Twelve Independent Basket Ball Teams Enter Tournament
Twelve teams have entered the Patoka Independent Basketball Tournament set for February 22 to 25 at night sessions. Teams include Trenton Kell Waltonville Louisville Salem Bonnie New Baden Centralia Baptist Hart's Pharmacy Centralia Jinks Odin and Patoka with Patoka players Cummins Seeber Steinauer Wasem Simcox Renner P Simcox Pugh and Troyer.
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Patoka
Trenton
Kell
Waltonville
Louisville
Salem
Bonnie
New Baden
Centralia Baptist
Hart’s Pharmacy of
Centralia
Centralia Jinks
Odin
Pat
Lindbergh Set to Reopen Chicago St Louis Air Mail Route
Lindbergh plans to fly the Chicago to St Louis air mail route on February 20 and 21 using his old line from Santo Domingo. The flight will have special cancellations in each city along the route and will restore Lindbergh to active air mail pilot status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindbergh
Chicago
St. Louis
Springfield
Peoria
Illinois
W. Irving Glover
Mound Chapel to Hold Service Next Sunday
Frank Brokelmeyer will preach at Mound Chapel next Sunday morning at 11. Due to bad roads the regular pastor Rev Mitizel made the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Brokelmeyer
Mound Chapel
Mitizel
Patoka High Sees Band Debut and Student Prizes
Eunice Outhouse reports Patoka events as students win prizes in Freshman to Junior classes for Best Work. The band debuts publicly at a basketball night amid games by Patoka Independents and Odin High. Lincoln program honors, new reading circle, and upcoming baseball and musical events are noted along with player and staff mentions.
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Eunice Outhouse
Les Ballance
Kinsley
Dorothy Christie
Mabel Belcher
Frank Elifritz
Patoka Independents
Louisville Red Devils
Patoka
Odin
Patoka High School
Odin High School
Charles Griffin
Alden Sears
Carrol Mojonnier
Glenn Hill
Paul Logan
Charles Belcher
Enoch Parker
Wilson Harper
E. L. DeLay
Leona Walz
Ruth Pugh
Walter Renner
H. N. ‘Potts
Anna Belcher
Kinmundy Merchants
Patoka Merchants
Kinmundy High School
Springfield
Beckemeyer
Venice
Kell Independents
Paitoka
Fayetta Belcher
Baldwins Report From Quincy
A Quincy couple Mrs. Baldwin and Mr. Baldwin relay in a letter that Mrs. Baldwin traveled to Decatur for a physician visit about cancer. The report says the doctor believes she is fine now with no further trouble from the disease and the couple, healthy, send wishes of health and happiness to friends.
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R. T. Baldwin
Quincy
Mrs Farmer from Texas to Colorado
A letter from Mrs C V Farmer of Mercedes Texas notes Mercedes lies farther south than Miami Florida and reports no freezing weather yet Florida has had. She left Texas Sunday night for Denver Colorado and calls Texas the sugar bowl of America while ranking second in grapefruit shipments behind California.
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C. V. Farmer
Mercedes
Texas
Miami
Fla
Florida
Checks Paid to Patrons by Local Milk Plant Here
Yesterday was pay day for Patoka's only industry and the boys received a grand total of $7045.39. Thank you for a total of 249,761 pounds of milk received in the Patoka plant during January. The dairy fund has over seven thousand dollars, with plans to grow a real dairy herd. The February milk price is set at 2.30 plus 10 cents TB tested milk. The list follows with numerous names and amounts, plus notes urging readers to start dairying and borrow if needed. Several local residents and visitors are mentioned in relation to February and January activities.
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Patoka
Willanig
Eoysabe
Jessie Yardley
Geo. Peddicord
Karl Peddicord
Ava Ord
Jasper Tune
S Ss Ec Seve
Joe Wickenhouser
Geor Prmamos
Bae Pepe Er
Oscar Caldwell
Mrs. Hayes Smith
Elza
Sharp i
John Houston
Elmer Hkirgan
Martin Hopkins
Ployd Carter
Wake
Frank Williams
Clifford Towler
Bert’ Sim
Ies
Geo. Johnson
Wm. Cain
MSGR
Chas
Ebb Gee
Alesi
Wm. McNichol
Sam RR
Fae
J. A. Caldwell
Cs Neess
Job Murray
Otto Henning
John Crawford
Claud Jollifb
Eeeb
Luther Caldwell
Geo. Nattier
A. M. Peek
M. M. Lamborne
Kinmundy Sports Night Amid Basketball Buzz
Kinmundy hosts Patoka in a return game as readers recall a December OT win and urge respectful sportsmanship. The piece also notes Patoka’s win at Beckemeyer and a St Elmo defeat, while reporting Glen Dale Walton of Mitchell Illinois died of smallpox at 29.
Fancy Work Club and Husbands Enjoy Friday Party
Members of the Fancy Work club and their husbands gathered at Walter Parks and wife home on Friday evening February 10. Hostesses were Mrs. H. N. Potts Mrs. John Jennings and Mrs. W. L. Parks. Prizes winners included Mesdames Altom Alexander and Walter Parks. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Towler welcomed a six pound baby boy.
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Jess Belcher
Algona
Iowa
Patoka
Jess
Mary Belcher
Clifford Belcher
George Nattier
Nickety Brindle Ridge
Blizzard
Paul
Greenville
John Thompson
Edwin Gray
Salem
Vernon
George Walton
Glen Dale Walton
Mitchell
Glen
John Epps
Granite City
Vernon Cemetery
I. O. O. F. Lodge
O. D. Mitzel
M.E. Church
George
Lillie Walton
Illinois
Ill
Carol Doolen
Glen Dale
Donald Keith
Paul Eugene
Ray Paige
Wayne Ellsworth
E. Massey
Nancy Walton
The
Methodist Church
Fancy Work Club
Walter Parks
H. N. Potts
John Jennings
W. L. Parks
Washington
Lincoln
Mesdames Altom
Alexander
Valentine
Leona Walz
Little Darwin Jones
Betty Jane Altom
Patoka Schools Celebrate Successful Parents Teachers Meeting
Patoka Public Schools held a week ending February 10 event with room by room displays across all grades and the high school. Exhibits showed neat, accurate, and tasteful work. cash awards recognized top pieces. The superintendent praised the quality of teaching and student effort, noting Patoka’s creditable role in Marion County.
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Patoka Public
Illinois
Patoka
Marion County
Pressing demand forces late edition with half work
The paper announces a flood of late copy and tight deadlines. Editors urge writers to submit by Tuesday night and note correspondence arriving Thursday that could have come Monday. They request timely submissions to improve content quality.
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Lindy
Mound
Baldwins
Farmer
Colorado
Wanda Eaglin
Florence Cain
Room
Paul Belcher
Lowell Gaston
Ruby Eagan
Margaret Ballance
Dale Walker
Farmers’ Institute
Donald Ford
Nina Walker
Fayetta
Maxine Belcher
Maurice Eagan
Kinmundy
Kk. H. S
Pa‘toka
Farina
St. Elmo
Patoka Indees
St. Louis Cardinals
Mrs
Fred Towler
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