Looking Ahead to Gratitude and Civic Service in Danville
George S Benson of Harding College Searcy Arkansas and a Danville focus on gratitude as motivation. The Danville Commercial News honors citizens as Man of the Week with a yearly banquet begun in 1940. Wisconsin wartime measures boost production and bond drive support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S. Benson
Harding College
Searcy
Arkansas
Danville
Ill
Commercial News
Bob Poisall
Bob
Vermilion County
Poisall
Wisconsin
Nury
America
U.S. Treasury Department
Fredonia Sunday Socials and Community Visits Highlight Week
Attendees at Sunday School include 45 people. visitors from Chicago join locals for family visits around Fredonia. Neighborhood families and service members share meals, calls, and park outings. 4-H club meets with Ruth Talbert hosting, plans noted for July 9. Wheat cutting underway as summer community life continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Talbert
Ruth Carter
Donna Clark
Lorraine Meredith
Violet Clark
Louise Palmer
Bonnie Kretzer
Kathryn Cozad
Alice and
Joeanne Palmer
Mary McMackin
Salem
Opie Clark
Funeral attendees return home after Oklahoma visit
Those who attended Mrs. Robert Molislaw's funeral and relatives spent two weeks in Oklahoma with relatives before returning home. Attendees included Elva Simpkins Jennie Piasse Irma Piasse Helen Korzenewski Lela Rhodes Marguerite Gore Ray Chappel Daisy Adams Judy Piasse Mary Margaret Foglassio Catherine Martin Bert Kinsala Bert Martin Arthur McClean Fred Rhone Robertson John Deadmond Wanda McClelland Mac McCanless and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Molislaw
Elva Simpkins
Jennie Piasse
Irma Piasse
Helen Korzenewski
Lela Rhodes
Marguerite Gore
Ray Chappel
Daisy Adams
Judy Piasse
Mary Margaret Foglassio
Catherine Martin
Bert Kinsala
Bert Martin
Arthur McClean
Fred Rhone
Robertson
John Deadmond
Wanda McClelland
Odin News Items Show Local Visits and War Era Notes
Odin readers report visits from Salinas and Bethalto residents, with many neighbors calling on friends in Odin and nearby towns. Oil prospects intrigue Brick District while several residents travel for medical, family, or military matters and a local restaurant changes hands.
Community Notes Include Visitors And Church Prep
In Odin and nearby towns residents shared visits and preparations. Mr and Mrs Seaon Pearson of Centralia spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Charles McCartan. Christian church members cleaned the parsonage for their new pastor Rev Jenkins. Mr and Mrs Richard Noe and Miss Barbara Soulon were in Salem. Mr and Mrs Benton Eagan of Tuka were in Odin Sunday. Mrs George Cheezem visited relatives in Carlyle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Pierson
Salina
Kansas
Mort Anderson
Jim Nicholson
Bernice McGrew
Floyd Tabor
Love District
Odin
Elroy Vogel
Bethalto
Illinois
Betty Jeanne. Edwards
Alton
Lon Pitts
Ryan Pitts
Kinmundy
Clara Ullmann
Centralia
Frances Fyke
New Bedford
Ida Jett
Brick District
Donnie
Central City
A .Otis
Scott Field
Bowen Reed
Sandoval
Lydia Reed
Ben Soper
Samuel Thompson
Sybil
Anna
Jessie Crane
Herman Hoskinson
W. H. Farthing
Churchill Emmett
Trolliet
Highland
Louie Trolliet
Frank Fulton
Montana
Purdue
William Avery
Carl Termoat
East St. Louis
Douglas Phillips
A. Otis
Nellie Walkinton
Omega
Keith Phillips
Little Sons
Shawneetown
Angus Phillips
Orville Moore
Texas
Bill Rinehart
Marshall Soper
Beauford
Oklahoma
Jack Day
Charles Clabaugh
Day
Corregidor
Japan
George Murphy
Chicago
Seaon Pearson
Charles McCartan
The
Christian Church
Jenkins
Richard Noe
Barbara Soulon
Salem
Benton Eagan
Tuka
George Cheezem
Carlyle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fredonia
Clarence Tackett
Cecil
Lavona
Harry Zolar
George Jett
Arnold
Mack
Margaret
Herman Muck
I. Leo Austin
S. Glen Simpson
William
George Kretzer
Homer Lewellen
Tony Clark
Alva Jett
Paul Ray
Wilmington
Mary Gerigh
Walter Simpson
Henry Meredith
Harmeier
William Malock
Edgewood
George Brewster
Joe Pillman
Fred Perkins
Fred Webking
Eugene Simpson
John Talbert
John Kretzer
Bonnie
Henry
Martha Stanford
Mac McCanless
Carroll Grove
Patoka
Pratt Cemetery
First Tree
Garner
KXOK
Misses Sally and
Virginia Telford
Wheeler Glasscock
Wayman
South of Salem
Ella Stevenson
St. Mary’s Hospital
St. Louis
Ed. Tate
David Kessel
St. Elmo
Otto Frimel
Yuma Arizona
Arlie Uhls
Lee Frimel
Claude Andericks
Memphis
Tennessee
Ivan Stevenson
Dale Farthing
Bryan Memorial Park
Little Stanley Stevenson
Frimel
Freddie
Carmen
J. F. Hickman
Vernon
Daily Post
W. G. Douthitt
Whiting’s
RADIO
Electrical and
Eli Logan
Singer
Bryan Davidson
Col
John A Jennings
Cox & Martin Funeral Homes
W. O.C
W.O.C
Chas. Hill Store
Patoka, Ill
Doolen’s Store
Vernon, Ill
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