Southeast Town Socials and Family Visits Noted
Cecil Jett and family visited Clarence Cozad and wife Sunday. Rose and Myrle Snyder visited Lila Bopp Sunday. Ed Belcher and wife visited Sunday with Matt Belcher and family. Edith Sell from Salem came Monday to spend days with Mrs. Luther Williams. Mabel Gladys and Cecil Bowen visited Sunday with Mary Albert and Dean Bowen. Mrs Charley Bopp and daughter Daisy Lee visited last week with Mrs Pete Bopp and family. Orval Hill and family John Troutt and family James Troutt and family called on Clarence Cozad and wife Sunday. Violet Williams visiting aunts Mrs Wm Powell and Mrs Julia Phillips of Decatur for a few weeks. Mrs Perish called to Decatur for death of her daughters husband. Oscar Bradford left for Springfield then Detroit to work. Mrs Frank Bradford and family called to Glen Arm for illness of Bradford's father. Fred Tacke and family Cen tralia visitors Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Jett
Clarence Cozad
Rose and
Myrle Snyder
Lila Bopp
Ed Belcher
Matt Belcher
Edith Sell
Salem
Luther Williams
Mabel
Gladys
Cecil Bowen
Mary
Albert
Dean Bowen
Charley Bopp
Daisy Lee
Pete Bopp
Orval Hill
John Troutt
James Troutt
Fam
Herbert Green
Bert Arnold
Clinton
Mona Arnold
Robert
Sandoval
W. H. Jones
Lewis Jones
Edgar Jones
Kinmundy
Kell
Orval Doolen
Mary Jones
L. Foster
Lester Griffin
Mary Walker
S. C. Green
Agnes
J. W. Arnold
Mason Bassett
Lew Engler
St. Peter
Cracker Neck Community Echoes Rainfall and Local Happenings
The rain swollen river dampens farmers hopes for bottom land this year while residents share daily chores and news. Alex Fisecus buys a tractor to push ahead with farming after a death and local baptisms. Townsfolk visit Patoka, attend church, and folks like Luther Barnes and family spend Sunday with kin. Mrs Barnes falls ill. Bert Arnold’s family visits. neighbors travel to Kinmundy and St Peter for errands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Fisecus
Walla Cooper
Zola Belcher
Jennie Alexander
Jane Cooper
Mary Belcher
Floyd Carter
Toad Island
Hannah Reed
Keyesport
Patoka
Chester
Nobel Bryant
Morrisonville
Tom Christie
Luther Barnes
Near Kinmundy
J. A. Shepard
FOSTERSBURG Rains Cause High Water and Mail Delays
Last week heavy rainfall produced high water in Fostersburg leading to mail disruption on Wednesday and Thursday. Mrs Blanche Doolen recently purchased a Chevrolet coach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wee
Blanche Doolen
Stombaugh Hill Families and Community Activity
Glen Stombaugh and family travel to Acton Ohio to visit Claud Stombaugh. Mrs. C R Lawrence helps clean for Ella Hawkins. J R Stombaugh and wife attend dog races in Collinsville. Page and daughter visit Ram sey relation. W E Hankins visits Vandalia mother Ella Hankins. Rollin Stombaugh visits John McClary. Vandalia crowds attend Ramsey game. score six to two. Camping life curiosity noted by Martin Wolff and Dale Stombaugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Stombaugh
Glenda
George Helbeck
Vandalia
Acton
Ohio
Claud Stombaugh
C. R. Lawrence
Ella Hawkins
J. R. Stombaugh
Collinsville
Page
Ramsey
Bill Laswell
W. E. Hankins
Ella Hankins
Rollin Stombaugh
John McClary
Martin Wolff
Dale Stombaugh
Local Hardware and Furnishings Ads Roll Through Patoka
Local notes advertise two good used National ranges, cook stoves, oil stoves, rugs, linoleum, and furniture with cash sale options. Trade asks include Cresley Radio for a milk cow and a Ford coupe for cow or cash. Groceries feature 25c peck potatoes, 20c per pound candy, and Sentry flour at $1 per sack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka Hardware & Furniture Co
Qgresley Radio
R. L. Walton
Braham
Altom’s
Ballance
Cresley Radio
J. L. Simcox
Altom's offers bulk powder shot caps and curtain scrim
Retail notes list bulk powder and shot items plus caps for muzzle loading guns. An advertisement mentions extra fine curtain scrim in white and ecru at ten cents per yard at Altom's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altom’s
Also Mentioned on This Page
Airie Farmer
First State Bank
Bankers of Illinois
Illinois
Fostersburg
Earl Graham
Vernon
Stombaugh Hill
Body
Fisher
Lex
Tern
Landa
DeWitt Motor Co
Centralin
Ilinois
Resix
Phillips
C. D. Martin
Patoka, Illinois
P. S
Cemetery Fund
J. A. Hanson
Poultry House
Goodyear
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