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Southern Illinoisan in Carbondale, Illinois

01 Jan 1978

Page 19

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Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jan 01, 1978

Page

19

Twin cities tale in Johnson County Boles or West Vienna

Merrill Perlman reports on Johnson County Illinois where the community at Illinois 146 and 37 harbors two names Boles and West Vienna locals discuss post office origins tied to the Boles brothers and early depot history the 1899 post office opening and WWII draft landmark anchor the town’s evolving identity

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Merrill Perlman Southern Illinoisan Twin Cities Bob White West Vienna Boles Illinois 37 Johnson County Helen Stevens Vienna Anna Carpenter Brothers Delbert Brown Rosemont Boles Brothers Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Samuel Boles Herm Lowery Lowery Glassford
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Boles Tales From A Southern Illinois Village

The Glassfords first settled nearby after the Civil War. The Veach family later owned the old mansion, now mostly gone. Bob White Cafe, multiple stores, a post office, and a 42 member church anchor a community where residents work in Vienna Metropolis and beyond. The Trail of Tears and local artifacts connect history to present day life in Boles.

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Glassfords Sam Glassford Brown Glassford St. Louis Veach Clifford Veach Southern Illinois Lowery Bob White Stevens Boles Lowers Gulf Oil Gerald Stevens Golconda Cape Girardeau West Vienna United Methodist Church Vienna Anna Metropolis Veach Oil Shawnee Equipment Co Mormon Manufacturing Feed Co Estes Stockyards
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Longtime Illinois railroad man recalls pioneer days in Boles

Herm Lowery, 77, one of the area’s oldest residents, recalls arriving after Boles was laid out in 1900 and working 51 years for the railroad. He recounts the brutal winter of 1917-18, his prized railroad watch, and life after retirement as he tends a garden and stays active at the post office.

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Boles Herm Lowery East St. Louis Railroad Chicago and Eastern Illinois Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Missouri-Pacific Cape Southern Illinois Johnson County Lowery Ali
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Johnson R. M. McCall Antohr Hill Jack Jones Vienna Schools Charles Bud Air Force Marion Avienna Cypress Jack Riley The Bob White Cafe
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