Patoka Happenings and Visits Around Flora and Nearby Towns
Local social notes list visits across Flora Patoka Sullivan Farmer City Vandalia Centralia and surrounding areas. Attendees include the Rogier Mojonnier Britt Gas ton Forehand Ballance Logan Griffin Isaac Muck Meador Williams Meyers Murfin Stephens Combe Mojonnier and numerous family groups. Carrie’s birthday is noted with calls and a wire from relatives.
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Artie Rogier
Carroll Mojonnier
Tim
Flora
Ill
Dean Britt
Miss Pearl Britt
Hammond Gaston
Sullivan
James Adams
Lombard
Frank Adams
Leo Forehand
Farmer City
Morton Riggs
Wear
Garland
Frank Ballance
Lula Troyer
Elizabeth Isaac
Centralia
Max Quayle
Arizona
Stuart Logan
B. N. Griffin
Charles
Vandalia
Claudia Johnson
Illiopolis
Betty Johnson
Laura Ververs
Chicago
Stella Ververs
Mary Galaway
Edna Schinnemann
Weldon
Merle J. Isaac
Jackson’s
Erna Harper
St. Louis
Ed Myers
W. R. Wilkens
Salem
Clara Kretzer
Park Ridge
Nannie Britt
Ethel Chance
Joseph Muck
WMU
Zion Hill Baptist Church
Joseph Mack
Charley Jett
Emma Hill
Russell Collins
Harold
Eldon Bowen
Nancy
Jerry Bopp
Rantoul
Freda Meador
Minner
Lois Williams
Peoria
Juanita Meyers
Don Murfin
Letta Jennings
Rufus Stephens
James
Carrie
Bill
Elsie Combe
Greenville
L. C. Combe
P. J. Mojonnier
Patoka
Harry Mojonnier
Luke Noland
Emma Begulin
Greene
Iowa
Alberta Mange
Arkansas
Charles Doty
Benton
Ivan Combe
New York
Marion County Singing Convention at Wesley Methodist
The Marion County Singing Convention will be held Sunday April 28 at 2 p.m. at Wesley Methodist Church located 50 miles east of Patoka high school on the Kinmundy blacktop. The public is invited to attend and enjoy the singing program.
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Marion County
Wesley Methodist Church
Patoka High School
Kinmundy Blacktop
Baseball Sign-up for Coming Season in Two Towns
Sign-up ends soon for little and pony league baseball with age groups 8 to 11 and 12 through 14. Vernon registrations at Binnion's Store and Patoka registrations at Patoka Hardware.
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Vernon
Binnion’s
Patoka
Patoka High School Spring Concert Planned
The Patoka High School Music Department presents its annual spring concert on Friday April 26 at 8 p.m. in the high school with performances by the concert band under Jack Stephens the senior high girls chorus directed by Mrs Myr tle L Reid and the junior high girls chorus directed by Mr Stephens. The senior chorus performs Serenade to Spring with soloists and an octette. the saxophone quartet and a sound of music selections by the junior chorus follow. Accompanists include Carolyn Snider Brenda Irvin Deloris Beck Judy Logan and Jeanne Payne. Ushers are Jack McNicol and Carl Jolliff.
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Patoka High School
Jack Stephens
Myrtle L. Reid
Stephens
Carolyn Snider
Jeanne Payne
Linda Zimmerman
Judy Logan
Diana Headley
Sheila Sharp
la- Donna Hollowell
Janice Snyder
Barbara Jones
Mike Johnson
Paula Torrence
Judy Griffin
Style Show Headline at PTA Meeting
The Parents Teachers Association will meet Monday April 29 at 7 30 p m at the High School for their April session. A style show featuring dresses made by PHA and home economics students will be modeled and a humorous skit performed by the class. Second grade mothers will serve refreshments.
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Appil
Virginia Garren
Island Chapel Club Meets With Mrs Brokelmeyer
The April gathering of the Island Chapel Community Club was held at Mrs Mabel Brokelmeyer's home with ten members present. Mrs Josephine Sharp led devotions and talks covered air purifiers and carpet care. Mrs Esta Cox won the door prize. refreshments followed. The May meeting will be hosted by Mrs Esta Cox featuring a sale of food and other articles.
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Island Chapel Community Club
Mabel Brokelmeyer
Josephine Sharp
Myrle Bricker
Fern Bricker
Esta Cox
Patoka FFA Banquet Honors Members and Guests
The Patoka FFA and FHA held their annual Parent and Son Banquet on Monday April 22 with Lane Briscoe as master of ceremonies. Morris Carter recited the FFA Creed and trophies were awarded for outstanding corn production and farm mechanics projects. Kent Slater Augusta state reporter delivered the guest address, and the event concluded with closing ceremonies and a tour of improvements.
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Patoka Pfa
Parent and Son
Lane Briscoe
FFA
James Thomas
FHA
Garren
Patoka Ffa
Morris Carter
Specia
Larry Thompson
Raymond Halbrook
Mr. Wolf
Jim Padberg
DeKalb Hybrid Corn Assa. On Behalf of Thor Products
Gary Keister
Dwight Thomas
Paul Cavert
Lange Tractor Sales
Patoka
Kent Slater
Augusta
Daylight Saving Time Begins This Sunday in Illinois
The annual time change occurs this Sunday at 2 a.m. in Illinois and St. Louis County. Missouri remainder does not observe the shift. Clocks move forward one hour and travelers should check transportation schedules for possible changes.
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Illinois
St. Louis County
Missouri
Ernest Bozarth Named Principal in Murphysboro
Ernest Bozarth former Patoka high school basketball coach and Murphysboro coach for three years will become a grade school principal in Murphysboro according to a Southern Illinoisan report. He resigned as Murphysboro coach last month. Supt. James Blackwood recommended the appointment noting Bozarth needs educational credits to complete a supervisor certificate, to be earned at Southern Illinois University this summer. The exact assignment will be decided later.
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Ernest Bozarth
Patoka
Murphysboro
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Bozarth
James Blackwood
Southern Illinois University
Vernon News Items Highlight Local Visits and Health
A series of local social updates notes visits across Shelbyville Vandalia Odin Patoka and nearby towns. Hospitalization reports include L D Morey’s treatment in Fast St Louis and John Gillespie's light stroke recovery.
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W. F. Murfin
Omar Twiss
Rolling Meadows
Ray Walton
Vandalia
Lillie Walton
L. D. Morey
St. Louis
Morey
Ellis Doolen
Oscar Doolen
Nan Oates
Odin Nursing Homes
Arlene Cox
Laurine Klinge
Letta Hopkins
Patoka
Dorothy Barnes
Norma Blunt
Edna Griffin
Holy Cross Lutheran Educational Bldg
John Gillespie
William Chriss
Winchester Bay
Oregon
Bill
Pearl Leininger
Joe Roberson
Jennie Leininger
Maud Hatch
E. St. Louis
Wayne Simpson
Cisne
Bertha Binnion
Victoria Chapter Honors 50-Year Members
Victoria Chapter of OES met Monday evening and planned events. The group will honor four 50-year members on May 13 including Frances Bean of Medford Oregon Clara Stephens of Arizona Eunice Walraven and Sam Spurgeon of Patoka. A rummage and bake sale is set for May 18 at the Masonic Temple.
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Victoria
Frances Bean
Medford
Oregon
Clara Stephens
Arizona
Eunice Walraven
Sam Spurgeon
Patoka
Masonic Temple
Edna Dauderman
Methodist Church
Erna Harper
Many Patokans Treated at St Marys Hospital
Several Patokan residents were treated at St Marys Hospital this past week. George Wickersham was admitted for a heart attack and returned home Tuesday. Fayne Murph suffered a heart attack and was admitted. Roy Jones remains recuperating from an operation. Mrs Nellie Perkins of Vernon was a surgical patient and expects to return home this week.
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Patokans
St. Mary’s Hospital
George Wickersham
Carrie Neiderkorn
Lenore Mann
Fayne (Buck) Murph
Roy Jones
Nellie Perkins
Vernon
St. Mary’s
Honors Day at U Illinois to Recognize 1800 Undergraduates
One thousand eight hundred University of Illinois undergraduates will be honored May 3 in the 39th annual Honors Day Convocation at Urbana. Dennis L. Bricker of Patoka High School ranks in the top three percent of the sophomore class in sustained high scholarship. The Assembly Hall will be dedicated during the ceremony starting at 1 15 p m with Gov Otto Kerner Pres David D Henry and Howard W Clement taking part. Carl Sandburg will deliver the principal address.
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University of Illinois
Urbana
Patoka
Dennis L. Bricker
Dennis
Assembly Hall
Otto Kerner
David D. Henry
Howard W. Clement
U. of I. Board of Trustees
Carl Sandburg
Pa tok a youth baseball drive to raise funds
Paul Calvert announces the Pa toka finance committee leads a youth program for over 75 boys in a little and pony league. Past events like a chicken supper, an all night sing and donations raised about 600 dollars. The goal is 1999 dollars 99 cents with a May 11 Tag Day and a May Firemen Western Horse Show to fund the project. Details to follow in the Register.
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Patoka
Wesley Griffin Elected State GOP Vice President
Marion County circuit clerk Wesley Griffin was chosen as one of five vice presidents of the Illinois Young Republicans Club at Springfield meetings last weekend. Jim Brady of Centralia was elected district governor for the 28rd Congressional District.
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Wesley Griffin
Marion County
Illinois Young Republicans Club
GOP
Springfield
Jim Brady
Centralia
Village Board Names New Clerk After Election
Newly elected village officials were sworn in by Police Magistrate Sam Jolliff after the outgoing board canvassed last week’s vote. Mayor C. C. Schroeder appointed committees and named Tom Chappell village clerk to fill the unexpired two year term.
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Sam Jolliff
C. C. Schroeder
Paul Calvert
Alvin Perkins
Dale Nattier
Jack Bradon
L. P. Basch
Jack Robertson
Tom Chappell
Schroeder
Warriors Baseball Team Opens Spring With Triple Win
The Warriors defeated Mulberry Grove 14 to 4 Ramsey 11 to 6 and Centralia 11 to 8 to start their spring schedule. Upcoming games list dates opponents and locations with all 4 pm starts and a district tournament in mid May.
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Warriors
Mulberry Grove
Ramsey
Centralia
Cowden
Fresh
Soph. Tourney
Carlyle
Okawyville
Okawville
Bethalto
Thene
Sandoval
District Tourney
State Office
County Group Plans Third Annual Art Show
County Homemakers Council met last Friday to plan the Third Annual Art Show on Friday May 17 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Entries can be brought Thursday May 16 from 4 to 8 p.m. to the Farm Bureau Building north of Salem on Route 37. Exhibitors include hobbyists, handicrafters, painters, potters, sketchers, weavers, welders and others who pursue art for recreation.
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County Homemakers Council
Farm Bureau Bldg
Salem
Route
Grade School Band to Entertain Band Parents
Grade school band will perform for band parents on Tuesday April 30 at 730 PM in the high school. Refreshments will be served and parents are asked to bring cake or sandwiches. Everyone is warmly invited.
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Baseball
Gene Smith
Tommie Bowen
Eeeer
Mary Jolliff
Robert Kelley
Dwight Britt i
Eter
Cleve McWhirter
Raymond Britt
Bob Keisten
Cecil Griffin
Patoka Register
Wesley Methodist
Dixie
Gehl Klinge
Carl Sanders
Mary Kay Phinney
Deloris Beck
Judy Carter
Brenda Trvin
Rhonda Irvin
Jack McNicol
Carl Jolliff
PTA
Island Chapel Club
Brokelmeyer
Blackwood
Mr. Bozarth
Lawrence Sorrell
Shelbyville
Tonie Sorrell
I. C. Betts
Mabel Snyder
Josephine McWhirter
Alma
Joe Wikenhauser
Jesse Ripple
Belleville
Marvin Sorrell
Nona
Winess Linton
U. S
State Gop
Dale Snyder
Bettie Kelley
Clarence Forehand
James Payne
W. L. Griffin
Doris Snyder
The
Cancer Fund
Esther Irvin
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