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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1946
Page
4
The Patoka Register, published weekly in Patoka Illinois, notes its post office registration as second class matter under the 1879 act. The notice lists the publication cadence and local postal details for the Patoka circulation.
Mrs. Henry Brumfield traveled to Assumption for the holiday. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne eld and son Carroll Wayne visited. C. M. Rogier of Greenville and Mrs. O. F. Davis hosted guests. Fred Shaffint from Sandoval dined with the Hill family. Nancy Simcox spent the weekend in Taylorville for a friend's wedding. Don Lamond to spend Christmas with his wife and son at the Matchett home.
Mr and Mrs George Parker and daughters Eva Mae and Helen will travel to Atlanta Texas for Christmas. Mr and Mrs W C Carner of Belle Prairie spent the weekend with H K Pike and family. Artie Rogier returned from a Farm Bureau Tour. Ray Gray of Davenport Iowa will visit O J Hill family for the holidays. Mary Cahill visits Salem then home here. Several residents travel to St Louis and Chicago for gatherings and business. George Parker and Bill Jenkins buy new Chevrolets. Chicago trip aids illness of William Osborn’s son in law.
Miss Betty Jones of Colorado Springs arrives to spend three weeks with her parents Mr and Mrs Paul Jones and family in Dallas Texas. The movement of relatives for the holiday season is noted with several visits initiated this week.
Record high fat cattle prices and abundant feed spur heavy feeding across the Corn Belt. The Agriculture Department notes 2,050,000 stocker and feeder cattle moved into eight states in five months, with 330,000 head in July to November, 19 percent above 1945 and near the 1939 record.
Only 2.9 percent of men paroled from Illinois prisons for World War II service in the armed forces have violated parole. The figure highlights low recidivism among veterans released for military duty.
Governor Dwight H. and the Illinois parole system report about 13 percent of paroled men returning to prison. Of 2 852 men entering the armed forces from state institutions, 86 violated parole. 50 dishonorably discharged violators were returned to prison and 36 are in other institutions. Final discharges from parole reached 2,234 with more issued monthly.
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