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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1956
Page
4
Senator Dwight Friedrich of Centra lia defends state legislation enacted in 1955 changing the definition of a school bus and streamlining signage. Bills 718 719 720 and 114 116 align the School Code and Motor Vehicle Act to boost safety while easing driver requirements and bus stops in certain road types.
Vernon and Edna Stephens host Owaneco and Pal myr guests including Bertucci of Taylorville. Murfin returns home from hospital near Patoka, visiting relatives. Local youth fellowship party features games and cheeseburgers. Jack O. Davis, discharged from Army Air Corps, returns home. Middle West Soil Improvement committee urges ample fertilizer for high yields amid price changes.
The Vernoka school page notes upcoming semester exams and student activities. Sophomores plan an end of year trip to Giant City park. Juniors form a committee to select a non hillbilly play for January 27 with a song number It s Almost Tomorrow. Basketball reports: Litchfield Invitational win over Gillespie 51 47 and earlier wins over Roxana 62 44 and Staunton 49 45 for third. season totals show 912 points in 15 games, opponents 748. Pre School Sunbeams meet at the Baptist church January 21 at 1 pm to study Indians, present flag salutes, memory verse Praise, and elect officers. Pearl Britt runs the nibble nook.
Want ads offer a complete supply of Oliver repair parts and skilled mechanics for gas and diesel engines with a baler repairman. Woolsey and Brehm, route 50 west, Carlyle, Illinois. 1f PARAKEETS FOR SALE Mrs Perry Walker Vernon November 11 1941. LOST Beagle Pedro. LOST gold wedding band near post office. FOR SALE Hampshire pigs 10 weeks old and Lespedeza hay. Dean Britt Vernon Illinois. FARM FOR SALE 200 acre farm near St Peter Call Salem 917J3.
The cocker spaniel Chota Peg, born in New York, has sailed with Captain John W. Anderson on multiple ships including the S S United States and S S Washington. Now 13, the dog has logged over 2,000,000 sea miles since 1943 and remains a famed sea stowaway aboard America’s merchant fleet.
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