Marion County Supervisors Adjourn to November Meeting
The Marion County Board of Supervisors met in Salem with Dick Badgeworth named pro tem county clerk after the previous clerk’s death. The afternoon session included appeals for aid from Miss Jewell and Miss Groves, a vote to appoint Louise W. Davidson as County Clerk for the unexpired term, and approval of her $5,000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Marion County Board of Supervisors
Remnar
Court House
County Board of Supervisors
A. J. Sweney
Dick Badgeworth
Belle Westbrook
Lillie Brown
Allen Copple
Dew
Deadmond
Miss Jewell
Children’s Home and Aid Society
Fred Blackburn
Farmers Institute
Myrtle Oukey
Miss Groves
Anti- Tuberculosis Society
Louise W. Davidson
W. H. Betts
Marion County
W. G. Wilson
Board of Supervisors
Illinois
Marion
Circuit Court
Reuben Garner
P. H. Bopp
Nelle Westbrook
Percy Gaston
Arthur Kell
Walter Winkler
William Fouts
Joseph Polanka, Jr
Lawrence Finn
A. E. Kelley
C. B. Smith
Ellis Wilkinson
N. B. Potter
B. L. Deadmond
Fred
Benj. M. Smith
A. H. Bachman
Dick Edgeworth
Robert Vaughn
Hurd
Tuberculosis Society
Park Your Car Club Invitation to Chicago Tourists
Visitors from this community are invited by the Motorists Association of Illinois to call at its Chicago club rooms at 2626 South Michigan Avenue. The association offers information on points of interest including Municipal Pier Wacker Drive Stock Yards Fort Sheridan Great Lakes and several city parks and institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Motorists Association of Illinois
South Michigan Avenue
Academy of Science and Museum of Natural History
LaSalle Street
Wacker Drive
Stock Yards
Northwestern
Army Post
Fort Sheridan
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Soldiers’ Field
Grant Park Stadium
Field Columbian Museum
Lincoln Park Zoological Gardens
Garfield Park
Abe Ashton Visits Old St Louis Town
Abe Ashton and his family from St Louis spend a week with hometown friends and enrollments. He was seen Tuesday evening in the old town viewing the landscape with a lonesome look, a clear longing to return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Ashton
St. Louis
Abe
Rural carriers picnic drawn large crowd in county event
A Sunday picnic for rural carriers drew many from Marion Jefferson and Washington counties. A. M. Peek and wife and H. G. Hudspeth and wife attended and reported a great time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Peek
H. G. Hudspeth
Marion
Jefferson
Washington Counties
Board recesses to Sept 21 1926 session
Salem board of supervisors acts on fall agenda after meetingSept 14. Fred Young chairs with most members present except Davidson. They approve a memory resolution for W H Betts and confirm Baldridge as Centralia Township supervisor. Blind pension applications are reviewed with several actions and a motion to end all blind pensions fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Young
Dick Bedgeworth
Salem
Board of Supervisors
Fred 3. Young
F. W. Davidson
Edgeworth
W. H. Betts
Kelley
Westbrook
Baldridge
Centralia Township
Percy Gaston
Gaston
Enoch Sherman
Georgia Cruse
Jerry Rippy
Wesley Jones
Mary Sparling
Sarah L. McConnaughhay
George Hardy
Margaret French
Eliza Scarbaugh
Ada C. Brown
Eli Babb
Robert M. Jackson
Maude Young Nall
Douglas Phillips
Thomas Gibbs
New Home for SU by J W Alexander at Post Office Site
J W Alexander bought the brick building south of the Post Office previously home to Beat Rice Cream Station. The structure will house the Superior Mutual Benefit Association, which has operated about six months with no deaths and an exemplary record for a local mutual association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Alexander
Beatrice Cream Station
Superior Mutual Benefit Association
Newcomers on East Side Move into Cliff Pugh Place
Mrs Harry Ford and her family moved Tuesday from the west side to the Cliff Pugh place on the East Side. The vacated Zobrist home was bought by Les Ballance who has moved in but is told not to rise before 7 am unless ill and to report to the West Side Association Board of Strategy. Ballance previously lived west of the old Wasem home owned by Mr and Mrs Allen Alexander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Ford
Cliff Pugh
Zobrist
Les Ballance
Les
Board of Strategy
West Side Association
Wasem
Allen Alexander
Death and Burial of William E. Carrothers
William E. Carrothers died at Brookside Minnesota on September 27 1926 born May 30 1851 in Woodfield Illinois. He lived much of his life in Illinois and moved to Brookside last November. He married Veronica Leoni in October 1856 in San Jose surviving a daughter Veronica and three sisters Mrs Mary Alford Mrs Elle Biggs and Mrs Gardt with a sister Mrs Sarah Dillon deceased two weeks earlier. Funeral services were held Thursday and the body laid to rest in Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Carrothers
Brookside
Minnesota
Woodfield
Ilinois
Shobonier
Ill
Veronica Leoni
San Jose
Veronica
Mary Alford
Elle Biggs
Kansas
Gardt
Louisana
Sarah Dillon
Minneapolis
Patoka School Notes Reflect Busy Week and Upcoming Events
Edward Johnson was absent from school Friday. Algebra test Friday morning. The Freshmen held a meeting and party. Latin I class had three visitors. Band practices weekly. boys seek a real basketball team. Sandoval lost to Patoka 6 2. Patoka won three baseball games. Juniors formed a debating team with Livesay Reisman Caldwell. Business maxims emphasize knowledge, style, promptness, and prudent outcomes. Room One lists September attendees and entry of Ethel Watkins to second grade. Continued To Page Four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Johnson
Sandoval High School
Patoka High School
Patoka
Sandoval
Odin High School
Frances Livesay
Florence Reisman
Darrel Caldwell
Grover Malan
Mae Forehand
Leroy Parker
Harold Bonney
Chester Wagstaff
Rex Gaston
Margaret Thompson
Forrest Walker
Parrell Chriss
Ear Karr
Ethel Watkins
Centralia Sees Night Burglary by Suspect on Elm Street
In Centralia a lone burglar fired at Mrs. Bertha Stead at 135 S Elm St about 6 45 PM Saturday, escaping on foot after loot valued at about 100 dollars. The car used belonged to Harry Mount of Salem and was later linked to Gene Ackerman. police traced a stolen Chevrolet coach over 5000 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Stead
S. Elm Street
Centralia
Stead
Elm Street
Moss
First Baptist Church Parsonage
Dwight
Second Street
Harry Mount
Salem
Gene Ackerman
Ackerman
the Sentinel
Otto Bieser
South
Sycamore Street
Locust
Noleman
Bieser
Kaelin
Local Couple Weds in Salem Ceremony
Murl Anderson and Miss Maxine Johnstone of Patoka were married in Salem last Saturday evening with witnesses Harold Simpox and Thelma Hopkins present. The couple, both high school graduates and popular locally, plan a honeymoon trip to Mt. Pleasant Iowa after a weekend wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murl Anderson
Maxine Johnstone
Salem
Harold Simcox
Thelma Hopkins
Edward Anderson
Edward Johnstone
Patoka
Mark
Pfeffer Motor Company
Centralia
Ford Motor Co
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
High Water Halts Party En Route To Town
A Saturday night party attempting to swim a road lake in a Chevrolet coach gets stuck as water stops the engine. They walk to Rufus Stevens for help, wade mud and water half a mile, then move on to Ed Nattier’s place. Horses are found in an 80 acre pasture and the group continues home after an overnight stay is declined. The item ends with a question about drainage on the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Stevens
Mr. Stevens
Ed Nattiers
Missionary Society meeting discusses Brazil obligations
The Woman's Missionary Society of the M. E. South Church met September 28 1926 at Ina Anderson’s home. President Carrie Alexander opened the session and members gave talks on the councils obligations in Brazil. The next meeting with Etta Belcher is set for October 19 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Missionary Society of the
M. E. South Church
Ina Anderson
Carrie Alexander
Woman's Missionary Council
Brazil
Christ
Etta Belcher
Clinton Young Misses Visit Home Folks
Miss Emily Caldwell of Clinton visited here on Wednesday with three Clinton friends Misses Dorothy Redding Myrtle Shell and La Von St John. They plan to leave Saturday for Pana to attend a football game before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Caldwell
Clinton
Dorothy Redding
Myrtle Shell
la von St. John
Pana
Cargal Case Marks Added Hearing in Salem Circuit Court
The Cargal murder case involving the son of Mr and Mrs Cargal received an added hearing in Salem Circuit Court Tuesday evening. Summoned were Duncan Williams Lester Hathaway Roy Wagstaff Dana Wickersham, among others, tied to the August road incident near the Wag ner filling station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cargal
Car Not Recovered By Noon Today
At noon today the car had not yet been recovered, with officials indicating no further details were available and the case remained unresolved.
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Proceedings OF the
OLD Home Town
Ashley
Perior Insurance CO
Albert J. Kobe
United States
Helsingfors
Finland
Missionary Society
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