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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1952
Page
2
A 1952 PatokaIllinois Christmas feature prints children letters to Santa Andrew Jimmie Lee Orrell and many others share wishes for dolls bicycles trains and candy with notes of good behavior and hopes for gifts from Santa Claus. The message closes with a fiveyearold boy stating I am a boy 5 years old and I try.
Patoka residents Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Mojonnier visited the former's sister in West Frankfort on Monday. Mrs. Don Allen and family from Mt. Vernon and Davenport stopped to visit Mrs. Ballentine and Willard, with Allen a first cousin to Ballentine. They planned wintering in California. Leighton Wasem entered Deaconess hospital in St. Louis Monday for surgery Tuesday. condition reported as satisfactory.
The article lists visiting family and friends including Mr. and Mrs. Seth Martin Rex of Decatur, Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Mascher Sandra, and others. It mentions Charlie Adams in St Marys hospital, and Major Marvin Stanley with family returning from Tripoli to spend holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Matchett in Patoka.
Four Illinois 4-H club members earned trips to the National Club Congress, joining 1,400 others. Ralph Rattray of Kane County, Florian B. of LaSalle County, Nina Lou Wilson of Crawford County, and Marlyn Ebert of Monroe County advance as state winners with dairy, tractor, clothing, and dress design achievements.
The record notes shared costs for nitrates and fertilizers between tenant and landlord. It cites that since 1930, farm organizations have doubled or tripled membership. It states Illinois 4 H Club members reached 57,000 in 1952, more than triple the 1980 figure.
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