Sandoval and Patoka Residents Active in Past Week
East Fork residents Henry Stillabower and wife visited Sandoval on Tuesday. Don Peddicord and Herb Schmahl shopped in Patoka Tuesday evening. Elmer Kirgan and wife visited Patoka on Wednesday. Mrs. Irvin Bowen and children were Fairman callers. Mrs. Sarah Schmahl and daughter called on Mrs. May Nichols of Patoka on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Stillabower
Sandoval
Don Peddicord
Herb Schmahl
Patoka
Elmer Kirgan
Irvin Bowen
Fairman
Sarah Schmahl
May. Nichols
Francis
Louise Kirgan
Ruby
Nettie
Ernest Schmahl
Ozie Hill
Chas. Bowen
Robert Terry
Schmahl
Clarence Bowen
Cort Walker
Peddicord
Temple
Gladys
Mabel Bowen
Mayme Bowen
Claude Steele
Mike Stillabower
Jim Meridith
Carrigan
Letha Bowen
Frank Harker
Temple Sunday
Local Social Ties Highlight Visits Across Towns
Alma Ferne Williams visits relatives near Patoka. Delcie Malone spent Sunday with Helen Tomilson. Mary Pullen June Arnold and Mary Louise Caldwell hosted by Lottie Gregory Sunday. Vera Keller Kinmundy visits June Arnold. Eugene Garretts family and Dugan family from Centralia visit George Dugan. Adaline Williams Salem visits Riley Williams. Funeral for Mrs. Bilek attended. Ira Jackson visiting Centralia. Frank Day and Vera visit Centralia. Marion Griffin and wife in Salem. Orrine Gwathmey weekend with Green Ridge parents. Norman Grane Champaign family with Mattie Sprouse Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferne Williams
Patoka
Delcie Malone
Helen Tomilson
Mary Pullen
June Arnold
Mary Louise Caldwell
Lottie Gregory
Vera Keller
Kinmundy
Eugene Garrett
Effie Arnold
Truman Dugan
Centralia
George Dugan
Adaline Williams
Salem
Riley Williams
Bilek
Ira Jackson
Frank Day
Vera
Marion Griffin
Orrine Gwathmey
Greenridge
Norman Granes
Champaign
Mattie Sprouse
Local Visitors and Illness Mark Weekend in Town
East of Town notes list Mr and Mrs Allen Fulton on the sick list. Loren Caldwell and Miss Flora Reeter of Vandalia visited Saturday with his parents. Several families including the Williams, Bullard, Potts, Maulding, Kissner, Ballance, Gilley, and Wickenhouser clans joined relatives across Alma Towt Vernon Cruse area. Hugh Graham died Saturday night. funeral held Tuesday at Cruse cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Fulton
Loren Caldwell
Flora Reeter
Vandalia
Loren
Ferne Williams
Alma
Olliver Duncan
Near Towt
Loren Bullard
Elmer Albert
Lora Caldwell
Mary Louise
John Chance
Harold
Tony Potts
Raymond Maulding
Billy Morris
Kinmundy
Chas. Maulding
Rich Kissner
Nellie
Lester Ballance
Les Thalman
Frank Gilley
Vernon
Hugh Graham
Cruse
Joe Wickenhouser
Pratt couple welcome second child at Patoka Sandoval road
Announcement from Mr and Mrs Clyde Pratt reports the arrival of a fine baby boy their second child at home on the Patoka Sandoval road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Pratt
Patoka-Sandoval Road
Local social notes and visits fill weekend town diary
Sam Knox a Peters Shoe Co. salesman called here. Mrs Elva Towler of Shobonier visited Patoka, and Lloyd of Shobonier sold a power plant to Mr Wooters. Various residents visited, funerals and Decoration Day events noted, and local plans for Independence Day picnic discussed. The column mentions church, railroad, and farm activity and a Mt Vernon orchestra en route to Vandalia. Strawberry crop mentioned as in full blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Knox
Peters Shoe Co
Elva Towler
Shobonier
Patoka
Lloyd
Wooters
Mildred Gieseking
Centra- Ha
Murfin
John A. Mclane
Presb
Pasp
Fairfield
Loogptee
Arthur Ahif
Mayme Smith Robinson
Normal
Vernon
Genie
Clyde Pratt
Sandoval
Elmer W. Belcher
Chub
Clark Jackson
Decatur
Eagan
Edwin Gray
Hugh Graham
Jennie Brichen
Owasso
Mich
W. C. Farrel
Marion
Britt Hines
Rush Wilkins
Salem
Taylor
Ina
Graham
Robert Kelley
S. C
Litchfield & Madison
Madison
Frank Walker
Eber Craig
Mitchell
John Reeves
St. Louis
Vandalia
East
Louise Betts
Juanita Hathaway
M. A. Livesay
Elsberry Mo
Tom Altom
F. W. Lee
Oil Hill
Kan
Albert Cruse
N. M. Gray
Russel Simcox
LeVo Jones
Austin R. Simcox
Pana
Evelyn Stephens
Hanson
Centralia
David Newman
William
Mildred
Springfield
Roy Jones
Kinmundy
Fenton
Orchestra
Mt. Vernon
Health Department Inspect Dairy Plant Stir At Local Milk Station
A St. Louis Board of Health representative inspected the local milk station on Wednesday morning and ordered back many cans from the day’s collection. Inspectors cited cleanliness concerns tied to the milk sold exclusively to St. Louis patrons and questioned local milkmen’s cleanliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Department of
City of
St. Louis
Vernon bank robbers caught and jailed in Illinois
John Mueller and Ruth Gregory were arrested as aides in the Vernon bank robbery. Mueller had already helped in a Germantown bank job. They pleaded guilty in Marion county last Monday and received sentences, with Mueller confined in Chester and Gregory in Joliet likely for a long time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mueller
Ruth Gregory
Vernon
Mueller
Germantown
Marion County
Chester
Joliet
Green
Vernon Bank
Card of Thanks for Support During Illness and Death
The family thanks kind friends and neighbors for help during the illness and passing of their companion, father and brother. Special thanks to those who sent flowers, the choir and the ministers. Mrs. Hugh Graham, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Taylor, Mrs. Jennie Brichen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Graham
Wm. H. Taylor
Jennie Brichen
For Sale Items in Patoka Area Classifieds
Multiple local listings advertise for sale items including two pure bred Shorthorn bull calves one four room house on half acre near school and various lumber posts plants a whippet car and furniture plus pianos and a waterhouse home parcel all with names locations and contact references across Patoka Vernon Shobonier Alma and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perrine
J.A. Bassett
Alma, Ll
J. L. Simcox
H. H. Goff
Patoka
Fred F Busenhart
Shobonier
Ill
Wm. Bryant
J. S
Hudspeth
W. L. Parks
Speaker
Geo. Wickersham
Frank Tompkins
Vernon
Jones Farm
Waterhouse
Henry Oglesby
F. M. Smith
First State Bank of
P. A. Starc Piano Company
Wy Olive Str
ST. Louis
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Buzz Barton
Illinois
Reginald Denny
Lon Chaney
Chaney
Seven Piece Orchestra
H. B. Warner and
Lois An
A Gloriou Ina
Glorious Picture Special Music Muneight
Love Brothers Auto
Glore Lmbr. CO
Vernon, Illinois
General Tire
East Fork
Health Department
Masonic Temple
James Gilley
Davis
Louis L. Emmerson
Earl Graham
MAE Eagan Auto and Property Insurance
Lucas Crawford
M. Smith
H. G. Hudspeth
Win, Perkins
R. R. Odin
Elizabeth Simcox
J. P. Crawford
Iin
Wisler Tikes
L. E. Belcher, Patoka
Patoka Dairy
P Ka
Romeo
Will
Philip Meador
Victor Chick Mesh
C. D. Martin
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