Vernon Area News Highlights Church Events and Obituaries
Community notes report March of Dimes drive plans with co chair V D Klinge and local solicitors. Birth for Pete Headley pair as Dena Eileen at St Marys Cuetralia hospital. Deaths include Howard Pope Decatur and Flora Albert. Memorials, hospital dedication, and Loyal Leaders Class meeting details follow with multiple local residents listed.
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Vernon News
Laura Woods
Reba Queen
Andrew Cella
St. Louis
L. M. Brown
Vernon
Pete Headley
St. Marys Hospital
Cuetralia
Dena Eileen
Omar Twiss
Chicago
W. F. Murfin
Pearl B. Norris
Warrensburg
Jesse Walton
Flora Albert
Clarence Miller
B. F. Johnson
Karl Wilson
Mark Abraham
Nelson Landacre
Decatur
Leo Briggs
Cliffie Lane
Casey
Elston Doolen
Alton
I. A. Pfeffer
Centralia
Les Brooks
Ramsey
Archie Brown
Robert Revis
James Thoman
Ray Thoman
Sol Blankinship
Leslie Meador
Kenneth Freeland
Earl Funk
Delbert Wyant
Vandalia
Esta Dickmann
W. Howard Pope
New Hospital
Methodist
Lodema Bayliss
Janet Headley
Howard Pope
Mr. Pope
Blanche Thompson
West End
South Oakland
Wiliam Brewer
James
Paris
Ill
Pearl Pope
Pana
Gertrude
Pauley
Charleston
Brintlinger Funeral Home
Patoka
Donna
Murfin
Emmett Caudle
Donald Murfin
Mark
Richard Murfin
Tommy
Charles
al Kruene
Victoria Chapter O.E.S. Holds January Meeting
Sister Rita Hill reports a well attended January 24 meeting in Chanute area with the Altar draped for Sister Edith Cruse who died Friday. Ruby and Cecil Griffin hosted a soup and coffee dinner in the dining room after the session.
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Rita Hill
Victoria
O.E.S. No. 253
Edith Cruse
Chanute
Kansas
Ruby
Cecil Griffin
Caudle Baby Boy Arrives at Greer Hospital
A baby boy was born January 20 at Greer Hospital Vandalia weighing 8 pounds 6 ounces. This is the Caudle family's fourth child.
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Raymond Caudle
Greer Hospital
Vandalia
Mrs. Caudle
Tune Couple Thanks Wirth 50th Anniversary Acknowledgment
Mr and Mrs C M Tune express gratitude for cards gifts flowers and help that made their 50th anniversary a success May God bless each and every one thanked by the couple
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C. M. Tune
Mound Chapel Church News Highlights and Plans
Attendance at Sunday School last Sunday morning was eighty two. Rev R E Willis led devotion Sunday night with Congregational singing by Orval Sharp and piano by Howard Kinney. James Kenneth Walton sang The Love of God. The Sharp siblings performed songs and a blood stained cross duet. Mrs R E Wills read Drinking House Over the Way and Roland Belcher gave a testimonial. Trustees invite help to improve Sunday School classrooms. Da Vinci noted two gases in the atmosphere.
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Clyde Murray
Lloyd Cooper
Orval Sharp
Howard Kinney
James Kenneth Walton
Love of God
Joyce
Sheila
Patsy Sharp
Old
Rugged Cross
R. E. Wills
Roland E. Belcher
R. E. Willis
Harold Murray
Hubert Murray
Paul Walker
Lyle Arnold
Chester Bryant
Willing Workers plan March of Dimes drive
Willing Workers Class appoints solicitors for the March of Dimes drive in Patoka area with chairman Mrs. Smith and co chairmen Mrs. Jenkins and Mr. Matchett. Mr. Clark Walraven to visit businesses January 29. Mothers March on Polio set for January 31 6 to 730 p.m. Contributions may be given to solicitors or chairmen. drive may extend into February.
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William Jenkins
Jack Matchett
Patoka
Clark Walraven
Mary Chai
Dean Britt
Roy Bowen
Lucille Walker
Lola Mae Mojonnier
Mothers
Lulu Troyer
Rose_ Britt
Pearl
Arthur Irvin
Frank Balance
John Chance
A. D. Nichols
Ibbie Hoffman
Blue Mound
New Social Security Booklet Aids Domestic Employers
A new booklet OCASS-21 titled Do You Have A Maid outlines steps for employers of domestic help paying cash wages of 50 or more per quarter. Expanded coverage requires reporting wages. no 24 day rule. Copies available via Mt. Vernon SSA office Room 200 Rogers Building. post card included for reporting to the IRS.
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Mt. Vernon
Social Security Office
John B. Rogers
E. J. Hoffman
Social Security Administration
Internal Revenue
Conservation Club 100 To Show Sport Movies
Conservation Club 100 schedules hunting fishing and sports films for Monday night January 31 at 7 30 p m All members families and friends invited Refreshments after the screening
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Conservation Club 100
Vernon Good Will Club Sees Quilting For Marie Meador
The Vernon Good Will Club met with Marie Meador on Wednesday January 19, with eleven members and three visitors Ruth Murfin Della Morey and Cora Mc Manus. A noon dinner followed by the Lord's Prayer. The group voted two dollars to the Polio fund and awarded prizes to Dora Eversman Emma Protz Tina Murfin and Fern Gehrken. Next meeting set with La Homa Hilliard on January 26.
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Vernon Good Will Club
Marie Meador
Ruth Murfin
Della Morey
Cora McManus
Marie
Dora Eversman
Emma Protz
Tina Murfin
Fern Gehrken
la Homa Hilliard
Thanks for Kindness and Blessings Amid Illness
A reader expresses gratitude for the acts of kindness, cards, and letters received during illness and extends blessings to those who offered support.
Illinois VFW Posts to Form Civil Defense Bearer Units
Raymond W. Schild announces Illinois VFW posts totaling over 500 will cooperate with Civil Defense. Each post forms an eight man litter bearer group with a first aid man. posts over 100 members get one group per 100. Post surgeons serve as first aid men and medical advisers. Participants must be U.S. citizens, take an oath, and be deputized. The plan mobilizes more than 125,000 VFW members in Illinois behind a statewide civil defense effort.
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Illinois
Raymond W. Schild
Robert Woodward
Schild
United States
V.F.W
Card of Thanks From The Cruse Children
Words cannot express the understanding and appreciation for all the flowers and kind words given us. May God bless you all. The Cruse Children.
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Cruse
Cousin Isaiah Es topey dies in Parsons Kansas
P. J. Mojonnier learns of the death of his cousin Isaiah Es topey in Parsons Kansas on Tuesday. He had married Aggie Lynch, who came from Patoka, southeast of Patoka.
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William F. Wagner
Centralia
St. Marys Hospital
Erie
Pennsylvania
Lucy Hall
Patoka
Cox & Martin Funeral Home
Richard Stowe
St. Louis
P. J. Mojonnier
Isaiah Estopey
Parsons
Kansas
Aggie Lynch
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