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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1962
Page
1
A roundup of local social visits and events in Patoka and nearby towns. Families from Centralia Salem Flora Decatur and St Louis join Mrs. P J Mojonnier and relatives for visits meals and hospital updates. plans announced for a Magassie Cemetery chicken supper to raise funds.
Thomas C. Anderson and Robert O. Wolf are hired to teach social studies and vocational agriculture at the high school for 1962 63. Floyd Smith resigns as voc ag teacher. Book fees for kindergarten through grade 6 are listed with student insurance options and a 10 per student 12 month plan. Classes begin August 31 with half day kindergarten and bus routes similar to last year.
Miss Sue Wernsman and Don C Brummet united in a Aug 14 ceremony at First Christian Church in an evening service conducted by Rev Hillard. The couple will reside in Del Rio Texas where Brummet is stationed at Laughlin AFB.
Mr and Mrs Russell Deverick announce a baby boy born Monday August twenty at Fayette County Hospital weighing seven pounds and a fraction. mother is Eleanor Fiscus. Mr Deverick serves with the Armed Forces in Munich Germany. Mr and Mrs Charles Anderson of Tustin California announce a baby boy born Tuesday August fourteenth weighing seven pounds eleven ounces named Brett Clark. Grandparents are Mrs Ormel Simcox of Patoka and Mr and Mrs George Anderson of Sandoval.
An ice cream social will be held on Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Jones School. The event is sponsored by the 4-H Foster Tigers and 4-H Do It-Dandies clubs.
The note thanks the Legion neighbors and friends who gave blood for Mrs. A. A. Conley recently. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Pugh of Decatur spent the weekend visiting relatives.
About 81 people attended the 16th annual Kaskaskia Association Sunbeam picnic at Patoka Park on Thursday afternoon. Sheila Jolliff, acting president, welcomed guests. Jessie Craig of Vandalia marked her 16th attendance. The event featured Indian relics, church temples with top numbers, and a mission story by Mrs. Lee Adams of Central City. Next meeting is August 15, 1968 with Jessie Craig presenting.
Mrs Leona Kinney expresses gratitude for the cards visits and prayers received during hospitalization and after returning home with best wishes and blessings.
Vernon community notes report numerous Sunday dinners and weekend visits among Sorrells Becks Walton Kell Doolen and others. hospital stays medical patients and a fall hospital visit. wedding and reception at Patoka church. church society meeting and a 50th wedding anniversary for George and Gillespie family.
The Cub Scouts will hold a paper drive Friday for the group’s benefit. Residents are asked to tie newspapers in bundles and place them on the front porch or steps. The Cubs will begin pickups at about 5 p.m.
Supt Hinton received a letter from Camp Joy director James L. Snyder commending Patoka High School chemistry teacher Robert D. Jamison for unselfish service as a Troop 262 leader during August 12 to 18. The note notes his worthwhile camp experience and strong community leadership.
A Marion County circuit court hearing on August 29 before Judge Daniel H. Dailey will decide if three Patoka village board members are qualified to act as trustees. The motion seeks summary judgment on their eligibility to serve.
The schedule lists games from Aug 31 to Oct 6 across Carlyle Sandoval Okawville Odin Mulberry Grove and E I Tourney at Carlyle. It notes home and away statuses and concludes with a visit by Oliver Johnson and three grandchildren of St. Louis spending Sunday with his uncle Mr and Mrs Emil Kottmeyer.
A note of gratitude to friends and neighbors expresses thanks for cards flowers and support received during a hospital hospitalization.
Patoka's annual Fall Festival runs Aug 31 to Sept 1 with a big parade at 3 30 p m through the business district featuring floats bands and a Nike Ajax missile. The program includes a tractor contest a high school band concert a rodeo rides concessions free exhibits and dinners. Proceeds go to Lions Club and Fire Department community programs.
Polling places for the August 30 referendum on marketing quotas for the 1963 wheat crop were announced by Harold D. Crippen chair of the USC County committee. Voting hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Kinmundy City Hall Omega Odin-Sandoval Carrigan Townhouse ASCS Office Centralia Racoon Haines Romine Iuka Stevenson Salem and Tonti townships. If two-thirds of growers vote quotas passed price support will be at least 1.82 dollars per bushel with penalties for excess production by those with more than 15 acres.
Eligible wheat producers in Marion County must vote in the national wheat marketing quota referendum on August 30. Voters are those producing more than 15 acres of wheat per farm for harvest as grain in 1968 on any of the 39 commercial wheat states. Those who signed 1962 feed wheat applications are not eligible to vote on quotas for the 1963 crop. For quotas to take effect, at least two-thirds of voting producers must approve.
Agnes Collins expresses gratitude for prayers visits flowers cards and letters received during hospitalization and after returning home thanking everyone who supported her through illness and recovery.
Mr and Mrs James Ballance and Doug Mr and Mrs Bob Eagan and Gloria Judy Logan and Cindy Cox left Friday for a vacation at the Lake of the Ozarks.
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