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Local notes from Decatur and area this week
Local brief highlights numerous area residents visiting relatives attending events in Centralia Chicago Vandalia and Vernon. Notable moves include the Lawson Carter Irvin and Pugh properties with multiple families relocating and real estate transactions noted. Peanut flake candy and other daily goods promoted at Altoms Hill's Store with price offers and Valentines items.
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Verle Kirk
Orville Schroeder
Decatur
Bhill
Centralia
Alice Murfin
Betty Alcom
Glen Hill Russel Smith
Porter Simcox
Dean Martin
Altoms
Merritt Caldwell
Merritt
State Hospital
Jacksonville
Glen Hill
Chicago
Ed Lawson
Jennie Carter
James Ballance
Carter
Laura Livesay
A. L. Irvin
Irvin
J. W. Alexander
Green Farm
Lucile Garrett
Bob Eagan
Kinmundy
Richard Swabe
Farmers Pride Lye
Hill
Dale Nattier
Albert Tacke
Fairbury
Harvey Hudspeth
Cecil Elliott
Sinnett
Anna Pugh
New Radio
Walton Hardware
Edgar Irvin
Southern Iinois Teacher’s College
Carbondale
T. E. Irvin
Marvin Ballance
Wolf Lake Public High School
Lester Ballance
Hubert Smith
Carbondale College
Ross Smith
Iris Ellis
Evelyn Henry
Dayne Ellis
Frank Lake
Vandalia
Herbert Clery
Clarence Tetley
Lewis Leninger
Mary
Beulah Wickersham
Pride
Wallace Alexander
Dick Potts
Harold Bonney
Bob Adams
Roy Ballance Jr
O. H. Britt
Patoka
James Thomas
Elizabeth Walker
Walier
Illinois
Union Walker
Winton Wright
Hugh Jenson
Shattuc
Leo Walke
Bonnie Wortman
Levi Hill
Wortman
Boulder
Carl Meador
P. B Simcox
Bettie Simcox
Joe Simcox
M. E. Church
Vernon
Pansy Briggs
Geroge Ballance
T. M. Conrey
Thurman
Wichita Falls
Texas
Conrey
Claud Adams
Thalman
Thalman Land South of Town. Mr. Conrey
Cecil Griffin
Mrs. Conrey
A. A. Griffin
Adams