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Newsy Notes From Patoka Town Echoes of Sports and Folks
Local column recalls Patoka and Salem rivalries, old timers and Christmas tales. Mentions Whoope McMackin, Ira Baldwin, and three-game Patoka vs Salem series with scores 2–1, 5–3, 8–3. Hints at town humor, recalls from Round Top and G. B. Simcox’s, and notes Ken Simcox and Witt Jennings in Honduras harvesting coconuts.
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McMackin
Salem
Patoka
Whoope
Patoka Blues
Ira
Baldwin
Centralia
Odin
Marion County
Omer
Coburn
Jennings
George
Ralph Stephens
Paul Black
John Jennings
G. B. Simcox
George Coburn
Paul
John
Round Top School
Ralph
Barney
Ken Simcox
Witt Jennings
Honduras
E. R. Caldwell
West Side
J. T. Stephens
Carlyle
Walker
Ed Johnstone
Louie Parks
Rebecca Carter
Pierce City
John Carter
Mildred Pratt
Chicago
Carson, Pierre Scott and Co
Naomi Chance Lewis
Sandoval
Old Chance Home
H. L. Ballance
Bettie Clark
Nora Buss
Nelpha
Jake Wasem
G. A. Jennings
Edward Thalman
C. M. Beach
Henry Clark
R. A. Simcox
Thalman Saw
Thalman
Thos. Eaglin
George Eaglin
Qdin
Round Top
Bob Quayley
Etta Cruse
Stella
Esther DeLassus
Strand Caldwell
Bud Walker
N Emery
Vandalia
Frank Binnion
Fresno
Calif
Geo. Binnion
Frank
Martin Bros
Beach Bulding
Harry Livesay
Carthage
Berry Livesay
Frank Cooper
Wm. Hines
Capt
A.S. Gray
Marion County Soldiers and Sailors
St. Louis
Addie Messenger
Fawn
Los Angeles
John Hatch
Floyd Hatch
Near
Vernon
May Taylor
Newton
Joe Simcox
Ellen Davidson
J. B. Lewis
M. S
Oscar Thalman
Lila Haley
James Thompson
John Nelson
Wm. Livesay
Blanche
Mable
Des Moines
Livesay
Walter Wilson
John Smith
Tasbolaaiar
Decatur