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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1942
Page
4
A survey shows about 40 percent of industrial establishments lie in towns under 25 000, with 37 percent of finished value and over 40 percent of wage earners. Farms surround towns, boosting civilian and military production. rural America works with few labor disputes and a strong right to work.
Louie Zimmerman and Mrs Zim my Cole visited en route to St Louis while relatives hosted them. Numerous relatives from Aurora Assumption Chicago Davenport Decatur Joliet Vandalia and Springfield came or visited over the weekend for Memorial Day and family gatherings. Schedules include Anna Bell Adams starting Brown's Business College in Centralia and Claude Jacksons Decatur visit with Mae Bagans family.
Dr DuComb visited Mel- Win Belcher Tuesday morning. Clifford Belcher and son of Rockford visit relatives. George Haslett stationed at an army camp visited parents. Virgil Herren and family of Peoria visited Alvie Herren. Herbert Pane and family of Rockie visited relatives. Virgil Hampsten at Camp Forrest called on John Shepard. Graduates from Fast chapel School named Pauline Shepard,eland Paine. Walter Defendland Donald Edwards. Bill Brown stationed at Ofallon visited home folks. Mr and Mrs Bill Hughes called on Orville Jones and wife. Johnnie Stone of Shalbona and John Stone of Sandoval spent Sunday with John Shepard. Ora Stone and family of Sandoval called on Theo Stone. Rev Krost of St Elmo called on ill friends. Mr and Mrs Harold Kenney and family of Peoria visited Elmer Kenny. Wayne Barnes of Rantoul visited relatives and friends.
Miss Nellie Millikan of Golconda and Mrs Edna Hardy of Rosemond Illinois conduct a Vacation Bible School. Several families in the community are recovering from measles. Rev J R Krost left for Rosemond Illinois. Buster Logue moved Ralph Towler to St Louis. Several locals attended the Passion Play at Bloomington on Sunday, the tour began last Sunday and the bus broke down in Vandalia bottoms. Lester Logue and wife moved east of Kinmundy to his father’s farm. Stanley Barnes, in the army, has sailed to an unknown destination.
The note records visits from Mr and Mrs Robert Miller and daughter Mary Ann of Indianapolis Indiana. Also present were Mr and Mrs Dale Field formerly of Patoka now Indianapolis and Mr and Mrs Tom Stephens Casey Illinois with Maud Er Salem. Miss Jean Miller and Miss Florence Cain visited Terre Haute Indiana on business. Charles Griffin and Paul Jones hauled a load of wool to Philadelphia Monday night.
Mrs Roe Oliver and family from Indiana visited relatives in Stombaugh Hill over the weekend. Local residents listed visits from Leo Jackson Clyde Gunn Betty Herron Mary Stombaugh and others with updates on soldiers at Camp Forrest and nearby sickness.
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