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Local Patoka social notes detail extensive visitor mix
Sunday dinners and weekend visits populate Patoka from Decatur Vandalia St. Louis and beyond. Many residents extend hospitality to relatives friends and business visitors including Smith Murfin Cox and Willett families with travels to Philadelphia Chicago and Des Moines.
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J. T .Arnold
E. E. Brown
Kathleen
Betty Barcroft
Kinmundy
O. C. Schroeder
Elston Green
Edwin Gray
Decatur
Patoka
Ruth Smith
St. Louis
W. W. Murfin
Springfield
B. F. Moulton
Velma
Cleta
Vandalia
Walter Diveley
L. Church
Clayton Beery
Harbin Hawkins
Hamilton
Kansas
Charles Adams
Hawkins
Walter Jonhson
Alice
Johnson
Dean Wilson
Muskegon
Mich
C. N. Cruse
Rollin Cox
Elizabeth Cox
Ida Smith
W. D. Murfin
Toka
J. T. Blankin
John Davis
Armand Wasem
Mervel Willett
Champaign
Shobonier
Ida Cox
Philadelphia
John Smith
Dale.Altom
Betty
J. Clinton
Clayton Slifer
Shumway
J. P. Crawford
Walter Edwards
Frank Carson
Georgia Cameron
Eda Magee
J. M. Smith
Walter Renner
Barbara
Harry Johnson
Salem
Centralia
X. B. Holland
Kathleen McGee
East St. Louis
Tishner
O’fallon
Austin Good
Charles Starr
Paul
Dupo
Roy Benoist
Mt. Vernon
B. Wooters
Odin
F. C. Harrington
Parmalee
Fannie Chandler
Bertha Messenger
Des Moines
Iowa
Oscar Friend
Donna
Shade
Carlyle
Hattie Dukes
Charles Humes
Kesner Cruse
Chicago
Jack Newlin
Marie
Texas
Alvin Belcher
Orlando Kuhle
John A. Wynn
Winchester
E. R. Caldwell
Clinton
Allan Branch
Dayne Livesay
Ellsberry
Eva Langsford
Brownsville
Thos. Altom
Robert Jennings