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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1966
Page
2
Circulation note lists Mrs Mary Ballance and others with contact lines. Reporters include Patoka Miss Pearl Britt Vernon Miss Letta Hopkins and Shobonier Helen Hourigan. Sports names Morris Carter Alpha Gray Amelia Meredith Erma Sanders and Jo Sharp credited to USS cl.
A traveler notes littering near Route 460 and praises a clean highway while describing the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows. The bells over the Reflection Pool echo hourly and before services, drawing visitors. the article details the shrine’s history, growth, and year round open access. It also covers nearby community notices and local acknowledgments.
Alma resident Mrs. Josephine McWhirter visits Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wikenhauser. Nora Quayle returns from California after months with her son. Coffeen pair Carla and Cary May stay with Headley grandparents. Ronnie May and his mother visit Headleys. Mary Cripe of Vandalia guests Headley family. Leuty of Salem dies in his sleep. father of Mrs. Lucille McGraw. J C Binnion on vacation visiting Harold Blankenship in Wisconsin. Belle Thomas visits sister Bertha Holt.
A devotional site features a full size Lourdes Grotto replica and Stations of the Cross along a leafy path. The path includes a roadway so visitors can tour by car and reach St. Joseph's Hall with a cafeteria and information area.
A ship oceanographer from Ontario dropped four bottles overboard in Hudson Bay on June 26, 1965. One bottle reached Cornwall, England eleven months later, delivering a marriage proposal to Linda Christiansen of New York. Another returned from Caen, France. A reader notes Illinois farm land sold for 1090 dollars per acre, signaling rising prices.
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