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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1933
Page
1
Thirty four members and guests attended a backwards themed Silver Tea at the S M Spurgeon home. Guests wore clothes backward and refreshments arrived before greetings. Miss Ruby Eagan and Rev Glottery entertained with operatic songs before games wrapped up a pleasant evening. Mrs Beckemeyer to host August meeting.
Despite full knowledge of typhoid fever the disease remains a serious health risk in Illinois with several hundred cases yearly. It is spread mainly by carriers who feel secure with clean water and milk controls, and prevention via three anti-typhoid inoculations can grant immunity for two to three years. If sanitation and carrier control continue for twenty five years experts believe typhoid could be eradicated.
Mr and Mrs E L DeLay return home after a week at the World's Fair. Cyril DeLay served as official bell ringer on the Enchanted Island ride and drew local attention. The DeLay family notes the fair's prices and displays as especially engaging with Kinmundy resident Prod Barcroft seen there.
Urbana reports Lee A. Somers urges quick fall planting to recover from heat and drought losses. He details mid July to early August sowings for garlic onions spinach mustard lettuce turnips and peas, then a second fall crop of cabbage carrots beets and romaine with careful watering and soil moisture management.
Vernon resident Miss Minnie Peddicord recently returned from an automobile trip with Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Ehlers and children of St. Louis. The journey covered eight states and included visits to the Taft Museum in Cincinnati, the Blue Grass region of Kentucky, the Cumberland Gap, Knoxville, Nashville, and The Heritage home of Andrew Jackson, among other sites.
Miss Harriett Quayle spent Sunday with friends in Sandoval. Bab Altom and wife and Mrs. Florence Simcox were Decatur and Clinton visitors Saturday. They were joined home from Clinton by Quayle’s daughter Betty who spent a week with Clinton relatives, and Marjory Caldwell will visit here for a few days.
A letter from Maurice Dukes describes Camp Astoria in Lewistown as a soil erosion project under CCC supervision. The camp houses about 200 men in tents with a radio tent, doctors tent, cook shack, ration and supply tents, and officers quarters. Crews work five days a week on erosion control while a water supply and bath house are being built, with visitors welcome.
Last Friday night friends and relatives gathered at Mr. and Mrs. George Nicholson home in Brick School community north of Odin to honor Mr. and Mrs. Logan Nicholson visiting from Harvey Illinois. Guests included Almeda Nicholson family and many neighbors. Host served homemade ice cream as the evening progressed.
John Anderson of Bear Creek visited Patoka on Tuesday. Luther Ballance Glen Hill Rosemary Lovell and Lola Bell Morey were among Centralia visitors last Sunday night.
Lydia Logan, born January 22, 1855, died July 16, 1988, aged 78 years. She married J. C. Logan in 1872, had six daughters and one son, with several predeceased. Survived by Nora Hines, Nannie Britt, Hiram Logan, Ethel Chance, nine grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and a wide circle of relatives. Funeral held July 18 at the late home, interment Cruse Cemetery.
Mr and Mrs John T Morris of Los Angeles California spent last week visiting his mother Mrs Harve Livesay and other relatives here and at Centralia John a Patoka farm boy has made good in the west holding a lucrative position with an adding machine and typewriter company They traveled by auto in four days to Ottawa Illinois to visit relatives and to see A Century of Progress in Chicago They plan to return to California about early September
Mrs Helen J Chilton has bought the Shimp place of Miss Alice Caldwell and moved her household goods from Centralia to the new home. Mrs Griggs has moved to the 1500 block South Hickory in Centralia. Chilton is doing repair work and making a comfortable home for friends to visit.
The Marion County reunion for soldiers sailors and many officials runs July 24 to 29 in Salem. Events include G A K Day July 24 Republican Day July 25 with Wayland Brooks and Hanford MacNider, G A R Democrat Day July 26, American Legion Day July 27 with Ringley and Hussey, Spanish War Day July 28 with Otten Neal Huston, and Old Settlers Day July 29 with prizes. Saturday night features the Green Corn Dance.
In Shattuc two men, the Keister Brothers, were attacked and tied up as robbers sought money but only $200 was found. Authorities continue the case. The next day Arthur Thomas reported suspicious men near his home. deputies arrested two men found with a handgun arsenal. They remained jailed in Carlyle pending further investigation.
After a weather shutdown last fall, road work on the Irvington to Okanville route resumes. Eight miles west of New Baden will be completed with cement on hand for four miles, while a possible small gap at Okanville may delay finishing due to right of way litigation.
Phillips Jay a Chicago based claim agent for Illinois Central System wrote an essay on the arrest and trial of Jesus Christ. Published in the July issue of the Illinois Central Magazine the piece quotes the Talmud Bible and rabbis opinions. He concludes the trial procedure and judgement violated Roman and Jewish laws.
Glenwood Brown and wife of Vernon visited Patoka Tuesday evening. B. Walker, previously ill, is much improved. David Gerrish and family from Blu ford visited Patoka late last week. Mrs. F. Lee and family from Oil Hill Kansas arrived Saturday to visit home folks. Albert Cruse and wife and other Ramsey relatives were in Patoka.
The Illinois News Bureau notes that Democratic and Republican figures differ on biennial appropriations. It argues 1933 funds are not vastly smaller than 1931, citing large one time permanent improvements of earlier years and asserting current spending favors payrolls for party use, with sales tax and auto theft law funds highlighted. It also claims Chicago and Cook County relief largely relies on borrowing.
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