Local Social News and Obituary Fragments From Vandalia Area
The notice highlights a funeral in Granville for John Pratt born June 3 1887 near Wenona with survivors across multiple towns incl Dale Carl Robert Mary and Ruby plus 26 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Other items mention visits travel to California families in Vandalia Shobonier Centralia Olney and Taylorville and a new railroad elevator being built nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Cox
Wenona
Elizabeth Alf
John Pratt
Granville
Mr. Pratt
Clinton County
Abel
Elizabeth Wortman Pratt
Florence Cox
Fayette Co
Dale
Henry
St. Carl
Lacon
Robert of
Lostant
John of McNabb
Ray
St. Charles
Mary Hattan
LaRose
Ruby Judd
Marie Johnson
Hennepin
Bear Haven social notes recount village gatherings
John Houston and wife hosted dinner Sunday with Mrs. Gussie Manley, Buck Pulver, Clara Jones, Ed and Pat Houston and baby. Many neighbors and relatives visited, attended weddings, showers, Mother's Day gatherings, and Sunshine Club meetings at Odin, Mulberry Grove, Vandalia, and nearby homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Houston
Gussie Manley
Buck Pulver
Clara Jones
Pat Houston
Thelma.Sapp
Tamaico
Farie
Toad) Payne
Lulu Payne
Flora Payne
Thural Morey
Bell Meseke
Vandalia
John Gerkin
Wm. Geherkin
Cecil Holt
Elza Geherkin
Estell Blunk
Tornie
Helen Warmack
Belle Ehlers
Charles Fiscus
Bulah Kious
Mrs. Fiscus
Mulberry Grove
Ed Houston
Malania
Odin
Pat
Leo Kennedy
John Lake
Lake
Ralph Perkins
Sunshine Club
Essie Houston
Mary Ballance
Cordia Lake
Alice Bernius
Etta Anderson
Amy Christie
Lillian Landreth
Della Morey
Mildred Norris
Hazel Brown
Malania Houston
Hollis Pulver
Sandoval
James Payne
Fora Payne
St. Louis
Thelma Sapp
Tamaleo
Flora and
Essie
Public Inspection of Carlyle Dam Open House Planned
Colonel James B. Meador announced a public open house for Carlyle Dam and Reservoir on May 16 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Engineers in uniform will guide tours, with access to the administration building and an artist’s conception of the project. The event marks the first public orientation as construction nears the halfway point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Meador
Carlyle
Kaskaskia
Corps of Engineers
Meanor
Also Mentioned on This Page
He Vernon
Lotta Hopkins
Mrs. Marvin
Ehrat
Ray Ashcraft
Sholconier
Mabel Snyder
Clyde
Bridgeport
Ada Belcher
Patoka
Cora Lanham
Shattuc
Dot Willett
Champaign
Merle Morey
Alice Wilson
Centralia
Clyde Payne
Frank
California
Edward D. Paynes
W. F. Murfin
Vandalia Hospital
Anna Henry
Ruby
Shobonier
Marvin Ehrat
Olney
Iula Beck
Delores
Virgil Klinge
B. F. Beck
Josepine Compton
L. Livesay
M. Burton
E. St. Louis
Maude Hatch
Wayne Roberts
Decatur
Carol Heeley
Washington State
Barbara Payne
Mattie Jarrett
Edith Peyton
Taylorville
Bear Haven
Vernon Payne
Cathy
Crystal
Carol Quick
Boulder
Harold Landreth
Wm Gene Links
Betty’ Jones
Guy Jones
Robert Crawford
Darrell Caudle
Assumption
E. S. Caudle
Raymond Caudle
Judy Caudle
Mila Caine
Simps Caudle
Mila Cain
Terri Ann
Russell Engler
National Trail Telephone Corporation
Altamont
Beecher City
Brownstown
Keysport - Vernon - ST. Elmo
ST. Peter - Shumway
Boulder Methodist Church
Miss Quick
Burl Quick
Ellis Doolen
Cerro Gordo
Berniece Weaver
Carlyle Reservoir
George Eliot
ST. Lawrence Church
Sandoval, Illinois
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