328 Voters Called for Ballots In City Election
Local news notes cover community happenings from farm supply ads to social visits. Many residents and visitors travel between Patoka, Centralia, Decatur, and nearby towns for funerals, medical matters, or family events.
Patoka votes dry by wide margin in local election
In Patoka the dry forces won by about four to one amid a turnout of 328. The city rejected liquor sales 259 to 65 as residents chose four-year terms for city officials. Ballots showed varied results for president trustees clerk and police magistrate with several candidates scoring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka
Congress
Thei
W. J. Schroeder
J. C. Beery
C. H. Hill
L. D. Alcom
B. N. Griffin
L. E. Green
D. W. Troyer
C. M. Rogier
Fifth Wedding Anniversary Observed Sunday
Mr and Mrs P J Mojonnier entertained a number of relatives Sunday April 11 in honor of their fifth wedding anniversary Those present were Mr and Mrs Charlie Zilles Mr and Mrs Osmar Zilles and children Jacquelin and Caryl Highland Miss Alice Mojonnier Centralia Mr and Mrs Carroll Mojonnier of Patoka
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Orbis Hopkies
Velma Hurst
Little Son
Centralia
Patoka
Magnes Lucas
Salem
Forest Oates
Vernon
Claude Walker
Louie Carter
Decatur
Mound Chapel
Eliza Farmer
Ira Livesay
Laura Livesay
Harold Chance
Lucile Nichols
Chicago
A. L. Irvin
Chicago By Mr. Chance’s Mother, Mrs. John Chance, and Miss ‘Lela Mae Nichols
John Chance
X. B. Holland
Fred Kennedy
J. W. Wiley
J. W. Alexander
James Cahill
Weiser
Idaho
Cahill
Wm. Cahill
Della Johnstone
J. H. Ward
Wilbur Meyer
Keyesport
Dallas Whitford
Tamales
P. T. Potts
Verre Emery
H. N. Potts
Delbert Belcher
Bobby Eaglin
Jefferson Barracks
M. E. Church
South
Willis
W. D. Humphrey
Rushville
Waverly
Curwen Henley
Humphrey
Wm. Rogier
Highland
Glen Hill
Wes Martin
Oscar Hill
D. W. Trover
Doughter Helen
Priday
Paul Troyer
Kesner Cruse
Albert Cruse
Loyd Slocum
James Doty Sr
James
Wenton Wright
Hugh Jenson
Shattue
St. Louis
Junior Walker
Jefferson Barracks Hospital
D. R. Livesay
Ben Livesay
Dean Martin
Tommy Dean
Sandoval
Emmett Jones
Forrest
Kinmundy
Geneva Ambuhl
Farina
Roy Jones
F. B. Ballance
Mervel Willett
Villa Grove
Nellie Mansfield
Mulberry Grove
H. G. Hudspeth
A. W. Underwood
Piper City
M. Underwood
Haines Belcher
Freddie Baker
Beckemeyer
Gilla Hopkins
Becckmeyer
Clark
Loren Eagan
Ruth Pugh
B. Holland
Bill Eagan
Burle Linton
M. Eagan
B. Wooters
Odin
T. S. Wooters
Juanita Harrison
Joe Hopkins
James Wasem
P. G. Johnston
Carlyle
Howard Smith
Isabelle Hourrigan
Lucille Buchannan
Vandalia
George Wasem
Chynon Slifer
Shumway
Max Conrey
Cecil Griffin
Wichita Fall
Texas
A. W. Thalman
Billy
Elizabeth Thalman
Herman Payne
A. A. Griffin
P. J. Mojonnier
Charlie Zilles
Osmar Zilles
Jacquelin and
Caryl
Alice Mojonnier
Carroll Mojonnier
Classified Sale Notices From Patoka And Surrounding Areas
A string of short classifieds lists items for sale or rent including strawberry plants, new furniture, a 20 acre bluegrass pasture, a drilling rig with tools, a restaurant and rooming house, farm pastures for rent, sleeping rooms, a Stewart No 9 shearing machine, roomers wanted in Shobonier, and farm equipment including tractors and implements. Listings show contact names and towns in Illinois and Ohio with dates.
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A. L. Irvin
Patoka
Raines
Centralia
Ill
Orville
L. W. Fetzer
West Main Cross St
Findlay
Ohio
A. L. W.kins
Harry Carter
Ia. L. Irvin
Wm. Ververs
Shobonier
E. C. Nichols
Parks Orchard
Fordson
Oliver
Denver Adams
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Wadkins
Smith’s
Jeff Smith
Stephen’s
Dale Britt
Fred Allan
Orville Britt
Altom’s
Frank Carson
Geogia Cameron
G. W
Dean Blankinship
Eureka
C. E. Blankin
Ship
Dale Altom
Altom
Nellie Miller
Oblong
Verle Kirk
Ford Anderson
S. E. Altom
James Emerson
Alcom’s
Merritt Caldwell
Francis Walker
Jacksonsville
Caldwell
Perry Diveley
Archie Henry
Harry Diveley
Walter Diveley
Lloyd Kinney
Lincoln
Kinney
Joe Humes
Heyworth
Jone
Mindora Simcox
Will Jackson
Merle Anderson
Harrisburg
Sunady
W.l Anderson
Della Johnston
W. W. Murfin
M. P. DuComb
Marion County Medical Society
Adelahia Wilson
Springfield
Harold Benny
Clark Limecox
Centralia Hospital
Harold
Murfin
Grace Wernsman
Ingvald Settem
A. C. Wills
Marjorie
DuQuoin
Harbin Hawkins
Hamilton
Kansas
Ray Hopkins
Niantic
Anna Hostlar
Ruth Smith
Edith Litchfield
Minnie Silkey
Floyd Smith
University of Illinois
Champaign
Lewis Pugh
J. M. Smith
Alice Murfin
Floyd
Smith
Verne Starr
Dupo
Charles Starr
G. Starr
Roy Joseph
Glenn Belcher
Claude Walker Weer
Donald Walker
Evans Leach
Harold Fouts
Maben Workman
Boulder
Clark Simcox
James Lawson
Wa Ker Apant
Leo Walker
State OF Illinois Department OF Agriculture
State Department of Agriculture
Pope Township
Fayette County
State of
Illinois
H. C. Rinehart
Walter W. McLaughlin
W. O. C. Chicks
R. I. Whites
R. I. Reds
White Wyandottes
S. C
White
Leghorns
Farthing
Odin, Illinois
O. E
Bob
Eaglin
Mens Suits Bettinghouse
E. Sec
White Cleaners & Dyers
Centralia, Ill
Wooters Motor CO
Poplar St
Egyptian Academy OF Beauty Culture
City National Bank
Centralia, Ilinois
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