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Howards Chapel Social Visits and Local Notes
A Winchester Evening Star brief lists visits among Howards Chapel residents including C Lee Whitacre Lynn Whitacre Boyd Whitacre and Charles Williams of Gore. Other calls cover Mrs Beulah Whitacre with Walter Kerns Albin and Mrs Helen Combs Senseny Road and more on various Sundays and Thursdays. The piece also notes EGYPT in Illinois explaining the nickname for southern Illinois and cites local place names Cairo and Thebes.
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Howards Chapel
C. Lee Whitacre
Lynn Whitacre
Boyd Whitacre
Charles Williams
Gore
Glenn Lamp
Abra Lamp
Harry Kerns
Frank Whetzel
Beulah Whitacre
Walter Kerns
Albin
Kerns
Elwood Whitacre
Wanda Whitacre
Helen Combs
Senseny Road
Lynn
Alva Lamp
Harry O. Kerns
Zane O. Kerns
Elizabeth Ann
Norma Whetzel
Illinois
Egypt
Joseph
Cairo
Thebes