Vernon District Meeting and Local Updates
Seventeen Vernon C O F lodge members attended a district meeting in Centralia Friday night. The next district gathering is planned for Vernon lodge rooms in late February. Vernon High defeated Keyesport Friday night February 25. Local social notes include visits by Misses Louise Betts Marian Epps and Miss Marie Culbertson near Ramsey. The M E Church revival concluded Sunday night with Rev M Jackson leading. The M E Ladies Aid met Thursday with about forty members and three visitors. Margaret Freyer presided and Sunshine Friends names were drawn. Refreshments were served. Nan Oats will host the next meeting.
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Vernon [. C. O. F
Centralia
Vernon Lodge
Carroll Walton
Granite City
Vernon High School
Keyesport
Louise Betts
Marian Epps
Marie Culbertson
Ramsey
Sunshine Friends
Nan Oats
Vernon School News
Room updates and class notes from Friday af'temper
The room reports show the program committee as Junior West Lynn Jarrett and Paul Chriss. No school Friday Feb 12 due to a teachers meeting in Centralia. Various visitors attended the room Thursday and Friday afternoons. The third and fourth year classes study George Washington and fourth year arithmetic covers Multiplication of Mixed Numbers. Mildred Irene Jarrett is noted as never absent or tardy this year. Maude Hatch was absent Tuesday afternoon due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior West
Lynn Jarrett
Paul Chriss
Centralia
Clyde Chriss
Dolores
Geo. Washington
F. H. Hatch
Mildred Irene Jarrett
Maude Hatch
Stombaugh Hill Social Ties Noted in Vandalia Area
Silas Bryant of Smithboro visited his parents in Vandalia on Friday. Kept by local families, visits included Mrs John Stone Centralia and Ora Stone Sandoval to J R Stombaugh. Various Kinfolk gathered in Cent ral ia and Brownstown. J R Stombaugh traveled to St Louis on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas Bryant
Smithboro
Sam Bryant
Vandalia
John Stone
Centralia
Ora Stone
Sandoval
J. R. Stombaugh
Howard Daniels
Glenda Stombaugh
West Vandalia
Mary Bell Stombaugh
Hill
Roy Jackson
Lawrence Durbin
Bluff City
Gracie Bryant
Woodrow Merryman
Glen Stombaugh
Martin Stombaugh
Rollin Stombaugh
Rosa Laswell
Brownstown
Amel Oberg
Oberg
Marshall
Margaret Oberg
Browns
William Swick
West of
Shobonier
W. S. Funk
F. E. Funk
Jas. Klinge
Neta
Billy Veal
Sholconier
Orville McKintley
Wm. Lashley
St. Louis
Richard Rawcliffe
Lashley
Mary Rawcliffe
Geraldean Luke
This Place
George Johnson
East Stringtown
Alvie Jackson
Noah Linton
Frank Libell
Katie Bhrat
Marie Holt
Wm. Albert
Edith Donaldson
Frances Raw
Shobonier Community Notes Highlight Local Happenings
A Friday weather change shocks Shobonier residents with sharp cold. Ethel Willett’s birthday party surprises turn to absence. Visits span Vandalia Centralia Clinton and Stringtown as locals share news of illness, wood hauling, travel, and community gatherings.
Service-Registered Poland China Hag for Breeding
Want column notes a registered Poland China hag offered for breeding at $1.00 cash. Seller Joe Simcox. Ads also list sale items: hay crops including red top hay soybean hay and corn. 700 bales of soybeans for sale at $7.00 per ton for Decatur area. Holstein cow fresh Feb 10 expected yield 4 to 5 gallons daily from John Nichols Odin Illinois.
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Poland
China
Joe Simcox
H. R. Livesay
A. M. Hughey
Decatur
Carroll Farm
Patoka
Ill
John Nichols
Odin, Il
Sunday visits and callers wrap Sandy Branch page
Mrs Valinda Conants hosted Sunday guests including Marvin Elvin Bill Conant and families with Velma Lawrence Elma Harvey Mack Robb and others. The community saw several callers at Sam Lowes and Ren Wainscots with updates on who visited whom around Sandy Branch and Kinmundy and Ridgefarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valinda Conants
Marvin Conant
Elvin Conan
Bill Conant
Velma Lawrence
Eglin
Elma Harvey
Billy
Ridgefarm
Mack Robb
Florence McCully
Kinmundy
Sam Lowe
Dale Arnold
Mark Swift
Lafe Basset
Pid Basset
Marshall Williams
Paul Swift
Chas. Lowe Sr
Sam Lowes
George Cole
Joanne
Ren Wainscott
Billy Morris
Valinda Conant
Marvin Conants
Lorene Garrett
Wm. Garretts
Russell Swift
Ren Wainscotts
Community Notices From Odin Township Gatherings
Records show Robert Risinger Dwain and Stella Meredith visiting Nellie Holtslaw Wednesday evening. Various families—Case Breakfield, Jim McClelland Meredith, Ross families, Holtslaws—spend days with relatives in Glenridge Franklin Kentucky and nearby homes. The Barr Literary evening drew a large crowd with a strong program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Risinger
Dwain
Stella Meredith
Nellie Holtslaw
James Case
Charles Breakfield
Jas. R. McClelland
Fred Ross
Isaac Ross
Grace Holtslaw
Jennie Williams
Edward Meredith
Martha Geary
Glenridge
Emma Ross
Shanafelt
A. C. Austin
Sandoval
Franklin
Kentucky
Helen Holtslaw
Ethel Holtslaw
Harry Brough
J. R. Holtslaw
May McClelland
Everett Dily
Howard McClelland
Edwin Ross
Barr
Viola Harker
Edgar Williams
Robert Meredith
George Ross
Joseph Deadmond
Bernard Ross
Local notes on community life and weather in Cracker Neck
The column lists residents and activities from Cracker Neck last week including Lou Belcher's birthday dinner, Raymond Alexander delivering corn to Patoxa market, and various visits, vaccinations for diphtheria at Toad Island and Shady Grove schools, plus hog butchering and road maintenance. It ends with a weather remark and a nod to hopeful spring after muddy roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Cole
Uncle Tom
Lou Belcher
Nobel Bryant
J. A. Shepard
Mrs. Bryant
Raymond Alexander
Patoxa
John Shepard
Carlyle
Ed Kidder
Floyd Belcher
Bernice Wilson
Toad Island
Shady Grove
Jobe Murray
Bill Alexander
John Wilson
Chester Bryant
George Goodwin
Raymond
Cecil Alexander
Bloomington
Seldon Cooper
Claud Carmen
Morrisonville
Chester Bryants
East Fork Social Notes from Sunday to Tuesday
Matt Belcher and family spent Sunday with Luther Williams and Charley Jett and family were with Oze Hill and family. Opal Belcher stayed with sister Bertha Williams over the weekend. Dean Hill resigned his milk route and Henry Stillabower took over. Ruby Nettie Schmahl and others visited Ozie Hill and Clarence Bowen with families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt Belcher
Luther Williams
Charley Jett
Oze Hill
Henry Stillabower
Herb
Ernest Schmahl
J. W. Alexander
Opal Belcher
Bertha Williams
Patoka
Ruby
Nettie
Ralph
Wayne
Junior Williams
Clarence Bowen
Lawrence Perrine
Herb Schmahl
Frank Meredith
Fairman
Benjamin Schmahl
B .A. Porter
Amboy
Schmahl
Ben Merrel
Marion County Coroner Seeks Re election
Ed Anderson announces for reelection on his record of efficient service. Voters urged to support him at the primary on Tuesday April 12, 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Anderson
Marion County
Social visits and list of Saturday and Sunday callers
Fredonian notes several visits including Fred and Alice Simpson Alva Jett and John Nichols visiting friends and family around Chandler Chandler store and Patoka. Sunday gatherings include Oscar Edgar Roe Campbell Loren Carter and Charlie McHaney households. Local remark mentions a touch of winter in recent days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Alice Simpson
Alva Jett
John Nichols
Lon Pritchett
Chandler
Millard Evans
Eugene Simpson
Harold Evans
Oscar
Edgar
Roe Campbell
Charlie Simpson
Geo.rett
Lewis Black
Eugene
Esther Goodwin
Loren Carter
Everett Goodwin
Charlie McHaney
Charlie Jett
Oze Hill
Everett Jett
Cecil Palmér
Pneumonia Bulls the Weak Across Illinois Crest
The Illinois Department of Health warns that more than half of pneumonia cases occur January through April. Infants and people over 55 are hardest hit, with weakness from colds and other infections paving the way. Pneumonia is a bully over the weak.
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Illinois Department of Health
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Hi Effie Smith
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