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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1947
Page
4
An entry dated November 2, 1907 lists second class mail status at Patoka Illinois under the Act of March 8 1879. It states subscription rates of 1 50 dollars per year in advance within Marion County 2 00 dollars per year in advance outside the county.
Mr and Mrs Orville Adams and guests visited Mr and Mrs Vernon Mah Jardt in Carlyle Thursday evening. Edward Gaddy and others visited Mrs Ro bert Howe in Greenville Tuesday. Mrs Highfield in Lebanon Friday and Mrs Asa Mann in Centralia Friday morning. The John Adams family attended a show in Sandoval Thursday night. The Hahn and Lewis Swagler families hosted visitors Thursday evening. Gail Schultz of Grand Tower spent Sunday with the Singleton family.
Chicago couples Dr and Mrs Ben Gazzardo Mr and Mrs Edward Meyer and daughter Janice visited Hugh Jensen and his sons. Champaign visitor Miss Henrietta Wedekemper. Aurora residents Irvin Beadle and daughter visited William Beadle. Centralia residents Lena Brandol and Rubnett visited Claude Brummet. Judge Jesse L Simpson of Edwardsville urged support for Republican Illinois Supreme Court candidates in the August 4 1947 election.
U S Savings Bonds sales in Illinois for June totaled 42 585 527 dollars said Arnold J Raven state director of the Treasury Savings Bonds division. Series E sales reached 26 287 864 dollars Series F 2 171 881 dollars and Series G 14 125 800 dollars. The June July promotion stressed regular buying with results expected to reflect as more buyers join Payroll Savings and Bond a Month plans.
Mr. and Mrs. Loren Deadmond arrived home after a two week trip visiting Yellowstone Park rodeos and many sights. In Powell Wyoming they met Sandoval locals including Roy Brown A C Kindel Harry Kindel Oscar Bradford and the Hendersons and Herb McClellands party. Ralph Seidel of Bridgeport Illinois visited his mother Essie Seidel. Mora and Jean Sherman of Chicago came for a relatives visit. Local figures Frank Atkinson Marie Benoist Leslie Weber Vernon Weber and Audrey Weber also present from Mt Vernon and St Louis areas.
Sunday callers visited the home of Mrs. Bertha Schuenamann and Mrs. Ida Benoist. Mrs. Anna Mae Burge and Mary Lou Joyce of St. Louis were recent visitors at their grandmother Mrs. Maurice Joyce's home. Miss Vivian Stiles returned home Saturday after three weeks in Springfield where she conducted a
Miss Stiles conducts a Day camp at Lincoln Park and runs a similar program at Centralia. She will hold a Girl Scout Day camp in Carthage next week as part of her summer work.
Miss Aline Schlosser of Sandoval and Miss Marilyn Wetherford of Woodlawn Illinois visited their aunt Mrs. Fern Williams who is a patient at St. Marys hospital in Centralia Saturday.
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