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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1936
Page
5
A bank cashier swears to the truth of a financial statement listing assets including cash and due from banks U S government obligations and various deposits plus capital stock surplus and profits. The declaration asserts all items agree with the auditor report as required by Illinois law.
Local classified items list offerings from Patoka and Centralia Illinois. Heifers and pigs join garden produce Cucumbers for pickling Mowing equipment Ducati tractor parts and a 1928 Dodge roadster with Crosley radio. Sellers include James Want, Carroll Mojonnier Elmer Berry Wilmer Meador and J W Alexander.
Mrs. Jake Shepard spent from Friday till Monday with her sister Mrs. Theodore Stone. Mrs Edna Sanders Mrs Julia n Todd and Dorothy Fiscus spent Tuesday with her brother John Richards and family. John Richards and family A R Fiscus and wife and Clyde Dean Cox spent the Fourth with Cecil Fiscus and wife. Mrs Noble Bryant and children spent Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Phil Wyant and son.
Cash paid for eggs and cream with honest weights and tests. Works 100 percent with federal and state inspectors. Located west of the I C Depot Patoka Illinois. Give us a trial. Mrs. Jessie Ellis, Operator.
The M. E. Church South Patoka posts Sunday School at 9 30 a m and preaching at 10 45 a m. A prayer meeting is set for Thursday evening at 7 30. Zion church offers Sunday School at 10 00 a m and preaching at 7 45 p m with a prayer meeting Tuesday evening at 7745. Pastor F M McKinney.
Raymond Alexander visiting north. multiple local families attend dances in Shobonier. Various calls and visits occur at Patoka, Vandalia, and Morrisonville with neighbors stopping by Lon Belcher, George Goodwin, Jobe Murray, and others. Mrs Frank Brown improves after gallstone attack. several family visits over the Fourth.
The annual meeting of The Mother Church in Boston reports an appeal for world peace, reiterates demand for Mary Baker Eddy writings, and notes 22 new churches and eight university branches bringing totals to 2751 churches and 55 college units. Elizabeth Cadwell Tomlinson elected president succeeding Dr. Frank C. Colby.
Mr and Mrs Pearl Poole and children visit with Mr and Mrs Norman Gerrish and son. Irvin Bowen called on Wash Bowen. Mrs Mat Belcher visited Mrs Boyd Steele. Clifton Bowen returns from Peoria. Centralia time coming attended. Hazel and Earl Heindrich visit grandmother Mary Meredith. Hazel Heindrich and Opal Belcher visit Freda Bowen. Pete Bopp made a business call in Vandalia. Albert Bowen and Herschel Taylor head to Peoria for work.
East Zion community activity includes many visits among families across Farina Vernon Salem and nearby towns. Notable items include births health updates weddings funerals and Fourth of July attendance plus several residents visiting relatives and neighbors.
The EAGLIN column lists a busy week with a Children's Day program and preaching service well attended, various visitors including Mrs O H Britt and son Raymond, and residents like M D Ballance, John Thalamn, and Erna Foltz visiting relatives. Wheat threshing is noted as a local activity.
Mr and Mrs Harold Chandler visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs Elmer Arnold. Earl Doolen was home from Sterling. Jess Jones came home over the Fourth from the CCC camp. Jean Walker granddaughter ill with scarlet fever, third local quarantine. Mr and Mrs Dean Arnold visit Sunday with her father Nichols. Arthur Holt and Irene Livesay went to St Louis. Paul Arnold went to CortraiA for an A V F W meeting. Many Arnold Chapel folks attended the Kinmundy Fourth celebration.
Irene Hansen stayed with her aunt Mrs Elva Pal mer and family last week. Everett Jett and John Wagner shopped in Patoka on Wednesday. Herman Muck shopped in Odin on Tuesday. Dwight and Bobbie Raver of Salem spent several days last week visiting their uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Herman Muck.
The schedule covers the second half of the season with matchups listed by date. Key pairs include Cubs versus Vernon, Cardinals versus Island Chapel, Tigers against Zion, Giants facing Eaglin, and varied permutations through July and August across multiple venues.
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