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Local social notes chapter from Patoka area
Local residents and relatives visited, traveled, or hosted gatherings across Patoka and nearby towns including Du Quoin Centralia Decatur and Mount Vernon. Notable mentions include Miss Laura Verners undergoing appendectomy at Grant Hospital Chicago and several tag-along visits by the Verners Schmidt Purvis Genre Wasem Nattier Grays families and others.
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Wm. Verners
Laura
Grant Hospital
Chicago
Paul Schmidt
Carterville
Lizzie Gray
Elizabeth Gray
Frances
QO. D. Britt
James Thomas
Jessi Lou
O. H. Britt
Raymond Britt
Centralia
Jerry Cox
Rockford
Patoka
John A. Jennings
G. J. Wasem
Dover
J. R. Wasem
Gladys Steiner
Judy of
Sandoval
Dale Nattier
Frank Houston
Nellie Houston
Orville Genre
Wm. H. Hay
Elksville
Mt. Vernon
Marion Outhouse
Nellie Quayle
Harriette Smith
Marilyn Sue
St. Louis
Bruce Quayle
Marilyn Sue Smith
Ira Garnier
Bruce Pugh
James Jackson
Harry Jackson
Route 1
Macon
Pugh
L. N. Black
Muskogee
Oklahoma
R. E. Parkers
P. C. Mojonnier
Cabool
P. J. Mojonnier
Glenn Hill
Decatur
Thelma Riley
Bessie Murfin
Ellis
Jean Miller
Geo. Wasem
Hillsboro
Tillie Richesson
Oregon
Myrtle Wessendorf
M. D. Karr
Vandalia
Karr
Geo. Wickersham
F. E. Adams
Loren Eagan
Fort Leonard
Wood
Missouri
M. Eagan
Harry Dawson
Miami
Fla
Ella Doty
L. E. Green
R. H. Green
Kinmundy
C. M. Miller
Ottawa
John Wasem
Geo. Leighton ‘Wasem
Cham
E. L. de Ey
Nelle Quayle
Harriett Smith
Sally