodist Church Short Schedule and Revivals
Sunday School 9 30 a m Morning Worship 10 45 a m Rev M D Ballance Youth Fellowship 7 00 p m Evangelistic Service 8 00 p m Youth Group meets Vernon Monday May 1 Youth Revival Patoka May 2 14 Rev R W Linder Evangelist Rev Moe Missionary from China will speak tonight April 28 at Church Island Chapel Sunday morning
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Vernon
Patoka
R. W. Linder
Moe Misionary
China
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Baptist Church Schedule With Dodds as Pastor
Rev Eugene Dodds leads Sunday School at 10, Morning Worship at 11, Training Union at 7, Evening Service at 8. No prayer service Friday April 28. Associational Training Union Mass Meeting May 2 at 7 30 p m. Sunbeams meet 2 p m Saturday May 6 at Mrs Oscar Davis home with Dicky and Johnny Davis as hosts.
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Funeral services held for Pearl Poole at Fredonia church
Pearl Poole's funeral was held Wednesday April 19 at the Fredonia church with burial there. Local relatives included Fred Poole and family. out of town attendees listed from Benton Centralia Sandoval Odin Patoka Ina and Salem. Small social notes mention shopping visits and a school year end dismissal at Wisher.
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Pearl Poole
Fredonia
Weems
Atchison
Orbie Howard
Benton
Anne Ivy
Centralia
Fred Poole
Harry Poole
Ed Poole
Sandoval
Joseph Yardley
Ina
Marion and
Elmer Evans
Odin
Charlie Poole
Edna Tune
Orbie Hopkins
Patoka
Local Socials Across Town Highlight Visits and Gatherings
Stringtown notes show multiple visits and Sunday gatherings. Families including Albert, Lester, Klinge, George Albert, Beck, Lane, Holt, and Sumarian share afternoons and dinners. W.C.T.U. meeting attendance and Vandalia shoppers are also mentioned.
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B. F. Beck
Virgil Klinge
Nellie Lane
Clarence Holt
Sumarian
Jack Robinson
Army microfilms to salvage old records for paper
Major General H. A. Aurand announces Sixth Service Command salvaging wastepaper via microfilming. About three tons are shredded and sold. additional material at the Alexandria plant will be filmed for archives before salvaged.
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Chicago
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Fort Wayne
North Zion community news and social notes
Mrs Edd Meyer and Mrs Leota La Rose with children from St Louis spend spring and summer on the Meyer farm. Red Cross meeting at Centralia last Friday. Heavy rain Saturday and night overflowed fields. Sunday School attendance 48, April 16 attendance 63. Various visits among residents including Ollie Alexander Lola Anderson Lovell Black Anna at Ottawa Sanatorium. Cottage Prayer meeting at Maurice Adams home April 21. next at Wesley Black April 28 if weather permits. Della Conley of St Louis visiting with husband. Several families visited Howard Nelson and family Sunday afternoon.
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Leota la Rose
St. Louis
Meyer Farm
Maurice Adams
Wesley Black
Della Conley
Edd Lawson
Ellis Bassett
Russel Caldwell
Maurice
Claude Black
Howard Nelson
Community gossip and visits across Wood River Bloomington
Mrs. Georgia Metzger stayed with her children in Wood River and Bloomington Illinois from Friday to Monday. Visitors included Mr Frank Lake and Mr Frank Robinson to Mrs Mary Sterling on Wednesday. Herman Hasslebrook joined Mr and Mrs George Schumacher Wednesday evening. Rain continues with wet branches and roads. farmers fear poor crops but remain hopeful.
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Wood River
Bloomington
Illinois
Frank Lake
Frank Robinson
Mary Sterling
Herman Hasslebrook
George Schumacher
Illinois Burner May Boost Coal Industry and Save City Heating Costs
The University of Illinois has developed a stateless burner for soft coal that could add about 5 million dollars yearly to Southern Illinois coal markets. It may reopen St Louis soft coal sales and save residents up to 3 million dollars annually by enabling cheaper, smokeless burning without skilled fire tending. Wartime metal shortages delay production, but firms plan to manufacture after the war, with options to convert existing furnaces or build new smokeless units.
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Vernon W C T U Meeting Notes Mrs Helen Betts
The Vernon W C T U met with Mrs Helen Betts on Monday evening April 17. Activities included singing led by Mrs Lorene Klinge and Mrs Georgia Holt, a special number by Mrs Holt and Nellie Lane, devotionals and prayer led by Rev John Curtis, and a business meeting conducted by Betts. A gift to Miss Mary Ellen Walton was presented. The Mother's Day Mass meeting is set for May 14 at 2 p.m. with Miss Dorris Kleeman as new member and May 15 adjournment with Mrs Georgia Holt hosting.
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Vernon W. C. T. U
Helen Betts
Lorene Klinge
Georgia Holt
Nellie Lane
John Curtis
Mary Ellen Walton
Union
Dorris Kleeman
Stombaugh Hill Notes Social Visits On The Hill
Local column reports Mrs. Mary Stombaugh visiting her mother Mrs. Huddleston in Mulberry Grove and frequent gatherings with the Stombaugh and Helbeck families. Visits span Vandalia Robinson and Vernon connections with service members stationed in Ohio and Kentucky. measles illness among Summan children. and a burn hospital visit for a baby.
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Jane Huddleston
Mulberry Grove
George Helbeck
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Buster Schart
David
Dickie Stombaugh
Guy Kile
Phillis
John Smith
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