Panama Canal Marks 25 Years of Service This August
The Panama Canal will celebrate a quarter century of operation starting August 15 1914 with a ceremony as U S Congress debates funds to strengthen fortifications. Since opening in 1914 the canal has handled about 500 million tons of freight and 5 000 ships annually, cutting Atlantic Pacific distances by thousands of miles.
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Panama Canal
U. S
Isthmus
M. de Lesseps
Panama Canal Co
United States
Central America
Nicaragua
Washington
Department of Panama
Columbia
Hitler
Mussolini
Republic
Panama Railroad Co
Cordell Hull
Hood
Legion and Auxiliary Elected Officers
The American Legion Post and Ladies Auxiliary held their yearly election. Legion officers are Orville West commander, Clark Simcox vice commander, Clem Doolen adjutant, Frank Miller chaplain. Auxiliary officers are Mayme West president, Harriett Meador vice president, Isabel Protz secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Ellen Simcox chaplain.
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American Legion Post
Ladies Auxiliary
Legion
Orville West
Clark Simcox
Clem Doolen
Frank Miller
Mayme West
Harriett Meador
Isabel Protz
Ellen Simcox
Second Quarter Softball Schedule
The schedule lists Monday night games on June 12 with Yankees facing Cubs and Phillies meeting Zion. Wednesday night June 4 features Phillies versus Yankees and Vernon against Cardinals. Monday June 19 has Zion versus Cardinals and Cubs versus Vernon. Wednesday June 21 pits Cubs against Cardinals.
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Yankees
Cubs
Phillies
Zion
Vernon
Cardinals
Eenne Wiley
Ss Johnson
Berry
Malone
P Peer
Emnaee Souter
If Arnold
Eeenee Aldrich
Vernon area note players and births in mid year notices
Vernon residents visit relatives and travel nearby towns while new births and family events appear in the community notes. Several names including Hazel Laurence Isabel Protz Shirley Pratt and Daniel Robert Meador are referenced along with local visits trips and a June 11 church program.
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Hazel Laurence
Peoria
Louis Laurence
Isabel Protz
Grant Arnold
Patoka
Bank
Gray
Shirley Ann Pratt
James MacNichols
Dayne
Ellis
St. Elmo
Eberlee Norris
Bryan Snyder
Stewart Meador
North of
Vernon
Daniel Robert
Joyce Hathaway
Kinmundy
William Miller
Orland Cedro
Sterling, Ill
Ella Mae Epps
Dayne Ellis
Decatur
Jimmy Lawrence
Fred Laurence
Ross Herring
Fred Brown
Gods Thoughts Higher Than Man Says Lord
A devotional poem asserts that God’s thoughts are higher than humans and will prevail. It links divine intention to blessing and judgment, urging repentance and adherence to God’s will, citing Isa 55 8 13, to assure all will know the Lord.
University of Illinois Rural Leaders Short Course Set
Rural leaders and pastors in Marison County may attend a two week course at the University of Illinois College of Agriculture from June 19 to 30. Sponsored by the extension service along with the Illinois Church Council Rural Life Commission and the National Catholic Rural Life Conference. D E Lindstrom directs the program. Sessions cover college department work and church rural life solutions with talks by J C Blair and others.
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Marison County
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Agricultural College
Illinois Church Council
Rural Life Commission
National Catholic Rural Life Conference
D. E. Lindstrom
J. C. Blair
Farm Adviser to State Conference at Ag College
Farm Adviser Blackburn will attend the annual farm advisers summer conference at the College of Agriculture University of Illinois June 12 to 15. The four day event, led by J C Spitler, features talks demonstrations and tours across college departments, with focus on production costs agronomy animal husbandry forestry and agricultural engineering. The 25th anniversary of the Smith Lever Act will be noted as extension service officials envision greater rural service in the next quarter century.
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Blackburn
Farm Advisers
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Agricultural College
J. C. Spitler
Smith- Lever Act
Cooperative Extension Service
The
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George’s
Salem
Illinois
Emerson
Harry Perkins
Vernon, Ill
Vernon, Illinois
Jolliff’s Hardware
Vandalia Dairy Co
C. E. Sears
Fredman Bros
Vandalia, Illinois
Norge
Maytag and
Norge Washers
Legion and Auxiliary Elected
Orson Brown
Beulah Finch
Odin
Effie Luster
Waylera
Chas. Epps
Sterling
Anna Lester
Bberlee Norris
Paul Pratt
Glenwood Brown
A. L. Brown
James Hathaway
Wm. Miller
Cecil Binnion
Opal Jones
John Quayle
Olney
Ill
Marilyn
Forrest Oates
Oconee
W. C. Oates
Goldie Gherkin
Vandalia
Clarence Gherkin
Esther Snyder
Champaign
Tom Snyder
M. E
Ned Easley
Evansville
Indiana
Bob
Wayne Walton
Young Peoples
Wilbur Doolen
Angel Frood
Robert Elton
Cloud Betts
Linder
GOD
Earth
U. of I
Ag. College
Yankee
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