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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1957
Page
1
The Patoka Unit will open Friday, August 30 with a half day session. Buses will run on the same morning schedule as last year and dismissal will be at 12 noon on the first day. No school on the following day.
Gail Pfannkuche of Oklahoma City visits her aunt and uncle in Patoka after a Detroit summer trip. Dr. and Mrs. L. P. Busch return from a month abroad. Families from Portland and Normal visit Majonmier. Local residents travel to Lake of the Ozarks for a week of boating and camping. SIU ties and a master’s student return to studies. Labor day meal pricing set for 21 5c. School staff changes include Lulu Belle Pitts as Home Economics teacher and John Trowbridge as band director. Textbooks move to district rental and student responsibility for losses. consumables must be purchased. Insurance costs rise from 1.25 to 1.50 for high school pupils.
Preschool Sunbeams gather at the Baptist Church this Saturday August 17 at 1 PM. President Connie Fiscus invites new members and visitors. Activities include a Bible verse roll call L O V E acoustic, a rill call about the picnic, a playlet How Much Is a Boy Worth, and litter bags to take home.
Poem thanking numerous friends for support while recovering from backache. Mentions Christ and love as inspiration. A short notice styled as a personal message with a sales note for books and register forms directing to see The Register first.
The Rev. Clifford C. Newcomb of Vernon churches joins the School for Approved Supply Pastors at Garrett Biblical Institute Evanston from July 29 to August 23 1957. The two week session includes 131 men and four women from a wide Midwest region training non graduates. Afterward I will again barber at my home near Patoka. Don’t miss Bear Creek church homecoming and basket dinner August 18 with refreshments provided.
A chicken supper with homemade ice cream and cake starts at 6 p m Saturday August 17 at Patoka village park to raise funds for Magassie cemetery. Music is by the Patoka Jitters String Band and grounds will be sprayed to kill mosquitoes.
Mr and Mrs Hugh LeMay marked their 59th wedding anniversary with a family dinner at the parental home. Daughters and their spouses Arthur Phillips Shelbyville Lester Niehaus Pavolka Nokomis joined, along with Clyde Jackson formerly of Patoka now long resident in Patoka.
Vernon residents report a large turn out for Newt P. Sorrel’s 88th birthday with family from Illinois and Texas visiting his home. The edition also notes deaths, hospital stays, reunions, and local church and school events from the area.
Mr and Mrs Albert Tacke of East St Louis announce the birth of a baby boy on Wednesday Aug 14 at St Marys Hospital East St Louis. He weighed 9 lbs 15 ozs. Grandparents are Bill Linton of Patoka Fred Tacke of Centralia and the couple.
The Lula Shap family gathered at Carlyle Park on Sunday August 11 for a reunion dinner honoring Mrs. Damrell Nelson and her California visitors. August birthdays for six members were celebrated and attendees included extended relatives from Missouri California and Illinois.
Miss Helen Baker teaches mathematics and physical education at Patokin high school and attends the University of Colorado summer session in Boulder. The session runs two five week terms and draws students and teachers from every state, serving more than 6,500 persons this summer.
The Salem Jaycees announce the Jaycee Junior Plowing Match for Saturday September 7 at 1 pm at the C R Winn farm three miles west of Salem on Route 50. Rain date is September 14. Open to rural boys and girls aged 14 through 19.
Forrest Oates of Vernon suffered a heart attack and was taken by Cox and Martin ambulance to St Marys hospital in Centralia Thursday morning for treatment.
The busiest bird in the world on Tuesday August 27 is a helicopter named Whirlybird. It will take off hover and land at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds during Hambletonian Day.
September 1st rental available by Oscar Hill. Also for sale a living room suite in good condition priced at 35 dollars. Bettie Simcox reachable by phone 165A.
Wesley E. Douthitt 78 died Monday afternoon at his Patoka home after a sudden collapse on the front porch. Coroner’s inquest ruled death from coronary closure. Survived by sister Mrs W A White and a son and daughter, funeral Aug 15 at Cox & Martin with burial in Patoka cemetery.
Mr and Mrs Roy Malan return home Sunday from a three week journey through ten states visiting relatives and seven National Parks. They stayed four days with son Conway in Denver where snowdrifts at 12 000 feet halted their Jeep ascent. They describe the trip as wonderful with many sights including snowball in July.
Rodger Gergeni thanks friends and neighbors for cards flowers and gifts during his recent accident and for their thoughtfulness.
A Soil Conservation Service representative from southeastern Illinois’s ten counties toured watershed projects in northwestern Illinois last week to review progress and methods.
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