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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1933
Page
4
The Patoka Register notes James M. Emerson as publisher and lists Friday publication from Patoka Illinois. It shows second class mailing, post office entry, and annual subscription price of 1.50 dollars.
Want column lists a 40 acre farm for sale or trade for a Patoka suburban place near Fairy Dell by J C Bowen of Odin. Also 114 acre farm on a hard road between Shobonier and Vernon by L F Zimmerman. WANTS to buy hundreds of bales of red top or soybean hay by H R Livesay of Patoka. For sale a 1200 lb all purpose work mare by H G Hudspeth. Canning peaches for sale near Patoka west of town by Ea Defend on Mound Road. Yearling Joan Short horn bull about 800 lbs for sale, plus breeding ewes on shares by Floyd Outhouse.
A notice from H. R. Livesay warns residents that rumors alleging insanity will trigger legal action. He offers ten dollars as a witness incentive and challenges those reporting the claim to proceed or face a court case.
Ordinance No. 18 A authorizes the annual tax levy for 1934 with allocations for Bonds and Interest 800, Incidental 650, Salary 400, Town Clerk or other line items 100, and Streets and Alleys 500. The ordinance was passed on motion by Roy Ballance and seconded by L. W. Ballance. Donald Wilson President and John L. Simcox Clerk.
Community event offers an ice cream supper at Arnold Chapel Church on Wednesday night August 30 to raise funds for the church. A program will be rendered and all are cordially invited to attend.
Karl Wilson and family of Decatur, Miss Myrtle Lake of Vandalia, and others visited Frank Lake and families. Mrs. Brewer, ill, went to Decatur to see Walter Murfin, returning the same day. Aunt Jane Christie returned from Niantic after a week with Wes Lake. Mildred Brown came home from Chicago. Ferrin and Clinton families visited sick relatives. Lenard Brewer’s family traveled home with Clyde Brewer. Fanny Browns, Karl Leninger, and Emmet Caudle households were mentioned with Sunday visits.
The body of Mentor Graham a school master at Old Salem who taught Abraham Lincoln English and grammar and surveying was disinterred from South Dakota and reburied at Farmers Point cemetery two miles south of Salem State park on the Lincoln National Memorial highway.
The M. E. Sunday School hosts a community picnic at the local park on Saturday with a day long program. Visiting schools are expected and prizes will be awarded, as announced in last week’s Register.
A chicken dinner and ice cream supper will be held in the West Chapel school yard next Wednesday night August 28. Proceeds go to Pratt cemetery. Ladies are asked to bring chicken ready to fry and cakes.
Ira and Noel Goodwin and families visited from Wednesday to Sunday with Tackett and Goodwin relatives in Fredonia. Pastors and neighbors shared meals and sermons, and visitors included the Spears and McHaney families. Friday marked Ever Willing 4-H club achievement day with dress displays, a style show, sewing demonstrations, and a health talk led by Mayme Mack.
A heavy shower blessed the area last Thursday morning. Lawrence Perrine and family honored Mrs Hill's birthday with a visit to Oze Hill's. Claude Walker and wife work in the Adams orchard. Ballance family attended the funeral of Mrs Jim Pollard near Xenia. Family members traveled to Chicago for the Fair. Gerrish of Bluford visited the vicinity. Zion Sunday School picnic drew attendees. Thalman and Belcher families visited relatives in Centralia. Arnold family spent Sunday with Thalman. Ballance and Lane attended Andrew Foster's funeral at Sandy Brook. Ike Belcher and Edna joined Doe Deffenbaugh of
Decatur spent Sunday with Owen Belcher and family while Fred Meyer and wife visited relatives in Centralia.
Cyrus Arnold lost two pigs Tuesday amid extreme heat. Several residents and relatives, including the Meadows, Caldwell, Arnold, and Bundy families, visited kin and friends in Alma Vernon Patoka Kinmundy and St Paul. Various visits and gatherings mark the week in area communities.
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