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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1931
Page
8
Odin Township notes list numerous visits among local families including Grace Holtslaw and the Meridiths, Deadmonds, Bundys, and Rosses. Several residents such as Esther Wood and the McClellands are noted with recent mumps and illness while others enjoy oyster suppers and oyster gatherings.
The Southeast Town column reports twenty attending Sunday School at Temple, various local visits among the Bopp and Belcher families, sick lists including Dean Bowen and Genevieve Wood, a revival at Fairman church with converts Reuben Gilley and Raymond Bopp, and multiple social calls and errands around Centralia, Patoka, and Fairman through the week. Ed Wood and Charles Lutz cut wood. skating and milk routes noted.
Steele School Wilbert and Nelson Schmitz and Paul Ververs spent Sunday afternoon with Lester Troutt. Henry Troutt and family visited Centralia on Saturday afternoon. Edith Ruby and Velma Ruth Hibbs visited Mildred and Eunice Ververs Sunday afternoon. Wilbert Schmitz spent Sunday
Mrs Everett Doolen visited the school Thursday afternoon. Paul Edgar and family were Wednesday visitors at W R Herrings. Various neighbors and clubs hosted gatherings and visits including the Arnold Chapel Ladies Aid at Paul Ehrat home. The piece closes with a rural proverb about driving in second gear to ease hills.
Patoka Hardware and Furniture Company states wholesale prices will drop at the start of the year and promises to pass savings to customers. A partial list includes 9x12 Axminster and Felt Base Rugs, galvanized wash tubs, dining chairs, batteries, a Coleman lamp, oil stove, wood heaters, and more with tight pricing indicated.
Bill Bryan and Floyd Carter butchered hogs last week. Dock Shepard, Fiscus Bros., and Bill Alexander did wood cutting or hauling for local residents. J A Shepard’s family welcomed a great grandson born to Rollie Stombaugh and wife. Subscriptions renewed, neighbors visited, and local inquiries for corn and hay noted. Ida Kinney recently ill, Mary Hayes teaching Shady Grove in Christina Crawford’s absence.
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