Wanda Crabtree Sings at Keyesport Stockholders Meeting
Wanda Crabtree performed at the Keyesport stockholders meeting on Wednesday afternoon. Other local social notes include visits by Emma Mason and son Raymond to Earl Hahn's family, and a funeral in Centralia attended by multiple residents.
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Wanda Crabtree
Keyesport
Emma Mason
Raymond
Earl Hahn
Frank Stein
Fred Mann
Edith Mann
Nora Brummer
Norma Highfield
Washburn
Centralia
Community Notes from Fredonia and Surrounding Areas
Reverend A P Haney led a Sunday school with nineteen attendees. Local residents share condolences after Frank Hickman’s death. Visitors include Anetta Jett Amelia Meredith to Caroline Harmeier in Vandalia, and Jett Perrine families visiting Everett Jett. Henry Meredith and families visit John Kretzer and Martin in Marion hospital. Grover Spencer assists Everett Jett with logging.
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A. P. Haney
Martin Kretzer
Veterans Hospital
Marion
Anetta Jett
Amelia Meredith
Caroline Harmeier
Bennett Nursing Home
Vandalia
Frank Hickman
Alva Jett
James Jett
Howard Perrine
Everett Jett
Walter Gaines
Salem
James Thomas
Walter Webking
John McKee
Henry Meredith
John Kretzer
Martin
Marion Hospital
Grover Spencer
Lou Prichett
Local visitors and illness items from Centralia region
Fairman Fred Bopp and family from Glenview Montana visited relatives in Centralia and Patoka over two weeks. Mrs. G N Smith shopped in Centralia Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Adams attended the funeral of Mrs Adams aunt in Decatur Monday. George Ahlf is ill at his sister's home in Bellflower Illinois. Martin Kretzer is a patient in Marion Illinois hospital after surgery Monday.
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Frank Stein
Carlyle
Junior Noller
Fred Mann
Watson
Louis Gullick
Centralia
Fred Bopp
Glenview
Mont
Gerald Bopp
Harry Bopp
Patoka
G. N. Smith
Donald Adams
Marie Smith Named RC Chairman For Carrigan Township
Mrs Marie Smith was named chairman of the Red Cross in Carrigan Township and announced a $25 quota for the year She designated Smiths store at Carrigan as a collection center and urged donations left there for the drive.
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Marie Smith
Red Cross
Carrigan Township
Brooks backs large cut in budget amid Navy and Army aid fight
Illinois Senator C Wayland Brooks urged a $6 billion economy in the presidents budget clash over a $37.5 billion target. The 51 to 83 final passage adopted a $4.5 billion reduction amid defense concerns and claims of waste. Brooks supported the final figure, while Sen. Scott Lucas opposed reductions.
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Illinois
C Wayland Brooks
Brooks
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Massachusetts
Scott Lucas
Record Demand for Meat Factor in Price Rise
Short supplies of pork and lamb and strong consumer demand drive higher meat prices says P O Wilson secretary manager of the National Live Stock Producers Association. He spoke in St Louis at the 25th anniversary meeting of the Producers Live Stock Commission Association noting a likely 60 day curtailment in hog marketings while beef output remains large and lamb supply stays scarce.
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P. O. Wilson
National Live Stock Producers Association
Wilson
St. Louis
Producers Live Stock Commission Association
Livestock Downturn Linked to 1920s Supply Drop
Wilson notes sheep farms at their lowest since 1926 and breeding sheep at record lows due to last year’s feed and labor shortages and federal controls. He expects larger cattle and hog supplies next year and cautions against quick judgments on meat prices while noting high production costs and demand.
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Wilson
Pa Hoskins Replaces Squeaky Rocking Chair
After thirty years of hearing Ma Hoskins complain about a worn noisy rocker Pa buys a new chair and hides the old one. He brings back the old chair and, while hearing the squeak, sips beer and thinks she too deserves her small pleasures.
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Ma Hoskins
Pa Hoskins
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Shattuc News
Vernon
Susie Stowe
Joy Herbert
Scarlet Dean
Joy
Laura Dawson
Madam Zola
Edward Dunning
Cynthia
Portia Lark
Omar Graves
LaSalle Johnson
Johnny Rogers
Slick Conway
Doris Kleeman
Virginia Weinsman
Hazel Cox
Lodema Bayliss
Shirley Protz
Helen Easley
Freda Meador
Wm. Kleeman
Myron Cooley
J. M. Meredith Dallas Robinson
O. A. Hopkins
Patoka, Illinois
Herman Potthast
Greenville
Red Bird
Jane Ann
King’s Saley Star
King’s Queen May
Langwater Richmond
Red Bird’s Pride
Marjorie
Edgetown Farm
Forester
Primo
Selma
Lo-Co- Crest
Loreland
Eugene
Meadow Lodge
King’s
Bang
Hampshires
L. J. Roesselet
Fredonia
Fairman
Mrs. Marie Smith
R.C
Carrigan
Sen
Cox
Sandoval
Joe Marsh
Hoskinses
United States Brewers Foundation
Shattuc
Ill
Shattuc-Centralia Rock Road
O. C. Keister Farm
Guernsey
T.B. and
Bangs
Ford-Ferguson
David Bradley
Hinman
Meyers
Kroehler
O. C. Keister & Sons
COL. MO. A. Jennings & Son
Patoka Elevator Co
George J. Wasem
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