Cracker Neck News Briefs and Local Notes
Cracker Neck reports a stray mad dog in the area last week that bit several dogs before being killed. Grandma Wall visits Cracker Neck friends. Job Murray shipped two truckloads of dogs to St. Louis on Monday. George Belcher went to Vandalia Monday. Elmer Kinney returns to the community. John Shepard and family with Charlie Shepard and families spent Sunday with J. A. Shepard and family. Dock Shepard repaired a fence at the start of the week. Some items may be omitted or discarded in this column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandma Wall
Job Murray
St. Louis
George Belcher
Vandalia
Elmer Kinney
John Shepard
Charley Shepard
J. A. Shepard
Dock Shepard
Seventeen Attend Church at Temple Sunday Afternoon
Seventeen people attended church at Temple Sunday afternoon. Various local residents were mentioned in calls and visits including the Belcher, Wood, Bowen, Bopp, Poole, Pulver, and Bradford families during the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple
Mat Belcher
Ed Belcher
Dayne
Genevieve Wood
Albert Bowen
Pete Bopp
Lila
Charlie Bopp
Daisy Lee
Pearle Poole
Charles Howard
Patoka
Luther Williams
George Pulver
Wash Bowen
Irvon Bowen
Frank Bradford
Matt Belcher
Stombaugh Hill News Highlights From Vandalia
Stombaugh Hill reports talk of lingering winter with stove concerns. J R Stombaugh and Bill Lasner brought paint from St. Louis. Mrs Ames Oberg and others spent Tuesday in Highland with relatives. Wm Hawkins buys a new radio. Several local families, including Stombaugh and Laswell members, visit Patoka and Vandalia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Stombaugh
Bill Lasner
St. Louis
Ames Oberg
Howard Daniels
Mary
Highland
J. A. Shepard
Patoka
Rosa Laswell
Jim Hopkins
Rollin Stombaugh
Effingham
Pierson
Vandalia
Glenn Stombaugh
Marybell Stombaugh
John Luster
Ella Hankins
Bill
Two-Wheel Brakes Warned asSafer Cars Offer Sudden Stoppage
Drivers of older cars with two-wheel brakes are urged to keep a greater following distance as newer four-wheel brake models can stop more abruptly.
Publication Notice in Marion County Court
In the Circuit Court to the September Term 1981 at Salem Illinois a publication notice is issued in a chancery action Frances Laney against Homer Laney. The affidavit of non residence states Homer Laney must appear by the first day of the September term or the bill will be confessed and a decree entered. Clerk Frank C. Henseley and solicitor Ward P. Holt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Frances Laney
Homer Laney
Salem
Illinois
Card of Thanks from Mrs. Ed Belcher
We thank neighbors and friends for assistance during illness at home and in hospital. Gratitude for visits cards letters candy fruit and flowers. Thanks to doctors nurses and Bro. Monroe Smith for kindness and care. May God bless each one. Mrs Ed Belcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Smith
Ed Belcher
Open Season Joke About Alice
The quip is a light exchange asking what kind of girl Alice is and answering that she can only be kissed on two occasions. The setup hinges on a pun about rain and dry spells as the punchline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice
Master sale scheduled in Marion County Illinois
The First State Bank of Patoka files a master's sale decree against Charlie A. Thomas. The sale will occur at the south front door of the Salem courthouse on June 6, 1931 at 1 PM. Property includes specific land descriptions in Sections 4 and 33, Township 3 and 4 North, Range 2 East, Third Principal Meridian, Marion County Illinois. Cash in hand. Special Master in Chancery William A. Mills presiding. Dated May 5, 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Mills
Marion County
Ilinois
Sp Ork
John L. Kagy
Class Play Robin Hood a Big Success at Gym Night
The Juniors presented Robin Hood in the gym on Wednesday night and the show drew strong receipts. Proceeds covered most of the cost of a new curtain used for the first time, with promising financial and aesthetic results.
Local News From Patoka And Salem
Miss Leota Lowery of Salem spent the weekend here with Alberta Lee Beckmeyer. Doyle Beckmeyer visited his grandmother in St. Louis and saw the big ball game Saturday. Ministers Willis, J M Smith, M D Ballance and H Belcher attended the District Conference of the M E Church South in Centralia on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leota Lowery
Salem
iAlberta Lee Beckmeyer
Doyle Beckmeyer
St. Louis
Rev. Willis
J. M. Smith
M. D. Ballance
H. Belcher
M. E. Church South
Centralia
Foreclosure Action Involves Freyer Pugh In Pa toka Ill
In the April Term of 1931 Leo Freyer sues Anna Pugh George Hurt and others seeking foreclosure on parcels described as the middle third of Lots 6 and 7 and the north third of the middle third of Lot 8 in Block 2 Charles Floyd Jones Addition Pa toka Marion County Illinois. Terms: cash in hand. John L. Kagy solicitor for the complainant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Foreclosure Sale Notice at Vernon Illinois Bank Case
Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Vernon Illinois sues Walter Wernsman et al for foreclosure. An offer for sale of described land in Vernon at the Salem courthouse front door on Saturday June 6 1931 at 1 pm. Property runs from Lot 9 Tier B Walker Addition Vernon 270 ft east 400 ft north 130 ft west 250 ft south 140 ft west 150 ft south to beginning in Section 10 Township 4 North Range 1 East Third Principal Meridian Marion County Illinois. Cash in hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers and Merchants State Bank of
Vernon
Illinois
Walter Wernsman
Marion County Circuit Court
Court House
Salem
Walker
Marion
William A. Mills
Marion County
For Sale Classifieds and Help Wanted in Patoka Column
Local notices list multiple sales and services including a five room house for sale in Patoka at $700, various farm items such as seed corn and soybeans, a milk cow, rabbits for sale, and services like music lessons and car overhaul. A wage dispute anecdote about Mike and his foreman ends the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka
Wm. Kidder
W. H. Harper
Kinmundy
Paul Williams
Ill
Everett Purdue
Edw
Payne
Wilma Crawford
A. W. Foster
C. B. Voris
George Wickersham
New Zealand
Dale Nattier
Martin Hopkins
Also Mentioned on This Page
Stombaugh Hill
State of Illinois
Frank C. Henseley
Ward P. Holt
Mickie
Comeni
America
C. A. Globe
Vernon, Illinois
Love Brothers
T. E. Irvin
First State Bank of
Charlie A. Thomas
Mike
Altom’s
Sandoval “Y
G. A. Ellis
Moderne
Frederick
Rubye Cain Patoka
Smith & Jolliff
Answe
Harold Jolliff Vernon
J. M. Smith Patoka
Carl Cunningham
East Broadway
MAE Eagan Auto and Property Insurance
Linton & Beery
Beryl Linton
Leta Smith Beery
All Clayton Beery
Reid
Virginia
Kens
Pato
Ka and
Seamsar Jr
George J. Wasem
Meridian
Blue Goose
L. E. Belcher
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