Legislative Week in Springfield Illinois March bills and debates
The Illinois House held hearings on creating a Department of Financial Institutions to oversee banks and credit entities, with critics warning of power consolidation in the Governor. Proposals to replace elective officials with appointive ones and to call a Constitutional Convention face resistance, while judiciary reform and speed limit bills spark debate as about 600 bills have been filed in both houses.
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Springfield
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House
Department of Financial Institutions
Public Accounts
Downstate
Stratton
Illinois
Hopkins Attends Salem Meeting and Visits Arnold Home
Miss Letta Hopkins attended a special meeting of the vice chair men of the Home Bureau in Salem last Tuesday. While there she called on Mrs. Stella Arnold at the Leo Mendenhall home. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Leininger went
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Letta Hopkins
Home Bureau
Salem
Stella Arnold
Leo Mendenhall
Earl Leininger
Local residents visit and travels noted in weekly society column
Several residents spent time visiting relatives in nearby towns and cities. James Anderson and wife hosted a Sunday gathering for Hery Meador and family. Other travelers included Mrs. J W Compton and Mrs. Maude Hatch in East St Louis, and the Snyder family visiting Forest Park Georgia. Additional notes mention church events, military personnel from Scott Air Force Base visiting, and family birthday gatherings in Salem Centralia and Vandalia areas.
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Taylorville
James Anderson
Hery Meador
Maron
Bessie Meador
J. W. Compton
Maude Hatch
East St. Louis
T. E. Snyder
Forest Park
Maj
James A Davis
Judy
Thurby Meador
A. J. Stephens
Salem
Dorothy Fiscus
Richard
Laurine Klinge
Minnie Peddicord
Letta Hopkins
St. Lawrence Calthidlic Church
Sandown
Danny Warden
David Silvernail
Scott Air Force Base
Clarence Lawson
Noble Ol
Sunday School Attendance and Visits In Fredonia
Attendance was 56 at Sunday School. Dinner guests included Rev. and Mrs. Clarence Ehrat and others. Family illness prompted visits from Mrs. Margaret Muck and several relatives. Additional callers included Mrs. John Fulton and son, Ethelmine and Marilyn Davison, and Eileen Kretzer.
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Clarence Bhrat
Sandra
Herman Muck
Arnold Muck
Margaret Smith
Margaret Muck
John Fulton
Charles
Ethelmine
Marilyn Davison
Clarence Ehrat
Henry Meredith
Decatur
Meredith
Melvin
Eileen Kretzer
Anetta Jett
Eugene Simpson
Cliffie Goodwin
Eugene Buchele
Fern Buchele
Boulder
Walter Simpson
Salem
Fred Chance
Kinmundy
E. E. McHaney
Avodel Buchele
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Southern Ill. Editorial Assn
G. W. Isaac
Charlotte M. Isaac
Marion Co
Griffin
Lenca Patoka, Illinois
Leslie M. Griffin
Old Capitol
Vandalia
Vernon
I. C. Betts
Carbondale
Joe
Alice Wilson
Gladys Wade
Centralia
Glen Simpson
Willard Branch
Alva Jett
Alva Williams
Melvin “Meredith
E Eugene Williams
Mac Eagan Insurance Agency
Fredonia
W. M. Cox
4-H
Lange Tractor Sales
Ferguson
DE Soto
Plymouth
Patoka, Illinois
General Electric Iron
Sunbeam Electric Iron
Perfection
Patoka Hardware & Locker Service
Patoka, Ill
Marion County
the Register
Jackson
Iil
Albrecht
St. Paul
St. Peter, Ill
IHC
Oliver Superior
John Deere Corn
Harrow
New Holland
David Bradley
Bill Kleeman
Gene Leniger
Illinois Power Company
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