Locals Share Fourth Of July Visits In Patoka Area
Local residents and visitors spent Independence Day with family in Patoka. Willie Edwards and daughter from Shattuc visited Mrs. Edwards' parents the Brumfields. Paul Spurgeon on one day leave from North Carolina came to see his mother Lora Liveair. Deneen Smith and her little son vacationed with Ide Smith. Various relatives from Springfield St Louis Chicago and Decatur joined gatherings at homes of Perkins Meador Green Simcox Parker and others. A few workers from Springfield and East Alton drove home for the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Edwards
of Shattuc
Air
Deneen Smith
Ide Smith
Lola Thomason
Assumption
Mary Meador
Harold Chance
Betty Ballance
Nancy Simcox
Ulavon Walker
Springfield
Florence Bonnell
St. Louis
Ruth Coleman
William Perkins
Joe Simcox
Imogene Parker
Alma
William Parker
Patoka
Raymond Parker
Fort George G. Meade
Maryland
Frank Snyder
William Snyder
Grandma Snyder
Mamie Lutz
Genevieve Bowen
St. Mary’s Hospital
Arthur Steele
Lawrence Heinzmann
Clarence
Irvin Bowen
Vandalia
Charlie Bowen
Charlie
Boyd Steele
Carl
Mary Meredith
Odin
Albin Groff
Ernest Gerrish
Charles Lutz
Harold
Louie
Betty Padbury
Centralia
Rebekah Lodge attendees and local notices in Salem
On Friday June 23 JR NON members traveled to Salem for Rebekah Lodge duties. Irene Jarrett was one of three candidates for the degree. Mrs. Danbury filled Electa pro tem at Patoka Eastern Star. Several local residents visited relatives, shopped in Vandalia and Carbondale, and a Post Office move occurred. A serious accident near Fairman injured a child. 85 stitches reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Rebekah Lodge
Leo Freyer
W. L. Danbury
T. E. Snyder
Hazel Cox
Effie Hathaway
Irene Jarrett
Rebekah
Roy Cox
Eastern Star
Patoka
Danbury
Electa
Bettie Simcox
Loriie McCleary
Ira Kinney
Chicago
Dayne Ellis
D. L. Freyer
George Walton
Vandalia
Flora Dickey
St. Louis
Minnie Peddicord
Carbondale
Teacher’s College
G. C. Betts
Easley
Royalton
Earl Graham
Melrose Park
Vernon
Shirley Protz
Fred Lutz
Fairman
Glen Bowen
Bowen
W. G. Poole
Everett Deadmond
Odin
Clara Deadmond
Alfred Cicigoi
Centralia
Jake Tibbs
Frank Chcigoi
Fred Kleinsteuber
James Meredith
Bud Adams
Richard Rittenhouse
Mary Margaret
Billie
Joanne Sue Ticknor
Bryan Park
Salem and Odin Residents Make Brief Business Trips
Jim Hill visited Salem on Thursday for business while Mrs. Francis Branche shopped in Odin last week. Pat Kenney also traveled to Odin on Thursday morning for business. After several weeks, word arrived that Dwight Petreat Sic is in New Guinea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hill
Salem
Francis Branche
Odin
Pat Kenney
Dwight Petreat Sic
New Guinea
Stombaugh Family News From St Louis Gatherings
Stombaughs and related families visited St Louis on various social and business trips. Mrs Dew Davis stayed with relatives in Rockford area. several Stombaughs and cousins met in St Louis for a night game. Mrs Bob Daniels traveled to Michigan to join Pvt Bob Daniels in the Army. Others hosted and visited in Vandalia, Linhorst, Coxin, and Shepherd households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Stombaugh
St. Louis
Dew Davis
Ivor Coxin
Chole Shepard
Rockford
Ivy
Vera Shepard
Mary Stombaugh
Bill Boaz
Michigan
Bob
Glen Stombaugh
George
Rollie Stombaugh
Harry
Larry
Archie Bryant
Dave Schert
Rosemary Merriman
Jane Stombaugh
Vernon Good Will Club meeting notes and crops forecast
The Vernon Good Will Club met at Mrs. Mary Kottmeyer's home on Thursday June 29 with eleven members and four visitors. They quilted an improved nine patch and shared refreshments. Birthday gifts were exchanged for Doris Kleemann and Mrs. Kottmeyer. Members listed include Stella Pugh and others. visitors named David Lee Wagstaff Edith Peyton Eloise Peyton and Carol Pumphrey. Illinois crop forecasts project larger winter wheat oats and rye than last year with hay yields possibly matching 1942 record. tame hay condition at 93 percent on June versus 77 percent last year. hay making underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Will Club
Mary Kottmeyer
Doris Kleemann
Doris
Mrs. Kottmeyer
Illinois
Departments of Agriculture
Community Notes Reflect Local Visits and Etiquette Advice
East Fork residents report visits among families including Snyder, Lutz, Bowen, and Meredith. Ailing Charlie Bowen, Edith Groff homecoming, and Edgar Heinzmann to join the Army are noted. Also covered are late July gatherings, carnival fireworks, river boat trips, and etiquette tips from Capper's Farmer advising seating order and gentility.
Sunshine angel cake from Capper's Farmer recipe
Family dessert from Country Cooking readers by Marjorie Griffin. Easy on sugar, uses white and yellow batters folded together, baked in a tube pan at 325 degrees for about an hour. No frosting needed, recipe emphasizes level measurements and matching the pictured cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capper’s Farmer
Marjorie Griffin
Rendova Task Force Men Learn Come and Get It
Signal Corps photo captures U S task force men on Rendova adjusting to field rations. They study concentrated rations and dehydrated vegetables while declaring the possibility of dreaming steaks. The message urges buying more War Bonds through the U S Treasury Department.
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Signal Corps
U. S
Rendova
U.S. Treasury Department
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Decatur
Lora
JR Non
Bertha Danbury
Ryt
Carrigan
Rocket Ant
Sapo
Just
Patoka Hardware
Stombaugh Hill
Vernon Good Will Club
East Fork
Holly Miller
Joe
Oana
Maxwell House
Mackeral . . LLC
Duz
Pillsbury’s Best
M. J. Ehrat
Serv. Co
APO
Care
San Francisco
California
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