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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1925
Page
5
Vernon residents and neighbors share weekend visits with families in Centralia Forsythe and Carbondale. Miss Ruby Robinson and Miss Carrie Jones attend schools away while births and employment moves are noted. Pentecostal service elects officers Ira Kinney leads as Superintendent with Everett Wernsman as assistant.
FOSTERSBURG S. C. Green and Erna Jones with wives shared Sunday dinner with J. W. Arnold and wife. Monroe Lansford owns a Ford and learns to handle it carefully. Orve Walton built a fence for Mrs. Blanche Doolen Friday. Lew Engler remains in the ring after being thrown from a horse Thursday. Church members met at Arnold Chapel Thursday afternoon to clean the church and yard. Eli Morgan traded his old Ford for a new one. Lewis Jones painted his house. Mr. and Mrs. Pombier announce a son born June 28 at the home of Mrs. Pombier’s parents, Eli Morgan and wife. Rev. Carleton preached at Arnold Chapel Sunday. Robert Arnold and family spent Friday with John Thomans. Lewis Jones traded livestock last week, boosting his dairy herd prospects.
Fifty attendees gathered at Temple for Sunday School and a children’s program that night. Local residents Robert Terry of Vandalia and Mrs. Irvin Bowen visited with families, with more visits including Ed Belcher and wife. An ice cream supper at Fairman Saturday night drew a good crowd.
Mrss Orr of Centralia visited Saturday night and Sunday with Misses Rose and Myrle Snyder. Mrs. Gladys Palmer and son visited with Pete Bopp and family Thursday.
Decatur visitors and local households share weekend visits across communities. Notable movers include Wm McGown and family, Paul Burris and wife, Maude Kinney, Ira Kinney, Orval Jones, S A Richardson and wife, A Brummitt and family, Bert Tedrick and Walter Pribble, with several trips to Vernon St Elmo and Vandals.
Severe storms drifted through the area recently while residents Earl Buchele Oliver Dipps visited relatives. Trueman Wheritt seen near the city outskirts Saturday night and again Sunday. Farmers shift motto to More rain more weed as harvests proceed with reports of berry season ending and corn thriving. Harley Hord on vacation with J F Davidson filling in as patrolman. Island Chapel S F Carter notes late berry season and growing corn while hints of early cucumbers appear.
William Tennant Eaglin and family and Miss Fredia Perkins of Clinton visited Monday and Tuesday with home folks. Mrs. David Gerrish visited Tuesday afternoon with W. D. Linton. A surprise supper was given Monday night with everyone reporting a good time. Neighbors are cutting oats. Mrs. Anna Gerrish went to Woodlawn to visit her daughter Mrs. Mary Wood. Sunday night drills for children were not very favorable. Albert Justice spent Saturday night with Wm. Perkins and wife. Harry Perkins has painted his old blind mule to resemble a spark plug.
An Alabama colored preacher who hid a past jail sentence faces a test when a former cellmate appears at his sermon. He anchors his message to Job 40:100, implying the unseen will confront him later as he speaks the line before his congregation.
A substantial gathering filled the Baptist Church last Saturday night under church auspices. Report notes a large crowd and good financial results from the event.
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