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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1961
Page
1
Happenings record numerous Christmas visits across Patoka and nearby towns. Families, relatives, and friends from Terre Haute Urbana Morris Detroit Salem Stonington Springfield Decatur and Tampa gathered with local residents for holiday meals and roasts.
Santa Claus kept busy at the annual Patoon event Saturday afternoon. He arrived at 2 p m on a fire truck and distributed nearly 400 bags of candy apples and oranges funded by donations from local citizens and organized by the volunteer firemen.
Mr and Mrs F E Adams thank friends and family for gifts and cards received on their fortieth wedding anniversary.
Patoka Lodge No. 613 AF and AM will hold an open installation Thursday January 4 with public invited. Officers elected Dec 18 include Kenneth Meador worshipful master James Stephens senior warden Wesley Griffin junior warden Louis Dauderman secretary Robert Eagan treasurer. Additional appointments made and refreshments will be served.
Benjamin Franklin Elifritz 83 retired drayman died at home Friday born Patoka son of Isaac and Margaret Earles Elifritz married Lena Brokelmeyer in 1909 at Virginia City survived by wife two sons Floyd M Vandalia and Benjamin F Jr Seminole Okla brother Asa Sandoval three grandchildren five great grandchildren funeral Sunday 3 pm Cox and Martin Funeral Home officiated by Rev Dale Turner burial Patoka Cemetery
The Vernon Woman's Society of Christian Service met December 21 at Mrs. Laurine Klinge's house. President Heflin led the opening, with 16 members and six visitors, including Rev. Heflin, sharing readings, poems, carols, and a Christmas memory.
On Christmas Eve Mr. and Mrs. Fielding Adams marked their 40th anniversary with family dinner at Patoka. Open house from 2 to 4 pm hosted by Mrs. Ruby Wickersham and Mrs. Elaine Snyder featured a pink blue cake inscribed Ruthy and Fielding 1921. The couple wed December 28 1921 in Patoka. They have six children and reside in Patoka with many relatives sending gifts and cards.
More than 150 property owners signed up for sewer service this week with estimates showing around 200 needed to cover bond costs. Project kickoff will occur soon after bonds are issued and signed, anticipated in the near future.
All stores and business places including the bank and post office will be closed Monday for New Year’s Day. The usual holiday closures apply to most government and private facilities.
The family thanks friends neighbors and relatives for sympathy during the long illness and death of B F Elifritz from his wife and sons.
Announcement from Mr and Mrs Everett Wernsman of Vernon announces the engagement of their daughter Sue Ann to Don C Brummet. Sue Ann is a Southern Illinois University senior set to graduate in August with a BS in Elementary Education. Don is the son of Don E Brummet of Vandalia, recently earned a degree from SIU and a 2nd Lieutenant commission from the Air Force. He was in Theta Xi and Alpha Kappa Psi. A late summer wedding is planned and the couple will reside in Waco Texas where he will be stationed.
Mrs Ella Monahan 88 of Salem died Friday night at Yaw Nursing Home Odin after an extended illness. Survived by son Russell Collins and grandson Harold Collins of Patoka, granddaughter Mrs Eldon Bowen of Patoka, two great grandchildren, plus nieces and nephews. Funeral 2 p.m. at Cox Martin Funeral Home Sandoval with Bro Dale Hillard officiating. Burial Hillcrest Memorial Park Centralia.
Miss Melinda Elliott and Neil Jolliff marry in a candlelight ceremony at the Christian Church in Patoka on a Friday evening. The bride, daughter of Mrs. B. E. Stover of New Orleans, and the groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Jolliff of Patoka, were attended by family and friends, with a reception following in the church parlor. The couple plan to reside in Carbondale after a brief wedding trip while the bride works at the Farm Bureau building in Salem and the groom studies at Southern Illinois University.
Vernon residents share Christmas and holiday moments with relatives visiting from Missouri Illinois and Texas. Mr and Mrs Dale Boyd and daughter host at Minner while Archie Binnion of Lar go Florida visits Amanda Binnion. Several trips to Decatur Salem Vandalia and Chicago mark the season with sermons, travels and hospital checks following a minor car crash near Irvington Illinois.
The Klinges entry was lost in the mail for the Christmas contest. Mrs. Klinge mailed a post card but it never arrived, and their home was not judged.
The Patoka PTA will hold a meeting Monday January 8 at 7:80 p.m. in the school. President Elston Protz says the group will discuss possible projects and equipment the PTA can supply for the school. All members and those interested in the school are urged to attend.
A Willing Neighbors gathering led by Lala Belcher included 15 members six children and visitors for a noon pious meal. Neeme Muck led prayer. Christmas boxes were delivered and gifts shared. Next meeting planned with Saat Britt.
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