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Patoka Register

Location

Patoka, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1933

Page

4

Spelling winner Jimmy Simpson to compete at county meet

Carrigan residents reported Jimmy Simpson of Fredonia school won the local spelling contest held Saturday December 2. He will be accompanied by teacher Mrs Viola Hicks to Salem to compete in the county contest. Several local residents and families appear in notes of visits dinners and gatherings through the week.

Carrigan Jimmy Simpson Fredonia Viola Hicks Salem William Seidel Sandoval James Meredith Caleb Spear Babe Ticknor Loren Craig Orville Hill Ted Ticknor Cecil Hicks Loree Ramsey A. C. McClaren G. N. Smith Fairman Ransom Hicks J. B Hicks John Charlton Jim Hill J. G. McGee Odin H. P. Hurd J. P. Hicks Patoka Jimmy Leroy Simpson Glen Dorothy Meredith Harry Lush Walter Dace Cubbange L. B. Groff Lela Tarter Tonti

Thanksgiving at Eaglin Narrates Service and Community Gatherings

Thanksgiving day activities included 11 a.m. praise services led by Rev. M. D. Ballance, a noon basket dinner, and a pupil program. Rev. Sidney Spear gave a message to an appreciative audience. Neighbors attended revival at Cabbage Chapel that night.

M. D. Ballance Sidney Spear Cabbage Chapel Tom Ballance Lulu Naitier Ross Cartier Robert Arnold Willie Pahner

Thanksgiving visitors near Patoka noted in East Fork area

East Fork residents Orville Hill and family joined Dorse Cozad and Oze Hill for Thanksgiving. Patoka area caller Saturday reported Wash Bowen delivered three truckloads of corn in the vicinity.

Orville Hill Dorse Cozad Oze

Local residents and visitors share stories and services

A string of social calls and visits noted through the week includes Geo Mason and wife with Herbert and Nettie Schmahl, Dan Reeter of Vandalia with Charles Bowen, Oze Hill shopping in Patoka, and multiple callings among the Schmahl and Bowen families. Thanksgiving gatherings and church lessons at Christian Science churches are also recorded along with a funeral in Vandalia and a Bible passage from Nehemiah.

Ker Geo. Mason Sandy Oval Herbert Nettie Schmahl Dan Reeter Vandalia Charles Bowen Oze Hill Herb Schmahl Bertha Williams Matt Belcher Isabel Mabel Cecil Floyd Bowen Ruby Nettie Ernest Schmahl Patoka Cort Walker St. Louis Mabel Bowen

Red Cross Society Elects Officers in Vernon Meeting

The Vernon Red Cross Society met at G. C. Betts home on November 20 and re elected all officers except the secretary who resigned. Officers are Bertha Dansbury chairwoman Marcus Cox vice chair Harold Jolliff treasurer and Minnie Peddicord secretary. The group lists twenty eight members with several prospects and notes visits by local residents and a quilt gift for a minister family. Train of social updates includes members out of quarantine and school readiness of L E Master.

Red Cross Society G. C. Betts Secrtary Bertha Dansbury Marcus Cox Harold Jolliff Minnie Peddicord Vernon Edward Strow Esta Stewart St. Louis W. L Joyce Hathaway Ladies and Society Leo Freger Laurence Wilson Min

Card of Thanks and Industry Note

Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for assistance after the death of Joseph Hilton and for floral tributes. An unrelated hearing summary notes that in 1932 automobile production was 26 percent of 1929, while auto parts production was 53 percent, suggesting parts makers are not the main auto industry customers.

Joseph NRA

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