Vernon News Highlights Local Social and Family Notes
Vernon reports a quilting party hosted by Mrs H Tillman with attendees including Mrs White Murfin Hatch Wade Betts and others. Local car owner L E Green new Oakland. Various visits to Centralia Washington D C and St Louis plus club events and church meetings. Flu illness runs through the community and several residents are mentioned with recent hospital and home visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Entre Nous Club
Minnie Peddicord
Louise Betts
David Headley
Bill Willett
Andrew Peddicord
Annabelle Boyles
Salem
Orvel West
Cecil Holt
Thural Morey
Ladies Aid
Mattie Jarrett
J. F. Arnold
Carrie Betts
Earl Epps
Centralia
Leslie Woolsey
Near
Vandalia
Ben Woolsey
Mrs. Woolsey
T. R. Gray
Maron
I. W. Doolen
McHaney
C. O. Liveher
Patosay
T. L. Bundy
Near St. Paul
Vernon
Publication Notice in Illinois Court Divorce Case
In Marion County Circuit Court a chancery divorce case Thomas C McGackle vs Laura G McGackle. Affidavit of non residence filed. Laura G McGackle must appear by April 1929 or bill will be confessed and decree entered. Salem Illinois February 26 1929. Frank C Hensley Clerk W G Murphey solicitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
A. D
Thomas C. McGackle
Laura G. McGackle
Circuit Court
Salem
Illinois
Piano lessons ready to start when roads permit
Dorothy Logan of Patoka Tl invites interested students to join a piano class. Call or write to arrange lessons at the earliest safe travel window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Logan
Patoka
Card of Thanks from Estella Ververs
I thank all who prayed for me during my illness and those who helped cheer me. Grateful for neighbors who assisted at home. May God's richest blessings rest upon you all. Estella Ververs.
Fresh Fruit and Local Visitors Cite Spring Field Notes
Fresh dried peaches prunes and raisins are listed. George Simcox and family along with Miss Thelma Hopkins visited Springfield last Sunday. Mrs. Wm Ververs returned home Wednesday and is much improved. Ruel Hall and Stanley Wasem of the E I T C Charleston spend the week with Patoka folks helping on the home town basketball team in the Centralia tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandma Wall
John Henry,Belcher
Vandalia
Ray Cahoon
John Stone
Etta Shepard
Mary Belcher
Emma Enloe
Cleo Shepard
Alcom’s
George Simcox
Thelma Hopkins
Springfield
Wm. Ververs
Ruel Hall
Stanley Wasem
Charleston
Patoka
Local movers relocate to area farms amid road talk
Cracker neck mud roads slow traffic as residents shed belongings and relocate. Carl Easton reports the rough conditions while Bill Alexander moves to the Sam Belcher farm vacated by Luther Barnes. Joe Beckler shifts to the William Bryant farm north of John Crawford. Van Belcher sells stock and household goods to live elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Easton
Bill Alexander
Sam Belcher
Luther Barnes
Joe Beckler
Wm. Bryant
John .Crawford
Centralia Considers Government Airport Move
Mrs. A J Ingold, once of Patoka, serves as nurse at the Pittinger hotel for Mrs. Edwards. The Centralia Chamber of Commerce nears completion of a fundraising drive to secure a Government Airport project. If approved, a U S Mail Port would be at Irvington turn, six miles south of Centralia, officially named Centralia Airport, a major southern Illinois station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Ingold
Patoka
Pittinger Hotel
Edwards
Chas, Hall
Centralia
For Rent and For Sale Classifieds Item Summary
Various readable notices list rental offerings in Carrigan and Pope townships including 40 acre farms and a large garden near Elevator, 80 acre farm near Salem, and 4 room houses. sales include an upright piano, Brown Swiss cows, Rhode Island Red eggs, White Leghorn eggs, a buggy, and baby chicks. buyers and contact numbers and locations include Dorris Co zad Mrs A M Nichols Mae Eagan First State Bank Nancy Wadkins Fannie Crowder V O DuComb D L Freyer George Nattier Everett P er due Fred Tacke Mat Belcher Joe Simcox J no. 419 3-8-6tp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrigan Township
Dorris
Fannie Crowder
S. Pearl
Salem
Ill
V. O. DuComb
Boulder
Illinois
D. L. Freyer
O. H. Gray
Frank B. Ballance
Fred Tacke
Mat Belcher
Joe Simcox
Patoka
Sec
Pope Township
F. G. Tinker
Shobonier
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Charles Farrell
Frazil
Thur
Laura LA Plante
James
Richard Barthelmess
Voovil
Madge Bellamy
Emil Jannings
the Patriot
Kektas Peess
Midwest
Ailini
Virginia
Mea Llover
Aisike
Timothy
Japan
George J. Wasem
Orvel Crothers
Alice Wade
State OF
Frank C. Hensley
W. G. Murphey
Estella Ververs
van Belcher
MAE Eagan Auto and Property Insurance
Earl Graham
Lucas Crawford
J. M. Smith
REX Motor CO
W. Main St
Our Temps
Prairie Farmer
First State Bank OF
Bankers of Illinois
THE
Blue Goose Garage
L. E. Belcher
Salem Battery Co
Fred Brown
Binnion
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