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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1931
Page
3
Local notes report Christmas events at Sandoval and surrounding homes. Invocations, recitations, songs, and a Santa visit highlighted school programs. The Entre Nous club hosted a decorated party with gifts and games. Numerous residents hosted relatives and friends for Christmas and New Year visits across Sandoval, Kinmundy, Vandalia, and nearby towns.
The community notes show a full school house for a New Year program enjoyed by residents. Local visits include Tom Cole bringing corn, Mary Shepard’s birthday celebrated with family, and Charley Shepard and family calling from Boulder. Dick Huddleston and Adren Stark visit relatives as winter weather continues.
Nineteen attend Sunday School at Temple. Families visit kin over Christmas and holidays. Listings include Hazel Heindrich with Eunice Snyder, the Coopers and Bowens sharing time with relatives, and multiple calls on neighbors such as Ed Belcher, Pete Bopp, and the Meridiths. Chicago visitor Harry Meridith and Hazel Heindrich are noted among seasonal gatherings.
DOOLEN SCHOOL reported Christmas visitors including Ross Herring and family with Pete Bopp O J Doolens Oscar Doolens and families Rollin Doolens Ma son Bassetts Frank Brokelmeyers with Mr and Mrs Meridith Doolen Lewis Jones and family and W H Jones with Rev Farrell family Elmer Frizzell and family and Mrs Blanche Doolen and children with Frank Frizzell Mrs Louisa Ebrat and daughter Clara Vandalia with Paul Ebrat Wim Beckmeier and family with
Special from Fredonia announces the birth of a baby girl on December 26, 1980 to Mr. and Mrs. The reporting line lists the newborn and parent names pending completion of the full notice.
Mrs Opal Roger called on Mrs Mary Perkins Monday afternoon. Henry Meridith and a lady friend spent Sunday with Roy Kretzer and family. Mrs Belle Peddicord is numbered among the sick at the present writing.
East of Town notes list include Chris Neilson and W R Smith at a Salem supervisors meeting last Monday. Other locals such as Jas Bassett and wife traveled to Patoka, while Roy Thompson's Ma ron family and Luther Caldwell's wife visited with Mrs. Kate Caldwell.
Thursday evening Wm Williams and Roy Jones motored through the vicinity. Several community members attended the funeral of Lucas Crawford Saturday afternoon.
Zion church outlines a January 4 program with readings on prayer, scripture, and devotion. Leaders include Addis Walton and Juanita Neilson, with multiple readings by the Nichols and McNicol families and several songs such as In the Garden Holy Quietness and Sweet Hour of Prayer.
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