High School Assembly Highlights Vocational Education Talk
Francis Belche led an Assembly on January 14 with a program of vocal, instrumental, and solo performances. Harold Bradford led a follow up assembly featuring music and a detailed talk on Vocational Education and Guidance, its aims, and the ten divisions of related schooling.
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Francis Belche
Assembly
Maurice Willis
Dayne Ellis
Lillie Sharp
Aliie Britt
Ellen Mulvaney
Miss Smith
Elizabeth Simcox
J. M. Smith
Southern Methodist Church
Harold Bradford
Mary Alice Field
Europe
United States
Committee of Education
War Departments
Odeu
Kinmundy Leads Early Illinois High School Standings
Official basketball standings for the Northern Egyptian Illinois High School Athletic Conference show Kinmundy at 11 0 1000 with Vandalia Patoka Sandoval and Brownstown close. Results since the last report include Kinmundy 18 Sandoval 15 and Vandalia 33 Farina 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Egyptian Illinois High School Athletic Conference
L Pet
Kinmundy
Vandalia
Patoka
Catche Sandoval
Brownstown
Farina
St. Elmo Ske
Altamont
Wi Eas
Odin
Sandoval
St. Elmo
BE. L. DeLay
Household Science Club Program
The Household Science club meets Saturday January 25 at 2 00 P M in the gym. Activities include a garden clinic talk on Home Making versus Housekeeping by Mrs Carrye Alexander reading by Mrs Allie Gray a roll on What I Consider an Ideal Home and a piano solo by Miss Dorothy Christie The club choir will sing Home Sweet Home chaired by Miss Georgia Cruse.
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Household Science Club
Gyn
Better Homes and Gardens
Dorothy Chris
Carrye Alexander
Allie Gray
Club
Miss
Active in Federal Agricultural Work
Mrs Terence Genre and sons Edward and Derwin left for Ashtabula Ohio after a visit. Dr Genre has worked with the U S Department of Agriculture in Michigan eight years and helped Michigan become a Modified Accredited Area. Mrs Genre and children visit en route with Mrs Glenn Schnarr in Winchester. The school yard reports two feet of snow and other local notes mention a Montana sheep contract and a 50 by Dorothy Christie.
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Terence Genre
Edward
Derwin
Ashtabula
Ohio
Genre
U. 58. Dept. of Agriculture
Michigan
United States
North Carolina
Maine
Genie
Glenn Schnarr
Winchester
James Ballance
Montana
Dorothy Christie
P. H. S. Movie Tone Highlights Student Arts
Highlights from Patoka High School showings include a Latin class titled Hot for Paris and a display of student performances such as Love Comes Along and The Love Parade. Notables include Elizabeth Simcox, Bobby Jennings, Floya Nattier, Ruby Walker, Paul Logan, and the basketball squad.
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P. H. S. Movietone
Paris
Francis Belcher
Lightning Speer
Bobby Jennings
Elizabeth Simcox
Floya Nattier
Patoka High School
Half Way To Heaven
Ruby Walker
Mr. Murger
S. A
Paul Logan
Tyroglyphics Teaches Moral Lessons In Dialogues
A fragmented comic text shows a teacher and children exchanging quick wits. Johnny answers with brotherly love after a question about stopping abuse of a donkey. Vera suggests chloroform for a kiss while diners debate payment.
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Johnny
Life theme in Christian Science Lesson Sermon
Sunday services across Churches of Christ, Scientist reflected on Life as eternal and divine. Golden Text asserts believers have everlasting life and escape condemnation. cited Isaiah 64 4 and Science and Health passages define Life as God Everlasting, self existent.
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Churches of Christ, Scientist
Mary Baker Eddy
Baptist Church Weekly Activities and missions program
Sunday School at 9 30 a m all are invited Preaching on first and third Sundays Prayer meeting Thursday 7 p m B Y P U 6 30 p m Regular meeting Saturday Feb 1 B Y P U program Jan 26 Topic Missions in the Old Testament Scripture Isaiah 60 1 Introduction group captain in charge Missions in various Bible books listed with names of contributors including Wilma Rogier Alice Mojonnier Carl Rogier Irene Malan Myrna Carter Artie Rogier Leah Delassus Bessie Hill song by Bessie and Glen Hill
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Abraham
Wilma Rogier
Ruth
Alice Mojonnier
Carl Rogier
Isaiah
Irene Malan
Joel -Myrna Carter
Jonah
Artie Rogier
Malachi
Leah Delassus
Bessie Hill
Bessie
Glen Hill
Zion Church Epworth League January discussions
Epworth League at Zion Church emphasizes A New Start Prayer and its Consequences. Readings feature Mark 11 25 Luke 6 12 Matt 6 5-15 and multiple prayers by Wilma Caldwell Dorothy McNichol Hilda McNicol Carl Arnold Juanita Neilson Dwight Williams Lois McNicol Mary Jane Williams Ella Arnold and Margaret Thompson.
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Epworth League
Wilma Caldwell
United Prayer
Dorothy McNichol
David
Hilda McNicol
Abraham
Carl Arnold
Moses
Juanita Neilson
God
Etna Knight
Daniel
Dwight Williams
Christ
Lois McNicol
Jesus
Mary Jane Williams
Paul the
Patoka Revival Meeting Opens Sunday
Patoka Pentecostal News reports a revival meeting starting Sunday night January 26 and urges everyone to attend the services.
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Patoka Pentecostal News
Small Fire Discovered at Meridian Service Station
A small fire was found at the Meridian Service Station last Saturday night and quickly extinguished. An odor of burning wood was noticed around 8 p.m. but the source could not be located until after a basketball game when the office flue and a cross piece of wood in the chimney were found to be the cause. No damage occurred, though about twenty cars were stored there.
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Meridian
Rubber overshoes get new life with simple polish
When rubber overshoes wear dull and shabby a small amount of shoe polish restores their appearance and makes them look like new.
Local Notes Track Residents and Visitors Week
Local items list residents family movements and visits across Patoka Vernon Vandalia Effingham Centralia Salem and nearby areas. Mentions Lee Vallow Clyde Davis Roy Thompson Nellie Lee Edna Magee and Lillian Haub with various travel health and social updates. A reader’s scrapbook of names places and small events.
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Lee Vallow
Clinton
Lee
Pacific Coast
Old Mexico
Clyde Davis
Hill
Hill Store
FE. M. Smith
Sandoval
J. C. Griffin
Effingham
Nellie Lee
Vandalia
Mary Matheny
Roy Thompson
Corn Belt
George Simcox
Donald Wilson
Register Office
Happy Branson
Salem
Patoka
Dr. McMackin
Peoria
Brownstown
Edna Magee
G. W. Gaultney
Effingham Hospital
Faye Fiscus
Wham
Centralia
Nannie Wilson
Vernon
Rufus Stephens
Dan Wickersham
Chicago
Les Simcox
John Buffalo Smith
William Carter
Loren Caldwell
Oscar Caldwell
Russel Snyder
Flint
Russ
Lillian Haub
Harrold
South Dakota
Sublette
Ill
G. W. Lewis
Charles Longenbaugh
Waukegan
Southern Points
J. Pierce
Illinois looks for a good year in 1930
Illinois business men close their books for 1929 with satisfaction and look toward 1930 with anticipation. Industries flourish and unemployment shrinks. 1929 automobile license plate sales reached 1 615 057 and domestic and foreign corporations paid $3 959 654 838 in fees to the state corporation department, signaling optimism for the new year.
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Illinois
Automobile Department
State Secretary's Office
Corporation Department of
Registration of autos in 1929 shows surge in Illinois
Springfield Jan 1 1930 annual figures from Secretary of State William J Stratton show total automobile registrations in 1929 reached 1 615 057 up from 1 504 359 in 1928 a gain of 110 698. Pleasure cars totaled 1 410 883 and trucks 204 174 with fee revenue of 17 086 547. Stratton urges safety and notes road expansion from bond issues and fuel taxes.
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Springfield
Illinois
Automobile Department
William J. Stratton
Stratton
Snow and Blizard Hit US Deep Freeze Delays Roads
Heavy snowfall blanketed areas with depths reaching up to 22 inches while temperatures plunged to 20 below zero by morning. Roads remained passable but slick as motorists faced stranded cars and freezing conditions through Thursday night and Friday morning.
Rebekah Lodge Elects Officers At Regular Meeting
The Rebekah Lodge held its regular meeting Wednesday night electing Ina Anderson as Noble Grand Lela Ballance as Vice Grand Ree and Fin Lec Elsie Gray as Treasurer Mae Eagan as Deputy Carrye Alexander as Installation will be announced later Social time followed and members expressed hope for renewed activity Meetings are held on the first and third Wednesdays to foster spirit and participation
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Rebekehs
N. G
Ina Anderson
V. G
Lela Ballance
Ree
Fin. Lec
Elsie Gray
Treas
Mae Eagan
Carrye Alexander
Rebekah
Fred Young seeks Marion County Treasurer nomination
Democratic voters are urged to support Fred B. Young in the April 8 1930 primary for Marion County Treasurer. He notes rural roots in Iuka Township farm life and 15 years teaching, with prior service as Salem Township supervisor and county board chairman. He pledges conservative stewardship if elected.
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Marion County
Iuka Township
Tuka
William Jasper Young
111Th Ilinois
Salem Township
Marign County
Fred
Young
Schedule and results recap for area high school basketball
The 1929 30 season remainder schedule lists games for Patoka Farina Kinmundy Salem Centralia Vandalia Patoka Ramsey Farina Vandalia etc with dates from Jan 24 to Mar 1 plus postponements due to snow. Results: Salem lost to Mt Vernon 35 22 Carlyle beat Centralia 17 15 Vandalia beat Centralia 28 19 Kinmundy defeated Sandoval 18 15 and Sandoval beat Trenton 24 16.
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Pateka H. S
Odin
Salem
Carlyle
Farina
Kinmundy
Vandalia
Patoka H. S
St. Elmo
Greenville
Altamont
Sandoval High School
Iuka
Brownstown
Trenton
Centralia High School
DuQuoin
Olney
Mt. Vernon
Pinckneyville
Mt. Carmel
Kinmundy High School
Louisville
Patoka
Salem High School
Flora
Centralia
Fairfield
Vandalia High School
Ramsey
Sandoval
Effingham
Ramsey High School
Assumption
Witt
Macon
Tower Hill
Morrisonville
Mulberry Grove
Farina High School
Kell
Tyro
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