Snyder and Stalion Reunion Held at Raleigh Illinois
The annual Snyder and Stalion Reunion occurred Sunday July 24 at Karel Park Raleigh with attendees from Patoka Sandoval Salem Kentucky and Sandoval Indiana. A bountiful noon dinner followed by an enjoyable day. Lee O Peyton age 61 of Vernon Illinois died July 25 at his home. He managed C A Glove Lumber in Vernon and is survived by Edith Peyton two children two sisters and ten grandchildren. Funeral July 27 Cox and Martin Funeral Home Vernon cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder and Stalion
Karel Park
Raleigh
Ill
Leslie Griffin
Lana Rae
Patoka
William Snyder
Frank Snyder
Tracy Snyder
Mark
Sandra
Dale Snyder
Donna
Harold Snyder
Gloria
Wiley Ray
Reba
Sandoval
V. C. Stalion
Harlan Camera
Franklin Stalion
Mary Helen
Carolyn
Martha Ann
Day Stalton
Kathleen
Virginia
Ralph Stalton
Maurine
Ralph
Salem
Kentucky
Bill Heinrich
Lee O. Peyton
Vernon
Illinois
C. A. Glove Lumber Company
Myrtle Mahon
Leonard A. Peyton
Edith V. Quayle
Vandalia
Decatur
Edith V. Peyton
Lee H. Peyton
Illiopolis
June Morgan
Safe
Missouri
Eloise Bertucci
Taylorville
Edma Secrest
Morrisonville
Ilinois
Georgia Stephens
Owaneco
Cox & Martin Funeral Home
Clifford Newcomb
Vernon Cemetery
Frank Crawford
Leo Walker
Salem Park
Edward Mayer
Palatine, Ill
B. A. Guzzardo
Ruth Crawford
Chicago
Roanoke
Harold Lutz
Edwin Ticknor
Winton Wright
Jim Wright
Walter
IIL
Clark Walker
Card of Thanks for Flowers and Support
Family of M. D. Karr expresses gratitude to friends and churches for flowers and aid during illness and death. Signed by H. M. Tevis and family along with the Karr, Wickersham, and Adams families. May God bless you all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D. Karr
H. M. Tevis
James Karr
George Wickersham
Fielding Adams
Vernon News Highlights Local Births Visits and Visits
Vernon residents share news of a newborn daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Richard Walton of Crete Illinois. The column lists multiple visits from Springfield Decatur Champaign and Brownstown along with family updates and community events.
Loyal Leaders Class July Meeting Highlights
The Loyal Leaders Class of the Christian Church met in July at the church recreation rooms. Mrs. Clifford Page led devotions and Mrs. Page spoke on Evangelistic Christians in five divisions while Mrs. Davis Jennings presided over a brief business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian Church
Clifford Page
Paul Logan
Jesus
Dwight Briscoe
Bernice Page
Lucille Eagan
Reba Gray
Willard Ballantine
Thelma Jennings
Alta Logan
Charles Meyers
Leo Walker, Jr
Robert Eagan
James Ballance
Harold Belcher
Judy Logan
Douglas Ballance
Gloria Eagan
Clifford Earl Page
Lane
Melba Briscoe
Mound Chapel Church News Highlights
Attendance at Sunday School last Sunday was forty three. The service included a Happy Birthday for Janice Prater and Jo Ann Walker. Singing featured Orval Sharp and duet by Joyce and Sheila Sharp with Patty Sharp solo. Rev. Egelston preached to a well filled church. A new furnace fan kept the church comfortable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Egelston
Janice Prater
Baby Jo Ann Walker
Orval Sharp
Family gathers for hospital visit thanks note
Anna Dés Ruisseaux and the McIntyres with their children Cindy and Jerry visited Tim Cole after his hospital stay and during his recovery at home. The group expressed gratitude for kind words and bards and for the support received during the weekend visit in Jerseyville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Dés Ruisseaux
Gerald McIntyre
Cindy and
Jerry
Jerseyville
Tim Cole
Perkins Family Reunion Draws 49 Members at Meredith Home
Descendants of George and Carolina Perkins gathered July 24 1955 at Amelia Perkins Meredith home for a bountiful noon basket dinner under maple trees. William Perkins led the blessing. Earl Albert was the youngest attendee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Carolina Perkins
Amelia Perkins Meredith
William Perkins
Earl Albert
Meredith
Perkins
William
Mary Perkins
Wesley
Thomas
Dorothy
Calvin
Carol
Neema
George Allen
Odin
Ill
Edgar
Doris Perkins
Eddie
Mansfield
James F
Irene Perkins
Nancy
Ava
Princeton
Martha Strahan
Mary Etta
Mary Elizabeth
Wilma Perkins
Natchez
Miss
Alice E. Hyde
St. George
Freda Davenport
Barbara
Steven
Charles
Lois
Agnes Coppenbarger
Clinton
Harry
Nellie Perkins
Donald
Everett
Alvin
Marilyn Perkins
Vernon
Anetta Jett
Dean
Peggy
Tll
Clarence
Lorraine Albert
Leslie and
Earl
Salem
Henry
Amelia Meredith
Carl
Melvin
Hazel Gibson
Gene
Tucson
Arizona
Arlen
Paul Perkins
Leo Perkins
Florida
Kaskaskia Sunbeam Picnic Set for Patoka Park
The ninth annual Sunbeam Picnic will be at Patoka Park on August 4 from 2 to 4 PM. Miss Jessie Craig of Vandalia will tell a missionary story. The Patoka Sunbeams preschool group presents the first Sunbeam organization from 1886, assisted by several ladies. Bring a sack lunch and all are welcome. The August 6 Sunbeam meeting at the church will feature Ruth and Dwight Thomas as hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaskaskia
Patoka Park
Jessie Craig
Vandalia
Sunbeams
Patoka
Sunbeam Organization
Pearl Britt
Claude Gerrish
Verne Nattier
P. J. Mojonnier
Ruth
Dwight Thomas
Willing Neighbors Club Ice Cream Supper For Wheelchair Fund
The Willing Neighbors Club hosts an ice cream supper on Saturday August 6 from 7:00 p.m. Proceeds support purchasing a new wheelchair and feature home made ice cream and cake.
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Willing Neighbors Club
Wiling Neighbors Club
Bereavement Thanks From the Lee Peyton Family
The Lee Peyton family thanks friends and neighbors for sympathy, flowers, minister, singers, club members who served lunch, and all others who helped during their bereavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Peyton
Are Farmers Worse Drivers Than City Folks
The National Safety Council cites 1953 fatal accident rates with about one in 1,000 for farmers and one in 1,500 for other drivers. It urges extreme caution on highways with farm equipment or family cars. Emma Garrison of Decatur visited her daughter and son-in-law Harvey and Mrs. Munger over the weekend.
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National Safety Council
Emma Garrison
Decatur
Harvey Munger
Fatal crash claims Betty Ann Quick near Sandoval
Betty Ann Quick 26 of Sandoval died when her car struck a post on highway 50 at 6 10 PM Saturday. Her husband Robert Quick witnessed the swerve and she was pinned beneath the post. Joyce 2 1/2 rode with her mother and was uninjured. Funeral services were held July 26 at Galbreath Funeral Home Centralia with graveside rites by the American Legion Auxiliary Sandoval Post 995.
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Betty Ann Quick
Robert Quick
Sandoval
Highway 50
Quick
St. Marys Hospital
Joyce
Mrs. Quick
Dix
Ill
Oral Copple
Centralia
Randy
Dean Copple
Randolph Field
Texas
Thomas Marcum
Galbreath
Dwight Kline
Hill Crest Cemetery
American Legion Auxiliary of
4-H Club Judging Team Visits State Farm
The 4-H club judging team met at Vandalia on Friday July 22 for a dairy cattle and dairy heifer judging contest at the State Farm. Members included David Hester Richard Hester Dewayne Currie Franc is Hiestand with James Brooks and J B Turner providing guidance across eight counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandalia
State Farm
David
Richard Hester
Dewayne Currie
Francis Hiestand
James Brooks
J. B. Turner
Fayette County
Families Gather for Weekend Visits Across Town
Claude Metcalf and family visited Frank Linders and family on Sunday. Wilbur Talbert of Chicago spent the weekend with his parents John Talbert and wife. Many relatives from Princeton and Mansfield joined the Perkins family for Sunday visits. There were 48 at Sunday School. Virginia Stanley returned home to Falls Church after a two week visit with grandparents the Matchetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Walton
Crete
Ill
Mary Curtis
Springfield
Maud Curtis
J. J. Betts
Wm. Kays
Decatur
N. P. Sorrel
Omar Twiss
Chicago
Lodema Bayliss
Leon Walker
Helen Betts
Frances Headley
Marie Hathaway
Ora Whitehurst
Vivian Binnion
Pat
Linda
Anna Wolff
Helen Easley
Cledia Wikenhouser
Ruth Murfin
Hazel Cox
Emma Walton
Homer Crothers
Chillicothe
Harry Parkhill
Loren Pilcher
Farina
Gary Crothers
Edward Ray Riley
Claude Metcalf
Frank Linders
Wilbur Talbert
John Talbert
Clarence Albert
Alma
Martha Strahan
Mary Etta
Martha Elizabeth
Wilma Perkins
Nachez
Miss
Wiliam Perkins
Edgar Perkins
Mansfield
James Fred Perkins
Princeton
Richard Stanley
Falls Church
Virginia
J. F. Matchett
Virginia Stanley
Dean Sullens
Theresa
Don Peddicord
Randy
Steve
Timothy
M. D. Karr
Dick Sullivan
Bellfontaine
Ohio
H. M. Tevis
J. R. Levan
West Mansfield
H. R. Tevis
West Liberty
C. L. Tevis
Walter Forman
Rich
Fred Brown
C. D. Doolen
Wilmington
Vernon
Black Hills
C. A. Moore
Mt. Vernon
Lee Peyton
G. J. Wasem
Missouri Baptist Hospital
St. Louis
Dick Belcher
Sangamon St
Elsie Gray
Ralph Belcher
Kenny
Karen
Kay
Amboy
Illinois
Rolland
Mound Chapel
Clyde Murray
Seldon Cooper
C Neck
Patoka Happenings and Local Notices
A collage of community notes lists funeral attendees from multiple states, visits to relatives, and recent travels. It records residents visiting kin, vacations to Wisconsin Minnesota and Canada, hospital stays, and local greetings in Patoka area columns, with thanks and updates from families including Layton, Heinzmann, Robbins, Gergeni, Rogier, Bryant, Moore, Wasem, Belcher, Belcher, and several others.
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Raleigh, Ill
Loyal Leaders
Mound Chapel Church News
Fredonia News
A. E. Hedgspeth
Everett Scott
Arch
John F. Anderson
Earle Leininger
Tom Snyder
Fred Johnson
Register
Patoka Register
Waltz Studios
Des Moines
Iowa
Magassi Cemetery
Sas Gem
Lula Payne
Francis Hazelwood
Deneen Walker
W. L. Outhouse
Charles Ballance
Noah Carter
Job Murray
Cleo Walker
Cleo Hoyne
Margie Quick
Harry Easton
Bert Walker
Luther Perrine
Irma Linton
King
Thos
Floyd Walker
E. D. Towler
House
Effie Bricker
Harley Cole
Frank Houston
Cora Ballance
Robert Balance
Clifford Towler
Thos. F. Hayes
Lee Crawford
Everett Perdue F. L. Cothern
Leo C. Walker
Francis Walker
Harry Mullen
I. S. Walker
Elva Shinneman
Susie Carter
Pearl Walker
Homer
Harold Simcox
Total
Don A . Griffin
Treas Magassi Cemeterweceme
Frank Heinzmann
John Short
Otto Heinzmann
Rockford
Superior
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Canada
Niagra Falls
John Layton
Dixon
J. S. Gergem
Clarence Robbins
Ronald
Stagg
St. Joseph
Janet Kay
Don Thompson
Darrell
Chriss
Carl Rogier
Marilyn
Chester Bryant
Virgil Herrin
Jimmy
Gary
Veterans Hospital
Marion
C. D. Martin
Spooner
Marcia Sue
Theresa Brown
Armington
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