Peters Shoes Shines in Altoms Patoka News
Local notes from Patoka area mention Cliff Pugh visiting Clinton folks, new baby births to Sharp, Kleeman, Thalman, Jones, and Gray families, and various sales at Altoms including shoes and glassware. Community events include Zion Ice Cream festival attendance and summer shopping at Patoka Hardware. Individuals such as Roy Malan, Dwigh t Ballance, Dave Newman, and local merchants appear among routine notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliff Pugh
Clinton
Teresa Lilly
Minnie Hartledder
St. Louis
Lizzie Black
Alma
Altoms
Oscar Hill
Alton
Patoka Hdn. & Furn. Co
Elzie Sharp
Walter Kleeman
T.B
W. R. Simeesx
Roy Thalman
Geo. Jones
Roy Malan
Patoka Hdw. & Furn. Co
Samuel Gray
John Kretzer
Prof
Gillett
Centralia
George W. Christie
Patoka
Patoka Hon. & Furn. Co
Peters
Alstoms
Dwight Ballance
Sterling
R. E. Parker
Muskogee
Okla
M. Black
Dave Newman
Fla
L. L. Newman
Eli Logan
T. F. Haley
George Williams
William Morgan
Taka
Fred Black
Victor Hartledder
Jane Black
W. E. Golze
Griffin-Waltno Hdw. Co
Hill Bros
Will B. Jackson
Decatur
Simcox
Dale Alstom
Peters Shoe Company
Wabash
Zion
Dains
Holland Andrews
T. E. Boyle
Postal Benefit Association
Floyd Lee
Leo Hornton
Eldorado
Kansas
Albert Cruse
E.S. Gray
Aitkingon
Welutka
Gray
Crosby
Illa
Poor
McLaugh
Modern Woodmen Hold Big Meeting
The local M. W. A. camp held a large class of seventeen new members last Saturday in the school gym. Mt. Vernon team and officers led the event with impressive lessons enjoyed by candidates and attendees from the local camp Vernon camp and Shobonier. Officers elected at the recent re-organization meeting included Ballance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Vernon
Shobonier
Edie Eat Ballance
Town Social Highlights Mark June Gatherings in Strings Town
Miss Katie Ehrat owns a new Ford touring car while Mrs Rosa Gherkin visits with her daughter. Georgia Lane hosts a June 26 party with a pink and white theme and many relatives and friends in attendance. June 27 birthday dinner honors Mr Klinges seventieth with a large gathering and baskets of food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie Ehrat
Rosa Gherkin
Cecil Holt
Loraine Rettinghouse
Centralia
Georgia Lane
James Lane
Lane
Paul Metzger
Iva
Opie Elder
Josie
Marie Holt
Merle
Ethel Willett
Elizabeth Frisby
Donald
Jerold Metzger
William
Mervel Willett
Marion
Ralph Welsh
Foster
Clarence Holt
Harold Thomas
Henry Frisby
Thomas Belcher
Jerry Zimmerman
Hugh Oats
John, Frisby
Georgia
Lizzie Farmer
Charlie Lane
James’ Klinge
Klinges
Fred Klinge
Rollie Klinge
Earl Funk
Ed Anderson
Eliza Farmer
Frank Paula
Patoka
Mary Epps
Chester
Susie Klinge
Vernon
Mirs
Nettie Cox
Glen Cox
Ella Emerson
Harry Metzger
Sherman Funk
Fehrén Lape
Eugene Fox
Fredonia Community Ice Cream Social and Local Visits
Fredonia notes report an ice cream social at the Fredonia church on Saturday night July 3 for church benefit. Several locals attended Children Day at Cabbage Chapel. C E McHaney and family hosted visits. Willie Bowen in Centralia hospital. multiple families visited Charley Jett and Charley McHaney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredonia Church
Clarence Cozads
Mr. Holmes
Chicago
Charlie Harris
Cabbage Chapel
Cliffe Goodwin
Odin
C. E. McHaney
Canning Cherries
Clarence Cozad
Eunice McHaney
Centralia
Willie Bowen
C. C. Hill
Orville Hill
Charley Jett
J. P. Jensen
Beatty
Shattue
Crley McHaney
Local Residents Share Visits Across Towns
Vernon Mrs. John Jones returns home from Chicago visit. Mrs. Lawrence Wilson Bear Creek calls on F. C. Freyer. William Beck returns to Nashville after week with Freyer family. Hathaway visits Centralia. Bertha and Stanley Freyer Patoka visit aunt Mrs. W. L. Danbury. Alvin Hathaway family visit Fannie Crowder and Laverne Patoka. Lloyd Hanson Decatur visits parents. Lula Foltz weekend in Patoka. John Jones family visit Decatur. Maurice Dean Murfin Decatur guest. Lem Meador and son Mark Decatur visit. Donald Arnold returns home from Moweaqua work. Alice Wernsman from ee town visits with local family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jones
Mar
Chicago
Lawrence Wilson
Bear Creek
F. C. Freyer
William Beck
Nashville
W. L. Hathaway
Centralia
Bertha
Stanley Freyer
Patoka
W. L. Danbury
Alice Wernsman
Ee Town
Pn Havin
Mr. and
Whens al A
Local Visitations and Births Dot Decatur Area Notes
Clarence Hanson visits from Decatur with parents Mr. and Mrs. Hanson. Numerous Sunday calls include Juanita Hathaway with Alice Arnold of Arnold Chapel and Velma Payne of Bear Creek visiting Lula Foltz. Birth announced for George and Mrs Jones. Mound Chapel baseball team loses to Vernon 13 to 8. Various residents attend church and travel to Rose Lake. Several updates on marriages, new drivers, and return from school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Hanson
Decature
Andy Hanson
Juanita Hathaway
Alice Arnold
Arnold Chapel
Velma Payne
Bear
Creek
Lula Foltz
Meador
Maron
Martin Greider
D. W. White
Helen
Alice Binnion
Vandalia
Walter Parks
Patoka
Donald Murfin
Decatur
John Gehrkin
Goldie
Jim Lawson
South of Town
Bill Jackson
George Jones
C. O. Livesay
Freida McHaney
Frank Storment
Salem
George White
W. L. Grey
Edna
Alice
Nellie
Maude Whitehurst
Elmer Crothers
Andy Crothers
Mound Chapel
Vernon
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Chas. P. West
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J. W. Alexander
Charles Hill
Bloomington
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Hellman
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Paris
J. D. Duncan
Bert Crusé
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C. C. Kethard
J. M. Green
Kaskaskia Township
George Green
Tier
J. P. Crawford
Wm. Ballance
Carson Chandler
Trustees
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W. W. Murfin
M. P. in‘Comb
Cathp
Stringtown
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Frank Hatch
Flora
J. W. Epps
Freda White
David Headley
Ivy Lowe
Rose Lake
Tillie Dunbar
John Revis
Hulda Hunter
Lee Rose
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