Patoka Local News Highlights Social Visits
Local notes from Patoka Illinois cover visitors and travelers including Miss Alice Murfin, Martha Sebastian, and Mrs F W Pugh. St. Louis and Decatur contacts, new car ownerships, and weekend gatherings with Centralia, Rock Falls, and Salem connections. Funeral attendance noted for Mordecai Lee.
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Jeff Smith
O. E
Bob) Eaglin
Patoka
Ill
Alice Murfin
Martha Sebastian
Charleston
Sebastian
St. Louis
James McCallen
F. W. Pugh
Martha Roethels
Dorothy Wasem
Margaret
Rock Falls
Clifford Belcher
Helen Troyer
Harold Simeon
Harold Dean
Sandoval
Farmers Community Meeting Set at Patoka Elevator
Farmers are invited to a community gathering at the Patoka Elevator building on Wednesday evening April 27 at 7 30 p m. Attendance urged for all farmers to participate in the discussion and planning.
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Patoka Elevator
Automobile repair and pump expert in Denver area
I do automobile repairing and general mechanical work including spray pumps. Available to discuss pump expertise and used parts for sale. Located one block north of the Lumber Yard, Denver Adams.
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Denver Adams
Lumber Yard
Executrix Notice for Vandeventer Estate in Illinois
Executors Pugh and Elihu Vandeventer announce at the County Court in Illinois that all claims against the estate of William H. Vandeventer must be presented at the June term. Creditors are urged to settle promptly, with Ward P Holt attorney on record. The notice appears in this April 13 record.
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William H. Vandeventer
County of Mar
Illinois
A. D. Pugh
Elihu Vandeventer
Public Sale to Sell Farm Goods Near Sandoval Illinois
Public sale to be held at 4 miles north of Sandoval Illinois on Route 2 and 1 4 mile east Monday April 25 1932 at 1 PM. Items listed include 40 hens a mare a horse a Guernsey cow calves cattle sow and farrow hogs a wagon various farming implements stacks of grain and hedge posts all for cash. ROBT. D. SHEETZ owner. John A Jennings auctioneer.
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Sandoval
Guernsey
Jersey
Robt
D. Sheetz
John A. Jennings
East of Town social notes and visitors
Miss Glenna Meador visits Windsor with her sister while Miss Alice Caldwell trips to Decatur. Numerous locals report flu, and guests include Mr and Mrs Harvey Wickenhauser from Salem, Barthol Anderson, Joe Knight near St Paul, and Mor Decai Lee funeral attendees from St Louis. Local families hosting and visiting Midland County area members through the weekend.
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Glenna Meador
Windsor
Alice Caldwell
Decatur
Harvey Wickenhauser
Salem
Henry Williams
Barthol Anderson
Joe Knight
St. Paul
Harry Thomason
Moneaqua
Frank Thomason
Oscar Chandler
Boody
Mac McCarty
St. Louis
Mordecai Lee
Gus Protz
Laura Arnold
Alma
Geo. Purcell
Oscar Doolen
Oscar Caldwell
Edwin Arnold
Vandalia
Codyeg
Cyrus Arn- 0
Local Folks Attend Literary Event in Carrigan
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. McHaney visited Mr. and Mrs. John Talbert and their children Sunday afternoon. Little Miss Margaret Aumiller stays with her aunt Mrs. Charlie McHaney. From this vicinity several attended the Literary at Carrigan last Friday, including Mr. and Mrs. John Nichols, Fred Simpson, and Alice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. McHaney
John Talbert
Margaret Aumiller
Charlie McHaney
Carrigan
John Nichols
Fred Simpson
Alice
Community People Share Weekend Visits and May Funeral News
Names of local residents visiting relatives over the weekend include Alva Jett Esther Goodwin Eugene Simpson John Nichols Cecil Bowen and Caroline Harmier. The text notes a misprint in Lone Prairie items and reports the death of Bessie Awmiller formerly Chance with several local relatives attending the Kinmundy funeral.
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Bessie Awmiller
Awmiller
Bessie Chance
Kinmundy
Charlie McHaney
E. E. McHaney
Cliffie Goodwin
Esther
John Nichols
Maud Jett
Thelma
Lauren Carter
Elizabeth
Sunday School Attendance and Local Visits Reported
East Zion reports well attended Sunday services at Zion Church. Residents on various local errands include Harry Chance and wife in Patoka, Paul Williams and Herman Torbeck with a new telephone, and Elmer Frizzell family visiting Joe Frizzell. The Chatter and Stitch club quilted with Mrs Barthol Anderson. A rainfall is hoped for locally and the eighth grade at Chance plans a final exam next Thursday.
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Zion
Harry Chance
Patoka
Paul Williams
Herman Torbeck
Fent Caldwell
Edwin Arnold
van Gata
Cyrus Arnold
Elmer Frizzell
Joe Frizzell
Bertha Mulvaney
Rosie Thomason
Elva Binnion
Vandalia
Jamie Caldwell
Lizzie Caldwell
Laura Frizzell
Harry Thomason
Moneaqua
Frank Thomason
ASD
Nichols
Haulitie
Berry and Meadow
Chatter and Stitch Club
Barthol Anderson
Willie McNicol
Jamie
Caldwell
Russell
Frank Caldwell
Maurice Maulding
Elmer Berry
Walker Caldwell
Odin
Donald Arnold
Herbert Green
Paul Caldwell
Berry Mill
Chance
Isabell Cozad
Chance School Sees Teacher Enter Third Term
To teach Chance school, this is her third term. The note confirms ongoing assignment and tenure in the district.
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Chance School
Chevrolet Fails To Make Curve South Of Here
A Chevrolet car driven by a Lansing Michigan man en route to Missouri failed to negotiate a curve at a mile crossing south of town Saturday afternoon. The vehicle sustained heavy damage and the driver remained in Patoka for emergency repairs before continuing his journey Monday morning.
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Lansing
Michigan
Missouri
Mile Crossing
Patoka
Road Work Contracts Worth 789200 Awarded in Illinois
Frank T. Sheets announces that 28 county road projects approved by state highway officials will allow eleven Illinois counties to award contracts for secondary road work totaling 789 200 dollars. The county highway system funded by the three cent motor fuel tax aims to relieve statewide unemployment this year.
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Frank T. Sheets
Illinois
Illinois World Fair Committee Appointed
Walter Williams president of the Illinois chamber of commerce announces the appointment of a Century of Progress committee. Members include J Paul Clayton chair Chicago. Walter S Carr Earl H Reynolds Chicago. William F Gerdes Quincy Verne E Joy Centralia Shirley E Moisant Kankakee Charles M Thompson Urbana Walter W Williams Benton Omare H Wright Belvidere. State chamber reaffirms support for the 1933 exposition.
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Walter Williams
Illinois Chamber To Commerce
J. Paul Clayton
Chicago
Walter S. Carr
Earl H. Reynolds
William F. Gerdes
Quincy
Verne E. Joy
Centralia
Shirley E. Moisant
Kankakee
Charles M. Thompson
Urbana
Walter W. Williams
Benton
Omare H. Wright
Belvidere
State Chamber
Steel Industry to Exhibit at 1933 Century of Progress
United States Steel Corp has contracted to exhibit steel industry at Chicago's 1933 Century of Progress. T. W. Robinson of Illinois Steel predicts the fair will educate the public on advances in arts sciences mechanical and industrial achievements.
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United States Steel Corporation
Chicago
T. W. Robinson
Illinois Steel Company
Illinois Parent Teachers Set Delegates for State Meeting
Parent-Teachers associations across Illinois nominate delegates for the thirty-third annual Illinois Congress convention to be held in Rockford Illinois. Officials emphasize planning and coordination for the forthcoming event.
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Parent-Teachers State Meeting
Rockford, Ill
Illinois
Illinois Congress
Rockford Hosts Parents and Teachers Convention
The convention in Rockford titled Constructive Forces in Education runs April 19 20 and 21 with speakers and exhibits. Mrs. Carl L. Schmidt Evanston is program chairman and Mrs. Clarence M. Dale Rockford is general arrangements chair. Faust hotel Rockford serves as headquarters.
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Rockford
Carl L. Schmidt
Evanston
Clarence M. Dale
Faust
Mortality Discussed by Health Official in Springfield
Bax ter K. Richardson of the state department of public health stressed prenatal care to lower maternal mortality. He called maternal mortality perhaps the outstanding subject of controversy in medicine and public health.
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Springfield
State Department of Public Health
Richardson
Crippled Children Count Reported in Illinois
The state board of public welfare commissioners says there are more than 16 000 crippled children in Illinois. The Physically Handicapped Children’s Commission has compiled 10 600 names and addresses. Directors Rodney H. Brandon and Andy Hall, and Superintendent Francis G. Blair are noted in the commission.
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State Board of Public Welfare Commissioners
Iinois
Physically Handicapped Children’s Commission
Rodney H. Brandon
Department of Public Welfare
Andy Hall
Department of Public Health
Francis G. Blair
Ikey and the Subtraction Lesson
A teacher asks Ikey a subtraction problem about eight pennies minus three. Ikey responds with a humorous question about why the word ry would make him lose three pennies, illustrating a playful misunderstanding.
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Ikey
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