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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1946
Page
5
A cartoonish open letter from farmers warning U S policymakers that they may halt food supplies to force production resumption. The missive, clipped from a Highland Illinois paper and routed by a Sandoval resident, urges swift action by Congress to end filibustering and avert a food stoppage.
A Middle West Soil Improvement Committee statement urges farmers to order fertilizer early for 1946 to ensure steady supplier flow and timely delivery. Prompt action helps farmers secure needed soil nutrients and reduces production and transport strain on manufacturers.
Mrs Jimmie Thomas of Vandalia spent the week end with her parents Mr and Mrs D S Singleton. Mr and Mrs Asa Mann spent Saturday morning in Centralia and last Thursday in St Louis on business. Ellen Wiedle of Carlyle visited the Wiedle family and Mr and Mrs Herman Kleibreker spent a day in St Louis.
A Capper's Farmer feature extols Peanut Pie with a peanut rich filling and whipped cream topping. The article gives a 9 inch crust method and baking steps, plus a family recipe. Separately local notes mention visits, hospital stays, and social events with residents like Nora Thompson and Inez Singleton.
A Country Cooking Editor notes a fruit coffee cake made from quick bread dough dressed with raisins nuts and spices. The cake serves as a dessert option and party table favorite with a thin icing, and the recipe blends raisin mixture egg milk flour baking powder shortening and sugar for a tube pan bake at 375 degrees for about 25 minutes.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Harvidle shopped in Centralia Monday. Families including the Walkers Morgan Pursley and Avery group visited at the W. S. Avery residence and Sandoval Woman's Club event Friday. Edgar N. Johnson visited Chicago. Pursleys were in St. Louis on business. Other notes mention shopping in Centralia and visits by Mrs. Murphy and son Bernard, Mrs. Lockhart, and J. R. Dace of Glenelyn, Tex.
Sisters Miss Rose McNally and Mrs Kate Sweeny spent Sunday in Sandoval with Mrs W J McNally. Mrs Maud Stewart of Denton and Norman Stewart of Greenville were guests at the Rippy home. Jack Hawely Cecil Williams and Billie Emmett went to Evansville on business. Mrs Harry Lee shopped in Centralia. George Emmitt of Centralia visited the Halfacre family and Rosman Pepple in Hammond, with Fred Halfacre in St Louis hospital. Mrs Terry Powell and daughter shopped in Centralia Saturday. Mrs Fred Frimel and Mrs Harry E McCartan visited Poland with Edwin McCartan and children.
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