Community visitors and local gatherings noted in Salem area
East Fork Dean Hill and others visited Salem or nearby towns this Saturday and Sunday. Attendees include Levi Gerrish, John Kretzer and son Ray, C N Walker, Ernest Schmahl group, Ransom Hicks, Ruby and Nettie Schmahl, Eli Palmer, Orville Hill family, Willie Perkins family, and church attendees with prayers and readings. First Quarterly meeting at Vernon scheduled with Dr W P McVey presiding. services in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Hill
Salem
Logan Meredith
Fairman
Levi Gerrish
Ozie Hill
Patoka
John Kretzer
Ray
C. N. Walker
Ernest Schmahl
Cecil
Floyd Bowen
Ransom Hicks
Fredonia
Ruby
Nettie Schmahl
Eli Palmer
Orville Hill
Sandoval Prairie
Willie Perkins
Marvin Ballance
Elizabeth Simcox
Mae Eagan
Leona Belcher
Donna Jennings
Vernon
W. P. McVey
Vernon Social News Roundup Highlights Family Visits and Local Events
Vernon and surrounding towns see a flurry of visits from St Elmo Vandalia Vandalia residents and relatives. A double shower honored Miss Maud Kinney and Mrs Leo Kinney with games and refreshments while local receptions and a police store entry are noted alongside church events and a basketball win over Dix 29 to 27 in three overtimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Kinney
Leo Kinney
Marie Hathaway
Mayme West
Helen Dolen
Mildred Morgan
Velvin Hathaway
Lucile Dolly
Edna Lininger
Eleanor Graham
Della Morey
Hallie Holt
Rosa Gerken
Fern Gerken
Grace Revis
Fern Kinney
Edna Gerkin
Cora Hanson
Mabel Snyder
Frank Dolly
Vandalia
M. Jackson
M. E
David Headley
D. W. White
St. Louis
Frank Hatch
Clee Epps
F. M. Smith
Patoka
Vernon
Dix
Iola
District Teachers Plan Thanksgiving Social
The Eaglin district teacher and pupils arrange a Wednesday night program and Thanksgiving social. Owen Belcher and family visited Carson Chandler and wife Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Waller traveled to Chicago and northern Illinois after visiting Mrs. Ethel Long and family, en route home to Blunt South Dakota. L D Kissner and wife, Charles Thalman and family, spent Sunday with R D Kissner and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Belcher
Carson Chandler
Jake Waller
Ethel Long
Chicago
Illinois
Blunt
S. D
Thanksgiving News and Local Visits on the Hill
Herbert Meryman recovers from lower lip cancer removal last week. Rosa Laswell and Mary Stombaugh dined with Mrs. Ames Oberg in Brownstown. A surprise birthday party for John McClary drew a large crowd in West Vandalia with music by Wayne Brown. Rollin Oliver and J R Stombaugh visited friends. Miller City goose trip planned for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Meryman
Rosa Laswell
Mary Stombaugh
the Hill
Mrs. Ames Oberg
Brownstown
John McClary
West Vandalia
Mr. McClary
Wayne Borwn
John
Wayne Brown
Geo. Trackler
Jane Trackler
Roma Norris
Glen Forbes
Frank Jackson
Clarence Chrisman
Theodore Stone
Mr. Horton
Shobonier
Bill Laswell
J. R. Stombaugh
Hill
Mr. McCrary
Rollin Oliver
T. M. Stombaugh
Miller City
Illinois Capitol Notes Snapshot 1931 to 1982 Details
In 1931 Illinois car purchases fell by 42 226 from 1930 amid overall US soft coal output of 7 435 000 tons for the week ending September 26 Illinois coal uptake rose 27 000 tons to 713 000. Meetings of PTAs in Jacksonville and Taylorville occur in October with other districts planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
United States
Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers
Jacksonville
Taylorville
Marion
Marengo
Illinois state notices and harvest reports highlight October activity
Commissioner hearing in Chicago discussed gasoline tax evasions. State relief funds are well supported by officials including Governor Emmerson and other top state figures. Railroads and capital stock valuation for 1981 set at 592,230,286 with a drop from last year. October mine fatalities down from September and 1930. Cock pheasants and prairie chickens opened November 10 with hunting active through mid month. Building bids total 138,531.68 for state property projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Illinois welfare report notes high parolee employment
About 90 percent of the 3 500 parolees released from Illinois prisons are employed, per Director Rodney H Brandon of the Department of Public Welfare. The October building slump is noted by the State Department of Labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Aires
State Department of Labor
Illinois
Rodney H. Brandon
Department of Public Welfare
Governor Emmerson Accepts Grant Homestead as Development Nucleus
On Armistice Day Governor Louis L. Emmerson accepted the Ulysses S. Grant homestead as a central site for a twenty five year state development plan. He said the tribute honors General Grant and all Illinois servicemen and women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis L. Emmerson
Ulysses S. Grant
General Grant
Governor Emmerson
Wanted column item found and colonist notes
A set of small classifieds includes a found bird dog female setter for Harold Foltz, a found red greyhound with carrot mouth for Elmer Kinney of Patoka Illinois, and multiple for sale notices for items like a Victrola, bookcase, an electric piano with rolls, apples by variety, white navy beans, and a field of 10 shoots aged three months in Patoka Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Foltz
J. S. Hudspeth
Fred A. Metzger
Shobonier
Ill
C. N. Cruse
Tom Ballance
Patoka
Zera Farmer
Elmer Kinney
Cracker Neck News Recaps Rainy Week and Social Visits
Heavy rain continued over several days keeping creeks high and delaying news. Chester Bryant and family visited John Wilson and wife. Mrs. Richard Huddleston from Wisetown spent time with her parents J. A. Shepard and wife. Adren Start of Wisetown visited sister Bessie Stark. Mrs Charlie Shepard TM of Shattuc visited her parents Lewis Rosenbaum and others. There was no school Friday due to high waters. Bill Alexander shopped in Patoka and Beaver Creek area news noted slow transmission from the rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Bryant
John Wilson
Richard Huddleston
Wisetown
J. A. Shepard
Beaver Creek
Cracker Neck
Adren Start
Bessie Stark
Stembaugh Hill
Charlie Shepard
Shattuc
Lewis Rosenbaum
Keyesport
Marl Lee
Smithsboro
Bill Alexander
Patoka
No Hunting Met Aes 4a I End Ca A Re
A fragmentary note mentions no hunting near aes 4a and an ending in California. The readable text is limited and provides few concrete facts.
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East Fork
Christ
Jteene
iPsalm
Bertha Belcher
Phillipians
Minnie Eag
Lin
Bobbie Jennings II
Rubye Eag
M. E. Church
ALTOM
Eaglin
Stombaugh Hill
State Capitol News
Charles Crowder
Charleston
Redmen
Springfield
Panhandle Illinois Pipe Line Company
Illinois Commerce Commission
Downstate
Tober
Grayville
William J. Stratton
Oscar Nelson
Edward J. Barrett
Oscar E. Carlstrom
Supreme Court
Charles W. Vail
Public Instruction
Francis G. Blair
Orville Welch
Monticello
Grundy Center
Iowa
Theodore Balko
Minnesota
Wiley Lee
E. G. Horner
State Department of Agriculture
C. Herrick Hammond
A. L. Kildow
State
County Association of Beekeepers
Abraham Lincoln
State Department of Conservation
Department of Conservation
Urbana
Harmon Hampey
Wm. Ververs
Bud Johnson Pope Sisters
Altom’s
MAE Eagan Auto and Property Insurance
Floyd Smith
Effie Smith
Linton & Berry
Beryl Linton
Clayton Berry
Leta Smith
Ats Die
Lee’s Poultry
Lee
Pennsylvania
Mobil Oil
George J. Wasem
Sandoval, Ill
Blue Goose
L. E. Belcher
Meridian
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