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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1932
Page
5
The Lesson Sermon centered on God as Lord and the command to love Him with all heart soul and mind. Readings included Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 6 with quotes from Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health. The piece notes spiritual surrender beyond material sensation and worship.
Vernon Pentecostal Church schedules Sunday School at 9 30 a m and preaching at 11 a m with Bro Grant delivering a message on Consecration. Revival services continue nightly as the Macedonian Cry goes forth inviting laborers to work and pray for souls. J H Reeter pastor.
M. E. Church announces preaching at Arnold Chapel next Sunday morning after Sunday School and a night service at Vernon at the usual hour. Pastor M. Jackson invites the public to attend.
Decatur City Council plans an inquiry into a pipe purchase made without competitive bids, with a $3,000 bill currently on hold. Jury verdict ties Curtis to Lindenberg kidnapping case. Canton farmer killed in State Road crash. Only three veterans remain in Taylorville G A R Post. John J. Campbell presumed dead, then declared alive. estate returned. Eleanor Hendon dies after car hits unlit trailer on highway. Old Ripley clips her roast visitor. Frank Oletti, Bond County rep, at Penal Farm. two escape.
A birthday dinner was given Miss Clara Frizzell Sunday for her fourteenth birthday with Ora Green and family Don Green and family Virgil Livesay and family Mrs Blanche Doolen and son Wayne and two boy friends Mr and Mrs Frank Frizzell. The day was spent visiting and eating ice cream. We wish Miss Clara many more happy birthdays.
Illinois State Journal critiques the split views of Nicholas Murray Butler and William E Borah on Republican prohibition. It notes Butler and Borah oppose the party line, while urging readers to consider the broader political stakes as conventions unfold and voters decide. The piece also laments education trends and calls for stronger state knowledge.
Miss Louise Betts celebrated her twentieth birthday Friday night July 1 with friends at Vernon. The party featured bridge and dancing, prizes to Adeline Mabry and Roy Miller, with consolation to Kenneth Crawford. Guests included Marie Culbertson, Barnie Culbertson, Marion Epps, and others from Vandalia and Vernon.
Vernon residents hosted birthdays visits and weekend gatherings with many neighbors and relatives from Vandalia Salem Decatur Chicago and St. Louis. Local teens 4 Har sewing club held achievement day while the Vernon baseball team planned a Kinmundy trip.
The 4-H club met at Margaret Ballance's home. They set June 9 at 2 p m for an achievement day at the gym with a style show judging demonstration and music. An ice cream supper raised funds for sending the girls to Champaign next year. Next Tuesday the club will meet at Alice Anderson's home.
On Sunday July 3 a large number of relatives gathered at John McIntire’s home northwest of Sandoval for a family reunion and birthday celebration for James McIntire of Yankeytown Indiana. Attendees included Mr and Mrs John McIntire and daughter Hannah Mr and Mrs Geo Baker Mr and Mrs George Ahls and families of Sandoval Mr and Mrs James McIntire Yankeytown Ind Mr and Mrs Floyd Bush and family Miss Anna Pillion Evansville Ind Mrs Corda Nolan Mrs Nancy Albrett Mr Carl Jackson East St Louis Mr and Mrs Wilbur McIntire and family Patoka Mr and Mrs George Company and family Springfield Mr and Mrs Earl Baker and family West Frankfort Mr and Mrs George Anderson and family Sandoval.
Harvey Hudspeth member of the Illinois Rural Carriers Association Executive Board works on membership lists ahead of the State Convention in Danville at month end. He and Wesley Grupp toured Williamson County on Saturday. They attended a tri county meeting in Taylorville on Sunday with state officers present.
Ex Governor Small launched his candidacy on Monday July 4 in Homer Illinois with Champaign County Independence speech outlining agenda if elected. He plans to present a direct campaign stance and his slogan back to prosperity as a key feature.
The appeal by Herbert Stone of Carrigan township over theft of cattle from Clarence Bowen was affirmed by the higher court. Stone will begin his sentence immediately.
Walton Arnold from Texas is visiting in the neighborhood. Miss Alice Caldwell made a business trip to Homer Osborn's on Thursday. Mrs. Jamie Caldwell and daughters Wima and Edith spent Wednesday evening with Mrs. Frank Frizzell. Samie Gray and family visited Wednesday with Harry Chance. Sunday School at Zion at 10 o clock. Come and bring someone with you. Most everyone is cutting oals at this writing. The telephone system is crippled up and hopes for a speedy recovery.
Riley Williams and neice Miss Pearl Powell of Decatur stayed with Luther Williams and family and Miss Ruby Schmahl visited Clarence Bowen and family Sunday. Several other local families including Belchers, Bowens, Reeters, Elders and Williams shared visits through the week with neighbors and patients at Centralia hospital.
Dan Reeter and family joined Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bowen and Ernest Schmahl in celebrating the Fourth of July with Clarence Bowen and family. Wash Bowen and Irvin Bowen children were visitors in the afternoon.
Dr H H Mitchell of the University of Illinois deems elaborate pre digestion and fermentation devices for feed largely ineffective. He notes wasted nutrients persist as indigestible material or heat, and that converters and yeasts fail to tackle woody feed components, offering only limited digestive gains.
President Hoover signs the 1.1185 billion tax revenue bill, restoring faith in finances and gold standards. The Commercial and Financial Chronicle notes boosted business confidence and removal of a major obstacle to industrial revival after persistent deficits. A similar sense of optimism follows from other observers.
General Charles G. Dawes in a letter to the President after resigning from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation states that Congress has balanced the national budget and prosperity is within reach. He notes heavier peace-time taxes, calls the bill a major positive step, and urges Americans to abandon folly and extravagance. He emphasizes toil, thrift, and self-reliance as the path back to prosperity.
A state wide horse parasite control campaign treated 129 109 horses and mules in 66 counties, about one seventh of the state's stock. Dr. Robert Graham reported farmers benefiting, with 204 veterinarians averaging 632 treated per vet and an average of 1 956 horses treated per county.
Official publication shows the bank in Patoka Illinois listing total liabilities of 165 586 00 as of July 30 1932. L E Green cashier swore to the report before notary Mac Eagan on July 6 1932 in Marion County Illinois.
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