Local Neighbors Share Sunday Visits In Fredonia
Miss Ruth Carter and Miss Bonnie Kretzer spent Sunday afternoon with Miss Lorraine Meredith. Elizabeth Carter weekend in St. Louis with Miss Martha Rose Adams. John Talbert and family and Merle Vansickle and family dined with Mr. and Mrs. Eunice McHaney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth ‘Carter
Bonnie Kretzer
Lorraine Meredith
Elizabeth Carter
St. Louis
Martha Rose Adams
John Talbert
Merle Vansickle
Eunice McHaney
Harvey Hurd
Joe Kerwin
Martha Perkins
Anetta Jetts
Ey. Atchison
Jacob Macks
Fairbury, Ill
Wilbur Talbert
Henry Meredith
John Caudle
Patoka
Vivian Binnion
Vernon
Viola McHaney
Eunice
McHaney
Willie Powell
Murfin Belcher
Odin
Ed Belchers
Community Notes From Fairman and Surrounding Areas
Fairman and surrounding residents are mentioned in varied activities from cooking for threshers to Fair labor Day visits. School began at Stewart on August 27 with sixteen enrolled under teacher Mrs. Tate. Local families attend fairs in Du Quoin and Marion County, while several residents visit relatives in St Louis and Centralia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Heinrich
Alvin Mason
D. Kuhn
Stewart School
Marie Tate
Alex Anderson
Newt Smith and Son
L. R. McClaren
David Richardson
Loren Richardson
Loree Morgan
Ralph Schaubert
Odin
Herman Henrich
Charles Nagle
James Chaffin
Earl Chaffin
Cincinnatii
Ohio
England
Carl Schaffner
Carl Martin
W. F. Schaffner
John S. Harvey
Stanley Lieth
Salem
Otto Heinrich and Sons
W.A. Tinkler
Memorial Park
Baptist Church
Fairman
Romeo Adams
Chicago
Carl Adams
Lieths
Robinsons
Ritchies
Nicholson
Ray
Harvey
Charles Kile
du Quoin
McCoy
Glenridge
Walter Temple
St. Louis
Dr. West
Dead Wood and Idle Poor in American Industry
An aging superintendent recalls a fall of a once sturdy manufacturer driven by dead wood and high costs. The piece contrasts idle rich and idle poor, warning that saboteurs and complacent workers threaten production and United States leadership in world markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Houston Press
United States
Uncle Sam
Local residents jam Centralia area events and visits
Mrs Dorothy Pursley and Mrs Della Uhls shopped in Centralia. Miss Phyllis Rue Uhls works for the telephone company in Pocahontas. Several residents, including Otto Frimel and family, returned from furloughs in the Army and Navy. Attendees visited Salem, Odin, Centralia and St Louis for shows, fairs and social visits. Notables include Kathryn Harbolt, Earl Pursley, and families from Odin and Beckemeyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Purvis
Shirley Jean
Jessie Morrison
Margaret West
St. Louis
E. L. Harville
Margaret
Leonard
E. N. van Sant
Farina
Leo H. Free
Fort Ord
California
Regis Bartlett
Seaton Pearson
Odin
Ozark
Louis Gilbert
Jamie Rippy
Centrali
Dorothy Pursley
Della Uhls
Centralia
Phyllis Rue Uhls
Telephone Company
Pocahontas
Homer Wilson
Bradford
Ontario
Wilson
Kathryn Harbolt
Bertha Killer
Alta Thomas
William Avery
C. O. Williams
Salem
Walter Temple
Harry Temple
John Robinson
Della Underhill
Eber Pursley
H. C. Nicholson
Bertha Tyler
Ben Tyler
Lydia Reed
Jennie Day
Albany
New York
Earl
Angus Phillips
East Alton
Cleaveland Rippy
Annice
Bettie Spencer
Clay City
Marshall Martin
Sandoval
Florence Moody
Lucile Kessel
Fred Hawley
Maxine Hawley
Maud Otherton
Lloyd McColpin
Moody
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fredonia
Esther Simpson
Cliffie Goodwin
Irvin Bowen
Burl Bowen
Elizabeth
Ella Wehking
Herman Muck
Amelia Meredith
Alva Jett
Paul Ray
Wayne Harker
San Diego
Carol Harker
Frank Harker
Dolman
N. Locust Centralia, Ill
E. Broadway
George S. Benson
Harding College
Searcy
Arkansas
Ivan Saylor
U.S. Navy
Tobby Laffoon
Claud Greer
Robert Lockhart
Otto Frimel
Arizona
Joe Frimel
Stella Frimel
Carmen
Freddie
Marjorie Loomis
Tebby Laffoon
Warren McCarton
Mary Ann
Robert, Til
Charles McCarton
Charles Woodard
William Pool
Melvin Noe
Jimmy and
Melvin Jr
Beckemeyer
Burris
Arina
Bernice McCrew
Delano Smith
Bernard Murphy
Centralia Park
Fisher’s
Luther Howe
Iuka
Louie Neiwalt
Charles Morrison
Earlene Sebastian
Thomas Farthing
Harold
George H. Somerville
Springfield
Somerville
Lara Dace
Julius Cutchin
LA Rue
Beauty Shop
Patoka, Ill
OPA Shoe
Johnsonian
Johnny Walkers
Oxfords
Gaberdines
Arch
Ernst
Centralia, Illinois
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