Pension Plan for Aged Gets Wide Support
A San Bernardino County petition backing a Townsend style old age pension draws 8000 signatures with a goal of 15000. Proponents claim a $200 monthly pension for those over 60 will cut poverty, create jobs, and reduce taxes by cutting charity and crime costs. document outlines conditions: no further work, criminal history free, and spending the pension within the US within 80 days.
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John Stephens
Harriet Wagner
California
United States
Townsend
Golden Wedding Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Simcox
The fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Simcox was observed Friday, July 20, in Patoka. Relatives could not attend, but neighbors note their long residence here and community spirit. Mrs. Simcox helps with Bible vacation school as part of their service to the town.
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J. L. Simcox
Simcox
Patoka
Patoka Register
Arthur Irvins Returns Home From California
Arthur Irvin returned to Pa toka Illinois from Pomona California where he accompanied Mrs Irvin for several weeks. He reports Mrs Irvin will stay with her sons in California until October when she will motor home with son Guy Montgomery and family. He recalls a bus accident near Albuquerque New Mexico in which no one was injured as the driver apparently fell asleep and the bus swerved into a forest fifty miles from a town, a distance that left passengers grateful to escape harm.
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Arthur Irvin
Patoka
Pomona
California
Mrs. Irvin
Surprise Party For Miss Ellen Ballance
The Zion Young People’s Sunday School class held a surprise eighteenth birthday party for Miss Ellen Ballance at her home on Wednesday July 18 The gathering featured outdoor games and ice cream cake Attendees included Lucille Nichols Helen McNichol Clara Frizzell Ellen Ballance Lila Williams Evelyn Nattier Freda McNichol Roberta Arnold Glenna Meador Mary Del Sautier Velma Long Lucille Bates Francis Neilson Irene Livesay Lele Mae Nichols Lora Ballance Gladys Garrett Juanita Neilson Marian Hollenbeck Katheryn Soutier Wilbur Chandler Bud Stephens Maurice Nattier Dean Anderson Dean Meador Edward Foster Marion Nattier Enos Berry Leo Williams Louie Soutier Burl Meador Carl Chance Lee Griffin Charles Berry Dean Long Harry B Anderson M D Ballance Edmond Nattier All departed at a late hour wishing Ellen many happy returns of the day.
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Zion
Irene Livesay
Lele MaeNichols
Lora Ballance
Gladys Garrett
Juanita Neilson
Marian Hollenbeck
Katheryn Soutier
Wilbur Chandler
Bud Stephens
Maurice Nattier
Dean Anderson
Dean Meador
Edward Foster
Marion Nattier
Enos Berry
Leo Williams
Louie Soutier
Burl Meador
Carl Chance
Lee Griffin
Charles Berry
Dean Long
Harry B. Anderson
Russell Lovell Trans ferred to Hawaii
Russell Lovell of Salem son of Rev and Mrs L Lovell has been stationed at Jefferson Barracks St Louis. He will depart soon for Hawaii after enlisting in the army months ago. Lovell was well known in Patoka where his family lived when Rev Lovell pastored the Christian church. He spent the weekend with his parents in Salem before leaving and was a brief visitor in Patoka on Sunday.
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Russell Lovell
Salem
L. Lovell
Jefferson Barracks
Bee St. Louis
Hawaii
Russell
Army
Patoka
Lovell
Christian Church
Co. G. A. Club Meeting At Doris Good Home
The club gathered at Miss Doris Good's house for an evening of games. Refreshments of orangeade and wafers were served and guests left satisfied with a pleasant gathering.
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Doris Good
Time to Use Time Better in Patoka
A reflective piece urges readers to stop wasting time and start using daylight wisely. It argues modern life and travel limits waste precious hours on selfish talk and idle dreaming while promoting outdoor activity, self improvement, and community life. The author envisions Patoka as an experimental station to record only pleasant thoughts one day a week.
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Patoka
A _ daily
Local School Building Undergoes Rapid Improvements
Work on the local school progresses quickly with electric lighting wired, plastering finished, a large safety window added, new floors being reconstructed, and painting underway. The transformation promises a brighter, healthier environment for students.
Lawn Party Honors Lola Morey Forty Birthday
Twenty five youths gathered at Lola Morey home Wednesday to celebrate her fourteenth birthday with ice cream wafers and games. Ellwood Livesay of Decatur is visiting relatives in town this week.
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Morey
Lola Morey
Ellwood Livesay
Decatur
Mrs Eliza Farmer Visits Niece at Hopkins Home
Mrs Eliza Farmer was a recent visitor at the country home of her niece, Mrs Bettie Hopkins.
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Eliza Farmer
Bettie Hopkins
Rostra Club Meets With Mrs Wasem in July Session
The Rostra club held a regular meeting on Thursday evening, July 19, with Mrs. G. J. Wasem presiding. Members present included Mrs. E. W. Belcher, Mrs. Donald Wilson, Mrs. E. L. DeLay, Mrs. W. W. Murfin, Mrs. J. W. Alexander, and Mrs. Homer N. Potts. Murfin led a discussion of Better English assignments and poetry readings showed wide tastes. Mrs. Alexander read an article on The Art of Being a Good Conversationalist. August meeting assignments were set for Mrs. Wilson.
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Rostra Club
G. J. Wasem
E. W. Belcher
Donald Wilson
E. L. DeLay
W.W. Murfin
J. W. Alexander
Homer N. Potts
Murfin
Alexander
Wilson
Parker Family Returns Home to Muskogee Oklahoma
Elmer Parker and family return to their Muskogee home after a week visiting Mrs. Parker's parents Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Black and relatives in Marion county.
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Elmer Parker
Muskogee
Okla
Dairy Board Investigates Drought Relief Request
A. D. Lynch, regional Dairy Division consultant for the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, returned from the St. Louis area after a week of drought investigations. He submitted findings to Secretary Wallace and the Sanitary Milk Producers board seeks quick government action and a raise in milk prices plus reclassification of supply. Amendments to price schedules in midwestern fluid milk regions follow reports of rising production costs due to feed and water shortages. Lynch gathered data from fifteen districts showing serious conditions across the Sanitary Milk Producers territory.
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A. D. Lynch
Dairy Division
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Washington
St. Louis
Wallace
Board of Directors of Sanitary Milk Producers
Middle West
Lynch
Patoka Kinmundy Highway Project Reopens With Federal Aid
Federal funds approved by Congress revive Patoka to Kinmundy road work linking Meridian highway to Kinmundy. Surveying starts at Oscar Hill farm with bids planned for gravel surface and completion of most remaining segments, boosting farm accessibility and land values.
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Congress
Patoka-Kinmundy
Kinmundy
Oscar Hill
Patoka
Death of Dr. J. W. DuComb of Carlyle
Dr. J. W. DuComb longtime Carlyle and Beckemeyer physician died after a long illness linked to injuries from an auto accident nine years earlier. Survived by wife, son Dr. Wilson DuComb, brothers Dr. M. P. DuComb and Russell DuComb. Funeral held Thursday at Carlyle Methodist Church.
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J. W. DuComb
Carlyle
DuComb
Jim DuComb
Clinton County
Beckemeyer and Carlyle
Wilson DuComb
M. P. DuComb
Patoka
Russel DuComb
Keyesport
Carlyle Methodist Church
Patoka Boys Enlist At Jefferson Barracks
Jack Jennings departed Wednesday for Jefferson Barracks to remain indefinitely as he enlists in the U. S. Army and will be stationed at the training camp. Charles Belcher and Delbert Marshall also enlisted as CC camp workers and await transfer to a camp for future service.
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Jack Jennings
Jefferson Barracks
Jack
U. S. Army
Charles Belcher
Delbert Marshall
Patoka to Host Xenia Baseball Club Sunday
The Patoka baseball team meets the Xenia club here Sunday afternoon July 29. The Xenia team, organized by a local church, fielding skilled players, promises an interesting game for local fans.
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Patoka
Xenia
Afernoon
Xenia Club
Son Born to Mr and Mrs Wal ton in Foster Township
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Walton of Foster township on July 22, marking a family addition reported in local notices.
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C. A. Walton
Foster Township
War profiteering critique spurs universal service debate
The Egyptian Legionnaire cites a Christian Science Monitor editorial arguing war profits should be removed, urging universal service and price controls. It lists wartime profits of major firms like U S Steel and Bethlehem Steel, and notes Senate resolutions to strip profits from war and investigate arms makers.
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Christian Science Monitor
Congress
American Legion
du Pont
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Anaconda Copper
Utah Copper
American Smelting and Refining Co
Republic Iron and Steel
International Mercantile Marine
Atlas Powder Co
Canadian Car and Foundry
Crocker Wheeler Cor
Hercules Powder Co
General Motors
Vandenburg
Michigan
War Policies Commission
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Rogier Family Reunion Held in Hillsboro Park
A Rogier family reunion gathered in Hillsboro Sunday with about thirty attendees, fewer than past years. Participants from Patoka included William Rogier, Millard Rogier and family, Artie Rogier, Nellie Belicher, and Dale Thompson and family.
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Rogier
Illinois
Hillsboro
Patoka
William Rogier
Millard Rogier
Artie Rogier
Nellie Belicher
Dale Thompson
Christian Church Sunday Schedule and Leaders
The Christian Church holds Sunday School at 9 30 a m and communion at 10 30 a m. Christian Endeavor meets at 7 p m with Lucille Field listed as July 29 leader. Bible Study is Wednesday at 8 p m with Frank Williams as July 28 leader.
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Christian Endeavor
Lucille Field
Frank Williams
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Pension Plan For Aged
F. E. Townsend
Long Beach
Mrs. J. L. Simcox
Arthur Irvins
Miss Ellen Ballance
Wasem
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