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Local social notices and family visits in Decatur area
A round of visits and gatherings across Decatur Vandalia and nearby towns includes Mrs Isabel Doolen and others visiting Decatur, reports of deaths in Wyoming, and numerous family and church events. The Vernon W S C S observes its tenth anniversary with guests from Vandalia, while Rev Bush of McKendree College spoke at the Methodist service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabel Doolen
Shirley Hathaway
Margaret Lawrence
Sharon
Decatur
Eli Morgan
Tillie French
Wyoming
Marion Epps
Springfield
J. W. Epps
Roy Sears
Patty
Centralia
John Gehrken
Hobart Arnold
John Quayle
Edith
Martha Morgan
Kinmundy
Opal Jones
Mildred Jones
Thurby Meador
Jesse Walton
T. C. Belcher
Vern Belcher
Richard Walton
Plainfield
W. H. Pope
Emma Thompson
Harold Wadkins
Mark Greer Hospital
Vandalia
Milton Bayliss
Pencily, Okla
Vernon Women’s Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Doolen
W.S.C.S
Virginia Payne
Bush
McKendree College
Arnold Chapel