Community Members Attend Services and Socials Across Area
Mr. and Mrs. Elston Foltz of Fairbury visit the Lockes. Churchgoers include Joe Mack and others at Marshall Creek and Patoka. Families like Gerrish Britt and Bowen attend Sunday gatherings. A July Fourth fishing trip and a large ice cream social at Marshall Creek are noted, with Colleen Petrea’s sixteenth birthday celebrated and a long list of attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elston Foltz
Fairbury
Fred Locke
Joe Mack
Marshall Creek
Frank Petrea
Doris
Duane Weem
Centralia
Peggy Tacke
Lloyd Martin
Joe
Cecil Jett
Dean Reynolds
Dorothy
Delmore Hester
Kenneth
Mildred
Edith
Frieda Bowen
David Gerrish
Olive Britt
Dean
Pearl Britt
Mary Marshall
Patoka
Edd Belcher
Calvin Belcher
Margaret Jett
Colleen Petrea
Dale
Jean
Freida
Helen Bowen
Gerald Bopp
Virgil Steele
John McGeehan
Bonnie Palmer
Harold Lutz
Peggy Es Erred Sarria
Carl Lutz
Jinaid Lioyd Jett
Nellie Ferne Belcher
Leonard Jett
Dean Britt
Wendell Belcher
Chriss Gergens
Sandoval
Charlie Thalman
Frank Williams
Albert Tacke
Fred Tacke
Local Social Notes From Stringtown Gatherings
Mr and Mrs V D Klinge and others visited in Vandalia and with kin in Stringtown. A weekend picnic at Mound Chapel and a stork shower for Mrs Clarence Holt featured among town residents and visitors from Bloomington Vernon Shobonier Bur Creek and Bur Creek lists appear with refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Holt
Leslie Morey
Vernon
Mary Holt
Shobonier
Olmier Bethards
Opal Fordhand
John Anderson
John Revis
Bur Creek
Dennis Etzgér
Rollie Klinge
Iula
Fred Klinge
Arewine Wil Ross Cassidy
Johanna Cleary
Lett
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MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Gable
Holly Wood
Akron
Ohio
Hopedale High School
University of Akron
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Oklama
Port Oregon
Oregon News
Los Angeles
Jane Cowl
Machenal
Killer Mears
M-G-M
Bombay
Rosalind Russell
Cc Popu
Social Visits Light Up Fourth of July
Local residents enjoyed a series of Sunday evening calls and a family reunion over the Fourth. The gatherings included Forest Gaston and family, Ellen Gray of Chicago visiting home folks, and numerous neighbors sharing meals and visiting in Salem Harvey Melrose Park and Carter areas.
Fredonia Social Notes Reach Across Town and States
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Anthony visited last week with John Talbert and family. Clarence Tackett and family moved to Chicago last Saturday. Ned Pace of Salem called at the E. E. McHaney home Sunday afternoon. Laura Carter and daughter shopped in Patoka Saturday. Alec Anderson and family spent the Fourth with the Cozad family. Lee Lawler and Sallie Sprague called on C. E. McHaney Sunday evening. Edith Campbell and others visited Valley Park and Cocoa residents with the McHaneys on the Fourth. Bro. Atchison and wife had Sunday dinner with Laura Carter and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Anthony
John Talbert
Clarence Tackett
Chicago
Ned Pace
Salem
E. E. McHaney
Laura Carter
Patoka
Alec Anderson
Jesse
Kathryn
Dalle Cozad
W. D.cozad
Lee Lawler
Sallie Sprague
C. E. McHaney
Edith Campbell
Geo. Ongelmeier
Alfice
Valley Park
Big Anthony
Cocoa
Fla
Bro. Atchison
Local Social Notes From Independence and Nearby Areas
Independence residents visit and travel highlights include Mr. and Mrs. Omar Twiss and daughter Carol of Chicago visiting Pat Murfin, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Bates traveling to St. Louis, Celia Weinsman staying with daughter Alice Protz, Paul Bates returning from San Diego for a brief visit, Lorian Armstrong visiting Salem sisters Docia and Jane Armstrong, and Pat Murfin calling on Gladys Wengert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Bates
St. Louis
Celia Weinsman
Alice Protz
Paul Bates
San Diego
Calif
J. L. Bates
Lorian Armstrong
Salem
Docia
Jane Armstrong
Pat Murfin
Gladys Wengert
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Kenneth McMath
Robert E. Wasem
Illinois
Marion County
Eaglin
Dorothy Cavanaugh
Palestine
Bates
Stringtown
V. D. Klinge
Robert Revis
Iula Klinge
Kenneth Freeland
Vandalia
Darrel Wyant
Hiram Wyant
Jerouldetzger
Nellie Lane
Alph Donnely
Bernadine
Leslie Lane
Ralph Donnely
Dennis, Metztzer
Kek
Etnerlvine
Wiley Campbell
Forest Gaston
Frank Barlow
Henry Hines
Alvin Gray
Tony Clark
Ellen Gray
Dwight
Robert
Wayne Bleck
Harvey
Susan Black
Chris Durssen
Melrose Park
Ill
Judson Stutts
J. S. Pritchard
Robert Coll
Dana Somers
Bobby
Hami Illinois
Elizabeth Carter
Ida Smith
Ada
Sanders Young Folks
Elizabeth Gray
Carter
Robert Gray
Detroit
Mich
Frances Gray
Dona Somerville
Austin Donoho
Illinois Central
Fredonia
Omar Twiss
Carol
Gierten
S. Locust Centralia, Ill
Rock Phosphate
Acme
Wm. Ehrat
R. R
Joe Beckler
H. S. Riley
Howard Perrine
Walton’s Hardware
Amy W. Morgan
John H. Boye
Fred Rebbe
Shobonier, Ill
Mary Schualtz
Waukesha
Wisconsin
Elton Foltz
Peggy
Dan L. Burtschi
Allis - Chalmers Tractors and Farm Machinery Agency
Shobonier, Illinois
W. T. Willett
W. D. Widger
Centralia Theatres
Ilinois
Sun. Mon
Grandee
Miami
Don Ameche
Betty Grable
Robert Cummings
Jon Blondell
W. Pigeon Also
Carters
Joan Crawford
M. Douglas
Frank Craven
Web
Marx Brothers
Tony Martin
Dennis Morgan
Jane Wyatt
Lornes Alway
Fia
Ida
B. Rathbone
G. Sandergard
Prairie Pioneers
Bob Steele
Temple C
Greenwood
Jack, Oakie
Marion Lawrence
Rantoul
Will Lawrence
D. A. Headley
William Headley
Minnie Peddicord
Marie Lee Ehlers
J. H. Peddicord
Esquire Theatre
Vandalia, Illinois
Wed. & Thurs
Lisbon
Red McMurray
Richard Arlen
Tim Holt
SKY Raiders
Sun. & Mon
James Cagney
Bette Davis
Jean Hersholt
Salem Theatre
Thurs
Louisiana
Ona Munson
John Wayne
Roger Pryor
San Antonio Rose
Robert Paige
Madeline Carroll
Fred McMurray
Jane Withers
Nancy Kelly
GLOBE
Daniel Boone
Bill Elliott
Lucille Ball
George Murphy
Jack Benny
Freda Allen
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