Local visits noted across Vernon Clinton and nearby towns
Agnes Manion spent Sunday with relatives in Vernon. Carl and family from St. Louis visited Frank Alender Jr. and family. Hubert Lasenby from Coffee called on Edna Morell and children. Herman Meyers’ daughter and granddaughter visit Mulberry Grove caregiver Mrs. Ralph Jett. Raymond Webb and children from Clinton stayed with Orb Carson. Donna Hamby from Vandalia weekends with Loretta and Berneice Sterling. Alfred Enlow and Luther Enlow families visited John Enlow. Jim Metzger spent Sunday in Decatur with relatives. Carl Broil from Clinton visited Melvin Johnson and family. Fred Carter from Patoka visited James Cooper and Amy Towler. Harland Goff called on Neil Lake and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Webb
Clinton
Orb Carson
Donna Hamby
Vandalia
Loretta
Berneice Sterling
Alfred Enlow
Luther Enlow
John Enlow
Jim Metzger
Decatur
Carl Broil
Melvin Johnson
Fred Carter
Patoka
James Cooper
Amy Towler
Harland Goff
Neil Lake
Marion County Suffers Gas Tax Drop in 1943
Marion County and its principal municipalities saw a $49,536 fall in Illinois gas tax allotments in 1943 due to wartime rationing. Total 1943 county and city allotments declined from $150,038 to $100,502, with Marion County dropping $36,422. Cook County led declines, while several counties posted varying losses and nine counties fell by $50,000 to $100,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Illinois
Barcus, Kindred & Company
Centralian
Salems
Centralia
Salem
State Division of Highways
Dred &Company
Financial Concern
Cook County
Chicago
Cook
Kane
Madison
Peoria
Rock Island
Saint Clair
Sangamon
Adams
Champaign
DuPare
Lake
LaSalle
McLean
Macon
Vermillion
Will
Brown
Calhoun
Cumberland
Gallatin
Hamilton
Hardin
Henderson
Johnson
Pope
Pulaski
Putnam
Scott
Stark
Grandmothers Buy War Bonds for Grandchildren in New York
Two grandmothers Mrs Eliza Taggart and Mrs Edna Neff invest part of their salaries in War Bonds each payday. Taggart's grandson John Warmeer is a co owner of bonds backing her Seabee stepson James Taggart. Neff's granddaughter Barbara Ann receives War Bond gifts as part of a program supporting her Marine father and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N. Y
Aero Spark
Cu Beth ‘Ta
Elizath Taggart
Ednaeff
John Warmeer
Taggart
Neff
Herrman
Navy
Guadalcanal
Grandmothers League
Marshall
Patoka Grade School Meet Results and War Service Appeals
Results from the Patoka Grade School Track Meet list winners in dashes, jumps and throws with multiple names such as Leon Walker Gary Foltz George Nattier David Hetzler and John Davis across events including 50 100 and 440 yard dashes Broad Jump and Baseball Throw. The report also notes Governor Dwight H Green urging statewide prayer services for the European invasion and war mobilization efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Walker
George Nattier
Gary Foltz
David Hetzler
Paul Adams
Barnes
Hill
Richeson
Davis
Pike
Also Mentioned on This Page
Shobonier
Agnes Manion
Vernon
Carl Humphrey
St. Louis
Frank Alender Jr
Hubert Lasenby
Edna Morell
Herman Meyers
Ralph Jett
Mulberry Grove
Barcus
Elizabeth Taggart
Edna Neff
U.S. Treasury
Illinois State News
Patoka Grade
George Natter
Dwight H. Green
Europe
Hove
Clifford Christian
Clifford Chrisian
Hopkins
Moore
Hudson
Wadkins
John Davis
Jimmy Wasem
Billy Joe Boyd
Dean Wadkins
Bob Pugh
Dean Pugh
Mason
Walker
Dean Wasem
Good
Malan
Leighton Wasem
W. H. Stringer
Raymond Hullsizer
State Geological Survey
Wabash
Stead
Virgil Wortman
Peoria County
Hugh W. Cress
Gerry D. Scott
Wyoming
The
Post- Herald
Illinois Press Association
National Editorial Association
W. H. Stinger
Wherley
Ilst Hopkins
Illinois Department of Public Health
State Civil Service Commission
Vandalia, Illinois
Burtschi Motor
Patoka Hardware
Hayes Hatchery Headquarters
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