G I Bill of Rights for World War II Education and Loans
The bill outlines Title II education benefits for World War II veterans with 90 days service or disability, including one year of education plus possible extra time, course flexibility, tuition and expenses up to 500 dollars per year, and subsistence. It also details Title I loan guarantees up to 50 percent of loans not exceeding 2000 dollars for homes farms or small businesses, with a 4 percent maximum interest cap, plus a Veterans Service Placement Board to oversee job counseling and placement through the U.S. Employment Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy College
U.S. Veterans Administration
Administrator of Veterans Affairs
U. S. Employment Service
Veterans Affairs
Selective Service System
Federal Security Administration
U.S. Employment Service
Veterans Service Placement Board
Mound Chapel Church Notes
The church reports a friendly reception of Island Chapel community guests at last Sunday's evening service. Pastor M. D. Ballance preaches each Sunday night at 8 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Island ‘Chapel
Vernon Social Notes Report Local Visits and Weddings
The Vernon area records a string of visits and social events including Anna Benefield visiting Springfield with her daughter, Henry Sprinkle visiting J H Pedd icott home, a Atlanta wedding of Dale Bevis and Genevieve Beck with a Vernon return, and numerous relatives and friends stopping by homes and attending gatherings such as the American Legion meeting in Patoka and an ice cream supper at Stringtown. Also noted are travels from Alma, Harristown, Anderson, Terre Haute, Chincoteege Island, and Champaign, along with hospital stays and homeucomings.
Stombaugh Hill and Vandalia Note Local Visits
Stombaugh Hill Mrs Rollie Stombaugh was in St Louis Wednesday. Mrs Bob Daniels returned to Vandalia last week after three weeks in Michigan with her husband Pic Daniels. Bob Daniels ships out to an address unknown. Miss Marybell Stombaugh and nephew Tommy Stombaugh visited Vandalia from Ypsilanti Michigan where they have been since June 2. The birthdays of Mrs DeEtta Summann of Shobonier and Mrs Etta Shepard of Vandalia were celebrated July 30 1944 at the Vandalia City Park with about seventy guests including families from Hookdale Mulberry Grove Patoka Farina Shobonier Newton and Vandalia. Others attending from Vandalia included J R Stombaugh and family Roy Jackson and family Herbert Payne and family Louise Hampston Gladys Barnes John McClary and daughters Delores Therissa Roman Morris John Shepard and family David Sehuert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rollie Stombaugh
St. Louis
Bob Daniels
van Lelta
Michigan
Pic
Bob
Marybell Stombaugh
Tommy Stombaugh
Vandalia
Ypsilanti
DeEtta Sumann
Shobonier
Etta Shepard
I. N. Merritt
Ruby
Donna Brockmiller
Hookdale
Jane Huddleston
Alvena
Mulberry Grove
Luther Barnes
Ralph
Patoka
Floyd Cooper
Gale
Bobby Shepard
Keyesport
Iver Hampston
Vera
Farina
Glen Hampston
Martin Summann
John Stone
Bill Boothmann
Sandoval
Theodore Stone
Ada Baldrey
Jewell
Nice Betty Emery
Rosa Fleckers
Rosemary
Newton
J. R. Stombaugh
Tommy
Roy Jackson
Shirley
Herbert Payne
Ronnie
Louise Hampston
Gladys Barnes
John McClary
Delores
Therissa
Roman Morris
John Shepard
David Sehuert
Community Notes From Vandalia and Nearby Towns
Local residents share visits and family events from Vandalia Kinmundy and surrounding areas. Shown are engagements showers visits by Linton Brown Berry Robertson and Wray family news plus a new birth and weekend travels to St. Louis Melbourne County area residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Brown
Cecil
Dickey) Robertson
New Caledonia
Harold Webb
Dwayne Linton
Vandalia Social Notes and County Wedding Report
Stringtown residents visit relatives in Hagerstown and Centralia. Vandalia shoppers and Idle Ladies Club gather for prizes. A church ice cream supper in Strew town raises £42.35 and a Georgia wedding unites Frank Beck’s daughter Genevieve with Dale Revis of Bear Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strew Town
Baptist Church Schedules and Annual Meeting
Sunday School at 10 Morning Service at 11 Training Union at 7 Evening Service at 8 Prayer Service Friday at 8 Annual business meeting after Friday prayer service on August 11.
Local notes from Carrigan area events and visits
Miss Wanda Poole and Miss June Friedman of Benton visit relatives in Carrigan. W.M.A. meeting in Fredonia features Irene Hanely as speaker. Local residents host, visit, or move with numerous small town activities and 4 H Achievement Day planned at Carrigan school on August 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanda Poole
June Friedman
Benton
W.M.A
Fredonia
Irene Hanely
St. Louis
Frank Petrea
Fred Tacke
Frank Gilbraith
Albert Galbraith
Ed Poole
Camp
Reynolds
W. G. Poole
Levi Gerrish
Temple School
Patoka Church of Christ Announces August 6 Services
The Patoka Church of Christ lists a full day of services on Lord's Day August 6 starting at 9:30 a.m. Bible School, 10:30 a.m. Communion, 11:00 a.m. sermon Workers together with God. 7:15 p.m. Christian Endeavor and 8:00 p.m. Evangelistic Service with sermon Conscience. A baptismal service is planned. church invites attendance and notes a schedule change to first and second Sundays to allow the pastor to evangelize elsewhere.
Also Mentioned on This Page
G. I. Bill
Legion
Secretary of Agriculture
Bankhead- Jones
Mound Chapel Church
M. D. Ballance
Vernon
Anna Benefield
Springfield
Tony Blankinship
Henry Sprinkle
Pana
J. H. Peddicott
A. J. Travis
Chicago
William Gregory
Alma
Clem Doolen
Lucille Reilman
Harristown
Pfe
Hubert J. Reilman
C. D. Doolen
Hazel Cox
The
American Legion
John Gillespie
Anderson
Indiana
Clint Hollingshead
John
Terre Haute
W. H. Wade
Edward Burchard
Naval Air Corp of
Chincoteegen
Island
Virginia
Decatur
Effie Hathaway
Jesse Ripple
St. Mary’s Hospital
Centralia
J. J. Betts
I. C. Betts
Stringtown
Clyde Doolen
Clara Murfin
Dorothy Doolen
Champaign
Fannie Miller
Laverne Crowder
Kinmundy
A. F. Hathaway
Stombaugh Hill
Bea
Creek News
Mack Payne
James
Fannie Hazelwood
Beryle Linton
W. H. Linton
Spud Berry
Mrs
Orville Brown
Wayne Brown
Wayne
Maryland
Doris Robertson
Dorothy Forehand
Darlene Brown
Betty Cole
Lucille Norris
Wanda Lou Linton
Earl Wray
Mark Greer Hospital
Wray
Beatrice Robertson
Navy
Frank Robertson
Joe Henson
Mrs. Mack Payne
Mrs. Bearl Quick
Oral Brown and Son
Earnest Elkin
James and
Vernon Payne
John Lewis
Bill Nance
David
Maggie Holt
Delbert Wyant
Hagerstown
Hiram Wyant
Ayewin Willett
Idle Ladies Club
Byron Albert
John Anderson
Tom Curren
Clarence Holt
Arewine Willett
Johanna Cleary
Rollie Klinge
Nellie Lane
Clarence Hot and
Lumarian
Me. Foster Holt
Aes Folt
Centralia Shoowers
l.Ollie Klinge
Iula
Vandalia Saturdane
Cenevieve Beck
Atlanta
Georgia
Beck
Dale Revis
John Revis
Bear Creek
George Albert
John Rouse
Virgil Klinge
Floyd Thoman
Iula Klinge
Revis
Baptist Church
Carrigan
Allen Groff
Arthur Groff
Odin Clarence Leicht
Ernest Leicht
Ewt Smith
Peggy Tune
Colleen
Earl Lutz
Charles Lutz
Neil Briscoe
Fred Briscoe
Jerry Parker
William Gerrish
Salem
Carrigan School House
Bible School
Christian Endeavor
Robert L. Graham
III
COX & Martin
Pete Dole Garage
Howard Riley Garage
Patoka, Illinois
Vandalia Rendering Works
W.e.pay
Hayes
Scott Hayes
Vandalia, Ill
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