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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1937
Page
1
The Patoka oil field sight bursts with 22 rigs in various stages as crews from Texas to Illinois drill, casing, and pump. Contractors, lease buyers, and line crews race to connect pipelines while townsfolk watch with hope for productive wells and rising prosperity.
In the 1939 New York Fair construction scene in Patoka oil activity grows at Benoist and McCloskey sands. Nattier No 1 finished. No 2 drilling began. I W Taylor Drilling erects new derricks. a large 115 ft rig targets 6000 ft depths. Adams Oil & Gas reports Meryman No 7 and Davidson Nos 1 and 2 wells, with salt water at Davidson No 1 and Benoist sand production potential ahead.
A photo shows an oil well on the Thos Altom property flowing oil nearly a hundred feet above the mast after a shot fired 15 minutes earlier. Ainscough well yields salt water but is being pumped to become productive. Geo Failing Drilling Co tests a new hole near Huey. Crew rebuilds a damaged rig, and materials arrive for a booster and storage tanks near town.
Farm Adviser Blackburn notes wheat and oats will substitute for corn on Marion county farms after threshing. He says blended grains meet stock needs and that ground wheat fed with hogs yields rapid gains and lower cost, with tests showing profitable results when mixing shelled corn, ground wheat and ground oats.
The Household Science Department of the Marion County Farmers Institute holds an all day meeting at the Methodist Church in Juba on Friday July 16. Mrs Anita Skamel secretary and Mrs W J Fulton president invite all county ladies to attend the noon pot luck dinner and program including a canning demonstration by Miss Margaret Murphy from an Iowa State College program.
Dale Nattier becomes owner of the Patoka Houseware and Furniture Co after buying out brother W. M. Nattier. Dale and Bill have run the business for months serving a wide area, with Edwin Arnok joining as longtime assistant.
Sunday School at 9 30 a m preaching at 10 45 a m and 2 10 p m Island Chapel services at 9 30 a m 10 45 a m and 7 46 p m business meeting 2 10 Sunday afternoon Rev W D Humphrey in charge Postmaster Meckin ey lists Island Chanel Clam Business meeting details and gospel services.
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