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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1939
Page
3
The brief item notes a theft prosecution not pursued and lists a request by O. L. Wadkins for a two or three year old Jersey cow that is fresh. It mentions Orvilla Hopkins Pa toka Ill in association with the notice.
Mrs Ethel Klinge spent Monday with Mrs Arewine Willett and others visited relatives in multiple households. Miss Roberta Richards spent the past week with her grandparents. Evelyn Wyant and several families spent days with friends and relatives. Rev Meyers preached and dined with Lucy Klinge. Family groups gathered Sunday for Roberta Anne Richards’ seventh birthday.
Alice Caldwell spent the week in Decatur visiting friends. George and Burl Meadors also visited during the same period.
The Administrator with the Will annexed of the estate of Harry Moran deceased announces a Marion County Illinois County Court appearance on the Third Monday in September for claims adjustment. Creditors must attend or present proofs and debtors must pay promptly. Dated July 26, 1939. Attorneys William A. Miller and Alfred S. Pfaff, Salem Illinois.
John L. Kagy Master in Chancery will sell at the south front door of Salem Court House on August 26 1939 at 11 00 AM the described real estate in Marion County Illinois to satisfy a decree in the case Wd vs Ethel Link T E Foreclosure and The Carter Oil Company. Cash in hand. Attorneys William A. Miller and Alfred S. Pfaff represent the plaintiff Kate Finn executrix of W L Finn deceased.
Daily visits flood the area as the Central State Pipe Line Co measures its line this week. Local families including the Sout ers, Caldwells, Berry, and Herring gather Sundays with friends. A Zion Church picnic is planned for Saturday night August 12 inviting all to attend.
Rev E M Hines and family visited Vandalia relatives along with Tom Pugh and wife last Wednesday. Dean F Blankinship and Hettie Wernsman hosted Sunday visitors. Tom Hayes and daughters joined Nellie Kelleher to spend a day in St Louis with Kelleher remaining for a week. Spurgeon family Hettie and Grace Wernsman joined the Corley reunion in Pana. Lulu Riley returned from Decatur visits with George Hurt. Lizzie Norris and son John of Washington DC called on Vernon and Patoka friends.
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