Local Visitors and Community Notes Highlight Week Events
Several residents and visitors are listed with travel and social news. Rev Raymond Tripp and wife stayed with Rev and Mrs Harris then traveled to McLeansboro for camp meetings. Various relatives from Urbana Vandalia Decatur and Chicago visited or stayed with local families. 4-H clubs plan an August 3 meeting at Betts home and Sunday School picnic at Salem Park with 9 30 start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Tripp
Galesburg
Lester Harris
McLeansboro
Tripp
Pentecostal
Alice Wilson
Faye Orcott
Vandalia
Lula Karson
Urbana
J. P. Roberts
Esther Jones
Judy
Decatur
William Jones
E. L. Norris
Opal Jones
Fred Metzger
Shobonier
Mildred Jones
Lorene McClearly
Shirley
Marjorie Kinney
Ida Wilson
R. P. Shankwiler
Suzanne
Monticello
Flora Dickey
Dayne Ellis
Ted Alan
Arnold Jarrett
Chicago
I. C. Betts
Roy Kean
Mt. Vernon
Paul Ehrat
Lewis Jones
Arnold Chapel
Charles Arnold
John Chance
Zion
Stella Arnold
Dean Arnold
Effie Hathaway
Russel Green
Robert L. Morey
C. D. Doolen
Claud V. Doolen
Bradford Cox
Xenia
Ohio
Clyde Doolen
Champaign
Max Doolen
Army Air Corps
Scott Field
Robert Cox
Maroa
T. R. Cox
F. L. Cox
Local Socials and Visits Reported Across Fredonia Area
Community members shared a Sunday and weekend visits across Fredonia area with relatives in Central City Odin and Centralia. Hay cutting noted as the day’s main task as residents recount gatherings and family connections.
Local Socials Report Quiet Week of Visiting
Mrs Ruth Talbert received calls from Mrs Anetta Jett Mrs Grace Mc Haney and Mrs Amelia Meredith Monday and Thursday. J W Jett with daughter Nancy Lee helped celebrate Nancy’s third birthday. Everett Jett and wife joined Mrs Amelia Meredith for a birthday dinner. Ranson Hicks and family visited Lawrence Heinzman and family. Mildred Shields and her sons Jimmy and Tommy spent the summer with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine Meredith
Irene Perkins
Evelyn
Geraldine Kirgan
Orville Hill
Emma Hill
Verlin Heinzman
Donald Peddicord
Dennis Palmer
Raymond Gerrish
George
William Kretzer
John Kretzer Jr
Odin
Clarence Cozad
Centralia
Walter Gains
Ruth Talbert
Anetta Jett
Grace McHaney
Amelia Meredith
J. W. Jett
Eva Jett
Nancy Lee
Nancy
Everett Jett
Ranson Hicks
Lawrence Heinzman
Mildred Shields
Jimmy
Tommy
Local Social Roundup Brightens Odin and Surrounding Towns
A crowded social log notes Mrs Bernice McGrew, Mrs Willie Laffoon, and Mrs Letha Laffoon among shoppers in Sandoval and Salem. Franklin Buchanan returns to San Diego on furlough for his mother’s illness while attached to an aircraft carrier division. Nearby visits include the Merediths from Minneapolis and kin in Odin, Salem, Centralia, and Chicago. Edith Faye Groff born July 10 at St Marys Centralia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice McGrew
Willie Laffoon
Letha Laffoon
Rose Smith
Jimmy McGrew
Sandoval
Franklin Buchanan
San Diego
California
James Buchanan
Franklin
Aircraft Carrier Division
Loren Meredith
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Otis Meredith
Velma
Salem
Wayne
John Holsapple
Janet
Jack Meredith
Georgia Pulliam
Fithian
Illinois
Jessie Morrison
Centralia
Franklin Buchnan
Bernard Murphy
Eddie Buchanan
Bryan Memorial Park
W. L. Patrick
Odin
Jace Telford
A. S. Swain
Lettie Hawley
Gladys
Myrtle Anderecks
Jack
Inez Hawley
Minnie Holsapple
Remus Biagi
Guido Biagi
Arthur Groff
Edith Faye
St. Mary’s Hospital
Groffs
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Vernon
Fredonia
Griffon
MacGregor Sportswear
Champ
Arrow
Stetson
Swank Jewelry
Pioneer
Lee
A. A. Townsend
Aaron
Addie Buchanan
Harrisburg
Marie Mason
Set
Remus Bingi
Nan Risinger
Sutton
Gail Ruth
Gladys Hawley
Marian Anderson
Marie Tate
Mary Hawley
Maxi Hawley
Carbondale
Rosalie Young
Harold Harvey
Stewart District
Vernace Tate
Louise Lowdermilk
Pat Summers
Betty Lou Otis
St. Louis
Sandra Williams
L. B. Lowdermilk
Grace McGarran
George Murphy
Bernard
Wanda Ashworth
Dorothy Heal
Salem Hospital
George Thomas
Indianapolis
Merle Null
Louisville
Angus Phillips
Fairview
Mt. Zion Church
Winona Whiteside
East Alton
Bowen Reed
Lydia Reed
Barbara
Robert Scott
Herbert Gooding
A. Otis
Jack Otis
Germany
Bertha Tyler
Pearl Reed
Bernard Reed
Old Mason Farm
Fairman
Patoka
Jersey
W. E. Helm
Howard Durham
W. J. Tibbs
Patoka Cafe
Goldie
Vandalia Rendering Works
Limonize
Mobil
Firestone
Crawfords
Patoka, Ill
Mobil Oil and Gas Phon
Patoka Elevator Co
George J. Wasem
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