Doolen Family Hosts Visitants and Local Socials
Weekend visitors include Mrs. T. R. Cox and Robert of Maron with I. W. Doolen kin. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Doolen and baby of Lincoln. Others stay with relatives in Vandalia Patoka Centralia Decatur and nearby towns. Wayne Doolen at Vandalia High School recovering from ear trouble after minor surgery at St Marys hospital Centralia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. W. Doolen
T. R. Cox
Robert
Maron
Dean Doolen
Lincoln
Vivian Hertenstein
New Baden
Rev. M. Jackson
Gus Protz
Floyd Arnold
Decatur
Marie Hathaway
Florence Framm
Vandalia
T. E. Snyder
Elmer Frizzell
Blanche Doolen
Frances, Estel
Lillian Livesay
Salem
C. O. Livesay
Lem Meador
Centralia
Wm. P. Wade
Helen Doris
H. D. Merritt
Alice
Ira E. Kinney
Herrick
Ida Wilson
Sandy Branch Visit By Harvey Family Strings
Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Harvey and sons Billy and Cecil visited relatives here Sunday and Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Ellsworth Harvey
Billy and
Cecil
Local Families Visit for Birthdays and Calls
Mr and Mrs Sam Lowe and Elvin Conant and family visited Marshall Williams Friday evening. Neighbors surprised Mr William Harvey on his birthday with baskets at noon Sunday. Ellsworth Harvey and family Ridgefarm Illinois Forrest Harvey Valinda Conant and others joined. Randa Garrett teaches Sandy Branch school. Various callings and visits continued through Friday and Saturday among local families and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Lowe
Elvin Conant
Marshall William
Wm. Harvey
Ellsworth Harvey
Ridgefarm
I]l
Forrest Harvey
Ben Wainscott
Mack Robb
Marvin Conant
Marshall Williams
Robert Maxey
Thurman Robb
Local Social Notes From Lone Prairie Buoyed By Community Visits
Mrs. L. A. Gettleman recovering from flu and several residents report visits and calls across Lone Prairie. Bertha Palmer called on Maymee Tackett. Eli Palmer and Henry Meredith families shopped in Odin. Will Perkins family hosted visitors. Go Worker Community club met with Emma Charlton in Fredonia and pieced a comfort top.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Gettleman
Bertha Palmer
Maymee Tackett
Eli Palmer
Odin
Henry Meredith
Leona Welking
Amelia Meredith
Wm. Perkins
Evalyn Smith
Centralia
Hayes Smith
Wm., Perkins
Alice Palmer
Ted Kretzer
George Woods
Ray Kretzer
Henry Stillabower
Russell Palmer
Doris Cozad
Harry Perkins
Beulah Gelsinger
Anetta Perkins
Everett Jett
Caroline Harmier
Willie Perkins
Roy Ballance
Re Perkins
Edgar
Freddy Perkins
Smith
Go Worker Community Club
Fredonia
Emma Charlton
Mary Perkins
Martha
Mayme Tackett
Syrena Meredith
Community Notes From Vandalia And Nearby Areas
Mrs. John Wolff and son Johnie visit Sholconier with Mrs. Bill Wolff. Stombaugh family and friends call on Marcus Jackson near Mulberry Grove. Mrs. G Henderson of Chicago visits Vandalia relatives. Wolffs visit Newton and return with plans to stay. Rollie Stombaugh family visit Glen Stombaugh. Sam Bryant of Vandalia travels to Keyesport for business. T. M. Stombaugh and Bink dine with George Helbock's family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wolff
Johnie
Howard Daniels
Edna Schert
Vandalia
Bill Wolff
Sholconier
J. R. Stombaugh
Marcus Jackson
Mulberry Grove
G. Henderson
Chicago
Glen Henderson
Martin Wolff
Local residents noted in east Fork area visits
John A. Jennings and J W Alexander with family were seen in the vicinity on Tuesday and Friday. Numerous Bowen and Schmahl relatives visited, shopped, or called on neighbors across Vandalia Patoka Centrail Salem Odin and nearby towns through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Jennings
J. W. Alexander and Son
Clarence Bowen
Mabel
Ruby
Nettie Schmahl
Logan Meredith
Fredonia
Herbert Schmahl
Johnie Hennings
Sandoval Prairie
Dan Reeter
Wayne
Charley Bowen
Patoka
C. N.walker
Cecil
Clifton Bowen
Ernest
Schmahl
Temple School Thursay
Oze Hill
Son Dean
Irvin Bowen
Fairman
Ernest Schmahl
Floyd
Dale
Glen
Eldon
Burl
Raymond Bowen
Charles Reeter
Ralph Williams
Matt Belcher
Bertha Williams
Paul Reeter
Vandalia
Opal Belcher
Isabelle
Mabel Bowen
Odin
Bill Crothers
Henry
Cort Walker
Dan Peddicord
Henry Stillabower
Ben Morrel
Herb Schmah
Salem
Centralia
H. J. Stone
Sandoval
Nat French
Junction City
Ransom Hicks
Fredona
Bowen Family Visit Brings Music and Games
Isabelle Bowen and her siblings Mabel Cecil and Floyd Bowen visited Monday evening with Ruby Schmahl Nettie Schmahl and Ernest Schmahl. The gathering featured music and games as the main activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabelle
Mabel
Cecil
Floyd Bowen
Ruby
Nettie
Ernest Schmahl
Community social notes from Odin Township
Mrs Grace Meredith spent Sunday with Mrs Ida Ross. Basil Cummings family visited John Kretzer’s. Etta Day stayed with her mother Mrs Kittles. Viola Harker will teach Barr school next year. Asa McClelland family visited Mason Holtslaw. Several families visited Jas McClelland. Nellie and siblings visited Merediths. Emma Ross stayed with her mother Shanafelt near Salem. Various Hulds and Holtslaws received visits. literary activity occurred at Young Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Meredith
Ida Ross
Basil Cummings
Near Carlyle
John Kretzer
Etta Day
Kittles
Odin
Viola Harker
Barr School
Asa McClelland
Mason Holtslaw
D. F. Brough
Harry Brough
G. W. McClelland
Jas. R. McClelland
Nellie
Helen
Elvin Holtslaw
Stella
Esther
Zelma Meredith
Bert McClelland
Emma Ross
Shanafelt
Salem
Albert Holtslaw
Blanche Stevenson
Mary McClelland
Howard McClelland
Edwin Ross
Jas
R. McClelland
Ethel Austin
Lora Holtslaw
Phyllis
Sarah McClelland
Executrixs Notice in Estate of William H Vandeventer
Estella Pugh and Elihu Vandeventer executrixs seek claims against the estate of William H Vandeventer deceased in Marion County Illinois. They will appear at the Marion County Court House Salem for the June Term to adjust claims and all indebted parties must pay promptly. Ward P Holt is the attorney. Date April 18. 1 Estella Pugh and Elihu Vandeventer Executrixs. 4-22-29 5-6-13
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Vandeventer
Marion
Illinois
Marion County
Court House
Salem
Estella Pugh
Elihu Vandeventer
Executor of Blankinship estate to settle claims in June
Dean F. Blankinship as executor of Charles E. Blankinship deceased gives notice to Marion County Illinois residents to appear at the June term of the County Court in Salem for claim adjustment. Creditors are urged to attend. Debts should be paid promptly. June 19 1932. Dean F. Blankinship, Executor. June C. Smith, Attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Blankinship
Marion
Illinois
Marion County
Salem
Dean F. Blankinship
June C. Smith
Hopes Visitor Seeks Mr Jones as Mrs Jones Reveals Cemetery Visit
A visitor asks for Mr Jones, Mrs Jones replies he went to the cemetery that morning and hopes he never returns, ending the exchange with a grim quip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Jones
Fragmented cartoon dialogue frames playful kitchen banter
A diner scene centers on a waitress and a diner in a joking exchange. The boy quotes a grim line about drowning kittens, while the diner jokes about an egg in the college pudding. The overtones mix dark humor with a light breakfast setting.
Lambert Charged With Attempted Rape In Ramsey Case
Harry Lambert, 20, of New Douglas, was arrested Thursday evening in Patoka by Patrolman Frank Sinning and jailed on attempted rape charges. He allegedly assaulted a high school girl walking home from school near Ramsey, then fled toward Patoka on a Nickel Plate freight and rode the S C passenger train blinds before being captured at relatives’ home. A hearing was postponed until the following Thursday morning due to the absence of the State Attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandalia
Ilinois
Harry Lambert
New Douglas
Patoka
Frank Sinning
Lambert
Ramsey
S. C
Albert
Illinois Library and social welfare groups set policy aim
Statewide library extension committee plans to build public library sentiment and bolster services. A Chicago meeting at John Crerar Library led by Mrs. Arne Oldberg and Dr R E Hieronymous discussed closer cooperation among social welfare groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Library Association
John Crerar
Chicago
Arne Oldberg
Evanston Public Library
City Club of
Cicago
Illinois Conference On Social Welfare
University of Illinois
Bicentennial Flower Garden Campaign Launches Nationwide
In the Bicentennial year the Commission urges planting flowers to honor the celebration. Illinois hosts a symposium during the 25th Illinois Academy of Science meeting at the University of Chicago on Friday May 6. Dr A R Kelly of the University of Illinois chairs the anthropology section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Mt. Vernon
J. Willis Peterson
Gas
Illinois Commercial Secretaries Association
George Washington
Bicentennial Commission
United States
Illinois
Illinois Academy of Science
University of Chicago
A. R. Kelly
University of Illinois
Illinois Aeronautics Commission Opens Free Airport Rules
The Illinois Aeronautics Commission announced that printed regulations defining state licensed airport requirements are available to any Illinois citizen. Secretary E. B. Cole said the publication is authorized due to high demand from communities without established airports. Copies will be mailed gratis to requests directed to the commission in Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Aeronautics Commission
Illinois
E. B. Cole
Commission
Springfield
Williams 1896 98 Illinois Rep Dies at 84 in Springfield
Samuel A. Williams 84 longtime Republican member of the Illinois house of representatives from 1896 to 1898 died in Springfield on April 11. He previously resided in Wabash county before moving to the capital city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel A. Williams
Illinois
House of Representatives
Springfield
Mr. Williams
Wabash County
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Ward P. Holt
State Capitol News
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