Fredonia Area Farewell and Local Visits Report
Mr and Mrs Henry Meredith and Mrs May Williams attended a farewell and birthday dinner for Floyd Arnold and wife Sunday at Patoka Lake with Rev and Mrs Harry Perkins. Arnold retirement prompts move to town. Sunday School attendance at Marshall Creek Church recorded at 47.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Meredith
May Williams
Floyd Arnold
Patoka Lake
Harry Perkins
Arnold’s
Englin
Overerp Church
Vernon
Local notices and greetings from area residents
A collection of thanks for hospital cards and prayers, visits by family and friends, and social updates. Mentions include Troy Strahan and family of Vidalia visiting Mary E. Perkins, Anna Marie Meredith with Henry Meredith grandparents, and Eunice McHaney with Eugene Simpson at Shattuc. Other items note memorial services at Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Midnight Singing at Englin and Overerp Church, and the death of Martha Bopp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Strahan
Vidalia, la
Mary E. Perkins
History of Patoka and the rise of farming industry
A historical overview of Patoka describes Les Jenkins parlaying a trucking and lime business into agricultural services with his brother Bill, the shift from peach orchards to grain farming, and the impact of soil building and fertilizer use in the 1930s. The piece notes evolving farms, labor costs in the 1950s, and continued fertility of the Patoka area, with several local visitors recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Jenkins
Patoka
Pauline Torrence
Bill Jenkins
Mort Walker
Three Mile Road
Foster Two
Cleve McWhirter
Bill Griffin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fredonia News
Amelia Meredith
Lorene Castleberry
Xenia
Mary Perkins
Marshall Creek Church
Thomas Perkins
Barbara Petrea
David Maxey
Joanne Jett
Jimmy Milano
Phyllis Jett
Mt. Vernon Park
Oral Grigg
Theodore Payne
Joann Heinzmann
Dorothy Elwell
Grandma
Ruby Klamp
St. Louis
Mansfield Heating & Plumbing
Holly
Ziegler Corp
Centralia
Illinois
Paul Logan
Anna Marie Meredith
Maurice Hyde
Salem
Alice Hyde
Mt. Vernon Cemetery
Eunice McHaney
Eugene Simpson
Gene Buehele
Shattuc
Mr. Wade Dull
Urbana
John Talbert
Janet Prosser
Chicago
Julie
Howard Kile
Bert Ritter
Martha Bopp
Gladys Palmer
Bopp
James Jett
Mrs
Alva Jett
Avodel Buchele
Anabel Tolka
Lawrence Heinzmann
John Tolka
Verlin Heinzmann
Bruce Carter
Patoka News
Ted Kuhn
Kansas City
Kansas
A. R. Harper
Carl
R. W. Balteiger
Edward Meyer
Tony Blankenship
Springfield, Tl
Anna Benefield
Vandalia
Ethel Pribble
Carl Easton
Country Life Insurance” Company
Kem
Patoka Hardware
Universal Butane Co
J. W. Alexander & Son
Studebaker
Farthing
Odin
ILL
Hanseman’s
Mercury Outboard Motors Sales & Service
Beech St
U.S
National Trail
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