School Notes Honor Roll and Friday Assembly Program
The first semester honors list includes Freshmen Lois Foltz, Nellie Crawford, and Connie Meador. Sophomores Emil Nattier Pauline Crawford. Juniors Arthur Easton Vila Belle Hughes Agnes Mae Hayes Evelyn Baston Carol Payne Lowell Black Merle Gooin David Outhouse Charles Miller. Evelyn Gordon returns after illness. Seventh and Eighth Grades note absences. report cards issued. Scholas tic magazine ordered. basketball results include a 18 15 win over Ashley and a 29 28 win at Young School, making eleven wins and two losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Foltz
Emil Nattier
Connie Meador
Arthur Easton
Nellie Crawford
Betty Richeson
Joe Diebold
Joe Jett
Conway Mason
Pearl Williams
Pauline Crawford
Vila Belle Hughes
Agnes Mae Hayes
Evelyn Baston
Carol Payne
Lowell Black
Merle Gooin
David Outhouse
Charles Miller
Evelyn Gordon
J. M. Meredith
Sue Wierman
Scholastic
Ashley
Young School
Central City
Patoka Indians rout Odin 40 to 26 at home
Patoka Indians defeated Odin 40 to 26 at the local gym with DeLay scoring 19 for Patoka and Meyers leading Odin with 8. The Indians showcased fast play and teamwork before a prior setback at Sandoval, where Sandoval won 43 to 27.
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Patoka Indians
Odin
Meyers
Indians
Sandoval
Marion County Tuberculosis Association thanks Patoka Vernon
Chairman Mrs. Harry B. Mapes reports that Patoka and Vernon citizens raised 72.08 dollars from Christmas Seals and Bonds sales this year. The effort underscores local support for tuberculosis work in Marion County.
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Harry B. Mapes
Marion County Tuberculosis Association
Patoka
Vernon
Card of Thanks for Neighbors Help After Fire
Warren Black and F. Eaglin extend gratitude to neighbors Red Cross and all who assisted after their home burned.
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Red Cross
Warren Black
F. Eaglin
Fire Destroys Steve Eaglin House On West Side
A Monday fire gutted the Steve Eaglin home near the Christian Church, starting from a lit pipe in his coat pocket. He overturned the blaze after noticing the burning coat, but flames rapidly engulfed the frame house before noon around 10 30 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Eaglin
Christian Church
Mr. Eaglin
Who Must File a Federal Income Tax Return This Year
Treasury Bureau guidance outlines filing thresholds for income tax returns. Individuals with gross income of 500 dollars or more must file. Married couples may file joint or separate returns with rules on exemptions. Simplified Returns on Form 1040A exist for certain low income cases. Joint returns require both spouses to sign and declare under perjury penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department Bureau of Internal Revenue
Washington, D. C
United States
Congress
Soldier letters home from Florida describe training and warmth
Pvt Grover Malan writes from Miami in 1942 detailing basic training in New Mexico, daily eight hour classes, a Monday off, warm weather with 80 degree days, swimming in winter, palm trees, oranges, grapefruits ripening, and Army life. He invites letters and mentions Embry Riddle School.
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Patoka
O.K
New Mexico
Miami
Florida
Illinois
Pvt
Grover L. Malan
Embry Riddle Sch
Paul E Christie Promoted to First Sergeant in Panama
Paul E Christie, stationed with the armed forces in Panama Canal Department, was promoted from technical sergeant to first sergeant. He enlisted in 1937 and arrived on the Isthmus after a tour at Fort Moultrie. His father Charles A Christie lives in Patoka.
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Register
Panama Canal Department
Paul E. Christie
Christie
Army
Fort Moultrie
South Carolina
Isthmus
Charles A. Christie
Patoka
Mr Fred Brown Taken To Greek Hospital
Mr Fred Brown was taken to Greer Hospital in Vandalia Tuesday evening for observation of neuralgia of the heart. He had battled a flu like illness earlier in the week and relapsed Tuesday. a doctor said he is much better when we went to press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Brown
Greer Hospital
Vandalia
Brown
DuComb
Red Cross Drives for Silk and Nylon Hose Donations
The Red Cross asks Patoka stores to collect discarded silk and Nylon hose for the war effort. Do not donate Rayon hose. Bring kitchen fats to Eagans Food Market in clean containers. fats aid explosives. Red Cross will collect and deliver donations to headquarters for local proceeds. Lock the Axis with your old sox.
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Red Cross
Patoka
Eagans
Miss Florence Doolen Becomes Marion County's First WAAC
The Salem Republican profiles Florence Doolen of Kinmundy as Marion County’s first WAAC. She details four weeks of basic drill on flanks and formations, then serves as assistant instructor with the Motor Corps at Fort Oglethorpe in Headquarters Company. Her piece explains WAAC training, diverse backgrounds, and roles aiding the war effort to free men for combat.
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Salem
Florence Doolen
Kinmundy
Marion County
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Miss Doolen
Effie Rob Doolen
Patoka
Motor Corps
Fort Oglethorpe
WAAC
Community thanks for support during illness and loss
The family expresses sincere appreciation to all and in particular the Vernon Good Will Club for their acts of kindness flowers and sympathetic words during the illness and death of their sister Jane Armstrong. Dasha Armstrong Anna Chance Lorian Armstrong Jasper Armstrong.
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Vernon Good Will Club
Jane Armstrong
Dasha Armstrong
Anna Chance
Lorian Armstrong
Jasper Armstrong
Small town merchant may regain out of town business
Urbana Champaign, Ill. tire and gasoline rationing offers a chance for small town merchants to win back shoppers from larger towns, but success depends on efforts by the merchants themselves. A University of Illinois study of 588 Illinois households in eight towns finds small towns changing buying patterns to favor local shops, with higher income families cutting trips and many fearing stock shortages or higher local prices.
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Urbana-Champaign
Ill
P. D. Converse
University of Illinois
Illinois
Neis
University
Bureau of Economic and Business Research
Converse
Victoria Chapter O.E.5 Holds Meeting January 25
Victoria Chapter Order of Eastern Star held its regular meeting on Monday night January 25. To allow officers and members to attend the Revival the session was opened and closed in short form with officers named as W M Thelma Riley W P Carl Rogier M Margaret Cox Assoc P A M Peek Sec Rose Mojonnier Treas P J Mojonnier Chap Mrs Augusta Peek Marsh Edith Cruse Cond Evelyn Ellis Assoc Con Eunice Rogier Warden Myrtle Rogier Sentinel Artie Rogier Color Bearer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Order of Eastern Star
W. M
Thelma Riley
W. P
Carl Rogier Assoc
Margaret Cox Assoc
A. M. Peek
Evelyn Ellis
Assoc
Eunice Rogier
Mpyrtle Rogier Sentinel
Artie Rogier
Methodist Revival Draws Crowds in Patoka
Patoka hosts nightly revival at the Methodist Church led by Rev. R. M. Stockton with singing by Earl Bryant of Carterville. Several conversions reported and an altar service Tuesday. Upcoming talk by Rev. John Curtis of Vernon. Sunday schedule listed and Virgil Herring family moves to Carl Easton house.
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Patoka
Methodist Church
R. M. Stockton
Earl Bryant
Carterville
Cain
John Curtis
Vernon
Epworth League
Local residents share news from Vandalia to Centralia
Miss Dorothy Williams visits relatives in Vandalia and returns to Chicago with her father Duncan Miller. Several locals report family illness travel and employment changes. Navy man Joe Herrara on ten day furlough with wife and son Denny. Clifford Myers heads to Chicago for work. Major gatherings include venison dinner hosted by A A Griffin and Cecil Griffin.
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Dorothy Williams
Chicago
Duncan Miller
Frank Elifritz Jr
Joe Herrara
Denny
Herrara
Navy
Clifford Myers
O. C. Schroeder
Sandra
H. K. Pike
Keith Jr
Vandalia
Chester Bryant
Nellie
Vandalia Hospital
Roy Bryant
Phillips
Centralia
Phillip’s
Adams Oil and Gas Company
Wilbur McIntire
Sandoval
Charles Cox
Charles Belcher
Charles
India
Norton Davis
Hazeltown
Indiana
George Wickersham
Harold Sharp
Carlyle
Gille Hopkins
Clark Simcox
A. A
Cecil Griffin
Helen Troyer
Rubye Cain
Dale Altom
C. R. Richeson
Imogene
Betty Lou
Wig
Keith
Bert Vandervleit
Patoka
Carl Martin
Boston
Mass
Garry Lee
W. L. Martin
Lee Wadkins
Springfield
Young People’s BTU Programs at Odin Church
The Odin Church youth group presented Our Living Faith by Violet Nattier and other talks including Finding Abundant Life by Marvin Nattier and No Time For God by Dale Ellis. Virginia Atchison and Faye Atchison sang with Edwin Nattier as the speaker. Mrs Stringer led a prayer talk as the cottage prayer meetings studied Prayer by O Hallesby, ending with a pageant Gifts of God centered on the cross.
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Odin Church
Violet Nattier
Marvin Nattier
Virginia Atchison
Dale Ellis
Christ
Faye Atchison
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J¢ Simcox
Alavon Walker
Marge Pugh
Vila
Rachel Adams
Dorothy DeLay
Joy Barnes
Joann Miller
Don Ellis
America
Room
T. B. Assoc
Courtesy of
Los Angeles
Grover Malan
Miami, Florida
P.S
Panama
Greek Hospital
TUES
Red
O.E
Virgil Herring
Carl Easton
Peoria
G. W. Brown
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