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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1925
Page
5
Vernon notes show Miss Anna Morton with ear abscess and numerous social calls. Many visits span Vernon Vandalia Centralia Patoka with relatives and friends. A church transfer, a baptism list, and a death of R. T. Meadors are recorded along with hospital recovery news.
Jess Christie and brother Karl spent a few days at Decatur and other cities north last week. Jim Christie and wife and son Ralph and family of Walker spent Saturday night and Sunday with home folks. Wess Lake of Decatur spent Saturday night and Sunday with his family. Radford Linton of Sterling is spending a few days with relatives and friends.
Lucy Robertson learns of sister Elsie Murray’s death in Pana and leaves Monday for the funeral. George Christie Chas Ballance and Edward Payne appraised the C. E. Lake estate Thursday with sale planned later. Vines Linton of Clinton visited home folks Sunday and returned Monday. Raymond Rhodes aided George Payne in cutting wood Saturday. Weather described as nice but muddy. Luther Melton returned home Wednesday after a few days at Maron. Jerry Zimmerman and wife visited Walter Melton and family Sunday.
Raymond Maulding and family visited from Kinmundy with his parents C. B. Maulding and family. Thelma Nichols attended a Centralia teachers meeting. Gladys Nelson visits relatives near Brownstown. Herschel Campbell returns from northern Illinois tour. Elmer Albert and family called on Merritt Caldwell. Mrs. Ruth Doolen visits her parents Riley Williams. Wm Morris of near Kinmundy and Elsie Maulding wed at Rev. Monroe Smith's Patoka residence. settle on Ira Morris farm near Kinmundy. Rev. Henley held Zion services. Womens Club and families held a weiner roast at Joe Knight’s. Mrs. Hazel Livesay set a record with twenty seven and three fourths. Mrs. Florence Neilson disliked weiners and ate limburger. A mad dog killed by Chas. Finch after biting dogs, a sheep, and hogs. dog chased Chester Finch near his residence.
Mrs Minnie Shuler home half mile event times recorded Chester 52 seconds dogs 52 14 John Warren and wife visited Sunday with Homer Osborne family Mrs Adis Walton is seriously afflicted with rheumatism.
Mrs Bruner of Keysport visits brother Luther Smith in Boulder. Miss Francis Edwards of Keysport stays with grandmother J L Parks. Floyd Carter sells town property to Thomas E Cole of St Louis. Rev Spurgeon delivers appreciated talk Sunday. Ozelma Hill hosts class Valentine party. Oliver Dipple and Ferne Parker wed in Carlyle with Ernest Kodine and Mrs Kodine. Fred Gillett family visit Moser home. Dortha Hahn Hazel Curdt and Freda Carter as guests of Lena Ford.
Eaglin G W Perkins spent Sunday evening with Hayes Smith. John Thalman and family visited Charley Thalman Sunday afternoon. Mrs Hayes Smith and Evalene were called to C I Harris Sunday morning due to sickness. Harry Perkins and Lyle Belcher were Sunday callers at Hayes Smith. William Perkins called on J D Hicks Monday morning. Ben Thalman visited John Thalman Sunday. Ike Belcher and Edna and Rosco Smith visited Owen Belcher Sunday. Roy Thalman now hauls milk in the vicinity.
Various short notices describe neighbors visiting, helping with hay and milk, and farm work around Elwin and Patoka. Sled being made, chickens sold, barns torn down, and roads muddy from recent thaw. A brief reflection notes that city success relies on farmer prosperity.
Hershel Campbell returns home Saturday after months of work in the north. J. W. Black and family visit Fred Meyer and family. Rev. Henley preaches at the school house. Miss Vivian Williams attends teachers meeting in Centralia. Floyd Pugh visits John Hines and wife. Tom Ballance attends church at the school house. Kenith McWhirter born July 21 1921 dies February 13 1925 after three days with croup. Funeral held at Givens Chapel conducted by Rev. Right of Alma. Interment in Martin cemetery near Alma.
The note urges continuous advertising and buying to sustain all levels of business from merchant to farmer to manufacturer, stressing that stoppage at any point harms many workers and earnings. It also mentions Mr Sharp recovering his sight for business and reports on local youth attending a shin-dig in Clinton county, with weather as a seasonal question.
Southeast of town several attended Sunday School. Mat Belcher and family visited George Pulver and family of Salem. Leo Sebastians and wife of Odin visited with Theo Meredith and family Sunday. Russell Collins and family visited Will Snyder and family Sunday. Ed Belcher and wife visited Roy Pulver and family of Sandoval.
The district closed schools on Friday to allow teachers to attend an institute in Centralia. Local households report visits and activities including Carl Jones staying with his brother Lewis, Dode Arnold driving a road drag on Main Street, and family visits among Erna Jones, Mrs. Clem Doolen, Uncle Sam Jones, and others. News is scarce due to bad roads and travel difficulty, while editorials joke that distance is no enchantment when out of gas.
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