Blair Named Dean of Agriculture at Illinois University
Joseph Cullen Blair becomes dean of the College of Agriculture and director of the agricultural experiment station and extension service at the University of Illinois. He succeeds the late Herbert Mumford, who died May 21 from an auto accident injury, and has led the horticulture department to national prominence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Cullen Blair
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Herbert W. Mumford
Deen Blair
Illinois
Ilinois
Leater
Blair
Local News From Patoka and Nearby Areas
Local items note visits and travels of residents from Patoka and surrounding towns. Families like DeLay Wasem and Rogier return from Montana and the northwest. Harold Chance relatives visit Springfield. Red & White bakery tour for Centralia workers. other trips include Wisconsin Minnesota Colorado and Arkansas. A birth announced Vera Marcella Mays. health updates and local business visits also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Chance
Springfield
Ill
Baby Oy
Montana
DeLay
West
Richard Wasem
E. L. Rogier
John Chance
East of Town
Roy Jones
Marvin
Centralia Baking Co
Red & White Stores Organisation
Illinois
Rockies
Colorado
Altoms
Wig Richeson, Jr
Orville Britt
Merle Willett
Shobonier
Mervel Willett
Villa Grove
Freeport
George Manus
Wisconsin
Dickeyville
Jess Mays
Vernon
Vera Marcella
Darrel Meador
Everett Meryman
West of Town
St. Mary’s Hospital
Centralia
Joseph Carter
Assumption
Carter
Pope Township
Here
P. J. Mojonnier
Richeson
Patoka
Ingvald Settem
0. Settem
Muskegon
Mich
Richard Gough
Jarecki Manufacturing Co
West End
Owensboro
John Deere
R. L. Walton
Rufus Stephens
Elva Towler
Shobowler
George Holland
Chicago
Injuries Prove Fatal for Patoka Resident Chas Crowder
Charles Crowder of Patoka west area died Thursday night from injuries sustained earlier when a wagon with a four horse team ran over him after he uncoupled two horses. Crowder, a Spanish American War veteran, was treated at Mark Greer hospital in Vandalia before succumbing. He lived in the community for years and was respected by neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Crowder
West of Patoka
Mr. Crowder
Mark Greer
Vandalia
J. C. Beery
DuComb
Crowder
Drilling Three Tests Near Odin Illinois
Three wildcat wells are drilling near Odin Illinois located southeast of Patoka between Salem and Sandoval. Two wells sit north and northeast of Odin while the third lies to the south of the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odin
Illinois
Patoka
Salem
Sandoval
Center of World Poultry Congress To Be Cleveland Hall
From July 28 to August 7, 1939 Cleveland’s Public Auditorium will become the Hall of Meetings for the Seventh World Poultry Congress and Exposition. English French Spanish and German will be official languages as delegations from at least sixty nations gather for a nine day program of science, industry, marketing, processing, and consumer demonstrations. Membership tickets at $1 allow eleven days of attendance with no extra charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Poultry Science Association
New York Fair Skyline and Trylon Under Construction
The article highlights a single image showing the Trylon and Perisphere at a 700 foot and 200 foot scale along Constitutional Mall. Elevated IRT BMT subway tracks and Long Island Railroad lines cross the lowered Grand Central Parkway Extension. The Triborough Bridge pier and other major structures loom as forty buildings are under construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trylon
Broad Constitutional Mall
Grand Central Parkway
Triborough Bridge
Also Mentioned on This Page
Glenn Hill
Edgar Irvin
Minnesota
Whey
Dakotas
Alka-Seltzer
KE Wise
Chas. Crowder
M. D. Ballance
Julia Rogier
A. L. Vallow
Clinton
Josie Vallow
Clyde Davis
Earl Graham
Dorsey Hudspeth
Peoria
H. G. Hudspeth
Brown’s Store
Maxwell House Coffee
Pillsbury’s
P & G Soap
Prince Albert
Seventh World
Aslowas
Jewelers
Modern Optical Department
E. Broadway
Centralia, Ill
New York’s Fair and Skyline
New York
Manhattan
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