Vernon and area folks attend many visits and games
Vernon residents hosted and visited relatives from Patoka Urbana and Decatur on weekend trips. The Vernon ball club lost 2 0 to Pana and will play Flora next Sunday while the second team meets Alma at home. Various social calls and a birthday party were noted along with plans for a musical by the Ladies Aid on Aug 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood Brow
St. Louis
Vernon Ball Club
Pana Blues
Sundi
Vernon
Flora
Alma
Ball Park
James Johndrow
Joe Johndrow
Alton
Orvel West
Laverne Crowder
Marie Hathaway
Luke Snyder
Curtis
C.tts
Ught
Louise
P. St
Jeadie
Glenwood Brown
Marion Corridori
L. E. Green
Lora Jones
Chicago
Ohn Miller
Bloomington
Fyrtle Miller
Billie Peddicord
Neton
Fred Schaffer
Daugh‘tel ‘Ephine
Lady Schaffer
Lear
Len Brown
Jimmie
Marion Corri
Centralia
Tack- Green
Cash
Town
James Hathaway
Clarence
Harold Livesay
Billy Whitehurst
Junior Graham
Robert
Dale Revis
Ruth Reisman
Helen
Irene Jarrett
Lawrence Kinney
Meridith Doolen
Goldie Gehrkin
Nannie Wilson
Patoka
Mayme West
W. AL. Hathaway
Ladies Aid
Elmer Crothers
Dorothy
Crothers
J. F. Arnold
Harold Jarrett
Beube Jarrett
Jene
John Jones
David Headley
Rural Carriers Convene State and National Meetings
Centralia hosts the Illinois Rural Carriers Annual State Convention with sessions in the High School Auditorium on August 10 and 11. Speakers include Dean H. Beals, Percy Gaston, and Ned H. Goodell. Banquet at Masonic Temple. National Rural Letter Carriers in Peoria. Community notices follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia
Peoria
America
Dean H. Beals
Marion County
M. H. Loar
Methodist Episcopal Church
G. W. Griffin
Charles E. Simmons
Comitteeman
Percy Gaston
Chamber of Commerce
C. C. McGinley
Presbyterian Church
F. O. Fannon
Christian Church
Lucy Rowland
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Ned H. Goodell
National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
C. C. Wenrich
Personel
Chester G. Starr
The
Prairie Gente Farmers Insurance Associa
Eloc
Peach Orchard
P. O. Department
P. H. Bassler
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Local Folks Visit Relatives in Nearby Towns
MC Haney and wife of Moccasin visit son Robert Yeek and family. James Pollard of Iuka visited on Munsey Day with Lea Shuler and family. Somerville and wife were in town Saturday for social calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rey
Yeek
Robert Yeek
James Pollard
Iuka
Munsey
Lea Shuler
Somerville
Willett child ill with hope for recovery
The little daughter of Mr and Mrs George Willett is confined to her bed with illness. Friends hope for complete restoration. Harry Metzger and family visited Jefferson Barracks Missouri to see their nephew James Emerson Jr who is in the C M T C for four weeks training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Willett
Harry Metzger
Jefferson Barracks
James Emerson, Jr
Local Families Visit and Celebrate Near Alma
Ted Tucker and family of Decatur visited Andrew Foster and Mrs. Otto Maulding after a week with Chas. Maulding and family. Earl Graham and family of Vernon called on John Steele and family. Joe Wickenhauser and family attended Aunt Eliza Jane Sullens birthday dinner near Alma. A surprise party honored Russell Caldwell on his seventeenth birthday. P. S. Caldwell and wife visited John Steele’s family. John Chance and Oscar Caldwell with their wives toured near Alma. Merritt Caldwell’s family visited relatives near Alma. Tony Potts and wife visited relatives near Vernon. A threshing machine appeared in the area with Walter Wernsman in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Bender
Chas. Thomas
Alvin Gray
Robert Colby
T. M. Boring
Nellie Black
Jesse Eagan
John Albert
Alba Jett
Carter Bros
Walter Somerville
Edwardsville
Herb Stone
T. Wickenhauser
Dorris
Chas. Walsh
Wm. Heskett
T. W. Gray
H. W. Somerville
Harvey Cruse
Sandoval
Wm. Ballance
Maurice
Patoka
Raymond Maulding
Kinmundy
Sam Howell
Joe Mazanek
See Sisters
Alma
S. W. Gray
Rev. Yeck
Joe Sullens
Ted Tucker
Decatur
Andrew Foster
Otto Maulding
Chas
Maulding
Central City
Earl Graham
Vernon
John Steele
Joe
Wickenhauser
Eliza Jane Sullens
Russel Caldwell
P. S. Caldwell
John Chance
Oscar Caldwell
Merritt Caldwell
Tony Potts
Walter Wernsman
Public Auction Near Patoka Sets Sale of Horses Cattle and Tools
A public sale at the seller’s home five miles west and four miles north of Patoka on Saturday August 4 1928 begins at 1 00 PM. The listing includes gray mares brood sow a Jersey cow three years old fresh July 46th and various farm tools, household goods and a 192 esel Ford coupe. Several items are described in detail including a wheat drill harrows and harnesses plus furniture and appliances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka
Livestock and Farm Equipment Sale Adverts
Old and fresh dairy cows with milking yields listed along with hogs and farm machinery for sale. Includes wagon, plows, mowers, cultivators, harness, collars and ladders. Terms require cash under five dollars and credit terms with note for larger sums. Boyd Steele owner. Auctioneer Jno A Jennings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weber Dane
J. I. Case
Boyd Steele
Jno
A. Jennings
Auet
Change in Bus Times for Springfield and Egypt Routes
Bus timetables announce shifts for No 16 north to Springfield at 8 55 A M No 18 north to Springfield at 3 55 P M No 17 south to Egypt at 12 55 P M and No 19 south to Egypt at 7 45 P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Egypt
Christian Science Lesson-Sermon Emphasizes Love and Healing
Sunday service focus on love as divine principle featuring Mark 1 40 42 healing of a leper and a citation from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy noting love as the true incentive in healing and teaching. The Golden Text from I John 4 16 declares God is love and remains in those who dwell in love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churches of Christ
Scientist
Jesus
Mary Baker Eddy
Classifieds Batch Glimpsed with Farms and Goods
Local snippets advertise rent for pasture for about 15 head of stock by Frank Brokemeyer. Listings include seven gifts with July pigs and eight spring shoots from A L Campbell. Homes and property for sale noted by Mrs Geo Porter and Maggie Nagel. Also a 1926 Oak Coach priced at 509 dollars via W L Danbury Vernon. Cedar Factory in Amsterdam New York among miscellaneous notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Brokemeyer
A. L. Campbell
Maggie Nagel
Frank Ti
Vernon
Cedar Factory
Amsterdam
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harry Meador
Divernon
Claire Meador
Marlin Meador
J. M. Meador
Lem
E. M. Bricker
Merle and
Ferne
Henry Tillman
Wanda
D. W. White
Arthur Day
Henry Sprinkle
Assumption
Leo Kinney
John Rouse
John Revis
Juanita
Marie ‘Hathaway
Anson Griffin
Bertha Freyer
Omar Jones
Lena Baker
Allie Murfin
Maurice Dean
Walter Warren
Porrest Oates
Helen White
J. H. Reeter
MC Haney
Shobonier
Christian Science Churches
Illinois
MAE Eagan Auto and Property Insurance
Smith & Crawford
Crawford
J. M. Smiton
P. L. Turner
Pratt’s
Pratt
Omaha
George J. Wasem
Floyd B. Cain
N. Locust St
Gilley Garage
Fred Gilley
Patoka, Illinois
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