Weekend visitors and local social rounds noted in Decatur area
A stream of weekend visits fills Decatur and nearby towns as residents and relatives travel to Alma Odin Centralia and Champaign with many staying through Sunday. Notable names include Floyd Arnold Effie Arnold Gus Protz Marion Epps and L E Green among others. The Farmers State Bank directors met and local families host guests while Christmas program rehearsals begin for the M E Sunday School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Arnold
Decatur
Gus Protz
Frank Murfin
Hot Springs
Ark
Effie Hathaway
Isabel Protz
Dot Doolen
Champaign
Lincoln
Eugene Nolte
Centralia
Roy Cox
Robert Green
Near Kinmundy
L. E. Green
G. C. Betts
Louise
J. F. Arnold
Margaret’ Preyer
A. L. Brown
St. Louis
Farmers’ & Serene State Bank
Lewis Leninger
Vandalia
Sallie Schaulbert
Clinois Christie
Wm. Oates
Rollin McHaney
Salem
C. O. Livesay
Dean Dooleff
Southeast Town Social Notes With Local Visits
John Bopp and wife visited on Thursday to check on Frank Bradford and his wife who are ill. Pete Bopp and Miller Palmer called on Thursday. Duncan Williams and family were seen on our streets last Thursday. Pearl Poole and wife visited Saturday night and Sunday with Pete Bopp and family. Ed Belcher and Mrs Calvin Belcher and Mr and Mrs Pete Bopp and Luther Williams helped Mat Belcher butcher last Thursday. Ernest Schmahl and Albert and Peggy Tacke were absent from school Monday. Charley Bopp bought a team at the Campbell sale Monday. Clarence Bowen and Irvin Bowen bought pigs from Calvin Belcher Tuesday. Mrs Frank Bradford is ill and Miss Mayme Bo…
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bopp
Frank Bradford
Millard ‘Palmer
Pete Bopp
Duncan, Williams
Pearl Poole
Ed Belcher
Calvin Belcher
Luther Williams
Mat Belcher
Ernest Schmahl
Albert
Peggy Tacke
Charley Bopp
Campbell Sale
Clarence Bowen
Irvin Bowen
Mayme Bo
Greeting A Merry Christmas Morning Poem Fragments
A fragmentary festive verse greeting readers on Christmas morning. The lines describe a rose greeting dawn and the sun gilding the day with gold. The text is incomplete but conveys a hopeful holiday mood.
Dipping into Science The Sky’s Blue Reflects Air Color
The blue sky results from the air reflecting blue rays from the sun. The nearer the equator, the bluer the sky because the sun appears brighter there, according to a Western Newspaper Union report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equator
Western Newspaper Union
Temple church event and local social notes in Patoka area
Mrs Theodore Meredith were shopping in Patoka Tuesday. Clarence and Irvin Bowen had dinner with Mat Belcher and wife Tuesday. The program at Temple Church will be Sunday night Dec 22. Junior Williams stayed with grandparents Mat Belcher and wife last week. Eunice Snyder visited Opal Belcher Saturday. Mark and Rose Snyder and companions from Carlyle spent Saturday night and Sunday with home folks and attended Temple Sunday School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wer
Theodore Meredith
Patoka
Clarence
Irvin Bowen
Mat Belcher
Temple Church
Junior Williams
Belcher
Eunice Snyder
Opal Belcher
Mark and
Rose Snyder
Carlyle
Temple
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Janet Jaynor
J. Farrel McDonald
Charles Morton
Nancy Drexel
Barry Norton
Mary Duncan
Illinois
Tss
Chas. H. Hill
Nat Fee Fae
Libby
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Zarbock Hardware Co’s
Centralia, IN
Toyland
Chinaware
Aluminum
Zenith
Edison
Bremer Tully
Clentone Radios
Adam Schaff
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