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Furs and Thanksgiving Visit North Central Patoka Notes
Local news notes Patoka and nearby towns with Thanksgiving visits and guests. Richard Richeson Cafe advertises furs and hats. Families from Lincoln Cen t ralia Vandalia Paris and Decatur socialize, travel to Florida and Detroit, and discuss hunting season and gifts. Community ads and travel glances accompany names of residents and visitors.
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Richeson Cafe
Deneen Smith
Lincoln
Patoka
Mrrs
Ida Smith
Bill Eagan
Centralia
Pan
Decatur
Don Hagan
Claude Jackson
Ruth
Frank Simcox
I. S. Walker
Forest Oates
Vernon
Detroit
Mich
Bert
Anna
Nina Walker
Vernen Bricker
Louie Wasem
Levin J. Peek
Bunnie
Chicago
A. M. Peek
Wesley Grupp
Salem
Tom Stephens
Effingham
Stephens
Sidney Briggs
P. B. Simcox
Mindora Simcox
Centalia
Fehren
Ruth Butts
Vandalia
Paul Troyer
D. W. Troyer
Helen Troyer
Glen Merryman
Maroa
Wright
Walier
Leo Walker
Thelma Pugh
Carl Gray
Maurice Cox
Elizabeth Cox
Marle Anderson
Harrisburg
William Marion Spurgeon
University of Illinois
Urbana
Francis Soulon
Champaign
Soulon
T. B. Walker
Agnes Hines
Alma
L. Church
E. R. Caldwell
Margie
Raymond Luttrell
Clinton
W. W. Murfin
Dale Altom
Clara Murfin
Lyle Simcox
Chestnut
Charles Belcher
Camp Dixon Springs
Madaline Porter
Gaye
Clayton Slifer