Local residents have visits and travel updates
Mrs Hiram Wilson and Mrs Jane Prim returned home Saturday after visiting Barstow Florida with Mr and Mrs Earl Turnipseed. Misa Alice Kimpler of Springfield NL spent the weekend visiting her mother Mrs Alice Kimpler. Mrs Huffmaster learned Tuesday that her cousin Joe Morrison of St Louis died Monday night. Mrs Myrtle Stewart left Monday for Clinton Illinois to visit her sister Mrs Charles Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Wilson
Jane Prim
Barstow, Fla
Earl Turnipseed
Misa Alice Kimpler
Springfield
Alice Kimpler
Albert Huffmaster
Myrtle Stewart
Clinton, Ill
Charles Davis
Matrimony and Church Attendances Reported in Local Notes
Families attend the Fairman church revival with Jubilee Quartette. Several social calls occur as Mr. and Mrs. Jett visit Fred Hirgan’s family. Evelyn Hirgan weds William Floyd Wagstaff on Sunday January 12. Local visits include Gerrish in E Saint Louis and others with C E McHaney Goodwin and Spencer households. Medical care prompts staying in Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Meredith
Laura Carter
Ruth
Fairman Church
Mrs
Everett Jett
Fred Hirgan
Family
Evelyn Hirgan
Floyd Wagstaff
Walter Gaines
Macey Pauley
George Webster
Gaines
Salem
John Kretzer
Grover Spencer
Archie Eller
Bob Thomas
Four youths trapped during post office robbery attempt at Sandoval
Sheriff Tib Woolbright and Marion County officers nabbed Everett Wotow Virgil Russell Paul Smith and John Watson Jr after they crashed the Sandoval post office back door and fired a warning shot. Tear gas forced surrender as two gloves and a broken front window marked the scene. Evidence suggested plans to blow the safe but the job halted. An unrelated area report noted 1945 cattle and sheep feed numbers, with a drop in feedlot lambs year over year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office
Sandoval
Sando Theatre
Centralia
Everett Wotow
Irvington
Virgil Russell
Odin
Paul Smith
Central City
John Watson, Jr
FBI
More cattle on feed but lamb volume down said to rise
The Producers Live Stock Commission Association reports liberal cattle on feed but only moderate lamb slaughter volume expected in coming months. Government data show near record cattle on feed Jan 1 at 4,307,000 head, about 2 percent above last year, with regional gains in the Corn Belt offsetting declines elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Plains States
Producers Live Stock Commission Association
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Veterans campaign to locate kin of Illinois WWI dead
The Illinois Veterans Commission launches a state wide effort to locate next of kin of the 22 192 Illinois soldiers who died in World War II and ensure receipt of benefits. Staff offices in every county will aid widows orphans and other relatives with insurance pensions gratuity child education and social security when applicable. The commission also helps arrange return and reburial of remains and coordinates with federal programs for memorials markers and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Illinois Veterans Commission
Homer G. Bradney
Bradney
Commission
Next of Kin
Campaign aims to secure education benefits for children of deceased soldiers
The drive plans to gather names ages and birth dates of all children of deceased soldiers to maximize eligibility for educational benefits. Marion county campaign headquarters are at the IVC Service Office Room 102 Courthouse Salem Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
IVC
Courthouse
Salem
Ill
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Sandoval News
Jnc
A. Jennings
Patoka, Ill
Norman Gerrish
E. St. Louis
Wm. Andy and
Chester Powell
C. E. McHaney
Ed Goodwin
C. E. Goodwin
Roy Thalman
H. M. Egbert
Mark Darrel
North Country
Madeleine Kinross
Mont
Vandalia
A.C. WC
A. C. WC
Graham Bradley
Dodge
Chevrolet
Black Hawk
A.C
J.D
Sears
Seigler
Farrow
Sammie Walker
COL. MO. A. Jennings & Son
Patoka
Lamb
CIRCO
Circo Rendering Service
Vandalia 280
IWC
Cain
West Broadway
Centralia, Ill
Old Capitol
St. Vandalia, Ill
Mulberry Grove, Ill
Guernsey
John Deere
A. C
McCormick-Deering
Geo. Yang
John A. Jennings
Emmet McCaliney
White House
Patoka Elevator Co
George J. Wasem
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