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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1907
Page
5
The Patoka news cites sermons and Sunday service times for Cumberland Presbyterian and M E churches including quarterly meeting dates. It notes Christmas entertainment with decorated trees, candy and presents for teachers and children, plus gifts to the pastor and family and a new buggy as a crowning token.
The Cantata on Christmas Eve drew praise as a splendid entertainment. St Nick arrived with four brownies to distribute gifts to children. Stockings brimmed with candy for scholars, and toys and books were given to junior class students. Teachers also received thanks in tokens from their scholars.
Westcott Chapel hosts Sunday services first Sunday with 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Patoka holds second Sunday services same times. Zion church offers third Sunday 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Toad Island holds third Sunday 3:00 p.m. and fourth Sunday Zion 11:00 a.m. Patoka 7:00 p.m. Prayer meeting Tuesday evening. Weather kept Sunday School attendance down at 50. one year ago 105 attended. Eight officers and teachers present. largest offering from the Young Men's class. After a school review, Bro. Monroe Smith spoke. Christmas Eve services drew a large crowd. superintendent J. L. Altom given a picture, Rev. Pressly a rocking chair, and Patoka church members gifted a new buggy to Rev. Pressly. Christmas at Patoka celebrated by all churches.
Dreamy Autumn verses describe a boy’s woodland adventures and toylike magic. Short humor and local snippets follow, including a poetess in Town Topics crying, fashion pains, a dying man’s strange wish, a panting pantatorium joke, and dinner notes from Roy Havre and the editor in Fowler.
A New Yorker laments modern bathtubs as handsome yet risky tools. He cites multiple slips causing bruises and broken bones including a railroad man who fractured his collarbone and an author who broke two ribs, while noting no rare hazards from swimming pool features like clam-shell cats or bloodsuckers on toes.
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