Local Social News From Vernon and Surrounding Areas
Sunday visits bridge party and many socialize with family and friends in Vernon Patoka Vandalia and nearby towns Attendees include Mr Mrs Ed Carpenter and son Eddie of St Louis Mr and Mrs J A Purdue Mr and Mrs Kenneth Crawford and Adeline Mabry Miss Rita Lee Guthrie Mrs Beulah Jarrett and others Names and places include Patoka Vandalia Centralia Moweaqua Lebanon Kinmundy Cerro Gordo Vernon and Alton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Carpenter
Eddie
St. Louis
John Jones
Wm. Ververs
Patoka
Harley Peyton
Rita Lee Guthrie
Vandalia
Beulah Jarrett
Alice Wade
H. D. Merritt
Centralia
F. Johndron
Alton
Orvel West
Louise Betts
Adeline Mabry
Kenneth Crawford
Roy Miller
Maurice
Herbert Jssteinhauer
Adeline
Mabry
Ray Miller
Brick School Notes and Local Movements Near Odin
Sheridan families Miss Louins Betts Ruth Vursell and kin moved by truck to the Dietrich farm northwest of Odin. Dietrich sent mares to St Louis and kept them on the Odin farm. Community welcomes the Vursell family. Several residents reported visits, illness updates, school attendance changes due to high water, and local travel to Centrica and St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louins Betts
Sheridan
Ruth Paul Vursell
Near
Readers urged to join free five dollar drawing contest
The paper repeats a subscriber contest where each paid subscription earns a number. When ten numbers are drawn a sealed duplicate is selected, entitling five dollars in trade at a Patoka store or mailed to a nonlocal winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka Register
M. D. Walker
Patoka
Community Notices and Social Visits Across Town
A string of local social visits and gatherings is recorded. Names include Steele and Ahlf families visiting the Sport and Bowen households, with Charley Lutz relatives in Sandoval, and birthday celebrations for Eldon Bowen and Mrs. Perrish with many attendees listed from Sulivan, Bowen, and surrounding families.
Patoka Area Visitors and Shoppers Record Local Appointments
East Fork Oze Hill and Patoka residents plus visitors filled the week with shopping calls and social visits. Names include Henry Stillabower Clarence Bowen Everett Goodwin Orville Hill Ruby Schmahl Nettie Schmahl Chas Bowen Willie Perkins Ernest Schmahl Sue Cozad Russell Palmer and family, with gatherings around Temple school and Fairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oze Hill
Patoka
Henry Stillabower
Clarence Bowen
Everett Goodwin
Orville
Henry Stilabower
Herb Schahl
Ore Hill
Ralph Williams
Ernest Schmahl
Junior Williams
Local calls noted in weekend period
Dwight Petrea called in the afternoon. Ruby and Ernest Schmahl visited Mrs. Leatha Bowen Saturday. Eli Palmer was in the vicinity Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Petrea
Ruby
Ernest Schmahl
Leatha Bowen
Eli Palmer
Community Notes From Southeast Town Social Roundup
Mr and Mrs Frank Snyder and children visited Wm Snyder and family Sunday. Clarence Cohorn spent Sunday with Ed Woods. The Belcher and Bowen families hosted and visited by Cohorns, Bopps, and Williams. Forty four attended Sunday School at Fairman. Some attended a drama in Patoka Sunday evening. Opal Belcher Freda Bowen and others called on Mrs James Meredith Jr. Friday. Temple school visitors included Boyde Steele and Ernest Schmahl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Sport
Charles Ahlf
J. C. Bowen
Clarence Wen
Irvon Bowen
J. E. Hill
Centralia
Charley Lutz
Sandoval
Clarence Bowen
Francis Gott
Fred Lutz
John Henning
Nina
Marie Lutz
Jake Oltz
Eldon Bowen
Link Perrish
Fairman
Perrish
George Perrish
Sullivan
Pete Bopp
Frank Altom
Joe Whalan
Tryon Bowen
Frank Peatrea
Fred Adams
Henry Troutt
Frank Snyder
Cecil, Dean
Clifton Bowen
Flossie Lowe
Wm. Snyder
Clarence Cohorn
Ed Woods
Matt Belcher
Jim Cohorn
Boulder
Luther Williams
Nelson Hicks
Freda Bowen
Dean
Cecil
Clifton
Glenn Bowen
Millard Palmer
Patoka
Opal Belcher
Cecil Bowen
James Meredith Jr
Boyde Steele
Carl
Henry Stillabower
Temple School
Ernest Schmahl
Fridga
Opal
Local visits and purchases noted in Salem Odin and Boulder
Mrs Eunice McHaney and Mr Mrs Eunice McHaney shopped in Salem on Wednesday. Doris Cozad visited with his son Lee Cozad and family in Odin on Thursday. John Talbert and family called on Mr and Mrs J W Kretzer Clarence Cozad and family in Boulder on Sunday. Mrs Ruth Wagner and children called at the Campbell home Sunday afternoon. John Wagner and Logan Meredith bought a horse in St Louis last week. Henry Stillabower and wife had dinner with Russell Palmer and family on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eunice McHaney
Salem
Doris Cozad
Lee Cozad
Odin
John Talbert
J. W. Kretzer
Clarence Cozad
Boulder
Ruth Wagner
Campbell
John Wagner
Logan Meredith
St. Louis
Henry Stillabower
Russell Palmer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dorothy Doolen
Vernon
Chester O. Mecum
Cerro Gordo
E. E. Morgan
Sally Purdue
Wayne Walton
Orville Schroeder
Forrest Oates
Dot [Doolen
Adolph Dietrich
Cannon
Dietrich
Vursell
Loren Craig
A. A. Galbreth
San Jones
John Hists
Mildred Adams
Centracia
JG. McKee
Pearl McKibben
Ora Nieis
Allie Wooldridge
Inka
S. H. Hurd
Elza Adams
Vern McKnew
Central City
Anna Galbreth
Nancy Branch
Pearl Branch
Fanny Fulton
Mildred Malzhan
Lois
Hazel Hicks
Ohio
William Galbreth
Earl Ramsey
Centrica
Ramsey
Violet Durbin
Gladys Hanna
Hanna
Dan Hicks
Chicago
Ray Kretzers
Clarence Cavins
Cora Renfro
Fred Kirgan
I. I. Walker
Frank Crawford
Harry Perkins
R. L. Walton
John C. Linton
W. L. Outhouse
L. F. Zimmerman
Claud Walker
Anna Morton
R. I
S. C. White
Farthing
Hatchery
Illinois
Steele
East Fork
Fredonia
Janat Gaynor
Warner Baxter
OWL Show
Clark Gable
Connie Bennett
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