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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1966
Page
2
A partial local column recalls WIG readers, cites concerns over driver training and safety teaching. It notes a 30 hour class plus six hours behind the wheel and urges stricter school smoking policies. A Newton Mass study links student smoking with lower sports activity and fewer clubs.
Postal record states the item is entered as second class matter on November 2, 1907 in Patoka Illinois under the act of March 8 1889. The fee noted is three dollars and ten cents ten cents.
A terse item lists individuals including Mrs Mary Ballance Miss Pearl Britt Vernon Miss Letta Hopkins Rosemary Britt and Connie Brooks with scattered words like Paloma fcc and Wanda Gerrish. The readable text shows personal names and incomplete notes from a school news snippet.
Twenty years ago Miss Evelyn Ellis married Jay D Hensley Jr in Danville Indiana. Miss Mary Eaglin wed George Burnaman of Nacogdoches Texas in San Antonio. Beryl Dean Nelson injured a leg unloading a harrow from a truck. Amy Christie hosted Bear Creek Sunshine Club for a quilting day with a noon dinner for 29. Mobile Chest X Ray Unit urged adults over 18 in Patoka to get X rays. Pauline Goff finished training at Missouri Baptist and will report to Topeka for six months. Dale Whitehurst announces birth of baby girl on February 11. Kaskaskia W C T U met with Louise Curran. Geraldine Curran gave three piano selections. Mrs Beck led the lesson.
Ten years ago the brick Shobonier Grade School built about 1895 with two rooms burned on Tuesday afternoon. All 42 students and 2 teachers escaped unharmed. The Patoka FFA chapter marked National FFA Week. FFA organized nationally in 1928.
Ralph Phillippe pastor leads worship at Patoka Methodist Church with Sunday School at 10 15 am M Y F at 6 45 pm and prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 00 pm Choir practice Wednesday at 8 00 pm Quilters meet Wednesday The piece also notes Americans spent nearly 300 million days in bed last year due to acute respiratory diseases and each school child missed an average of a little over two days for the same reason.
The study suggests car owners are more likely to smoke than non-smokers and that students facing authority adjustment problems may use smoking as a defiant symbol, with Les noted as a source or presenter.
J. W. Clifton, Pastor. Fellowship first Sunday monthly at 2:00 p.m. Prayer Meeting Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. Worship at 10:30 a.m. Sunday Night at 7:00 p.m. Ronald Linder, Pastor. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Evening Worship first and third Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Ladies Auxiliary every Tuesday. Harvest Time Sunday at 7:30 a.m. W.C.N.T.
Dale Bennett pastor leads morning worship at 10 30 a m Training Union sessions at 6 30 p m and choir practice on Wednesday at 8 30 p m, detailing weekly church activities.
Vernon Methodist Church lists worship at 10 30 a m and evening service at 2nd and 4th Sundays with M Y F gathering at 6 30 p m led by Pastor Ronald K Linder including evening worship and youth activities.
The note shows Ken Patterson as minister of a Christian Church with an evening service at 7 30 p m and a midweek service on Wednesday. It lacks location and date details but identifies the church and services.
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