Mrs Laura Tooker Dies At Odin After Long Family Test
Laura Alice Tooker, born March 20 1873 in Loogootee Illinois, died June 14 1950 at her Odin home aged 77. She leaves five living children Wilbur, Irma Heilman, Roland, Orville, Pearl Cruse, plus nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral held June 16 at Odin Methodist Church with burial at Edgewood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Alice Tooker
Loogootee
Illinois
Odin
Thomas
Phoebe Lyons
Charles C. Tooker
Greenville
Wilbur H. Tooker
Irma G. Heilman
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Roland L. Tooker
Chicago
Orville E. Tooker
Pearl Cruse
Sandoval
Ill
Bessie
Royal Neighbors Lodge
Odin Methodist Church
J. H. Burden
Edgewood Cemetery
Edgewood
Shooting Firecrackers Is Against the Law
Illinois officials warn that shooting firecrackers is illegal under state law. Firework accidents rose in 1949 with 144 incidents and 31 eye injuries, while supervised public displays reported far fewer injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Frank H. Woods, Jr
Illinois Society For the Prevention of Blindness
American Legion
Severe Heart Attack Strikes Mrs Hiram Wilson in Effingham
Mrs Hiram Wilson suffered a severe heart attack Friday night while visiting her sister in law Mrs Jane Prim in Effingham. She was taken to the local hospital in serious condition and will be moved to St Marys hospital in Centralia when permitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Wilson
Jane Prim
Effingham
St. Marys Hospital
Centralia
Mrs Robert Moore Hosts Odin Fancy Work Club
Mrs Robert Moore entertained the Odin Fancy Work Club on a Wednesday afternoon. The short business meeting was followed by a movie show for entertainment. Guests included Miss Louise Laudermilk Mrs Dolly Kruse and others. The party featured decorative ice cream horn trays handkerchief gifts and cro cheted edged linen pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Moore
ODIN
Odin Fancy Work Club
Ben Purvis
Dick Mercer
Florida
New Mexico
California
Toulme
Moore
Louis Moore
Louise Laudermilk
Dolly Kruse
A. C. Spillman
Pridemore
Ross
Spillman
Social notes from St. Louis and centralia visits
Mrs Burl Alexander spends the week in St Louis with Mr and Mrs Lewis Bessler for medical care. Mrs Essie Seidel and daughter Miss K Virginia Seidel visited Centralia Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Helen Oehmke visited Effingham Friday and Saturday with aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs R K Volta. Mrs Volta is recovering from a broken arm and leg. Frank Houston of Patoka was a Sandoval business visitor Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. Virginia Seidel
Madison
Wisconsin
University
Morris
Ill
J. C. Alexander
Ray Brink
St. Louis
Robert
Norma Webber
Malley
la Salle
Joe Resch
Joe Pyszka
Raymond Thomas
Tommy
Ste. Genevieve
Missouri
Jos. A. Thomas
Raymond
St. Louis University
Samuel Just
St. Elmo
Sam Just
Burl Alexander
Lewis Bessler
Essie Seidel
Centralia
Helen Oehmke
Effingham
R. K. Volta
Mra Volta
Frank Houston
Patoka
Sandoval
Vernon Ill Methodist Church Hosts Marilyn Quayle Thomas Nicolay Wedding
The Vernon Illinois Methodist Church staged a June 11 wedding for Marilyn Quayle and Thomas Nicolay. Rev John Curtis officiated with Rev Carroll Lewis assisting as wedding music featured Mary Lou Smith. The couple plans to reside at 530 South Broadway Salem Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Ill
Marilyn Quayle
John Quayle
Thomas Nicolay
T. E. Nicolay
Sandoval
John R. Curtis
Ridgeway
Carroll Lewis
Mary Lou Smith
Boulder
Melvin Koetter
Centralia
Eleanor Bates
Richard Meyer
Robert Noller
Xon Blackburn
Bridal shower for Miss Earline Sebastian announced
Mrs. Lewis Morgan and helpers hosted a shower for Earline Sebastian bride elect of Eldo Stone of Mt. Vernon on June 28. Attendees listed include Rosalie Young Vonalee Fisher Mary Newman Catherine Auberry Donna Hawley Mary Sebastian Mary A. Morgan and many others with gifts and a wedding cake centerpiece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Morgan
Kenneth Hawley
Richard Noe
Earline Sebastian
Eldo Stone
Mt. Vernon
Rosalie Young
Vonalee Fisher
Mary Newman
Catherine Auberry
Donna Hawley
Mary Sebastian
Mary A. Morgan
Barbara Jett
Wanda Noe
Pat Hawley
Mary L. Hawley
Davis Taylor
Edith Holsapple
Jeanine Bundy
Mildred Jackson
Margaret Pepples
Louise Cheatum
Kathryn Smith
Bella Nerwald
Jessie Morrison
Verdie Hurd
Treva Berry
Georgenia Homan
Maxine Rippy
Jessie Crain
Kaye Stroud
Julia Stroud
Dot Hawley
Betty Jackson
Betty Moore
Mary Ruth
C. L. Wheeler
Edna Morgan
Kate Sebastian
Lucille Kessel
Nola Claybaugh
Cass farmer doubles corn yield by building soil
Floyd Leonard of Cass County Virginia doubles corn yields from 35 to 75 bushels per acre by soil testing and applying lime phosphate and potash. He maintains at least a quarter of land in legumes as part of a soil-building, conservation plan with SCS cooperation. The program, led by county advisers with Illinois and College of Agriculture support, spans about 85 counties and links legume-grass practices to beef cattle hay production on rolling, hilly ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Leonard
Virginia
Cass County
Ed Lamont
Leonard
SCS
Illinois
College of Agriculture
SIU Professor Recognized in London Musicians Directory
Dr. Maurits Kesnar chair of the Southern Illinois University music department and director of the Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra has been informed he is listed in the Musicians International Directory published in London. The directory includes the world’s leading musicians, composers, conductors, instrumentalists, singers, teachers and bandmasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurits Kesnar
Southern Illinois University
Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra
Musicians International
London
Vacation Bible School Sees Strong Attendance in Fredonia
The Vacation Bible School enters its second week with daily large attendance and 38 enrolled. Local families visit and call on neighbors Sunday including Talbert Jensen Mer edith Wagstaff Jett and Raver. Grace McHaney returns home from Olney hospital with improvement. Ruth Talbert back Friday from Harvey Illinois. Nettie Sehmac undergoes radium treatment in St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Talbert
Lawrence
John Jensen
Shattuc
Henry Meredith
Frank Petrea
Floyd Wagstaff
Fred Kirgon
Harold Jett
Gene Simpson
Grace McHaney
Olney Hospital
Ruth Talbert
Harvey
Illinois
Colleen Simcox and Joe Mayfield Wed in Sandoval Ceremony
Miss Colleen Simcox daughter of Mr and Mrs Dale Simcox of Sandoval Illinois married Joe Mayfield son of Mr and Mrs Lyle Mayfield of Centralia Illinois Sunday June 18 Attendants were his brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs John Mayfield of Centralia Colleen a 1949 Sandoval High School graduate works at St Marys Hospital Centralia Joe a Centralia High School graduate served in the Navy and works for Illinois Central at Centralia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xon Blackburn
Cuetralia
Orval Mahon
Vandalia
Betty Zimmerman
Thelma Adams
James Hathaway
Vernon
Vernon Payne
Royden DeChene
Sandoval
Peggy Kunz
Alice
U.S. Navy
South Broadway
Salem
Illinois
Margaret Ann Curtis
East St. Louis
John R.curtis
Ridgeway
Frank. Chapman
Norma Jean
Centralia
Basil Parrish
T. J. Chipman
Ted A. Beckett
Riverton
Clarence Moody
Gon Richie
Athens
Beryl Arnold
Patoka
Ben Ahlf
Shattuc
Hobart Arnold
Alma
Ancel Arnold
Lebanon
Marvin Ehrat
James B. Metzger
Paul Ehrat
Shobonier
Russel Green
Ray Walton
Norma Kay
John Adams
Earl Turner
John Mabry
Dewey Isbel
Harry McClintock
Unn Telford
Mary Ann Brannon
Ruby Walton
Violet Vo
Colleen Simcox
Dale Simcox
Joe Mayfield
John Mayfield
Sandoval Community High School
St. Marys Hospital
Lyle Mayfield
Centralia High School
The
Illinois Central
Former Sandoval Resident Miss Fanna Pound Stone Dies
Word arrived this week of the death of Miss Fanna Pound Stone age 68 on Wednesday June 14 in Altadena California She was a former Sandoval schoolteacher and cousin of Mrs Ruth Alexander of Sandoval Funeral services were held Friday June 16 in Altadena with burial there
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanna Pound Stone
Altadena
California
Sandoval
Ruth Alexander
Ida M Jett Guest of Honor at Shurtleff College Commencement
Mrs Ida M Jett 80 of Odin was guest of honor at Shurtleff College Alton June 5. Granddaughter of founder John Mason Peck she appeared on stage with faculty and received roses. She attended a luncheon for 1899 1900 and 1901 graduates with daughter in law Mrs Mason Pecket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida M. Jett
Shurtleff College
Odin
Alton
Jett
John Mason Peck
Mason Peck
Pearl Ramsey
Upper Alton
Mid-West
Funeral Services for George Bevard Held Saturday
George Bevard, 63, died Tuesday, June 13, at the Veterans Hospital in Clinton, Iowa. Born in Sandoval, Illinois, he worked in coal mines and later in Oklahoma oil fields. Survived by sister Ella Gorman of Oceanside, California. brother Frank of San Francisco. aunt Agnes Burgess of Sandoval. Services held at Cox & Martin funeral home in Sandoval at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 17, with Rev. Dan B. Merrick officiating. Interment in Sandoval Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bevard
Veterans Hospital
Clinton
Iowa
Sandoval
Ill
Mary Ellen Whalen
John Bevard
Oklahoma
Ella Gorman
Oceanside
Caifornia
Frank
San Francisco
California
Agnes Burgess
Cox & Martin Funeral Home
Dan B. Merrick
Salem Park Camp Meeting Attendees Report Local Social News
A Salem park camp meeting Tuesday evening drew Mr. and Mrs. Ivatt Goodall, Miss Ruth Cutchin, and Mrs. Agnes Mc Haney. Mrs. Pearl Ramsey bought the Deev ers home in Muscoutah Til as the Deev ers move. Several families, including the McCartans and Warren McCartan, enjoy a Colorado vacation. Mrs. Pearl Bregger visits Nicholson and Turner homes this week. Billy Jee Bundy recently arrived from California to vacation with his grandparents Dwight Bundy and Wallace Goodall, meeting him in St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivatt Goodall
Ruth Cutchin
Agnes McHaney
Salem
Pearl Ramsey
Charlie Deevers
Muscoutah, Til
Billy Jee Bundy
California
Dwight Bundy
Wallace Goodall
St Louis
Margaret West
Orlie Uhls
John Gabriel
St. Louis
Laura Tooker
Loda Tooker
Maxie Purdue
Kentucky
Pat Goodall
Jim Brown
Greenville
Svatt Goodall
Centralia
Odin
Jackson
Darrel Bundy
Ruth Hawley
Bob
Doris Emmett
Myrtle Brod
Oerklehamy
St. Louuis
Scott Davidson
Kinmundy
Odin area social notes on gatherings and travel
Local residents report visits and family events across Odin Salem and St. Louis. Notable items include Rev. George Wooden's Tibetan missionary thirteen years, a four thousand mile motor trip, many funeral attendances for Mrs Laura Tooker, and relatives visiting from Chicago St Louis and Kentucky. People attend camps, shop in St Louis, and celebrate new cars including a Chevrolet and a Kaiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wooden
St. Paul
Wesley Ragile
Step Elmo
Tooker
Chonita MceMackin
West Frankfort
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clarence Cochran
Sycamore
E. Wood
Abe Cochran
Don Rhineholz
Mary
Linda
Charles Allison
Frank Bevard
J. E. Hardavareay
Joey
Shreveport
G. A. Gibson
George Anderson
Frank Sutherland
Los Angeles
Bill Thomas
Joe Thomas
Danny Grobelny
Mattoon
Vincent Grobelny
Clara
Ed Parks
Myrtle Hall
Winifred Vernor
San Antonio
Nava
Essie Seide
Clara Snert
Ray Grobelny
Mr. Woods
Effingham Hospital
Charles Carter
Henry Tyl
Miss Earline Sebastian
CASS
S.I.U
Fredonia News
Nettie Sehmac
Gertrude Raver
Mayme Muck
Charles McCartan
Warren McCartan
Colorado
Pearl Bregger
Nicholson
Turner
Odin Locals
Charlie Hoskinson
Meryl Somerville
Walker Caldwell
G. C. Black
Black
Hamilton
Cy Cruse
Mary Jo
Bert Cruse
Roland Tooker
Dennis Heilman
Alburquerque
Wilton Tooker
Indiana
Priscilla Tooker
R. W. Mercer
Wright City
Robert Fisher
Robert Lockhart
Fred Purvis
Myrtle Wolf
Carl Flanigan
Patrick
Guy Jeffries
Kathryn Brewer Smith
Kansas
Ben Martin
Charles Farthin
Martha Smail
Quin Monda
Rose Martin
Marshall Martin
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