Local Social Roundup Highlights Visits and Gatherings
Mrs. Dale Alcom returned home from Vandalia hospital much improved. Centralia hosted gatherings for Mrs. C. J. Haas moving to Mt. Vernon with a handkerchief shower. Families and ministers attended a B. T. U. rally in Centralia. Several locals travelled to Salem Elsberry Decatur and Eldorado for visits and the Epworth League institute. R. L. Walton hauled camping gear to Eldorado for Vernon youths with another trip planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Alcom
Vandalia Hospital
Virginia West
Centralia
C. J. Haas
Mt. Vernon
R. L. Walton
Eldorado
Vernon
Epworth League Institute
The AAA Way Highlights Home Front War Efforts
Ora Kagy reports on local wartime activities from Marion County. Families celebrate returning service members including Earl, Glenn Schooley, and Sgt Ralph Millican, while calls go out to support defense stamps and scrap drives. Community meetings at Iuka Gym address inflation and food preservation as the nation sustains war needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Lee
Earl
Pearl Harbor
Glenn C. Schooley
Texas
Tennessee
Seattle
Washington
Roy Millicans
Sgt
Ralph Millican
Field Artillery
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
S. Alice Millican
Mr. Frank
Prey
Betty Simor
Mr. Middleton
Mrs. Millican
AAA
East Zion Chatter and Visits Highlight Local Life
The Chatter and Stick Club met with Della Caldwell while Maud Caldwell and grandsons Dale and Dane Bassett visited in Odin. Burl Meadows visits Dean Meadows and Marshal Souter visited in Salem. High waters wreck crops in East Fork bottoms and oats fields suffer. Several residents, including Agnes Arnold and Florance McNichol, recover at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Caldwell
Dale
Dane Bassett
Odin
Burl Meadows
Dean Meadows
Marshal Souter
Salem
East Fork
Stork Shower Honors Mrs Eli Green At Arnold Chapel
A large crowd attended the Stork Shower at Mrs A D Nichols home for Mrs Eli Green. Guests brought many useful gifts and enjoyed ice cream and cookies. The Lowe family from St Louis are visiting friends in the area. Edgar Jones and family visited W H Jones. James Bassett and Ruth spent Sunday in Patoka with Roy Jones. The Lewe family gathered to celebrate Mrs Lewe s birthday with Merle Jones and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Nichols
Eli Green
Green
Ivy Lowe
St. Louis
Edgar Jones
Near Kinmundy
W. H. Jones
James Bassett
Ruth
Patoka
Roy Jones
Charles Lowe
Merle Jones
William Lewe
Treasury Corner free show raises funds for war effort in Chicago
In Chicago's loop a rent free Treasury Corner at State and Van Buren turns a department store corner into a celebrity funded war bonds and stamps sales outlet. Don McKiernan directs with Broadway Hollywood stars and top radio and sports figures donating time to boost U S war financing, averaging over three thousand dollars daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Loop
Uncle Sam
Treasury
Don McKiernan
Illinois War Savings
Broadway
Hollywood
Treasury Corner
Marlene Dietrich
Judy Canova
Bobby Arnst
Shirley Ross
Pat O’brien
Mary
Eddie Duchin
Ted Weems
Divines
Veloz
Yolanda
State
van Buren
U.S. Treasury Department
Illinois War Savings Staff
Also Mentioned on This Page
Walter Miller
P. J. Mojonnier
Edwin Nattier
Ruby Masack
Rio
Eva Langford
Brownsville
Alan Branch Elsbury
Tom Altom
Elliot Caldwell
Clinton
Dale Altom
Yale Hyle
Vandalia
Hyles
Effie Arnold
Frank Ballance
T. E. Irvin
H. L. Smith
Decatur
Ora G. Kagy
Marion County
Agricultural Marketing Administration
America
Lincoln
State Agricultural College and Experiment Station
Michigan State
Iuka
Albert Kell
Ora Kagy
Boyles
Dietrich
Mr. Robinson
East Zion
The
Chatter and Stick Club
Della Caldwell
Loweland
Henry Ogelsby
Riley Stipp
Dellis Bassett
Agnes Arnold
Anna Black
Dorth Garrett
Florance McNichol
Mrs
Carrol Garrett
Gdith Louise Caldwell
Ted Caldwell
Arnold
Street Corner Theater
NEW Shipment Radio
Wawters Stainless
Patoka Hdw
Furn. Co
Guernsey
F. E. Adams
Meredith Feed
Wayne Feed
Sandoval
Illinois
Everett Meredith
Artie Rogier
H. G. Hudspeth
Edward Crowder
Boulder, Ill
Chevrolet
William Linton
W. F. Linton
J. W. Alexander
Robert J. Johnson
Wilmer Meaders
Ford
Chris Gergeni
O. F. Davis
O.I.C
Calvin Belcher
Cox & Martin Funeral Homes
Servce
Patoka Sandoval
Sudan
Lee
Patoka Elevator Co
Geo. J. Wasem
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