Patoka Township Road and Bridge Funds Report 1927
Patoka Township Illinois Marion County treasurer F C Lawrence files annual financial report for the road and bridge funds ending March 28 1927. It records receipts totaling 2230.67 and expenditures itemized from May 1926 to March 1927 including gas oil labor and repairs. Beginning fund balance 49.00, ending balance 87.82 with sworn attestations by J P Geo E Ballance and J P.
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State OF Illinois
Marion
Patoka
Illinois
I. F. C. Lawrence
F. C. Lawrence
Geo. E. Ballance
J. P
County Treas. Rd
Standard Oil Co
Eberle Norris
Claude Norris
Com
J. €. Lloyd
Imbr
Bert Walker
Pateka Bank
Hill Bros
Clark Lawrence
Livesay Garage
Albert Halbrook
Cleve Johnson
Gallion Iron
Henry Peddicord
Glen Livesay
Geo. Walton
F. L. Cox
F. M. Smith
Co. A. Glore
F. M. State Bank
Cecil Bobbitt
I Glen Livesay
Emil Bayer
Paul Ehrat
Liegd
Clarke Lawrence
Patoka Town Supervisor declares annual funds report
F C Lawrence Patoka Town Supervisor presents a fiscal year statement detailing public funds received and expended through March 28 1927 in Marion County Indiana. The report itemizes receipts and disbursements for the town government and outlines the financial activities of the period.
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F. C. Lawrence
Marion
Patoka
Rain and winds sweep Cracker Neck neighborhood
A strong rain and wind storm struck the Cracker Neck area last Thursday night damaging a snake house and a cat house on E. L. Sharps place. John Belcher hosted a seventy third birthday dinner with relatives.
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Newborhood
John Hen - Feldts
E. L. Sharps Place
Walla Coopers
John Belchers
Dock Shepard
Bessie
Sandoval
Jane Cooper
Centralia
J. ¥. Belcher
Local Notes From Fostersburg Area
Miss Lela Kell visited Mrs. Blanche Dool on Tuesday night. Mrs. Owen Belcher stayed with her sister Mrs. Bob Arnold on Tuesday. Ed Gherkin family move to Frank Jones farm. Mrs. Anna Curry of Decatur visited her brother Bryan Eagan and relatives. Schools closed for vacation. weather cut mail delivery. Robert Arnold and family visited Ben Thalman near Patoka on Sunday.
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Lela Kell
Blanche Dool
Owen Belcher
Bob Arnold
Ed Gherkin
Frank Jones
Anna Curry
Decatur
Bryan Eagan
Robert Arnold
Ben Thalman
Patoka
Lewis Jones and Family at Sunday Dinner
Lewis Jones hosts a family gathering for a Sunday dinner with Cecil Lowe and relatives enjoying a meal together.
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Lewis Jones
Cecil Lowe
Local residents share visits and trips across towns
Mrs Meddie Hines visits daughter Mrs Tom Pugh. J R Grey trips to Patoka. H W Somerville goes to Odin. Rev Gail Hines preaches at Cabbage Chapel. Forrest Sanders and Tom Doris call at Salem. Anne Cruse of Odin visits sister Mrs A Greenwalt. Homer Osborn travels to Alma. Reuben Rhoads family visits Wiley Campbell. Cecil Black family visit Wesley Black of Patoka. Samuel Smiths children recover from measles. Maurice and Alpha Maulding visit T W Gray family. J R C D Arthur Gray have a hay ride accident on pavement at Salem injuring horses. Cleave McWhirter family visit Guy Chandler. Patoka pride noted as Prairie folks heard on line. Merritt possibly left switch open. Eli Howard and family visit A Greenwalt. Cecil Black loses a son last week. Jim Woods of Kinmundy drifts through. Pearl Balderson and Decatur children return home after week with kin. Alice Burness and daughter of Shumway visit family. Telephone meeting elects A Brummitt, president. J F Anderson, treasurer. Orval Jones, secretary. Donald James Linton of Decatur visits grandparents.
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Meddie Hines
Tom Pugh
Wiley Campbell
Cecil Black
Wesley Black
Patoka
Amuel Smiths
Maurice
Alpha Maulding
T. W. Gray
J. R
C. D
Arthur Gray
Salem
Cleave McWhirter
Guy Chandler
Pearl Balderson
Decatur
Alice Burness
Shumway
A. Brummitt
J. F. Anderson
Treas
Orval Jones
Donald James Linton
Rural Community Notices From East of Town
Ted Nelson and family visited east of town with Roy Thompson and family. Mary Caldwell from Alma attended school and visited with John Chance and wife. Miss Stella Meyers closed her Chance school and Miss Thelma Nichols closed hers at Round Top. A Ladies Aid meeting is planned with Mrs. Lottie Ballance. Alvin Chandler of Clinton visits relatives. Chas Thallman and family called on Lester Ballance. Joan Chance and family visited John Steele. Marie Belcher left for Decatur to visit relatives. John Warren is sick at this writing.
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Ted Nelson
West of Town
withiRoy Thompson
Mary Caldwell
Alma
John Chance
Matilda Chance
Anna
Stella Meyers
Chance
Thelma’ Nichols
Round Top
T. S. Wooters
Ladies Aid
Lottie Ballance
Alvin Chandler
Clinton
Chas. Thallman
Lester Ballance
Joan Chance
John Steele
Marie Belcher
Decatur
John Warren
Sunday Visits and Local News in Bear Creek
BEAR CREEK COMMUNITY reports visitors and family gatherings with J F Anderson Chriss Christie Robertson Ballance families. People travel to see relatives while Frank Lake loses a cow to milk fever and quilting day draws twenty neighbor women.
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J. F. Anderson
Col Chriss
Carl Christie
Frank Robertson
Alice
Nell
Johnson
Wm. Chriss
Coquice Payne
Genevieve Ballance
Myrtle Zimmerman
Decatur
Jennie Payne
Albert Brown
Newt Reichert
Amy Christie
Stella Thompson
George Christie
Dorothy Velma Brummitt
Laura Lake
Frank Lake
Baby Girls Born in Shobonier and Vandalia Births
SHOBONIER reports the birth of baby girls to Mr and Mrs Jesse Zimmerman on April 3, and to Mr and Mrs Newell Mabry in Vandalia on April 1. Grandparents include J H Metzger. Township politics see Fred Donaldson win by 181 over Fred Von Behren with Republicans leading Ridge from 40 to 100. Local sick list notes mild recoveries of Roll Brown and Mrs J W Oates. Charley Cox and Don Connor named as local political figures.
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Jesse Zimmerman
Z’s
Henry Blankinsaip
J. H. Metzger
Newell Mabry
Vandalia
Papa Newell
Fred Donaldson
Fred von Behren
Roll Brown
J. W. Oates
Nellie Morey
Charley Cox
George Krug
Don Connor
Pittsburg
Christian Church Notes Novelty Sale And Meetings
Sunday School at 9 30 a m Endeavor Friday 7 30 p m Ladies Aid Wednesday afternoon Novelty and bakery sale planned for Saturday April 16 Music includes Christian Endeavor Song and solo by Charles Belcher with program clips on self respect and telling others Announcements led by Dorothy Logan reference notes and lesson themes given for discipleship rewards of the faithful and meeting conditions
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Endeavor
Ladies Aid
Christian Endeavor
Charles Belcher
Local Man Weds Indiana Woman in Patoka Ceremony
Mr. L. V. Patton traveled to Sullivan Indiana seeking seed corn and a visit. He returned with his bride Mrs. Selina Harding Patton arriving in Patoka midweek and the couple, married in Fairbanks Indiana, are now at home to friends. Congratulations are extended by The Register.
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L. V. Patton
Patoka
Sullivan
Ind
Albert Gerrish Celebrates 74th Birthday Surprise
On Monday, April 4, Albert Gerrish marked his seventy fourth birthday with a surprise party. Twenty five relatives and friends attended with baskets, though Gerrish remains in poor health and others hope he will recover enough to reach more birthdays. Attendants included H. B. Gerrish, Roy Thalman and family, Fred Tacke and family, Lawrence Perrine and family, Will Palmer and family, Albert Britt and family, Mrs. Shepard, Mrs. Anna Gerrish, and Mrs. Elnora Linton.
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Albert Gerrish
Gerrish
H. B. Gerrish
Roy Thalman
Fred Tacke
Lawrence Perrine
Will Palmer
Albert Britt
Birthday Dinner Celebrates Walter Parks Birthday Anniversary
Friends and relatives gathered at Mr. and Mrs. Walter Parks home last Saturday evening to celebrate Walters Birthday Anniversary. The group played pinochle with prizes for winners and consolation honors. Winners included Mrs. W L Cope and Walter Cope. consolation went to Mrs J F Hayes and Li V Gree. boobie prizes to Mrs L V Cope and J L Parks. Attendees listed among them W L and L V Cope, J T Hayes, Miss Lela Cope, Howard Cope of Salem, P B Simcox, Tom S Stephens, J L Parks and wives.
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Walter Parks
Walters
W. L. Cope
J. F. Hayes
L. V. Cope
Walter Cope
Li V. Gre
J. L. Parks
W. L
J. T. Hayes
Lela Cope
Howard Cope
Salem
P. B. Simcox
Tom S. Stephens
Household Economics Club Meeting Notes
The Home Economics club will meet Saturday April 26 at 2 p m. Program includes How to simplify meal planning, a new recipe roll call, school children song, Well balanced meals by Mrs Kat Davis, eight girls perform a Flower procession, Planning to save time and work by Mrs Sadie Nattier, and a round table on using left overs to avoid waste.
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Home Economics Club
Kat Davis
Sadie Nattier
Belt near Pana and Decatur Swept by Storm
A severe weather event swept a belt from Decatur to Pana last Monday, bringing heavy rain and a large volume hail that disrupted travel on the hard road. Creeks and ditches swelled, contributing to expected Okaw bottom overflow after a recent recession, while rain farther north added to the damage from a cyclone.
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Tlinois
Decatur
Pana
Cima
Mati Naung
Sanitary district bill defeated in Illinois House
Capital News Letter reports the Illinois House debated a bill to bring Berkley, Cook County into the sanitary district. Representative Lee Browne moved to strike the enacting clause. after an hour of debate the measure failed 59 to 36, then 75 to 30 when postponed and discarded. The debate covered pollution of streams and flood impacts on the Illinois river valley.
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Chicago
Berkley
Cook County
Sanitary District
Howard Castle
Lee O'Neill Browne
Ottawa
Downstate
Illinois River Valley
Browne
Homer Tice
Greenview
Sherman Eckley
Peoria
J. R. Moore
Kewanee
Easter goods and batteries advertised by Patoka Hardware
Patoka Hardware and Furniture Co. promotes Easter rabbits chickens and candy along with Easter cards and decorations. Battery pairs priced at 60 cents each. Shoppers urged to visit Attoms for the seasonal inventory.
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Patoka Hdw. & Furn. Co
Attoms
Bills Delayed Then Passed Amid Fair Provisions Debate
In Illinois legislative action, presidents and secretaries of fair associations must file sworn statements with the Department of Agriculture affirming that gambling and fraudulent devices are prohibited. A proposed broadening reading to include gambling, swindling, and fraudulent devices was tabled 23 to 21. Separately, the House killed a bill granting school boards power to name school nurseries, endangering nursery jobs, as registered nurses would be employed. A recess was approved to March 8, with elections April 5, and Attorney William N Hairgrove filed six drainage suits for 182,500 against the Sanitary District of Chicago in Cass County circuit court at Virginia.
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Department of Agriculture
Thce
Turner
House
Rodney Swift
Lake County
Homer Tice
Elmer Schnackenberg
Chicago
Senate
William N. Hairgrove
Jacksonville
Cass County
Virginia
Sanitary District of
Unreality Theme Dominates Christian Science Lesson
A Sunday Lesson-Sermon across Christian Science churches centers on unrealities and truth. Cited biblical texts include Ephesians 6 10 12 and Proverbs 22 12 while the Science and Health quotes discuss truth versus error and the reality of good and evil as presented by Mary Baker Eddy.
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Churches of Christ
Scientist
Mary Baker Eddy
Church Services At M. E. South Church
Preaching services to be held Thursday through Sunday night at the M. E. South Church led by Rev. A. E. Thomas Presid ing Elder of Odin District. Quarterly meeting scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. Public invited to attend.
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M. E. South Church
A. E. Thomas
Odin
Card of Thanks from Richard and Esta Cox
We express heartfelt thanks to all relatives and friends who assisted us with sympathy and kindness in the toss and burial of our darling babe. May God bless each one. Richard and Esta Cox.
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Richard and
Esta Cox
Thanks for kindness after our baby's death and burial
Mr and Mrs Howard Hathaway and family express gratitude to friends and neighbors for assistance and floral offerings during the death and burial of their little babe. Your kindness will be remembered.
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Mrs. Howard
J. Hathaway
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Patoka Township
Justice of the Peace
T. E. Irvin
J. Lem Ballance
J. N. Lawson
Orval Britt
Nathan Kiest
Fred Carter
Levin Peek
Chas. Meador
Elec
Rollen Doolen
Glen Cox
Claude Meador
Cc. C. Murfin
Freyer
A. F. Hathaway
Livesay
W.H. Cain
Patoka ‘Register
Fostersburg
Bear Creek
Shobonier
Christian Church Notes
Dorothy Logan
Indiana
Household Economic Club
Capital News Letter
Representatives Tice
C. M. Turner
Cutler
House of Representatives
Representative Tice
Gilley Garage
Fred Gilley
Christian Science Churches
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