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Local Notes From Vernon and Surrounding Areas
Miss Bessie Gerrish visited Mrs. Desda Sarders west of Sandoval Saturday night and Sunday. Robert Foltz loaded two cars of wood and one of lumber this week. Miss Myrtle Belcher is improving this week. Miss Mary Gerrish left Saturday for a week in East St. Louis. H B Gerrish and wife visited Scot Watson family Sunday. A new house adds to Foltztown. Ed Heniger and Clarence Bowen called on Albert Gerrish Sunday evening. Sam Hall and wife called on Mr. Finah and wife Sunday. Vernon notes mention spring weather and busy preparations for farm work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Tune Spitler
Place Levi
Bessie Gerrish
Desda Sarders
Sandoval
Myrtle Belcher
Mary Gerrish
East St. Louis
H. B. Gerrish
Scot Watson
Foltztown
Ed Heniger
Clarence Bowen
Albert Gerrish
Sam Hall
Mr. Finah
Bear Creek School
West Chapel School House
Allie Brown
Fanny Meador
Edith Benefiel
Elsie Christie
Mayme Gaultney
Mabel Cosgrove
Jasper Messenger
Bonnell
Spencer
Iowa
Wm. Booher
John Gaultney
Marietta Matheny
Ira Matheny
Ollis Belcher
Wm. Wyant
Ha E. Kenney
Ramsey
Squire Palmer
Patoka
E. W. Jones
Clinton
Fora Robinson
St. Louis
T. Kk
Dicky
Charley McCloughen
Robert Martin
James Lawson
Geo. Blankinship
Kaskaska
Geo. W. Payne
W. H. Wade
Vernon
Tim Walker
Ed Lett
Millard Fiscus
Boulder
Soper’s Lake Drainage District
Vandalia
Pope Township
West Chapel School
Bear Creek
East Chapel
Erma Easton
Maud Belcher
Minnie Hopkins
Ruth Paine
Ross Belcher
West Chapel
Radah Meador
Neldah Meador
Mae Jackson
Nellie Belcher
Jesse Bright
Mayine Gaultney
Neldah
Fred Metzger
James Joyce
Lawrence Bates
J. A. Metzger & Son
Ed Anderson
Dorsey
Busenhart
Andrew Ober
Ber
Arthur Sprinkle
Augsburg
J. H. Metzger
C. F. Smith
Wood Yard
Edward Blankinship
Vandeverter
Moneaqua