Patoka Alumni Banquet Highlights and Class Remarks
The Patoka Alumni Association met at the Aymbasium on Thursday evening May 29 27 with 116 attendees. Officers elected include Miss Irene Hopkins president Gerald Cox vice president John Rogier Jr secretary and Miss MacKagan treasurer. The evening featured vocal solo duets and short talks followed by a banquet. Class responses listed numerous members from 1901 to 1964 with many tied to Ballance Rogier Wasem and related families. A 1904 class tribute by Anna Ballance celebrated classmates and their post school lives in vivid detail.
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Patoka Aluyani Association
Aymbasium
Hhkers
Irene Hopkins
Gerald Cox
John Rogier, Jr
MacKagan
Florence Cain
Miss Walz
Georgia Cruse
Carmet Soto
Charles Blankinship
D. F. Blankinship
Anna Ballance
J. W. Alexander
Bernice Pugh
Letha Wasem
Ruth Weidman
E. L. DeLay
Orville Genre
Wilma Rogier
Pearl Britt
Stella Meyer
Marl Anderson
Joe Outhouse
Emily Ford
Jacob Davis
W. W. Murfin
Cain
DeLay
Lane
Walz
Hall
Elsie Gray
Carrye Alexander
Binnie Humes
Jesse Masten
Letty Thalman
Nellie Belvheyr
Millard Rogier
Leitha Wasem
Mae Eagan
Leslie Thalman
Electa Good
Helen Troyer
Alice Emmerson
Maxine Anderson
John Rogier
Lee Crawford
Stanley Wasem
Thelma Hopkins
Dorothy Logan
Deneen Smith
Genevieve Ballance
Frances Livesay
Darrel Caldwell
Ruby Cain
James Gray
Pauline Chandler
Walter Chandler
Bula Britt
Samuel Britt
Pauline Cole
Wilma Cole
Baily
Ivy Vallow
Leah Shimp
Pauline Sherman
Helen Simcox
Florida
Haseen
Algo Ruth Davidson
Bloomington
Pioneering Illinois Civil War Soldier Wm W Robertson Dies at 87
Wm W Robertson born February 26 1840 near Herrick Shelby County Illinois died May 26 1927 aged 87 years 8 months He served in Co I 14th Illinois Infantry in the Civil War and lived in Shelby County and Fayette County Illinois He was married twice first to Mary A Filsworth then Julia A Frailey and leaves a large family including son Frank and daughter Mary Hodges plus fifteen grandchildren and eight great grandchildren He was a devout Christian and longtime church worker.
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Wm. W. Robertson
Allen
Eliza .Robertson
Herrick
Shelby County
Illinois
Fayette County
Mary A. Filsworth
Mary Hodges
Redlands
Cal
Julia A. Frailey
Benton
George
Peoria
Frank
Vernon
Baptist Church
Methodist
Co. I
14Th Illinois Infantry
Julia A. Robertson
Willis Robertson
Cowden
Ill
Mary Jones
Taylorville, I
Local Bank Directors Meet in Decatur Room
The First State Bank held its monthly directors meeting Tuesday in the local directors room. Out of town directors attended, including Mr. Chas. E. Blankinship, President of Decatur, among the attendees.
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First State Bank
Chas. E. Blankinship
Decatur
Local Visitors Stop in Patoka and Nearby Towns
Edgar Jones of Rex Motor Co. Salem visited Patoka on Wednesday. G D Weidman and wife from Decatur came to see hometown friends the last days of the week. Ruth Quayle Weidman is known locally. State Patrolmen Bigelow Salem and Summerville Centralia with Sheriff May were Patoka visitors Wednesday. J W Delassus family Martinsville visited over Sunday for Gym services. Wayne Young and family and J Robert Quayle Salem visited Sunday. Wayne’s mother died weeks ago and he plans to stay awhile.
Alumni News From the Class of Nineteen Hundred Four
Elsie Belcher remains with Allie Gray and spends time grooming his hair. Irene Haley now in Kalamazoo with a newborn, Effie Hawkins moved west after marriage to Louie Zim and gained weight. Jimmie Wasem in Columbus selling soda fountains, Grover Blankinship in Murphysboro keeping firm tabs. The piece ends with a welcome to the class of 1904 from the narrator and James.
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Elsie Belcher
Allie Gray
Allie
Irene Haley
Kalamazoo
Effie Hawkins
Louie Zim
Jimmie Wasem
Columbus
Ohio
Grover Blankinship
Murphysboro
Illinoi
James
Community Visitors Roam For Weekend Gatherings
Local families report Sunday and Monday visits from relatives and friends including the Beckett family of Macon Eaglin of Maron and O T Wadkins of Ne oga. The Wickersham home welcomes a baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Dan Wickersham.
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Altoms
Wm. Good
Clinton
Ray Beckett
Macon
T. H. Quayle
Decatur
G. M. Eaglin
Maron
O. E. Eaglin
Bettie Clark
S. F. Eaglin
Wm. Brock
K. Jennings
Chicago
Billy Breuning
East St. Louis
Cruse
Dan Wickersham
Car slips into ditch near J. L. Parks home
Parker Kious drove a five passenger Ford when the car left the road and rolled into a ditch near the J. L. Parks home south of town last Friday. Five passengers sustained minor bruises in the accident.
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Parker Kious
J. L. Parks
Lincoln's Home and Tomb Open for Holiday Visitors
Lincoln's Home and Tomb in Springfield Illinois will open to the public on all holidays from 10 to 12 and 2 to 5 in the afternoon. Sundays will add 1 to 5 for those unable to visit during the week. Prominent visitors and travelers are drawn to both memorials, guided by obliging custodians.
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Illinois
United States
Lincoln
Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
8Th and
Jackson
Honor Roll Adds Subscribing Members
The Register reports that the following individuals have paid their subscriptions and are placed on the honor roll: Cecil Brown, Etta McLary, Dale Altom, Chas Foltz, Eliza Peddicord, Dick Lutz, Mary Epps, M. L. Banfield, Mrs. D. J. Evans, Claud Foster, Harve Cruse, T. T. Cox, J. W. Arnold, Mrs. W. D. Linton, Mrs. Lyde Porter, Louie Bates, Philip Meador, T. J. Christie, Wm. Linton, Jesse Pierce, Wayne Stapp, T. M. Cole, Mrs. E. Bonnell, John Murray, Wm. Perkins, Martin Redeker, P. J. Mojonnier, Jane Armstrong, G. F. Blankinship, Chas. Gabel Jr., L. J. Bates, Emil Kottmeyer, Chas. Epps, Rose Chandler, R. N. Norris, Harry Zollar, Mary Jennings, Ed Thalman Sr., D. S. Cooper, Mrs. A. J. Travis, Ed Lawson, Joe Frizzell, W. L. Perrine, Don Crawford, J. A. Cooper, Pearl Doolen, J. A. Towler, E. D. Towler, Mrs. F. G. Shimp, Mrs. Paul Limber, Roy Sears, A. J. Ingold, Mrs. Hettie Wernsman, Miss Leona A. Walz.
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Register
Cecil Brown
Etta McLary
Dale Altom
Chas. Foltz
Eliza Peddicord
Dick Lutz
Mary Epps
M. L. Banfield
D. J. Evans
Claud Foster
Harve Cruse
T. T. Cox
J. W. Arnold
W. D. Linton
Lyde Porter
Louie Bates
Philip Mead
Hettie Wernsman
Leona A. Walz
Sunday School Attendance Gains and May Total at Patoka
The Baptist group shows a 23 percent gain, M. E. South 3 percent, and M. E. North 10 percent. Other church data are unavailable. May 1 drew 309 attendees in Patoka, a number the report says should have been higher given population and territory. Religious Advancement Organization.
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Baptist
M. E. South
M. E. North
Patoka
Religious Advancement Organization
Decatur Man Visits Sister in Patoka Then Stays With Fred Black
Mr. Arthur McCallon of Decatur visited his sister Mrs. Luther Black in Patoka on a Saturday evening and spent the night with Fred Black and family since they were out of town.
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Arthur McCallon
Decatur
Patoka
Luther Black
Fred Black
Drowned While Swimming in Mitchell Illinois Lake
Robert Wayne Craig, son of Eber and Clara Belcher Craig, drowned while swimming in Long Lake at Mitchell Illinois on May 28, 1927. He was born January 1, 1914 in Decatur and was thirteen years four months at death. Funeral services were held at Mitchell Presbyterian Church and later at Patoka Cemetery.
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Eber Craig
Mitchell
Craig
Big Four Railroad
Elmer Rogier
Robert Wayne Craig
Clara Belcher Craig
Long Lake
Ill
Robert
Decatur
Mitchell School
Lone Scout Tribe
M. E. Church South
Donald Eber
Marion Elizabeth
W. H. Belcher
Patoka
N. A. Craig
R. M. Walker
Sullivan
J. N. Craig
M. E. Church
Presbyterian Church
Mitchell, IL
Samuel Thornton
St. Louis
Lord Jesus Christ
Sullivan, Ill
A. W. Underwood
Marietta
Piper City, Ill
J. L. Simcox
Clinton, Il
C. E. Trogdon
C. E. Lane
Cemetery Association Meeting Wednesday Night
The Cemetery Association will hold a meeting at the bank Wednesday night June 8 at 8 o'clock to arrange the 4th of July celebration. All who will help are requested to be present. Lora Altom President.
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The
Cemetery Association
Memorial Day Services at Patoka Honored Veterans
Under American Legion auspices the Decoration Day events were held last Sunday in the Patoka High School Gymnasium. A small Legion post led by Adjutant Gilley and Sergeant at Arms Leroy Thompson, with the local band, organized a reverent program featuring Lincoln's Gettysburg Address by Alice Murfin and a keynote by Hon. Paul Kramer.
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American Legion
New Patoka High School
Adjuant Frederick Gilley
Serg
Leroy Thompson
Lincoln
Alice Murfin
Paul Kramer
Soldier Kramer
Patoka
Mr. Kramer
Golden Wedding Anniversary at Shobonier
Mr and Mrs Albert Perry of the Shobonier area celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last Sunday May 29 1927 with family and friends present at their home. Attendees included Wesley Douthitt Leonard Simpson Elinor Smith C A Perry Frank Perry Louie Hollmeyer John Thalman Owen Belcher Fred W Sasse J C Cole and others from the vicinity as they gathered for the event and to bid farewell to Mrs Perry’s brother Ben Farmer who plans to move to Everson Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Perry
Shobonier
Ben Farmer
Perry
Everson
Washington
Wesley Douthitt
Leonard Simpson
Mt. Louis
Elinor Smith
Mackinaw
C. A. Perry
Carbondale
Frank Perry
Louie Hollmeyer
Centralia
John Thalman
Owen Belcher
Patoka
Fred W. Sasse
J. C. Cole
Paving the Way for Patoka's Civic Prosperity
A Patoka public improvements message urges ongoing paving and utilities to attract home-seekers, investors and workers. Citizens are reminded outsiders value well paved streets modern schools and affordable facilities. Caution is warned against economy that becomes false economy.
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Patoka
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State House
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Mississippi
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Heyworth
Paris
Lindbergh
le Bourget
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
London
Oscar Friends
Donna
New Day
J. M. Doran
Prohibition
Roy A. Haynes
Doctor Doran
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Industrial Alcohol and Chemical Division
Baptist Ea
M. E. North Ia
Lake AT Mitchell, Ill
Lora Altom
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