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FLORA. HJJNOIS, THIRSDAY. Jl LY 24. li)i;J
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tIDOD ROADS TOUR
TO BE RENENBERED
Seven! Peeple rnm  Flera Nade   tlie
Trip From Vinceones Through
To St. Louis on July IS
WERE  GREETED IN   EVERY  TOWN
Sone of the Peculiar Happeninfs Whicii
Occured to the Touriit Wfll be
Seen In Article Following.
There are some people in Flora as well a* other part.s of C'lay county whose names will go down in poster¬ ity a.s the pioneer gixMj roads builders and 710 mention of the memorial trip from Vincennes, Ind. to St. Louis on Tuesday, .luly 1'). lill.i, will ever be complete without statliiif that Mayor Frank S. Nichols accompanied by his brotlier E. S. Nichols of Rlnard, .1. Bowman and .less Meyer made the trip from start to tinish and kept up with the procession in spite of sever¬ al mishaps. It will be recorded also that R. S. Jones, president of the as¬ sociation, was made a welcome wcu- pant of evgry cAr and was tlie popu¬ lar roan of the procession being the only one who was bedecked with bou¬ quets by the fair ladies who gathered in great numbers to see Bob and the procession.
.lake Bradley with Mrs. Bradley and son Curtis, Cliester Bklwards and Ben Beaver, made the trip from Flora
That William Jones with Al Med¬ ley, Ferd Kellums and Shorty Mar¬ tin never lo.st tnelr placeJn the pro¬ cession even though therarxlld skid, and ran out into a farmer's uorntield, m^d^ing a circuit of three-fourths of a mm landing back In its proper place In the line riglit side up without a scratcii.
I.,ogan Tibbs had the quartet, Sam Hemphill, Rex Cunningliam, Chlorus McGannon and Ben Watson. The splendid music made hy tlie boys seemed to have a good etiect and Log¬ an got there and back without a wabble. The boys did sure blow their own horns on this trip to everybody's deliglit.
Cliarles Bruwn with Mrs. Brown. Miss. Ellen Finty, .Miss Margaret Shirley of Xenia and R. Smith. v\ent to Olney and met tlie proce-ssion ;iiul traveled with it as far as .Sulem.
John [{orders took li. M. Ma.\cy, Al Adams and C. W. McVeigh to Ol¬ ney and back to Salem. No car In tlie pioccsbion was held down lietter tlian this one. Doctor Fairchild ac¬ companied by Mrs. Fairchild, Dr. and Mrs. l\