Island Chapel News Roundup of Thanksgiving Week
Island readers note several Thanksgiving visits and hospital updates. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Nattier traveled to Louisville to spend time with their daughter’s family, returning Saturday. Nina Phillippe re entered Richland Hospital in Olney for tests. Archie Brown and son Gary visited Lula Sharp and Gaylord Smith at Sandoval. Mary Walker spent Thanksgiving with Deneen Walker’s family. Sheila Sharp returned to Peoria Methodist Hospital after a home stay. Additional callers included Melvin Wehrle family of Ramsey and Darrell Sharp family. Thanksgiving guests for the Davises included George and Dick Davis and families from Herrin and Effingham, plus Linda and granddaughters Linda and Wanda Ohls of St. Louis. Berthel Sanders dug a cistern for Orval Sharp. Americans will mail 3,000,000,000 Christmas cards in 50,000 designs. To pass life’s final exam, pass each day’s test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Nattier
Louisville
Kentucky
John Davis’s
Archie Brown
Gary
Lula Sharp
Gaylord Smith
Sandoval
Lula
Mary Walker
Deneen Walker
Sheila Sharp
Methodist Hospital
Peoria
Jake Davis
George Davis
Herrin
Illinois
Dick Davis
Effingham
Linda
Wanda Ohls
St. Louis
Thanksgiving Social Notes From Vernon Area Families
Local Reynolds county families hosted Thanksgiving gatherings and visited kin across Illinois and nearby states. Columbia and Cleveland connections appear in extended family visits, with several trips to Champaign and East St. Louis mentioned along with plans to winter elsewhere.
Thanksgiving Dinner Draws Attendees From Many Towns
The annual Thanksgiving dinner at the Grade School Gym drew local residents and numerous visitors from nearby towns and states. Attendees included families from Mt. Carmel Springfield St Louis Monticello Sullivan Mountain Home Elkton Oregon Cleveland Granite City Effingham Herrin Vandalia Carbondale Carlyle Shobonier Shattuc and Vernon Alma Sandoval and other communities. The event highlights communal sharing and traditional observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mabry
David
Mt. Carmel
Harold Chance
Eula Britt
Springfield
John Quayle
Linda Davis
Linda
Wanda Ohls
St. Louis
Missouri
Francis Belcher
Monticello
J. H. Gaston
Sullivan
Kennedy Simcox
Mountain Home
Arkansas
Earl Wiles
Annette
Elkton
Gladys Wengret
Oregon
Roberta Quayle
Cleveland
Ohio
Mary Anderson
Granite City
Dick Davis
Effingham
Also Mentioned on This Page
Island Chapel News
Nina Phillippe
Richland Hospital
Olney
Sharp
Melvin Wehrle
Ramsey
Darrell Sharp
Berthel Sanders
Orval Sharp
Mary E. Moore
Motorola & Philco
Black & White
Darrel
Radio & TV
the Vernon Register
Letta Hopkins
James Payne
John Houston
Mary Kottmeyer
Ed Houston
Hollis Pulver
Lula Payne
Dale Caudle
Jimmie
Paul Caudle
Sandra
Paula
Raymond Halbrook
Wilbur Merrick
Westfield
Salem
Debbie Nicolay
Riverton
Hobart Arnold
Alma
Edith Peyton
Dewey Cole
Joan Houston
Decatur
Jim Herrin
Bessie Wilson
Bloomington
Winnie Kell
Amy Christie
Eunice Arnold
Berta Quayle
Champaign
Hallie Bell
Francis Ronk
Ronk
Boll
Joe Compton
Josephine Compton
East St. Louis
Maude Hatch
Inlaw
Terry Binnion
Tuscola
J. C. Binnion
Floyd Smith
Lyle Ballance
Leon
Arlen
Ryman Doolen
Rodney
Ross Ballance
Royce
Joyce
Glen Ballance
Irene Ballance
Leon Walker
Ronnie
Debbie
Milton Bayliss
Tennessee
Grand Ole Oprey
Dad
Illinois Power
Emma Klump
June Hyle
John Mintum
Glen Quayle
J. Earl Major
Grover Malan
Herbert
Charles Meryman
Beth
Barbara Humes
Thelma Tappan
Centralia
Fred Beckemeyer
Carlyle
Matilda Schumbold
Elizabeth Janssen
Shobonier
Marie Lett
John Landham
Maura Lyons
Shattuc
Vernon, Alma, Sandoval
United States
Cape Kennedy
Santa Claus
Paul Logan
Patoka, Ill
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