Vernon WCTU Elects Officers After August Meeting
The August Vernon WCTU session at Vernon Methodist Church on Monday Aug 25 drew nine members and guests. President Helen Betts led, prayers followed, minutes by Loren Klinge read, then Mrs Will Corwin spoke on Soldiers and Sailors and LTL work. Officers for the coming year were elected: President Helen Betts Nice Pres Ellen Walton Treasurer Georgia Holt Secretary Doris Kleeman.
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Vernon Wctu
Vernon Methodist Church
Helen Betts
Curtis
Loren Klinge
Will Corwin
Soldiers and Sailors
Helen Bettes Nice
Ellen Walton
Georgia Holt
Doris Kleeman
Service notices and social refreshments at local church event
John Curtis showed numbers on the Mirimba before a meeting ended. Iced tea and cookies were served to attendees. The Service Men's Honor Roll dedication occurred Monday night with a good crowd. Ellen Waton Lillie Walton and Mary Kottmeyer attended a breakfast at the Baptist Church with Mrs Corwin as speaker.
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John Curtis
Ellen Waton
Lillie Walton
Mary Kottmeyer
Centralai Union
Baptist Church
Corwin
The Crystal Ball Jefferson Quote on Debt and Liberty
The passage cites Thomas Jefferson warning against perpetual debt and the erosion of liberty. It argues that choosing profusion over principle leads to servitude, with public debt driving taxation and misery as the forehorse of a worsening state.
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Thomas Jefferson
Mga
Samuel Kerchival
Local social notes from Bear Creek area
Reverend Clarence Clearlock and wife spent Sunday with Lawrence Robertsons. Numerous residents visited family and friends including the Jones, Robertson, Payne, Linton, and Chaney families. Visitors traveled from St Louis Vandalia Kinmundy Decatur Wilmington Patoka and other nearby towns.
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Clarence Clearlock
Lawrence Robertson
Postwar forecast pushes home freezers growth
Capper's Farmer urges farm families to prepare for abundant home freezers after the war. Plan to use lockers efficiently, balance vegetables and meat, and cash War Bonds to buy units as manufacturers resume civilian production.
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Martha Wreath Streeter
Capper
Thrifty Sugar Saver Uses Corn Syrup Dessert Recipe
Wartime readers prize a sugar saving cake recipe chosen by Capper's Farmer home editor Marjorie Griffin. The corn syrup based cake is baked in waxed paper lined pans and finished with a quick strawberry frosting made from strawberry preserves.
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Marjorie Griffin
Capper’s Farmer
Home Cooking
Prompt Action Vital When Child Is Hurt
Nurse Beulah France advises mothers on first aid for accidents to protect the child’s condition before a doctor arrives. She emphasizes keeping a shocked child flat, monitoring consciousness, avoiding movement, and applying pressure with sterile gauze to severe cuts.
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Mommie
Beulah France
R. N
Capper
Farmer
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