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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1941
Page
4
Mr and Mrs Jim Kennedy visited Monday evening at the Selby Garrett home. Little Jimmy Hester celebrated his third birthday with guest Jimmy Dietrich during dinner.
Mrs Amy Hines returns from Chicago visit with son Roy and wife. Mt Vernon shoppers Pat Coyne and Paul Caldwell. Dondera sisters Laura Josephine Katharine visit parents Frank Dondera Jr. and wife. Parkinsons host kitchen shower honoring Herbert and Mrs Parkinson. 4 H Cooking and Sewing Club meets at Grace Jackson home. Miss Edna Morton Mary Winks Edith Mazanek attend Kinseley Brown wedding in Centralia. Mary Ann Clow and Willard Wiley attend ball game in St Louis. Tom Garrett visits Chicago after stay with Selby Garrett. J R Telford and Hartzel Powell travel to Decatur for Decoration Day. Frank Garrett of Granite City visits Selby Garrett. Womens Club penny supper for Alma cemetery at Maude Tomlinson building. Herbert Parkinsons move to John Overman farm north of town. Betty Bender visits grandparents Selby Garrett. Sunday afternoon Lester McWhirter and Dwaine.
Williams spent the weekend with home folks. Mr Robert Nichols and son Rob ert of Wilmington Tl visited his sister Mrs Virgie Garrett. Mrs Thelma Fogerson and children Mrs Lola Green and Agness spent Wednesday with Mrs Virgie Garrett. A large crowd from here attended a Kinmundy free picture show Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs Russell Swift and son Ronny of Mt Vernon were at Andy Winks Sunday. Mrs Hazel Craig and son Donald left for Washington DC where Mr Craig works, Fredonia cemetery noted as appreciated.
Mrs George Kutler and daughter Leona Betty Glaydis and Mrs Amanda Rose will leave Sunday for Louisiana and Texas to visit relatives. Mr and Mrs Eli Palmer visited Odin with their son Cecil and family Sunday. Mrs Nellie Neil visited Friday night with Mrs George Kutler. Mrs Clarence Tackett and child ren and Mrs Eli Palmer made a business trip to Salem Monday. Oscar Doolen and family spent the weekend visiting relatives. Mrs Clarence McGee and family are visiting relatives in Oklahoma. Mr and Mrs Mac McNeal of Evansville Indiana spent the weekend with Clarence Cavins. Mr and Mrs Watts staying at Clarence McGee’s during their absence. Myrtle Campbell called on the Kutler sisters Saturday morning. Clarence Cavins called on his sister Mrs Edd Belcher Sunday evening. Mrs Belle Clark returned home from Carbondale where Maurice was operated on. Mr and Mrs George Kutler and daughter Gladys were Centralia shoppers Saturday. Mr and Mrs Harold Loucks and George Davidson were Centralian shoppers Tuesday. Mrs Clarence Tackett renate Sunday dyoner. Other Russell Palmer and Mr and Mrs Eli Palme granddaughter Betty Palmer of Odin called on Russell Palmer Sunday evening. Mr Edd Belcher of Patoka called at the Eli Palmer home Monday morning and gave a donation.
Fredonia residents Mr. and Mrs. Everett Jett and Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Heinzman were in Salem as business visitors. Salem callers included Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Goodwin and Mrs. Esther Simpson. The report lists several social calls and family visits across nearby towns including Camp Forest Tennessee and the Ozarks, with multiple households hosting dinners and outings.
McHANEY Rev Verlin Clifton filled his regular appointment at Givens Chapel and baptized seven candidates at East Fork Sunday afternoon. Elmer Albert and wife near Kinmundy visited Laura Bullard and family. Wiley Campbell made a business trip to Alma Saturday. Mrs Geo Fox has measles. The road is graded and corners cut from Howard Smiths to East Fork. Wm Wiley and family of Sparta Gaston family Budge Hays and Thad Rodgers spent Sunday with Forrest Gaston and family. Wm Ballance and wife called on AW Gray and wife Sunday. Laura Bullard and family and Mrs AW Gray shopped in Patoka Saturday. Wayne Black of Harvey visited Decoration Day with home folks. Mrs Fanny Boring visited Allman cemetery Sunday afternoon. Reports say another attempt to steal Mr Luellens cattle on the Borden Zoellar farm. Elmer Black shaved four head stolen. Judson Stutts and wife called on Mrs Dona Somerville Sunday afternoon. Mrs Mabatari called on Miss Alpha Gray Sunday afternoon. Mrs Geo Jett and son Dean visited Sunday with her son James at Camp Forrest Tenn. Robert Carter visited Ozark mountains on a sight seeing trip.
Miss Shirley Protz visits Edgewood for a week with her grandmother Mrs. Effie Arnold. Mrs. R. H. Fotlz calls in Vandalia for ear infection treatments. Mrs. John Quayle and Leo Meyer visit Vandalia on business. Mrs. Joyce Hathaway spends days in Kinmundy with Mrs. Fannie Miller. Ada Dolly returns home after a Peoria visit with L. A. Carter, Leo Kinney, and the Carters. W. C. T. U. state convention attendees gathered at Grace Methodist Salem on May 26 with many local families and Doolen relatives.
Five counties are represented with reports from twelve unions as Mrs. Raymond Linder of Vernon leads devotions and Rev. Linder offers opening prayer. Numerous families from LaPlace Patoka Zion Vernon and Vandalia share meals and attend graduations and social calls with neighbors in Patoka Blue Mound Peoria Centralia and Chicago connections noted.
Oak Grove Mr and Mrs Elmer Turner were shoppers in Alma Saturday evening Mrs George Black and grandson spent Saturday evening with her daughter Mrs Lillie Shreffler Mr and Mrs Bob Jenkins and family were Salem shoppers Saturday Mr and Mrs Henry Bender and daughter spent the weekend at their Mr Lloyd Turner and Mr Vernon Mason were in Salem Saturday Mr and Mrs Henry Benders called at the Ed McWhirter home Sunday morning Nelda Donna and Mona Shreffler were Alma shoppers Saturday Miss Rosalee Davis spent Sunday with Bertha Turner
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