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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1965
Page
2
The Patoka based weekly newspaper outlines fifty five years of community service and public welfare coverage. It emphasizes progress reforms and honest statesmanship while printing local news and happenings each Thursday in Marion County Illinois.
A casual reminiscence recalls Christmas a few days past in town. The narrator mentions purchasing gifts including a cornbread stick pan from Patoka Hardware and notes lights were already off, possibly damaged by the wind. Names like Jessie and Jim McNicol appear in passing.
A century of small town life is recalled with injury news from basketball where Robert Pugh sustained a brain concussion and recovered after holidays. Local births include a girl for Mr. and Mrs. Ballance and a son for Mr. and Mrs. Cox. Several anniversaries and holiday visits are noted among Meadors Adams Pugh Murfin and Vernon residents.
Vernon residents reported a weekend of family gatherings and calls. Harold Gillett and grandparents visited in Mulberry Grove with extended kin from Vandalia Centralia Florissant and Patoka attending a Walker family pot luck and Christmas party at the American Legion hall.
Wes ley Black, formerly a patient at Macon County Hospital in Decatur, has returned to his son Claude Black’s home in Salem. His brother Dwight will remain in the hospital for a time. R C Maudling of Kinmundy visited Thursday morning with Alvin and Alpha Gray.
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