Bear Creek kin visit over Thanksgiving weekend
Lenard Brewer of Sterling hosted Allie Brown and family who visited from Thursday to Sunday to spend Thanksgiving with home folks and friends in Bear Creek.
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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1937
Page
5
Thanksgiving Gatherings and Local Happenings
Thanksgiving gatherings at several households weave through rural life. Relatives from Decatur Vandalia Shobonier and Colfax joined family reunions at Frank Lake's with multiple siblings and cousins. Pies and cake walked at Bear Creek School drew praise while others shopped, tiling and wood hauling filled days.
Thanksgiving Visits and Family Gatherings in East Zion
Robert Nichols and family visited Tuesday with Jessie Walton. Dean Anderson and family of Sterling are visiting this week near Givens Chapel. Hubert Headley and family of St. Louis visited with Russel Caldwell. Thanksgiving gatherings included a basket dinner and all day meeting at Zion. Several distant attendees joined, and many local residents were present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Nichols
Tuseday
Jessie Walton
Dean Anderson
Sterling
Givens Chapel
Hubert Headley
St. Louis
Russel Caldwell
Dean Arnold
Decatur
Willie McNichols
Henry Ogelsby
Raymond Moulding
Bill Willett
Russell Cladwell
Jamie Caldwell
Zion
Russel Jones
Alma
Hubert Gray
Maud Caldwell
Charles Berry
Elmer Berry
Marvin Chandler
Maurice Ballance
Patoka
Lewis Kissner
Fred Brown
Millie Berry
Vandalia
Ellis Bassett
Pearl Berry
Carrol Lowe
Harry Chance
Salem
Carl Easton
Thanksgiving gatherings noted in Stringtown locality
Mr and Mrs Mervel Willett of Villa Grove visited S A Willett and daughter Merle over the weekend. Earl Leininger and son joined Frances Leininger of Vernon for Thanksgiving. Families sharing dinner with Paul Metzger included J H Metzger Shobonier Dean Metzger Vandalia Clarence Holt Nellie Lane and Dennis Metzger and daughter. A Friday December 8 Methodist Aid supper in Shobonier will fund Farmers Cemetery upkeep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mervel Willett
Villa Grove
S. A. Willett
Merle
Earl Leininger
Frances Leininger
Vernon
Paul Metzger
J.H. Metzger
Shobonier
Dean Metzger
Vandalia
Clarence Holt
Nellie Lane
Dennis Metzger
Methodist Aid Room
Farmers Cemetery
John McConnel
B. F. Beck
G. W. Albert
Robert Holt
Virgil
Xelpho Fiscus
A. R. Fiscus
Mound Chapel
Neighborhood Associates Share Holiday and Visit News
Mr and Mrs Pid Williams spent Tuesday evening with the Selby Garretts. Several attended Cecil Lowe’s sale as he moves to Beaucoup. Mrs Roy Roberts and Mrs Virgie Garrett visited kin in Kinmundy with Nellie Williams. The Haynes family spent Thanksgiving with Fiona Haynes. Mark Arnold works for Mason Bassett. Francis Roberts and daughters Virginia and Roberta visited Decatur for Thanksgiving. Clyde Williams and family spent the week with Williams and Tockstein families. Adolph Tockstein returned to Chicago after a week with the Tockstein family. Thanksgiving guests at Selby Garrett’s included Roy Roberts and two daughters from Decatur, Marshall Williams and daughters Leah and Glora from Kinmundy, and Glen Turner from Salem. A large crowd attended Lloyd’s sale near Kinmundy Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pid Williams
Selby Garrett
Cecil Lowe
Decatur
Clyde Williams
Williams
Tockstein
Adolph Tockstein
Chicago
Roy Roberts
Marshall Williams
Leah and
Glora
Kinmundy
Glen Turner
Salem
Lloyde
Revival closes with five converts at Zion
A revival at Zion ended Sunday with five converts. Attendees noted no preaching at Arnold Chapel Sunday due to bad roads. Local residents mention various visiting relatives and neighborly calls in Salem Centralia and New Minden where Rev. C C Lowe will pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Lowe
New Minden
M. E. Church
Helen McNichol
Clara Frizzel
Henry Jones
Salem
Zion
Chas
Arnold
Herbert Green
Montana
Gus Green
Orie Green
Centralia
Arnold Chapel
A. D.nichols
Martha Mulvaney
Nellie, Mae Jones
Roberta Arnold
Ella Foster
Elmer Frizzel
Russel Jones
Agnes Hines
Village Board Buys Property For Light Plant Expansion
The Patoka village board approved a purchase Saturday to expand the municipal light plant site. They bought the east end of a lot owned by the Masonic Lodge, a 50 by 40 foot plot north of the present plant, for about $500 to house a new engine and generating unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Lodge of
Patoka
Uent
M. E. Church Next Sunday Services and Election
The M. E. Church invites the public to Sunday School elections next Sunday at 9 30 am and a 7 pm vestry meeting. W E Shaffer pastor urges members to attend and honor vows for a time of rejoicing and souls. Vernon preaching at 11 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evrey
Vernon
W. E. Shaffer
M E Church South Quarterly Meeting at Patoka
The M E Church South quarterly meeting is set for Saturday night December 4 at 7 30 with officers urged to attend Presiding Elder W D Humphrey will preside and deliver the sermon at Sunday morning services He will also preach at Zion Church Sunday evening at 7 30
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka
W. D. Humphrey
Humphrey
Zion Church
Local Couple Observe 25th Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Lester Ballance celebrated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary at home with a noon dinner. Guests included their son Marvin a teacher at Wolf Lake Miss Mary Jordan of Wolf Lake and Dayne Ellis. The Ballances have lived in Patoka since moving from a farm east of town with Mr Ballance serving as manager of the Patoka Farmers Elevator Co branch at Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Ballance
Marvin
Wolf Lake
Mary Jordan
Dayne Ellis
Ballance
Patoka
Here
Sunday School Class Honors Delta Theda Jones Birthday
Mrs Madeline Porter hosted the Hi Life class of the Christian Church Tuesday November 30 in Lexington Kentucky honoring Miss Delta Theda Jones and hostess daughter Miss Gayle Belcher on their birthdays. Delta Theda Jones received a handkerchief and fruit shower along with other gifts and games provided merriment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madeline Porter
The
Christian Church
Delta Theda
Kentucky Jones
Lexington
Kentucky
Delta Theda Jones
Gayle Belcher
Harriett Smith
Evelyn Ballance
Maude Ellis
Harriett Dukes
Howard Smith
Cecil Elliot
Cesitralia
Austin Good
James Ballance
Paul Logan
Orville Hubbart
Iris Ellis
Lucia Feield
Lucile Garrett
Thelma Pugh
Doris Good
Aveline Perrine
Mr. Mart Tinney
Ground acquired for future expansion shows ongoing use growth
Additional land bought will be available for future expansion if current use continues to rise. The note highlights anticipation of growing demand and potential development tied to existing operations.
Reverend Lowe Moves to Beaucoup Illinois
Rev. C. C. Lowe and his family relocate to Beaucoup Illinois leaving Kinmundy. He attends school at Lebanon and serves as preacher at four M. E. Churches at Beaucoup Coulterville DuBois and the Mt. Pleasant country charge north of Beaucoup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Lowe
Beaucoup
Ilinois
Kinmundy
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