S C H S B Squad Wins Championship Over Nashville 43 35
S C H S B team under Coach John Merkleback clinches first place with a 43 35 victory over Nashville Hornets. Evans and Cook top scorers as Maas Hagedorn Hildebrand contribute. Nashville falls to third. Okanville second with one game left. Also reports A team loss to Nashville 63 36 and a social dinner at the Ballance home honoring Betty Ballance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Merkleback
S.C.H.S
Nashville Hornets
Nashville
Okanville
Hornets
Hagedorn
Cook
Hill
Deadmond
Sandoval
Nashville Five
Hildebrand Ov Aeeenvneee
Hanenburger
Novak
Vogt Eevee
Wanes Brandt
Chapman
Seylor Ohh
Hill Ae
Ces Maas Evans
Coe Ow
Fe Slagle Ritter
Hagedorn Cook
Moore Ae
Wilkerson Deadmond
Bear Creek W M S Meets at Bear Creek Church
Bear Creek W M S met with Mrs. Marrie Henson on February 18. four members attended due to sickness and bad roads. Mrs. Hazel Brown led a reading and discussion. others present were Mrs. Lucy Robertson Mrs. Amy Christie and the hostess. Next meeting will be with Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Anderson as leader. Also notes of a Bear Creek Church Thursday night meeting and Sunday School discussion. Emmett Caudle attended his parents Golden Wedding in Beloit Wisconsin last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear Creek
Bear Creek Church
Emmett Caudle
Beloit
Wis
Harvey Wilson
Methodist Fellowship Meeting at Church on Wednesday
A large group of Methodists gathered in the church basement for the weekly Fellowship meeting. Hosts Mrs. Bill Boys Mrs. Lee Crawford and Miss Bettie Simcox organized a generous pot luck supper. James Ballance and Mrs. W. M. Cox led the lively evening entertainment with Rev. Spurgeon delivering the Grace prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Boys
Lee Crawford
Bettie Simcox
James Ballance
W. M. Cox
Spurgeon
National 4-H Club Week Observed Across Marion County
National 4-H Club Week runs March 1 to 7 with a banquet in Centralia honoring the 1947 Marion County 4-H Club Honor Members and leaders. Save and Sew and Outdoor Meals plan a drive for new members and a church gathering on Sunday March 7. Local leaders Mrs. Bruce Pugh and Wilma attend Patoka school to enroll members for 1948. eligibility spans ages 10 to 21 by July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia
Marion County
Bruce Pugh
Wilma
Patoka School
Sunbeams Easter Party Hosted by Mrs Mojonnier
The Sunbeams meet with Mrs. P. J. Mojonnier on Saturday March 6 for an Easter party. All children invited. Program includes flag salutes prayer roll calls lessons on home, elections, egg hunt and refreshments. Vera Nattier to issue invitations for April 3 party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunbeams
P. J. Mojonnier
Vera Nattier
Card of Thanks for Daughter Illness Support
Mr and Mrs Lee Adams express gratitude to friends and neighbors for assistance and kindness during their daughter's illness.
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Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Adams
Revival Services Begin February 29 at Vernon Pentecost
Revival services start Sunday February 29 at Pentecost Church of Vernon with Rev. C H Farmer delivering sermons each evening at 7 30 p m All are welcome to attend
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Vernon Pentecost
Pentecost Church
Vernon
C. H. Farmer
Mrs. Eli Green Thanks Hospital Visitors
A note of appreciation from Mrs. Eli Green thanks those who sent cards and letters during her hospital stay. She expresses gratitude and repeats thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli Green
Fence debate and store vacancy punchlines in small town
A colored preacher urges a cemetery fence donation and a wary Brother Jones quips that the dead cannot leave. In a rural store a customer asks about Eddie the slow clerk, and the proprietor reveals he is gone but insists there is no vacancy, prompting puzzled amusement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brother Jones
Jones
Eddie
Nove
Red Cross Drive Opens March 1 in Patoka
Mrs. John Jennings is again chairman of the 1948 Red Cross Drive for Patoka with a $175 quota. The first week of March is set aside for the drive and residents will be asked to contribute to the worthwhile cause. Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jennings
Red Cross
Patoka
Mr J T Blankinship Celebrates Eighty Sixth Birthday
Mr J T Blankinship marked his eighty sixth birthday with relatives from Murphysboro visiting on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Grover Blankinship and their children attended the family gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Blankinship
Grover Blankinship
Murphysboro
Grade School News Highlights Library Additions and Sports
The PTA funded over ninety five dollars for first and second grade library books including Make Way for Ducklings and Smoky. New picture shows educated the grades. Sue Shively visited Centralia. No school Friday for Marion County Teachers Meeting. Basketball beat Kinmundy 41 to 8. next game vs St Marys Carley. Edgewood Tournament dates set for March 8 9 10 with opponents TBA.
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P.T.A
Fussbunny
Mr. Wren
Poppadilly
Smokey
George Washington
Angus
Sue Shively
Centralia
Marion County
Edgewood
Mobile X Ray Unit Schedule in Marion County Details
The Mobile X-Ray Unit Survey begins March 9 in Vernon and visits Patoka Sandoval Odin and other towns through March 19. Sponsored by county health and tuberculosis groups the program offers free chest x rays for adults and high school students with positive tests, with no children under high school age x rayed. The unit, first seen February 26 1945 in Patoka, now has capacity about 700 daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Vernon
State Department of Public Health
Division of Tuberculosis Control
Marion County Tuberculosis Sanatorium Board
Marion County Tuberculosis Association
Marion County Medical Society
Doolen’s
Patoka
Baptist Church Week Schedule and Society Meeting
Sunday School at 9 30 morning worship at 10 30 Training Time 6 30 p m Evening Worship Prayer Meeting Thursday 7 30 p m Brotherhood meets Friday 7 30 p m all men urged to attend Missionary Society led by Mrs William Nattier Friday at 1 00 p m March 5 The Birthday Song was sung to Becky Murray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TIMOD
Brotherhood
William Nattier
Missionary Society
Becky Murray
Regional Tournament Set at Sandoval High School Gym
The Regional Basketball Tournament starts next week at Sandoval Community High School. Games run March 2 3 and 4 at 7 p m and 8 45 p m with the championship March 5 at 8 p m Doors open 6 30 p m first three nights and 7 p m final night Teams include Sandoval St Dominic Salem Farina Centralia Aviston and Kumundy with winners advancing to the sectional tournament
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandoval Community High School
C. E. Crawford
Sandoval
St. Dominic
Salem
Farina
Centralia
Aviston
Kinmundy
Unemployed Share Higher in Southern Illinois Than State or Nation
A University of Illinois study by E B McNatt shows Southern Illinois has a higher unemployment rate than the state and nation. The report calls for reduced reliance on agriculture and increased capital investment and industrial expansion to improve employment and wages in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
E. B. MecNatt
University of Illinois
Joint Committee On Southern Illinois Development
Virginia H. Dies
University Bureau of Economic and Business Research
McNatt
Urbana
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Local Notes Highlight Transfers and Visits Across Towns
Miss Patricia Spurgeon transfers from Washington University in St Louis to the University of Ohio in Cincinnati and will live with her brother William Marion who leads teaching and research there. The column lists numerous visits and events including Mrs. J R Bales of Greens town Indiana with the Bales family, Ray Gray opening a chiropractic office in Shelbyville Illinois on March 15, and several trips to St Louis Springfield Vandalia Centralia and Salem for family matters socials and church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Spurgeon
Washington University
St. Louis
University of Ohio At Cincinnati
William Marion
Ray Gray
Davenport
Iowa
Shelbyville, Ill
Patoka Methodist Church Weekly Schedule
M. W. Friesner presides service during morning worship at 10:45 a.m. Church School begins at 9:30 a.m. Youth Fellowship at 7:00 p.m. Evening Services at 7:30 p.m. Ladies Aid meets 2:00 p.m. Thursday and Prayer Service at 7:30 p.m. Birthday greetings were sung for Janet Friesner Mark De Lay and Betty Ballance last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. W. Friesner
Geo. J
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F. B. Ballance
Betty Ballance
Springfield
John Chance
Harold Chance
Dresden Headley
A. D. Nichols
Roy Doolen
Marcus Cox
Bill
A. L. Irvin
White Haven
Winess Linton
Jackson Place
van Deventer Place
Dewey Cole
George Christie
John Anderson
John Lake
Thomas Dwyer
Raymond Caudle
Methodist Fellowship
Church, Wed
Room
Mississippi River
Odin
Alma
Iuka
Kell
Junction City
Illinois Greater
J. R. Bales
Greentown
Indiana
Robert Bales
Robert Roseman
Madison, NL
LeRoy Wadkins
Mrs. Lee Wadkins
Silas Wadkins
Lee Wadkins
Paul Belcher
Chicago
Mrs
Frank Miller
Fern Belcher
Clinton
Bernadine
Don Crawford
Walter Kirk
Patty
Lewis Bassett
Bonnie Ruth
Peoria
Eli Logan
F. E. Miller
Edwin Arnold
William Arnold
Mary Wickersham
Martin’s
S. M. Spurgeon
Mesdames Leslie Wasem
Orville Genre
Florence Simcox
Brooks Meador
Symphony Concrt
John Crawford
Marty and
Marynell
J. W. Alexanders
Floyd Walker
Cleo Walker
Bert Walker
Vandalia
James Shively
Ohio
Sue
Jennifer
Nelle Quayle
A. A. Griffin
Conrey
X. B. Holland
Corbins
Ed De’end
John A. Jennings
Shattue
Methodist
Ritter and
Thomas
Harry Nattier
McHaney
East Fork
Harry Perkins
Mr. Perkins
Mr. Mojonnier
Earl Granger
W. E. Fields
Sam E. Pugh
Paul Walker
C. F. Davis
James Brown
Jamie
Brown
G. J. Wasem
Don Griffin
Great Lakes
U.S. Navy
Patoka Methodist Church
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