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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1952
Page
3
Local residents share travel and visiting news with relatives across nearby cities. Families such as the Doolens Betts and Robinsons gather in Cerro Gordo and Alton while others visit East St. Louis Decatur and Springfield for family occasions and hunting trips.
The Middle West Soil Improvement Committee says investing 50 to 75 dollars per acre in soil building can elevate low producing middle class land to top-yielding levels within a year or two. Steps include lime tests, heavy fertilizer use, soil conditioning with deep rooted legumes, and returning crop residues to the soil to boost moisture and nutrient storage.
Jessie Walton and wife visited in Mt. Zion with the Verne Belcher family. L. D. Morey and Wilmer Meador groups attended Steve Eskew's funeral in St Louis. Walton relatives and friends shared time in Decant r and Centralia during Thanksgiving. William Lowe called on George Walton in Arnold Chapel. Minnie Peddicord hosted a Bridge Club dinner at the Davis Cafe with later at her home.
The passage lists Mrs. Marie Green of Vandalia as an out of town guest and notes George Walton with his wife visiting Wayne Walton in Vandalia for Thanksgiving. Also noted are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Darner and Carrie, Mr. and Mrs. Flowers and their mother, and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Walton and Kay.
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