Local News Notes From Vandalia Patoka And Surroundings
Shoppers from Vandalia visit Mesdames Ollie Alexander Ida Smith and Ruth Butts while plans for basketball games Patoka Methodists versus Odin Independents and Patoka gym brighten community events. Walton Hardware offers lamps and Christmas gifts as Mrs Elmer Rogier recovers from surgery at Mark Greer Hospital Vandalia. Born to Mr and Mrs La Bates a baby boy on December 18.
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Centralia
Mesdames
Ollie Alexander
Ida Smith
Vandalia
Walton Hardware
Elmer Rogier
Mark Greer Hospital
Rogier
Fehren
Ruth Butts
Ill
Elizabeth Cox
Roland Cox
Patoka
Odin
Jean
Frank Thomason
E. L. DeLay
J. L. Limecox
Illiopolis
W. P. Sullivan
Centralia Baking Co
Mrs. la Bates
Patoka Methodists
Odin Indeos
A. D. Nichols
Selah May
Lucille
A. L. Irvin
Community Notes From Patoka and Nearby Towns
Local notices report social visits across Alma Menard Decatur Saint Louis and Centralia. Several residents return from visits hospital stays or holidays while births at near Sandoval are noted. injuries from farm work also mentioned with John Thalman improving after a wheel accident.
December Rostra Club Meeting Recital of Quotes
The Rostra Club met at Miss Ruth Pugh's home with Mrs. Eva Potts presiding. Members answered roll call with favorite quotations and poems. Mrs. Bessie Murfin led word study sessions, and Mrs. Eva Wasem chaired the question box for lively discussion. Attendees included Mesdames Verle Kirk W. W. Murfin Homer Potts G. J. Wasem Donald Wilson Inevald Settem E. L. DeLay F. F. Miller and Misses Rettie Simcox Ruth Pugh Alice Murfin.
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Rostra Club
Ruth Pugh
Eva Potts
Miss Pugh
Bessie Murfin
Eva Wasem
Mesdames Verle Kirk
W. W. Murfin
Homer Potts
G. J. Wasem
Donald Wilson
Inevald Settem
E. L. DeLay
F. F., Miller
Misses Rettie Simcox
Alice Murfin
Card of Thanks for Bereavement Loss
The Meredith family expresses heartfelt thanks for kindness sympathy and help after the death of husband and father T F Meredith and family members notice.
Dear Mother Rest in God Loved You Best Poem
A short funeral poem from a husband and daughters L. T. Fagg Nettie Stepper Ethel Vaughn. It laments the mother’s passing a year ago and asks for rest with Saviour, expressing enduring love and farewell.
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L. T. Fagg
Nettie Stepper
Ethel Vaughn
For Sale Classifieds Roundup From Patoka and Nearby
Multiple short advertisements list items for sale or trade including a child’s roll top desk with chair from Gray’s Barber Shop a sow and pigs priced at 45 dollars a 100 pond watches from Chicago 17 jewel and 21J railroad grades spectacle frames and repairs two double barrel shotguns and one hammerless from W H Adams jeweler Patoka a sewing machine from George Wickersham a Fordson tractor for 100 bushels of corn from Eugene Leniger and a wood heater from Geo Wickersham.
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Childrens
Grays Barber Shop
L. W. Ballance
Chicago
Jewel
W. H. Adams
Patoka
George Wickersham
Fordson Tractor
Library Notes Shows Limited Book Requests and Donations
The library reports only a few Extension Department requests filled while Mildred Pugh Paul Logan Jessie Pugh and Nellie Adams donated books. High School students receive reading credit priority on waiting lists as Library Board and finance committee reviewed accounts and funds.
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Mildred Pugh
Paul Logan
Jessie Pugh
Nellie Adams
Library Board
Josie Simcox
Katie Nattier
Millard Rogier
Maude Irvin
Josephine DeLay
Marvel Adams
Treasury
Vernon High School drama cast rehearses Big Brother
Vernon news notes a Vernon High School cast selected from local chareter rehearsing a three act drama Big Brother directed by Mr F K R Oates to be staged soon. Relatives and townsfolk are mentioned as visitors and shoppers with numerous motor and social visits across Vernon and nearby towns.
Vernon social notes and church gathering recap
Friday night basketball game attendance noted along with a Wednesday prayer meeting at the M E Church led by Cloud Betts and next week by Mrs F M West. Mrs Rose Martin improving after illness. Vernon visitors include Odd Fellows and Rebekahs from Vernon at Salem with Mrs J A Purdue a shopper in Centralia Tuesday. Dean Lawrence and Gerald Moore with Tommy Stombaugh of Vandli called on Vernon Tuesday. Isabel Protz was a Patoka visitor Monday night.
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Chareter
Vernon High School
F. KR. Oates
John Quayle
Mrilyn
Everett Werusman
Francis Leininger
Earl
Tripp
Herrin
J. A. Purdue
Les Lawrence
Lora Wilson
Patoka
Vernon Grade School
Thelma Doolen
Minnie Peddicord
Dot Doolen
Mabel Snyder
Nannie Oates
Jesse Walton
Martin Lange
Vernon
Eberle Norris
West of Town
John Jones
Ed Carpenter
Eddie
St. Louis
Vandalia
Lawrence Sorrel
Clarence Lawson
Decatur
Fairman
Virgil Wernsman
Centralia
Piland
Ladies Aid
Marian Epps
Salem
Sherman Livesay
Shobonier
Dale Whitehrst
Fthel Jones
California
Walton Arnold
M. E
Cloud Betts
F. M. West
Rose Martin
Rebekahs
Dean Lawrence
Gerald Moore
Tommy Stombaugh
Vandli
Isabel
Public Sale Postponed by Noble Bryant
A public sale scheduled for Saturday December 21 has been postponed. Noble Bryant will announce a new date at a future time.
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Noble Bryant
Christian Church Sunday School Program Rescheduled
The Christian Church Sunday School program will be presented Sunday night, December 22, instead of Tuesday night as previously announced. Everyone is welcome.
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Christian Church
Death of Philip Brown Former Patokian
Philip W. Brown 62 died December 6 at his home 400 South Seminole Ave in Wewoka Oklahoma Funeral services were held in McConnell chapel His survivors include wife a son Charles W Brown of Muskogee two brothers Dr Horace W Brown of Chattanooga Irvin J Brown of Chicago and Charles W Brown of Wewoka two sisters Mrs Needham of Urbana and Mrs F A Malcom of Greenfield Florida A sister Mrs Needham will attend the services from Urbana Ill
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Patoka
Wewoka Times Democrat
Wewoka
Okla
Philip Brown
Charles W. Brown
Philip W. Brown
McConnell Chapel
William A. Needham
Urbana
Brown
Muskogee
Mary Deutser
South Seminole Ave
Charles W
Horace W. Brown
Chattanooga
Rev W H Hay Named Granite City Baptist Pastor
Rev W H Hay former pastor of Patoka Baptist Church was recently called to lead Calvary Baptist Church in Granite City. He and Mrs Hay have spent months in Salem and visited friends here, and friends regret his departure while congratulating him on the new field of labor.
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W. H. Hay
Patoka Baptist Church
Calvary Baptist Church
Granite City
Hay
Salem
The
Patoka Register
HiLite Class Elects Officers at Christmas Meeting
The HiLite Class gathered at Mrs. Mae Good’s home on Wednesday night December 18 for a Christmas program. Officers elected were Thelma Pugh president Lucille Garrett vice president Doris Good secretary. Gifts were exchanged by mystery pals and all enjoyed the event.
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HiLite
Mae Good
Thelma Pugh
Lucille Garrett
Doris Good
Patoka Grades Triumph in Basketball Spurs Over Odin and Vernon
Patoka High mixed results in a basketball batch defeating Odin 12 to 4 after a 4-2 start, led by Captain Neil Potts as the second half surged. In a later game Patoka fell 35 to 21 to Odin but improved play in third quarter and strong passing helped by Kleysteuber and Malan. A separate bout saw Patoka beat Vernon 34 to 17 with Grover Malan scoring 16 and strong defense from Potts. The box scores list Wasem Walker Potts Malan Adams Kleysteuber and Vernon’s Livesay Bates Whitehurst Kleeman Laws F Garrett L Garrett. Referee Gammon Time Keeper L Eagan. Patoka Grades then lost 21 to 7 to Vernon in a preliminary game.
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Odin
Ptoka
Kirk
Patoka High
Vernon High
Patoka
Grover ‘Malan
Kleysteuber
Wasem
Walker
Potts
Malan
ES J. Adams
G Moe
Vernon
Livesay
Bates
Whitehurst
Kleeman
Laws
F. Garrett
L. Garrett
Gammon
L. Eagan
Pott
Death and burial of Fent Caldwell
Fent Caldwell aged 48 died Wednesday at his home east of Patoka after a long illness. A respected farmer, he is survived by wife Maude and daughter Clelia Bassett, two infants preceded him. Rev. F. M. McKinney conducted funeral services Thursday at Zion Church. burial followed in Caldwell cemetery.
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F. M. McKinney
Zion Church
Caldwell Cemetery
Beery Family Back From Clinton and Decatur Visit
Mr and Mrs Clayton Beery and daughter Patsy Lou returned home Wednesday after visiting friends and relatives in Clinton and Decatur.
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Clayton Beery
Patsy Lou
Clinton
Decatur
Relief Grants Rise as Illinois Ends Direct Aid
The Federal Relief Administration reports Illinois grants totaling 205 million dollars since May 1983 as the state winds down direct relief. The Work Progress Administration aims to keep 188,400 people on jobs this week while remaining costs will shift to state and local communities.
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Tlinois
Federal Relief Administration
Tlinois Snce
Work Progress Administration
Ilinois
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