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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1946
Page
4
The Patoka Illinois weekly notes its publication cadence with Friday issues and postal record indicating entry as second class matter on November 2, 1907 at Patoka post office under the 1879 act.
Heirs and widow of George W Payne deceased seek private sale of the South Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 10 in Township 4 North Range 1 West Fayette County Illinois. Property on public highway with improvements known as the old Payne home place. Abstract furnished. Cash buyers may contact Raymond Payne Vernon Illinois. Bids open for 30 days.
The Marion County Soil Conservation District reports in cooperation with Extension Service and Soil Conservation Service on teaching soil conservation in public schools. It notes distribution of a bulletin and literature, staff efforts, farm-tour events, and strong community cooperation. 70 farm plans approved amid high outreach and publicity efforts.
Arnold Chapel Mrs A D Nichols and Arthur Irvin of Patoka spent Thursday to Sunday in Blue Mounds with sister Mrs Ibbie Huffman. Sherrill Leckrone family and Roy Doolen group visited Mrs Huffman and Nichols then returned home. Goldie Hopkins and Walter Weaver visited in St Louis Tuesday. Jack Cox Lavede Jones visited St Elmo Wednesday to see a doctor. James Bassett and family spent Sunday with Marvin Bassett and daughter Donna.
President Lindsley F. Kimball unveiled USO’s 1946 fund drive at a New York Fifth Anniversary luncheon on February 4, outlining a goal to meet minimum service needs through 1947. He cited a $200 million public contribution to date and described plans to sustain 350–400 USO units in the continental United States and overseas through 1947, with peacetime duties to be defined.
Dana O. Taber of the Ohio Development Commission touts a world championship in reviving muzzle loading rifles as an economic aid. The movement has grown to 6000 members globally, with a national magazine and chapters in every state. Gunsmiths gain work as frontier guns are repaired and modernized, attracting new hobbyists and potential shoots and turkey events.
The USO served 1,109,000,000 men and women from Feb 4, 1941 to Feb 4, 1945 as peak daily service reached 1,000,000. It operated 3,035 units overseas and domestically with 700 shows daily by 4,900 entertainers. Volunteers peaked at 739,000 in June 1943, totaling 165,000,000 hours over five years. Public donations reached $200,006,000 supporting 14 million service members and civilians.
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