Vernon Good Will Club Meets. Dairy Group Holds Meeting
The Vernon Good Will Club gathered February 2 with eleven members to quilt and share a noon dinner. They sent 26 get well cards in January and awarded prizes to five members. The Annual Sanitary Milk Producers District 7 met at Vandalia’s Evans Hotel with seventy attendees. officers for 1955 were elected and a Vandalia Park July 10 picnic was set with basket dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Good Will Club
Mary Kottmeyer
Marie Meador
Alice Wilson
Tina Murfin
Dora Eversman
Toni Sorrell
Sanitary Milk Producers of
District 7
Evans Hotel
Vandalia
Russell Spaulding
Lebanon
St. Louis
Montgomery County
Julian Ray
Vandalia Chamber of Commerce
Urban Spinner
Hillsboro
Charles Baumas
Bruce Pugh
Patoka
Paul Torrence
Walter Chandler
Cloud Betts
Vernon
Ernest Spinner
Sandoval
Sunbeams Enjoy Valentine Party at Baptist Church
The Sunbeams enjoyed a Valentine party at the Baptist Church on February 5. The event featured a Valentine motif with refreshments. Kathryn Nattier will host the nibble nook on February 19 as guest day with a stewardship lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunbeams
the Baptist Church
Valentine
Leslie Talbott
Lillie Blankinship
Kathryn Nattier
Card of Thanks to community and Patoka Fire Department
The note thanks the people of the community and the Patoka Fire Department for responding to a fire at the property last Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka
Births for Floyd Self and Lester Durham families
Rockford couple Joy and Floyd Self announce the birth of son Michael Floyd on January 29 with grandparents John C. Barnes of Patoka and Pearl Self of Dix Illinois. Lester Durham reports the arrival of a baby girl weighing nine pounds on February 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Self
Joy Mr
P. O.walker Barnes
Rockford
Michael Floyd
John C. Barnes
Patoka
Pearl Self
Dix
Ill
Lester Durham
Vernon News Highlights Local Visits And Community News
Vernon residents report visits from relatives in California and Joliet while celebrating a baby shower for Frances Headley. A birth in Grand Rapids adds Michael Leonard Hathaway to the area. moves include Lucille Watkins to Patoka. Community fundraising reaches 230.04 for Marion County Polio. several locals return from college and military exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Gene Walton
Centralia
Rivreside
California
J. W. Epps
George Walton
Gene
Pfeffer Motor Company
James Hathaway and
Joliet
Marie Hathaway
Dallas Robinson
Frances Headley
Lena
Bernice Doolen
Helen Betts
Helen Easley
Minnie Peddicord
Letta Hopkins
Ellen Jones
Nellie Perkins
Erma Sanders
Lodema Bayliss
Patty Walker
Essie Robinson
Hazel Cox
Clem Doolen
Wilmington
William Hathaway
Grand _ Rapids
Michigan
Michael Leonard
Lucille Watkins
Patoka
Walter Hindricks
Maurice Lee Cox
Vernon
Marion County Polio Fund
Keith Betts
Earl Allen Wernsman
University of Illinois
James Cooley
St. Louis
Navy
Lora Cooley
Vandalia
Cecil Carter
Decatur
Legion Auxiliary Delights Members at Chicken Fry Meeting
The American Legion Auxiliary reports a delicious chicken fry last Thursday at 6 30 with 26 members present including two new members. The next gathering is a pot luck Thursday March 3 when District Director Mrs Mary Ellen Miller will speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Mary Ellen Miller
Change of Meeting Place for Social Security Office Visit
A Social Security Administration district representative will meet the public at Centralia City Hall from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on February 8 and 15, instead of the Employment Office. Future visits will be at City Hall. The representative will assist local residents with Social Security matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security Administration
Main Street
Mt. Vernon
Illinois
City Hall
Centralia
Mound Chapel News Sunday Services and Birthdays
Attendance at Sunday School remained good despite muddy roads. Birthday wishes were given to Miss Nancy Herrin and Ray Nattier. During Devotional Service, singing was led by Mrs. R. E. Willis with piano by Mrs. Lloyd Kinney. a duet by Mrs. Albert Towler and Mr. Lloyd Kinney followed. Rev. R. E. Willis delivered a sermon from John 14. Next week Teen-Age Sunday School Class will conduct the Devotional Service under Mr Chester Bryant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Herrin
Ray Nattier
R. E. Willis
Lloyd Kinney
Albert Towler
Kinney
Chester Bryant
Manning Announces Upcoming Marriage of Ella Rita Manning
Mr and Mrs Seter Manning of east of Patoka announce the coming marriage of their daughter Ella Rita to Merl Wadkins son of Mr and Mrs Leo Wadkins of Patoka. The couple will wed Monday February 21 at the St Lawrence rectory in Sandoval Ella Rita is a Patoka High School senior class of 1955 Merl plans to report for military training soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seter Manning
Patoka
Ella Rita
Merl Wadkins
Leo Wadkins
St. Lawrence
Sandoval
Patoka High School
Merl
Patoka Home Bureau Plans February Meeting
The Patoka Home Bureau Unit holds its regular monthly meeting on Friday February 18 at the Methodist Church basement. Hostesses are Mrs Marcus Cox and Mrs Richard Stowe. Home Adviser Marie Brite will deliver the major lesson How Do You Rate As a Family Dietician, and Mrs Kay Jennings will teach Making Pie Crust. Guests are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka Home Bureau Unit
Methodist Church
Marcus Cox
Richard Stowe
Marie Brite
Kay Jennings
Local School Lunch Menus For Next Week
District 100 posts appetizing menus for February 14 to 18. Weiries baked beans and buttered potatoes headline Monday with fruit cocktail and bread. Tuesday offers pork roast with mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, cherry pudding. Wednesday serves hamburger on bun with potato chips and corn, pineapple ring, spiced cake. Thursday features chili with crackers, ham salad sandwiches, apple cobbler. Friday presents chicken pie, mashed potatoes, creamed peas, golden glow salad, chocolate pudding.
Patoka Happenings Degree of Service and Travel Notes
Local notices summarize Dean Hopkins stationed at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri and family updates. Mrs Dale Nattier visits Woodlawn with sister Mrs John Evans after heart surgery in St Louis. Belcher family returns from Mobile with Naylor and White visiting. Cox transferred to Okmulgee Oklahoma with family to join him. Harper ill in Fairland Oklahoma. Maude Ellis visits Vandalia with Reba Gay. Meryman family back in Centralia from Great Bend. Bales and Nelsons visit Sharpsville Indiana and move Nelson’s furniture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Hopkins
Fort Leonard Wood
Missouri
Susan Kay
Albert Bowen
Decatur
Dale Nattier
Woodlawn
John Evans
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
John L. Belcher
Mobile
Alabama
E. L. Naylor
Josephine White
A. R. Harper
Fairland, Oklahoma
Mr. Harper
R. A. Harper
Health Improvement Association Board Meeting
Marion County Health Improvement Association held an organizational meeting at Farm Bureau hall on Friday February 11 with attendance listed. Richard Seidel elected county president Tom Shearer vice president Burl Bowen secretary and Mrs John Telford treasurer. Membership drive planned starting March 7 for two weeks with Blue Cross Blue Shield effective June 17 1955. Eligibility limited to rural small towns under 2500 or Home Farm Bureau members in Salem or Centralia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County Health Improvement Association Board
Farm Bureau Hall
John Telford
Eugene Shufeldt
Ethel Farthing
Marie Brite
Burl Bowen
Claude Rose
Tom Shearer
Richard Seidel
David Johnson
Bingaman
Sandoval
Tonti Township
Salem
Kinmundy
Harry Quandt
Iuka
James McNicol
Foster Township
Centralia
Marion County
Farm Bureau
Ferguson Dealer Announces Arrival of New Ferguson 35 Tractor
Lange Tractor Sales today announced the arrival of two Ferguson 35 Tractors. The dealer praised the model as a years ahead tractor packed with inventions farmers have long wished for. He touted Ferguson's Four-way Work Control with Quadramatic Control and Dual-Range Transmission and urged farm families to see the new unit in person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lange
St. Louis
Ferguson
Woman's Society meets at Methodists Church for February event
The Woman's Society of Christian Service gathered Thursday at the Methodist Church for its February meeting. Three poems were read by Mesdames J. W. Alexander Charles Jordan and Oscar Hill. Mrs. Richard Stowe and Mrs. Mary Galaway led devotions and the lesson. Mrs. Stowe quoted Psalm 121 and Mrs. Galaway spoke on driving power and missionary qualifications. A social hour followed with Valentines and cherry trees decorations. Hostesses included Mesdames J. A. Jennings C. D. Martin Seth Martin and Bessie Murfin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Alexander
Charles Jordan
Oscar Hill
Richard Stowe
Mary Galaway
Ladies Fancy Work Club Hosts February Meeting
At the Potts residence west of Vernon on February 4 the Ladies Fancy Work Club gathered with all members present except Mrs. Florence Simcox. President Ann Busch led brief business while Rebecca Matchett and Gladys Jones directed the entertainment. Elsie Gray won both Word Building and Pin On Your Heart. Ann Basch won a Valentine prize. Eva provided refreshments as Eunice Walraven assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
H. N. Potts
Florence Simcox
Ann Busch
Rebecca Matchett
Gladys Jones
Ethel Rogier
Anna Holland
Ann Basch
Valentine
Elsie Gray
Eva
Eunice Walraven
Patoka Panthers 4-H Club Meets With Dean Thalman
The Patoka Panthers 4-H Club met January 26 at Charles Dean Thalman’s home with 16 members and Linda Davis new. They planned a window display for National 4-H Week March 5–13 and heard demonstrations on Farm and Home Safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka Panthers
Charles Dean Thalman
Linda Davis
Dick Davis
Jimmie Britt
Nancy Snider
Garden Post
Charles Thulman
Dennis Bricker
Cuffolk
Judy Snider
John Kerr
Marion County
McMackin
Mt. Vernon
WMIX
Notice of Claim Day in Curran Estate
Notice to all persons that Monday March 7 1955 is the claim date in the estate of W H Curran deceased in the County Court of Marion County Illinois and that claims may be filed on or before that date without issuance of summons Wayne Curran Executor Miller Pfaff Attorneys Salem IL
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Curran
Marion County
Illinois
Aviation Electronicsman First Class Williams Serves With VP-5
Argentia Newfoundland reports R O Williams from Iuka Mississippi serving with Patrol Squadron 5. The unit carried out anti submarine patrols over about 120000 square miles and surveyed ice fields across Baffin Bay during a five month cruise. VP-5 earned a Well Done from Rear Admiral D S Cornwell for reconnaissance and tracking in a major Atlantic Fleet exercise last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentia
Newfoundland
Fihtnc
R. O. Williams
Aviation Electronicsman
USN
Iuka
Baffin ‘Bay
D. 5S. Cornwell
Farm and Home Week highlights in Illinois 1955
Farm and Home Week 1955 at the University of Illinois showcased sessions on all agricultural topics from livestock and dairying to soils and irrigation and included homemaking and rural youth programs. Marion County attendees included Bob Ford and Jim Brooks among others. Uncle Joe Fulkerson notes the event's value. Community meetings and Rural Youth activities are planned for February with Farm Bureau supports and a new school milk program adds funds to Illinois education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Bob Ford
John Shaffer
Paul Calvert
Glen Young
Claude Burge
Fred Blackburn
Ferra Clifton
Mary Alice McMackin
Jim Brooks
Mary Alice
Jim
Joe Fulkerson
Jerseyville
Ill
Uncle Joe
Illinois
Also Mentioned on This Page
American Legion Auxiliary News
Lela Quayle
Mound Chapel Church News
Home Bureau News
Charles Meryman
Everett Meryman
O. L. Britt
Great Bend
Kansas
Robert Bales
Bill Nelson
Sharpsville
Indiana
Nelson
Association Board Meeting
George Simcox
St. Marys Hospital
Missouri Baptist Hospital
Jeanna Lee
Gary Adams
Lee Adams
Earla
Janie Quick
W.S.C.S
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Methodists Church
Dean Thalman
Wayne Curran
Miller & Pfaff
Salem, Ll
Floyd Smith
University of Ili
Nois
Romine
Haines
Donoho Praire
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