Local notices and community events across Patoka area
A long list of hometown activities from Patoka Illinois includes help for Jewel Chausse, deliveries by Dave Carson and Wash Bowen, visits among neighbors, Christmas gatherings at Cozad and Bopp stores, school and church events, hunting, and local transport. The piece also notes state affairs with prohibition arrests, fairs planning in Springfield, welfare department conference, and a Paris trip prize for 4 H winners tied to a Chicago expo event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Meridith
Jewel Chausse
Wilkins
Centralia
Dave Carson
Wash Bowen
Glenridge
Nelson Hicks
Pearl Poole
Charlie Bopp
Bill Crothers
Clarence Cozad
Patoka Hardware
Susie Snyder
Mat Belcher
Opal
Luther Williams
Temple Church
John Bopp
Claud Bopp
Vandalia
Frances
Cozad
Billie Stone
Rachel Chausse
Minnie Merten
Cecil Jett
Maurice Clayton
Belleville
Frank Snyder
Will Crothers
Jess Stutzman
Clarence Gozad
Centralian
Jim Hill
Boyd Steele
Frances Stone
Patoka
Bill Stone
Fredonia
Julius Chausse
Carrigan School
Jake Foltz
Clifford Merten
Champaign
Ralph Merten
H. J. Stone
Highland
Odin
Miss Merle
Rose Snyder
Leland Johnson
Will Snyder
Eunice
Henry Stillabower
Cozad’s
Marie Cozad
Pete Bopp
Illinois Association of Agricultural Fairs
Springfield
Stillman J. Standard
Louis L. Emmerson
Fred W. Green
Michigan
Illinois
Chicago
Nancy Grosbell
Mary Jeanette Irwin
Petersburg
Menard County
Paris
France
Internationa
Snowbound routes disrupt Odin Sandoval mail and milk deliveries
Heavy snow on Thursday and Friday prevented Odin and Sandoval mail carriers from completing routes. Milk deliveries also halted as farmers Herb Stone and Wash Bowen could not complete their milk runs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odin
Sandoval
Herb Stone
Wash Bowen
Local Christmas visits fill holiday homecomings notes
Local residents and students return home for Christmas from Centra lia University Brown's Business College and other towns. Visitors include Mrs Lucile Markwell and child, Oscar and John Davis, Leo Walker, Blamche, Miss Marguerite Shear, Miss Wilma Delassus, and many others sharing holiday greetings and family time. Local trades mention L M Black Shoe Repair Shop offering services and sales near Blue Goose Garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Caldwell
Mabel Belcher
Alice Murfin
Alice Nichols
Dean Martin
Carol Mojonnier
Harold Chance
Talmadge Outhouse
Carl Rogier
Lucile Walker
Brown’s Business College
Centralia
Leo C. Walker
James McCallen
St. Louis
Miss Blamche
J. W. Delassus
St. Elmo
Wilma
Sullivan
L. Delassus
Lova Tolle
Marguerite Shear
Golf
Kans
Ben Reilman
J. Warren Bobbit
Vernon
Glen Spicer
Vandalia
Noah Carter
Miner Herd
Pana
Ven Gray
L. M. Black Shoe Repair Shop
Blue Goose Garage
Inner Light by Faye Oglesby
A poem tracing Mary and Joseph journeying from Nazareth to Bethlehem and the Holy Child’s birth. It portrays hardship on the road, the inn with no room, and the birth scene ending with a prayer for the Spirit of the Dear Christ Child to be the lasting inner light guiding humanity.
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Nazareth
Joseph
Mary
Ceasar
Samaria
Judea
Mount of Olives
Bethany
Jerusalem
Israel
David
Absolom
Christ Child
School Gym Too Small For Meet At "Y" With $50 Purse
The sport column notes the gym is inadequate so the meet moves to the Y where teams will cover their own costs. A $50 purse awaits the winner as Tren ton beat Patoka last year when Patoka nearly did not play due to a district meet in Carl y le. Mr Chaney of the Centralia Recreational Board discusses the date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Patoka
Carlyle
Chaney
Centralia Recreational Board
Ramsey tournament draws set for Ramsey Herrick first round
The Ramsey tournament begins with Ramsey versus Herrick in the first round. Assumption meets Pocahontas, Vandalia faces Mulberry Grove, and Beecher City battles Patoka. Games run Friday afternoon and night with semifinals Saturday, culminating in the championship and third place bouts. Referee Herb Steinhauer officiated Ramsey’s 19 to 18 win over Macon on Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delevan
Sandoval
Ramsey
Macon
Herb Steinhauer
Xmas Day Guests Fill Vernon Homes Across Families
A lengthy list records Christmas Day visits to Vernon households with extended families from Decatur Vandalia Kinmundy and Benton. Notable gatherings include the Lawrence Smith Muir Epps Hatch and Doolen families sharing meals and gifts. Distinct visitors include Ray Walton Geo Carmaney Helen Hathaway and several Livesay kin among others in a wide network of local relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Cox
W. L. Hathaway
Walter Wernsman
Fred Lawrence
Elmer
Frizzell
Blanche Doolen
Eddie Gehrkin
East of Shobonier
Sarah Kinney
Leo
John Epps
Marian
Frank Hatch
Flora Maude
Patoka
F. M. Smith
L. E. Green
J.T. Arnold
Kinmundy
Gus Prott
Wm. Prott
Earl Hamilton
Benton
J. W. Epps
I. W. Doolen
Dot
Alex Massey
Geo. Walton
John Linton
Will Lawrence
Geo. Christie
Dorothy
Charlie Christie
Jim Balderson
Mae Linton
Decatur
Wes Oates
Mary Kee Smith
Wm. Oates
Lem Ballance
Cecil Binnion
le Mase Binion
John Rouse
Robert
Dale Bevis
Luke Snyder
Roy Cox
John Miller
Ray Walton
East St. Louis
Geo. Carmenay
Helen Hathaway
Vandalia
Claud Betts
Tom Snyder
Rose Martin
J. J. Betts
Glenwood Brown
Bloomington
Fred Brown
Marcus, Cox
Centralia
Helen Ferrell
Vanda Tillman
St. Louis
H. O. Tillman
Ladies Aid
Santa Claus
Cecil Binion
Cynthia Blankinship
Thelma Doolen
Dot Doolen
Marion Epps
Louise Betts
Marie Hathaway
Helen White
Maxine Walton
Merle Willett
David Headley
W. L. Willett
G. C. Protz
Geo. D. Carmaney
Alva Binnion
Mervel Willett
Andrew Peddicord
Leo Royer
Russell Green
John Metzger
Christmas Program Amid Snow Delay At Round Top School
Despite heavy snow, Round Top students held their annual Christmas program on Friday afternoon. Parents braved drifts to attend as the room glittered with a tree and gifts. The short program featured music, songs, recitations, and playlets, and Mrs. Nittier received a scarf as a gift before a one week dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nittier
Snowbound on Stombaugh Hill Christmas Gathering Noted
Snow blankets Stombaugh Hill keeping residents indoors. William Laswell and family together with Rollin Stombaugh and kin attended Ramsey Christmas program with Marybell taking part. J R Stombaugh and W E Hawkins work in Mulberry Grove this week as snow delays travel and daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bmw
Wm. Laswell
Rollin Stombaugh
DeEtta
Marybell
Ramsey
J. R. Stombaugh
W. E. Hawkins
Mulberry Grove
Stombaugh Hill
What Dr Caldwell Learned in 47 Years Practice
A physician reflects on forty seven years of medical practice noting that constipation recurs despite health efforts. He favors natural remedies such as Pepsin syrup which is mild vegetable content, harmless and non habit forming, as a preferred treatment option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell
Levelie
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Roxie Snyder
Harry Meridith
Theodore Meridith
P. H. Bopp
Clarence Corad
Washington
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Emmerson
Fred. E. Sterling
James M. Doran
Rodney H. Brandon
State Department of Welfare
Public Welfare
Brandon
Charles W. Vail
Supreme Court
State Department of Health
State House
State Capitol News
Vas
Faye Oglesby
Fred Jarrett
Clarence Richt
Nashville
Ghter
Geo
W. Jones
Mrs. Andrews
Glen
Sherman
Coten
Mildred Norris
Donna
Faye
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