Local Gossip Roundup From East Fork area
East Fork residents and visitors frequent the Schmahl household in Nettie and Ruby Schmahl’s Patoka connections. Names include Gladys Schmahl Floyd Bowen John Talbert Mary Milano Irvon Meredith Lucie Bartell Ralph Foltz John Foglia C N Walker Lawrence Hinzmann H H Schmahl Dale Jett Ozie Hill Glen Hicks Herbert Schmahl and Cort. notes on weather and corn husking plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Schmahl
Floyd Bowen
Rock Falls
Nettie Schmahl
John Talbert and Son
Patoka
Mary Milano
Ruby
William Perkins
C. N. Walker
Irvon Meredith
Sandoval
Lucie Bartell
Shobonier
Ralph Foltz
Schmahl
John Foglia
Centralia
Lawrence Hinzmann
H. H. Schmahl
Dale Jett
Ozie Hill
Glen Hicks
Herbert Schmahl
C. O. Hill
Cort
Fred Kurgen
Schmahls
Local Social Notes From Fairman Patoka and Salem
Fredonia E E McHaney and Charles Mc Haney shopped at Fairman and Patoka on Tuesday. Ruth Talbert called on Mary Perkins Monday afternoon. Ne and Goodwin and Gene Simpson and family were Salem shoppers Saturday. Laura Carter and family were in Salem Friday. Mary Gehring and son Walter visited Saturday with Gene Simpson and children. E E McHaney hosted Sunday dinner with Wilbur and Laurence Talbert. Norma Scott remains on the sick list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. McHaney
Charles McHaney
Fairman
Patoka
Ruth Talbert
Mary Perkins
Goodwin
Gene Simpson
Salem
Laura Carter
Mary Gehring
Walter
Estel Halfacre
John Talbert
Harold Goff
Ross Reed
Lizzie Gillmore
Anna Sanderson
Central City
Wilbur
Laurence Talbert
Harold Groff
Everett Jett
W. D. Cozad
Mattie Chance
Chas. Mc Haney
George Engelmeier
Valley Park
Missouri
Eli Palmer
C. E. Goodwin
Norma Scott
Livestock Study Tour At National Stock Yards
Illinois Farm Advisers and county livestock officials joined 55 participants from 21 counties for a November 6 and 7 livestock study tour at National Stock Yards. The event, hosted by Producers Live Stock Commissions Association with the Illinois Agricultural Association, opened with sorting and grading demonstrations and concluded with livestock judging and prize awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Blackburn
Salem O. M. Arnold
Kinmundy
C. G. Jone
Salem
Illinois Farm Advisers
Farm Bureau
National Stock Yards
Illinois
Producers Live Stock Commissions Association
Illinois Agricultural Association
Doctors of Centralia to Meet in Effingham
Doctors of Centralia plan a November 18 Post Graduate Conference in Effingham Illinois at the Benwood Hotel starting 3:00 PM. Dr Wayne W Fox Evanston Northwestern University Medical School will discuss Pneumonia followed by Dr George H Woodruff Joliet on Otitis Media Mastoiditis and Their Complications. Dr Charles H Phifer Illinois State Medical Society will speak on Surgical Complications of Biliary Tract Surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctors of
Central
Il Meis
Effingham
Illinois
Illinois State Medical Society
E. S. Frazier
Benwood Hotel
Wayne W. Fox
Evanston
Northwestern University Medical School
George H. Woodruff
Joliet
Charle H. Phifer
Illinois Late Medical Society
Septenvon
Gurness
Univesity of Illinois Colege of Medicine
Local Social Notes From Stringtown Area
Mr and Mrs Virgil Klinge spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Frank Beck. Mr and Mrs Ralph Donley and daughter Bernadine spent Wednesday evening with Mr and Mrs Clarence Holt. Mr and Mrs Fred Klinge spent Sunday with Mr Ralph Morey and Mrs Bertha Holt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Klinge
Mrs
Frank Beck
Ralph Donley
Bernadine
Clarence Holt
Fred Klinge
Ralph Morey
Bertha Holt
Olmvier Bethards
Luster Chapel
Rollie Klinge
Marsh
Tula
Leslie Meador
Genevieve Beck
Vandalia
Farm machinery repair urged by Clyde St Clair during steel shortage
Clyde St Clair, Marion county USDA Defense Board chairman, urged farmers to repair and recondition existing equipment instead of buying new as steel supplies tighten for defense needs. He warned transportation bottlenecks next spring could delay parts, and cited Secretary Wickard calling a nationwide repair program before March 15 to conserve metal for guns and ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde St. Clair
Marion County
Usda Defense Board
Mr. St. Clair
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
Usda Defense Boards
United States
Grade School Weekly Notes From Patoka
First graders count by ones fives and tens to one hundred. Mary Mae Parker leads library readings by grade seven. Several students Absent recently due to illness. A Thanksgiving frieze decorates the room with pilgrims Indians ships and turkeys. Fifth graders study America’s lands acquired and original colonies. New pupil Matt Trushell joins fifth grade. There is no school Friday due to a teacher meeting in Champaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Mae Parker
Jimmy Wasem
Jo Simcox
Jackie Gerrish
Persia
Matt Trushell
America
United States
Vila Hughes
Pansy W
Sammy, J
Connie M
Arthur E
Imogene R
Mercury
Seth Martin
Sonny Adams
Patoka
Cecil D
Marjorie P
Community Notes From Cubbage Chapel and Nearby
Charlie Renfro and family of Centralia visited his mother Mrs. Cora Renfro over the weekend. Mrs. Alice Palmer and daughter Shirley, and Mrs. Bertha Palmer visited Mrs. Ceil Palmer and daughter Betty in Odin Friday. J. S. Palmer dined Sunday with his son and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Eli Palmer. Clarence Guyman and Dud Palmer also mentioned in gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Renfro
Centralia
Cora Renfro
Alice Palmer
Shirley
Bertha Palmer
Ceiil Palmer
Betty
Odin
J. S. Palmer
Eli Palmer
Clarence Guyman
Dud Palmer
Local Happenings Report Visitors and Visitors Across Town
Edwin Bates returned home from work in the north last Friday. Smithboro callers included Mr. and Mrs. Grove Wengert and Mrs. Robert Johnstone and son. Ada Bates and Gladys Wengert visited their aunt Mona Arnold last week. Lois and Jimmie Britt stayed with Harold Belcher Wednesday night. Chas Mabry of Salem visited L. J. Bates Monday. Floyd Britt and family visited the Wes Black family Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin, Bates
North
Grove Wengert
Robert Johnstone
Smithboro
Ada Bates
Gladys Wengert
Mona Arnold
Lois
Jimmie Britt
Harold Belcher
Chas Mabry
Salem
L. J
County Prepares Limestone Bids in Marion Meeting
Mr St Clair calls for competitive bidding of limestone in Marion county. Bidders are urged to attend the morning session starting at 10 o'clock to discuss the bidding form. The afternoon will host an instruction session for county AAA committeemen and office clerks handling program detail work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. St. Clair
Marion County
AAA
Tuberculosis causes and prevention emphasis in bulletin
The Illinois Tuberculosis Association warns that TB is caused by the tubercle bacillus and spreads via infection, not by poverty or nutrition. A 1989 American Institute of Public Opinion survey shows only 18 percent grasp the germ cause, while over half misbelieve inheritance. Dr Kendall Emerson notes the germ as seed and the lungs as soil for infection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Tuberculosis Association
American Institute of Public Opinion
Kendall Emerson
National Tuberculosis Association
Marion County Quarrymen to Meet in Olney November 17
Marion county AAA committee invites quarrymen and truckers to discuss bidding procedures for limestone supplies under the conservation materials program. The meeting will be held November 17, 1941, in the Olney Court House, announced by Clyde St. Clair, county AAA chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County Aaa Committee
AAA
Marion County
Court House
Olney
Clyde St. Clair
County Aaa
Tuberculosis Warning Highlights Family Health Risks
The Association notes that families with generations of tuberculosis in history face special health obligations. It urges vigilance to avoid contact with known cases and to monitor personal health to prevent spread and manage growth of the disease within households.
Peak lead production in Galena district reached in 1845
The Galena district mined 54,500,000 pounds of lead in 1845, achieving a peak against a 65,000,000 pound national total. The Galena River was named in 1854 by act of the state legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galena
Eatirg
Galena River
Stata
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East Fork
Fredonia
Stringtown
Woodward School
Howard Lynch
Champaign
Lincoln
McLeansboro
Cubbage
Service
J.C. Berry Funeral Home
Patoka, Ill
OLEO
Eagan Food Market
Marion CO
Sandoval Greenhouse
Bob Newman
Prop
Kroehler
Simons
Raines
Autolite
Sean Cee
Crawfords
Mobil Oil and Gas
Chevrolet
Alexander-Schroeder Motor Co
Chevrolet Sales Service
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