Musician Hero and Infantry Colonel Ends Active Life as Bible Teacher
Washington August 15 1980 Lieutenant Colonel Calvin P Titus veteran hero and Christian ends an 82 year Army career shifting from Fort Benning Georgia to Los Angeles to teach the Bible. Titus rose from 1900 Peking siege volunteer reconnoiterer to Medal of Honor recipient and later West Point graduate while leading troops at the Wall in the Chinese capital. He plans extensive Bible teaching with his wife and notes war and faith as connected guiding forces in his life.
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Washington, D. C
Calvin P. Titus
Fort Benning
Georgia
Los Angeles
California
United States Army
United States
Peking
China
14Th Infantry
P. Titus
Aaron S. Daggett
Daggett
Titus
Learned
Legation
Imperial
Tartar
Fort ‘Benning
Bante
West Point
Roosevelt
Vinton
Iowa
1St
Vermont Infantry
Philippines
Marshal Foch
Stonewall Jackson
Christ
Jerusalem
Army
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America
Community notes from Swift Kinmundy and area events
Rada Garrett returns from Decatur visit. Valinda Conant stays in Kinmundy with Bettie Atkins who is ill. Ellsworth Harvey family visits Villa Grove. Lucille Garrett sick. Neighbors help Marvin Conant raise barn. Marshall Williams and family visit Sam Lowe home. Mack Robb hosts Kinmundy relatives. Swift School starts with Kinmundy teacher Clara Doolen. Several local families attend gatherings at Wm. Garrett home. T. P. Williams family visits Noah Thomas. Nichols, Walton, Lowe visit Williams home.
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Mack Robb
Ahe“Eseworth Harvey
Valinda Conant
Selby Garrett
Salem
Julius Neilson
Decatur
Bettie Nichols
Marshall (Williams
Irma Garrett
Rada Garrett
Kinmundy
Bettie Atkins
Ellsworth Harvey
Villa Grove
Lucille Garrett
Marvin Conant
Marshall Williams
Sam Lowe
Swift
Clara Doolen
Bob ‘Andrews
Wm. Garrett
Bert Garrett
Virgil Livesay
Wes Robb
Frank Garrett
T. P. Williams
Noah Thomas
Fanny
Cracker Neck Social Notes Reach Vandalia Visitors
Cracker Neck residents recall a warm Sunday visit as Mary Stombaugh and two daughters from Vandalia joined Adren Stark of North Carlyle and other relatives for dinner ice cream and cake. Local residents include Stombaugh Brothers seeking furnace work for Shady Grove school and various neighbors calling on friends in Pope township.
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Stombaugh
Vandalia
Pope Township
Lucinda Barnes
Keyesport
Charley Shepards
Shattue
John Shepard
John Stone
Burl Shepard
Claud Carmen
Walla Cooper and
Janie Alexander
Raymond
Mary Belcher
George
Mrs. Alexander
Southeast Town social visitors and gatherings
Pete Bopp and family visited on Sunday with Mrs. Orvel Britt and a family. Opal Belcher spent Thursday evening with Eunice Snyder. Henry Sebastian and wife of Odin visited Sunday with Mr. Wm. Gerrish and family. Mat Belcher and wife visited Calvin Belcher and wife Sunday. Fred Eagan and family of Colfax have been visiting relatives here. The Williams brothers and Grandpa Williams accompanied them back home. Ray Ford is visiting the Bradford family this week. Luther Williams and family visited Sunday evening with Amil Smith and family. Mabel Bowen visited Sunday with Ruby and Nettie Schmahl. Mary Ella Collins spent Sunday night and Monday with Opal Belcher. Mrs. Alice Cohageon and four children from Indiana spent Sunday and Monday night with her brother Luther Williams and family. Ed Belcher and wife visited Sunday with Uncle Ike Belcher and daughter Edna. Will Crothers and family spent Sunday evening with his father and Calvin Belcher and wife called on Mat Belcher and family Monday night. Wash Bowen made a trip to Highland Sunday.
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Pete Bopp
Orvel Britt
Opal Belcher
Eunice Snyder
Henry Sebastian
Odin
Wm. Gerrish
Mat Belcher
Calvin Belcher
Fred Eagan
Colfax
Williams Brothers
Grandpa Williams
Ray Ford
Bradford
Luther Williams
Amil Smith
Mabel Bowen
Ruby
Nettie Schmahl
Mary Ella Collins
Alice Cohageon
Indiana
Ed Belcher
Ike Belcher
Edna
Will Crothers
Wash Bowen
Highland
Local families visit across towns on weekend
Eaglin and Britt families travel between Mt. Vernon Centralia and Sandoval for social calls and church attendance. Visits include Elmore Belcher with Wayne Long and many Thalman Kissner and Britt relatives. Ike Walker leaves for an indefinite stay in Idaho. cemetery cleanup at Cruse underway.
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Sam Britt
O. H. Britt
Mt. Vernon
Elmore Belcher
Wayne Long
John Thalman
Velma Long
Robert Arnold
Sandoval
Tom Ballance
Centralia
Charlie Thalman
R. D. Kissner
Zion
Owen Belcher
Chas. Thalman
Nattier Boys
Cruse
Hazel
Lucille Britt
Dean Britt
Reuben Thalman
Roy Thalman
Eaglin
Dean’ Long
Louis Kissner
Ike Walker
Idaho
Oscar Thalman
Melvin Hines
Alma
Barn Room for Rent to Pupils in Need of Stables
A rural notice offers barn space to rent for pupils seeking stable facilities. Details are unclear in the fragment, but the item signals available equestrian accommodations and potential instruction or boarding nearby.
Weekend Visitors and School Work Busy in Sandoval
A parade of relatives and travelers visited Sandoval over the weekend including Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Tillman and family, Miss Wanda Tillman of St Louis and Miss Virginia Lockwood of St Louis. Work on the new school building progressed with plastering finished and floors being laid ahead of September completion. A lightning strike damaged a Crickenberger farm barn, burning hay and crops with partial insurance coverage.
Rural Family Visits Record in Odin Township
Emma McClelland and daughter Mary Meridith with Minnie Hendrix and kin spent Monday with James R. McClelland family. John Day of Sandoval visited grandparents Rev Day and wife. Etta Day visited her mother. Flora McClelland hosted visitors with Clara and Betty. Centralia callers included Ethel Austin Nora Phyllis and Flora McClelland. Alta Pigg visited Will and Mrs Carter. Emma Ross and Flora McClelland joined Sarah McClelland and Ethel Austin. John Meridith and family visiting Edward Meridiths. Mildred and Paul of Blen...
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Ethel Austin
Phyllis
Sandoval
A. C. Austin
Foster
Rosie
Flora McClelland
Etta
Odin
Lizzie Abernathy
Grace Jackson
Alma
Isaac Ross
Thomas Holtslaw
Juanita
W. R. McClelland
Bert
Pheebe
Mason Holtslaw
Ethel Holtslaw
Nellie
Helen Holtslaw
Jas. R. McClelland
Melvin Austin
G. W. McClelland
D. F. Brough
Claude Huff
Mildred
Paul
Blencoe
Iowa
Vera Kretzer
Harold
Flora
Howard McClelland
Emma McClelland
Mary Meridith
Minnie Hendrix
Earl
Hazel
John Day
Day
Etta Day
Kittles
Campbell
Clara
Betty
Nora Phyllis
Centralia
Alta Pigg
Will Carter
Emma Ross
Sarah McClelland
John Meridith
Edward
Local Visits and Family Gatherings Across Stombaugh Area
Mary Stombaugh and children visited Mrs. Richard Huddleston and children near Carlyle on Friday. Mrs. Herman Page and daughter stayed with Wm. Laswell and wife Sunday. Adren Stark of Carlyle returned home after visiting Vandalia. Jeff Goodwin family called on Mrs. Ella Hawkins. Herbert Meryman and Howard Daniels families visited Ramsey. Amel Oberg’s group sightsees in Centralia. T. M. Stombaugh and son dined with J. R. Stombaugh. Hankins family visited Ella Hankins. Illinois universities and colleges employ 605 women instructors and professors.
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Mary Stombaugh
Richard Huddleston
Near Carlyle
Herman Page
Wm. Laswell
Adren Stark
Carlyle
Vandalia
Jeff Goodwin
Ella Hawkins
Herbert Meryman
Howard Daniels
Ramsey
DeEtta Stombaugh
Ruth Campbell
Amel Oberg
Marcus
Centralia
T. M. Stombaugh
William
J. R. Stombaugh
Hankins
Ella Hankins
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Maxine Walton
ST Ai A
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Dave Johnson
Annie Belcher
Sydney
Wanda Tillman
St. Louis
H. O. Tillman
Helen White
Thelma Doolen
Plainview
Woodbine
Texas
Rebecca Manley
Stonington
Tom Belcher
Lizzie Doolen
Alex Massey
S. W. Doolen
Virginia Lockwood
W. H. Woolsey
Effie Arnold
Fern Quayle
Myra Danbury
Springfield
Ben Woolsey
L. E. Green
Alice Bricker
Little Son
Detroit
Mich
Ida Wilson
Lawrence Wilson
Lora
Ida Kinney
Fillmore
Harry
Arthur Godel
Wm. Godel
Estelle Livesay
C. O. Livesay
Hester Davidson
Herbert McClelland
Charlie Rosenbaum
Fred Gintert
Eldorado
Farrell
Leonard Peyton
Edna Secrest
Lois Friend
Owaneco
Fred Jarrett
Anderson
Geo. Walton
Ray
Dot Doolen
Herbert Jones
Chicago
E. F. White
Clinton
Crickenberger
Luke Snyder
Glenwood Brown
Bloomington
Milner
Fern Adamson
Herbert Goreham
Lange
Schaulbert
Wood River
Howard Pope
John Thompson
Phillis and
James
Sone
Hicks
Putton
Dorothy Meridith
Bro. Burnett
Carrigan
Odin Township
Stombaugh Hill
Illinois
Schools of Technology
St. Loui
FOX Illinois Theatre
THE
Border Legion
Richard Arlen
Jack Holt
Zane Grey
Love
Clara Bow
Manhattan
Claudette Colbert
Egypt
Patoka
Ust
Patoka Business Men
Association
Patoka, Ill
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