Mr and Mrs Cox Entertain At Club House Easter Sunday
Mr and Mrs John Cox along with children Janet Tommy and Mike hosted a riverfront club house Easter gathering for a large group of friends. A noon turkey dinner with trimmings followed by social time included Vandalia visitors St Louis guests and local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
John Cox
Club House
Janet
Tommy
Mike
Frank Thompson
Vandalia
Marion Ieman
St. Louis
John Houston
Jo Ann
Rose Mary
Clyde Payne
Eddie
Frankie
Darvin Moore
Tom Cox
Letta Hopkins
Harold Cain
Larry
Wesley Cain
Clara Kinney
Harold Moore
Paul Torrence
Nina
Terry
Paula
Randy
Lavon. Barnes
Chicago
John Barnes
Illinois Research Hospital
Tressie Barnes
S. Wood St
Illinois
W. H. Karr
Los Angeles
Calif
Lydia Carson
F. E. Adams
George Ahlf
Sam
Mary Katherine
Lena Ahlf
Centralia
LaVell Davenport
Salt Lake City
Utah
Don Jensen
Las Vegas
Nevada
Church of Jesus Christ
Latter Day Saints
Alden Arbon
Herschel Prince
David
Flint
Michigan
Eli Logan
Paul Logan
Stewart
Judy
F. E. Admas
Paul
France
Pvt
Paul W. Adams
Q.M. Comp. Sur Co
Verdun
Sta
APO
New York
N.Y
G. J. Wasem
Wichita
Kansas
James Brown
Jamie
Mark
Katherine Ahls
Ray Andrus
Lawrell Davenport
Jerry Gibson
Patoka High to host sectional FFA Public Speaking Contest
A sectional FFA Public Speaking Contest will be held at Patoka High School on April 20. Twenty one high schools with Vocational Agriculture Departments enter two divisions: manuscript speech and extemporaneous. Charles Nattier will represent Patoka in the Oration division and Jack Bopp in Extemporaneous Speaking. all are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka High School
Charles Nattier
Patoka
Jack Bopp
Patoka Community High School
Lindsays
Ozarks
Ma Lindsay
Deedee
Lindsay
Fellowship Meeting Announced at General Baptist Church Patoka
A fellowship gathering will be held at the General Baptist Church in Patoka on Sunday April 17 at 2 00 p m Pastor Ernie Cliffton invites everyone to attend and participate in the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Baptist Church
Patoka
Ernie Cliffton
Card of thanks from Clara Kenney family after incident
Mrs. Clara Kenney along with Mary Schmahl and daughter Mary Eletha Vivian and sons Darrel Richard and David from Amboy thank neighbors friends American Legion Auxiliary and Victoria Chapter Order of Eastern Star for cards flowers visits and kindness. They spent the weekend visiting the Schmahl family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Victoria Chapter Order of Eastern Star
Clara Kenney
Mary Schmahl
Mary Eletha Vivian
Darrel, Richard
David
Amboy
Schmahl
School Menu For Next Week And Local Happenings
The menu outlines meals for April 18 to 22 including lima beans with ham cheese sandwich and apple pie on Monday and macaroni and cheese with cherry cobbler on Friday. Community notes list residents visiting relatives, missionary guests, and travels to Florida and Illinois Research Hospital for major operations.
Easter Themed Meeting of W S C S at Methodist Church
The Woman's Society of Christian Service met Thursday in the church. Rev. Richard Stowe led opening prayers and Mrs. Oscar Hill read Joyous Easter. Secre tary Mary Gatoway led the roll and sick calls. Announcements covered a May 2 Fellowship Supper and an April 26 Vandalia district meeting. Mrs. J A Jennings acted as auctioneer for a candy bar sale raising sixty dollars and twenty seven cents. About fifty attendees including guests. Hostesses were Mesdames Bruce Pugh Ben Thalman Edna Tune and Charles Thalman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Richard Stowe
Oscar Hill
Mary Gatoway
W.S.C.S
Vandalia
Harry Nattier
C. D. Martin
J. A. Jennings
Louis Franklin Davidson 1904 1955 Patoka WWII veteran dies
Louis Franklin Davidson died April 8 1955 at St Marys hospital Cen tralia after an illness of four months. Born November 4 1904 in Patoka Illinois he lived there his whole life. A World War II veteran he served 1942 1948 and belonged to American Legion Post No 543 Patoka. He worked eighteen years in oil firms as foreman. Survived by his mother Anna Davidson and sister Helen Pierce. Funeral April 10 at Patoka Methodist Church with Rev Richard Stowe officiating. Legion Post No 543 led burial at Patoka cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Meador Storm Windsor
Edna Meador
Vernon
Shelby County Hospital
Shelbyville
Dean
Kenneth and
Dwight
Windsor
Glenna Nattier
Patoka
Ardis Sonneman
Vandalia
George
Don
Byron
Burl
Darrel
Christian Church
Ferne Gehrken
Clarence Lawson
Jesse Lawson
J. C. Binnion
Nell Metzger
Bertha Binnion
Alice Prouty
Maud Wasmuth
Everett Doolen
Claud Meador
Kenneth
H. W. Riley
Jesse Walton
T. C. Belcher
Verne Belcher
Mt. Zion
T. R. Cox
Gerald
Decatur
Roy
James L. Phinney
Lynn
Pamela West
Nancy Halbrook
Nancy Mays
Jean Payne
Sharon Lawrence
Nancy
Barbara
Mary Kay
Lynn Phinney
Joe Wikenhauser
T. E. Snyder
C. R. Farmer
Pentecostal Church
St. Louis
Sophia Curran
Wayne
Blue Mound
Effie Hathaway
Springfield
K. Hirstein
Grand Rapids
Michigan
William L. Hathaway
Carol Morgan
Leroy Lennamon
Safe
Lee H. Peyton
Alice Wilson
Centralia
Gladys
Thomas D. Towler
Fred Staudt
Fayette County
Mound Chapel
Jobe Murray
Ill
Clifford Towler
Albert Towler
Fred Towler
Ralph Towler
East St. Louis
Mound Chapel Church
Ralph Willis
Chester Linton
Megassi Cemetery
Louis Franklin Davidson
St. Marys Hospital
H. F. Davidson
Anna Lancaster Davidson
American Legion
Adams Oil & Gas Co
Felmont Oil Co
Sohio Oil Co
Methodist
Richard Stowe
American Legion Post No. 543
Patoka Cemetery
Sunbeam Meeting at Baptist Church This Saturday
All children are invited to a Sunbeam meeting at the Baptist Church Saturday April 16 at 1 PM. Roll call begins with A followed by a continuous lesson on the African Friends. An acrostic A F R I C A will be given, games, and Ruth and Dwight Thomas will serve refreshments. At 2 PM the Rainbow choir will practice songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Ruth
Dwight Thomas
Rainbow Choir
Marion County Tuberculosis Assn Annual Meeting May 12
The Annual Meeting of the Marion County Tuberculosis Association will be held Thursday evening May 12 at the Legion Hall in Salem. Dr. D. H. Trumpe Medical Director of St. John's Sanitarium in Springfield will be the speaker. It will be a dinner meeting with reservations through listed contacts and the Association Office in Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County Tuberculosis Association
Legion Hall
Salem
D. H. Trumpe
St. John’s Sanatorium
Springfield
Joe Hale
Katherine Wormley
Kinmundy
T. G. Bradon
Centralia
John Chiarettino
Sandoval
Association
Gratitude From Po Dayle Robertson After Illness
A note expresses thanks for support during hospitalization. The sender, Po Dayle Robertson, thanks friends for cards flowers prayers and blood donations and wishes God's richest blessings on each responder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Po Dayle Robertson
Basket Ball Banquet Thanks Community Helpers
The note expresses gratitude to all who contributed to a successful basketball banquet. Special thanks go to those who prepared the food and assisted with serving, including Virginia Foster Laurine Klinge and the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Foster
Laurine Klinge
Sandoval Eastern Stars Host Guest Night With Honor Guest
Monday evening April 18 at 8 p.m. Sandoval Eastern Stars presents Guest Night with Mrs Rebecca Parker of East St. Louis a Past Worthy Grand Matron of Illinois as guest of honor. Jessie Lou and Ben Ahlf will host. Guests from surrounding chapters will fill stations. Social hour and refreshments follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandoval
Rebecca Parker
East St. Louis
Illinois
Jessie Lou
Ben Ahlf
O E S Members Meet at Masonic Hall in Victoria
On April 11 fourteen teen members of the O E S gathered at the Masonic Hall for a stated meeting. Clara Kinney had an injured arm from a fall and Kate Davis was ill. Ruby and Cecil Griffin will serve as guest officers in nearby chapters. refreshments were served at the close by Betty Lou Griffin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O.E.S
Masonic Hall
Clara Kinney
Kate Davis
Ruby
Cecil Griffin
Betty Lou Griffin
Thanks for support during illness and death of Clara Staudt
The Staudt family extends thanks to friends and neighbors for assistance and kindness during Clara Staudt’s illness and death. Special appreciation goes to Bear Creek Ladies, ministers, singers, and those who sent flowers. Mr. Fred Staudt and family. Also notices several local sale and rental advertisements from Vernon and Dieterich, Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ad Mothre
Clara Staudt
Bear Creek
Fred Staudt
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Clara Teresa Staudt
Daugherr
Albert
Lucy Ann David
Harry Perkins
Lyle Jones
Lyndon Lyle
Mildred Meyer
Ella Rine
Dale Ervin
Frances Headley
Bee Doolen
Ferne Arnold
Lodema Bayliss
Mary Ballance
Rosemary Landreth
Donna Bates
Helen Betts
Lola Davis
Margaret Lawrence
Lelna Lee Ehrat
Marilyn
Dianna Headley
Lila Sanders
Mattie Jarret
O. F. West
Nellie Bennett
Hollie Ripple
J Ae Marvin Ehrat
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ehrat
H. O. Blalock
George Bundy
Maron
E. L. Norris
Opal Jones
Earl Allen Wern
L. C. Snyder
Hardy
Marilyn Piercy
Alvin Perkins
Edna Piercy
Frank Claybourne
Korea
Missouri
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Patoka High
Mac Eagan Insurance Agency
Office
Patoka, Ill
Neki
Endy
Gms
Mesdames
Bruce Pugh
Ben Thalman
Edna Tune
Charles Thalman
Louis F. Davidson
Anna Davidson
Helen Pierce
Greenville
Sunbeam
Marion
County
T.B. Ass'n
Victoria
Electromaster
Wig Richeson
Tillie Richeson
Dieterich, Il
L. D. Morey
Vernon, Ill
Hampshire
Oliver
Woolsey and Brehm
West
Carlyle
J & M Drilling Co
Vernon, Il
Claude Gerrish
P.C.H.S
David Sanders
Carol Crawford
Jane Nattier
George Nattier
Marilyn Headley
Jerry Crabb
Alice Donohoe
Colleen Hallian
Donald Perkins
Ahd
Patokah Lindsay Maria Lindsay Deedee A
Perrin
Gordon
Oby
Sophia .Catalpa McKay
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