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Social Roundup Shapes Weekend Visits and Reunions
Walter Hoppe and family from St Louis visited Frank Hatch. Maud Hatch and Maudie returned from St Louis to the Walter Hoppe home. The piece lists numerous local travelers visiting relatives, attending reunions, and celebrating birthdays. Vance Murfin had appendicitis treated at Vandalia Hospital. Several families from surrounding towns joined in Salem Reunion activities and visits to Centralia, Vandalia, and Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Hoppe
St. Louis
Frank Hatch
Maud Hatch
Maudie
Beryl Guthrie
Reta Lee
Vandalia
Beaulah Jarrett
Alice Pratt
Chicago
Melba Meador
W. E. Meador
Beth Burton
John Quayle
Patoka
Walter Adams
Bertha Danbury
East St. Louis
Marilyn Quayle
Reta Lee Guthrie
Joan Baker
June Holesapple
Salem
Lyle
Beryl Arnold
Grand Rapids
Michigan
T. E. Quayle
Estella Arnold
Vance Murfin
Vandalia Hospital
Junior West
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Thurby Meador
Zel Cox
Ben Hallock
Lincoln
George Walton
Centralia
Hallock
Raymond Paine
Springfield
Eli Morgan
Ray Walton
Old Settlers
Cecil Ford
Jacksonville
Charles Moore
Evelyn Wernsman
Fairman
E. H. Wernsman
Wayne Walton