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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1964
Page
5
Local families from Fairman and nearby towns share weekend visits and social calls. Hors d ouevres include church homecoming plans at Fairman Baptist on August 16 with Gospelaires of Centralia and Pastor Russell as speaker. 4 H winners and regional gatherings also noted.
Island community residents and relatives are listed visiting weeks. Nellie Foster from Champaign and Johann Clearly from Vandalia visited Friday with Mabel Brocklemeyer. Local visits also include Helen Mullen Lee Crawford Mabel Oates Mary Walker with Tom Walker in Decatur nursing home.
Weekend visits include Bill Steffens in Mt. Vernon with the Sam Ahls family and Bernice Henning in Chicago. The GA Associational Picnic occurred at Foundation Park Centralia with games lunch and meeting from 10 to 2. Attendees included Mrs. York and several Snyder and Bauman relatives plus 4 H shows and Campout scenes at Fairmonettes with Barbecue and a meeting.
Sunday visits and travel among Fredonia residents dominate this page. Families including Grigg Payne Carter Melton Meredith and Mer ediths share time with relatives across Odin Decatur Flora Texaco Hampton and Sandoval. A lighthearted quip closes the column noting gender buying habits.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Walker and family have returned from Tulsa where they visited her sister and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Grady and daughters. They also visited Britt Lucas, his uncle, in Chickasha Oklahoma.
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