Local News Roundup From Whiting and Nearby
Community items recount visits and gatherings across Whiting Centra, Kinmundy, and Sandoval. Notables include Mrs. J F Matchett and Mrs Don La Mond moving to Long Island, church ladies hosting sales, and hospital and funeral attendance across towns. George Davis and Keith Pike Jr from SIU visited homes. Mrs Nellie Matheney funeral attendees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiting
Ladies of Christian Church
J. F. Matchett
Don la Mond
Donnie
Kathleen
New York
Long Island
la Mond
Edna Tune
Anna Ballance
Aline Bopp
William Snyder
Sandoval
J. R. Snyder
Janice
Jimmie
Ruby Linton
Kinmundy
W. W. Eagan
Centrally
Miss Mac Eagan
Lee
J. H. Humes
Heyworth
Lester Hathaway
William Parker
Adelphia Wilson
Eunice Jackson
Mac Eagan
St. Louis
Marcus Cox
Clarence
Ted) Moore
St. Marys Hospital
Centralia
Community Notices from North Zion Area
Jesse Hickey of Hagarstown made a business call on Dewey Neilson Saturday. Several neighbors visited, and 49 attended Sunday School with Cecil Black and Phyliss Mae Neilson honored. Zion Church held Sunday service with Sherrill Leckrone. prayer meeting followed Tuesday. Road work continues with rock and gravel from Post Oak corner east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Hickey
Hagarstown
Dewey Neilson
Una Lynch
Patoka
Walter
George Neilson
Gus Green
Elmer Frizzel
John Shaw
Carl Arnold
Carbondale
Cyrus Arnold
Cecil Black
Phyliss Mae Neilson
Maurice Adams
Centralia
Cephas Adams
Zion Church
Sherrill Leckrone
George Scho
Local notes include births visits and community events
Vernon News reports a baby girl born to Kenneth and Marie Meador at Greer Hospital in Vandalia. Weekend visits include Dale Jones Barbara Patoka with C O Livesay and the Doolens hosting a halleween shower. Socials feature a Halloween carnival, a telephone operators meeting correction, and a large church Sunday School attendance. Sgt Ernie Linder begins a ninth U S Army tour after a furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Jones
Barbara
Patoka
C. O. Livesay
Kenneth Meador
Greer Hospital
Vandalia
Marie Sessions
West
St. Louis
R. W. Lewis
Clay City
Carroll
Bessie Bobbitt
Opal Jones
Marie Hathaway
Bell Telephone Company
Hotel Hayes
Centralia
Lodema Bayliss
S. A. Willett
Hallowe
Vance Murfin
Jim Bobbett
Ernie Linder
Evale Russell
Harry Linder
Salem
Sgt
Linder
Fort Ord
Calif
Sgt. Linder
U. S. Army
Bear Creek-White Haven Brown Family Reunion Report
A Brown family reunion was held Sunday at Gilbert Brown’s home with about fifty attendees including John W. Brown of Clinton Illinois and numerous relatives from Clinton Peoria Macon St. Louis Weldon Vandalia Pana Decatur and other towns. Guests enjoyed suppers and visits while additional events noted include a miscellaneous shower for Stanley Meador and Vernon Payne and extended family visits with local households in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Gilbert Brown
John W. Brown
Clinton, Ill
Ransom Belcher and Son
Clinton
Glen Barnes
Peoria
Ill
Oscar Travis
Childdren
Macon
Merle Goodin
St. Louis
Winnie Baker
Weldon
Verne Wyant
Colfax
Floyd Wall
Lucille
Lake City
Francis Wall
Decatur
Wayne Brown
Pana
Orval Brown
Vandalia
Albert Brown
Monterey Park
California
Berthel Sanders
Boulder
Tom Lake
John Houston
Near Decatur
John Lake
Claude Anderson
Phil and
Marylin
J. F. Anderson
Stanley Meador
Vernon Payne
Stella Thompson
Sis
Local Social News From Indiana and Salem Meetings
Mr and Mrs John Gillespie and daughter Mabel returned home Saturday after a week with his brother George Gillespie and family in Anderson Indiana Miss Minnie Peddicord and Mrs Dallas Robinson attended a teacher s luncheon in Salem Friday at Southern Gardens Mrs Homer Lewellen and Mrs William Miller hosted a group of 38 teachers including guests and members of Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gillespie
Mabel
George Gillespie
Anderson
Indiana
Minnie Peddicord
Dallas Robinson
Salem
Southern Gardens
Homer Lewellen
William Miller
Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority
Christie and Andersons Attend Friday Social Callers
Mr and Mrs George Christie hosted guests with Mr and Mrs John Anderson visiting Friday evening for a social call at their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ter
George Christie
John Anderson
Corn Loan Set At 1.41 For Marion County Farmers
The 1949 corn loan rate for Marion County is 1.41 per bushel, 3 cents below 1948. National average 1.40 vs 1.44 last year. Porter urges farmers to build storage space as carryover exceeds 800 million bushels. resealing helps with 1948 corn loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Elmer Portey
Production and Marketing Administration
Porter
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Wm. Boyd
Hopalong Cassidy
Boris Karloff
Anne Baxter
Ralph Bellamy
Johnny Belinda
Jane Wyman
Lew Ayres
Gene Autry
Dog Rusty
Ted Donaldson
John Litel
Ann Doran
Illinois
Glenn Ford
Nina Foch
Loretta Young
Celeste Holm
Bad Boy
Audie, Murphy
Lloyd Nolan
Pavij Muni
Lillian Gish
the Lost Tribe
Johny Weissmuller
Myrna Dell
The
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Oklahoma
Randolph Scott
Geo. McCready
GLOBE
Brand OF Fear
Jimmy Wakely
Gail Davis
Bruce Gentry
Julia
Walter Pidgeon
Greer Gars
Pauline
Betty Hutton
John Lund
North Zion
Cecil Bobbett
Louise Donoho
Kell
C. D. Doolen
State Farm
Vandaia
Aice Prott
Victor Epps
Lewis Leininger
Chicago
Herbert Laws
Springfield
Dickie Robertson
Bear Creek
White Haven
Raymond Caudle
E.S. Caudle
Floyd Kistler
Mary’s
VOGUE
Odin
Mary Alice Morgan
Limestone
Les Jenkins
Patoka, Ill
Feed Farthing’s
Circo
Remderiac
Farina
Egyptian Nursery & Landscape CO
Patoka Elevator Company
Vernon, Ill
Haarlem
Peruna
Golden Med
Discovery
Ben Gay
Magnesia
Hill’s Store
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