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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1941
Page
4
Bank liabilities and assets listed include cash and due from banks, U S Government obligations, other bonds and securities, loans and discounts, overdrafts, and other real estate. Deposits total 128,924.64 plus 84,940.00 and other figures, with capital and surplus and undivided profits noted. Grand total liabilities shown for Marion County, Illinois.
A Sunrise Easter service Sunday morning drew 131 attendees. A birthday song honored Mr. Orville Britt. The Supt Mojonnier appointed a committee to arrange a Mother's Day program for the second week in May.
Christian Church reports 127 in Sunday attendance the highest yet with 41 in the banner men’s class. Easter services included Bible presentations, dramatizations, scenery, and music, followed by a pastor’s sermon and the Good Confession by eleven. eight were baptized as the day ended in blessing. Prayer services are set for Tuesday evening.
131 attended Sunday School at the Methodist church with an $8.50 offering. Two infants, James Wallace Alexander and Mark Milton, were baptized by the pastor with water from the River Jordan. Totals include a $89.40 Bible offering for workers and a final free will offering of $105.00. District Conference set for April 22-23 at Demaree Memorial Centria.
Mr and Mrs Rolland Belcher moved from their Tokata area home to Peru Illinois in the past week. Mr and Mrs Hugh Barger of Centralia spent last Sunday in Tokata visiting with Mr and Mrs Jerry West.
Farmers advertise sweet potato slips and garden plants for sale including 7 varieties of strawberries and rhubarb. Also seeks cream patrons and lists Patoka addresses. A rental notice for a six room house near Patoka on US 51 is offered. A coal range for sale via local bank inquiry.
A list of visitors and guests is recorded from Patoka and surrounding towns. Centralia figures Nada Jo and Mrs. Howard Smith with daughters Sharon and Sue, plus Walter Diveley of Seymour, Lloyd Kinney of Lincon, Neil Potts and others from Mt. Vernon, Wm. J. Schroeder’s church and business trips, and extended family stays with the Simcox and Jennings households. Mumps illness keeps BeBe Beckler at home. Sunday guests include Rev. George Birch of Ditrich and local shoppers Mrs. Redburn Nattier and Hill.
Mrs. Gena Adams and daughter Annabelle along with Marie Crawford shopped in Vandalia last Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. O C Schroder and daughter Sandra visited in Vandalia with Mr. and Mrs. Alva Binnion and daughter.
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