Christmas Observances and Local Social Notes at Lone Prairie
In Lone Prairie the community enjoyed a Merry Christmas with numerous visits and family gatherings. Several residents, including Everett Goodwin, Clarence Tackett, and Mrs. Viola Smith, spent time in Fairman and with kin around Christmas and New Year. The column notes various calls, visits, and winter weather, with condolences for Mrs. Amy Evans and Mr. Nick Lutz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Goodwin
Clarence Tackett
William Perkins
Viola Smith
Fairman
Bertha Palmer
Alice Palmer
E. E. McHaney
Lawrence Talbert
Theodore Kline
John Talbert
C. E. McHaney
Dad Palmer
Pearl Poole
Pete Bopp
Eli Palmer
Sam Perkins
Evalyn Smith
Centralia
Wm. Perkins
Lee Attaberry
Russell Palmer
Wm. French
Henry Stillabover
Wmm. Perkins
Patoka Prairie
June Beardsley
Denver
Colo
Herman Mack
Raver
Henry Meredith
Amy Evans
Odin
Nick Lutz
West Fairman
Henry Stillabower
Fred Webking
Russel Palmer
Mayme Tackett
Stanley Hawley O. Odin
Ray Kretzer
Willie Perkins
Harry Perkins
Harry Zollar
Opal Kretzer
Mary Perkins
Xmas Visits and Local Calls Across East Fork Area
East Fork residents with families spent Christmas with relatives including Oze Hill, Matt Belcher, and the Bowens. Don Peddicord shopped in Patoka. Cort Walker and Nelson Hicks families were among those visiting neighbors and nuns. Several adults are listed as ill or caregiving with Bill Jence and others mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Hill
Oze Hill
Don Peddicord
Patoka
Nelson Hicks
Ransom Hicks
Fanny
Luther Williams
Matt Belcher
Opa
Alva Jackson
Shobonier
Henry Elder
Clarence Bowen
Charlie Bowen
Sam Meredith
Fairman
Isabel
Mabel
Cecil
Floyd Bowen
Ruby
Netfie
Ernest Schmah
Cort Walker
Elza Clark
Hicks Family Surprised by Visits as Spring Plans Begin
Brick School residents extend Sunday greetings to J. P. Hicks with his daughter and son in law from near Shattue visiting. J. T. Ashworth suffers a stroke and remains unconscious. Hicks brothers butcher hogs. Harry Robinson trips to Odin. Harvey Hurd and Vernace Tate add a manure spreader and corn grinder as spring nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Hicks
Lawrence Heinzmann
Near Shattue
Glen Hicks
Mary Ticknor
Sandoval
J. T. Ashworth
Near Hoot’s Chapel
J. P. Hicks and
Community Notes From Tudie Felton’s Hospital Stay
Friends report Tudie Felton remains in Springfield hospital with condition unchanged. Local visits include Melvin Maxey and family, John Charlton with son Bennett, Morton Thompson group, and Nelleta Durbin with Lucy May and Martha Guyman. Activities include hog butchering by Albert Galbreath and Bud Adams. Carrigan township spelling contest participation. trips to Odin and Centerville for shopping and social visits. coal hauling by John Haug and soy bean hay deliveries to Wm Avery stock farm north of Odin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salom
Carrigan Township
Leroy
Roy
Guyman
Duke Norfleet
Ida Jett
A. H. Sebastian
Odin
Bud Adams
Tonti
Centralia
Sandoval Christian Church Class Elects Officers
Class Number Ten met at Mrs. Robert Foltz home on December 16 and opened with a Christmas lesson read by Mrs. Nell Tracy. Officers elected include President Hester Zears Vice President Minnie Brown Secretary Jennie Potter and Treasurer Margaret Klotz. Christmas gifts were exchanged and prizes won by Mrs. Zears and Mrs. Coral Peters before a luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian Church
Robert Foltz
Nell Tracy
Hester Zears
Minnie Brown
Jennie Potter
Margaret Klotz
Coral Peters
Rebekah Lodge plans New Years party and officer install
Special Memorial services were held at the Rebekah Lodge for Mae E. Crowell. Plans were made for the annual New Years Party and installation of new officers on January 3. A pinck supper will follow the installation and donations of pies are requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radah Cunningham
Margaret Klotz
Rebekah Lodge
Mae E. Crowell
Assembly
Rebekahs
Harry Poole
Ray Smith
Centralia
Richard Lee
Jean “Sherman
Cleora Schneider
Wilma
Marine
Ralph Jensen
Shattuc
Bee Skeen Baker
Mae Peters
Irene Strang
Donald Lee
Ada Lee
Hoopeston
Dorothy Green
Hazel Koutz
Neodesha
Kans
T. C. Gorman
Mary West
Fisher
Harry Polle
Mabel Kostanzer
Crawfordsville
Ind
Dean Thomasson
Charleston
Ruth Karnes
Carberglale
E. G. Lewis
Terre Haute
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chas. Hill
Martin’s Cash Co
J. Alcom & San
Califo
Gray’s
Patoka Hdw
R. L. Walton
T. E. Irvin
Lone Prairie
Everet Goodwin
Tom Harker
Logan Meredith
East Fork
John Merklebach
Burdette Wright
St. Louis
Western Electric
Rena
Dorothy Dean Wilson
Venetta
Muriel
Lucenl Lewis
Emil Wood
Mary Pokojoski
Joel E. Toothaker
Wash
E. C. Toothaker
Lcentralia
Illinois
RED & White
Bae
Miles
J. Alcom & Son
Patoka, Il
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