Zion Epworth League allocates members to four committees
At a special Executive Council meeting the Zion Epworth League divided the league contest membership among four standing committees: Worship Evangelism and Church Relationship chaired by Frances Neilson. Citizenship and Community Service chaired by Robert Jones. Missions and World Friendship chaired by Dorothy McNicol. and Recreation Personal Development and Leadership trainings chaired by Ellen Ballance. The long list names hundreds of members assigned to each committee.
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Zion Epworth League
Comittee
Frances Neilson
Bud Caldwell
Teddy Caldwell
Russel Caldwell
Della Caldwell
Nellie Chandler
Wilbur Chandler
Orville Doolen
Owen Belcher
Harrison Eagan
Max Foltz
Bruce Foltz
Clyde Green
Gladys Garrett
Wilma Jean Caldwell
Lucille Garrett
Pearl Green
Margaret Green
Cleda Garrett
Marvin Garrett
W. D. Humphrey
Francis Hays
Henderson Jones
Lula Jones
Katheryn Jones
Chlorus Williams
Ward Keith Waton
Orville Walton
Florence Walton
Kathery mI Wingert
Celia Wernsman
Duane Walton
Nellie Mae Jones
Roberta Arnold
Mildred McNicol
Gayle Thompson
Committee On Citizenship and Community Service
Robert Jones
Lara Anderson
Harry Anderson
Harold Belcher
Isabel Cozad
Kaheryn Soutier
Marshall Soutier
Robert Walton
Louis Stevens
Bob Arnold
Nellie Fern Belcher
Hazel Belcher
Leola Arnold
Josephine Doudera
Chas. Arnold
Hobart Arnold
Charles Foltz
Frank Thompson
Lois Foltz
Nancy Foltz
Andrew Foster
James Bassett
Florence Bassett
Edwin Nattier
Jess Jones
Veda Jones
Ade Crane
Nora Crane
Mildred Lusier
Mr. Stratton
Mrs. Stratton
Bertha Mulvaney
Lois Shaw
Agnes Shaw
Joe Boring
Walter Boring
Ruth Bassett
Mac Arnold
Hazel Neilson
Dewey Neilson
Peay Jones
Ellen Mulvaney
Alice Shaw
John Shaw
George Meador
Thelma Arnold
Earl Hanks
Selby Gray
Harry Donoho
Jean Williams
Walter Chandler
Clyde Thomas
Claude Williams
Jack Cox
Irene Livesay
Florence Neilson
Homer Crothers
Elsie Caldwell
Lena McWhirter
Ola Frizzel
Minnie Arnold
Marlin Walton
Loren Williams
Ellsworth Chandler
Tom Garrett
Etna Knight
Jim Baker
Carroll Garrett
Bobby McNicol
Lois Arnold
Emmit Garrett
Warren McNicol
Margaret Thompson
Isabel Protz
Edwin Baker
Eleanor Bates
Stella Arnold
Bobby Wingert
Virgel Wernsman
Ilda Adams
Archie Binnion
Bettynion
Floyd Jones
Agnes Green
Green
Artie Schick
Joyce Dodi Kell Doolen
Norma Dell Garrett
Jon Caldwell
Paul Caldowell
Mmittee
Ellen Ballance
Anderson
Leo Williams
Cozad
Dean Anderson
Carl Arnold
Edith Soutier
Louie Soutier
Velma Long
Dean Long
Maurice Ballance
Philip Wyant
Wendell Belcher
Edith Nichols
Ankney Nichols
Baseball notes from a cluttered contesting season
The column surveys Cubs Cardinals Browns and White Sox games. Pepper Martin undermines Cubs at the fall of the game. a Minnesota pitcher punished in Kansas City 24 to 1. Carl Hubbel dominates the National League with 16 wins after 45 scoreless innings.
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Cub
Cardinals
Pepper Martin
Chicago
Minnesota
St. Paul
Kansas City
Fairmount Racing
Roger Hornsby
Brown
Browns
White Sox
Centralia
Revival Meeting At McHaney School House
A revival gathering begins at the McHaney School House ten miles southeast of Patoka near the Alva Gray home. Rev. Maurice Ballance preaches Thursday night August 3 at 8, with Rev. Humphrey of Patoka to speak Friday. Monroe Smith of Patoka leads services Saturday and Sunday with messages inviting all Christian communities to attend and join the church of their choice.
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McHaney
Oppossum School House
Patoka
Alva Gray
Maurice Ballance
Humphrey
Monroe Smith
Zion to Hold Annual Picnic
Zion Sunday School will hold its annual picnic on Aug. 12 at Merl Jones Grove located south of Arnold Chapel Church and east of Zion Church. A prize will be given to the two largest Sunday Schools in attendance. George Wickersham is nursing a mashed big toe.
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Zion Sunday School
Merl Jones Grove
Arnold Chapel
Zion Church
16Th Congressional District
Peoria Fair Grounds
Local Names List Caps Off Town Directory Scan
A long readable OCR fragment lists numerous residents and families including Nattier Kissner Caldwell Thompson Williams Chandler Nichols Frizzel Murfin Bates and Doolen, suggesting a community directory or social column snapshot. No events or actions are described beyond names and pairings.
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Evelyn Nattier
Lewis Kissner
Audrey Kissner
Rose Thompson
Oscar Caldwell
Harry Thompson
Netlie Caldwell
Marion Nattier
Maurice Nattier
Roy Mulvaney
Mildred Shaw
Edith Shaw
Bud Wickenhauser
Pauline Wickenhauser
Dean Meador
Harry Nattier
Alfred Williams
Jack Williams
Harry Doudera
Junior Stephens
Lyle Williams
Byron Meador
Orville Thomas
Clyde Williams
Virgil Livesay
Hazel Livesay
Juanita Neilson
Russell Jones
Frank Caldwell
Laura
Letter From Patoka Boy At Elmwood Camp
A Patoka boy writes from Elmwood Camp in Elmwood Illinois July 30 1983 describing camp life. He details tent layout with 210 campers and 37 tents in four rows, various tents for business storage and reading, and a large central tent for duties like truck driving. He notes five trucks including a Model T ford and a constant water supply from a farm well with an 800 gallon tank and showers. He mentions a reading room provided by town folks and work focused on dam building using brush and logs.
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Thomas Eastman
Cc. C. C. Co
Gold shipments bound for France spark debate over exports
Report notes 12 million 297 thousand six hundred dollars in gold ready for shipment to France on Friday while questioning if President Wilsons orders bar such exports. The Illinois wheat allocations list Marion 50553 bushels Bond 103205 Fayette 164404 Clinton 369565.
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France
Illinois
Marion County
Fayette
Clinton
Henri Horner
Centralia
State Fair Opens Saturday August 19 With Star Acts
General Manager Edward Collins announces the Illinois state fair will open Saturday August 19 and run to August 26. Farm bureau day is August 25 with $4,503 in farm bureau division awards. entries close August 10. Notable Chicago Century of Progress acts include the D Arcy girls trapeze team and 80 foot slide, bareback riders Albert Hodgins and Company, Miss Harriette, Ursarda Indians, Retta sisters, Five Alferettas, Zorsky, Cramore and Company, Colins acrobats, and Freckles and Buddy.
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Edward S. Collins
Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Division
Dewey Braither
Urbana
D’arcy Girls
Albert Hodgins and Company
Ringling Brothers Circus
Harriette
Sells Floto Circus
United States
Ursarda
Guy Wires
Zorsky
Cramore and Company
Colins
Freckles
Buddy
International Tea Garden Visitor Day at Household Science Club
The Household Science club plans a guest day on August 12 at 2 pm at the International Tea Garden. Four tables will showcase Japan Canada Ireland and the United States with national dress and refreshments. Activities include roll call reading music a flower contest and a mower contest prize.
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Japan
Canada
Ireland
United
Snakes Provoke Daring Feats From Local Men
Lester Hathaway and Dave Waterhouse fought a water moccasin during well cleaning for George Wasem with Waterhouse rescuing a close encounter. E L DeLay and a group of fishermen reported killing a six foot snake and two more five footers on the Okaw bank. John Chance and wives visited A D Nichols family in the country on Sunday.
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Lester Hathaway
Dave Waterhouse
George Wasem
Hathaway
Waterhouse
Lester
Patoka
E. L
Okaw
The Register Backs Full Compliance with New Deal Aims
The Register endorses 100 percent cooperation in implementing the National Recovery Act and aligning with the President’s directives in every detail. The statement emphasizes adherence to the depression relief program and broad support for the administration’s recovery measures.
Citywide Meeting on Roosevelt Act Cooperation in Potoka
A Potoka gathering of Business and Professional men discussed aligning with the National Recovery Act while noting limited applicability to local business. Attendees urged broad cooperation, read more literature, and compared effort to wartime unity to confront an economic crisis.
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Potoka
Bank Directors Room
Patoka
Wasems Celebrate Eleventh Wedding Anniversary at Country Home
The eleventh wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. James Wasem was celebrated at their country home last Wednesday night. A large number of friends planned and carried out a surprise and a happy evening. Guests joined in wishing many happy returns.
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James Wasem
Miss Helen Troyer to Return From St Louis Visit
Personal notes report Miss Helen Troyer is expected to return in the week's final days after visiting St Louis with her brother and sightseeing including the Century of Progress. Several locals made business trips here and there with social calls across Patoka, Centralia, Sandoval, and Salem.
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Helen Troyer
St. Louis
Roma
Fred Meseke
Wilbertown Township
Patoka
L. M. Black
Helen Chilton
Anna Pugh
Salem
Centralia
Lola Bell Morey
Pauline Koehler
Sandoval
Ruby Lee
Granite City
Billy Bruening
Walter Parks
McDonald
W. R. Smith
Chicago
Ewing Davidson
W. R. Simcox
Ed Jones
Ina Robertson
John Pent
Sis
Lee
Bettie Clark
Decatur
Ellen Simeox
Frances Simeox
Neil Davidson
Florence Simeox
Danville
Wilbur McIntire
State Penal Institution
Joliet
Harriett Quayle
Paul Millfeld
Des Plaines
Millfeld
John L. Simcox
Clarence Henne
Iuka
Donald Wilson
Jack Jennings
Fort Wayne
John Jennings
Davis
E. L. DeLay
Greenville
Paul Donald Quayle
Illinois Republicans Gain Momentum In Statewide Push
Illinois Republicans report rising organization and plan a Peoria rally for August 13. The piece notes expected legal battles over the sales tax test case led by Atty. Gen. Kerner, with Council of Illinois Merchants involvement and former judge Jesse R. Brown. It also mentions Cook County tax issues and bond fund payments amid a broader political scene.
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Springfield
Gus Reif
Sangamon County
Otto Kerner
Council of Illinois Merchants
Jesse R. Brown
Rep
I. H. Streeper
Alton
Supreme Court
Charles Hadley
Wheaton
State Commerce Commission
Atty. Gen
Kerner
Kee
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Kewanee
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