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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1924
Page
5
Vernon area notes a flurry of visits and social events with Decatur Patoka and St Louis connections. Recurrent names include Jones Murfin Doolen Hathaway Freyer Meador Epps and Tillman, plus church and school activities and a May 30 Decoration Day closing stores early. Local concerns mention rain, health, and a Ramsey death with burial at Tillman Cemetery.
James Lane delivered corn to Vernon mill last week. Hiram Moorey was on the sick list. Gladys Anderson visited relatives on Memorial Day. Earl Funk and family called on Byron Albert and family Friday evening. Walter Huddleston worked in Altamont last week. Church services by a Vandalia priest at John Cleary’s home Tuesday. Mrs Nettie Andersons sisters from Clinton stayed over. Sam Morey owns a new Chevrolet Coupe. Rev I J Flick and family of De Soto visited last week. he once pastored here. Memorial exercises in Vandilia attended by several locals. Fehren Lape and Byron Snyder cleaned Farmers Cemetery after farm work. Arewine and George Willett delivered wool to John White of Salem who bought it. Percy Lester bought a Ford Sedan. yard work near Vernon. Route to Vernon poultry house bows noted. 317 fine chickens. Warren Epps stayed with Lyron Albert. other visits noted. Harry Metzger’s family and Mrs R T Emerson visited. Byron Albert and family visited Funk families west of Sholconier. Arewine Willett Jr and children visited Centralia. Farmers Cemetery Association seeks more donations for repairs. Hiram Wyant family enjoyed a Sunday drive. Eddie Gehrkin of Sadler damaged an axel near Fred Klinge’s residence. Metzger helped him home.
Harold Payne and family return to St. Louis after visiting parents George Payne and wife. Anabel Linton and Alice Brown of Decatur visit Bear Creek. F J Thomason remains sick. Albert Brown shingles his house. Percy Lester builds a new garage and plans a new car. Weekend visitors include J F Anderson, Linton, and Robertson families. Kitchen shower given to Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt. Wayne Brown of Lincoln visits grandparents Albert and Mae Brown.
Families from here spent Decoration Day in Vandalia visiting relatives. Mrs Henry Abendroth and children Glenna and Dean visited Paul Ehrat and family. Wm Gable and granddaughter Lottie visited with Fred Gable and family of Chicago. Chas Moeller and Chas Gable families visited Henry Moeller family. Art Meseke family hosted Herman Meseke and Edd Meseke families. Ed Wolff and family and Art Large Wm Schrafer family visited August School family. Paul Ehrat and others motored to Vandalia and surprised Mrs Louisa Ehrat on her sixtieth birthday. Wm Ehrat family called on Herman Sasse Sunday night.
Black white and brown outsize stockings advertised at Altoms offered in a casual storefront notice.
Unusual opportunity to acquire an almost new instrument at a lower cost. For details write W. A. Wigand at 1111 Olive St., St. Louis Mo.
Memorial services were held on May 25 with Rev Olmstead of Greenville delivering the address. Bruce Davidson Oliver Dipple and Melvin Neo, students from Carbondale, returned Thursday for Decoration and remained over Sunday. A local Mennker attended Keyesport graduation on May 27.
Floyd Carter called on his parents Mr. and Mrs. Philip Carter Sunday. The election was quiet here Monday.
Mrs Grant Arnold of Clinton spent most of last week here with her son Robert and family. Jos Hathaway visited Vernon on Tuesday. Mrs Blanche Doolen and daughter Nina traveled to Vernon and Vandalia Friday. Eli Morgan and family attended Decoration services at Sandy Branch last Thursday. Wm Beckemeir improves his place with a concrete cellar and large kitchen. Christ Rebbe leads the carpenters on the Beckemeir project. Our mail carrier could not cross the creek last Thursday as his Ford failed to swim. He left mail at Orve Waltons and Francis Griffin delivered it on horseback. We sometimes get mail in spite of high water. The men took advantage of the
A fragment recalls last week’s rainy weather inspiring lines about rare June days. The narrator quotes a poet on perfect days after the rain, hinting at renewal and contemplation.
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