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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1966
Page
1
The weekly school menu lists meals for January 10 to 14. Monday features B B Qs corn cottage cheese sweet pickles apple cobbler and milk. Tuesday offers hamburger steak mashed potatoes beets apple sauce bread butter and milk.
Holiness Rally announced at Greenridge Church with Rev Dale Turner as guest speaker at 2 p m Special numbers by Charlie Pugh Pastor The Foster Do Sandy 4 H Club reorganized December 10 at leader Mrs Floyd Jones home Eight members attended roll call pledges read and approved officers elected for the year Junior Leaders Connie Jones and Marla Garrett President Becky Garrett Vice President Connie Jones Secretary Carolyn Jones Treasurer Jeanne Jones Reporters Marla and Glenda Garrett Recreation Leaders Shelly and Rhonda Garrett Federation Delegates Marla Garrett and Connie Jones Registration cards handed out Meeting adjourned and refreshments served.
Thomas Dwight from Marion County was among five boys attending the FFA Holiday Conference in Bloomington December 28 to 30. The event was directed by Ken Cheatham with help from Frank The regular Patoka Lodge meeting on January 3 included a closed installation and three visitors Burl Alexander Bob Ford and an Odin guest. Next meeting is January 17.
William D Blunk son of Mr and Mrs William E Blunk of Vernon Illinois has been promoted to master sergeant in the U S Air Force at Keesler AFB Mississippi He is a student at ATC Keesler Technical Training Center and a Martinsville Community High School graduate His wife Carole is the daughter of Thomas Popham Chicago The article also notes Farm Bureau cooperative themes and a county FFA Holiday Conference with several attendees and a chaperone
The Army Board of U S Civil Service Examiners seeks applicants for Realty Specialist positions with the Corps of Engineers in Missouri and western Illinois. Roles include Negotiators for purchasing various property types and Closing Agents handling land titles, deeds, and closings. a law degree is desirable for Closing Agent duties. Applications available at Centralia Illinois Post Office.
Patricia Gerrish left Saturday to return to St Louis where she teaches fourth grade in La due. She worked as a secretary in the Wham and Wham law offices during Christmas vacation. Harlan Gerrish from SIU visited with Patoka High basketball players and recently earned an Illinois Teacher's Scholarship.
R. D. Davidson, Marion county CROP chairman, announced final collections reached 2,557.05 dollars, short of the 5,100 dollar goal due to lack of canvassers in Romine, Haines, Sandoval and Centralia townships. Funds will be sent to Springfield headquarters to aid overseas relief.
Firemen in Patoka express gratitude after a Christmas visit by Santa on December 24. They thank area residents for Santa Fund contributions and list donors such as Tim Cole and F B Adams among others who gave varying amounts.
A new column from the Illinois Bar Association begins this week focusing on checks and banking laws. It asks who bears loss when a check is altered and promises future pieces on what defines a check and why some checks function like cash. The column will also cover private life and TV, unwritten contracts enforceable in court, and invites reader feedback on Carson's Sporting column.
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