Weather and farm life notes from the region
Hot and dry conditions affect crops with wheat and rye cut and oats ripening soon. Cecil Alexander bought a car last week. Neighbors gather for prayer at Toad Island. Visits include Charley Shepard family from Shattuc and Charley Richey of Keyesport. Local social ties noted with several gatherings and shopping trips in Patoka and Vandalia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Alexander
Chapel
Toad Island
Charley Shepard
Shattuc
Charley Richey
Keyesport
Dock Shepard
Marybell Stombaugh
Stombaugh Hill
Fairman Church Social Notes and Upcoming Dedication
Local families from Fairman and nearby areas visited Friday and Sunday with neighbors. Eli Crothers injured his foot with an ax. Eli Crothers and wife sick but improving. Fairman church members held a Sunday School organization meeting and will elect teachers on June 29. Dedication of the new Boulder church set for Sunday June 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nrad
Bertha Crothers
Buster
Hayes
Eli Crothers
Carrigan
Branch
Clarence Cozad
W. D. Cozad
Vandalia
W. M. Smith
Boulder
Orville Hill and
Joseph. Yardley Jr
Francis Chausse
Robinson
Ralph Merten
Luther Will
Iams Yard
Fairman Church
Community Notes from Fredonia and Nearby
Local residents including Mrs. Mabel Carter Miss Thelma Jett and Everett Jett visit relatives in Fredonia and nearby towns. Attendees at BE McHaney home include Harold Evans Eugene Fred Simpson and others. Community events mention a Children's Day program at Cabbage Chapel and an upcoming ice cream supper at Marshall Creek on July 3 with invites to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Carter
Oren Black
Thelma Jett
John Nichols
Everett Jett
BE. E. Mce- Haney
Harold Evans
Eugene
Fred Simpson
Robert
Sylvia Evans
Marie Nichols
Edith Kretzer
Melvin Maxy
Tonti
R. M. Nichols
Charlie McHaney
Millie Richards
Springfield
Frank Meridith
Russell Simcox
Patoka
Wilson Nichols
Seattle
Washington
E. E. MecHaney
Lawrence Tolbert
Millie
Millard Palmer
Pearl Poole
Marshall Creek
Bear Creek Social Roundup and Local Travel Notes
Frank Lake and wife and daughter with Marian Chris tie visit Centralia. Marian buys a Chevrolet touring car and vows to walk no more. Vernielle Taliasies returns from Clinton to stay indefinitely. Sunday visitors to Wm Chriss include Ethel Johnson and son Everett Wernsman and Emmet Caudle and daughter and Paul Pratz and family. Mrs Illinois Christie’s eighty second birthday dinner hosted with boxes and bas es set on the lawn. Out-of-town guests include Orval Brown of Pana Sherman Thompson of Sullivan Mrs Gossney of Effingham. Loren Knight and wife of East St. Louis visit T W Oates. Lester Ishmarel and family of Nokomis stay with A Brummitt. Lillian Landreth and child with Wm Link visit in Moneaqua. Albert Kell and family of Marion visit Stella Thompson. Dorothy Christie visits relatives in St Louis. Leonard Brewer and Forest Linton of Sterling visit home folks, then leave with Lewis Linton for Kansas wheat fields. Thermometers read 100 in shade with hot winds and drought. Homer Sybert with wife and daughter visit Pribble families for rain hoped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lake
Marian Christie
Centralia
Marian
Vernielle Taliasies
Clinton
Wm. Chriss
Ethel Johnson
Everett Wernsman
Emmet Caudle
Paul Pratz
Illinois Christie
Ineachbors
Orval Brown
Pana
Sherman Thompson
Sullivan
Gossney
Effingham
Loren Knight
East St. Louis
T. W. Oates
Lester Ishmarel
Nokomis
A. Brummitt
Lillian Landreth
Wm. Link
Moneaqua
Albert Kell
Tamily
Marion
Stella Thompson
Dorothy Christie
St. Louis
Leonard Brewer
Forest Linton
Sterling
Lewis Linton
Kansas Wheat Fields
Homer Sybert
Pribble
Young People's Sunday School Class Meeting
The M. E. South Sunday School Young People's class met at Frank Ballance's home last Wednesday evening in June. President James Ballance led with a song and devotion by Mrs Ina Anderson. Entertainment by Lilly Sharp Margaret Ballance and Marvin Ballance followed with games and Washington Day activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. South Sunday School
Frank Ballance
James Ballance
Ina Anderson
Ballance
Lilly Sharp
Margaret Ballance
Marvin Ballance
Washington
Jim Ballance
Notable Social Gathering Ends With Pranks At July Eve
The group enjoyed a lively event with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Ballance, Donald Wilson, Logan, Outhouse, and several others. Ice cream and cake were served as attendees lingered past dark and hoped for a second Wednesday in July. David W. Clark of Chicago is noted as treasurer of a fraternal lodge for 62 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. D. Outhouse
John D. Rockefeller
Frank Ballance
Donald Wilson
James Ballance
Margaret Ballance
Marvin Ballance
Paul D. Outhouse
Paul Logan
Lee
Britt
Ina Anderson
Lillie Sharp
Dale Thompson
Harold Chance
Maurice Dukes
Maurice Willis
David W. Clark
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Shepard
J. A. Shepard
Rollie Stombaugh
Bill Alexander
Nere Dock Shepard
Mary Belcher
Stanley Barnes
Fairman
Orville Hill
Emmet Woods
Ruby
Clarence Co
Comen Oil Company
Indiana
Tandard
Fredonia
Bear Creek
Young People’s Sunday
Patoka Gymnasium
Pure Milk Association
Tiedeman
Marion County Farm Bureau
F. J. Blackburn
Vernon, Illinois
Garland
Jane
Mlle Modiste
Polka “the Anvil
the Red Mill
Mr. Mervel Willett
Whistler
Herbeck
Eilenberg
Fillmore
Parlow
Pryor
Kleih
Vernon
Illinois
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