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Willisville Community Activities and Notable Visits
Willisville Junior Training Union held a hobo party at the Missionary Church with leader Ray mond Tom. Visitors included Lorain Bardie from Pinckneyville, plus family events and a Wayne Beisner surprise birthday with cake and gifts. Other items note local visits, peach sales, and a 1769 account of the first steam carriage by Capt. Nicolas Cugnot.
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Willisville
Lorain Bardie
Pinckneyville
Everett Nixon
Edom Solgar
Melba
Baldwin
Erlene Vanover
Sparta
Paul Vanover
Everett Clark
Alton
Central Baptist Church
Ahl
Norman Beisner
Wayne Beisner
Neil Bradley
Brad Weise
Jimmie Fallatta
Roger Dale Duvaldo
Cookie Edwards
Lawanne Byrd
Billie Huffphine
Beverly Sue White
Jean Degunya
Jackie Dowland
Ronnie Eggermeyer
Wayne
Gary
Ind
Lillie Brandhorse
Campbell Hill
Anna Jessie
Agnes Shaw
Malinda Williams
Edna Williamson
Steeleville
Nicholas Cugnot