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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1930
Page
8
A flood of Thanksgiving gatherings fills Patoka and nearby towns. Many families from Decatur Centralia Vandalia and Chicago join local relatives for dinners and visits. Travelers include Miss Martha Blakeney Mrs Jennie Smith and Mr Gus Williams among others, with many plans to return home soon.
Doolen school lists Thanksgiving visitors including Elmer Frizzell and family with Frank Frizzell and Lewis Jo H Jones. Henry Abendroth and family. John Steele and wife with Paul Ek. W Clem Doolen and family with David Headley. Glen Ekrats and Carl Herring returned from the north. Other notes mention local visits, perfect attendance for November, and various social calls around Vernon and Kinmundy.
Mrs Edith Souter and Mrs Lester Griffin spent Tuesday afternoon with Mrs L Foster. Erna Jones and family of Muncie Ind spent from Monday until Wednesday with relatives here. Lester and Lee Griffin were seeing the sights in Decatur Thursday. Mrs Mary Walker of Kinmundy spent most of last week with relatives here. Elmer Frizzell and family spent Wednesday with Don Green and wife and Ernest Stevens and family of Salem vicinity and Mrs C F Stevens of St Louis called on Mrs L Foster Sunday evening. Lewis Jones and family spent Sunday with his Parents W H Jones and wife.
Elmer Frizzell and family were Sunday visitors at the Mor decai Lee home near Zion South Carolina. Green helped Addis Walton shredd fodder Monday. Arty Shick returned from Champaign where he assisted harvest of the corn crop.
George Jett and wife with son Dean spent Sunday with H W Somerville who remains poorly. The schoolhouse caught fire last Wednesday but was found early, prompting dismissal for the week for repairs. Various neighbors and relatives visited, helped butcher, attended a pageant, or shared Thanksgiving meals around Chandler and Gray circles.
Notice of the passing of Mrs. John Ashworth draws sympathy from family and friends in the locality as they express condolences and support during their bereavement.
Stork visits Bluff City as Mr and Mrs Lawrence Durbin welcome a seven pound baby boy on November 18. Nearby, Ruth Campbell of Centralia visits Vandalia while Miss Emma Jackson hosts Stombaugh and Jackson relatives. Beino game draws crowd at Catholic Church as local shoe factory slows with a December pickup forecast. Indoor girls baseball team defeats Centralia 13 to 7. Christmas nears in Vandalia with gift swap at the Paint Store.
The text presents a contentious view on naval power distribution among nations. It argues for fewer U.S. ships than England to influence Japan and Australia’s shipbuilding, implying strategic tradeoffs and rivalries in imperial dynamics.
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