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Patoka Local News Highlights Weekend Visits and Family Ties
Local notes show Miss Gayle Belcher visiting Centralia to be with her mother Mrs. Madaline Porter in Centralia hospital. July Fourth gatherings include CCC members Dean Long and Doyle Beckemeyer with family, and many Patoka residents hosting relatives and friends from nearby towns and states.
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Gayle Belcher
Centralia
Geo. Holland
Madaline Porter
Centralia Hospital
Dean Long
CCC
Havana
Patoka
George Featherstone
Odin
Doyle Beckemeyer
Makanda
Belle Beckemeyer
Clark Simcox
Salem
Hirara Ballance
Everett Meryman
H. W. Walker
Dessa
Oral Walker
Helen
Vandalia
Marcel Field
Eli Logan
Alta Pugh
Paul Logan
Flint, Mich
Ranney Poole
Emma Earl
Mounds
Ira Livesay
Decatur
D. R.livesay
Clifford Pugh
Opal Metcalf
G.&. Roop
C. N. Cruse
George Wasem
Albert Cruse
Kansas
Kesner Cruse
Chicago
Anna Pugh
Nokomis
Hugh LeMay
May
Joe Simpson
Muskegon
Mich
Elvin DeLay
Simcox
Hattie Dukes
Leo Walker
Howard Riley
St. Louis
Willard McIntyre
Dixon