Community News Highlights Local Visitors and Travel Notes
Mrs Frank Reid and Misses Ruby Wood and Marjorie Duncan attended a show at the Illinois theatre in Centralia Monday evening. Miss Nellie Mare Cushman attended the show in Centralia Tuesday night. Mr and Mrs William Evans arrived from Canton to visit his father Richard Evans. Dr and Mrs J E Toothaker left for Harvard University summer session. Mr T J Foster returned home after a week in St Louis. Mrs Leroy Evans and daughters visited relatives in Michigan City. Mrs Harry Toothaker and family traveled to St Louis meeting relatives returning from the west. Azelia Duncan sustained a cut foot and was taken to hospital in Centralia. Mr and Mrs Dick Newman and George Heaver visited St Louis and saw Thelma Heaver in hospital. Wreaths noted for funerals. Sandoval Flower Garden. FOR SALE Ice box couch hammock. Light Office Sandoval. Mr and Mrs Herschel Salmons hosted at Frank Hagadorn home. Wm E Lewis of Chicago vacationing with his parents. Herbert McClelland and Mrs Minnie Platts sightseeing in Mishawaka and Cassidy. Misses Hazel Koutz Isabel Cassell and Mabel Kostanzer left after high school. Kostanzer and Koutz plan to return in September. Miss Mary West left for home in Marshall Missouri. plans to enroll in University of Illinois summer term. Mrs Leslie Benoist and daughter Valerie of Harlingen Texas arrived Friday and visited Essie Seidel. summer plans to visit relatives in St Louis and town. Logan Davidson of Detroit and Cecil Rhodes of South Bend visited F W Davidson family over Sunday.
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Frank Reid
Ruby Wood
Marjorie Duncan
Illinois Theatre
Centralia
Nellie Mare Cushman
William Evans
Canton
Richard Evans
J. E. Toothaker
Boston
Mass
Harvard University
T. J. Foster
St. Louis
Leroy Evans
Michigan City
Ind
Harry Toothaker
Tommy
E. C. Toothaker
B. F.holmes
West
Azelia Duncan
Dick Newman
George Heaver
Thelma Heaver
St. John’s Hospital
Sandoval
Herschel Salmons
Frank Hagadorn
Wm. E. Lewis
Bill
Chicago
E. G. Lewis
Herbert McClelland
Minnie Platts
Casey
Chas. Weaver
Maud Richardson
Mishawaka
Hazel Koutz
Neodosha
Kan
Isabel Cassell
West Plains
Mabel Kostanzer
Crawfordsville
Kostanzer
Koutz
Mary West
Marshall
Alumni Reception Attended by Distant Guests
Burdette Wright and Leo David son of St Louis. Dean Merten of Vandalia. Harry Hegmann and Bill Thompson of Wood River. Mr and Mrs Newton Smith of Chicago. Miss Dorothy Dieroff. Wm Lewis and Miss Minta McClelland of St Louis. Miss Gladys Newman and Barney Steiner along to a dance in Xenia. G A Smith and wife with Wilbur Reinhardt left for St Louis then Colorado Springs and Denver for the summer.
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Burdette Wright
Leo Davidson
St. Louis
Dean Merten
Vandalia
Harry Hegmann
Bill Thompson
Wood River
Newton Smith
Chicago
Dorothy Dieroff
Wm. Lewis
Minta McClelland
St. Pig
Frank Altadonna
Anton Giovando
Jo Pela
Springeld
Gladys Newman
Barney Steiner
Xenia
G. A. Smith
Scottie
Wilbur Reinhardt
Colorado Springs
Denver
Smiths
Clarence Adams
Galesburg
Penny Yates
Clarence Konrad
Lewis Salmons
C. B. Harvey
Centralia
Henry Cook
Mildred Welman
Cape Girardeau
Ruth Sedel
Ray Welman
Marcella McLaughlin
Hiram Wilson
Mario
Jane Wilson
Charles Hildebrand
Farina
Adele Voellmecke
Sandoval High School Alumni Reception and Dance
The Sandoval High School Alumni Association held its annual Reception and Dance at K. P. Hall on a May Friday with 116 attendees. Miss Gladys McClelland gave the welcome, then soloists and a Babe Piper trio performed, followed by 1930 class initiation and a brick ice cream lunch. The Moonlight Serenaders Orchestra provided music and dancing continued late, with pink and green decorations and careful planning by officers and committees.
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Sandoval High School Alumni Association
K. of P. Hall
Gladys McClelland
Winifred Mason
Babe Piper
Trio
Salem
Frank Chapman
Jane Wilson
Christian Church Services and Bible School Schedule
Bible School at 9 45 a m led by Wm Bell amy superintendent Sunday worship at 11 00 a m and 7 30 p m Pastor J F Rosborough urges all followers of Christ to attend the Lord s Supper at 10 45 a m
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Bible School
Wm. Bellamy
Congregational Church Sunday School Welcome
Corner of Wall Street and Route 50 invites all to Sunday School at 9 45 each Sunday morning. Classes available for all ages. J B Nowland superintendent extends welcome.
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Congregational Church
Wall Street
U. S. Route No. 50
First Baptist Church Sunday School and Services
Sunday School begins at 10:00 a m with classes for all. Preaching on first Saturday and Sunday each month at 7 39 p m. Saturday 11:00 a m Sunday and 7:30 p m Sunday services. Everyone welcome. Pastor R M Rankin.
Pentecostal Church invites public to schedule of services
The Black Church near City Park offers Sunday School at 9 30 a m and prayer meetings on Wednesday Saturday and Sunday night at 7 30. L S Sanders is superintendent and extends a cordial invitation to attend.
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Pentecostal Church
City Park
the Black Church
L. S. Sanders
Methodist Church Corner North Main and Route 50 Ad
Sunday School 9 45 Sunday morning announced for the local church at the corner of North Main Street and U S Route 50 with services listed.
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Methodist
North Main
MacMurray College for Women to be Renamed in Illinois
Illinois college founded at Jacksonville nearly a century ago will become MacMurray College for Women. President C P McClelland announced during dedication ceremonies for Jane A Areson residence hall and dining room funded by James E MacMurray and wife. MacMurray family donations total nearly one million dollars over 15 years. State revenue notes show secretary of state collections in early 1930 up 1.6 million from 1929 with total 16.699 million through May. car licenses up from 1,170,033 to 1,241,217 and trucks up 7,934.
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Illinois Woman’s College
Jacksonville
MacMurray College For Women
C. P. McClelland
Jane A. Areson
James E. MacMurray
Chicago
MacMurray
Secretary of State
William J. Stratton
Bridge Dedication At Florence Delayed By Rain
Several thousand people gathered for the formal dedication of the state highway bridge at Florence Illinois despite rain. Director Harry H. Cleaveland of the state department of purchases and construction introduced Governor Louis L. Emmerson who highlighted the bridge features and the region's material resources. Governor Emmerson predicted accelerated development in Pike and Calhoun counties.
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Florence
Ill
Harry H. Cleaveland
State Department of Purchases and Construction
Louis L. Emmerson
Emmerson
Pike
Calhoun
Supreme Court June term docket features Tribune suit against Thompson
The June term calendar lists Chicago Tribune versus Mayor William Hale Thompson and Cook County Treasurer George F. Harding. A $2 245 604 taxpay ers verdict is noted, along with a $56 234 fire loss award in Cook County circuit court. Furniture linked to Abraham Lincoln’s move to Washington is auctioned by Wilton cousins to Henry Ford representatives.
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Charles W. Vail
Supreme Court
Chicago Tribune
William Hale Thompson
George F. Harding
Cook County
Circuit Court of
Abraham Lincoln
Washington
Springfield
Ben Wilton
Dick Wilton
Alton
Henry Ford
Old Court House
Lincoln, Ill
Greenfield Village
Dearborn
Michigan
Illinois tuberculosis deaths fall in first quarter
Tuberculosis deaths in Illinois during the first quarter of this year drop 20 percent from 1929 levels, and total yearly deaths show a monthly reduction of 109 from the prior year. The state health department released the figures. Veterans Day will open the Illinois state fair on August 1 with patriotic entertainment and ex servicemen events coordinated by military groups and fair officials, announced Stuart Pierson.
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Tinois
State Department of Public Health
Illinois
Stuart Pierson
Forestry Demonstrations Planned on 3300 Acre Union County Tract
Lewis B. Springer announced after an inspection trip that practical forestry demonstrations are underway on the 3300 acre tract in Union County. A nursery will grow trees to reforest waste lands, roads are being improved, and a fire protective system including a 60 foot tower is under construction.
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Union County
Lewis B. Springer
Springer
Illinois observes lowest infant death rate on record
Dr. Andy Hall announced Illinois infant mortality fell to 61.5 per 1000 live births in 1929 with 426 fewer deaths than 1928. 7 907 infants died in 1929 compared with 13 109 in 1918. County fairs resume late August through early September over a 10 week season. A monument to Gen. John A. Logan was unveiled at Murphysboro with Gov. Emmerson and other dignitaries attending.
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Illinois
Andy Hall
State Department of Public Health
Illinois officials meet on county finances in Sangamon courthouse
The executive committee of the State Association of Supervisors County Commissioners County and Probate Clerks and County Auditors of Illinois held a conference on county finances in the supervisors room at the Sangamon county courthouse Springfield. Ross C.
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State Association of Supervisors
County Auditors of
Illinois
Sangamon County
Springfield
Ross C
Rotary district governor elected at Jacksonville convention
Adams of St Clair county and Thomas Williamson of Edwardsville were named to key posts at the 44th Rotary district convention in Jacksonville. The report notes banking tax rules and a health alert from Dr Andy Hall about paralysis in Villa Grove linked to gin ger extract beverages.
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Thomas Williamson
Edwardsville
Illinois
Jacksonville
Villa Grove
Tuscola
Andy Hall
Starved Rock Park Opens for Season on May 18
Starved Rock state park covering over 1000 acres along the Illinois River south bank opened to the public for the season on Sunday May 18, inviting visitors to explore rugged terrain and scenic overlooks.
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Starved Rock State Park
Ilinois River
Midway Amusements at Illinois State Fair to Hit Record Income
Stuart E. Pierson and Milton E. Jones forecast a new all time income record for the Midway at the Illinois State Fairgrounds with Happy Hollow profits rising 29 percent over last year. The increase follows a policy begun by Governor Louis L. Emmerson moving Midway to a highest bidder contract replacing the previous percentage arrangement.
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Ilinois State Fair Grounds
Stuart E. Pierson
Milton E. Jones
Happy Hollow
Louis L. Emmerson
Midway Amusements
Illinois Central Plans $10 Million Equipment Purchase
L A Downs president announces that the Illinois Central Railroad will invest ten million dollars in new equipment this year, signaling a major modernization program for the road.
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Illinois Central Railroad
L. A. Downs
Illinois Receives Federal Highway Funds and Bridge Contract Award
Illinois received 3.1 million dollars from the original federal highway appropriation and 2.07 million from the supplementary 50 million appropriation. The Illinois river bridge at Harding was awarded contract for 127,297.30 dollars, 309 feet long with a 300 foot boat clearance, to be built under state and federal supervision. Governor Emmerson welcomed the Illinois Federation of Women’s Clubs in Springfield.
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Illinois
Hoover
State Highway Departments
Bureau of Public Roads
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Louis L. Emmerson
Illinois Federation of Women’s Clubs
Gentensial
Springfield
Illinois River
Hardin
State Department of Public Works and Buildings
Illinois bridges and mills spark growth in 1930 notes
Chief Highway Engineer Frank T. Sheets announced river style lift spans as the longest vertical lift bridges designed in Illinois. Florence’s bridge shares the same construction as the recent dedication. Pillsbury Flour mills in Springfield opened this month and plan to double capacity from 2000 barrels with over 500000 dollars investment. Springfield could become a flour industry hub akin to Minneapolis. April 1930 coal output rose, with 144 mines showing 124,457 tons more than April 1929, totaling 135,483 tons more in the month.
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Illinois
Frank T. Sheets
Florence
Pillsbury Flour Mills
Springfield
Minneapolis
John G. Millhouse
Highway Work Progress in Chicago Metropolis
After talks with chief highway engineer Frank T. Sheets, Harry H. Cleaveland reports contracts totaling 382 161.52 for widening pavements to 40 feet and new bridges. Bids received and ready to award totaling 885 031.93 for major widening projects and railroad grade separations around Chicago.
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Frank T. Sheets
Harry H. Cleaveland
Chicago
Cleaveland
Governor Emmerson Seeks Hoover Backing for Illinois Waterway
Governor Louis L. Emmerson traveled to Washington to meet with President Hoover and urge support for rivers and harbors legislation totaling 7.5 million dollars to complete the proposed Illinois river waterway project.
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Louis L. Emmerson
Washington
Hoover
Salem Reunion Speakers List by Day
Salem committees release the speaking schedule for the reunion addresses with officials and veterans listed by day. Notable names include Governor Louis Emmerson Congressman W W Arnold former Senator J Hamilton Lewis Col Paul V McNutt Ed A Hayes Michigan Gov Green and others.
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Salem
Louis L. Emmerson
J. Hamilton Lewis
W.W. Arnold
Richard&eates
Paul V. McNutt
American Legion
A. Hayes
Flor
Green
Michigan
Oscar Carlstrom
Chas. W. Bryan
N. Sreska
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Federal Reserve System
H. H. Bellamy
Chicago and St. Louis
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Centarlia Baking CO
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Wilson
J. F. Rosborough
First Baptist Church
R. M. Rankin
Joseph K. Kerwin
Glen Pfeiffer
State Capitol News
Department of Agriculture
Coles County
Charleston
Saline County
Harrisburg
John.a. Logan
Murphysboro
U. S
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Oscar E. Carlstrom
E. J. Foster
Grand Army of the Republic
Adams
St. Clair County
State Association
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