Fredonia Church Attendance And Sunday Visits Noted
Rev Atchison led services with 58 attendees. Numerous visitors and family groups shared meals and calls across Fredonia including the Meredith, Harmeier, Jett, Carter, Hill, Kretzer, and Davenport households plus several from Arthur Clinton Odin Flora and Edgwood areas. George Kretzer sustained a broken arm during church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freda Sanders
Elizabeth Carter
Elvira Heinzman
Amelia Meredith
Willie Powell
Odin
Viola McHaney
George Kretzer
Everett Jett
William Perkins
Vernon
Uphold Wages for Postwar Prosperity in Factories
The piece argues wage hikes are vital as wartime demand ends. It cites CIO leader Philip Murray urging a 20 percent basic wage rise, notes average US wages at 1.04 per hour, and warns living standards would drop postwar. It links wages to farm income, productivity, and calls Congress to enable industry investment by reforming wartime tax laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Murray
CIO
Truman
United States
Mr. Murray
Murray
Congress
America
Japan
Local social notes thread through Patoka and neighboring towns
Arnold Chapel hosts a long list of visitors and relatives from Patoka Springfield Wilmington Joliet and other areas. The column records trips to Chicago Cerro Gordo Champaign Centralia and St Louis plus family visits from Navy serviceman Edgar Ballance on leave after twenty years in Europe and numerous kin and friends stopping by homes in Patoka and nearby communities.
Social Visits Move Through Fairman and Nearby Towns
Fairman residents host and visit relatives across multiple towns. Families from Fairman Joliet and Harrisburg join gatherings at the McClaren home and local houses. Several trips occur in East St. Louis Patoka Centralia and nearby communities with extended family members listed by name.
Sandoval News Social Visits From St Louis and Florida
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Gruber of St. Louis spent last week visiting at the Griffon home where their daughter Marilyn stayed with her grandparents. Miss Betty Boyd of Tampa visited Thursday with relatives in town before continuing to Flora Illinois. Jackie Thomas and Jerrie Parker returned Monday after a three day visit in Granite City with Mrs. Delores Telford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli Green
Larry
Billy
Charles Arnold
Patoka
John Blankenship
Harold Chance
Springfield
Duane Walton
John Chance
I. C. Betts
Joe and
Keit
E. M. Doolen
Wilmington
Cerro Gordo
G. P. Weaver
Betts
Robert Hines
Mary Doris Sprinkle
Salem
Esther Jones
Jacob Godel
Chicago
Kenneth Hirstein
Effie Hathaway
George Newlin
Villa Grove
Champaign
C. T. Wade
V Seegeser
Ed Holliday
Hazel
Farina
H. D. Merritt
Gladys Wade
Centralia
W. H. Wade
Alice Wilson
Howard McClelland
Odin
Ora Stone
Pat Schooling
Flora
Ernest Rizzon
Tony Giovinini
Faye Parker
Viola Parker
Kansas City
George Thomasson
James Busalacki
Sons
St. Louis
Ann Miketta
Edith Donoho
Magnolia
Ill
Anna Spear
Tony Lafata
Joe J. Altadonna
Jens Holm
Cletus and
Walter
Air Force
Scott Field
Nattie Alexander
Claude Jackson
Boyton Beach
Florida
Nina Kell
Ada Trout
Sandoval
Iola Bolte
Kansas
Frank Meyers
Barnes Hospital
Frank Sullivan
W. W. Miller
K. E. Laughlin
Nakomis
Harry Farthing
Carl Adams
A. Galbreath
Alex Anderson
Ella Cozad
Minnie Merten
Heinrich Home
Fred Noleman
Pfe. Halden Hill
Gus Gruber
Frank Griffon
Marilyn
Betty Boyd
Tampa
Chester Skipper
Beverly
Rosalie
Miss Boyd
Flora, Ill
Orville Boyd
Jackie Thomas
Jerrie Parker
Granite City
Delores Telford
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fredonia
Atchison
Rev. Atchison
Joseph Muck
Abe Lee
Arthur, Ill
Loran Carter
Betty Jett
G. W. Jett
Eunice McHaney
Lawrence
John Talbert
Orville Hill
Emma Hill
Henry Meredith
Wm. Perkins
Harry Perkins
Harmeier
DuComb
Meredith
George Davenport
Clinton
Lorraine Meredith
Caroline Harmeier
Everett Kretzer
Irvin Bowen
Dale Cozad
William Kretzer
Elizabeth Webking
Laura Wealty
Elia Matlock
Edgwood
Doris Black
Ruth Carter
George S. Benson
Harding College
Searcy
Arkansas
Arnold
F B. Ballance
A. L. Irvin
T. E. Irvin
Edgar
U. S. Navy
Betty Ballance
A. D. Nichols
Cecil Garrett
Roy Doolen
James Bassett
Near Kinmundy
Eli Green and Sons
Ruth Williams
Mrs. Addis Walton
Lieutenant Duane Walton
Dick Brown
Arthur Densmore
Ray and
Betty
Eula Creed
Ada Anderson
Merle Anderson
Litchfield, I]l
Harold Simcox
Dean
John Baker
Rosario Carribino
Frances Lafeta
John Inchiostro Jr
Larry, Mary
Joe
Minnie Hiltibidal
Wamac
Emory Sanders
Charles Peart
Ethel Gilbert
Anton Altadonna
Eileen Wurm
Eileen Smith
J. C
Mary Jo
Mary Altadonna
Lucille Etling
Marilyn Merten
Arlene Forsythe
Bluford, Ilinois
Ed Goodwin
Beach Saddler Jr
Larry Ray
St. Mary’s Hospital
Fairman
Joe Mills
Joliet
James Chaffin
Imogene and
Luann Seidel
Nicolay Sisters
William Smith
Bolder
G. N. Smith
Sandoval News
Limonize
Mobil
Firestone
Crawfords
Patoka, IJ
Mobil Oil and Gas Phon
Patoka, Ill
Willing Workers
The
Methodist Church
Cox
Martin
Patoka — Sandoval
Vandalia Rendering Works
Vandalia
MayFair Apparel Shop
Audrey Roberts
Propretor Centralia
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