Temple community notes and school honors
Freda Bowen spent Sunday with Violet Williams and other neighbors including Charley Bopp and Daisy Lee. Miss Opal Belcher visited Miss Mabel Bowen while Charley and Edd Belcher hosted friends. Luther Williams and family visited Perish family. Temple school closed last Friday with dinner for teacher Elsie Hicks attended by forty four. Violet Williams won a gold pin for perfect attendance and Hazel Heindrick a six month perfect spelling book. Mrs. Hicks will teach next term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freda Bowen
Violet Williams
Charley Bopp
Daisy Lee
Pete Bopp
Opal Belcher
Mabel Bowen
Charley Bowen
Edd Belcher
Luther Williams
Hazel Heindrick
Elsie Hicks
Social visiting and calls reported in Somerville area
Wayne McHaney visited Salem on Sunday morning. J R Gray and family from near Carter spent Sunday with S W Gray and family. Harry Zollar called on friends near Sandy Branch. Hilary Smith of Champaign and Harry Smith and son John of Alma called in the neighborhood last week. Mrs T W Gray and Alpha Gray spent Monday with H W Somerville. Ellen Gray visited home folks Saturday night and Sunday. Mrs J F Black and Mrs Dwight Black attended Sunday School at Cabbage Chapel. Sunday callers on H W Somerville were L A Gettleman and wife, A S Jett and wife, Wm Ballance and wife and son Maurice, and Uhas. Somerville and wife of Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Black
Salem
J. R. Gray
Carter
S. W. Gray
Harry Zollar
Sandy Branch
Hilary Smith
Champaign
Harry Smith
John
Alma
T. W. Gray
Alpha Gray
H. W. Somervilles
Ellen Gray
J. F. Black
Dwight Black
Cabbage Chapel
H.W. Somerville
L. A. Gettleman
A. S. Jett
Wm. Ballance
Maurice and
Uhas
Somerville
Decatur
Local Visits Reported From Salem Area
Tom Ballance with wife and daughter Ellen called on Mrs T W and Alpha Gray Sunday. Eck Zollar visited F M Sanders last week. Bob Gray is constructing a milk house for S W Gray. Walter Somerville and Miss Ellen McIntosh of Salem spent Sunday with his ailing father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Ballance
Ellen
Weekend Visits and School Notices Across Town
Miss Pauline Chandler of Salem visited her parents while Chris Neilson and family called near Vera. Vandalia residents Mrs. Alva Binnion and Mrs. Loren Caldwell visited Oscar Caldwell's family. Last Tuesday rain halted field work briefly. Pearl Britt will teach Round Top next year and Isabelle Cozad will teach at Chance. The Chance term ended with a noon basket dinner at the schoolhouse attended by L. B. Cozad of Fredonia and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Chandler
Salem
Chris Neilson
Chas. Neilson
Vera
Alva Binnion
Loren Caldwell
Vandalia
Oscar Caldwell
John Barnes
Frank Thomason
Luther Barnes
Paul Caldwell
Macon
Diamond Springs Social Roundup Sees Local Visits And Gatherings
Mr and Mrs John Oneal and daughter Emma visited Ed Wurm and family Sunday. A large crowd attended the basket dinner at Faught school Friday. Mr and Mrs Walter Hester called on Mr and Mrs James Jensen Sunday. Chas Crowder visited Vandalia Sunday. Claude Sanders and daughter Mae were Centralia callers Friday. Howard Jensen moved to George Carter place. Ed Wurm visited Patoka Saturday. George Leicht visited Carlyle Monday. Howard Quick and family were Centralia visitors Friday. New milk houses are being erected in the community. Dean Jensen has been ill. Mrs Henry Edwards spent Friday with daughter Mrs Sheldon Apple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John O’neill
Emma
Ed Wurm
Fairman
Faught School
Walter Hester
James Jensen
Chas. Crowder
Vandalia
Claude Sanders
Mae
Centralia
Howard Jensen
George Carter Place
Patoka
George Leicht
Carlyle
Howard Quick
Dean Jensen
Miss Pearl Britt closes successful term at Englin school
Miss Pearl Britt capped a successful term on Thursday April 30 with a noon weiner roast for students patrons and guests. Two pupils earned perfect attendance Wayne Loor and Wendell Belcher. Several local families visited nearby in a weekend of social activity around Englin and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Britt
Wayne Loor
Wendell Belcher
Marga
Jett
Conny Sapt Kniseley
G .W. Leys
N Cainer
Maurice Ballance
Englin
Tom Ballance
Lawrence Kissner
Centralia
Ethel Long
E. B. Linton
Wayne Long
Lawrence Perrine
Fred Meyer
Floyd Britt
Omar Meyer
Cropsey
Homer Berry
St. Louis
Harold
Donald Belcher
Reuben Thalman
Charles Meyer
Luther Perrine
Louis Kissner
Perry Belcher
Safe Driving Rules Vary With Conditions
The guide states no fixed speed limit for safety and urges driving to feel secure. It warns against sudden braking when swerving toward a hole and notes high speed with brakes on can break a spring. It also advises checking radiator drainage for oil indicating a cooling system leak and possible cylinder head gasket failure.
Community Visitors and Local Run of News
Steele School students and families from Wood and Lutz circles visited Ed Wood and family on Leo Carson and with the Troutt and Chigoi households. Local trips included Ed Wood and Chas Lutz to Salem. Students plus teacher Mrs. Juanito C. Wheritt toured the courthouse while awaiting final exam results. Milk house work progresses as Kissner visits Ververs and Mason hosts ailing Mrs. Mason.
Masters Sale in Marion County Illinois Foreclosure Notice
The State of Illinois Marion County will offer for sale on May 28 1931 at 1 PM at the south front door of the Salem Court House the middle third of Lots 6 and 7 and the north third of the middle third of Lot 8 in Block 2 Jones Addition Patoka as described. Terms are cash in hand. Special Master in Chancery William A Mills dated May 5 1931. John L Kagy solicitor for complainant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D
Leo Freyer
Anna Pugh
George Hurt
Marion County Circuit Court
Court House
Salem
Charles Floyd Jones
Patoka
Marion
Illinois
William A. Mills
Marion County
John L. Kagy
Farmers and Merchants State Bank of
Vernon
Walter Wernsman
Walker
Vernon foreclosure sale notice in Illinois lands
Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Vernon Illinois sues Walter Wernsman et al to foreclose. An April 1931 term sets sale at the Salem courthouse with bid for cash on May 28 1931 at 1 pm for a Vernon village parcel described by Lot 9 tier B Walker addition.
Foreclosure Notice In Marion County Illinois Property
The First State Bank of Patoka Illinois files foreclosure against Charlie A Thomas. Property includes parts of Section 4 and Section 33 in Township 3 North Range 2 East along with 45 acres on the south side of the southeast quarter of Section 33. Terms require cash in hand.
Classified notices from Patoka area include sales rentals and services
Listings show seed corn for sale at two dollars per bushel or per bit from Fred Morrison Wm Godel and Edw Payne plus yellow seed corn at different prices. Property for sale a five room house in Patoka and a crib rug offered by H G Hudspeth. Wm Kidder and W H Harper assist, also requests for overhauling and music lessons from Everett Purdue and Wilma Crawford. A rental notice seeks tenancy by a small family and a note on work hours mentions regulation sixty minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Morrison
Ramsey
Ill
Patoka
Wm. Kidder
W. H. Harper
Kinmundy
Paul Williams
Pauline Genre
Wm. Godel
Vernon
Everett Purdue
Edw
Payne
H. G. Hudspeth
Wilma Crawford
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State of Illinois
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