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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1933
Page
4
The Patoka Register notes James M. Emerson as publisher in Patoka Illinois. It lists standard details including Friday publication schedule post office entry status and subscription price of 1.50 per year.
East Fork society column records neighbors visiting neighbors and sharing tasks. Henry Elders hosted callers including Inza and Don Clark while Oze Hill and son Dean hauled hay. Other visits included Bowen and Schmahl families with several calls and cattle movements noted.
Mr and Mrs Oze Hill visited Sun day at the Schmahl home. Dean Hill was a Patoka caller Sunday. Tom Harker called on Don Peddi cord Sunday. Ernest Schmahl spent Sunday night with Cecil and Floyd Bowen. Oze Hill dragged the roads Monday. C N Walker spent Sunday with Mrs Belle Peddicord and son Don. Edd Belcher was in this vicinity Monday morning. A large crowd gathered at the Schmahl home Monday evening for jig saw puzzles and a good time. Eli Palmer was in this neighborhood Monday. Isabel Bowen visited Monday with Ruby and Nettie Schmahl. Mr and Mrs Henry Stillabower shopped in Patoka Tuesday.
Mrs. A. D. Brumfield entered St. Marys Hospital in Centralia for treatment after several months of illness and is listed as a patient.
A string of visitors and travels fill the week from Waverly Peoria and Williamsville to Centralia Mt Vernon and Cairo. Residents from Chicago St Louis Decatur Bloomington Carbondale Nashville and Salem share weekend visits shopping trips and family gatherings with local hosts. Practice begins for a Queen Esther class play set for April 21.
Eleven year old Freddy Koehler saved his younger brother Adrian by striking the bull after it knocked him down at their Sandoval home on Monday evening. Freddy escaped with facial and back bruises while Adrian was spared serious harm. The boys are children of Mr and Mrs William Gilbert.
Mrs Frank Reid hosted the Friday afternoon Bridge club with three tables and prizes for top scores awarded to Mrs F W Power and Mrs Reid. Guests included Miss Ruby Wood and Mrs John Archer.
Miss Viola Fatheree visited Miss Leona Webking over the weekend. Mrs. Sarah Carter died at her home Thursday morning. The funeral occurred Saturday afternoon at Fredonia church with burial in Fredonia cemetery, and the family extends sympathy.
The text records several Sunday visits among local families including Mr and Mrs Wm Palmer with children in Salem at Henry Hines home and Mr and Mrs Millard Palmer with Eugene Simpson visiting Pearl Poole's family. A sister of Laura Carter from Ohio attended her grandmother Mrs Carter's funeral.
The Boys class of the Christian Church hosted the Girls class at a church party on March 31. Games and contests entertained attendees including Winifred Harvey Ada Marié Harvey Mary Taylor Gwendolyn Leith Virginia Seidel Wanda Troutt Virginia Stiles Evelyn Hail Raymond Bell Joe Bell William Barker Edw Vermes Harry Snodgrass Fred Chance Howard Smith. Teachers Gladys McClelland and Bill Bellamy chaperoned. Refreshments of candy popcorn balls and apples were served.
The Pollyanna club gathered at Miss Gladys McClelland's home Thursday evening for sewing, contests, and games. Prizes went to Mrs. Andereck and Mrs. Satterlee, followed by a two course luncheon. Attendees included Mesdames Burnett, Gibson, Green, Saunders, Satterlee, Hegmann, Hawley, Harvey, Andereck and Miss Rena Bellamy. The next meeting is planned by Mrs. Hegmann on April 18.
I A Nattier, a taxpayer and stockholder in Patoka School District No 44 Marion County Illinois, warns treasurers and trustees that warrants are outstanding and unpaid and refuses to pay further taxes until a public accounting is made. The notice is dated April 3 1933 and addressed to local school officials and the district board.
Want ads list items for sale including black seed oats straw berry plants and plants ready March 1, animals such as 100 good young hens and cows and heifers. Also services like trucking and radio service and a public community sale in Greenville every Wednesday with livestock hauling. Trade options include 30 head ewes and lambs and a sewing machine for a hog or barter. Local contact details appear for A L Irvin Ida Jett Wilmer Meador S H Dolsen Floyd Eaglin and B M English.
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