Local Social Notes Highlight Kinmundy Visits and Club Events
Mrs. Alvin Hathaway and daughter Janice spent the week in Kinmundy with Mrs. Fannie Miller. The Better Neighbors Club met with 26 members present and shared Sunshine Gifts before sandwiches and coffee. Various locals visited relatives, shopped, or accompanied family to events in nearby towns including St. Louis Patoka and Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Hathaway
Janice
Kinmundy
Fannie Miller
Better Neighbors Club
Anna Wasmirth
Jesse Ripple
John Inogle
Marilyn
Dale Whitehurst
Dwayne
Opal Jones
John Whitehurst
Joyce Hathaway
Death of Aunt Kate Lambert in Arnold Chapel
Aunt Kate Lambert died at her daughter Maude Jones home early Wednesday. Funeral held Thursday at the Jones Cemetery. The family expresses sympathy. Burdett Arnold and son Ray of Clarion Iowa visited relatives, with trips to Fairfield Illinois. Arcel Arnold of Oblong and Lyle Arnold of Decatur visited over the weekend. Aunt Emme Eagen is reported somewhat better.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Lambert
Maude Jones
Jones
Marshall Soutier
Kathryn
Burdett Arnold
Ray
Fairfield, Til
Arcel Arnold
Oblong
Lyle Arnold
Decatur
Hobart Arnold
Beryle
Emm Eagen
Centralia social notes from Cubbage Chapel area
Scot Ray called on Mrs. Cora Renfro Saturday morning. Mrs. Cora Renfro and Mr. and Mrs. Eli Palmer were Centralia shoppers Thursday. J. J. Palmer visited daughter Mrs. Belle Clark Sunday evening. Mrs. Russell Palmer and daughter Shirley visited Mrs. Eli Palmer Monday. Pie supper at Woodward School drew a crowd. Howard Lynch taught. Mrs. Vern Palmer and twin daughters returned from St Marys hospital. Edith Groff and sister Freda shopped in Salem. Harold Groff visited his grandmother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scot Ray
Cora Renfro
Eli Palmer
Centralia
J. J. Palmer
Belle Clark
Russell Palmer
Shirley
Woodward School
Howard Lynch
Vern Palmer
St. Mary’s Hospital, Centralia
Harold Groff
Chatter Club Meets Clelia Bassett and Local Pear Picking
The Chatter and Stick Club met with Clelia Bassett while Cleave McWhirter and Jamie Caldwell picked pears near Salem. Many locals and relatives visited, and heavy rain caused washouts on dirt roads. Uncle Bundy remains in Greer Hospital, Vandalia, recovering. A Q&A section recalls mining royalty facts: 10 percent then 6 percent, lands sold in 1847, and Galena mines as a chief ore source until after the Civil War.
Illinois trivia from Galena and early mining era
Questions and answers reveal early Galena history including the first steamer entry in 1823, 425000 pounds of lead ore shipped in 1828, Frederick Dent opening a general store in 1824, his barter items, and a government mining contract. Lieutenant Martin Thomas served as the first special mine agent in 1824.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galena
Local Family Visits Span Towns and States
Mrs Clyde Black visited with her son Carl Black and family on Tuesday and returned on Wednesday. Geo Purcell plans a week at home then visits Janet Haydock in Clinton and later Sparta to see friends. Mrs Black and Mrs Tom Pugh traveled from Vandalia to St Louis for a one day visit with James McCallen and family and later to Mrs F W Pugh’s Vandalia home over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Black
Carl Black
Geo. Purcell
Janet Haydock
Clinton
Sparta
Tom Pugh
Black
Vandalia
St. Louis
E James McCallen
F. W. Pugh
For Sale Old Cars and Farm Produce at Odin
Two classic autos offered with heaters and radio plus a pumpkin and potato listing. Vernon Diebold markets a 1939 V eight two door sedan and a 1940 Chevrolet five passenger coupe near Patoka. Odin seller W M Perkins lists pumpkins at one cent a pound and potatoes at 1.25 per cwt with contact via phone 6717.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevrolet
Vernon Diebold
Patoka
W. M. Perkins
Odin
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Vernon
Beaulah Garrett
Helen
Marion Epps
Springfield
C.D. Doolen
James B. Metzger
Harry McKlintock
Jimmy of
Shobonier
J. M. Thompson
I. A. Pfeffer of
J. W. Epps
Victor Epps
Bloomington
Fami
Ada Dolly
Peoria
Frank Dolly
L. C. Carter
Blayne Currins
Dickie
Robinson, Ill
Edna Liminger
G. P. Weaver
Cerro Gordo
Ellis Doolen
Arnold
Clarion
Iowa
Marshell Soutier
Cubbage
Edith Groff
Sister Freda
Salem
East Zion
Chatter and Stick Club
Clelia Bassett
Cleave McWhirter
Jamie Caldwell
Ros Doolin
Mary Katmeyer
Kansas
Oscar Caldwell
Howard Nelson
Colts
Kenneth Neilson
C. G. Berry
Pleasant Mound
Elmer Berry
Russel Caldwell
Ellis Bassett
Walker Caldwell
Dean Meadows
Charles Meadows
OK Pearl
Charles Berry
Ross Herring
Uncle Bundy
Greer Hospital
Illinois
Galena River
Generi
A. Frederick Dent
Ulysses S. Grant
Dent
Upper Mississippi
Gelena
Martin Thomas
U. S. Army
Noah Carter
Salem, Illinois
FBI
Son of
Davy Crockett
Bill Elliott
Brenda Joyce
SUN. & Mon
Aloma
South Seas
Dorothy Lamour
Jon Hall
Walter Pidgeon
Joan Bennett
Centralia Theatres
Ilinois
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Spencer Tracy
Ingrid Bergman
Charle Chan
Rio
S. Toler
M. Beth Hughes
Monte Cristo
J. Bennett L. Hayward
Hennry Fonda
Joan Woodbury
Jack LaRue
Death Valley
D. Lewis
Jerry Colona
James Gleason
Sun
Don Barry
J. Cooper
East Chapel
East Chapel School
Rock Phosphate
Acme
Wm. Ehrat
Ill
R. R
Leo Walker
H.P
Geo. Wickersham
Binnion
Vandalia Rendering Works
Salem Theatre
Dangerous
Lady
Neil Hamilton
Brenda Marshall Wayne Morris
Ann Southern
Robert Young
Charlie Chan In
Sidney Toler
Mary Beth Hughes
Manhattan
Joan Davis
Jinx
Falkenberg
Esquire Theatre
Eleanor Powell
Pinto Basin
Range Busters
San Diego Way
Joan Crawford
McCormick Deering
Patoka Elevator Co
Geo. J. Wasem
Msgr
Martin's
Purex
Rinso
Lifebuoy
Ham
Cloverbloom
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