Old Settler's Day Parade Crowds Marion County Reunion
A large Marion County reunion featured a splendid parade led by Roger Lee of Centralia. Numerous Legion and Veteran groups, school bands, and drum corps marched from the Armory to the reunion grounds drawing thousands. High School bands competed with Belleville winning first prize of 100 dollars and other awards awarded during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
23Rd District Legion
Marion County
Armory
Roger Lee
Centralia
Salem
Belleville Legion Band
Legion
Company I
130Th Illinois Infantry
Murphysboro
Egion
Spanfish War Veterans and Auxiliary
Alton
East St. Is
Belle‘Veterans of Foreign Wars
Belleville High School
Rotary Club
Wooldriver
Legionnaires
Mattoon
Lebanon High School
Troy
Legionnaires of
Tom Powell Post
American Legion
Sons of the American Legion
Hurst High School
Lions’ Club
Charleston
Collinsville
Effingham High School
Salem Sons of the American Legion
Salem High School
Salem Boy Scouts
Belleville
Effingham
Lebanon
Hurst
28Rd District Legion Convention
Veterans of Foreign Wars
John Hamilton
Cairman
National Republican Committee
Savings Clubs Aid World Fair Trip Funds Nationwide
Savings clubs in 38 states now operate the New York World's Fair 1939 Savings Clubs. Banks offer gradual saving plans to finance a trip to the Exposition next year under the slogan Save Today to See the World of Tomorrow. Some clubs operate with Christmas and Vacation plans, and colleges in the South use them to help students save for travel. Exposition attendance is expected to reach 60 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anking Institutions
Grover A. Whalen
The
Fair Corporation
Surprise Birthday Party For Mrs Kleinman In Vernon
About thirty five friends gathered at the Kotmeyer home on Sunday July 10 to surprise Mrs Olga Kleeman for her upcoming birthday on July 11. She received a Canary and cage from friends and neighbors and expressed thanks for the gifts and good wishes.
Best Looking Widower and Fun Contests at Salem Fair
The notice lists various pageant and contest prizes for a Salem event including best looking widower over 60, best stunt performers, largest number of Democrat and Republican voters, chicken and cow calling contests, ice cream and watermelon eating events, oldest twins, tallest bachelor over 65, and oldest widow with bobbed hair. Prizes range from merchandise to cash and hats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem Democrat
Salem Republican
Patoka Oil Field Totals 153 Drilling Wells This Week
Oil field activity at Patoka shows 153 locations advancing this week with Adams Oil & Gas No 1 Meryman and Brians Nos 1 and 2 Nattier among strong producers. Several wells were abandoned while 94 wells remain productive and new rigs move to East Fork and Beecher City areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka
Adams Oil & Gas Co
Meryman
Hve
Chas. Cox
Brian
Archie H. Carpenter
Ilinois Central
Mueller
Pope Township
Kirk D. Holland
Holland
Wilson
Alma
Vernon
Morey
Julia Rogier
Geo. Purcell
Cephas Adams
Geo. Simcox
American Legion
Mary Cahill
Taylor Drilling Co
Harry L. Meyers
East Fork Township
National Temperance Lecturer to Speak in Vandalia
Sammy Morris, a famed temperance lecturer from Del Rio Texas, will address a crowd at the Pentecostal Church in Vandalia on Friday July 29 at 2:00 pm. The speaker is noted for his nationwide broadcasts and his campaign against the liquor traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sammy Morris
del Rio
Texas
Vandalia
Pentecostal
Governor Proclaims Weed Destruction Days in Illinois
From August 1 to August 15 Governor Henry Horner urges all Illinois residents to cleanse public and private lands of noxious weeds. He warns that weeds ignore statutes and calls for a united, focused campaign to eradicate ragweed horseweed poison ivy poison sumac wild parsnip white snakeroot pokeberry and burdock as chief enemies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Horner
Illinois
Brass permit tags placed on milk cans in St. Louis district
The St. Louis Health Department requires brass permit tags soldered onto milk cans and lids of inspected producers. Tags show the dairyman name and address, identifying the property. Large dairies charge 1.5 cents per tag, totaling 30 cents per can and lid, with plans to extend to smaller producers shipping inspected milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Hudspeth and others at Illinois Rural Letter Carriers meet
Mr and Mrs H G Hudspeth of this place Joseph Kerwin and Relza Troutt of Sandoval attended the Illinois Rural Letter Carriers State Convention held at Peoria Friday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G Hudspeth
This Place
Joseph Kerwin
Relza Troutt
Sandoval
Rostra Club Holds July Meeting on Famous Women
The Rostra Club met at Miss Grace Weinsman’s home on a Tuesday evening. Members discussed new words and studied famous women including Jane Addams Helen Keller and Madame Curie. Guests from Chicago Decatur and Villa Grove attended. next meeting covers The House Beautiful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rostra Club
Grace Weinsman
Howard Riley
Jane Addam
H. N. Potts
W. W. Murfin
Helen Keller
Madame Curie
Mervel Willett
Villa Grove
Emily Post
Frank Miller
Ruth Coleman
Chicago
Ben Livesay
Decatur
Hettie Wernsman
J. R. Wasem
House Beautiful
Illinois Sees Rise to Second in Oil Development
Early 1937 report traces Illinois moving into second place among oil producers after Patoka and McCloskey strikes sparked feverish activity across south and south central Illinois. By June 9 202 wells were under development boosting Illinois ahead of all but Texas with 339 locations. 598 wells drilled in Illinois basin since January 1 compared with 41 in the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Patka
Illinois
Patoka
McCloskey
Clay City
Winona Stephens and O Z Smith Married in Cape Girardeau
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Winona Stephens to Mr. O Z Smith of Centralia Illinois. Ceremony held in Cape Girardeau Missouri. Mrs Smith taught at Salem Illinois and Mr Smith is an oil promoter drilling near Sparta Illinois. They will live near Patoka until fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona Stephens
John Stephens
O. Z. Smith
Centralia
Cape Girardzau
Missouri
Smith
Patoka
Patoka High School
State Teachers’ College
Normal
Ill
Salem
Norma Jean Jackson Visits Grandmother Then Returns Home
Norma Jean Jackson daughter of Mrs Claud Jackson of Decatur returned to her home Sunday after spending several days here with her grandmother Mrs Eagan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Jean Jackson
Claud Jackson
Decatur
Eagan
Fall election test urged to keep Roosevelt reforms
James Farley of the Democratic National Committee told the Young Democratic Clubs of America in Seattle that five years of reform have faced organized opposition from privileged interests. He warned that a new Congress will decide whether the reform movement continues or retreats, urging mobilized forces of privilege not to halt democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Young Democratic Clubs of America
Seattle
Roosevelt
Congress
America
Franklin Roosevelt
Im Wiese
Young
Hamilton
Oii
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Persom
Keeps
Epps Cedro Marriage Ceremony in Sterling Montana
Miss Eila May Epps and Orland Cedro of Rock Falls united in marriage Saturday evening July 16 at the Presbyterian Parsonage in Sterling MT. The single ring ceremony joined the couple as they begin life together with the bride employed in Sterling and the groom from Rock Falls at International Harvester. They will reside in Rock Falls and begin a life of happiness together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Eila May Epps
Orland Cedro
Rock Falls
Presbyteriane Parsonage
Sterling
Charles Epps
Internations
T Harvester Company
Rock Palle
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Mrs. Kleeman
Cleveland
Ohio
Tropics
Asia
Oil Field News
Dix
Carter Co. Runnig
Foster
Beecher City
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