Vernon in Verse A Vernon Town Portrait 1910
A 1910 tribute poem by Mrs. Nellie Little Jones portrays Vernon as a modest thriving town. It names local residents merchants bankers and professionals on Plymouth Rock Street and nearby landmarks praising shopkeepers doctors and artisans. The piece blends humor with civic pride and ends noting author credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Plymouth Rock Street
Uncle Mart
Binnion
Lucian Jones
Nellie Little
Mabel Snyder
Social and family notices from Vernon area gatherings
Sunday visits and weekend travels dominate local social notes. Montes of Vandalia and Springfield appear with nursing homes and churches in Vernon as residents host relatives and friends. A November 27 library story hour is announced with Helen Buck and Pat Towler in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Buck
Pat Towler
Letta Hopkins
Bayliss Cafe
Maude Hatch
Alice Wilson
Minnie Peddicord
Helen Easley
Merle Morey
Irene Ballance
Joe Compton
East St. Louis
Leslie Crowder
Detroit
Henry Meadors
Venice Donoho
Salem
Joe Wikenhauser
Private party catering at Gene Earl residence venue
Mr and Mrs Gene Earl advertise catering for private parties at their location two miles west on US 50 Salem Illinois offering meals and services with contact numbers 548 2264 and 548 3354.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Hatch
Irene Ballance
Vandalia
Mabel Snyder
Anna Benefiel
Ted Mangner
O. L. West
Ora Whitehurst
Joe Betts
St. Louis
California
I. C. Betts
Orval Schroeders
Gene Earl
W. On
Salem, Il
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Adam
Eve
Mother Eve
Ben Davis
Eden
Dickey
Murfin
W. J. Jones
Brown
Smith & Epps
D. W. White
F. Robinson
Farmer’s & Merchant’s Bank
Fora Robinson
Charles Rebbe
Flossie Massey
H. R. Hall
E. Norris
Hall & Co
Smith & Muffin
Lee Muffin
Lee
Henry Jarrett
Jesse Walton
Jesse
Henry Peddicord
M. L. Greider
Roy Tarvin
Betts and
Thomason
Ryman
Berry
Louisinglout
Smith, and
Ed Brown
Rev
Crouse
Bill Jackson
Vernon Real Estate
Georgia McConnell
Georgia
John Revis
Nick Rosenbaum
W. H. Wade
Dansbury
Orson Brown
Ve Verner Register
Margaret, Lawrence
Springfield
Sharon
Gladys Leininger
Pearl Leininger
William Wade
Wades
Lula Payne
Gussie Manley
James Payne
Joan Houston
Decatur
John Houston
Tommy
Charlie Pugh
The
Vernon Methodist Church
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Marjorie Bassett
Mrs
Lloyd Holtzclaw
Concord Village
Missouri
Perry O. Walker
Ruth Murfin
Mary Ballance
Eastern Star
Centralia
Satuday
Leo Landreth
Eugene
San Diego
Viet-Nam
Don Brummer
Europe
Turkey
Donald Murfin
Lyle Ballance
Melrose Chapter
Farm Bureau
Orval West
C. I. Heflin
Hell
Arlie Sprinkle
Maude Walker
Glen Summers
Patoka
Leon. Walker
Florissant, Missouri
Bayliss
Walker
Modern Savings and Loan Assn
Broadway and Elm
Mook
Bargain Mart
Sandoval, Ill
Sandoval
Illinois
IGA
Chas M. Jones
Starlite Restaurant
Ticknor
Slaughter House
Thor
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