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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1960
Page
1
A wide list of visitors and local residents share weekend visits in Patoka. Notables include Mrs Bessie Murfin and Rev Mitchell with family, plus many from Decatur Vernon Flora and Chicago. Obituary note: James Doty died in Chicago. services pending.
Sam Jolliff received the Charles Mathis Memorial Award for best water supply plant in 1960 Southern Illinois as Patoka water plant manager. The Waterworks Assn praised the plant’s neat appearance and maintenance. He was elected vice president of the organization at the Harrisburg meeting.
The Conservation Club 100 will stage the season’s first fish fry at the lakesite on Friday June 10 with serving starting at 5 30 p m. Marshall Tolliver of Salem now lives as caretaker at the lake and will stay year round. Only member families may swim this year and lake facilities have had improvements.
Members of the Kaskaskia Landowners Assn met Carlyle District Engineer Col. Charles B. Schweizer in Carlyle on May 19 to discuss Corps of Engineers land acquisition procedures for the Carlyle Project. They questioned appraisal methods and suggested replacement cost payments, but Schweizer said laws require fair cash market value and appraisers consider all legally affecting factors.
Olga B. Murray of Patoka is among 159 graduates to receive degrees at McKendree College in Lebanon. Commencement exercises start Sunday at 3 p m on the front campus of the 132 year old liberal arts Methodist affiliated college.
Vernon community members surprised Rev. and Mrs. Everett Weiss and family after Sunday School with a cash gift from the church. Weiss, who has served two years, completed Greenville College work and will enter seminary in Washington DC this fall aiming for a Maryland charge. They depart as Rev. Heflin of Jeff, Ir. moves into the parsonage.
Mrs Sallie Robinson mother of the late Dallas Robinson died in a Joliet hospital last Thursday and her funeral services were held Saturday at Miller Funeral Home Vandalia. She lived in Shobonier most of her life and later moved to Joliet to live with her son Wallace. Survived by one son and four grandchildren. Mrs Essie Robinson and her son David from Vernon attended.
Mr and Mrs James Cox of Ft. Riley visit relatives to meet their daughter Lilli who arrived on Thursday from Formosa via Lambert St Louis Airport. Several local families host gatherings over Memorial Day weekend and observe church and school events including a retirement gift for Mrs Jessie Binnion and a baby birth at St Marys Hospital Centralia.
The 1960 preliminary census figure for Patoka is 590, reported by district supervisor Gale Spangler. Final totals may raise the number. In contrast nearby towns show declines with Farina dropping from 787 to 697 and Walnut Hill, Wamac, and Kinmundy also down. Centralia meanwhile falls from 13,863 in 1950 to 18,817 in 1960. Marion County experiences a broad dip.
Pfc and Mrs Carl Anderson of San Antonio Texas announce the birth of a baby girl on Tuesday May 24 at Brook Army Medical Center. The infant weighed 6 pounds 6 ounces and was named Sherice Marie. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Cecil Jett of Patoka and Mr and Mrs Charles Anderson of Startup Washington.
The Family of Clara Kinney thanks everyone for sympathy, flowers, and food. They also thank Brother Albert Loy for his kind words. The notice states Lela's Beauty Shop will be closed for vacation from June 2 to 13.
The Home Bureau will host a cook-out Friday June 17 starting at 10 a m at Mrs Charlotte Isaac's home. All members are invited. Reservations must be made by June 14 with Margaret Cox or Evelyn Ballance for food headcount. Attendees should bring their own table service.
Vernon resident Homer N Potts became the first entrant in the 1960 Lions Fishing Derby by landing a 6 lb 15 oz channel cat at his pond on May 27 using pole and line bait. Other notable catches include Bob Hopking’s 3 lb bass from the village reservoir and 14 year old Bill Cox’s 10 oz bluegill in the students division on May 81.
The Vernon Woman's Society of Christian Service met at Frances Headley's home for its May session. The group voted to fund a child to attend youth camp in Louisville or assist an adult with crafts, and planned refreshments for the sub district meeting at Vernon Methodist Church on June 13.
All children are invited to the Sunbeams educational program at the Baptist Church Saturday afternoon June 4 from 1 to 2 pm. Roll call will be a Bible verse containing Study. The lesson centers on Timothy and his learning from old testament teaching read by his mother and grandmother. The 23rd Psalm will be repeated.
Sunday School runs 9 30 to 10 30 a m and Morning Worship at 10 30 a m Rev Robert Hollis pastor delivers the message and will meet with the congregation to decide future service times.
Ernie Bozarth, Patoka coach for six years, will move to Murphysboro for next term. In six years the Warriors posted a 104 58 record, per the Centralia Sentinel.
The Des Ruesseaux house on Fielding Hawkins’ farm is being demolished. Sold to Orval Sharp and Virgil Wernsman for lumber, the 10 room home once hosted lavish parties and Catholic services. built from a 1869 St. Louis framework and moved here, the site changed hands several times before remaining unoccupied for four years.
Floyd M. Smith chairman of the Marion County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee says community committee election boards are selected for all communities. Elections by mail run June 24 to July 5 to boost voter participation during farming operations. Eligible voters must own or farm in the community and participate in or be eligible for price support, conservation programs, or acreage allotment and reserve programs.
A note of gratitude to friends in Patoka for flowers cards and other expressions of sympathy after the death of our mother. Signed by Mr and Mrs James D Pope Mr M Pegues Jr and Mr and Mrs Jack Matchett.
Bettie Clark thanks the Quilters Victoria Chapter No. 253 the Sunbeams and many friends for birthday wishes. Whiting's Electric and Radio Service will be closed from June 8 to 21.
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