Local Social Notes Highlight Visits and Home Moves
Mrs Alta Bryant Mrs Mary Bel cher and Mrs Phoebe Fiscus helped Mrs Jane Cooper peel apples for apple butter last week. Families including Elen Murray and daughter Marie Clara Towler and son Fred visited near Effingham. Claud Carmen family from up north visited Mr and Mrs W W Cooper over the weekend. Raymond Alexander bought a new top for his car. Grandma Murray returned home after visiting Rosa Dunn in Bond county. A Mr Wilson and family from Iowa plan to move into the Chester Belcher house. They spent Monday with Chester Bryant family. Mrs Mary Belcher visited Mrs Mary Shepard. Martin Nelson and family and Mrs Millie Jimmerson visited Uncle Wm Cox and wife. Mr Cox is poorly. Bernard Wilson visited Shady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alta Bryant
Mary Belcher
Phoebe Fiscus
Jane Cooper
Elen Murray
Marie
Clara Towler
Fred
Effingham
Claud Carmen
Carmen
W. W. Cooper
Raymond Alexander
Grandma Murray
Rosa Dunn
Bond County
Mr. Wilson
Iowa
Chester Belcher
Chester Bryant
Mary Shepard
Martin Nelson
Millie Jimmerson
Wm. Cox
Cox
Bernard Wilson
Shady
Carnival at Toad Island School Promises Fun Night
The Toad Island school hosts a carnival Friday night October 23 with admission ten cents. Organizers invite everyone to attend for a community evening of affordable amusements and games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toad Island
Toad Island School
Notice on farm in Pope township Fayette County Ill
Lawrence E. Shup owner states no hunting or trespassing on his farm in Section 382 Pope township Fayette County Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope Township
Fayette County
Ill
Lawrence E. Shup
Local Notes on Members and Activities in Grove
Stanley Barnes visited his uncle Perry Belcher of Patoka while John Henry Belcher and family joined Jim Logue near Fairman. Bessie and Dale Alexander missed school due to tonsillitis. George Belcher and Stanley Barnes picked pears. others consider heading north soon to pick corn. John Henry Belcher owned a fine calf last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove
Revival Attendance and Local Social Visits Reported
Eaglin and others attended the Pentecost tabernacle revival in Patoka. Mrs. Owen Belcher and Mrs. Robert Arnold with children visited. No school this week due to M. D. Ballance’s lodge meeting in Chicago. G. W. Lewis stayed with R. D. Kissner. Wayne Barnes visited Kissners. Dock Deffenbaugh and wife of Chicago visited Ike and Owen Belcher families. Raymond Britt spent Sunday with Charles Griffin. Lewis and Lawrence Kissner and wives visited R. D. Kissner. John Thalman and Edna Thalman were in Centralia. Lewis Kissner and wife visited Ethel Long and family Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Gym
D. J. Evans
T. F. Haley
St. Louis
D. J
Vandalia Loan Company
Vandalia
Illinois
F. J. Rogier
Decatur
Zera Farmer
John Rogier
Patoka
Owen Belcher
Robert Arnold
Cecil Lowe
M. D. Ballance
Chicago
G. W. Lewis
R. D. Kissner
Wayne Barnes
L. D. Kissner
Dock Deffenbaugh
Local Social Visits Highlight Diamond Springs Notes
Mr and Mrs Dwight Sanders and daughter Virginia visited Pearl Hester Sunday. Mrs Chas Crowder stayed with her parents at Brownstown. Mrs George Leight and sons were callers in Shattuc Saturday. Mr and Mrs Walter Hester and children visited Chas Pigg Sunday. A large crowd attended the pie social at Carter school Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Sanders
Virginia
Pearl Hester
Chas. Crowder
Brownstown
George Leight
Shattuc
Walter Hester
Chas
Pigg
Carter School
Illinois Peach Harvest Reaches 4.8 Million Bushels This Year
Illinois farmers reported a peach harvest near 4.8 million bushels this season. The figure reflects statewide production gains and indicates strong fruit yields across orchards.
Wanted and for sale notices from a rural classified column
A jumble of recents classified ads: WANTED breeding ewes at Harry Zollar den Farm. top prices for poultry hogs veal dairy feeds from L Wasem. FOR SALE winter apples priced toward. WANTED men with cars for a Farmers Business men post with interview access at Hudspeth Hotel Hudspeth Illinois. FOR SALE Ben Davis apples starting pickup October 19th from Smith Meyer Alma Illinois. FOR SALE Baby Swing Walker Bassinett in good condition from Wilma Diveley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Zollarden Farm
L. Wasem
Rogier
Mr. Shuff
Hudspeth
Toka
Ill
Ben Davis
Smith & Meyer
Alma
Local Social Guests Visit in Odin Township
Mr and Mrs Fred Ross and son Robbie and Mr and Mrs Isaac Ross visited Mrs Shanafelt and son Forrest on Sunday. Several families and relatives in Sandoval Central City and Odin Township spent weekends with kin including Holtslaws McClellands Austins and Will iams with multiple visits noted across days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Ross
Robbie
Isaac Ross
Shanafelt
Forrest
Maude Austin
Sandoval
Ethel Austin
Thomas Holtslaw
Juanita
Central City
J. R. Holtslaw
Belle Carter
Dana
Emma Deadmond
Nellie
Helen Holtslaw
James Case
Melvin Austin
Phyllis
A. C. Austin
Mason Holtslaw
Elvin
Edwin Ross
Howard McClelland
Herschel, Wilbur
Sammie McClelland
Albert Holtslaw
Edgar Williams
Helen Ross
Bobbie
Robert Meridith
W. R. McClelland
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. W. Martin
John Chance
A. E. Willett
Kaskaskia
Clayton Berry
Mrs. P. B. Simcox
Vis
Thos. Stephens
Porter Simcox, Jr
Charleston
Indiana
Irma Haworth
Frances Mae Storm
Edna Cervi
Mauree Miller
Ray Miller
Dale Richie
Centralia
Walnut Hill
Eaglin
Diamond Springs
SYS
Patoka, Ill
Fred Brown
Vernon, Ill
Odin Merc. Co
Odin, Ill
Frank Altadonna, Sandoval
Baby Swing
Wilma Diveley
Odin Township
Altom’s
Smith & Jolliff
Harold Jolliff
J. M. Smithernon
Bataba
Linton & Berry
Beryl Linton
Vernon
Leta Smith Berry
MAE Eagan Auto and Property Insurance
DELCO
Holtkamp Electric Service CO
Pennsylvania
Mobil Oil
Patoka Elevator
George J. Wasem
Blue Goose
L. E. Belcher
Meridian
Patoka, Illinois
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