Patoka Patoka Hears of Weddings and Easter Visits
Patoka residents share notes on the Loy Chance wedding at Trinity Methodist Salem and Easter gatherings. Attendees include Nannie Britt, Ethel Chance, Nattier, Mojonnier, Jones, and Baldridge families along with relatives from Patoka and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka
Wilmeta Loy
Eddie Chance
Trinity Methodist Church
Salem
Nannie Britt
Ethel Chance
Marion Nattier
Edwin Nattier
Kathryn
Charles Nattier
P. J. Mojonnier
Mae Nattier
Obituary: Armand Wasem 66 Dies in Memorial Hospital
Armand Wasem 66 of South Bend Indiana died April 4 after two days of illness. Born October 24 1896 in Patoka he lived in town until 12 years ago. He married Gusta Davis in Vandalia October 27 1917 and worked at Singer Manufacturing in South Bend. Survived by widow two daughters Mrs Phillip Wyant and Mrs Dean Jones both of South Bend a son Robert E of South Bend three grandchildren three great grandchildren and two brothers James of Columbus Ohio and Richard of Decatur Illinois. Funeral April 7 at 2 pm in Christ Temple Church with Rev Carl J Ballestero officiating burial in Southlawn Cemetery. Relatives gathered at the Cain home Sunday for a wiener roast with many locals attending and visiting. Additional notes mention visits by John Nelson Berthel Sanders and others and Easter-related activities and illnesses with Roy Jones reported in satisfactory condition after surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Cole
Harley Cole
Tim Cole
Wes Griffin
Wilma Baxter
Janet
Patoka
Dale Simcox
Melvin Woodard
Joleen
Jeanne Mayfield
Larry Jones
Sandoval
Mzewlemne Baldridge
Theresa
Ruby Jones
Tim
Otis Atchison
Centralia
Darvin Jones
Miami
Pla
Roy Jones
Roy
St. Mary’s Hospital
Loren Hagan
Nashville
Virginia
Walter Whiting
Orville Schroeder
Dennis
James Ballance
Doug
Kentucky Lake
Louis Zimmerman
Denver
Anna Holland
Oak Park
Ruth Willett
Berwyn
Ruth Crawford
Chicago
Frank Crawford
Paul
Wanda Burgess
Rolla
Minnie Eaglin
Glen Meryman
Maron
Dale Thompsons
Annabelle Wilson
Bellfontaine
Ohio
Frank Adams
Holt
Mich
Claudia Johnson
Illiopolis
Betty Johnson
Conrad Haefner
St. Louis
Bruce Pugh
Dean
Louis Marley
Nokomis
Mervil Willett
Bruce
Armand Wasem
South Bend
Ind
Memorial Hospital
Gusta Davis
Vandalia
Singer Mfg. Co
Phillip Wyant
Dean Jones
Robert E
James
Columbus
Richard
Decatur
Ill
Christ Temple Church
Carl J. Ballestero
Southlawn
John Nelson
St. Paul
Minn
Los Angeles
Ed Lawson
Berthel Sanders
Carl
Dean Sanders
Paula
Steven
Fred Sanders
Irvene Lanham
Shattuc
Robert Collins
Oran Carter
L. T. Wherritt
Phoebe Carter
Dennis Bricker
University of Illinois
Southern Ill Editors Meet in Carbondale Speakers Listed
Herbert R. Davies former director of the Newspaper Society of Great Britain will address members of the Southern Illinois Editorial Assn at its spring meeting Friday at Southern Illinois University. Russ Hoffman SIEA president and Highland News Journal publisher notes other speakers include J W Paisley Humble Oil Co Arthur C Schoenfield WKYB Paducah and Charles Mills Vandalia Leader editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert R. Davies
Newspaper Society of Great Britain
Southern Illinois Editorial Assn
Southern Illinois University
Russ Hoffman
SIEA
Highland News-Journal
J. W. Paisley
Houston
Tex
Humble Oil Co
Arthur C. Schoenfield
WKYB
Paducah
Charles Mills
Vandalia Leader and Union
School Menu for April 22 26 Week
A readable school menu outlines meals for Monday through Friday. Items include Hamburger roast with green beans and beets on Monday, Barbecued wieners with corn and cole slaw on Tuesday, Turkey pie with mashed potatoes on Wednesday, Hamburger on bun with mixed vegetables and cake on Thursday, and Bologna and cheese with white beans and corn bread on Friday. Each day offers fruit and bread with butter and milk.
Vernon News Roundup Finds Local Visits and Returns
Vernon updates show Jesse Ripple back from St Marys Hospital after days as patient. Local families visited relatives over the weekend including Orval Brown and Brown family, and Miss Rosemary Houston joined James Payne and Minnie Peddicord in St Louis for a beauty trade show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Ripple
St. Mary’s Hospital
Paul Brown
Mt. Auburn
Orval Brown
James Payne
Rosemary Houston
St. Louis
Chase Hotel
Minnie Peddicord
Letta Hopkins
F. E. Arnold
Helen Easley
Irene Ballance
Arizona
Frieda Meador
Dale Boyd
Peoria
Patoka
Vernon News Roundup of Easter Visits and Local Socials
Local residents share Easter weekend visits and family gatherings across Vernon and nearby towns. Families from Godfrey Vandalia Decatur Champaign and Kinmundy join relatives in Vernon with multiple visits to Doolen Manley and Snyder households. A Good Will Club session focused on cancer dressings. Orval F West remembered by his parents in a short memorial note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie Forehand
Mary Thomason
Vandalia
T. E. Snyder
Helen Betts
Ellis Doolen
Mattoon
Dot Willett
Champaign
Lillie Walton
Mabel Snyder
Mervin Willett
Berwyn
Peoria
Minnie Peddicord
R. O. Kelley
Pat
Teresa Betts
Keith Betts
Effingham
I. C. Betts
Tom Belcher
Sharon Belcher
Decatur
Emil Kottmeyer
Gussie Manley
Paul Albert
Salem
Cecil Hollingsead
Centralia
Albert Hollingsead
St. Louis
John
Moneagua
Alice Wilson
Josie Cox
Letta Hopkins
Omar Twiss
Rolling Meadows
John Crotser
W. F. Murfin
Donald Murfin
Essie Robinson
Dave
Susan
Everett Doolen
Vivian Tedrick
Hartford
Vernon
Fancy Work Club Meets With Mrs. Hawkins
The Ladies Fancy Work Club met with Mrs Harbin Hawkins on Friday afternoon April 5. President Mrs Hawkins conducted the meeting. Gifts were received for the hostess and Miss Roy Jones led entertainment with contests awarding prizes to Mesdames H N Potts Clark Walraven S M Spurgeon and Harbin Hawkins. Refreshments followed. next meeting hosted by Mrs Roy Jones with May program by Mrs H N Potts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Fancy Work Club
Harbin Hawkins
Hawkins
Roy Jones
Mesdames
H. N. Potts
Clark Walraven
S. M. Spurgeon
New Salem lithographs offered by Illinois Central
Illinois Central Railroad sells 14 by 18 inch lithographs in full color from Phil Austin watercolors of New Salem State Park near Springfield Illinois. One scene shows Isaac Gulihur’s log cabin tied to Black Hawk War service with Lincoln. Prices 50 cents unframed or six dollars framed. Orders to E L Holmes Chicago Illinois. Don Harper weekend with parents.
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New Salem State Park
Springfield
Ill
Illinois Central Railroad
Phil Austin
Chicago
Isaac Gulihur
Gulihur
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
New Salem
E. L. Holmes
TM Minois
O C Schroeder Elected Mayor In Village Vote
O C Schroeder won the village president post with 76 votes in a 112 total cast. Alvin Perkins led trustees with 90 votes. Jack Bradon 86. Paul Calvert 79. Schroeder and Calvert were write ins. canvassing set for April 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perkins, Bradon, Calvert
Patoka
O. C. Schroeder
Alvin Perkins
Jack Bradon
Paul Calvert
Mr. Schroeder
Mr. Calvert
Kenneth Tune
Edgar Irvin
E. L. DeLay
P. J. Mojonnier
Wesley Jolliff
Jack Robertson
Bertha Miller
Audrey Kissner
Tim Cole
Robert Eagan
Russell Snyder
Dale Nattier
Floyd Belcher
Sign-up Time for Baseball Players
Boys in Vernon and Patoka areas are invited to sign up for the Little League season from April 20 to April 26. Vernon registrations at Binnion's Store, Patoka registrations at Patoka Hardware Store. Eligibility requires ages 8 through 14 before July 1. Field prep work east of the high school begins with backstop installation.
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Vernon
Binnion’s
Patoka Area
Patoka Hardware
Patoka Homemakers Plan May Activities and Bazaars
The Patoka Extension Unit met at Mrs. Edwin Nattier’s home with 13 members. They elected Mrs. Rogier to continue as Extension County Council president and planned a December bazaar and a $5 gift per member drive for the Cancer Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka Homemakers Extension Unit
Edwin Nattier
Dean Britt
Carl Rogier
Rogier
Extension County Council
Cancer Fund
Leo Walker
Paul Calvert
O. C. Schroeder
Farm Bureau Hall
Paul Logan
Robert Eagan
W. M. Cox
Walter W Whiting Receives Commendation
Meridian Mississippi Walter W Whiting aviation electronics technician first class USN son of Mr and Mrs A W Whiting of Patoka Illinois was commended for contributing to Training Squadron Nine s achievement of 35 000 hours of accident free flight at the Naval Auxiliary Air Station Meridian Miss Commissioned one year ago the squadron is believed to hold an all time record in jet hours flown without an accident
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meridian, Miss
Walter W. Whiting
USN
A. W. Whiting
Patoka
Ill
Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Meridian
Miss
Superintendent of Lawrenceville Home Named
Dr. Ernest M. Dycus pastor of First Methodist Church Robinson has been appointed by Bishop Edwin Voigt as superintendent of the Methodist Home in Lawrenceville effective June 1. He replaces Dr. Paul B. Brown who is subject to re appointment. Dycus is a Mt Vernon native who has served the Alma Circuit and Salem in this vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest M. Dycus
First Methodist Church
Robinson
Edwin Edgar Voigt
Methodist Illinois Area
Lawrenceville
Paul B. Brown
Dycus
Mt. Vernon
Alma
Salem
ASCS Plans Meetings on Wheat Program
Six educational meetings scheduled by the ASCS committee to explain the proposed 1964 wheat program. One gathering set for Wednesday April 24 at Patoka high school cafeteria at 8 p m. Chairman H D Crippen says the talks cover on hand wheat supply and yield increases over 20 years and how these affect farming plans for 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ascs Committee
Patoka High School
H. D. Crippen
Vernon Re-elects Three Trustees in Quiet Local Vote
Vernon held a quiet election last Tuesday with three trustees re elected for four years. James L. Phinney received 14 votes, Chester Burks 14, Darrell Zimmerman 12, and there were no write in votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
James L. Phinney
Chester Burks
Darrell Zimmerman
Three Trustees Elected to School Board
A school election last Saturday produced 40 votes with Kenneth Meador Donald Towler and Dean Britt winning. They replace Dwight Briscoe Virgil Klinge and John Cox who did not seek re election. The board organized Tuesday with Orville Schroeder as president and Orval Sharp as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Meador
Donald Towler
Dean Britt
K. Meador
de. Teiler
Scars Teeter
Carl Rogier
Dwight Briscoe
Virgil Klinge
John Cox
Orville Schroeder
Orval Sharp
Two Pope Township Voters Keep 64 Year Habit
George Christie and Elliott Belcher, both among Pope township's oldest residents, voted together again at the recent election. Christie is 86 and Belcher 85, born in 1877, with neighbor Ben Linton aged 88 in nearby Benson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope Township
George Christie
Elliott Belcher
Mr. Christie
Mr. Belcher
George
Elliott
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Chas. Cain
Charles Cain
Jim Logue
Glen Heather
Delmar Cain
Keith Cain
Don Moore
John Belcher
Pat Meyer
Sheron
Ernie Simmons
Nancy Goodin
Leck Logue
John Logue
Kinmundy
Kathy Cain
Southern
Wayne Cox
Walter Weiss
Clarence Lawson
Memoriam
Orval F. West
ILL. Central
Don Harper
Homemakers
ASCS
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