Valentines at Alstoms and Patoka social notes
Clyde Whittenburg and family of Richview visited Mrs Amanda Clark as she recovers. Altoms hosted guests at a State Farm anniversary with about eight hundred in attendance. Local shoppers bought discounted hosiery and coffee while stores refreshed interiors and advertised Queen’s Taste coffee. Various visits and social calls occurred among Patoka and nearby towns with church services and community notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alstom
Clyde Whittenburg
Richview
Amanda Clark
Clark
Alt- Heslie
George Ray
Art Altom’s
Patoka Hardware & Furniture Co
Alcom’s
J. L. Simcox
Altom’s
Hattie Dukes
Decatur
Anna Pugh
Madaline Porter
Nellie Quayle
Maude Ellis
Mrrs
Denver Adams
Harry Johnson
Salem
L.V. Lovell
Patoka
W. W. Richeson
Square Deal Cafe
Leonard Hopkins
Granite City
W. W. Murfin
Evelyn Pugh
Charlotte Bennett
Clentralia
Velma Landwehr
Esther Westerheld
Centralia
Patoka Friends
M. E. Church
Farm Bureau Members Attend Illinois Meeting in Quincy
Roy Malan and eight Farm Bureau members from Marion County traveled from Marion County to Quincy Illinois for a three day session of the Illinois Agricultural Association annual meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau
Quincy, Ill
Roy Malan
Marion County
Quincy
Ilinois Agricultural Association
Chain stores show eight percent gain in last year
O Factory employment rises seventeen percent in first ten months of 1939 compared with 1938, reflecting broader business improvement across chains and manufacturing sectors.
Local families share Sunday visits and calls
Mr and Mrs Chralie Lutz visited with Mr and Mrs Thomas Dwyer on Sunday. Several outings and visits followed with Bowen Cohorn Wood Armscough Adams Hill, plus Miss Lutz and friends skating Sunday afternoon and Nina Lutz visiting Steele school Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chralie Lutz
Thomas Dwyer
Clarence Cohorn
Edd Wood
Jake Bowen
Vandaliia
Isabel
Dale Bowen
Ivan. Bowen
Pete Armscough
Frank Alcom
Fred Adams
J. E. Hill
Centralia
Roxie Snyder
Matilda Bowen
Clarence Bowen
James Sports
Marie Lutz
Sandoval
Will Ahlf
Wiley Adams
Mildred Armscough
Wesley Troutt
Alfred
Frank Chigoi
Lester
Dean Troutt
Orville Hester
Nina
Mildred Ververs
Glenn Blowen
Steele School
Banks See $6 Billion Jump in Deposits for 1934
The year 1934 closes with bank deposits rising by 6 billion dollars marking a strong expansion in consumer and business deposits. Analysts cite broader savings activity and relocation of funds from other assets as contributing factors to the surge.
Centralia Social Visits and 1934 Economic Upswing
The report notes local visits to the Harding home in Centralia by Mr and Mrs Babe Ticknor Ed and Joanne Sue, and mentions Cecil Warren family ill with help from relatives. It also cites 1934 factory payrolls up 32 percent from 1933, exports rising 36 percent and imports up 15.5 percent, farm income exceeding 1 billion dollars and a virtual halt to bank failures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babe Ticknor
Edwin
Joanne Sue
Centralia
Lawrence Harding
Cecil Warren
Helen Hill
Jess‘a Roe
Fairman
Cecil Hicks
Fern Reynolds
Montgomery Ward Co Advertisement and Classifieds
Local Centralia Illinois ad page lists small household goods for sale including single burner ovens gas ranges and oil stoves with low prices and a large cast iron cook stove. Also offers furniture sets beds and coats, used suits, and soy beans for sale with delivery options and special February sale promotions. Lost book satchel noted by Pearl Berry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atwater
Kent Radio
C. N. Cruse
East 2Nd
Centralia
Ill
Orville Hopkins
Raines
Geo. KE
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sinclair
Greasing Palace
City Nat'l
Bank Bldg
Pennsylvania
Roy Edwards
Frank Westman
Centralia, Ill
Patoka Register
Illinois
Congress
MAE Eagan
R. G. Keeley
Idr
R. C. McGuire
Hoffman Bids
W. L. der Derleth
Leber Bidg
Centralia, ‘Ill
Farthing’s Hatchery
Odin
COX & Martin
Vernon
Linton & Beery Funeral Directors
EmBalmers
Patoka, Illinois
C. S. Huddleston
Centralia, Ilinois
P. Q
Steele
Little Minister
Bette Davis
Paul Muni
Batchelor
Ann Harding
Robert Montgomery
Jackie Coogan
Carrigan
Egyptian Academy OF Beauty Culture
City Nat’] Bank
Montgomery Ward CO
Centralia, Illinois
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