Local Socials and Visits Highlight Vernon Community
Vernon notices describe Keith Betts’s illness and hospital stay in Vandalia, Laura Arnold visiting from Jacksonville, Leonard Davidson and Miss Reynolds as guests, and multiple travels by residents to St. Louis, Sacramento, Alma, and other places. The Woman’s Society met with guests from Seattle and Vernon, followed by a pink and blue shower for Mrs. Ruth Lawson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Society of’ Christian Services
Ferne Kehrken
Mary DeLaney
Seattle
Washington
Myron Cooley
Vernon
Ruth Lawson
May Reinstatement of Federal Rent Controls Discussed
The OPA rent director says interim period governs rents and evictions by local law until a new price control act is passed. Month to month tenancies require 30 days notice for rent increases or evictions, and leases follow their terms and local law. If price controls resume, ceilings and eviction rules will return for notices pending at June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hasler
OPA
Patoka Methodist Church July committees named
Pastor M W Friesner leads Patoka Methodist Church with services at 9 30 a m 10 45 a m and 7 30 p m The July 24 meeting outlines committees for Fellowship Entertainment and Hostess duties and lists Mervel Willett farewell supper hosts Nancy Sinicox Ann Crawford Margaret Cox and others
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. W. Friesner
G. J. Wasem
Island Chapel
Mervel Willett
LW. ‘Ballane
D. ‘Ballance
B.'N. ‘Griffin
Nancy Sinicox
Ann’ Crawford
Margaret Cox
Tent Meeting In Eaglin School Yard Begins July 8
The tent meeting at the Eaglin school yard will start Monday evening July 8 with Rev Verl Clifton of Centralia in charge. Everyone is cordially invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaglin School
Verl’ Clifton
Centralia
T Ip
Omer Jones Died After Falls From I C Bridge
The body of 63 year old Omer Jones, formerly of Odin and recently of Centralia, was found in Crooked Creek below the Illinois Central bridge near Central City. An inquest by Coroner Robert Hancock ruled accidental death from a fall. Survivors include a brother and two sisters. Funeral services were held in Salem with burial at East Lawn Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omer Jones
Odin
Centralia
Crooked Creek
Illinois Central Railroad
Central City
Robert Hancock
Salem
I. C
O. T. Bounds
Jones
Lester
Ben Young
Ida Pegg
Nerces
Hancock Funeral Home
John Jenkins
East Lawn Cemetery
Baptist Church Cancels Sunday Services for Floor Sanding
The church will hold all Sunday activities in the gymnasium including Sunday School at 9 30 morning worship and evening services with Training Union. A business meeting is set for Thursday July 10. Sunbeams host event July 6 with a student program and activities for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Allen Thomas
Verne Nattier
George Nattier
America
Tommy Towler
D. D. Club Meets at Mojonnier Home
The D. D. Club met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Mojonnier on Monday evening June 24. Mrs. Homer Outhouse led entertainment with three contests and a fried chicken supper. Attendees included Wayne Walton and daughter Mary Ellen Vandalia, James Wernsman, Orville Genre, Homer Outhouse, and Carroll Mojonnier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.D. Club
Carroll Mojonnier
Homer Outhouse
Wayne Walton
Orville Genre
Mary Ellen
Vandalia
James Wernsman
Orville’Genre
Miss Fannie Brooks to Lead Home Care Training School
Health Specialist Miss Fanny Brooks of the University of Illinois Extension will run an all day program on Home Care of the Sick for Home Bureau leaders on Tuesday July 9 at the Presbyterian Church in Salem from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Each of the county's twenty three units may send two representatives to attend and relay material at August meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny Brooks
University of Illinois Home Economics Extension
Home Bureau
Presbyterian Church
Salem
W C T U Meeting Held at Ruth Lawson’s Home
Ruth Lawson hosted the W C T U at Vernon on June 17. Vice president Gladys Wernsman led the meeting in the absence of the president with a prayer and songs. Committees were appointed for the next meeting and refreshments provided by Ruth Lawson. next gathering set for Olga Kleeman’s home in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Lawson
Vernon
Gladys Wernsman
Jesus
Doris Kleeman
Patoka Lions install L. E. Green as president
L. E. Green was installed July 2 as president of the Patoka Lions Club for the 1946 47 fiscal year succeeding H. K. Pike. Nineteen members attended a chicken supper at Richeson Cafe and officers and committees were named for the year. Next meeting set for July 16 at the Legion Hall sans food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Green
Patoka Lions Club
H. K. Pike
Richeson Cafe
Green
Patoka ‘Club
O. C. Schroeder
Robert Eagan
W. R. Jenkins
Sec
v.Treas
W. E. Fields
Wes Griffin
Twister
Edgar Irvin
J. L. Jenkins
Roy Jones
Edwin Arnold
H. G. Foltz
Chmn
C. R. Richeson
G. J. Wasem
C. C. Schroeder
C. D. Doolen
J. F. Matchett
Legion Hall
Victoria Chapter OES Holds Initiatory Ceremony
Miss Nancy Simcox and Mr. Darvin Jones were initiated into Victoria Chapter Order of Eastern Star in a ceremony on Tuesday July 2. Guests attended from Wisconsin Centralia Carlyle Kinmundy Odin and Sandoval. Cookies were served at the close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Simcox
Darvin Jones
Victoria Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Wisconsin
Centralia
Carlyle
Kinmundy
Odin
Sandoval
Christian Church Notes Bible School and Services
The notice outlines Sunday Bible School at 9 30 a m with Les Walker as superintendent communion at 10 45 led by elders worship at 11 00 with pastor Carl Gibson and a 7 00 p m Christian Endeavor by Young People and 7 45 p m evening service with special music. There is a Wednesday Ladies Aid in Sunday School rooms and Thursday Bible Study on the 7th Chapter of Acts led by Bro Wash Bowen. It invites all to attend and notes 127 in Bible School last Sunday with a plea to raise attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible School
Les Walker
Carl Gibson
Christian Endeavor
Ladies Aid
7Th Chapter of
Acts
Wash Bowen
Christ
Legion Post Hosts July 11 Meeting with Installations
Dieterich district commander Grant W. Fritscher will install Patoka American Legion Post officers at the Thursday night gathering on July 11 at 8:00. Veterans urged to attend. other Legion notables will be present. F. E. Miller, Commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant W. Fritscher
Dieterich
Patoka
Farm Bureau Office to Close Thursday Afternoons
The Farm Bureau office in Salem will close at noon every Thursday this July and August due to nearby businesses closing early. The closure excludes peach harvest periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Farm Bureau
All Bay Meeting At Eaglin School Sunday July 14
An all day meeting is planned at Eaglin School on Sunday July 14. Sunday School begins at 10:06 with preaching services to follow. A basket dinner is scheduled at noon. The Hallelujah Quartette from Johnson City will lead the afternoon services. All are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaglin School
Hallalujah Quartette
Johnson City
Small beginnings fuel great enterprises in America
The passage argues that policies harming free enterprise threaten liberties and that capitalism spans all scales. It notes that a shoe-shine stand and a big factory both embody capitalist effort. The message praises individual initiative and foresees young innovators leading future corporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Ruth Graham and Virgil Gorda Wed in Springfield Church
Miss Ruth A. Graham and Virgil C. Gorda were married at Hope Evangelical Church in Springfield by Rev. Curtis Price on Saturday June 29 at 8:00 PM. The couple, attended by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Profrock, plans to reside in Springfield where both are employed. Gorda recently completed two years of overseas Army service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl O'Neal
Ruth A. Graham
Virgil C. Gorda
Clara Gorda
E. Reynolds
Springfield
The
Hope Evangelical Church
Curtis Price
Arthur Profrock
Thieves Take 240 Chickens From W Bartlett Farm
Willard Bartlett living near Odin awoke June 29 to find about 240 fry ing size chickens missing from his farm. The birds weighing 2½ to 3 pounds and valued at about $1.25 were stolen during the night. Footprints and a torn sack remained as clues but no suspects identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Bartlett
Odin
Bartlett
Tillie Meador Hosts Vernon Good Will Club Meeting
Tillie Meador served as hostess at the Good Will Club gathering on June 26. Twelve members and six guests attended. The group tied a fan quilt, sewed rag rags, and heard committee reports. Lunch followed at Mr. and Mrs. Dan Thorpe’s home for the infant grandchild funeral. Donations toward the cemetery fund were noted. Next meeting with Maud Meador is set for July 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tillie Meador
Good Will Club
Dan Thorpe
Vernon 4 H Club Meeting at Don Belcher Home
Vernon 4 H Club met June 24 1946 at Don Belchers with all but one member present. President Richard Walton led the business and members discussed new projects for the program. Members with talks were assigned future presentations as games and refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Don Belcher
Richard Waltin
Tvus
Noyse
Social notes list visits and travel across several towns
Local residents and relatives spread across Indiana Illinois Missouri and California visiting family and friends. Names include Walker Brumfield Singer Shingleton Paine Nelson Lamond Snyder Mafin Murfin Matthews Merriman Lewis Goff Outhouse and others with travels to St Louis Denver Lewiston and Washington among places cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Singer
Indi Indiana
Jud Klint
William Shingleton
Hollywood
California
Dale Brumfield
Judy Lynne
Les Walker
Transport truck fire damages load near Sandoval
A one and a half ton truck owned by Patterson of Mt. Vernon Illinois burned near the Sinclair Station in Sandoval at 2 20 p m Monday July 1. The vehicle carrying watermelons and cantaloupes was reportedly destroyed after the fire started when the hot exhaust pipe contacted the load. Sandoval Fire Department extinguished the blaze and the truck was driven away after containment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patterson
Mt. Vernon
Ill
Sandoval
Sinclair Station
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Keith Betts
I. C. Betts
Greer Hospital
Laura Arnold
Jacksonville
Effie Arnold
Leonard Davidson
Miss Reynolds
Vernie Davidson
St. Louis
E. E. Carpenter
Sacramento
Opal Jones
E. L. Norris
H. D. Merritt
Rose
Caroline
W. P. Wade
Alice Wilson
Merritt
Corpus Christie Texas
Anhauser Buesch
Alice M. Protz
Lucille Norris
Betty and
Billy Jones
Decatur
J. T. Quayle
Marilyn
Edith Peyton
Ancil Arnold
Alfreta Williams
Alma
Sherman Livesay
New York
N. Y
C. O. Livesay
Sherman
U. S. Navy
Aleda Kestner
A. L. Brown
Mrs. Jarrett
Geneva
Monnie Lawrence
East St. Louis
Mabel Washburn
Adolph Frey
Panama
Roy Veal
Gehrken
Goldie
Patoka Methodist Church
I.C
Baptist Church
D. D. Club
Fannie Brooks
W.C.T.U
Gladys Weinsman
B. Doolen
Olga Kleeman
Mrl
President
Patoka Lions
Victoria
O.E.S
Christian Church Notes
Dist. Com
Fritscher
ALL Bay‘ Meeting
Ruth Graham
Virgil Gorda
W. Bartlett
Vernon Good Will Club
G. M. Grandfield
Effie Nichols
Wesley Meador
Levi Perkins
Irene Perkins
Annabel Doolen
Tonie Sorrell
Mary Kottmeyer
Bettie Howell
la Homa Hilliards and Sons
Nellie Perkins
Ferne Arnold
Emma Protz
Amandy Binniion
Sopha Protz
Edna White
Tina Murfin
Annabelle Doolen
Susan
Linda Binnion
Maud Meador
F m
Jud Kline
Willi Shingleton
Califo
Indianape Indiana
Billy Ray Brumfield
Jo Lynne
Sandra Schroeder
Nada Jonson
W. C. Carner
Pvt
Leland W. Paine
Scott Field, Ill
Luther Paine
Army Air Force
Howard Nelson
Bud
Colorado
Zora Brumfield
Chicago
R Tives
Cecil Elliott
Melinda
Barbara
Lewiston
Montana
Ruth Smith
Edith Litchfield
W. W. Murfin
Herman Payne
Cindy
Davenport
Iowa
Payne
Sarah E,. Thalman
Edna Leninger
W. W. Mafin
Marvin M. Stanley
Donald D. Lamond Jr
Stanley
Tarrant Field
Fort Worth
Texas
Washington, D. C
Lamond
Leff
Denver
Mr. Stanley
Mrs. Russell Snyder
Mrs
Virzil Kethherside
Charles Merriman of
John H. Lewis
Ewing, Missouri
Lewis
Mac Payne
Thelma Goff
Margie
Ray Outhouse
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