Centralia Social Roundup Shows Wide Family and Visitor Ties
A crowded Centralia social note lists visits from G C Betts and daughter Louise to Vandalia and Vandalia visitors to town, with Irene Sprinkle from Vandalia, Jim Crothers family from Keysport, and many relatives from Decatur Vandalia Shattue Mt Olive Patoka and Decatur. Other items include new Ford roadster and touring car owners W L Hathaway Dwight Bundy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Betts
Louise
Roy Cox
Centralia
Irene Sprinkle
Vandalia
Juanita Hathaway
Elmer Wortman
Olive
J. W. Epps
Irman
Alice Arnold
Arnold Chapel
D. W. White
Freda
H. C. Tillman
Gladys Thompson
Rose Mary Cox
Maron
Guy Jones
Decatur
John Jones
Lawrence Wilson
Bear Creek
F. C. Freyer
Charles Ehlers
Charles Vrenon
St. Louis
J. H. Peddicord
G.C. Betis
Helen Hathaway
Mary Barrett
Bryan Hagan
Patoka
W. L. Hathaway
Jack
Sam Lynch
Harry
John
Shattue
C. O. Livesay
Reva Crothers
Elmer Crothers
Glen Grey
W. L. Grey
Edna
al Grey
Leo Thompson
John Thompson
Lem Meador
Son Marlin
Meadors
Elmer. Crothers
Bear Creek Sunday Gatherings Across Local Families
Orval Jones and family spent Sunday with Carl Easton and family. Arline Lake visits Decatur aunt for the week. Henry Crumb and family drove to St Elmo. W. F. Murfin and family with Lewis Leninger visit Emmett Caudle and wife. Melvin Belcher and Mary Lake with Albert Brown and family. Mrs Brown ill with rheumatism in left arm. Frank Robertson goes to Missouri to aid J C Lloyd in sawmill work. Mrs Cora Deffenbaugh and child ren join Arch Deffenbaugh Mrs Jiva Davis and Max Ashenfelter of Decatur visit Frank Lake and mother. Fred Lake and family visit Harold Goff and wife near Shobonier. Jasper Benefield’s sixth birthday marked by a family reunion with Ora Allen family, Mrs P Ingram of Newton Ill, Tony Blankinship and family and friend of Kincaid Ill, John Whitehurst and family, Walter Pribble and family, and Bert Tedrick and family of Vandalia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arline Lake
Decatur
Henry Crumb
St. Elmo
W. F. Murfin
Lewis Leninger
Emmett Caudle
Melvin Belcher
Mary Lake
Albert Brown
Brown
Frank Robertson
Missouri
J .C. Lloyd
Cora Deffenbaugh
Arch Deffenbaugh
Jiva Davis
Max Ashenfelter
Frank Lake
Fred Lake
Harold’ Goff
Shobonier
Jasper Benefici
Ora Allen
P. Ingram
Newton, Ill
Tony Blankinship
Kincaid
Ill
John Whitehurst
Walter Pribble
Bert Tedrick
Vandalia
Fostersburg News Briefs Note Local Visit and Farm Updates
Misses Martha and Jane Walker and Lewis Jones visit Vandalia. Uncle Sam Jones recovers from a wagon fall with bruises. Mrs Mona Arnold of Clinton visits Robert and family. Mrs Ernest Stevens and Paul visit L Foster and Griffin family. Jane Walker drives a new Ford. Robert Arnold sells sheep to Roy Thalman. Farmers plant corn and hope for rain. Eli Morgan visits Cra Greens near Zion. Mrs Blanche Doolen and children attend church at Zion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha
Jane Walker
Lewis Jones
Sam Jones
Mona Arnold
Clinton
Robert
Ernest Stevens
Paul
L. Foster
Griffin
Robert Arnold
Roy Thalman
Eli Morgan
Cra Greens
Zion
Blanche Doolen
Vernon treasurer corrects village rents and year total
In an annual treasurer's report for Vernon, A Forehand notes an error in recording village hall rents. The correct rent total is 154.25 and the corrected current fund debit is 900.93.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
A. Forehand
Village Treas
Local Sunday School Attendance and Social Visits
Fifty four attended Sunday School at Temple. Visitors included Irvin Bowen and family with Wash and Clarence Bowen, Charley Bowen, Maurice Lockard and family, and Mary Ellen Collins. Evelyn Smith visited with Lela and Lila Bopp. callers on Mat Belcher included Riley Williams Sr., Lester Hathaway, Dave Waterhouse, Charley Bopp, Pearl Poole, and Lela and Lila Bopp. Maurice Lockard and family visited Charley Bowen. A party at Joe Yardley’s Saturday night drew a large gathering. Luther Williams of Decatur came Saturday and returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple Sunday
Irvin Bowen
Wash and Clarence
Charley Bowen
Maurice Lockard
Mary Ellen Collins
Evelyn Smith
Lela
Lila Bopp
Mat Belcher
Family members visit before departure to Decatur
The article notes Burl Bowen visiting Russell Collins Sunday evening. Mrs Nellie Powell and son Glen and Jim Powell of Decatur called on Firbie Belcher and daughters Monday morning during their return trip to Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Burl Bowen
Russell Collins
Nellie Powell
Glen
Jim Powell
Firbie Belcher
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F. M. Smith
Illinois
John A. Jennings
W. Li Grey
Howard Pope
James
Phyliss
Cecil Dickerson
B. A. Bryan
Bloomington
Lizzie Meyers
George
Henry Wernsman
Walter Murfin
Maurice Dean
Walter Warren
George Binnion
East of Town
Mason Binnion
Dave Johnson
I. A. Pfeffer
Victor Epps
Glenn Walton
Mt. Olive
Lloyd Hanson
Pope Sisters
W. L. Danbury
Selec
Wm. Hutter Clothing Co
C. of C
Orval Jones
Carl Easton
Fostersburg
Scle Paints Co
Bcothes
Avannisnes
T. E. Irvin
Fairmount Jockey Club
East Stt. Louis
Collineville
Lyman T. Hay
C. Bruce Head
Matt J. Winn
J. H. Rickman
Gen’l
BIG Time
Dixie Theatre
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