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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1933
Page
4
The Patoka Register lists James M. Emerson as publisher with Friday issue dates from Patoka Illinois The notice states second class matter status and a subscription price of 1 50 a year for the newspaper published in Patoka Illinois.
An ice cream supper and Sunday School picnic will be held August 16 starting at 7 00 p m on the lawn of Island Chapel Church across from Toad Island school house Proceeds benefit the church and mission fund The Ladies of the church and community are invited to bring cakes for the supper and join in recitations music and speaking events
Classified notices show several barter offers and livestock listings. E L DeLay seeks a piano in exchange for a cow. J P Crawford offers two buck lambs two cows with calves or a trade in cattle. Leo Landreth reports a found bird dog from Vernon Illinois. Hopkins lists a few fresh cows for sale or trade. J C Bowen offers 40 acre farm near Fairy Dell Odin for suburban Patoka area trade.
Property listing in Patoka area seeks buyers. B M English of Centralia endorses improved farming prospects and invites inquiries for nearby farms. Target buyers include local agricultural interests and investors seeking enhanced yields.
Auction near the B and O railroad in Sandoval offers 1 walnut bedstead 1 set bed springs 3 feather beds 5 pillows 3 comforts 2 blankets 5 bed spreads 5 quilts 1 chest of drawers 1 large mirror 1 dining table 6 chairs 2 kitchen chairs 6 rockers 2 small tables 1 victrola and records 1 reed organ 1 walnut wardrobe 1 couch 5 carpets 1 heating stove 1 cooking stove 1 dinner set 2 8 day clocks 2 scales 1 lantern 2 shovels 6 jars canned fruit and more. Cash terms. Nellie Yunk owner. Join A Jennings auctioneer.
Gerald D. Cox left last Thursday for St. Joseph Missouri where he has secured employment.
Neighbors met at the school house last Tuesday night for a social evening with music singing and readings. Ice cream and cake were served around ten p m. Many residents attended including the Meyers Britt Kissner Yardley Gerrish Thalman and others. Readers also note visits and Sunday outings among local families.
Dwight Williams and Glen Ehrat met Monday while Andrew Foster remains in serious condition after an auto wreck. Several neighbors mourn, visit, or assist, including Fent Caldwell, Hobart Arnold, Charley Arnold, and Alice Caldwell. A Memorial for Mrs. Jim Pollard and a peach harvest outlook are mentioned.
The Sandoval grade school will open on September 5 with L. L. Green as superintendent and a staff including Mrs. W. B. Andereck Ralph Jensen and Miss Florence Cain as departmental teachers. Arithmetic and Geography curricula are updated for grades 4 5 7 and 8 5 7 respectively with old textbooks accepted as partial payment.
A string of visitors and local errands unfolds across Centralia and nearby towns. Residents like Mrs. A R Williams and Miss Hazel Darnblazer travel from Salem and Edgewood while out-of-town guests from St Louis Evanston and Chicago call on friends and relatives. The Pollyanna club hosts a Friday gathering with several contest winners and refreshments.
Mrs Minnie Merten spent days with brother Frank Wedel and family of Warden Til and accompanied sister Mrs Mann and others from Shattue. Chicago residents Dolson Carrigan arrived to vacation with his mother Etta Carrigan and relatives. Norman Carter of Centralia joined to visit the Ozarks. Claude Snyder returned to Centralia. Mrs Maurice Clayton hosted her Pontiac mother. James Chipman visited Vandalia. Norma Jean Carter and Margaret Besant from Centralia joined Etta Carrigan and James Meredith’s group bale hay for local farmers. The Dutzs and their sons visited Orville Hill. David Carson hosted relatives including Herbert Washburn family from Carlyle and others from Vandalia and Shobonier.
Katie Nattier and family join Joe Hudspeth group for a Chicago trip to attend the Big Show. Mrs. A Calvert returns home to Wilbern after a week with daughter Mrs. Dwight Balance. Walter Diveley and wife visit Vandalia relatives. SS. M. Spurgeon is a Cowden area business visitor. Roy Seats and family visit son Alden Seats at his country home.
Harry Hayes, after a two week visit with home folks, resumed work in St Louis. Walter Simcox of Chicago spent over Sunday with relatives and was joined by Miss Bettie and Porter B Simcox Jr to visit the World’s Fair.
Mrs Lizzie Gray thanks those who assisted in putting out the fire on her property and thus saved it from further damage.
We thank the many neighbors and friends for the wonderful help given during our loved one’s illness and passing. Mrs. A. W. Foster and daughters, Mrs. Belle Willett.
Bro Paul hosts revival services in Vernon and expects Bro. Walker of Centralia to join in a few weeks. He will preach every Sunday morning during the revival. The Young People's meeting last Friday night featured Virginia Lambert leading, with readings by Lucile Smith and Juanita Lambert, duets by Bill Williams and Eugene Parker, and a Bible contest by Juanita Stephens. Vandalia locals attended and Brother Charles Karr of Decatur is slated to speak next Friday night.
The Zion League program lists numbers and readings led by various members. Scripture readings include Acts 17 22 to 28 Luke 23 46 and 2 Corinthians 11 24 to 32 with multiple participants and duets.
Lora Ballance and Cyrus Arnold lead a devotional noting faith as solution. Leah Pearl Walton and Mary Jane McNicol, with Benediction by Roberta Arnold, feature in the program.
M. E. Church schedules morning service at Arnold Chapel at 11 a.m. and evening service at Vernon at 8 p.m. Pastor P. R. Glotieity invites all to attend.
The article notes the Sunday Lesson Sermon across Christian Science churches on August 6 1933. It cites Psalms 143 10 and I Corinthians 2 9 10 and Science and Health stating Spirit as divine principle and the path to the kingdom of Truth on earth.
Patoka M E Church South announces Sunday School at 9:30 a m led by F B Ballance with preaching at 10 45 a m and 7 30 p m Prayer meeting is Thursday at 8 o clock A Sunday School program with recitations music and speaking is planned for August 16 at 7 p m at Island Chapel lawn ice cream supper Zion picnic is August 12 at Jones Grove public invited Pastor W D Humphrey directs.
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