Vernon Rockets 4 H Club Meeting Report
The Vernon Rockets 4 H Club met at the home of Lila and David Sanders on Thursday night July 7. Dean Black spoke on Feeding of Swine and Lola Sanders spoke on Care of a Garden and read When Pa was Courting Ma. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Sanders. next meeting with sponsor Mr. Arthur Falkenhain is set for August 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Rockets
Lila
David Sanders
Dean Black
Lola Sanders
Lola
Sanders
Arthur Falkenhain
Sanitary Milk Producers hold 6th annual Vandalia picnic
The Sanitary Milk Producers Dairy Cooperative held its sixth annual picnic July 10 at Vandalia City Park Pavilion with about 250 attendees from District 7 locals. A program featured 4-H youths, musical acts, and a large basket dinner, plus 30 gallons of ice cream and free milk and pop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanitary Milk Producers Dairy Cooperative
Vandalia City Park
District 7
Pierron
Sorento
Greenville
Ohlman-Witt
Coreen
St. Paul Prairie
Patoka
Vandalia
Bend
Montgomery
Fayette
Marion
Urban Spinner
Arlene Werner
Montgomery County
Sandy
Bobby Langel
Sandra Ganzer
Ill
Judy Logan
Mil
Joyce Fristoe
St. Elmo
District
Betty
Judy Cook
Ilee Altman
Noko
Ardeth Briscoe to Attend Illinois F H A Leadership Conference
Ardeth Briscoe of Patoka will represent the Patoka chapter of Future Homemakers of America as a delegate at the 15th annual Illinois State Leadership Training Conference. The five day event runs July 25 to 29 at East Bay Camp Lake Bloomington Illinois. Ardeth a Patoka High School junior serves as president of her F H A chapter. The Illinois F H A is a state unit of a national organization with more than 27000 members. Hugh Muncy executive manager of the Illinois Chain Store Council Chicago will lead the 1955 conference focus on leadership and personal training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardeth Briscoe
Dwight Briscoe
Patoka
Future Homemakers of America
East Bay Camp
Lake Bloomington
Ardeth
F.H.A
Illinois Association
Hugh Muncy
Illinois Chain Store Council
Chicago
Methodist Quilters Meet at Jennings Farm Home
The Patoka group gathered 32 members for quilting and fellowship at Mrs Kay Jennings home due to Vacation Bible School. A noon pot luck was served. Lula Troyer attended with the group. Chester G Jolliff of Patoka died July 10 1955 in Centralia at age 82. He leaves a daughter Elva Messamore a brother Ulysses Jolliff four grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral services were at Cox Martin Funeral Home Patoka with Rev W C Beard. Burial Wiley Cemetery Colfax Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Jennings
Lula Troyer
Patoka
Chester” Jolliff
Chester Grant Jolliff
Samuel A
Rebecca Jane Jolliff
St. Marys Hospital
Centralia
Ill
Mary E. Smith
Colfax
Ilinois
Elva Messamore
Bloomington
Ulysses Jolliff
Cox & Martin Funeral Home
W. C. Beard
Wiley Cemetery
Victoria Chapter Eastern Star meets with thirteen members
Victoria Chapter Order of Eastern Star held its regular meeting on Monday night July 11 with thirteen members present. Florence Simcox and George Wasem were reported sick. Refreshments of cake and punch were served by Erna Harper at the close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Order of Eastern Star
Florence Simcox
George Wasem
Erna Harper
Revival Meeting at Patoka General Baptist Church
Revival services begin Sunday evening July 17 at Patoka General Baptist Church with evangelist Bro Virgil Slater and nightly special singing. Everyone is welcome. Local social notes mention visits and travels of residents including the Barnes family Ballance and Pugh, with several relatives and friends noted in nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka General Baptist Church
Virgil Slater
Reverend Stowe Enrolls in Garrett Biblical Institute Summer Session
The Rev Richard Stowe pastor of Patoka Methodist Church attends the first Garrett Biblical Institute summer session in Evanston Illinois from June 20 to July 22 He will stay for the second session and he earned a 1954 BA degree from Southern Illinois University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Stowe
Patoka Methodist Church
Garrett Biblical Institute
Evanston, Ill
Stowe
Garrett
Southern Illinois University
Mass production reshapes economy and daily life
In Hatfield Massachusetts and Boothbay Maine readers debate the impact of machines, mass production, and taxation on affordability and government services. Letters note greater productivity lowers prices and expands access to goods, while others warn voters would face the true cost of government spending. Norfolk and Detroit visitors join local gatherings as Merrit Caldwell arrives for a fair visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatfield
Boothbay
Port Gibson
Miss
Reveille
Postal Service
Maurice Lee Belcher
Norfolk
Virginia
Bob. Kreuger
Detroit
Michigan
Lester Belcher
Susie
Tamaico
Jess Belcher
Merrit Caldwell
Jacksonville
Bricker Receives Fayette County University Scholarship
Gene Bricker of Patoka area folk, son of Mr and Mrs Forrest Bricker, was notified by the University of Illinois this week that he won the Fayette County scholarship. He has already registered for the fall term at Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Bricker
Forrest Bricker
Patoka
University of Ill
Fayette County
Gene
Woman's Society of Christian Service Meets at Church
The Methodist Church hosted the Woman's Society of Christian Service meeting on July 7 with Lora Altom leading prayer and devotions. Bertha Miller read and members sang America The Beautiful. 26 members attended and were served cake and lemonade by hostesses Phoebe Carter Maude Brumfield Etta Crawford and Rita Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Lora Altom
Bertha Miller
America
America the Beautiful
Bible School
Carryle Alexander
Ferbie Fiscus
Eleanor Stowe
Phoebe Carter
Maude Brumfield
Etta Crawford
Rita Hill
Clarence Albert Family Visiting Home Community News
Mr and Mrs Clarence Albert and their sons Leslie and Earl of Arizona arrived home Saturday afternoon. Many relatives and friends called including Mrs Mary Perkins and children Neema and George Allen James Hyde and Mrs Dorothy Albert. The Meredith family hosted a gathering with home made ice cream cake and fruit. The Alma Fredonia road was oiled and closed north of church while the south end opened, affecting Bible School travel. Electric power was off until 8 45 Friday evening. Several neighbors and relatives visited throughout the weekend with multiple small social calls and baptisms noted at Farydell bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Arnold
Decatur
W. S. Jackson
M. D. Karr
St. Marys Hospital
Centralia
Beecher Loop
Arlington Heights
Lloyd Davis
Doris Davis
Leroy Norfeet
Tacoma
Washington
Lela Guymon
Salem
Clarence Guymon
Howard Lee Peyton
Illiopolis
Peyton
Bassett
Maude Curtis
Lawrence- Oville
T. E. Snyder
Elizabeth Betts
Charles Rosenbaum
Peoria
M. N. Rosenbaum
Detroit
Michigan
Oscar Rosenbaum
Dewey Neilson
Laura
Julia Mae
Minnesota
Colorado
Montana
Sioux Falls
Alma Neilson
Jens Neilson
Custer
Mont
Neilson
Thurby Meador
Karen
David Williams
M.Y.F
Iola
Lila
David Sanders
Nancy
Barbara Phinney
Linda Binnion
Newcomb
Mae Smith
Danville
George Johnson
Dallas Robinson
Joliet
Evelyn Lusby
Woodlawn
Neil Potts
Minneapolis
Minn
H. N. Potts
James Hathaway
Scott
Jolit
Clarence Albert
Leslie and
Earl
Arizona
Mary Perkins
Neema
George Allen
James Hyde
Dorothy Albert
Meredith
John Albert
Agnes Brewer
Paul
Henry Meredith
Henry
Harold Meredith
Bell Plaines
Kansas
Wisconsin
Harold
Alma-Fredonia
Dominick Milano
Everett Jett
Anetta Jett
Peggy
Dean
Roy Thalman
Lorraine Albert
Claude Metcalf
Frank Linder
Maude Jett
Fred Simpson
Boston
Mass
Janet Kile
Raymond Bowen
William Palmer
Farydell Bridge
Grandma Gray
4-H Club Camp Week in West Frankfort Shows Broad Activities
The Marion County 4-H Camp week in West Frankfort offered swimming, crafts, nature study and sports like softball and archery to boys and girls aged 8 to 20. About 170 to 165 beginners swim certificates were issued by Roger Whobrey the lifeguard instructor as the camp proceeds with staff from the University of Illinois assisting. The article lists young Marion County attendees and notes the age groups and upcoming week starting July 25 for older participants. It also covers local wheat yield observations, comparing 1955 with 1954 and urging scientific cultivation and proper smut control to boost Marion County’s wheat production toward state-leading levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Illinois
Willia G. Stratton
Illinois Tuberculosis Association
Marion County Tuberculosis Association
Illinois Trudeau Society
Southern
Roger Whobrey
Red Cross
Marion County
University of Illinois For Recreation
Ruth Currie
Carolyn Maschger
Janice Barenfanger
Marilyn Sue Hester
Patty Gaston
Sharon Hawley
Doris Crippen
Mary Jane Gaston
Mary Bowles
Judy Cunningham
Sandra Brasel
Janet Ford
Polly Bartle
Jerry Lange
Larry Leach
Jimmy Gergeni
Warren Shufeldt
Robert Shufeldt
Stanley Morton
Robert L. Hawn
Curtis Masch
Paul Calvert
Washington
Clinton
Miss Carolyn Nattier Visits Family in Champaign
Student nurse Miss Carolyn Nattier of Champaign spent several days this week with her mother Mia Mae Nattier and Vera, enjoying family time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Nattier
Champaign
Mia
Mae Nattier
Vera
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Roy Veal
Metamora
Inlaw
Walter Morey
Don Klingler
Dorothy Cox
Hazel Cox
O. L. West
Alton
O. F. West
Pam
Sanitary
Tressie Barnes and Family
Mis
Thomas Korte
Edwin Korte
Jennings Farm
Victoria Chapt
C.E.S. Notes
John C. Barnes
LaVon
Barnie
Reba Gray
James Ballance
Douglas
Anna Pugh
Kokomis
Hugh LeMay
Clyde Jackson
Bill Johnson
Linda
Drucilla
Waverly
F. B. Ballance
Mrs. Ballance
Ruby Linton
Kinmundy
Mae Eagan
Rev. R. Stowe
Grass Roots Opinions
Fredonia News
James Lett
Herrick
Edd Lett
Mahomet
Rosco Roberts
Indianapolis
Ind
Mary Galaway
Estella Ververs
Fred Tacke
Relaives
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