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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1949
Page
1
Community notes from Vernon Illinois document weekend visits to Cape and other area towns, births at St Marys in Centralia and Greer hospital Vandalia, and relatives gathering for birthdays. Also announced Vernon Pentecostal Sunday School and mission emphasis with local families listed.
Velma Sharp daughter of Mr and Mrs Elza Sharp and Robert E Pugh son of Mr and Mrs Bruce Pugh both of Patoka exchanged wedding vows at the Patoka Methodist Church on Friday August 5 at 9 30 am The Rev R E Willis of Centralia officiated The bride wore a blue and white dress with black and white accessories An orchid corsage and a double strand of pearls were a gift from the groom The bride attended Sandoval Community High School The groom served in the Army Air Force in 1945 spending 20 months overseas in Hawaii After the ceremony the couple took a short honeymoon in Missouri and will live in the groom s family cottage.
Local families report vacations to Yellowstone Park and Chicago trips. House-sitting arrangements occur at the Linton home as Marion Christie tends matters. Numerous visitors attended the Brownstown Fair and hosted dinner gatherings. Several couples announce health improvements and family activities across Bear Creek, Kinmundy, Macon, Peoria, and nearby towns.
Mrs. Sherill Leckrone, 27, of west Patoka, admitted to Centralia Polio Clinic with serious condition. She is mother of three. The Patoka area now reports seven known polio cases.
About 250 farmers attended the Lange Tractor Sales plowing demonstration on Tuesday August 2 near Vernon Illinois. The event showcased the Ferguson Tractor and implements in action. Lange Tractor Sales sits near Patoka at the Kinmundy blacktop intersection and Highway 51, with a new concrete block building under construction.
Steevie Walker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Walker, was taken to the Children's Hospital in St. Louis Monday for observation and treatment after suffering an internal hemorrhage on Sunday.
At the annual Marion County Tuberculosis Association meeting held August 4 in Centralia, Beulah Chiarottino of Sandoval was re elected president. Officers including H B Mapes and Braden were reelected and reports from county nurse Mary Mercer and Sanatorium staff were presented. The group changed the fiscal year end to March 31 and will meet again in April 1950.
Mr and Mrs Clyde Payne will entertain the M and M Class of the Mound Chapel Church at their home west of Patoka in September instead of August as planned. As a cooperative measure in the fight against Polio in the Patoka area there will be no M and M party in August.
The Patoka Methodist Church lists services and activities led by Minister M W Friesner. On Sunday August 21 District Superintendent Rev Earl Phillips of Flora will deliver the message and conduct the First Quarterly Conference business.
Miss Minnie Lukaseck of St Marys Hospital married Herbert Max Foltz on August 6 in Centralia. The ceremony followed by family supper, a reception, and gift unwrapping. The couple plans a Wisconsin honeymoon then settling in Fairbury Illinois near his job at Fairbury Implement Company.
Mrs. Walton reports Addis Walton is improved from illness and plans future gospel work through singing. He remains hospitalized at Jefferson Barracks hospital.
The Brumfields express gratitude to those who plowed their wheat ground and assisted during illness. They wish God’s richest blessings on all helpers, signed Mr and Mrs Dale Brumfield.
Thanks to our many friends who supported us in the Typical Farm Family Contest. Floyd Mritt Family.
Rev Carroll Lewis notes Vernon and Arnold Chapel Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. and preaching at 11:00 a.m. Zion Sunday School also at 10:00 a.m. If quarantine ends, Vernon worship at 7:45 p.m. on Sunday. if not, no Vernon services on August 14.
Mesdames Mayme Galloway Lora Altom Ina Anderson and Lottie Ballance attend camp meeting at El Dorado this week. Mrs John Barnes visits her children in Rockford. Mr and Mrs Walter Marshall visit sister Rose Britt and Marshall at a St Louis hospital. Miss Pearl Britt returns from Sullivan visit. Wilma Pugh heads to St Louis for five week vacation with travels to North Carolina Tennessee and a summer resort in the mountains with the Ivan Holt Jr. family.
At the August meeting the Patoka Legionnaires voted to delay the annual V J Day Picnic due to a polio outbreak. The baseball game remains set for August 14 at Patoka City Park. Installation will be in September with S Estes of the Salem Post as installing officer.
A Sporting Dog Bench Show is planned at Patoka City Park on Wednesday September 14 with events 2:00 PM Coon Hounds Derby and all ages, 4:00 Fox Hounds Derby, 7:00 PM Pointers and puppies six months and under, 9:00 PM Letter Males and Females. Entries limited to within eight miles of Patoka. An organizational meeting for revival of the local Sportsman Club at 6:00 PM. Entry 50 cents. Prizes and a Grand Champion prize announced.
Mr and Mrs Luther Ballance announce the arrival of a daughter born August 1 in Lewistown Montana. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Roy Ballance.
E L Norris and family visit relatives in Chicago and northern areas this week. Mr and Mrs W P Lawrence and Mr and Mrs Herschel Lawrence went to Decatur Sunday to visit Sharon Lawrence, a Macon County hospital patient. Mrs Joe Ballen and children Joan and Charles stay with her parents in Nashville.
Rev J M Miller reports good health despite heat and anticipates a busy card season. Mrs Cleo Walker hosted a family dinner with sons Donald Floyd and Darrell and their kin. Lt Sgt Donald Walker on 15 day leave from Ft Devons Mass. Cookie Glass and Toni Glass travel to Ranier Oregon via Iowa City after summer in Patoka. Several locals visit, attend Masonic events, and host guests from Peoria Bloomington Jacksonville and elsewhere.
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