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VOLUME  XIII THB jrOVRNAL, Vd. 55     No. IS
FLORA. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. MARCH 26. 1925
NUMBER 28
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Charlie Windle and family ot Plont attended ehurch at Shiloh bunday and took dinner with his mother, Mrs, Wm. Wiiidle.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Colelasnre- of Herrin are viaiting old frieads in this neighborhood.
Ira Woomer left Friday morning for Iowa, wehre he has employment.
Rev. J. B. Oarrett filled bis regu¬ lar appolntmenta at Shlloh on Sun¬ day.
Joel Vandaveer, who passed aWay
attar a tew weeks' illness, waa laid to reat In the Camp Oround cemetery an Friday. The bereaved family have the sympathy of the entire neighborhood.
Miss Lucy Woomer. who Is em¬ ployed in the Heary HeU Chemical Co. of St. Louis, spent from Friday until Monday at the hone of Mrs. Mariah Woomer.
Joy Misenhlmer of Chicago attend¬ ed hto grandfather'a funaral.
Mr. and Mrs. Seth Thompson and
baby and Mr. and Mrs. L. R. MoBl-
yea spept Sanday at the home of Mrs.
Klisabeth Thompson.
HBiss Mary    Egglnton is    visiting
with her brother, Chria Bgglnton utd
wife.
Merritt McElyea and family, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Misenhlmer spent Sun¬ day afternoon at tha home ot laom Baity.
S. J. Koonts and tamily took din ner Sanday at the home of Lewis Tadlock.
R. B. Woomer and family of Xenln, Bd Woomer and family, and Helen Woomer, took dinner at the home of Mrs./Iariah Woomer.
Mr. and Mrs. Aivie Monlcal aad daaghter Ruth speut Sanday with his -parents, Lloyd Monlcal and famiiy.
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Mutual Building, Loan
AHD HOHESTEAD ASSOCUTION
OF FLORA. ILLINOIS Authoriied Capital Stock $4,000,000.00
At a meeting of a few of the then prominent citizens of Flora, held at the office of Presley and Gray on January 10, 1888, the Asso-    j(   ,    ' ciation was organized under the above name, which it still bears. The .
meeting was called to order by one who was always foremost in all ' v
public movements, the late Randolph Smith; a constitution and by-. '
laws were adopted, and the following men were elected as the. first board of directors: J. M. Cunningham, George Herod, Geo. W. An¬ drews, T. A. Wilson, Jay Kenner and M. H. Presley. This board then met and organized with the election of the following officers: Ran¬ dolph Smith, pres.; W. N. McMahan, vice pres.; W. C. Kenner. treas¬ urer, I. H. Smith, sec; and G. A. Hoff, attomey.     r * v ^^'v-"i;'#^^
The first monthly directoral^meeting was held January 22, ISSS, at which meeting 489 shares of stock were reported subscribed (the as¬ sociation no^ has approximately 10,000 shares outstanding). -> >
Since the above named first officers, the following have ftlled the respective offices down to the present time; President, T. P. Van¬ daveer, J. F. Shadwell, L. A. Michels, M. G. Durlandf and A. A. Adams; Treasurer, Simon Ulrich, A. E. Shinn, J. Kenner, Geo. J. Price, C. H. BothweU and C. E. Hemphill; Secretary, George McEndree, Chas. H. Warner, M. G. Durland, W. E. Riehey, J. L. Black and F.
CLAY CITY
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