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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1966
Page
4
A jumble of names and events notes callers and relatives visiting in Salem and nearby areas. Mrs Jatae faethe, Mrs Mary, Mr Garrett and others are mentioned with scattered family visits and social gatherings across days this week.
Don Osborn and family of Cape Girardeau Missouri and Mr and Mrs Clyde Osborn of Alma visited Sunday with the former's parents Homer and Mary Osborn. The three Collier children visited their aunt Mrs Paul Williams while their parents attended Charles Collier's funeral in Salem. Laura Carter spent an afternoon with Alvin and Alpha Gray. Raymond Doudera of near Salem visited with Mr and Mrs Robert Carter. Paul B Williams Jr has been working at West Frankfort. Glenn Osborn is employed at Havana Ill. W L Heskett owns a new Dodge. Earl Williams has been working at Joppa Ill. Ray Albert is employed in Decatur.
CAO Mr and Mrs Walter Kloster of Centralia visited Mr and Mrs Tim Cole and children Sunday evening. Mrs Wesley Griffin and Miss Janet Baxter attended the Keylife Insurance Company Open House in Jacksonville. Pvt Ben W Ketcherside is stationed at Ft Sam Houston Texas. Word reached Mr and Mrs George Wicker sham. His parents Virgil Kether side and Beulah Wickersham live in Irvington Illinois.
The Vernon Register notes a Holiness Rally at Green Ridge Church on February 13 at 2 00 pm with Rev Ralph Phillippe as guest speaker and special numbers. Local residents visited relatives in Florissant Cerro Gordo Vandalia Kinmundy and Decatur with varied weekend activities and family gatherings.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Holtzclaw of St. Louis Missouri announce the birth of their baby daughter Patricia Gayle born February 5 at 6 15 a m at St Marys Hospital Centralia. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs Perry O Walker.
Illinois soil and water conservation district supervisors will attend the NACD annual convention in New Orleans February 6 11 1966. National president Marion Monk will preside. speakers include Secretary Freeman and Mrs William Hasebrook.
Sunbeams met at the Baptist Church on Saturday February 5 with Mark Sullens presiding. Don Sullens led singing and Mrs Bennett led prayer as children enjoyed Bible readings, a birthday song for Jerri Lynn Maas’s mother, and a display featuring a cherry tree log with George Washington silhouette.
Patoka residents report a flurry of visits and family gatherings. Mr and Mrs Roy Jones returned from Charlotte North Carolina after weeks away. Several couples spent Sunday with friends in Nashville Vandalia Carbondale and Vandalia. The TB association promotes pamphlets through the Christmas Seal Campaign and TB information remains available locally. Milia Caudle celebrated her 80th birthday with family and friends.
Island Chapel Mrs. Jake Davis visited her aunt Mrs. Mina Deadman at the Odin Nursing Home on Saturday. Sunday callers included Mr. and Mrs. Orval Sharp and Lula Sharp at Gaylord Smith's home. Patoka Panthers 4-H Club met at Jim Britt's with new members Danny and Mike Nattier. Amy Easton among measles quarantined children. Frances Sharp works at Cuppy’s Drug Store in Vandalia.
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