Visiting Parents Day At Patoka School With Contests
Patoka Grade and High School hosts visiting days on March 24 and 25. Parents toured classes and exhibits including candy kites cakes sewing and birdhouses. Afternoon events featured marbles washer pitching kite flying with prizes awarded to top performers in each category.
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Patoka
Grover Malan
Betty Ballance
Gayle Belcher
Irene Belcher
Irene Warner
Evelyn Ellis
Marion Belcher
Harriet Quayle
Doris Good
Doris Good; Dolls Dress, ‘Velma Heinzman. ‘Candy—Class A, Dorothy Ververs
Wanda Eaglin
Wallace Alexander
Neil Potts
Edgar Irvin
Darrel Chriss
Glen Hill
Virgil Harper
Mae Warner
Evelyn Nattier
James Cruthers
Paul ’Béléher
Floyd Wagstaff
Marbles
Wayne Brumfield
Anna Wasem
Road to Nowhere Joke Turns Up Daily Exchange
Cartoon caption captures a street exchange where a boy asks where a road leads and an indignant reply says it goes nowhere and is here each morning, highlighting a humorous urban quirk.
Pollyanna class meets at Arlene Perrine home
The Pollyanna class of the Christian Church met at Arlene Perrine's home on March 26 with eight members present and Peggy Tacke visiting. The program included songs prayers scripture piano solo poem and a secretary report. They began piecing a quilt for sale, completing fourteen blocks, followed by deviled eggs hot chocolate and cake and games. The next meeting will be at Virginia Parks's home.
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The
Christian Church
Arlene Perrine
Peggy Tacke
Old Rugged Cross
Mrs. Perrine
Katie Hudspeth
Helen Nattier
Virginia Parks
Gayle Belcher
Science Club Call Meeting and Banquet Notes
A science club calls a gym meeting on April 2 at two o clock to elect officers and delegates. Mrs O A James will speak by radio on April 16. A family night banquet at the gym on April 9 at seven features meat sandwiches pickles baked beans diced potato salad coffee and peach delight. Members bring tableware and side dishes. salad and dessert service planned. entertainment committee promises a novel program.
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O. A. James
T. E. Irvin
Eastern Star Lodge Meeting and Birthday Refreshments
After the regular meeting of Eastern Star chapter Monday night a social time followed with refreshments of ice cream and French pastry. The March birthday committee included Mrs. Peek, Mrs. Tune, Mrs. Cox, Miss Clara Moran, Mr. Irvin, and Mr. Mojon nier.
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Eastern Star Chapter
Peek
Tune
Cox
Clara Moran
Irvin
Mojonnier
Kidnapped Fox Terrier Seeks Return Reward
J W Alexander offers a liberal reward for the return or information about Bob Alexander a ten month old white Fox Terrier with black and tan head a round black spot on black and a bob tail. He states the prohibition law is not responsible for the kidnapping.
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Bob Alexander
J. W. Alexander
For Sale At All Times Feed and Meal Offered
An advertisement notes corn meal and chicken feed for sale by John Pugh with a date range from April to December. A short aphorism follows, contrasting a desperate man as dangerous with a comfortable, secure person as a safer business bet.
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John Pugh
Mrs. Estella DuComb Injured Falling From Car
Mrs. Estella DuComb wife of Dr. M P DuComb of Patoka was badly hurt when she fell from a car south of Patoka about 2 00 pm Tuesday. The car owned by her daughter Mrs Fern Kahlert of Carlisle was moving at moderate speed and a wind gust opened the door after her coat snagged. She suffered a broken arm a deep head wound and other minor injuries and was receiving care at St Marys Hospital Centralia.
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Estella DuComb
M. P. DuComb
Patoka
Fern Kahlert
Carlyle
Claude Adams Auto Destroyed By Fire
The Chevrolet Coach belonging to Claude Adams was almost wholly destroyed by fire near the Milk Plant last Saturday. A short in the wiring started the blaze and heat likely ruined the body frame and tires, leaving the vehicle an almost total loss.
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Chevrolet
Claude Adams
Social Visits Highlight Carbondale and Patoka Friends
Arlene Van Horn and Vivian Nat tier visited friends in Carbondale last Saturday. Miss Lovell Gaston of Centralia spent several days this week with Margaret Ballance and other Patoka friends.
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Arlene van Horn
Vivian Nattier
Carbondale
Miss Lovell Gaston
Centralia
Margaret Ballance
Patoka
East Fork Social Roundup Telegrams and Visits
East Fork residents report numerous short visits with neighbors in Patoka Vandalia Salem Fairman and surrounding areas. Ida Stillabower Bertha Crothers and others are noted along with plant chores and an Easter program at Temple Carrigan and local woods egg roast.
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Ida_ Stillabower
Bertha Crothers
Ernest Schmahl
Bobby Smith
Fairman
Herb Stone
Sandoval
Logan Meredith
Patoka
Eli Palmer
Russel
Dan Reeter
Shobonier
J. W. Alexander
Ore Hill
Geo. Peddicord
Mollie Walker
Luther Williams
Salem
Reeter
Clarence Bowen
Temple School
Russell Palmer
Virgil Jett
Oze Hill
Frank Meredith
Mabel Bowen
Vandalia
Keith Becket
Dean Hill
Ruby Schmahl
Vivian Reeter
Temple
Edd Monahan
Cecil
Floyd
Dale Bowen
Charles Reeter
Chas. Bowen
Orville Hill
Violet Williams
Elsie Hicks
Herb Schmahl
Dosha Rahma
East Fork
Isabel
Carrigan
Fred Webking
Easter egg hunt draws crowd to Vandalia village event
Stomba ugh Hill reports a successful Easter egg hunt in Vandalia with about two thousand attendees. 120 dozen eggs hid and sixty eight prizes awarded to children with lucky numbers amid local family visits and weekend gatherings across Vandalia and nearby towns.
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Vandalia
Jackson
the Hill
John McClary
West Vandalia
George Helbeck
Charlie Hall
Centralia
Archie Bryant
Silas Bryant
Smithboro
Glenda Stombaugh
Marybell Stombaug
Woodrow Merryman
Herb Merryman
Dickie Dean Stombaugh
Roy Jackson
Sam Bryant
John Stone
Alma area quick social notes and local visits
Local residents and visitors are listed as stopping by homes, attending church, sowing oats, hauling fodder, and sharing meals. Notable mentions include Forrest Sanders and sons Patoka visitors, Elmer Turner and John Fradenburg logging for Mrs Dona Somerville, and a humorous court exchange with a moonshine case involving Joshua.
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Argie Howard
Alma
Wm. Campbell
Givens
Elmer Powell
Howard Smith
C. H. Nichols
Odin
Kate Gray
A. W. Gray
Walter Somerville
Dona Somerville
Ellen Gray
Homer Osborn
Bob Gray
Patoka
Beatrice Francis
Leona Francis
Michigan
Harvey Smith
Walter
Robert Yeck
Rudi Adams
Mildred
Wm. Adams
Austin Donoho
Hickory Hill
Givens Chapel
Alvin Gray
Alfred Jett
Cracker Neck notices and Easter hopes in local notes
Local item from Cracker Neck records visits of Aunt Emma Wall and families from Pa toka and Cracker Neck residents. Easter egg events at Shady Grove and Mound Chapel noted, plus road conditions, crops, and weather remarks. Election day next Tuesday invites community support for a candidate at Salt Creek.
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Emma Wall
Murl Lee
Smithboro
Shady Grove
Perry Belcher
Patoka
John Shepard
Bessie Stark
Luther Barnes
Ancil Lee
Shattuc
Raymond Alexander
Lloyd Cooper
Morrisonville
Claudy Carmen
Rollin Belcher
Mound Chapel
Tom Cole
Illinois secretary of state candidates listed for primaries
A rundown of candidates for the Illinois secretary of state race, with Republican hopefuls including Stratton Ingle side Arnold Denney Link Spanner and Democratic contenders Hughes Cerf Cody Flens Peterson Power Sullivan White Wirtz among Chicago Peoria Maywood names.
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Illinois
William J. Stratton
Ingleside
Paul E. Arnold
Chicago
Marcus Denney
Julius L. Link
A. George N. Spanner
Edward J. Hughes
Marshall A. Cerf
Thomas J. Cody
Peoria
Walter J. Flens
Oscar G. Peterson
Charles P. Power
Centrall
Francis J. Sullivan, Jr
Bert C. White
Edward J. Wirtz
Maywood
Illinois Chamber of Commerce Aids Unemployment Drive
The Illinois Chamber of Commerce sends appeals to its members urging state wide cooperation in a drive against unemployment and hoarding of money. It plans surveys of residences and firms to secure pledges for repairs or deferred work.
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Illinois Chamber of Commerce
State Chamber
Press Association visits World Fair grounds in Chicago
Illinois Press association members who attended the Chicago meeting toured A Century of Progress 1933 and reported being highly impressed with the administration building. Gerry D. Scott of Wyoming and W. W. Loomis of LaGrange led the inspection during the semiannual gathering.
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Illinois Press Association
Chicago
Gerry D. Scott
Wyoming
W. W. Loomis
LaGrange
A Reproducible Business in Supplying a Common Repeater
The text views supplying a universal, widely usable repeater as a sound business. It emphasizes broad accessibility and broad demand for a product that serves many potential customers. The idea centers on a practical, easily obtainable item with widespread appeal and utility.
Republican State Central Committee Meeting Set for Springfield
Chairman Cornelius J. Doyle calls the Republican State Central Committee to meet at the Arsenal in Springfield at noon on Friday April 22. Agenda includes nominations for presidential electors three University of Illinois trustees selection of delegates-at-large and alternates to the national convention and adoption of the party platform. Democrats plan a concurrent convention in the House of Representatives on the same day.
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Cornelius J. Doyle
Republican State Central Committee
Arsenal
Springfield
University of Illinois
House of Representatives
Early City Street Work Urged by Governor
Governor Louis L. Emmerson urged early action on city street improvements to provide employment for idle workers. Highway officials report 4 million of 40 million allocated for city street projects along state highways. Plans focus on pavement conditions and traffic levels from a statewide survey. Legislation allowed the state to carry out this work.
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Louis L. Emmerson
General Assembly
Bids Open For Capitol Building Repairs
C Herrick Hammond, supervising architect, announced bids for repairs to the dome and roof of the state capitol building will be received March 22. Plans keep the familiar outline while the mottled greenish finish becomes a uniform leaden color. A $225,000 appropriation funds the project, which will employ structural steel workers sheet metal workers roofers and painters once under way.
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C. Herrick Hammond
State Department of Purchases and Construction
State Capitol
Illinois to Join 1933 World's Fair Program
The Illinois State World's Fair commission led by Governor Louis L. Emmerson met Century of Progress Exposition officials to plan state participation. An executive committee will soon meet in Chicago to recommend state exhibits with attendees including David E. Shanahan Rufus Dawes and several Illinois lawmakers.
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Louis L. Emmerson
Rufus Dawes
Chicago
David E. Shanahan
House of Representatives
Richey V. Graham
Richard J. Barr
Elmer J. Schnackenberg
U .J. Hermann
B. F. Baker
Illinois Counties Accredited Free of Bovine TB
The state department of agriculture announced Sangamon and Johnson counties are now accredited free of bovine tuberculosis, while Vermilion and Morgan Counties have been re-accredited. Tests completed in February verify 81 counties accredited in Illinois. Johnson County showed the lowest infection rate with six positives out of 12,106 cows tested.
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State Department of Agriculture
Sangamon
Johnson Counties
Vermilion
Morgan
Illinois
Johnson County
Strange spell of the hornless cow ends in punchline twist
A Detroit narrator observes a hornless cow. The farmer explains cows may be hornless for several reasons, then reveals the animal is not a cow but a horse, delivering a humorous misidentification.
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Detroit
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