Patoka Happenings from the Ohio Caverns Reunion Weekend
A Patoka column recaps the weekend in Ohio at the Karr-Tenis reunion held in West Liberty near Ohio Caverns. It lists local attendees and visiting families from Patoka, updates on property moves, travel plans, and local shop openings, plus notes on relatives and nearby events including Odin centennial participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Ohio
Ohio Caverns Park
Patoka
Lyle Black
Geo. Wickersham
F. E. Adams
Jack W. Adams
J. R. Snyder
Harbin Hawkins
R. E. Willis
Central City
Carl Arnold
Pensacola
Fla
Thelma Arnold
Margaret Arnold
Paris
France
Frank Black
Rhonda
Randy
Carbondale
Janice
Jim
St. Louis
Frank Burgess
Rolla
Minnie Eaglin
James Slifer
Effingham
Christina Crawford
Jerry Zimmerman
el Paso
Max Holland
Centralia High School
Virginia Palmer
Ft. Leavenworth
Kas
Wac
USAG
Kansas
Elsie Fleming
Louisville
Effie Nichols
Ed Foster
Carlyle
Dale Zimmerman
John Jennings
Milton Peddicord
Loyde Jett
Chicago
Martin Jett
Worth, Ill
Beryl Jett
Cecil Jett
Elsie Gray
John Barnes
Lula Troyer
C. F. Cox
Springfield
E. E. Hall
Chris Gergeni
Odin
Jett
James Jett
Willard Branch
Melinda Elliott
Centralia
New Orleans
Lola Stover
Nell Worthington
Ralph Bassett
Billings, Mont
Marvin Bassett
Richard Adams
Bakersfield
Calif
G. W. Bowen
Peovia
Card of Thanks for Martin Nelson
The Nelson family thanks neighbors friends and relatives Dr Basch Cox Martin minister singers and casket bearers for kindness after the loss of Martin Nelson. They appreciate food gifts flowers ecards and prayers from Mrs Ethel Nelson and family including John Maurice Robert Ed Howard and grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basch
Cox & Martin
Martin Nelson
Ethel Nelson
Helen
John F. Nelson
Maurice Nelson
Robert Nelson
Ed Lawson
Howard Nelson
Lions Club Plans Ice Cream Social To Aid Patoka
Lions Club met in Masonic Temple to discuss a Patoka program. Dr L P Busch urged an immediate town ditching project with weekly volunteer hours. Ice cream social set for July 16 at 5 30 pm in front of Schroeder Motor Co to fund Lions activities for the village. Mosquito teams named for weeks ending July 9 and July 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka
Lions Club
Masonic Temple
Jack Braden
L. P. Busch
Schroeder Motor Co
Jim Collins
Don Griffin
Bob Eagan
Mark Cox
Les Griffin
Emil Nattier
Max Quayle
Archie Harper
Wes Griffin
Paul Logan
Home Bureau Meeting With Evelyn Ballance at Patoka
Patoka Home Bureau will hold a Friday meeting at Mrs. Evelyn Ballance home with Mrs. Betty Johnson as co hostess. Roll call will be Things we do together as a family. The Public Affairs lesson on Mental Health will be given by Mrs. Robert Wadkins. There will be no meeting in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka Home Bureau
Evelyn Ballance
Betty Johnson
Robert Wadkins
Vernon Talent Show Winners Steam Past Local Crowd
A Vernon village park crowd gathered for a chicken dinner and talent show. Carmen Johnson won first prize with a piano solo, Gehl Klinge Jimmy Siefers and Steve Jenkins took second as an instrumental trio, and Shelia Burks earned third with a solo song. The Patoka Jitters performed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lange
Vernon Village Park
Carmen Johnson
Gehl Klinge
Jimmy Siefers
Steve Jenkins
Sheila Burks
Patoka Jitters
Methodist WSCS Host to Sub-District Workshop
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of Patoka Methodist Church will host the Sub-District Workshop on Tuesday July 12. Guest speaker Mrs Harry Wells of Lawrenceville Illinois Conference president will speak at the afternoon session starting at 1 30 p m All women in the community are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Patoka Methodist Church
Harry Wells
Lawrenceville, Ill
Roy Wood Dies After Heart Attack While Fishing
Roy Wood suffered a fatal heart attack while fishing on Hickory Creek near town last Thursday morning. A passerby arranged help from Vernon Payne and the victim was rushed to Fayette Co. Hospital in Vandalia where he died hours later. Burial followed Saturday at O Fallon Cemetery. He is survived by his wife Violet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Wood
Hickory Creek
Vernon Payne
Fayette Co. Hospital
Vandalia
East St. Louis
O’fallon
Violet
Dena Lake
Warren Lake
Don Cox
Decatur
Clyde Payne
Chester Burks
Davenport
George Crothers
Loney Crothers
Robinson and
Hutsonville
Richard Cox
Elizabeth Ahlf
Venona
James Davis
Judy
Germany
Vernon
T. E. Snyder
Col. Davis
U. S. Army
Bert Humes
Sandovial
Pat
Robert Hollingsead
John Hollingsead
First Methodist Church
Mt. Vernon
Lillie Walton
Wayne
Carl Doehring
Newton
Kansas
Mary Leininger
Adolph Doehring
Nancy
Derold Doehring
Four Mile
Sophie Ehrat
Matilda Sweinbolt
Augsburg
Rantoul
Homer
Tom
Reca Lindicum
Herbert Beck
Schmidt Clinic
Robinson
Capt
Neil Potts
Homer Potts
Johnny Bancroft
Boys Opportunity Home
Virgil Klinge
Essie Robinson
Nancy Jo
Bob
Kenneth Johnson
Deceatter
Louis Olmstead
Macon
Phillip Meador
Payette Co. Hospital
Wilmer
Independence Day Observed by Sunbeams at Baptist Church
The Sunbeams held an Independence Day program at the Baptist Church on Saturday afternoon July 2 led by president Jessica Johnson. Drusilla Johnson read Psalm 24 and offered prayers for Melinda Eldon Romack the Nelson family and other friends. Food was thanked for by Drusilla Johnson. Next meeting is July 16 a missionary session.
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The
Baptist Church
Sunbeams
Jessica Johnson
Drusilla Johnson
Melinda
Drusilla
Jessiica Johnson
Eldon Romack
Nelson
Mojonnier
Illinois FHA Leaders Plan 20th Annual Leadership Conference
The Illinois Association of Future Homemakers of America will send more than 550 delegates from 5983 chapters to the 20th Annual Leadership Conference July 25 29 at East Bay Camp Lake Bloomington. The theme Our Platform FHA will guide five days of leadership development and participation across chapters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Association of Future Homemakers of America
East Bay Camp
Lake Bloomington
FHA
Ofther
Meredith Belsen
Lovington
Lila Sanders
Patoka
Carolyn Parks
Plainfield
Nancy Monke
Litchfield
Jean Brown
Thomson
Sharon Cerrutti
Gardner
Janis Lashbrook
Farmer City
Kay Melton
Galesburg
Mary Hedrick
Armstrong
Joyce Sharp
Orval Sharp
Patoka Fha
Future Homemakers
Vernon Neighborhood Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events
Vernon residents share a busy week with relatives in Missouri and Illinois. Updates include travels of Payne, Crothers, Snyder and Davis families, a Park injury, a couple’s engagement, and a heart attack in the area. Wheat harvest starts as summer activity continues and local want ads encourage selling and buying.
Miss Sylvia Seats Wed in Trinidad Colorado
Miss Sylvia Seats daughter of Mr and Mrs Alden L Seats of Trinidad Colo wed Merrill Bernard Parsons in a double ring ceremony June 12 at First Methodist Church with Dr Benjamin Eitelgeorge officiating. The bride, a 1959 Trinidad High School graduate, is granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Sears and Mr and Mrs Roy Ballance of Patoka and belongs to Rainbow Girls. The groom, a 1958 Trinidad High School graduate, attended the University of Colorado and is a DeMolay for Boys member. They reside in Weston Colo where the groom works with Parsons Land and Cattle Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Seats
Alden L. Seats
Trinidad
Colo
Merrill Bernard Parsons
First Methodist Church
Benjamin Eitelgeorge
Sylvia
Roy Sears
Roy Ballance
Patoka
Trinidad High School
Triniad Junior College
Order of Rainbow
University of Colorado
DeMolay
Weston
Parson’s Land and Cattle Company
Pochahontas Reopens Newspaper With Local Ads
Pocahontas Illinois regains a tabloid paper after a hiatus. The Pochahontas News debuts under publisher Joe Melosi after the Patriot folded due to weak local advertising. Population listed as 791.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas, Iil
Joe Melosi
Pochahontas News
The
Patriot
Pochahontas
Workshop for High School Business Teachers Concludes
Carbondale Illinois 61 teachers attended a workshop for high school business teachers at Southern Illinois University. Dr Hamden L Forkner Sr emeritus professor Teachers College Columbia University conducted the program to improve business education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Ill
Beryle Jett
Yvonne Pretzsch
Southern Illinois University
Hamden L. Forkner
Teachers College
Columbia University
Lions Ice Cream Social at Schroeder Motor Co
Lions club invitesPatoka residents to attend an ice cream social on Saturday July 16 at 5 30 p m in front of Schroeder Motor Co building Proceeds support club activities and local needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions
Patoka
Schroeder Motor Co
Marshall Creek Benefit at Fredonia Church
Marshall Creek Baptist Church in Fredonia hosts a cemetery benefit on Friday July 8 at 6 30 p m. Attendees can enjoy sandwiches hot dogs and ice cream as part of the event.
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Marshall Creek Baptist Church
Fredonia
Carpentier and Barrett Highlight Girls State Secretary Tie
Illinois Secretary of State Charles F. Carpentier, a critic of Adlai Stevenson, attended a Chicago dinner for Archbishop Sheil’s 50th ordination anniversary and later swore in Girls State officials in Jacksonville. Karen Barrett of Des Plaines was elected Girls State Secretary, with no family link to Carpentier.
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Springfield
Ill
Charles F. Carpentier
Carpentier
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Chicago
Bernard J. Sheil
Edward J. Barrett
Illinois
Jacksonville
Girls State
Perkins Leads Outdoor Wedding at Overcup
Rev. Harry O. Perkins officiated a 7:30 p m June 24 outdoor wedding at Overcup church for Sandra Kay Jarrett daughter of Charles and Doris Jarrett and Gary Carter of Vandalia R R. The ceremony took place under trees and fading twilight. A reception followed Saturday at the Kaskaskia Club. The bride is a 1960 Vandalia High School graduate and the groom works at Vandalia Warehouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandra Kay Jarrett
Charles and
Doris Jarrett
Vandalia R. R
Gary Carter
Harry O. Perkins
Overcup Church
Kaskaskia Club
Vandalia High School
Vandalia Warehouse
Patoka Papooses Demonstration Meeting at High School
The Patoka Papooses gathered in the home ec room at 3 p m on July 5. Brenda Irvin led a cloth cutting and straightening demo while Verna Tacke showed how to measure skirt length. Brenda and Rhonda Irvin modeled skirts as attendees practiced a skit for Share the Fun Night at Salem. Linda Gerrish and Susan Gerrish arranged games and refreshments.
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Patoka
Brenda Irvin
Verna Tacke
Brenda
Rhonda Irvin
Salem
Mary Ann Palaski
Linda Bowen
Linda
Susan Gerrish
Wanda
Susan
Linda Gerrish
Sandy Branch Cemetery Plans Annual Ice Cream Supper
Sandy Branch Cemetery will hold their annual ice cream supper this Friday evening July 8 at the cemetery. Everyone is welcome to attend. Proceeds are used to keep up the cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Branch Cemetery
Also Mentioned on This Page
Home Bureau
Methodist
Marion
the Register
Newspaper
Patoka, Illinois
Judith Ann Easley
Ronald R. Forney
Brentwood, Mo
Helen Easley
Patoka Girls
Crystal
Kathy
Lula Payne
Ewing
John Lewis
Floyd Wall
Brown
Frank Adams
Trinidad, Colorado
Lions Ice Cream
Marshall Creek
Charles Carpentier
Barrett
Karen Barrett
DesPlaines
Overcup
Cynthia Cox
Odd
U.S
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