Soldier Letters from Kingsville Field in 1944
Neil Potts writes home from Kingsville Field detailing night flying in SNJ-550 planes, navigation hops over the gulf, weapon practice with 20 percent hit rate, and combat training including tailing maneuvers. He notes flight speeds, fuel, and a two week path to graduation with possible leave after fitting uniforms in Corpus.
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Dline
Tony
Gulf
Chicago
St. Louis
Corpus
Liberty
School Notes and Student Updates From Patoka High
A collage of notes on students and activities from Patoka High School includes attendance on first and last semester reports with names like Sue Smith Jimmy Cox and Virgil Wortman. Valetine plans, war bond totals, nurse visits, immunizations and PTA postponement are noted along with essays in English and studies in history biology and poetry for various classes.
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Sue Smith
le Moyne
Chicago
Sandra Schroeder
Clifford Christian
Jimmy Cox
Virgil Wortman
Patoka High School
Lois Foltz
Betty Richeson
Con‘way Malan
Connie Meador
Cyril DeLay
Dorothy DeLay
Joe, Jett
Joe Bold
Nellie Crawford
Emil Nattier
Betty Snyder
Enthusiastic Support For Patoka Frozen Food Locker Plant
A meeting on January 26 at Patoka high school auditorium showed strong local support for a frozen food locker plant to serve rural and village residents. A six member committee will report findings on February 9 at 7 30 PM, exploring cooperative or stock structure and location.
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Patoka High School
Messrs
Jake Davis
Elza Sharp
Edwin Arnold
Artie Rogier
John A. Jennings
O. A. Hopkins
Patoka
SGT F D WALKER WEDS ERMA TREMORE IN CALIFORNIA
In Riverside, California on January 21 Sgt. Forrest D. Walker of Los Angeles and Miss Erma Tremore of Erie Pennsylvania were married by Rev. H E Wheeler. The couple met in Chicago while employed there. Walker is an engineer on a B24 bomber and heads overseas soon. Mrs Walker plans to stay in California.
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Register
Leo C.C. Walker
Los Angeles
Patoka
Sgt
Forrest D. Walker
Erma Tremore
Erie
Pennsylvania
Riverside
California
H. E. Wheeler
Chicago
S.gt. Welker
Patoka Bond Drive Hits 31.6 Percent Of Quota
The Patoka Banking District reports 12 032 50 dollars in fourth War Loan Drive bond sales, 31 6 percent of the updated quota of 38 000, with about fifteen days left to reach the goal. Local chairman L E Green notes past over subscription and urges continued neighborly canvassing by volunteer committees.
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Patoka
L. E. Green
Green
Rain of Comic Valentines Terrorizes Local Victims
A flood of comic valentines confuses and shames prominent citizens, revealing private weaknesses. Rumors point to a suspect nicknamed Little Ozz, accused of undermining dignity ahead of February 14 Saint Valentine’s Day.
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Tillie
the Kabutzers
Sadie
Fatty
Jewell
Ozz
Carl Easton ends live stock hauling and trucking business
Carl Easton announces the discontinuation of his live stock hauling and general trucking operations after seventeen years of service to friends and neighbors, thanking patrons for their support.
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Carl Easton
Subscriptions Now Delayed for Delinquent Accounts
A Patoka Register notice explains a new policy to remove from active lists those with delinquent dates. Readers are advised to check stamped date numbers like 2.4.44 to see expiration. Rates remain unchanged at 1.50 yearly in local zones and 2.00 in other zones including overseas.
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Patoka
Keaton's Entert Club Hosts D C Club Friday
Mr and Mrs Jack Keaton entertained the D C Club on Friday January 28 with games and contests Prizes included Car roll Mojonnier James Weinsman and Homer Outhouse A business session voted five dollars to the Infantile Paralysis drive A chilli supper followed Those present were Homer Outhouse and daughter Janet Carroll Mojonnier James Wernsman Jack Keeton and Wayne Walton
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Jack Keaton
D. C
Carroll Mojonnier
James Weinsman
Homer Outhouse
Janet
James Wernsman
Jack Keeton
Wayne Walton
Groundhog Sees No Shadow Promising Early Spring
The article notes a groundhog's shadow absence on February 2 signaling spring six weeks early in the area. Despite a dreary rainy and foggy day, readers are urged to cheer and prepare for an early thaw based on a long standing tradition.
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Groundhog
Pvt Walter Chandler Wounded in Italian Campaign
Mrs Addie Chandler has been notified by letter and telegram that her son Pvt Walter C Chandler was wounded in the Italian campaign and is convalescing in a hospital under good care and attention.
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Addie Chandler
Pvt
Walter C. Chandler
Local residents share news of hospital stays travel and military addresses
Local items note W E Fields at Barnes Hospital St Louis for a check up. Pledicord family visits Toledo as husband completes Navy Storekeeping course February 12. Many relatives visit and travel between St Louis Camp Phillips Aberdeen Centralia and Chicago. Addresses for servicemen include Pfc Robert E Eagan at APO New York.
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W. E. Fields
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Milton Peddicord
Toledo
Ohio
Navy
Marion W. Outhouse
Camp Phillips
Kansas
Outhouse
Vernon
E. M. Outhouse
West of Town
Boyd Steele
Virgil Steele
Ordnance Department
Aberdeen
Maryland
Co. H
Ord. T.N.G
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Frank Houston
Charles Dean
John Houston
Nell
Kenneth Easton
Glen Hill
Charles of
P. J. Mojonnier
First Baptist Church
Centralia
Nell Quayle
Sue Smith
Chicago
Harley Brumfield
Rockford, Ill
Henry Brumfield
Herbert Paine
Rockford
Luther Paine
John Shepard
C. M. Jackson
Bruce
Decatur
Mac Eagan
Marion Outhouse
Joe Outhouse
Wendell
Veretta Lassiter
Salem
Talmadge
Orville Genre
Willie Edwards
Mary Alice
Shattuc
Woodrow Purcival
Watson, Ill
A. L. Watson
Robert Eagan
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Neil Potts
Kingsville Field
Betty Lou Richeson
Room
Marilyn Jones
Jackie Hanson
Glen Dean Towler
Soph
Lois L
Vernon Boy
Betty R
Clifford T
C. G
Bernadeen B
Donna L
Pussy and Her Kittens
U.S. Treasury Department
F. D. Walker
Riverside, Calif
Keaton’s
Illinois
Goff
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