Local News Notes and Family Births
Miss Mildred Logan visiting from S. IL N. Y. at Carbondale spends two weeks with her parents Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Logan. Newborns: a son to Forrest Bricker family. a daughter to Albert Pearcy family. a daughter to Luther Perrine family. Maude Ellis Madeline Porter Gayle Belcher and Archie Pugh visited Decatur business on Thursday. Frank Ballance and daughter Betty Marcus Cox Vernon depart for a few days in Miami.
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Mildred Logan
S. IL N. Y
Carbondale
H. L. Logan
Forrest Bricker
Florida
Thexander Deluxe
Tamiami Trail
C. B. Anderson
J. R. Wasem
J. W. Alexander
Walter Diveley
Noah Yarley
Roy Thompson
Glenneryman
Maron
Wilma Meryman
Decatur
Macon County Hospital
Frank Adams
Centralia
Laura Haley
Granite City
Billy Bruening
Patoka
Francis Belcher
Lowell Belcher
Harvey Hudspeth
Chicago
Joe Hudspeth
Edgar Irvin
Paul Belcher
Chilicothi
Bertha Miller
Tourist camp on the Tamiami Trail hosted by Andersons and Wasems
Florida notes visitors and residents in brief entries. Assorted families travel between towns and cities including Centralia Glyndon and Granite City. The piece mentions the Alexander deluxe tourist camp on the Tamiami Trail and local holiday travels and illnesses.
Ballance Home Hosts 60th Birthday Gathering
Relatives gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ballance to celebrate his 60th birthday. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Willie Ballance, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ballance, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walton, Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Ballance and daughters Betty and Marilyn, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Ballance and son Elvin, Mrs. Alden Seats Hiram, Luther and Roy Ballance.
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Roy Ballance
Willie Ballance
Tom Ballance
Robert Walton
Dwight Ballance
Daughers
Betty
Marilyn
Leo Ballance
Elvin
Alden
Hiram
Luther
M. E. Church Preaching Service This Sunday
The M E Church invites all to a 7:00 p m preaching service on Sunday December 26 with a hopeful crowd. Sunday School at 9:30 a m asks families to attend and bring children. Pastor W E Shaffer urges gathering in Christmas spirit for a gracious time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
W. E. Shaffer
University Students Prepare Christmas Vacation Exodus
Sixty six University of Illinois students from Marion County and nearby areas will ride special trains buses and private cars tomorrow for the Christmas vacation. The campus district and transport terminals will be crowded as classes dismiss at noon. The December 1936 traffic record is noted as the bloodiest Illinois month with 314 deaths in 31 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Illlinois
Marion County
Scotland
College of Medicine
Dentistry
Pharmacy
Chicago
Illinois
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Tillie’s Cafe
Central
Service
Curtias
Rubye Cain
FOX Illinois
Centralia, Ill
Volliff
Howell’s Cafe
Patoka, Illinois
Ballance
Grover Malan
William SiPurgeon
Alma
Richard Broom
Walter Broom
Naomi Hawkins
Mar
Tha Smith
Kinmundy
Earl Pruett
Charles Young
Sandoval
John Guyon
Katherine Seidel
Austin
Nas
Miles Nervine
Miss Glivar
Wm. Hutter Clothing Co
Centralia’s Big Men’s Store
Attier
VOGUE
Salem, Illinois
Patoka Oilers
Vandalia All Stars
First State Bank
Federal Deposit Ins. Corp
W. H. Cain
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