Local Family Notes and Weekend Visits Summary
Sterling residents Ken Robb and family hosted and visited kin over the weekend. A large crowd attended a ball game at Pid Williams home Sunday. Several families from Samsing Michigan and Salem area visited. Johnny Parker ill with typhoid fever. Robb Reunion was held at Bryan Park in Salem. Betty Bender stayed with grandparents Selby and Virgie Garrett. Kinmundy high school student Leroy Green attends school there. Lucille Garrett stayed with A. E. Haynes. Fiona Haynes hosted a Sunday visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Robb
Sterling
Pid Williams
Carl Headley
Samsing
Michigan
Wim Headley
Bert Garrett
Paul Caldwell
Pid Bastt
Irs
Emma Swift
Bile Morris
Johnny Parker
Mac Robb
Robb
Bryan Park
Salem
Jack Williams
Chicago
Roy Williams
Mammie Bassett
Virgie Garrett
Flossie Cole
Lenora Lowe
Nell Robb
Alma
Betty Bender
Selby Garrett
Leroy Green
Kinmundy
Lucille Garrett
A. E. Haynes
Fiona Haynes
Local Visitors and Threshing Activity Around East Fork
Michel Charvat and wife of Harmon visited with Herbert and Nettie Schmahl Sunday. Gulfry Walker helped John Fogley thresh red top Saturday. Williams and sons Ralph and Wayne of Decatur called on Ernest Schmahl Sunday. Ed Oldham and sons of Shobonier were in the area Saturday. Nettie Schmahl visited Mae Nichols of Patoka on Saturday. Mrs. C N Walker spent time with Geo Peddicord family of Pittsburg. Friday night guests at the Schmahl home included Alice and John McGehon, Joe and Mary Milano, Cecil, Floyd, Burl and Raymond Bowen, and Alfred and Frank Chigoi, with radio and pinochle. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Monahan of Salem visited Sunday with C N Walker. Luther Williams and sons with Ernest Schmahl were in Alma Sunday buying peaches. Marion and George Peddicord and Oze Hill called on Cort Walker Sunday. Walter Smith of Carlyle is helping in T C Harker timber. Threshing is the current work in the vicinity. Gulfrey Walker and Ernest Schmahl picked apples Monday. Herbert Schmahl was a Patoka caller Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michel Charvat
Harmon, I
Herbert
Nettie Schmahl
Gulfry Walker
John Fogley
Uuthor Williams
Ralph and Wayne
Decatur
Ernest Schmahl
C. N. Walker
Patoka
Ed Oldham and Sons
Shobonier
Mae Nichols
Geo. Peddicord
Pittsburg
Schmahl
Alice
John McGehon
Joe
Mary Milano
Cecil
Floyd
Burl
Raymond Bowen
Alfred
Frank Chigoi
Ed Monahan
Salem
Luther Williams and Sons
Alma
Marion
George Peddicord
Oze Hill
Cort Walker
FARTHING'S CHICKS Hatching Weekly in Odin Illinois
Classified column notices advertise Farthing’s Hatchery in Odin Illinois with weekly hatching of leading varieties at 6.50 per 100, plus other listings for sale rent and services including Jonathan apples 40c a bushel, good teams of horses, oil well locating by Ira L Moore and G G Moore, Jersey heifer wanted, and various rental housing options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farthing
Farthing’s
Odin
Illinois
Local families visit neighbors on various days
Mr. and Mrs. Millard Palmer and sons called on Pete Bopp and family Sunday. Matt Belcher and wife, Wash Bowen and family called on Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Yardley of Boulder on Wednesday. Misses Opal Belcher and Freda Bowen and Dean Bowen called on Harold Foltz and wife Tuesday evening. Hollis Pulver and daughter of Sandoval called on Mr. and Mrs. Ed Belcher, Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millard Palmer
Pete Bopp
Matt Belcher
Wash Bowen
Jerry Yardley
Boulder
Opal Belcher
Freda Bowen
Dean Bowen
Harold Foltz
Hollis Pulver
Sandoval
Ed Belcher
Local residents visit Belchers and share community events
George Belcher and two daughters and son in law of Lincoln and Bill Parker of Sandoval called on Mr and Mrs Matt Belcher Monday. Several from this vicinity attended the ice cream social at Eaglin. Rosemary and Walter Gerrish are spending a few weeks with their grandparents at Brownstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Belcher
Lincoln
Bill Parker
Sandoval
Matt Belcher
Eaglin
Rosemary
Walter Gerrish
Brownstown
Community Visitors and Local Callers—Patoka to Vandalia
Sunday visitors included John Shep ard and family with Leo Jackson Adren Starks of Pocahontas Charlie Shepard and family from Boulder Newt Merritt and Clyde Gumm of Smithboro Loren Wayne Barnes Nellie Bryant and Norma Roseman Patoka callers Monday included Mary Belcher and Stanley Barnes J J Belcher and wife hosted relatives over the weekend Ed Barnes home welcomed a family reunion with multiple Barnes Belcher and Goodin families plus other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Shepard
Leo Jackson
Adren Starks
Pocahontas
Charley Shepard
Boulder
Newt Merritt
Clyde Gumm
Smithboro
Loren
Wayne Barnes
Nellie Bryant
Norma Roseman
Mary Belcher
Stanley Barnes
Patoka
Everett White
Bill
Glen Belcher
Decatur
J. J. Belcher
Gladys Brown
Lucille Shepard
Mary Goodin
Joy Roseman
Freda Carter
Mondey
Mabel Paine
Myrtle Stone
John L. Belcher
Ed Barnes
Martin Barnes
Mattoon
Perry Belcher
Lewis Kissner
Flossie Eastman
Luther Barnes
Lon Belcher
Herman Wilkins
Lloyd Cooper
Corene Cooper
Eugene Logues
Merle Goodin
Herschel Boatwright
Alvie Herrin
Luther Brown
St. Louis
Lena Brown
John H. Belcher
Leonard Goodin
George Belcher
Stanley Bar‘nes
Centralia
Wm. Hughes
Ora Stone
Sandoval
Etta Shepard
Edgar Brown
Chicago
Dale Alexander
Vandalia
East Zion Notes and Local Homecomings
Alice Caldwell returned home after visiting in Alma. Chance Mon school started. Mrs. Blanche Doolen moved to the A. L. Irvin place. Emmett Nichol visited Tuesday with Joe Frizzell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Caldwell
Alma
Chance
Blanche’ Doolen
A. L. Irvin Place
Emmett Nichol
Joe Frizzell
Local Family Visits Reported From Sunday to Weekend
Oscar Caldwell and wife visited Sunday with Oscar Doolen as Elsie Caldwell returns from St. Louis. Edna Meadows visited with George and Dean Meadows while Laura Frizzell and Charles Berry stayed in Alma Saturday. Ruth Hines visits Lena McWhirter in Salony. Edwin Arnold and wife and Harry Nattier family dropped by Cyrus Arnold. Carrol Lowe stayed with Pearl Berry Saturday and Sunday. Harry B Anderson spent the weekend with Barthol Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Caldwell
Oscar Doolen
Elsie Caldwell
St. Louis
Edna Meadows
George
Dean Meadows
Laura Frizzell
Charles Berry
Alma
Vernon
Tom Doris
Lena McWhirter
Ruth Hines
Salony
Edwin Arnold
Harry Nattier
Cyrus Arnold
Carrol Lowe
Pearl Berry
Harry B. Anderson
Barthol Anderson
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Sandy Branch
Travel
Guy C.livesay
City National Bank
East Fork
Walter Smith
Carlyle
T. C. Harker Timber
Gulfrey Walker
Herbert Schmahl
Patoka Elevator CO
Inquire Register
Wm. Ehrat
Ill
Desk M
Joint Stock Land Bank
Monticello
Jonathan
H. L. Logan
Jersey Heifer
Fresffir
O. L. Wadkins, Ip
Goldie Goff
Johnathan
Elmer Berry
Geo. Christie
Amy Morgan Wheeler
Frank Ballance
Nellie McKinley
Calif
Ira L. Moore
G. G. Moore
Hoffman Bldg
Benton, Ill
Orba Courson
Sholconier
Wilmer Meador
East Zion
COX & Martin
Vernon Sandoval Patoka
Janesville
Wis
George’s New Candy Shop
Men’s Suits Bettinghouse
John Deere
Centralia Basket Co
North Locust St
Phone Patoka
Linton
Beery
Egyptian Academy OF Beauty Culture
Centralia, Illinois
Miles Nervine
Miss Glivar
Christian Science Monitor
Monitor
Christian Science Publishing Society
Norway Street
Boston
Massachusetts
The
Adaicos
Ervine
Prices Cafe
Byrd-Watson Drug CO
Philco Radios
Maurice Reynolds
Burtschi Motor Co
Hlinois
Breese, Ill
MAE Eagan
C. S. Huddleston
P. O. Box
Old Capitol
South 6Th St
Websters
5Th St
Ross’ Flower Shop
Locust St. ‘Alia, Ill
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