Social net widens as dinners, travel, and visits fill week
Martin Beyer returns from a Waverly Iowa vacation and attends a nephew's wedding. Paul Caudle travels from Cicero to fetch wife and daughters. Dozens of relatives and friends visit J J Betts and Maude Curtis. Funeral brings many from out of town to Taylorville. Local crews discuss lumber yard staffing. Ice cream fundraiser aids cemetery with community turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Beyer
Waverly
Iowa
Emil Leininger
Paul Caudle
Cicero
Iva Crummins
Beatrice ‘Ivens
Effie Didway
Ramsey
Maude Curtis
J. J. Betts
Ray Wagner
St. Louis
Mary Protz
Emma Protz
Roy Hall
L. M. Brown
Earl Howell
Okmulgee
Okla
Rogers
Texas
Virginia Morgan
Safe
Edith Peyton
Anna DesRuisseaux
St. Marys Hospital
Selby Binnion
J. W
Alpha Morgan
Enrico Bertavei
Taylorville
Lee O. Peyton
Leroy Lennamon
Gayl Stephens
Connie
Leroy Speagle
Myrle Law
Ojwaneco
William Secrist
Morrisonville
Dick Stephens
Ronnie Stephens
Myrtle Friend
Harold Friend
Grace Tumiatti
Gayle Reulecke
Clarence Curry
Assumption
Ann Gehrardi
Stonington
Frederick Jarrett
Siegel
John T. Quayle
Springfield
John Campbell
Nina Gill
East St. Louis
Vivian Doolen
Belle Doolen
Decatur
Guy Doolen
Bement
William Nelson
Jimmy
la Place
Beryl Arnold
Metropolis
Ancil Arnold
Dalton
Bertha Quayle
Mound Chapel Church Sunday School and Worship Notes
Attendance at Sunday School was strong last Sunday as Rev. D B Egelston led. Congregational singing featured Mr Orval Sharp and Mrs Sharp with the Sharp daughters Joyce Sheila and Patty contributing in the song Just A Rose Will Do. Rev Egelston delivered a stirring sermon on Faith. Mr and Mrs James W Farmer and family of St Louis visited Rev Farmer's brother and wife John Farmer and wife in Marion last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Egelston
Orval Sharp
James W. Farmer
St. Louis
C. R. Farmer
Vernon
Marion
Rev. Farmer
John Farmer
Brown rites mark longtime Chicago native’s Milwaukee death
Clifford C. Brown 54 died Saturday in Milwaukee Wisconsin after a life in Chicago except the last 18 months. Born January 21 1901 in Chicago he was son of Charles and Jennie Brown. Survivors include wife Lucille Brown and uncle Hjalmer Seaquist. Funeral at Cox & Martin Patoka with Rev Richard W Stowe officiating. Interment Pratt Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford C. Brown
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Chicago
Ill
Charles
Jennie Brown
Moose Lodge No. 3
Bellewood Presbyterian Church
Lucille Brown
Hjalmer Seaquist
Sister Bay
Cox & Martin Funeral Home
Patoka
Richard W. Stowe
Pratt Cemetery
Vernon W S C S Meets With Essie Robinson
The Woman's Society of Christian Service met Thursday afternoon July 28 with Essie Robinson and nine members present. Officers led worship, read scripture, and discussed city issues and church roles. Members approved donations totaling 20 to National College for Christian Workers and Argentina typewriters, and 270 quarts of green beans were canned for the M Y F group. Refreshments followed. Bee Doolen served as acting secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Essie Robinson
Pauline Parkhill
Jesus
Newcomb
Ruth Lawson
Helen Betts
Emma Walton
National College For Christian Workers
Kansas City
Argentina
M.Y. F
Women’s Society of Christian Service Women
Bee Doolen
Belva Lee Ehrat
Ice Cream Supper at Sandy Branch August 12
The annual Ice Cream Supper will be held at Sandy Branch Friday night August 12. Home made ice cream and cake will be served. Everyone is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Branch
Card of Thanks from Hyattsville residents
I sincerely thank all friends and good neighbors and especially the Patoka Fire Department for their aid in quelling the straw fire at my farm last week. Don Crawford and Mr. and Mrs. G Dean Crawford and sons Terry and Alan of Hyattsville Md. left Friday for home after two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Lee Crawford and family and other relatives here and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Koons and family in Clinton Ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka
L . Don Crawford
G. Dean Crawford
Terry
Alan
Hyattsville
Lee Crawford
Robert Koons
Clinton, Ill
E. E. Lange
Don and
Jerry
New Orleans
Florida
Twila Blau
Chicago
Delpha Jolliff
Robert Altom
Pamela
Johnny
Lora Altom
W. W. Romack
Jennings
Oklahoma
Florence Simcox
St. Marys Hospital
Centralia
Sterling P. Kerr
Edith
Texas
Jack Keeton
Indiana
Michael
Kenneth Tune
Edna Tune
Oregon
Dayne Tune
California
Conservation Club 100 Lake
Don Moore
J. H. Belcher
Bloomington
Fern Belcher
Robert Hoffman
Davy
James Shively
Jennifer
Dayton
Ohio
Nelle Quayle
Paul
Darvin Jones
Valda
Lyra
Berniece Roberson
Miami
Sherry
Keith Pike, Jr
Greenville
Mississippi
H. K. Pike
Chester Skipper
W. R. MecHianey
Linda Kay Lee
Salem
Ill
James McHaney
Joe David
West Frankfort
Joseph Mack
Otto Kohle
Newkirk
Rolla Sparks
Kelley Hynes
Dorchester
Flora couple wed in Patoka in Christian ceremony
Wanda Misenhimer and Wendell Belcher were married at 3 00 PM Saturday in the Christian parsonage Patoka with attendants Glenn Krutsinger and a local wedding party. Miss Misenhimer is a Flora High School graduate and hospital secretary. Belcher is a Sandoval High School graduate employed as a highway worker. They plan to live in Patoka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanda Misenhimer
Bernice Misenhimer
Flora
Wendell Belcher
Owen Belcher
Patoka
Tom McGee
Christian Parsonage
Glenn Krutsinger
Newton, Ill
Misenhimer
Flora High School
Flora Hospital
Belcher
Sandoval
State of
Farm Adviser Column Reports On Tours and Yields
The column details a farm tour by Cun ningham Finley Thurn and local F H A and S C S staff visiting Kennet Parrill Ford Shearer and Riley Keele to study test plots versus check plots. It notes 12 to 14 hours labor per acre for corn and soybeans in early 1950s and shows gains from contour cultivation strip cropping and terracing with seven year averages of 12 13 16 and 17 percent yield increases. It lists local residents and travelers, pasture and vacation notes, and ends with farm efficiency facts and lamb market prices and advice on wiring for air conditioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Cunninngham
Bob Finley
University of Ilinois
Ed Thurn
Farm Bureau-Farm Management Service
S.C.S
Sam Winfrey
F.H.A
Bill Bullock
Kenneth Parrill
Robert Ford
Tom Shearer
Riley Keele
Paul Calvert
Jom Shaffer
Illinois
Births Patric ia Ann Hopkins and Robert Dean Hopkins
Ptc and Mrs Dean Hopkins announce the birth of Patricia Ann a 9 pound 8 ounce girl born Saturday July 30 in Decatur. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Albert Bowen of Maron and Mrs Lady Hopkins of Patoka. Dalton Alexander is parent of son Robert Dean born Monday July 25 at Fayette County Hospital Vandalia weighing 8 pounds 14 ounces. Grandparents are Mrs George Smith and Mrs Gladys Alexander of Patoka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ptc
Dean Hopkins
Decatur
Patricia Ann
Albert Bowen
Maron
Lady Hopkins
Patoka
Dalton , Alexander
Fayette County Hospital
Vandalia
Robert Dean
George Smith
Gladys Alexander
Willing Neighbors Club Ice Cream Supper Set
The Willing Neighbors Club will hold an ice cream supper at Patoka Park on Saturday August 6. Serving starts at 7:00 p.m. Homemade ice cream and cake will be served. Net proceeds go toward the purchase of a new wheelchair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willing Neighbors Club
Patoka Park
Wiling Neighbors Club
Home Coming At Bear Creek Church Announcement
Volunteers urged to help clean church yard and repair tables for the Bear Creek Church homecoming. Meeting set for Saturday morning August 13 to prepare for August 21 event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear Creek Church
Marion County Tuberculosis Association Report Highlights
Delayed six week report notes director vacations from July 29 to August 15 and next report due September 15. Executive Committee discussed Seal Sale labeling and two way envelopes, plus awards for top per capita towns. Crippled Children's Clinic in Salem saw 51 children on June 29 with one infant referred to Flora Clinic. Rotary Club meeting featured Ben Kiningham, Illinois Tuberculosis Association executive director, linking LT A and Rotary anniversaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chest Service
Iuka
Crippled Children’s Clinic
Salem
Flora Clinic
Board of Township Supervisors
Also Mentioned on This Page
Walker Family
E. W. Brown
Elsie Gray
Josephine White
John L. Belcher
Jack Matchett
Georgetown
Colorado
W. E. Matchett
Clarence Phrat
Sandra
Herman Muck
Odin, Ill
M. D. Walker
Pana Park
Forrest Cothern
Clinton, Ir
Winess Linton
Leslie Walker
Dale Zimmerman
Marvin Walker
Olney
Louie ‘Haslett
Brownstown
Marvin Sorrell
Louis J. Bates
Francis Walker
Springfield, Ill
Clyde Walker
Fort Lauderdale
Luther Perrine
Missouri
Pearl Walker
Fredonia News
Shirley
Dorothy Castleberry
Lorene Perkins
Fairfield
William Perkins
Frank Petrea
Dwight
Lorraine Albert
Amelia Meredith
May Williams
Mildred Kile
Janet
Kile
Fred Simpson
Fairman
Mary Perkins
George Allen
Mary Etta Strahan
Alva Williams
Eugene
Clarence Albert
Henry Meredith
Thomas Perkins
Carl and
Melvin Meredith
Dorothy Elwell
Joann Heinzman
Mabel Carter
Ruth Ritter
Alfred Jett
Charles Jett
Lettie Kretzer
Sparta
Wilma Perkind
Natchez
Miss
Helen Anderson
Lawrence Heinzmann
Annabell Tolka
John Talbert
Jim Hyde
Mound Chapel Church
Vernon W.S.C.S
Davis Jennings
W. M. Cox
James Ballance
Robert Eagan
Sam Arnold
Mrs
Arthur Arnold
Alton
West Frankfort Lake
Marion County
Kay Shanafelt
Mary Lou Meyer
Rosa Lee Parrill
Jon Winston
Dale Boyles
Hazel Allphin
James Brooks
Marion County Tuberculosis Association
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