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Shoppers and social links from Murphysboro town life
Local residents and visitors are noted in a long chain of social calls travel and church visits across Murphysboro and nearby towns. Families from Vandalia Cairo Decatur Elsbury Alton and Salem mingle at services picnics and outings while a fatal drowning near Centralia is quietly referenced with focus on the community day’s events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith’s
Smith
Paul Logan
Anna Pugh
Robert’ Eagan
Maude
Ellis
Maurice Ballance
Carl Arnold
Cairo
Murphysboro
Florence Simcox
Taylor Nall
Salem
Cecil Elliott
Nashville
H. G. Hudspeth
Mae Simcox
Rada Crenshaw
Benjamin
Texas
Robert Morey
Lester Ballance
Ed ‘Markwell
Markwell
Della Johnstone
St. Louis
Trenna
Joan
Ruth Crawfoord
Chicago
Frank Crawford
West of Town
Colburn Richeson
Dean Martin
Louise Moore
Florence
Ruby Cain
Helen Troyer
Kentucky
Louisville
Marle Anderson
Max
Litchfield
Ed Anderson
Betty Simcox
Pauline Hayes
Maude Carter
Nellie Houston
Mae Field
Kinmundy
Virginia Martin
Gayle Belcher
Decatur
Orville Schroeder
Robert Eagan
Leo Denning
Alton
Centralia Reservoir
Orville
Salem Police Force