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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1964
Page
2
A look at vast changes in the express industry driven by speed efficiency and new service models. REA Express subsidiary operates a nationwide rail piggyback and container pool with sixty six member railroads enabling coordinated rail high way operations and potential savings in time and money.
Patoka High School announces fall 1964 baseball schedule with an Oct 2 game at Carlyle as part of the E I Tourney at Carlyle.
A reader laments the Clayton County Journal indictment for bootlegging and criticizes advertising practices. The writer recalls Henry Grady and suggests advertisers deserve penalties if the editor is guilty, reflecting old newspaper lore and local sentiment.
Carrigan Township executives met at Clarence Cozad home Tuesday evening to transact business. Auditors approved bills and issued checks. Dessie Alf Genevieve Ahlf and Marge Waterbury visited Conservation Lake with Wilbur McIntire. Roland Warren and family from Arkansas visited relatives here. Harold Snyder Reba Voss and girls attended Warren family reunion at Fairview Park Centralia. Carrigan Unit of Homemakers worked at Marion Co Fair Saturday.
Colonel James B. Meador Jr announced that Western Vault Co will relocate cemeteries affected by the Carlyle Reservoir. The firm must move all burials monuments and markers to reinterment sites and provide labor. Relocation begins about August 17 1964 with supervision by H C Scott Shaver and representation by Victor V Barcroft as liaison.
A merchant used a want ad offering five live cats, signed by the shopkeeper, triggering two days of cat donations from counties residents. The editor Grady was warned of a lawsuit and offered a page ad in exchange. The piece ends with reflections on newspapers and punctuation.
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