Derrick Erected On A D Nichols Farm In Foster
A wildcat well site on A D Nichols land in Foster township sparks excitement as foundations go up and the derrick towers over the 100 acre tract. Drilling expected to start within days after Nichols chose a well over cash option. Major leases have been taken in the surrounding area at about 7.50 an acre with some as options.
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Derrick
A. D. Nichols
Foster
Foster Township
L Illinois Oil ‘Basin
Nichols
Brians Drilling No 3 Nattier Reaches Resume After Lost Bit
Brians Drilling No 3 located at R. H. Brians No 3 Verne Nattier well resumed the latter part of the week after recovering a lost bit that caused a several days fishing job. Location of the No 8 well is on the same 40 acre tract producing the first two wells.
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R. H. Brians No. 3 Verne Nattier
Zion 4-H Club Attends Picnic at Bryan Park
The Zion Whip Cracker 4 H club joined county clubs for a July 20 picnic at Bryan Memorial Park Salem. Members Eugene Black Jesse Black Duane Walton Keith Walton and Floyd participated with supper and park activities and a ball game.
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Zion Whip-Crackers
Bryan Memorial Park
Salem
Zion
Eugene
Jesse Black
Duane
Keith Walton
Floyd
Local club meeting Report from Harold James group
Harold and Deane James led by Maurice Ballance attended with Mrs Ballance Addis and Marlin Walton. Attendees described the gathering as a very good time. The next club meeting will be at Harold Jones’s home on Friday evening August 5.
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Harold and
Deane James
Maurice Ballance
Ballance
Addis
Marlin Walton
Harold Jones
Benefit Picnic At Zion Church Yard
A church benefit picnic is planned in the Zion Church yard on Saturday August 13 in the afternoon and night. All are invited to attend and enjoy arranged entertainment.
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Zion Church
Ice Cream Supper At Hatch School House Aug 9 1988
A benefit ice cream supper at Hatch school house on August 9 1988 for Hatch cemetery funds. Everyone is invited and asked to bring a cake for attendees with loved ones buried there.
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Hatch School House
Hatch Cemetery
Vernon church lawn event hosted by Willing Workers class
The Willing Workers Sunday School class sponsors an evening program on Tuesday August 9 on the Vernon M E Church lawn. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Vernon M. E. Church Lawn
Willing Workers
Thanks for Help After Barn Fire
The Wm Ehrat Family expresses gratitude for the help received in controlling a fire that destroyed their barn.
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Wm. Ehrat Family
In Memoriam Felix West
In memoriam of Felix West who died August 9 1937. Beloved father and dear old dad, you smiles are missed and we wonder why you left us. Someday we will meet again, sadly missed by the family.
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Felix West
Card of Thanks for Bereavement
The family expresses sincere thanks for acts of kindness and sympathy shown after the death of their husband and father.
Southeast Town Society Notes Of Visitations
Mr and Mrs Pearl Poole and children and Charley Bopp and daughter Daisy Lee arrive from Colorado to visit Mr and Mrs Pete Bopp and relatives. Doris Mann returns home from grandparents residence. Mr and Mrs Joseph Trushell and children from Dearborn visit Mat Belcher’s family. Miss Dorothy Orrell visits Aunt Mrs Wm Snyder. Violet Williams visits grandparents. Wayne and Ralph Williams with Opal visit. Sick Mrs Henry Taylor improving. Visitors include Frank Bibord and daughter Edna Mildred Bowen W Williams Eldon Burl Wen Richard Donald Adams.
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Pearl Poole
Charley Bopp
Daisy Lee
Colorado
Pete Bopp
Doris Mann
Henry Taylor
Joseph Trushell
Dearborn, Michigan
Mat Belcher
Opal
Dorothy Orrell
Wm. Snyder
Violet Williams
Ralph and
Wayne Williams
Opal ‘Synday
Frank Biford
Edna Ams
Mildred Bowen
W. Williams
Eldon
Burlwen
Richard
Donald Adams
Golf Champion of Today Sees World of Tomorrow
American golf team returns from England to the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Charles Yates receives a scroll and advisory role from Grover A. Whalen as World of Tomorrow host. Francis Ouimet and Yates are pictured with Whalen during the ceremony, joined by Atlanta visitors including Hamilton, Robinson, Paine, Malone, and Keeler.
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World of Tomorrow
New York
England
Grover A. Whalen
The
Fair Corporation
Charles Yates
Whalen
Yates
Francis Ouimet
Atlanta
Georgia
Fairgrounds
George B. Hamilton
State of
James D. Robinson
First National Bank of Atlanta
Thomas B. Paine
James C. Malone
O. B. Keeler
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Victor McLagren
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Wallace Berey
Frank Morgan
Seven Seas
Penner
Dnesday Kay Sutten
Liberty Theatre
Vandalia
Ill
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Kay Francis
Shirley Temple
Rebecca of
Sunnybrook Farm
Last Stand
Bob Baker
Popeye
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Mickey Roonty
Lewis Stone
Kady Garland
Cecilia Parker
Little Miss Brodway
Illinois Theatre
Centralia
Fox
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Jan Hunter
Warner Brothers
Paris
Rudy Vallee
Rosemary Lane
Brooklyn
Dick Powell
Pat O’brien
Priscilla Lane
Dick Foran
Paramount
You and
Sylvia Sidney
George Raft
RKO
Ginger Rogers
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Memoriam
Pra
Springfield
Saint Eielinserg
Isc
Fevecee Lee
Uinois Pilots
Aan
Veterans’ Day Apt
Pera Naa
Cy Briday
Gorneeal
Cleveland
Congress
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Samuel E. Morey
the Morey
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