Local Social Notes Include Visits And Meetings
A round of weekend visits across Decatur Belleville Vandalia and Lebanon features Mr. and Mrs. Murfin with relatives in Decatur and Cincinnati. Dr. Murfin’s family, Floyd Thoman guests of the Becks. Archival Library Board holds January meeting with Story Hour planned. Holiness Rally at Greenridge Church. various relatives and friends visit in Salem Alton Marion Patoka and Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Thoman
Vandalia
B. F. Beck
Lois Hill
Francis Belcher
Monticello
Bruce Carter
Eghter
Bernard Alf
Wenona
Richard
Esta Cox
Marion
Veteran’s Hospital
Patoka
Fairman, Sandoval
Centralia
Eugene Simpson
Glen
Irvington
Janet Prosser
Chicago
Barn Fire Strikes Possum Trot Area Saturday
Community notes report a barn burned on Saturday December 25 1965 near Possum Trot along with a sow seven pigs dog and tools lost to the blaze. Other items include a car crash injuring Floyd Hawkey near Peoria and local residents visiting Williams and Gray families.
Fredonia Island Chapel Attendance and Community Outings
Sunday School at Island Chapel drew 47 attendees. Many local families visited relatives, attended weddings, and shared weekend activities across Fredonia, Sandoval, Ramsey, and nearby towns. Notable items include weddings at Harveys Point Church, church visits, and health updates on residents.
Homemakers Plan Classes At January Meeting
The Carrigan Homemakers met at Mrs. Ernest Leicht home with host Mrs. Charles Gerrish. They discussed Farm Family Management School Tailoring Classes and Estate Planning programs with sessions in Salem Kinmundy Mount Moriah and at the Old National Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrigan Homemakers
Ernest Leicht
Charles Gerrish
E. Leicht
Renta Smith
Salem National Bank
Lulu Keller
Farm Bureau
Sieman
University of Illinois
Mt. Moriah Church
Kinmundy
Old National Bank
Richard Padberg
Frank Cicigoi
Cicigoi
Illinois
Leo Walker
Paul Jackson
Clara Dodson
Dessie Ahlf
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Letta Hopkins
Donald Murfin
Decatur
Einess Johnson
Dr. Murfin
Sherman Allison
Belleville
Paul Bernius
Bryan Cox
Richard Cox
Marvin Ehrat
Max Lee
Anna Henry
Shobonier
Cincinnati
Ohio
H., O. Blalock
Dean Bernius
Hawaii
Estella Ververs
Polly Outhouse
Orval Genre
Greenridge Church
Archie Sorrell
Salem
Tonie Sorrell
Larry Binnion
Alton
Lizzie Alf
Gilbert Rose
Leesville
Louisiana
Alva Rose
Indiana
Leon Walker
Florissant, Missouri
Milton Bayliss
Ellis Doolen
Nora Quayle
Lewis Jones
Essie Robinson
I. C. Betts
Francis Lusch
Vietnam
P.X
Santa Claus
Carolyn Mott
Hospital
Apo
San Francisco
Calif
Floyd Hawkey
Peoria
Proctor Hospital
Paul Williams, Jr
U. S
Villa Grove
Ilinois
Laura Carter
Alvin and
Alpha Gray
Gene Porterfield
Elzie Collier and Sons
Paul B. Williams
Fredonia News Island Chapel
Weems
John Talbert
Mabel Carter
Ruth
Mary Ritter
Dwight Petrea
Charles Carter
Robert Black
Sharon Gaston
Harveys Point
Mrs
Eugene Buchele
Howard Kile
Julie Prosser
James Hyde
Odin
Henry Meredith
Clarence
Willard Jett
Robert Carter
Eunice McHaney
Fredonia
Alvin
Roy Albert
Sandoval
Boulder
Ladies Aid
Esther Simpson
Orval Hill
Clarence Cozad
Cozads
Melvin Meredith
Mack Scoles
Ramsey
Alvin Gray
Magness Lucas
Robert Gray
Harold Murray
Mabel Brokelmeyer
Phoebe Carter
Inez O’neal
Alma
Orval Sharp
Kenneth Meador
NFC
Glen (Gurney) Heather
Fayette County Hospital
Maude
Bill Cain
Melvin Wehrle
John Deere
Central School
Specialidea
Aa Vady
H. C. Holsapple Auto Body
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