Polio work, pow wow, and civil service gains headline Vernon
The Vernon column notes polio vaccination hope from state health research, the Eleventh Annual Indian Pow Wow at Black Hawk State Park with 100 Indians performing dances, and a civil service surge in Illinois with 398 appointments in July. It details local visits, family gatherings, hospital care, and travel across several states.
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Business Men of
Rock Island
State Division of Parks and Memorials
Black Hawk State Park
Salem Visitors and Local Calls Highlight Week
Sunday night visits included Mr and Mrs Ernest Haines of Salem with Mr and Mrs Cleve McWhirter. East St. Louis travelers Mr and Mrs Mac Arnold and son Alan visited Cyrus Arnold. Regular services at North Zion Church were led by Rev Carroll Lewis of Vernon.
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Mary Ann
Bloomington
Alice Wilson
St. Louis
David Ripple
Ontario
Canada
Allen Livesay
Portsmouth
Sherman Livesay
Philadelphia
Alva
Jernigan
Clifford Norton
Richard
Tiskelwa
C. O. Livesay
L. D. Morey
St. Marys Hospital
East St. Louis
J. W. Compton
F .H. Hatch
Lyle McNaughten
Bruce and
Delmar
Ellsworth
Hazel M. Cox
George Bundy
Maron
Opal Jones
E.L. Norris
Volna Carry
Marion
Lucille Langdon
Chicago
A. J. Travis
Harold Landreth
Ernest Haines
Salem
Cleve McWhirter
Mac Arnold
Alan
Cyrus Arnold
Harles Mitchell
Chris Neilson
Oak Grove
Edwin Arnold
Patoka
Illinois polio season seen mild so far in 1950
Dr. Roland R. Cross, Illinois public health director, says the state has had a relatively mild polio outbreak this summer with 532 cases reported to date, far below last year’s 1,346. He notes the 1949 epidemic hit the southern half hardest, while this season shows only scattered cases.
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Winnebago
Stephenson
Marion County
State Department of Public Health
Cross
Illinois
Roland R. Cross
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James Hathaway
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Will Curran
Florence Weiss
Ruth Lawson
Ben Reisman
Eva Libel
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Walter D. Nixon
Peoria
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Frank Wehrle
Gladys Wade
Centralia
George Gillespie
Anderson
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Richard Walton
Plainfield
Laura Arnold
Lincoln
C. C. Wilson
State Department of Conservation
Ilinois
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Maude Myers
State Civil Service Commission
Staus
Mobilgas
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Ylubrication
Hill's Mobilgas Station
Patoka, Illinois
Hollywood
the Big Wheel
Mickey Rooney
Mary Hatcher
Nevada
Robert Mitchum
OWL Show Smugglers
Bowery Boys
Myrna Loy
Clifton Webb
Kentucky
Bill Williams
R. Morgan
Willie
Dan Dailey
Corinne Calvert
North Zion
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St. Vandalia, Ill
State Capitol News
Illinois Power Company
Call West’s Service CO
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Vernon, Il
Snyder & Foltz
Patoka, Ill
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General Electric Appliances
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E. L. DeLay
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