Odin Township and Odin Sandoval Illinois History Excerpt
An 1881 history recounts Odin Township in southern Illinois with rich farms and rail access. It notes Odin town at the Ohio Mississippi and Illinois Central junction, Sandoval nearby, and early settler Thomas Deadmond arriving in 1827. The piece previews continued details on settlers and local development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odin Township
Prairie
Illinois
Ohio Mississippi
Illinois Cenentral
Odin
Thomas Deadmond
Deadmond
Sandoval youths attends summer camp in Du Quoin Illinois
Rev. D. B. Merrick of Sandoval Christian Church leads a group of church youth to Du Quoin Illinois for the Disciples of Christ Summer Camp. Participants include Darlene Warren Joan Barton Janice Amason Shirley Foltz Marilyn Pfeffer Charlene Spicer Jerry Barton Derald Christian Gerald Christian and Carl Martin Schaffnit. Mrs Margar Hawley and Miss Gladys MacClelland accompany the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Merrick
Sandoval Christian Church
du Quoin
Disciples of Christ
Rev. Merrick
Darlene Warren
Joan Barton
Janice Amason
Shirley Foltz
Marilyn Pfeffer
Charlene Spicer
Jerry Barton
Derald Christian
Gerald Christian
Carl Martin Schaffnit
Margar- Hawley
Gladys MacClelland
Carter Couple Welcome Sunny Beach Baby Girl
Mr and Mrs Charles Carter announce the birth of a daughter weighing seven pounds two ounces born Sunday July 2 at St Marys hospital Centralia Dorothy June Nicolay is the mother in Sandoval where the couple resides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Carter
Dorothy June Nicolay
Sandoval
St. Marys Hospital
Centralia
Thanksgiving Weekend Visits Across List of Families
Local residents host and visit relatives and friends across several towns including Salem Vandalia Grayville St Louis and Moline during a weekend. Households hosting include Dayne and Ed Wood Hagedorn Daniels Allison and Wildermuth with extended stays noted for several guests.
Nursery shower honors Mrs Edwin Ticknor in Patoka
Mrs Lucille Crawford hosted a nursery shower Saturday June 24 at her Patoka home for Mrs Edwin Ticknor. Prizes were awarded to Mrs Ulavon Haslett and Mrs Jackie Thalman while refreshments included ice cream cupcakes and red tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Ticknor
Lucille Crawford
Patoka
Ulavon Haslett
Jackie Thal
Mesdames
Ted Ticknor
Sam Ticknor
Josephine Harding
Edna Tune
Shirley Hathaway
Lewis Haslett
Nina Houston
Jackie Thalman
Helen Carter
Lucille Walker
Ann Crawford
Velma Pugh
Helen Alexander
Marjorie Wickersham
Jeanie Adams
Josie Williams
John Belcher
Etta Crawford
Pauline Lutz
Misses Pearl Britt
Marie Crawford
Joann Ticknor
Christina Crawford
Meadams Roy Jones
Darvin Jones
Faye Hathaway
Clair Wernsman
Mae Crawford
Helen Mullens
Local Leader Training School At Salem July 7
Local leaders from twenty six Marion County Home Bureau units will gather at the Presbyterian Church in Salem on Friday morning at 10:00 to learn Banks and Good Banking Practices. Miss Gladys J. Ward from the University of Illinois will give the lesson, which will be taught locally in August.
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Marion ‘County
Pot Luck Honoring Mrs Essie Allison Hosted by Mrs Bert Emmett
Mrs Bert Emmett hosted a pot luck dinner in honor of Mrs Essie Allison of California a former Odin resident who had not visited in years The gathering included Lillian Koons Mildred Farthing Isabelle Cozad Margie Frimel Susie Hazel Soulon Wilma Shaffer Della Ahls Ruth Sebastian Stella Frimel Gladys Hawley Irma Emmett Inez Hawley and Mildred Hawley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Emmett
Essie Allison
California
Odin
Allison
Lillian Koons
Mildred Farthing
Isabelle Cozad
Margie Frimel
Susie
Hazel Soulon
Wilma Shaffer
Della Ahls
Ruth Sebastian
Stella Frimel
Gladys Hawley
Irma Emmett
Inez Hawley
Mrs. Allison
Mildred Hawley
Southern Illinois U to play night football next year
SIU will host night games next season after the state awards Hi-Line Construction a 36283 lighting contract for McAndrew Stadium and Safety Bleacher a 50575 contract for 4860 steel bleacher seats. Cape Girardeau opener set for September 30. Bill Waller to become head football coach pending board approval, replacing Glenn Abe Martin who resigns to focus on baseball and athletics department leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Glenn “Abe” Martin
State Division of Architecture
Hi-Line Construction Company
Rockford
McAndrew Stadium
Safety
Cape Girardeau
Bill Waller
University of Illinois
Waller
Glenn
Abe” Martin
Southern
Mt Vernon Social News Notes Residents and Families
Mr and Mrs Bert Emmett and Mr and Mrs Earl Harris attended races in Mt Vernon Monday night. Mr and Mrs Jimmy Williams and sons visited his mother Mrs Chloe Illiams and family. Johnny Lusch and sister Norma visited relatives in Mt Vernon. Sgt Gene Unis, son of Mr and Mrs Orfie Unis, is at an Air Force Base at Lakenheath England near London.
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Bert Emmett
Earl Harris
Mt. Vernon
Jimmy Williams
Chloe Illiams
Johnny Lusch
Norma
Triiana
Gene Unis
Orfie Unis
Air Force Base
Laken Heath
England
London
Simple containers for flower arrangements
The guide from University of Illinois assures the flowers should be the main attraction. Choose neutral, harmonizing containers that stand firm and hold water. consider needle holders or crumpled chicken wire for securing stems.
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Urbana
Dorothy Twig
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
University of Illinois College of Agriculture Urbana
Local social notes from Hammond to Rolla and Vandalia
Mr and Mrs Ray Torin and son Johnny stay with her parents in Hammond Indiana. Gilbert and Jack Hawley went to a ball game in St Louis Sunday. Mr and Mrs William Farthing and sons visited Rolla Missouri recently. Mr and Mrs Otto Frimel and daughter visited Vandalia Monday. Mr and Mrs Tom Shepard and Mr and Mrs Lorin Shepard and family from Colorado Springs visited at the Sebastian home. Mr and Mrs Robert Lockhart drive a new Plymouth. Mr and Mrs Billy Andereck and son of Memphis Tennessee visit Mise Gladys Hawley.
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Dayne Wood
Salem
Ed. Wood
Donald Walker
Donnie
Fort Devens
Mass
Floyd Walker
Frank Hagedorn
Dale
Fred Hagedorn
Vandalia
Nancy Paxton
Chicago
Jack Hagedorn
David and
Kay
Grayville
Howard Quick
Columbus
Georgia
Wilbur Quick
Lloyd Allison
Sandiago
California
Charles Allison
Carlyle
St. Louis
Harvey
Ill
Samuel Just
St. Elmo
Sam Just
G. W. Carter
Bridgeport
Harold Bradford
Bill
Jim
Richard Daniels
Sherida
Tommy
Alfred Taylor
F. E. Dyeus
Paca
A. Wildermuth
Moline
Ray Torin
Johnny
B. H. Wooters
Hammond, Ind
Gilbert
Jack Hawley
Wm. Farthing
Tom Shepard
Lorin Shepard
Colorado Springs
Leo Sebastian
Robert Lockhart
Billy Andereck
Memphis, Tenn
Mise Gladys Hawley
Charles Sloan
Rollie Bartlett
Crab Orchard Lake
Cleo Pratt
Centralia
Darrel Bundy
Roy Ellison
Oklahoma City
F. R. Jackson
Toby Laffoon
Willie Laffoon
Sandra Ringi
Yellow Stone National Park
Nebraska
Iowa
Barney McHaney
Byron Rippy
George Murphy
Dempsey Jackson
R. W. Mercer
Wright City
Robert Fisher
Nancy
Ben Purvis
Shirley Jean
David Kessel
Ed Tate
Patoka
Joe Stroud
Baby
Jim Hesipheter
Doris Long
Odin
Harold Laffoon
Salem Swimming Pool
Darrel
Paul Pratt
Colorado
Glen Jackson
Kinmundy
Centralia Hospital
Otto Frimel
Nee
Richard Hoex'nson
Ana
Peoria
Billy Hoskinson
Herman
Abernathy Couple to Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Charles Abernathy mark their Golden Wedding with an open house at their Marina home on Saturday July 8 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. The couple were married in Salem Illinois on July 8 1900 and have lived in Odin Sandoval and Farina. Their family includes son Truman Abernathy of Farina four grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Charles Abernathy
Marina
Abbernathy
Salem
Ill
Odin
Sandoval
Farina
Truman Abernathy
Social notes and political warning in midwest column
Numerous local visits and greetings mark social rounds from Vandalia to Salem with relatives in Ohio Missouri and Colorado. A Senate briefing by FBI Director Hoover warns of a powerful underground Communist network aiming at US defense secrets and national loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.B.I
Edward J. Hoover
Senate
Mr. Hoover
Communist Party
Lange
U.S
New York State
Hoover
New Members to Be Entertained to a Book Review
On Friday July 14 at 2 00 p m new members signed in the past year as Marion County Home Bureau members will attend a Book Review and Tea at the Presbyterian Church Salem Miss Verona Key Waterloo will review Smile Please by Margaret Spurrier Tapp Tea will follow in the church dining room Old members are invited with a small admission fee for all except new members
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Marion County Home Bureau
Presbyterian Church
Salem
Local Visits Highlight Weekend Across Illinois
Harold Hawley of Taylorville spent the weekend in Odin. Lizzie Sugg of St Louis visited her sister Bertha Soulon. Claude Andereek and her husband, recently hospitalized after a stroke in Springfield, are in Springfield for care. He is reported improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Hawley
Taylorville
Odin
Lizzie Sugg
St. Louis
Bertha Soulon
Claude Andereek
Springfield
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Odin Fancy Work Club
Mason Jett
William Avery
Garnet Farthing
Sam Cozad
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Southern Illinois U
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