Vernon Village Board Plans Fourth Celebration Proceeds Benefit Cemetery
Vernon regular meeting on Friday May 7 appointed committees to plan the Fourth of July celebration with proceeds earmarked for Vernon cemetery. Numerous local residents and visitors are noted in social and family gatherings around Vernon, Patoka, Decatur, Vandalia and nearby towns. Memorial services for Mr. Belcher were attended by many from Decatur and surrounding communities.
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Vernon Cemetery
Geo. Walton
Frank Lake
West of Town
W. L. Hathaway
Alvin Hathaway
Joyce
Fannie Crowder
Wm. Belcher
Dave Johnson
Henry Snyder
Hill
Solenburg
Will Jackson
Decatur
Henry Belcher
Murfin Belcher
Odin
Elihu Vandeventer
Mary
Martha Weldon
Moneaqua
Jim Vandeventer
Centralia
Jim
Will
Frank Snyder
Fairman
John
Jess Belcher
Luther Wayne
Mound Chapel
Patoka
Shobonier
Ray Walton
East St. Louis
John Thompson
St. Mary’s Hospital
Marion Smith
Frank Hatch
Local Church Attendance and Social Visits Report
WEST STRINGTOWN Mr William Bates and family Richard Rawcliffe and family Mrs Chris Ehrat and daughter Miss Katie Mrs Sarah Doolen attended church in Patoka Monday morning Mrs Mamie Ehrat and sister Mrs Sarah Doolen Miss Katie Ehrat and Josie Holt attended Memorial services in Vernon Sunday Also the funeral of William Belcher Earl Funk and family spent Sunday with James Klinge and wife Henry Elder and wife have been sick the past few days Miss Frances Rawcliffe spent Sunday evening with Elizabeth Fris by
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Ted Wilson
Kincaid
Ill
McHaney
Patoka
C. O. Livesay
Carrie Jones
Vandalia
Lem Lake
Decatur
Archie Sorrell
John Sorrell
N. P. Sorrell
Will Humes
Centralia
Mary Smith
Florence
Kinmundy
Fred Freyer
M. E. Parsonage
Thural Moreyand
Kincaid, Ill
Minnie Peddicord
St. Louis
Mulberry Grove
Vernon Merchants
Chatter and Stitch Club
Earl Graham
Stanley Thomas
Chicago
Ed Thomas
West of Town
Carl Little
Effingham
Vernon
Merle Bricker
H. O. Tillman
Geo. Meseke
St. Paul
Wm. Nolte
Nan Perkins
Pauline Robertson
Arline Lake
Jasper Benefiel
Harland Brewer
Herschel Lawrence
Frank Robertson
Ashur Brummit
Orval Jones
Zella Easton
Wm. Jones
Iowa
Honas Brown
Clinton
Col Chriss
Gilbert Reynolds
Frank Lake
W. L. Hathaway
Wm. Lawrence
Jesse Christie
Amon Sterling
Leo Landreth
Burl Day
Maron
Thelma Wyant
Colfax
Chas. Ballance
Vernielle Ballance
Brownstown
Verne
Austin Wyant
Wm. Wyant
Orval Brown
Pana
Albert Brown
Nokomis
Clara Jones
Mary Sterling
Sarah Chriss
William Bates
Richard Rawcliffe
Chris Ehrat
Katie
Sarah Doolen
Mamie Ehrat
Katie Ehrat
Josie Holt
William Belcher
Earl Funk
James Klinge
Henry Elder
Frances. Rawcliffe
Elizabeth Frisby
FOSTERSBURG TOWN NEWS SUMMARY
Fostersburg reports sparse news as residents stay busy planting corn and tending fields this week. Local life centers on farm work with few public events or notices recorded.
Local Residents Share News From the Doolens Arnold Area
Erna Jones tends part of Mrs Blanche Doolens land while Melvin Doolen and son rent most of Mrs Mona Arnolds land and rush corn planting. Families visit. road work discussed as Donald Arnold uses township tractor and drags. Mail route disruptions noted west of Burg. Reverend Wigham held services at Arnold Chapel. Dale Arnold bought a Jersey heifer from Lewis Jones. Lew Engler attends Sunday School Convention at Sandy.
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Erna Jones
Blanche
Burg
Rev. Wigham
Arnold Chapel
Dale Arnold
Lewis Jones
Lew Engler
Sandy
Alma birthday dinner guests and railroad shop project
Joe Wickenhouser and family Rufus Stephens and family Thurby Meador and wife attended Ed McWhirter's birthday dinner in Alma on Sunday Meanwhile Mobile and Ohio Railroad began building new shops in the Cahokia district indicating growing local development and activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Wickenhouser
Rufus Stephens
Thurby Meador
Ed McWhirter
Alma
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Cahokia
Castoria Promises Peaceful Sleep for Infants Nationwide
An advertisement touts Castoria as a safe herbal remedy for babies with claims of quieting fussiness without opiates. It emphasizes mothers and nurses reliance, praising Castoria as a trusted, natural sleep aid for infants.
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Garn Norris
Mildred
Decatur, Ill
Jess Walton
Love Brothers Auto
Glore—rvin
Bear Creek
Tony Blankinship
Jack Perkins Ee
C. D. Martin
Patoka, Illinois
T. S. Wooters Patoka
Illinois
West Stringtown
Fostersburg
Farthing
J. M. Smith
Chadren Sos
Castoria
Ford
Detroit
Pfeffer Motor Co
Centralia, Illinois
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