Soldier Letters Continued From Page One
Harold W Collins writes from England about improving meals, good entertainment, and touring beauty beyond Wisconsin. He notes fields, stone walls, friendly people, and cinemas costing a shilling. He mentions English money, V-Mail speed, and awaiting future postings while signaling love to family.
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England
Wisconsin
Cinemas
Avonda
Hulda
Frank
Marie
Patoka
Vernon People Visit and Travel Notes Across States
Vernon residents and relatives conduct visits in St Louis Chicago and Madison Wisconsin while others travel for training and furloughs. Johnny Curtis Jr departs for Great Lakes Naval Training Station and Kell Doolen tours from Madison. Local families host friends from Springfield Mount Vernon and Royalton in a bustling pattern of visits.
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John Bratcher
Weldon
Nere
Johnny Curtis Jr
Tuags Bay
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Dear Mae and Kae from Guam a soldier’s letter
A soldier from the 3rd Marine Division writes from Guam describing being ashore after fifty days at sea and a desire for sun to tan for return. He mentions staying in Guam after the conflict ends, praises the locals, and promises to write when possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae
Kae
Guam
Bear Creek Notes Residents share visits and travel news
Mrs Dorothy Lake returns home from Maryland where her husband is stationed, while Orville and Lulu Brown note son Wayne headed overseas with his wife and child in Pana. Several locals are mentioned visiting neighbors, with clubs and school preparations ahead as August 28 nears.
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Dorothy Lake
George Christie
Maryland
Orville Brown
Wayne
Pana
Charles Chris
Wanda Lou Linton
Betty Cole
Charles Foltz
Vernon Good Will Club Meeting Aug 17
Nellie Doolen hosted the Vernon Good Will Club Thursday afternoon August 17. Ten members and two guests attended. Members worked on a Veterans quilt nearing completion. At four o'clock the group met for refreshments of sandwiches cookies and lemonade in the dining room. Names listed include Lutie Belcher Stella Pugh Tonie Sorrell Meador and Next.
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Nellie Doolen
Vernon Good Will Club
Lutie Belcher
Stella Pugh
Tonie Sorrell
Meador
Arnold Chapel Social News Reflects Local Visits
Mr and Mrs Reid Smith with Donnie and Helen from El win Illinois stayed Monday night and Tuesday at the Charles Arnold home Several attended Charley Peerys birthday surprise dinner at his home Carl Arnold and daughter Margaret Ann Rev John Curtis and Rev E O Allen shared dinner at the Charles Arnold home Thursday and again at the Russell Caldwell home Sunday Charles Arnold with his daughter Mrs Eli Green and Larry plus others were visitors in Vandalia Friday afternoon
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Byron Albert
Charles Epps
Rock Falls
Arewin Willett
Arnold Dreisperner
Seminary
Darrel Wyant
Near Pana
Hiram Wyant
John Richards I Jr
Roberta
Phenbe Fiscus
Mound Chapel
Paul Williams
Ralph Donley
Bernadine
Roberta Richards
Samarian Holt
Fred Klinge
Edd Thomas
Orba Carson
Reid Smith
Donnie
Helen
Elwin
Illinois
Charles Arnold
Eli Green
Larry
Bethalto
Orie Green
Charley Peery
Carl Arnold
Margaret Ann
John Curtis
E. O. Allen
Russell Caldwell Home
Vandalia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ruth Wells
Evelyn Ballance
Carters
Harold
Harold W. Collins
Care P.M
New York
N. Y
Vernon
C. D. Doolen
Shirley
St. Louis
Joe Dickman
W. L. Danbury
B. A. Bryan
Normal
Helen Jarrett
Beulah Jarrett
Chicago
Sheridan
Kell Doolen
U.S. Army
Madison
OG. J. Doolen
Lula Quayle
Edith Peyton
Eunice Arnold
Effie Hathaway
la Place
Belle Doolen
Ada Dolly
Springfield
Charles Moore
Mt. Vernon
Verne Belcher
Gibson City
Jesse Walton
Charles Rosenbaum
Farmington
M. N. Rosenbaum
Matthew Curtis
Nellie Moeller
Margaret Curtis
Royalton
J. R. Curtis
First State Bank of
Patoka, Illinois
Auditor of Public Accounts
Parto Law
United States
Grand Total Resources
VU. S
U.S
State of
Ilinois
Green
L. E. Green
P. J. McJonnier
WM. J. Schroeder
Tllinois
Pfc. L. W. Warner
Guam Island
Pfe. L. W. Warner
Fleet Post Office
San Francisco
California
Stringtown
Bear Creek News
Mee
Arnold
COX & Martin
Sandoval
Vandalia Rendering
Pete Dole Garage
Howard Riley Garage
Armstrong
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