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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1938
Page
2
The Patoka school building and Patoka Library received a thorough washing funded by a WPA grant. Nine Centralia workers cleaned walls floors and desks and wiped down books while Room One pupils enjoyed a half day vacation during the cleanup.
Beulah Wickersham returns to Chicago after visiting with her brother Geo Wickersham and family. Wm Carter of Teague Drilling Co in St Elmo oil field spends days in Patoka with his parents. May Walker and daughter Verlin S McCoy of Centralia attend Patoka social routine Friday. Ella Doty and son James return from Chicago after visiting relatives. Robert Morey and baby of Mulberry Grove with D H Lang of Keystone Oklahoma visit H G Hudspeth family. Henry Williams of near Alma visits Patoka Friday. Prof James L Reed of Vernon visits Patoka on business Friday.
Mrs. Nell Mansfield of Greenville visited over the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Mojonnier and others to attend the installation of the O E S lodge in Sandoval Monday evening.
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