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Newspaper

Patoka Register

Location

Patoka, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 26, 1929

Page

7

Redfearin and Hibbard Visit In Salem And St Louis

Vernon residents Mr. and Mrs. Harry Redfearin and Mrs. H P Redfearin with Mr and Mrs Willard Hibbard visited Mrs John Carnahan and family then accompanied them to St Louis to see her husband John W Carnahan A large crowd attended Saturdays drama with proceeds totaling 76 30 in local funds Pollock of Shovonie r visited sister Rose Martin here last week

Harry Redfearin Greenville H. P. Redfearin Willard Hibbard Salem John Carnahan Family St. Louis John W. Carnahan Ae Pollock ShoVonier Rose Martin

Local notices and social updates from town life

Sickness and visits fill a week in town with Mr. and Mrs. Oates and many neighbors dropping by. A school board hires new teachers including Kirchhoefer, Kinney, Doolen, Towler and Hamilton for the coming term. Also listed are travel, visits, church events, a farewell for Wanda Tillman and a humorous exchange about a train crossing.

Oralia F. M. Smith Patoka J. W. Epps Sorrell Carrie Jones J. H. Reeter S. S. Grant Entre Nous Club Wanda Tillman Alton IL. the Evening Was Spent In Playing Five Hundred. Miss Tillman Louise Betts Maxine Walton Merle Willett Thelma Doolen Marie Hathaway Cecil Binnion Bill Willette D. H. Headley Clarence Kirchhoefer Andrew Peddicord

Low Aim and the Price of Mediocrity

A 1925 Western Newspaper Union piece uses a Fortress Mon- Eroe visit and a naval artillery example to illustrate that aiming too low leads to failure. It parallels Kent’s college drop and readmission for poor scholarship, arguing steady effort and higher targets prevent missed marks.

Mon- Eroe Jim Kent Western Newspaper Union

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Vernon Brigiml Persia Willie Oates Wes Oates Mammie Lawrence Macon Ira Kinney Blanche Doolen Amy Towler Earl Hamilton Benton Elsie Arnold Arnold Charpel Mildred Morgan Cecil Dickerson St. Joseph J. W. Thompson James Joseph Johndron Ill Orvel West Anabelle Leninger Mary Revis Lodema Fox Geo. Grothers Danville Wallace Dewey Sprinkle Arlie Sprinkle Delmar Freyer San Luis Arizona John Barnes Bert Graham Mabel McKimmey Rose Hill Naomi June Thos Talbert Louisville Lucas Crawford West Frankfort EB. H. Weinsman Mattoon Ills Evansville Ind Pentecost Church A. E. Varnell Thelma Arnold Brown’s Business College Centralia J. Hi Illinois Herrin Frances Livesay C. C. Livesay Spark Nash Motor Co Shobonier Elva Towler Ben Woolsey Pana Fil Ethel Green L. EB William Hathaway Ivy Lowe Brown's Business College Will Humes Humes Mary Smith Echo Gladys Ethel Elsie Jones Nicholas Longworth Pauline Curtis Spotted Crow White Mouse Orce Spoetted-Crow Salem,llinois R x Motor Co Horton Electric Gueranteed Maytag Crosley Icy-Ball Crosley Crosley and Atwater-Kent R. L. Walton
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