New York Fair Moves Big Trees to Flushing Meadow Site
The New York World's Fair 1939 Corporation moves hundreds of mature trees from five states to the 1216 acre Flushing Meadows site using modern tree movers and trucks. Officials Grover Whalen and Harvey D. Gibson inspect the operation as crews transplant 474 veteran trees and plan to relocate 10 000 trees plus 250 000 shrubs to create a mature park on the filled land.
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New York
Flushing Meadow
Harvey D. Gibson
Manufacturers Trust Company
Grover Whalen
The
Fair Corporation
Stringtown Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits
Miss Ruby Lamborn returned to Kinmundy work on Thursday. Several families including the Lanes Briggs Becks Metzger Holt and Klinge groups plus Marjorie Lane and Marcella Klinge visited relatives Sunday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Lamborn
Kinmundy
Cliffie Lane
Anna Wyant
Nellie Lane
Leo
Ethel Briggs
Freda Lane
John Calson
Stringtown
Warren Hubble
Frank Beck
Gertie Metzger
Sunday visits span families in Smithboro
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Metzger joined Mrs. Grace Funk and others for Sunday calls. Miss Pearl Louis returned home with the group. The gathering included Mr. and Mrs. Nick Devall with Roscoe, and Rollie Klinge with Chester Devall and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Metzger
Grace Funk
Xelpha Fisecus
John Richard
Smithboro
George Louis
Pearl Louis
Nick Devall
Roscoe
Rollie Klinge
Chester Devall
Social notes from Patoka and nearby towns
Mary Perkins called in Patoka on Tuesday. Lena Mae Kretzer visited last week with Ollie Campbell in St Louis. Chas Sparling visited Wednesday with Mr and Mrs Chas McHaney. Mr and Mrs C E Goodwin visited Wm Powell and family at Odin. Geo Englemeir and Oscar and Ollie Campbell of St Louis called on John Talbert and family Sunday evening.
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Mary Perkins
Patoka
Lena Mae Kretzer
Ollie Campbell
St. Louis
Chas. Sparling
Chas. McHaney
C. E. Goodwin
Wm Powell
Odin
Geo, Englemeir
Oscar
John Talbert
Kinmundy Visitors Draw McHaneys and Chance
H E McHaney and wife and Chas McHaney and wife visited Sunday with Mrs Mattie Chance at Kinmundy. Laurence and Wilbur Talbert were Patoka callers Friday. E E McHaney and wife and Chas McHaney were Salem callers Saturday.
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H. E. McHaney
Chas. McHaney
Mattie Chance
Kinmundy
Laurence
Wilbur Talbert
Patoka
E. E. McHaney
Salem
Community Notes from Kinmundy and Surrounding Towns
Sandy Branch reports Virgie Garrett and Eulaine Williams visiting Kinmundy with Mrs. Nellie Williams. A. E. Haynes and daughter of Salem visited Dick and Juanita Brown. Mac Robb was a business caller in Odin on Sunday afternoon. Conant called Sunday morning at the Peck Conant home. Charles Ford and sons spent Sunday with the Browns.
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Virgie Garrett
Eulaine Williams
Kinmundy
Nellie Williams
A. E. Haynes
Salem
Dick Brown
Mac Robb
Odin
Mr. Conant
Peck Conant
Charles Ford and Sons
Local Social Visits and Outing Notes
Mrs Selby Garrett and companions visited Patoka to view the oil field in the afternoon. Mrs Mary Morgan of Shawnee Oklahoma and Mrs Gilla Hopkins with son spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Claude Garrett. Mr and Mrs Glenn Robb from Salem visited the Robb Green home. Buster Bender and daughter with Mr and Mrs Dick Brown Mrs Fiona Haynes and Donna Brown shared Wednesday evening ice cream at the Selby Garrett home. ary Jean Jones of Kinmundy spent
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Selby Garrett
Patoka
Mary Morgan
Shawnee
Okla
Gilla Hopkins
Claude Garrett
Glenn Robb
Salem
Robb Green
Buster Bender
Dick Brown
Fiona Haynes
Donna Brown
Ary Jean Jones
Kinmundy
Local Family Weekend Visits Across Missouri
The text notes Virgie Garrett with a past week, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Bassett and their sons visiting Bill Conant and family Saturday night and Sunday. Also, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lowe and son with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lowe spent Sunday in St. Louis at Forrest Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgie Garrett
Ellis Bassett
Bill Conant
Sam Lowe
Charles Lowe
St. Louis
Forrest Park
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Lyric Theatre
Salem, Illinois
Joe E. Brown
Chrrlie Chan
Kay Francis
Errol Flynn
Robert Young
Fred Klinge
Earl Funk
Marcella
Virgil Klinge
Lucy Klinge
Clarence Holt
Bob Holt
Byron Albert
Marjorie
Anna Lester
Patoka Elevator CO
Vernon-Patoka
Fredonia
Sandy Branch
Liberty Theatre
Vandalia, Ill
Louis Braddock
Fight Pictures
Boris Karloff
Laurel Hardy
Jack Haley
Patsy Kelly
Sun-Man
Jean Harlow
Saratoga
Clark Gable
My Girl
Gene Raymond
Ann Southern
Ida Lupino
Marion Davies
Robert Montgomery
ICE Delivered
A. Wasem
John Deere
Centralia Basket Co
North Locust St
Centralia
Children’s Shop
Centralia, Illinois
Prices Cafe
Redman Hall
Sandoval
Clyde’s
Night Owls
Linton
Beery
Men’s Suits Bettinghouse
E. Sec
Eleve
Dr. Miles
Rox
Illinois
Centralia, Ill
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Mon
Tues
Marx Bros
Ruth Coleman
Madrid
Lew Ayres
Dorothy Lamour
Guy Kibbee
Cora Witherspoon
Slim
Pat O’brien
Henry Fonda
Margaret Lindsay
Dick Foran
Egyptian Academy OF Beauty Culture
City National Bank
George’s New Candy Shop
Byrd-Watson Drug CO
Philco Radios
Maurice Reynolds
Burtschi Motor Co
Vandalia
Breese
Ill
Field’s Barber Shop
MAE Eagan
C. S. Huddleston
P. O. Box
Old Capitol
South 6Th St
Websters
5Th St
S. Locust St
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