Local Social and Travel Notes from Vandalia and Surrounding Towns
Mrs. Donald Murfin and children left for Wilmington Indiana to join her husband who works in a defense plant and plan to make a new home there. Numerous residents were seen in Vandalia Centralia and nearby towns for shopping visits church revivals and social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Murfin
Donna
Mark
Wilmington
Rev. Curtis
Curtis
Zion Methodist Church
Miss Brayfield
Opal Jones
Effie Hathaway
Centralia
John Quayle
Albion Ll
Taylor Drilling Company
L. A. Wilson
Hazel Cox
H. D. Merritt
Russel Green
Vandalia
Mildred
Dean Laps
Billy Whitehurst
Texas
Uncle Same
Evaleen Brayfield
Bill Johnson
Fort Leonard Wood
William Hathaway
W. L. Hathaway
Alice Wilson
Maries Hathaway
Isobel Doolen
Bridge Club
Roy Walton
Edna Leininger
Dean Martin
Sandoval
Martin
Fred Laurence
Walter Wormsman
Fairman
Elmer Wortman
California
John Epps
Caldwell family tied to farm activity in Patoka region
Reconstructed notes show Joe Knight harvesting soy beans in East Zion and multiple Caldwell family members visiting relatives and hosting guests over the weekend. Clarification confirms Caldwell did not rent his farm and other locals Pearl Berry Hubert Headley and Cleave McWhirter were noted for visits or market activity with capons and corn nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Knight
Ted Caldwell
Frank
Millie Weaver
Jamie Caldwell
Ira
Merrit Caldwell
Oscar Caldwell
Mr. Wa
Caldwell
Mr. Caldwell
Pearl Berry
Hubert Headley
Cleave McWhirter
Alma
Russell Caldwell
Wiley Campbell Chesles Arnold
Ogelsby
Isie Caldwell
Thomas N Phillips 87 Dies in Michigan
Thomas N Phillips aged 87 died after 36 hours of illness from heart trouble at 4 30 p m January 6 1942 at his daughter Mrs Earl Brooks Axin Michigan home. He was born September 18 1855 in Kentucky and lived in Illinois and Michigan before settling in Cadillac Michigan. He leaves ten children sixteen grandchildren and his sister Mrs cis Laney. Services were held January 9 at 2 30 p m at the Sinclair Funeral Home Cadillac with burial at Maple Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas N. Phillips
Earl Brook
Axin
Mich
Kentucky
Illinois
Patoka
Laura Booker
Weldon
Ill
Hoxeyville
Michigan
Cadillac
Phillips
Thomas Edwin
J. A. Galaway
Walter Brown
Green Ridge
Harry Bowman
Hastings
Nebraska
William Ververs
Earl Brooks
Cis Laney
Charles P. Phillips
Detroit
William V. Phillips
Peoria
Tit
Arthur Phillips
Mesick
Leland
Burlingame
Calif
Methodist Church
Sinclair Funeral Home
Maple Hill
H. O. Little
Hearings Emphasize High War Morale in Nation’s Capital
Washington hearings by the special congressional committee on national defense migration stress civilian morale in wartime. Chairman John H. Tolan urges that Washington provide housing, sanitation, health, and recreation for thousands of government workers to hasten democracy’s victory. Witnesses include Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia Eleanor Roosevelt and Paul V. McNutt. Alabama and Florida sessions postponed to February and March due to wartime emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Washington
Special Congressional Committee
National Defense
National Capital
John H. Tolan
Dem
Cal
Tolan Committee
F. H. LaGuardia
New York City
Eleanor Roosevelt
Paul V. McNutt
Alabama
Florida
State Lines Do Not Bar Ordnance Worker Referrals
Eugene J. Brock, regional director of the U S employment service, stated that the Indiana Illinois state line will not restrict recruiting for the Wabash River Ordnance works. He told job hunters in Danville Illinois and Terre Haute Indiana area that referrals to contractors or operating firms will not be hindered by state borders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Employment Service
Wabash River Ordnance Works
Danville
Illinois
Terre Haute
Indiana
Eugene J. Brock
Brock
Munitions Plant Hiring Only From Local Labor Pool
Officials deny calls for workers from outside Indiana or the United States for the River Ordnance works. Local residents within the surrounding area will be given hiring priority as part of a widening circle plan to prevent boomtown effects in a rural region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brock
State birth records project coordinates county efforts
Two units cooperate on birth records in the Sixth District with WPA workers aiding county clerks to file records and build an instantaneous index. Velma Ribble and Leona Smith operate in Marion County under Oscar L. Hawkins while other counties including Macoupin Clinton Montgomery Jefferson Perry and Fayette begin similar work toward a state master file.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Foote
State de of Public Health
WPA
Marion County
Velma Ribble
Leona Smith
Oscar L. Hawkins
Macopin
Clinton
Montgomery
Jefferson
Perry
Fayette
State Health Department
Public Auction At Porter Cox Home In January 1942
Public auction listed for Thursday in January 1942 at one o clock. Items include a living room suite rocker studio couch wool rug 9 by 6 feet 2 linoleum rugs 9 by 12 feet 2 burner oil stove enamel range coal heater dinette set with four chairs Apex item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portercox
Kilgore Auction Offers Household Goods and Appliances
Auction listing includes an elec. ice box a 1 M.W. elec washing machine ironing board 1 iron bed stead 1 dog house 1 mahogany table 1 Paragon sewing machine 1 coffee table with glass top and many other articles not mentioned Terms cash C O Kilgore owner John Jennings Auctioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elec
C. O. Kilgore
John Jennings
Defense Work Cuts State Relief Rolls Half of 1939 Period
America’s rearmament program reduced Illinois public assistance rolls, per a survey in the January Illinois Agricultural Association Record. The report covers 31 months and notes September 1941 relief rolls were less than half February 1939 peak, when over one sixth of Illinoisians received aid. The greatest change occurred in the period examined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Illinois
Illinois Agricultural Association
WPA rolls show relief cuts vary by region and time
The WPA relief rolls have fallen sharply by about three quarters, with general relief down over half and old age assistance rising about one sixth. Northern counties show greater reduction than southern ones, though some exceptions exist as of September 1941 when 10.2 percent of downstate residents received aid versus 18.5 percent in February 1939.
Homer W. Lewellen Declared Candidate for Marion Sheriff
Salem candidate Homer W. Lewellen announces bid for Marion County Sheriff in the Democratic primary to be decided by voters on Tuesday April 14 1942. Lewellen seeks support from party voters in the county race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer W. Lewellen
Salem
Marion County
Norman H. Hanes Seeks Marion County Treasurer Post
Norman H. Hanes of Salem files as a Democrat candidate for county treasurer of Marion County in the primary election to be held on Tuesday April 14 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman H. Hanes
Salem
Marion County
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Assiig
T. E. Irvin
Patoka, Ill
Vernon
East Zion
Les Jenkins Truck Service
Vandalia, II
Nichi Euedn Ron AS
Mickie
Rarces Ughre
Gray’s Sanitary Barber Shop
Patoka, III
THE
Patoka Register
Harold K. Pike
J. C. Beery Funeral
Autolite
Firestone
Fram
Crawfords
Mobil Oil and Gas
Schroeder Motor Co
Chevrolet Sales—Service
Orville Schroeder
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