Civil Service Examinations Set for Mt Vernon
Illinois Civil Service Commission announced stenographic and 77 written tests for state jobs on June 11 in Mt Vernon and Centralia. Clerk Stenographer I and Clerk Typist I report times at Mt Vernon Town ship High School with offices in Springfield and Chicago. further information via State Employment Service offices and the Commission. A separate Sub-District meeting of Olney District Woman's Society of Christian Service occurred June 7 at the Olney Methodist Church with devotions, training, playlets, and lunch.
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Springfield
Ill
Mt. Vernon
Illinois Civil Service Commission
Chicago
Commission
Mt. Vernon Township High School
South Ninth Street
North Locust Street
Centralia
Armory Building
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Olney
Methodist
R. O. Hasler
Vandalia
Richard Stowe
Alibi
Harold Reynolds
Children’s Work
John Layton
Paul Logan
Miss Pauline Wimberly Weds Fielding Adams In Birthday Ceremony
The wedding occurred Saturday evening June 4 with Fielding Adams turning 55. Attendees included Denver Adams Centralia Ill Vera Mae Stephens Salem Carl Adams Vandalia Frank Adams Chloe Belcher Lee Adams family Ruth Adams Patoka and David and the groom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fielding Adams
James Ohl
Denver Adams
Centralia
Ill
Vera Mae Stephens
Salem
Carl Adams
Vandalia
Frank Adams
Chloe Belcher
Lee Adams
Ruth Adams
Patoka
David
Vacation Bible School enrolls fifty four in Vernon News
The Daily Vacation Bible School reports 54 enrollees and a daily offering averaging 3.50 to be sent to Louisville Camp for a youth session June 27 to July 2. Friday at 8 p m the final program will be public with a request for attendance.
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Bible School
Louisville
Judy Easley
Lila Sanders
Patoka Home Bureau to Meet June 17
The Patoka Home Bureau Unit holds its regular monthly meeting Friday June 17 at 2 p.m. in the Methodist Church basement. Major lesson Construction Finishes led by Mrs Archie Harper and Mrs Don Murfin. Minor lesson Health Examination Before Trip by Mrs L P Busch. Roll call My Favorite Picnic Food. Hostesses are Mrs Edwin Nattier and Mrs Bruce Pugh.
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Patoka Home Bureau Unit
Methodist Church
Archie Harper
Don Murfin
L. P. Busch
Edwin Nattier
Bruce Pugh
American Legion Auxiliary elects officers at June meeting
The American Legion Auxiliary elected new officers for the coming year at a June 2 meeting. Officers include President Mrs. Dale Jones and 1st Vice President Mrs. Wig Ricerson, with fourteen members present. Next meeting is July 7 with a pot luck supper at 6 30 PM. Mr. and Mrs. John Nattier hosted a dinner for Mr. I. W. Nattier’s 82nd birthday attended by several relatives and friends.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Dale Jones
Wig Riche
John Nattier
I. W. Nattier
Harry Nattier
Luther Paine
Paul Torrence
Terry and
Randy
Hiram Logan
Emily Ballance
Floyd Nattier
Mary
Sherry
Leta
Bill
Ray
Mae
Vera Nattier
Burl Meador
Wimberly Ohl Nuptials Held in Salem Church
Miss Pauline Wimberly and James Ohl united in a 4 p.m. Wednesday ceremony at the Christian Church in Salem with immediate family present. The couple, both from local families, plan to reside at 213 South Lincoln, Salem, after the wedding.
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Pauline Wimberly
Alfred Wimberly
Salem
James Ohl
Jake Davis
Patoka
Christian
73rd Marion County Reunion Sets Evening Talks
The Marion County Soldiers and Sailors Reunion in Salem runs June 20 to 25 with revised hours. Evening programs start at 7 pm and end by 8 pm while afternoons feature full stage shows and Amateur Talent Contests. Notables include Estes Kefauver and Barry Goldwater as speakers on Democrat and Republican days respectively.
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Marion County Soldiers’ and Sailors
Salem
Omar J. McMackin
Southern
Illinois
Barnes and Carruthers Review
U.S
Estes Kefauver
Barry M. Goldwater
Arizona
Republican National
Sunbeam Notes at Baptist Church Gathering
Dick Nelson and his mother hosted Sunbeams at the Baptist Church on June 4. After the lesson the children played games outdoors and planned a birthday party for next week. Mrs Genie will host nibble nook on June 18 with lessons about far away friends in Africa. A stewardship story was shared and Scripture Gen 1 1 8. Roll call was Earth. Refreshments included kool-ade home made cookies all day suckers and mints in green nut cups.
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Dick Nelson
The
Baptist Church
Genie
Africa
Rock Falls Residents Visit Friends in Patoka and Centralia
Rock Falls Illinois residents Mr and Mrs Thomas Forehand with daughters Pauline Clark and Mae DePew visited Patoka friends Friday. Clarence Bowen and family from Rock Falls spent weekend in Centralia and Patoka then returned Sunday. The Baptist Vacation Bible School opens Friday at 7 30 pm.
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Thomas Forehand
Pauline Clark
Mae DePew
Rock Falls
Ill
Patoka
Clarence Bowen
Floyd
Dale Bowen
Ive Schmahl
Centralia
Baptist Vacation Bible School
P. J. Mojonnier
Rolla Sparks
Kerr
Maurice Nattier
Vernie Nattier
Kaskaskia Associational Worker
St. Elmo First Baptist Church
Milton Peddicord
Spooner
Wisconsin
James W. Bates
Roy Ballance
Favorable June Conditions Across Corn Belt Warn of Insect Threats
DeKalb weather observers report generally favorable conditions across twenty states with good rains in several dry areas and strong pastures in Kentucky. Corn planting lags in the south due to showers while oats and wheat thrive. corn borers and grasshoppers pose potential damage as moths shed eggs in Iowa and Illinois. Cpl Earl Quick has returned home after seventeen months in Germany, and Mrs Bessie Murfin visits St. Louis and relatives in Decatur and Clinton before returning home.
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DeKalb
Corn Belt
Nebraska
South Dakota
Minnesota
New York
Kansas
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Indiana
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Bessie Murfin
St. Louis
Miss Ruth Smith
Decatur
Clinton
Third Armored Division to Hold National Convention in St Louis
The Third Armored Spearhead Division wartime members form a national association and plan their eighth convention in St Louis Missouri at the Jefferson Hotel from July 28 to 30 1955. Contact Charles G Hirt Jr Webster Groves Missouri or the National Secretary Treasurer Boston Massachusetts for details.
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Third Armored
St. Louis
Missouri
Jefferson Hotel
Midwest
France
Belgium
Germany
Charles G. Hirt, Jr
Lanvale Drive
Webster Groves
Third Armored Division Association
Federal Street
Boston
Massachusetts
Local families and visitors frequent Fredonia area
Mrs. Roxie Snyder visited with Mrs. Amelia Meredith on Wednesday. Several lists describe visits by the Meredith and Jett families, with relatives from California, Rock Falls, Vandalia, Clinton, and Decatur. Thomas Perkins suffered a horse kick injury, and Geraldine Kemp underwent tonsil removal in Salem hospital.
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Roxie Snyder
Amelia Meredith
Roy Thalman
Angela
Henry Meredith
Dale Jett
Chicago
Charles Jett
James Simpson
California
Bonnie Mae Simpson
Clarence Bowen
Rock Falls
Ill
Roger
Bob Hobbs
Champaign
Charles Jarrett
Vandalia
John Lake
Vandalia Hospital
Fred Coppenbarger
Clinton
Dorothy
Carol
Neema Perkins
James Hyde
Charles Milano
Anetta Jett
Howard Kile
Decatur
Earl Loomis
Bob Elwell
Verlin Heinzmann
Thomas Perkins
Geraldine Kemp
Salem Hospital
Gordon Kemp Jr
Melvin Meredith
Hold Graveside Services for Infant Nevada Kay Adams
Graveside services were held June 1 for the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack W. Adams. Nevada Kay Adams was born dead May 31.
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Jack W. Adams
Nevada Kay
Marion County Students Share of U of I 1954 55
Ninety five Marion county residents attended University of Illinois classes in the 1954 55 year. Of them 71 were men and 24 women. The university total enrolled 20 818 at Urbana Champaign with additional enrollments in Chicago and off campus locations statewide.
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Marion County
U. OF I
Urbana-Champaign
Ill
University of Illinois
the University
Chicago
Navy Pier
Manure as a Profitable By-Product in Illinois Farms
The farm adviser stresses using last winter's manure promptly to avoid nutrient loss, and urges soil testing to tailor fertilizer. With drought damage, pastures decline. Sudan grass offers late-summer forage. For milk yield, track production, cull underperformers, and use herd-record systems like Weigh-a-Day-a-Month or Owner-Sampler to boost net profits.
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Illinois
Sudan
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
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Albuquerque
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Clark Keeton
L. M. Brown
Clark Linton
Lizzie Linton
W. C. Oates
Anna Des Ruisseaux
St. Marys Hospital
Minnie Peddicord
Carl Cottrell
Danvers
Jennie Meador
Mary Leininger
Leroy
B. F. Beck
V. D. Klinge and Son
C. O. Miller
H. W. Riley
Ft. Recovery
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George Crothers
Chillicothe
Homer Crothers
Estella Ververs
Mayme Galloway
Effie Hathaway
Leon Walker
Amarilla
Texas
Milton Bayliss
Leon
Home Bureau News
MR. I. W. Nattier
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Patoka “Little League
Schroeder
Chevrolet Garage
Ernie Bozarth
Centralia Optimist
Robinet Diamond
Marion CO
American Legion
Seaborn P. Collins
Fred Benke
McMackin
I. H. Head
Sandiego
Tom Lewis
Head
Lewis
J. C. Howard
K. Jennings Sr
Baltimore
Maryland
Mary Belcher
Tamaico
Jess Belcher
Medford
Oregon
Leo Ballance
Mrs. Belcher
Storm Lake
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Herrick
Corl Walker
Schmahl
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Cort Walker
Les Griffin
W. M. Cox
H. K. Pike
Lincoln
Raccoon Lake
Tim Walker
Warrensburg
Sunbeam
Ray Beckett
Macon
Virgil Kethherside
Benny
Irvington
Mary Wickersham
Crop and Weather Reporting Service
Cpl
Earl Quick
Fredonia News
G. J. Blanke
Omaha
G. M. Kiser
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