Local Notes From East Zion Area
East Zion reports Ellsworth Chandler called back to Chicago after vacation. Nellie Caldwell visited from Friday to Sunday with Paul Caldwell. The chatter and stitch club met Thursday with Lena McWhirter. Joe Knight and Jim McNichols have shredded fodder this past week. Lewis Kissner and wife visited Thursday with Rich Kissner. Measles cases reported in the vicinity. Maud Caldwell recovering after weeks of illness. Dwight Bundy and family visited Thursday with Barthol Anderson. Joe Knight visited Sunday with Elmer Berry. Russell Jones and wife visited Sunday with Bill Jones. Hubert Headley and wife visiting with Jamie Caldwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth Chandler
Chicago
Nellie Caldwell
Paul Caldwell
Chatter and Stitch Club
Lena McWhirter
Joe Knight
Jim McNichols
Lewis Kissner
Rich Kissner
Maud Caldwell
Dwight Bundy
Barthol Anderson
Elmer Berry
Russel Jones
Bill Jones
Hubert Headley
Jamie Caldwell
Local Visits and Farm Work Highlight Community Activity
Hary Thompson gathers corn while neighbors visit across the week. Teddy Caldwell, Pearl Berry, Alph Donoho and Peck Caldwell share Sunday visits. Raymond Mauding fixes fence. Maud Caldwell hosts Oscar Doolen and wife Sunday evening. Odin’s Mr. Rippie surveys Frizzell farm. Paul McWhirter, Teddy Caldwell, and Pearl Berry visit Marvin Chandler Saturday. Laura Frizzell and Ollie Cline visit Etna Knight Thursday. Carl Easton gathers stock for the St. Louis market Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hary Thompson
Teddy Caldwell
Pearl Berry
Alph Donoho
Peck Caldwell
Raymond Mauding
Oscar Doolen
Maud Caldwell
Mr. Rippie
Odin
Frizzell
Paul McWhirter
Marvin Chandler
Laura Frizzell
Ollie Cline
Etna Knight
Carl Easton
St. Louis
M E Church Plans Meetings and Sunday Services
The Vernon M E Church invites Patoka residents to attend Sunday services at 9 30 a m and a 7 pm sermon by the pastor with a meeting starting Monday January 24 at Vernon. Regular services are the 1st and 4th Sundays at 7 pm and the 8th Sunday at 10 am. Shaffer Pastor W E Shaffer notes local home visits and a February meeting. Tom Jones sawed wood for Frank Green Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Patoka
Tom Jones
Frank Green
Oil Profits Reported High in Decade Gain
The 1937 oil industry posted its best year in years with higher production and sales records. Profits likely rose about 25 percent from 1936, despite rising labor costs and taxation. Exports increased, refining improvements expanded, and stocks balanced after overproduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walltreet Journal
Henry K K. Rose
Wall Street Journal
Yar
It Sia Hatte
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
California
Pennsylvania
Japan
Russia
Romania
Promoting the Frog In Southern Illinois
Researchers from the Federal Writer's Project on highway 37 in Johnson County note a frog farming effort attracting tourists. The project records details for a guide to Illinois noting best specimens are imported from Louisiana, with a sheet iron fence keeping tadpoles and frogs enclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson County
Federal Writer's Project
Illinois
Louisiana
Mr and Mrs C H Hill Return From Tour In South
Mr and Mrs Chas Hill returned home Friday after a ten day southern and southwestern trip. They visited Arkansas via Little Rock Texas by Texarkana Dallas Houston New Orleans and Louisiana Territory. Hill noted varied farmland and a banana steamer unloading seen in New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas
Hill
Arkansas
Little Rock
Texas
Texarkana
Dallas
Houston
New Orleans
Louisana Trrritory
Mr. Hill
United States
Tropics
Pelts as Money in Early Illinois Commerce
Research from the Federal Writers Project shows settlers valued pelts as currency in Illinois infancy. A Jefferson County pioneer paid Mount Vernon taxes with a wagon box of wolf skins and once traded a wolf skin at a grocery store, receiving an opossum skin in change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poject W. P. A
Jefferson County
Mount Vernon
Christian Science Life Lesson-Sermon Sunday in Christ Scientist churches
The Life topic framed the Lesson-Sermon in all Christ Scientist churches on Sunday January 16. Golden Text quoted John 1 1 4 about in the beginning was the Word and life as light for men. Mason residents William Matlock and wife visited sister Mrs Webking and family. Sunday dinner guest Mrs Tola Pritchett at Mrs Ivy Hayes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Churches
Churches of Christ
Scientist
William Matlock
Mason
Fred Webking
Tola Pritchett
Ivy Hayes
Community Notes of Gatherings and Visits in Sandy Branch
Thursday and Friday social visits mark the week with the Garrett family as Mr and Mrs Selby Garrett host and travel, and numerous relatives stop by. Regulars include Dick Brown helping butcher and haul wood, Paul Thomas's illness, and outings among the Williams, Haynes, Bassett, and Parker households through midweek and weekend gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Mareceline
Gail Garrett
Selby Garrett
Tom Garrett
Cyde Thomas
Centralia
Dick Brown
Butcher
Elmer Bassett
Cecil Garrett
Claude Garrett
Charles Purgle
Albert Parker
Paul Thomas
Fiona Haynes
Virgie Garrett
Roy Garrett
Marvin Bassett
Mae Green
Nelda Thomas
Catherine Doudera
Eulaine Williams
Ben Wainscott
Carl Robinson
Salem
Tom
Noah Thomas
Pid Williams
Henry
Pauline Williams
Local residents share visits across Arnold Chapel
Sunday visits include Helen Ruth Jones with Nellie Mae Jones and Marilyn Sue Headley born recently to Merle and Mrs Headley. Weekend calls saw Roberta Arnold Gayle Garrett Eli Green and others stop by the Bassett Green Arnold and Osborne households as families share news and greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Ruth Jones
Nellie Mae Jones
Gayle Garrett
Roberta Arnold
Eli Green
Lyle Conant
Roy Garrett
Marvin
Ruth Bassett
Hubert Arnold
Ancel
West of Patoka
Sam Jones
Salem
Jones
William Hardy Jones
Merritt Doolen
Marie Doolen
Orie Green
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Leslie Howard
Bette Davis
Carole Lombard
Fred MacMurray
Liberty Theatre
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Joe Penner
Victor Moore
Gene Raymond
Helen Broderick
Madam X
Gladys George
Warren William
Edna May Oliver
Miss Aldrich
Tex Ritter
Simone Simon
Walter Winchell
Ben Bernie
Rox
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Sun
Fredric March
Robert Young
Lionel Barrymore
James Stewart
Zenda
Ronald Coleman
Madeline Carroll
Jessie Matthews
Nat Pendelton
William Boyd
Hopalong Cassidy
Egypt
Alkaseltzer
Alka-Seltzer
Illnois
Congress
East Zion
White Cleaners and Dyers
M. E. Church
W E., Shaffer
A. Jennings
Bill Willett
Shobonier
Greenville
Ill
Dorc ‘Hammer
Vandalia
Leo Kennedy
Sandoval
Wm. Poehler
New Baden, II
W. A. Baldwin
Mulberry Grove III
Jennings
Patoka, Ill
McMackin
Axminster
Mr. Farmer
Blom Bros
Hlindson
Slab
Leo Kennedy C. D. Mullen
Jno. A
Mrs
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South
Sandy Branch
Arnold
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