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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1941
Page
4
To all debtors and creditors of Mrs. Estella Bobbett the settlement of claims will be in Vernon Illinois all day Saturday April 26. Mrs Helen Matzker.
Mrs. Mary J. Underwood marked her eighty second birthday Sunday while visiting at the home of A. W. Underwood and wife in Piper City Illinois. She is staying with her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs T H Quayle of Decatur.
The Headley and Matzker families thank everyone who aided during the illness and death of Mrs. Estella Bobbett. Freda Headley, David Headley, Helen Matzker, and John Matzker express gratitude for support and sympathy.
Marion County farmers have ordered 2477 tons of limestone under the Conservation Materials plan of the AAA farm program this year. The system allows limestone with no cash advance, costs deducted from AAA payments. Statewide orders exceed 300000 tons, signaling the most extensive limestone use in history. Farmers earn 2 dollars per ton credit for limestone application as soil building practice.
Miss Marlene Perrine had been on the sick list for a week but shows marked improvement. Mr and Mrs Chester Belcher and their Bloomington relatives visited Patoka last Friday with Mrs Gilla Hopkins and other relatives and friends.
The narrator describes a chaotic game night with a scavenger hunt what is a scavenger, a partner calling her jack a bower in a card game, decoding rebuses, a game using roulette and other activities, and fatigue from the evening. The questions mix sports and party games with multiple choice answers.
Optimism blooms among southern Illinois fruit growers as fertilizer purchases double from last year. About 400 cars of nitrogen fertilizer have been distributed through Frit Exchange Supply in Carbondale. Easter weekend drew crowds to enjoy the peach blossoms, with pear plum cherry and apricot trees adding to the scene. Early apple varieties are expected to bloom by April.
INDEPENDENCE Iowa. Mrs Jane Armstrong has been ill with lumbago. G P Wengert of Iowa City visited with Robert and Betty. Mr and Mrs Fred Carter spent Friday with their son Bruce. Mrs Josie Perkins Sledge formerly of this vicinity was buried at Hatch cemetery last Friday. L J Bates and Paul did business in St Louis last week. Shirley Ann Protz visited Eleanor Bates. Residents attended the chairvi at Dan Thorp's for the marriage of Harry Thorp and Evelyn Mitchell. Independence school held an Alaska Activity Exhibit last Friday with a following program and luncheon. A large crowd inspected student work. Bob and Clyde Chriss and Elmer Thomas of Vernon visited Billy and L J Bates Jr. Vergil, Walter, Dale and Dean Wernsman visited the Pratt home Sunday. Paul and Mrs L J Bates were in Vandalia Friday. Mrs Harold Price Betty and Dorothy shopped in Centralia Saturday. Mr and Mrs Henry Meredith and family attended the funeral of Mrs Merediths aunt Mrs Josie Sledge Friday.
The Vernon school board rehired all teachers and janitors for the coming year led by Principal Raymond Baker and high school Dale Whitehurst with Ruth Reisman and Minnie Peddicord in grades and G Whitehurst as janitor. Vernon Rebekah Lodge 426 met at the I O O F Hall for memorial services for Estella Bobbett and welcomed three new members D L Freyer J W Epps and T E Snyder with a social period and refreshments served by J W Epps and F L Cox.
Mrs Cora Renfro made a business trip to Salem Saturday. Miss Betty Palmer visited her grandparents Monday. Mr and Mrs Ingvald Settem were visiting in Centralia last Sunday afternoon with friends. Edgar Irvin and Misses Maxine Miller and Doris Miller were St Louis visitors one evening last week.
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