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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1964
Page
2
The Register pledges dedication to public welfare and local progress, outlining support for honest statesmanship and community happenings across the state. It emphasizes a nonpartisan stance while urging readers toward reform and civic engagement.
In 1908 British Gen R S S Baden-Powell outlined scouting ideas that evolved into the worldwide Boy Scout program with aims of good citizenship. He urged boys to form small gangs and learn signaling mapping first aid and knotting while serving God and country. By 1916 Cub Scouts debuted for under 11 with motto Do Your Best, now taught at Patoka School under William Blunt.
The piece muses on winter as a season of shelter and contemplation. It highlights fuel costs, snow, and peril on the roads while urging readers to read, discuss ideas, and seek growth. It ends with a safety message to avoid drinking and driving and to keep to sixty five.
Community notes from Patoka cover Christmas and New Year visits by Griggs Jett Hollis and others. Several relatives gathered from Kermit Salem Decatur Dubuque Palm Springs and Park Ridge for holidays. Real estate listings include 20 acres near Patoka a 7 room Sandoval house and an SE Sandoval 10 acre site with prices listed.
Dorothy Phillipe and Edwin R. White are named as real estate agents with the Centeria firm City Bank Building. Contact numbers are provided for both brokers.
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