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Vernon Notes From Vandalia Week And Local News
Vernon weekly bulletin from Vandalia area reports school events concerts and exams with eighth graders Hanson Herring and Hathaway high school activities church events and dances. It notes visitors including the Oates family and Meador relatives plus a May 16 appearance by Maude Edward Cox at M E Church and a Decatur trip for business. Local births deaths and a Decatur truck accident are mentioned along with church attendance and various social calls.
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Vandalia
Vandalia High School
Genevieve Metzger
Mervel Willett
Marlin Meador
Francis Sturgess
O. Hackelman
Andrew Peddicord
William Oates
Roy Cox
William Danbury
Lem Meador
Grace
Henry Blankinship
John Rouse
Grace Revis
Luke Snyder
Patoka
Glen Cox
Donald Allison
W. L. Hathaway
Sidney Spears
Frank Powell
Decatur
Vernon
Maude Edward Cox
M. E. Church
Lloyd Hanson
Carl Herring
Helen White
Arcus Cox
Glenwood Brown
Juanita Hathaway
Arnold Jarrett
Dean Freyer
Wayne Walton
Fernebury
Velvin Hathaway
Mary Jarrett
Louise Betts
Doris Murfin
Sherman Livesay
Maurice Murfin
Cox
Leland Peddicord
Bloomington
Josie Cox
St. Mary’s Hospital
Alice Wade
Kaney Ice Cream Co
Centralia
Gus Protz
Government Hospital
Chicago
Vernon School
Woods
Lora Murfin
Grace Meador
Helen Hathaway
Ivy Lowe
Irene Sprinkle
Grover Blankinship
Murphysboro
W. D. Murfin
Walter Pruett
Kinmundy
Edwin Walker
Ben Pembleton
St. Louis
C. B. Eagan
Arnolds Chapel
Our City
John Gherkin
Ira Kinney
Mullers
Carrie Jones
Carbondale
John Jones
Alvin Hathaway
James
Fannie Crowder
Zion