Patoka Notes Teem With Visitors and Local News
Local notes report many visitors to Patoka including Mr. and Mrs. Claud Doolen and Mr. and Mrs. Will King. Shopping ads abound with straw hats half price at Altom's and discounts on shoes and salt blocks for livestock. Multiple family visits cross state lines with kin to St. Louis Vandalia and Dallas. A new car and medical news among residents, plus a planned state aid road project update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claud V. Doolen
Jacksonville
Patoka
L. E. Green
Alcom’s
Harold Simcox
Sandoval
Orville Schroeder
Paris Green
Altom’s
Will King
Argenta
Ben Meador
Brooks Meador
Tee
Swift & Co
Dr. Murfin
Hard Road
Fielding Adams
Katie Nattier
Helen
Robert Nattier
Ingvald Settem
Ozark Mountains
Springfield
van Buren
Ozarks
Cayton Slifer
Shumway
Charleston
D. R. Livesay
Altoni’s
L. W. Ballance
J. W. Alexander
R. E. Willis
Centralia Hospital
C. B. Anderson
M. E. Church
South
Howell Hillside
Harry Carter
St. Louis
Everett White
Billy Mac
Edwin Naylor
Edwina
Decatur
John L. Belcher
Edwina Naylor
Lizzie Gray
Willie Gray
Cincinaati
Ohio
Frank Ballance
Belle Beckmeyer
Centralia
Maxine
Okaw River
Okaw
Elizabeth Cox
Vandalia
Rollin Cox
Cox
Ida Smith
Wilbur Carter
Gladewater
Texas
Macey Gnetry
Dallas
J. R. Carter
Leo Walker
Lula Riley
Lizzie Walker
Forest Walker
Dick Riley
Junior Walker
Jefferson Barracks Hospital
Norman Carter
Warren Willard
Wayne
Des Mones
Iowa
Patoko
Wilard
Will Schroeder
Mattie Crosby Hicks
Ed Tones
George Nattier
Wm. Nattier
Greer Hospital
Hervey Smith
Duehter Evelyn
Patoka Businesses Close All Day Saturday July 4
Local announcement says Patoka businesses will close for the day Saturday July 4 with Cairo Market remaining open until 7 pm for the remainder of the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka
Cairo
Cash Market at Patoka Opens July Fourth
Cash paid for eggs and cream with honest weights and tests for cream. Located west of the I C Depot in Patoka Illinois. W M Ellis advertises being open all day on July 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. C. Depot
Patoka
W. M. Ellis
Touring in the West with Panace of 1936 Trio
Vincent Kleysteuber Johnny Bel cher and Glen Hill began a Colorado tour aboard the Panace of 1936. The old car with Glen driving Johnny at the periscope and Vince as general manager reached Kansas City on 12 gallons of gas, per a B and E Caf report. They report a great time and enjoy the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Kleysteuber
Johnny Belcher
Glen Hill
Colorado
Glen
Johnny
Vince
Kansas City
Family Reunion Ends Four-Year Gap At Foltz Home
Erna Foltz of the U S Navy on leave from west coast duty visits his father C E Foltz and family east of Patakh. The first family reunion in four years brings a joyful Sunday ending with singing an old hymn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erna Foltz
U. S. Navy
C. E. Foltz
Foltz
Patakh
Mrs Jennie Smith Celebrates 83rd Birthday at Home
Mrs Jennie Smith marked her eighty third birthday last Sunday at her home with family gathering for dinner and afternoon calls to share the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Smith
Three Legged Calf Born Near Patoka
At Rufus Stephens farm two miles east of Patoka a Holstein calf was born with three legs around early May. The calf walked normally on three legs and had a nail like appendage where the left front leg should be. Stephens then sent the animal to the St Louis market and sold it for 1.47 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Stephens
Patoka
Vernon Kinmundy Game Highlighted By 3–0 Loss
Vernon residents and visitors attended the Vernon Kinmundy game on Sunday. The Kinmundy baseball team fell 3 to 0 at Vernon ball park. Numerous locals and guests from Vandalia Decatur Champaign and Carbondale were noted in attendance along with nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Quayle
Marvin Ballance
Vernon-Kinmundy
Russell Green
Vandalia
W. L. Hathaway
Allen Liveeay
Dean Laws
Sandoval
C. O. Livesay
Margaret
Betty
Harod Livesay
Gerald Livesay
Clfford Norton
Dresser
Wilbur Chandler
Taylor Nall
Vernon
Alice Marie
Shirley Anne Prott
Decatur
Emmaline Massey
Lib Doolen
Eli Morgan
Ray Walton
John Revis
Hazel Cox
Kinmundy
Vernon Ball Park
Leslie Jenkins
Carbondale
Paul Torrence
Clarence Livesay
Lora Wilson
Helen Jarrett
Pauline Torrence
Centralia
Piland
Eddie Gerkin
Dennis
Ira Kinney
Lorene Sprinkle
Flora Cox
Champaign
Irene Warner
Patoka
Esther Snyder
Lewis Leininger
Dale Altom
John Gehrken
Clarence Lawson
Ruth Reilman
Goldie Gehrken
Winifred Sprinkle
Wides Oil Co
Murphysboro
Beryl Guthrie
Rita Lee
Orvel West and Son
Anna Wasmuth
Ora Whitehurst
Ida Wilson
Wm. Oates
Mary K. Smith
Clyde Doolen
Rose Doolen
Rita Tresslar
Salem
Marian Epps
J. A. Purdue
Claude Doolen
Litchfield
Doris Sprinkle
Pana
Margaret Freyer
James Weinsman
Minnie Wilson
Edwin Arnold
Fredonia Church
Edith Hines
Wilma Caldwell
Davis Jennings
Clem Doolen
Isabel Protz
Madaline Green
Charles Leninger
Francis Leininger
Letta Hopkins
Fourth of July Celebration at Vernon City Park
Arrangements are complete for a big Fourth of July celebration at Vernon City Park tomorrow. The program for the afternoon includes an audience song America, invocation by Rey Piland, a choir song, and a string band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon City Park
Vernon
America
Rey
Piland
School Program Features Musical Numbers and Recitations
Students perform a varied program including song and flag salute by young children, piano duet by Mrs Piland and Twila Jolliff, Marilyn Quayle on song, five boys in drill, recitations by Betty Hanson Patsy Spurgson and Minnie Peddford, instrumental duets by the Arnold brothers Gert rude Jones and Meredith Doolen, and performances by the Smith Sisters with Floyd Easterday as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Piland
Twila Jolliff
Marilyn Quayle
Betty Hanson
Patsy Spurgson
Arnold Bros
Betty Rosse
Minnie Peddford
Floyd Easterday
Gertrude Jones
Meredith Doolen
Smith Sisters
For Sale Classifieds and Openings in Centralia
Wanted column lists butcher heifers by James Wasem and 7-3 3tp. Vehicles include cheap Oakland coupe, Hupmobile sedan, and a Dodge sedan by J. W. Alexander. Opened Baldwin Piano Store at 319 E Broadway offering new Baldwin pianos and used pianos. Also selling 16 weanling pigs by C. H. Britt and 4 weaned pigs by Carroll Mojonnier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wasem
J. W. Alexander
Carroll Mojonnier
Baldwin Piano
E. Broadway
Baldwin
Centralia
C. H. Britt
Special Town Meeting Called for Carrigan Township
Notice states a special Town Meeting will be held July 11, 1936 at 2 PM at the Carrigan Town Hall precinct polling place to raise money and consider a supplemental tax levy for relief and support of poor and indigent residents per Illinois paupers law. Board officers and at least 15 voters filed the request. Seal dated July 1, 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrigan
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Elmer Raker
Reeser
A. W. UN
Rada Meador Smith
Isabel Prott
Protz
Jamie Werrmsan
W. W. Richeson
Portland
Arkansas
Wilbur MclIntyre
Port Wheeler
Annie Wheeler
Lyric Theatre
Salem, Illinois
Louis Schmeling
Edward G. Robinson
Joan Blondel
Bobby Green
Virginia Weidler
Rox Illinois
Centralia, Ill
Sun
Kay Francis
Florence Nightingale
Thurs
Marion Davies
Dick Powell
Farmer In
Dell
Fred Stone
Jean Parker
Hoot Gibson
Harry Carey
Charles Butterworth
Una Merkel
Egypt
Egyptian Academy OF Beauty Culture
City National Bank
Centralia, Illinois
Marian Hollenbeck
Carter
Patoka Quartet
Carrigan Township
Alarat Invest
Leonard
Illinois
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