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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1946
Page
4
Stringtown residents recount visits with neighbors and relatives including the Andersons Donleys Klinge Beck Robinsons and Willetts. Church activities and a Friday evening gathering with the Fiscus family are noted along with a W C T U meeting at a local home.
Eight members and two guests attended the gathering. Mrs. Edd Thomas spent one day last week with her daughter Mrs. Raymond Payne in Vernon.
Mrs. Della Caldwell visited her parents near Possum Trot on Friday. The Zion Sunday School party met at Alfreta and Jean Williams home Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. Chas Mitchell and Warren Osborne visited the Neilsons and Kenneth Neilson’s homes Saturday. Paul Swift and family near Kinmundy spent Sunday with Roy Mulvaney. Ola Frizzell called on Goldie Hopkins Monday. Mary Del Johnson and daughters visited her mother in law Ellis Butts at Omega Friday night. Clara Frizzell spent Monday with Juanita Mitchell. People from the area attended the Wm Martin sale Tuesday.
George S. Benson argues against federal ceiling prices and allocation of building materials. He contends housing shortages demand rapid supply through natural competition, rapid material access, and sensible mortgage lending, while warning against bureaucratic delays and mismanaged ceilings. He calls for aiding builders, restraining public works, and affordable mortgages to protect service members and families.
A tribute to America s educational system praising high schools for developing character and leadership. It urges citizens to support and participate in local schools and ends with brief notices of Mrs. Chester Skipper visiting Flora and Ralph Seidel taking a job in Bridgeport Illinois.
Miss Leah Pearl Walton of Chicago attended the funeral of her grandmother Mrs Florence Walton held Sunday after returning home Saturday.
Betty Low Belcher daughter of Mr and Mrs L E Belcher Patoka Illinois died Thursday morning January 10 1946 at St Marys Hospital Centralia aged 12 years 4 months 12 days She lived in the community attended grade school was in seventh grade and active in church Sunday School Training Union Vacation Bible School and Sunbeam meetings Survived by parents sister Wanda Lee Cummins nephew Sonny Boy Cummins Funeral services were held Sunday January 13 at 2 pm at Patoka Baptist Church Rev Charles McHaney officiating Burial in Patoka cemetery Cox and Martin Funeral Directors in charge
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