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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1942
Page
4
Locals list numerous visits and travels from Clinton to Decatur Salem and Decatur with relatives and friends. People include Tillie Richeson C R Richeson Kay Jennings Howard Riley James Wasem Oscar Davis and many others visiting family members neighbors and attending occasions such as hospital trips and a funeral in St Elmo.
Mrs. Ann Morris and daughter Mary Deloris visit with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Quayle in the weekend. Mrs. Nina Gill and daughter Nina travel from East St. Louis. Mrs. Alvin Hathaway and son James visit Salem on Monday. Mrs. Eddie Burchard of Decatur and Mrs. Kenneth Herstein of Springfield visit, with W. L. Hathaway ill in bed. Miss Marian Epps stays with her parents in town. Miss Marilyn Quayle spends weekend in Vandalia with Ray Walton family. Hobart Arnold and family from Zion visit, with Nellie Bryant of Patoka and Miss Mildred Cox guest in Decatur.
Miss Phyllis Livesay and family from Salem host guests including Mrs. Estel Stavik of St Louis and Sherman Livesay of the U S Navy in New York. Navy brothers spend ten day fur loug with kin as Mrs. Merritt of Centralia visits. Jealous reports of hospital stays, examinations for army service in St Louis, and local travel fill this week of social notes and health updates.
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The text asks if near ten percent of earnings in War Bonds justifies wearing a badge or lapel pin. It suggests a rule about badges tied to bond purchases without clear authority or period context.
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