Patoka Local Newspaper Circulation and Correspondents
Listed as second class matter since November 2 1907 in Patoka Illinois under the 1889 act. Circulation rate is $3.00 with 10¢. Staff includes Mrs Mary Ballance and reporters Patoka Pearl Britt Vernon Letta Hopkins with Rosemary Britt. WEOTTA reporters Connie Brooks and Wanda Gerrish listed as correspondents.
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Patoka
Ill
Pearl Britt Vernon
Miss Letta Hopkins School News
Rosemary Britt Weotta
Connie Brooks
Wanda Gerrish
Kaskaskia Valley fund drive praised. local notices
Ten years ago Centralia lauded efforts to fund the Carlyle Lake Project on the Kaskaskia River by the Kaskaskia Valley Association. Patoka Baptist Church youth classes met at Lola Mae Mojonnier home with Pearl Britt hosting. Mrs Goldie Sparks taught. Loretta Genre presided. Mrs Anna Davidson, formerly of Patoka, turned 90. Mr and Mrs O J Hill were also mentioned.
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Patoka Baptist Church
Lola Mae Mojonnier
Pearl Britt
Goldie Sparks
Loretta Genre
Anna Davidson
Patoka
O. J. Hill
February 5 wedding at Odin church parsonage
Twenty years ago Miss Esther Whiting and Robert G. Hopkins married February 5 at the Christian Church parsonage in Odin. The Vernon basketball team took second in the Kaskaskia Conference as Bob Thorpe scored 41 of 56 points. Beckemeyer won first.
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Esther Whiting
Robert G. Hopkins
Christian Church
Odin
Vernon
Bob Thorpe
Beckemeyer
Mildred Beckler
Robert Bumgardner
Methodist Church
Salem
Tomorrow's breakfast easy with new Monsanto self rising flour
Modern self rising flours use a phosphate leavening agent from Monsanto that activates with heat to produce light pancakes and waffles. A single batter can chill for three meals, then fry at 400 as bubbles form to indicate readiness.
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Food Laboratories of
Monsanto Company
Revival Brightens Baptist Church With Two Week Series
A two week revival is in progress at the Baptist Church led by evangelist Rev. T. H. King. Members attend daily as part of the community event.
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The
Baptist Church
T. H. King
Fancywork Club News Meeting Hosted by Mrs Roy Jones
The Ladies Fancy Work Club met Friday afternoon February 4 for its regular meeting with Mrs. Roy Jones. After the business meeting Mrs Jones opened her hostess gifts which proved to be very useful gifts. Mrs Jennings led the entertainment. Christina Crawford attended.
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Ladies Fancy Work Club
Roy Jones
Centralia Hospital Confusion Reported At Meeting
The text notes the hospital in Centralia was mis sed by all and records a meeting adjournment to meet with Mrs. Walter Parks in March. It mentions Mrs. Jones serving refreshments including cherry pie ala mode coffee mints and nuts, and quotes a biblical proverb about inquiry.
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Centralia
Walter Parks
Ed Lawson suffers hip fracture after ice fall near post office
Ed Lawson fell on the ice in the road near the post office Thursday and had his hip operated on Friday at St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia. Christina Crawford returned home Saturday after weeks in St. Mary's Hospital with a broken hip. Mrs. Pauline Humes stays with her. Floyd Britt visited his uncle Leo Meyer in Centralia Thursday. Sunday dinner guests at Ruth Nattier included Bob Nattier and children, Carl Nattier and children, and Tom Murfin and sons. Earl Shipley and children of Belleville visited Leona Parker Friday evening. Leona Parker was a Sunday dinner guest of Harold Parker and son.
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Ed Lawson
St. Mary’s Hospital
Centralia
Christina Crawford
Pauline Humes
Floyd Britt
Mrs
Leo Meyer
Ruth Nattier
Bob Nattier
Carl Nattier
Tom Murfin
Earl Shipley
Belleville
Leona Parker
Harold Parker and Son
Library Board Met on February Five Recapping Donations
The Library Board thanked Mrs. Helen Buck and Paul Crawford for magazine gifts and Amelia McIntire for the Bud Collyer book Thou Shalt Not Fear. Story Hour is set for February 26 at 2 00 with Mrs. Lo Hill and a helper. A memorial gift from Bettie Clark’s friends was noted and new books will be purchased soon.
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Helen Buck
Paul Crawford
Amelia McIntire
Bud Collyer
Lo‘s Hill
Bettie Clark
Vernon veteran Kenneth Blunk returns home from seven years in Marines
Kenneth G. Blunk arrived at the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Blunk in Vernon on a Wednesday night. He has been discharged after seven years in the Marines, with the past year spent in Da Nang Viet Nam.
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Kenneth G. Blunk
W. E. Blunk
Vernon
Marines
da Nang
Viet Nam
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le Patoka Register
Illinois
Lester Fowler
Marion, Fayette
Mary Ballance
Possum
Alpha Gray Shobonier
Helen Hourigan
Amelia Meredith Zion
Erma Sanders Island Chapel
Sharp Mound Chapel
Sherrill Nattier
Robert Ballance
California
Miss Ruby Ballance
Patricia Spurgeon
St. Louis
Washington University
Charles Fiscus
James Ballance
Charles Griffin
Shirley Pratt
Marilyn Quayle
Effie Nicolay
Mary Burnett
Sandoval
Patoka Methodist Church
Larry’s TV & Appliance
Philco
Zenith
Motorola
Sylvania
Railroad Ave
Mr. Deems
Mrs. Hill
Frank Ballance
Fancywork Club News
Mrs. Jennings
Solomon
Lincoln’s
First State Bank OF
Leverle
S. Perrine Centralia
Evans
Ford Tractor
Ford Tractors
Kewanee Nutrona Feeds Mobil Mill Service
Drexell - Simmons - Tel
James Lee Carpets
E. Main
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