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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1932
Page
4
Publisher details note Patoka Illinois operation with Friday issue. Entered as second class matter in Patoka post office under act of Congress Mar 3 1879. Subscription priced at 1.50 per year.
The Sunbeam meeting elected officers with Velma Heinzman as president and Anna Bell Adams as vice president. Secre tary is Evelyn Ellis. Appointed leaders include Anna Bell Adams in January and others through June. Elder A C Brown delivered his regular sermon.
Listings include sales offers for apples by Jack Eagan, a lost 1928 P H S class ring with finder Miss Lucile Britt, handmade quilts for sale at Linton and Beery's Office, a house for sale by O K A M Peek, corn for a good small car trade with C C Burnette, used parts and tires at Burnett Motor Co, a library table trade for a 12 gauge shotgun by Geo Wickersham, enrollment notice for Egyptian Academy of Beauty Culture, and contact details for Centralia Illinois location.
Prayer Meeting Tuesday 7 00 p m Bible Study Friday 7 00 p m Sunday School 9 30 a m Fielding Adams Supt Public invited Sunday night program Vernon Church Bible Study Thursday 7 30 p m Sunday School 9 30 a m Stewart Meador Supt Preaching 11 00 a m Christmas the Visitation of God to Earth Text Luke 2 11 Pastor Paul Grant
The M. E. Church outlines December 25 preaching at Arnold Chapel 11 a.m. and Vernon 7 p.m. with Patoka Candlelight Vespers at 4 30 p.m. A basket dinner at Arnold follows services and a Christmas program is planned in the afternoon. Parishioners urged to visit the sick and leave sickness notes at the parsonage. Merry Christmas from Philip R. Glotfelty Jr.
The Patoka church schedules a Christmas tree program on December 24 at 7 30 p m and a Sunday School session December 25 at 9 30 a m with Frank Ballance superintendent. Rev M D Ballance preaches at 10 45 a m and Rev Frank Brokelmeyer at 7 p m with a Christmas duet by Miss Georgia Cruse and Mrs E W Bel cher. Zion Church also hosts a Christmas program December 24 at 7 30 p m by the young people's division.
Sunday services across Christian Science churches centered on the topic Is the Universe Including Man Evolved by Atomic Force The Golden Text from Deuteronomy cautions on God’s sovereignty and riches The Chron 29 passage praises God’s greatness and reign Mind is described as the central sun governing all creation from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
Cinnamon and fruit shoppers read of low prices for cranberries bananas and roasted peanuts at Altom's Califo Market. Visitors include Homer Potts and Ed Jones in Clinton and Centralia, George Holland in Patoka, W C Pugh in Patoka, Sam Jones in Salem, Marl Anderson and Ranny Poole in Patoka, plus Jimmy Doty returning home from Cincinnati to stay.
Local shoppers are offered Hal price toys and citrus while residents share family visits and community events. The column notes Altom's ads, arrivals Pauline Altom from Chicago, and various neighborly updates from Odin and Centralia including illness, weddings, and school programs.
Edith Kretzer spent Thursday with Roberta Renfro and is now home with friends after a hospital stay in Salem for an operation. Herschel Campbell and family visited the Dennis Branch clan, while George Nicholson's family visited the Jett household. Henry Guyman is able to visit after a severe asthma attack.
Local residents and visitors appear in a flurry of travel and health updates. E. C. Toothaker is seriously ill with relatives from Augusta and Centralia arriving to check on him. The Sandoval Lions Club met with about sixty percent attendance and a dinner served by Class No. 10 of the Christian Church.
A fragment notes Dent at Normal visiting her parents Mr or Mrs Hiram Wilson for the holidays. Wilbur Joyce was in Centralia on Saturday as were Mrs Essie Seidel Ralph and Virginia who spent the afternoon there.
Paul Caldwell returns from the north while Otto Maulding is at his ill father’s bedside. St Paul visitor Fred Gehrig and Herman Torbeck share time with friends. John Sebastian Bert Massie visit Fent Caldwell and family. Vantassel Wyoming resident Clint Perkins travels to see friends. Mrs Russell Caldwell hosts the club with several sick listed. Juanita Neilson visits Wilma Caldwell. Sam and Charley Caldwell shadow families with Oscar and Elmer Berry. Quarterly meeting well attended. Zion Sunday School plans a Christmas program.
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