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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1946
Page
4
The notice records the Patoka Illinois post office filing as second class matter on November 2, 1907 under the act of March 3 1879. The publication identifies the Patoka office and its postal designation with archival details.
A series of social updates lists residents and relatives visiting or traveling: Mrs H M Fish and son Harry Jr in Chicago. Mr and Mrs J W Epps visiting Madison. Dale Whitehurst and family with Livesay and Whitehurst kin. Rev H M Fish at a Newton church conference. Mrs Blanche Doolen of Maron home after a week of vacation. John Whitehurst visiting Newton with sister Maud Echard. James Hathaway returning home after navy discharge. Esther Jones Judy and Johnny Jones visiting Decatur. Paul Bates William Hathaway Junior West Dean Laws Dorothy Doolen and Shirley Pratt at Centralia basketball. J F Hickman visiting Edgewood. Clyde White family moving to Caudle farm. W C Oates in Stonington. Mollie Murfin in Centralia to see daughter Lessie May Payne. J C Binnion and wife in Vandalia New Years Eve. Allen Livesay on leave from Navy Savannah. Genevieve Revis of Vandalia visiting sister Virgil Klinge family.
Mrs Martha Uhls and her brother Lewis Evans traveled to Little Rock Arkansas to visit Mrs Uhls sister and husband Mr and Mrs R M Jackson. Miss Jane Wilson and Mrs John H Rauth stayed with Mr and Mrs Erwin Smith in Springfield Illinois. Marion F Heaver of Peoria returns from the European Theatre after 28 months service with 23 months overseas and final discharge.
William G. Harvey of Ames spends Christmas with his father William A. Harvey and relatives. Mrs Hiram Wilden returns from Barton Florida after visiting daughter and son in law Earl Turnipseed. Lt Dwain Crane fresh from the Pacific area visits friends. Miss Jane Wilson visits her sister Irvin Smith in Springfield. Ralph Seidel arrives from the Pacific area after thirty three months and final discharge at Jefferson Barracks Missouri, staying with his mother and sister Virginia Seidel.
Illinois spent about 13 million on highway improvements including 59 miles of rebuilt concrete pavement and 18 new bridges while counties added more under state supervision. Federal funds of about 23.1 million will back 1946 1948 highway work. Farm data show 1945 fall pig crop 16 percent larger than 1944 with total pigs about 9.07 million, and 1946 spring farrowing expected up five percent from 1945.
A recipe feature from Capper's Farmer by rural home editor Marjorie Griffin describes a corn sausage casserole for cold evenings. The dish uses link or bulk sausage browned in a pan with onion and peppers, mixed with corn and tomatoes, then baked in a casserole with a cereal topping to serve six.
Attendance across fifty five state parks and memorials reached about 2.5 million in 1946, roughly half the prewar average. Major gains include 1800 acres added to total holdings of over 24 000 acres valued near 10 million dollars. Wartime limits slowed construction while maintenance and development of new tracts continued. Expenditures of seven million dollars are planned for further expansion per Walter A. Rosenfield's year end report.
The Rural Home editor of Capper's Farmer says dishwashers will arrive early in 1946. Expect free standing portable models and units built into sinks. Some open from the top while others open from the bottom.
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