Fourth Quarter Honor Roll Students at PHS
Long list of Memorial Day visits across Illinois towns and states plus the fourth quarter honor roll at Patoka High School. Highlights include families from Decatur, Sandoval, Alb ion, and Patoka visiting relatives and celebrating graduations and events with local residents. Named students appear in high honor and honor roll groups for 7th to 12th grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka High School
Jane Nattier
Marilyn Headley
Helen Jackson
Judy Easley
Ardith Briscoe
Patty Bayliss
David Sanders
Mac D. Orrell
Joan Orrell
Charles Nattier
Francis Hollingshead
Carol Crawford
Cullen Hallein
Virgil Gerrish
Wilma Fiscus
Alice Donotho
Merle Caudle
Jim Cool
Birthday Dinner Honors Mrs Pherbe Fiscug On June 1
On Sunday June 1 a birthday dinner was held at the home of Mr and Mrs Cecil Fiscug honoring Mrs Pherbe Fiscug whose birthday falls on June 3. Attendees included Miss Susie Jones and Mr and Mrs Lewis Leininger and daughter Margaret Jean of Vandalia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Fiscug
Pherbe Fiscug
Susie Jones
Lewis Leininger
Margaret Jean
Vandalia
John Richards
Roberta
Johnnie
Melinda Sue
Shobonier
Pherbe Fiscus
Cecil Fiscus
Barbara
Donald Lee
Kendell
Martin Nelson
Helen
Boulder
Dallas Stilley
Wakonda
South Dakota
Sanitary Milk Producers Meet in Patoka District 7 Assembly
The Sanitary Milk Producers of Patoka Local met Monday at 8 p.m. in the Methodist church basement with 75 present. President S. Bruce Pugh called the meeting to order. The program featured singing, readings, accordion selections, and talks by Julian Ray District 7 Director on prices and control and Wh. McCoy on milk tests. Alfred Schroeder of Prairie Farms Creamery introduced guests. The annual picnic was announced for Sunday July 18 at Patoka City Park for the entire District 7 to foster community ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka
S. Bruce Pugh
Alfred Dalrymple
Ardith Briscoe
Roger Gergeni
Lane Briscoe
Julian Ray
District 7
Wh. McCoy
Vandalia
Family Reunion at Frank Crawford Home
Mr and Mrs Frank Crawford of Patoka hosted a large family gathering last week with all their children in attendance. The group included Frank Crawford Jr and family Hutsonville Edw Mayer and daughters Arlington Heights Ruth Crawford Chicago B A Guzzardo and Ruth Crawford Chicago Edwin Ticknor and son Harold Lutz and son Sandoval Robert Crawford and daughter Patoka plus Paul and Lucas at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Crawford
Patoka
Frank Crawford Jr
Hutsonville
Sang
Edw. Mayer
Arlington Heights
B. A. Guzzardo
Ruth Crawford
Chicago
Edwin Ticknor
Harold Lutz
Sandoval
Robert Crawford
Paul and
Lucas
Brooks Meador welcomes baby son Todd Fletcher
Mr and Mrs Brooks Meador announce the birth of a son on Saturday May 31 at St Marys Hospital Centralia. The infant weighs 8 pounds 4 ounces and has been named Todd Fletcher. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Leslie Wasem and Mr and Mrs Carl Meador of Patoka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks Meador
St. Marys Hospital
Centralia
Todd Fletcher
Leslie Wasem
Carl Meador
Patoka
Patoka Church Announces June Services and Events
Patoka Christian Church lists Bible School at 9:30 a.m. and Worship at 11:00 a.m. on June 8 with an evangelistic service at 7:30 p.m. A swimming party for County Youth Group is set for June 11 at 12:15 p.m. and a Father and Son Banquet is planned for June 13. Local notices mention visitors and relatives visiting from Salem Chicago Carbondale Kansas City and St. Louis, plus military homecoming and overseas duty notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Father
Annual Ice Cream Supper for Magassi Cemetery
Magassi Cemetery hosts an annual ice cream supper at Patoka Park on Saturday June 21. The event features plenty of eats and entertainment for all attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magassi Cemetery
Patoka Park
Sunbeam Meeting Invites All Children at Baptist Church
All children are invited to the Baptist Church Saturday June 7 at 2 p.m. Sunbeam officers will lead the meeting with Carolyn Snider welcoming visitors and new members. The program includes flag salutes prayer an Alaska booklet acrostic about missionaries plans for visitation and inviting children to Bible School and a June 21 picnic closing prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Sunbeam
Carolyn Snider
Alaska
Bible School
Card of Thanks Notable Memorial Day greetings
Bettie Clark thanks friends for birthday cards and letters. Mentions visitors: Paul Troyer and Lula Troyer in Chicago, Bill Johnson and daughter with Vernon relatives, Sharlene Belcher nurse in St. Louis and Robert Hoffman of Bloomington, J H Belcher Fern family, E L Naylor of Mobile plus Billy Mack Brown and Josephine White of Decatur. Memorial Day weekend visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Troyer
Chilcago
Lula ‘Troyer
Helen
Bill Johnson
Vernon
Frank Ballance
Sharlene Belcher
Missouri Baptist Hospital
St. Louis
Robert Hoffman
Bloomington
J. H. Belcher
Fern
E. L. Naylor
Mobile
Alabama
Billy Mack Brown
Josephine White
Decatur
Yard
John Ll. Belcher
Miss Elsie Bowen Weds Paul Hopkins In Patoka Church
Miss Elsie J Bowen and Paul Dean Hopkins wed in a 2 pm June 1 ceremony at the Christian Church Patoka. Rev Tom McGee officiated before roses and candles. reception for 140 guests followed at the groom’s home. The couple plan to study at Lincoln Bible Institute next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie. Bowen
Dean ‘Hopkins
Patoka
Elsie Jaanita Bowen
Albert Bowen
Kansas City
Missouri
Paul Dean Hopkins
O. A. Hopkins
Paul Logan
Donald Lee Ellis
Calumet City
Ill
Robert Hopkins
Jacqueline Hartman
Peoria
Annabelle Heinamann
Bridge
Cpl
Gene Hanson
Jack Hanson
Charles Lewis
Lois Britt
Pauline Thalman
Sandoval
Sandoval Community High School
Lincoln Bible Institute
Lincoln, Il
Ozarks
Lincoln
The
Bible Institute
Thanking Friends After Hospital Stay
A note of gratitude expresses thanks for cards and letters received during a hospital stay and offers blessings to all who sent them.
Families Rally for Holiday Visit Across Kentucky
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bales visited Greenup with Mrs. Bales' parents Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Pearcy. Separately, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Snyder with children Jimmy and Janice, Mr. and Mrs. William Snyder, and Mr. Bill Johnson spent Memorial Day and the weekend in Salem, Kentucky with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bales
Greenup
C. S. Pearcy
J. R. Snyder
Jimmy
Janice
William Snyder
Bill Johnson
Salem
Kentucky
The Girls hold fifth annual reunion at Patoka Illinois home
The Girls met May 29 at Mrs Carrye Alexander's Patoka home with co hosts Winnie Spurgeon Lela Ballance and Etta Crawford. All but one member Mrs Jessie Haley Masten attended. Guests dined on a lace tablecloth rose centerpiece setting. Frances Simcox Medford Oregon presented each guest a myrtlewood gift plate. A short business meeting followed a letter from absent member Mrs Masten. A poem by Miss Amy praised Georgia. Photos were taken of the group. Members listed include Frances Simcox Medford Oregon Georgia Settem Muskegon Michigan Clara Craig Rosedale Indiana Flossie Fletcher Mount Zion Illinois Rada Meryman Decatur Illinois Nellie Belcher Decatur Illinois Katie Walker Pulaski Illinois Letty Thalman Vandalia Illinois Clara Stephens Sullivan Illinois and hosts Carrye Alexander Winnie Spurgeon Lela Balance and Etta Crawford Patoka Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrye Alexander
Winnie Spurgeon
Lela Ballance
Etta Crawford
Jessie Haley Masten
California
Bernie Griffin
Leslie Wasem
Frances Simcox
Oregon
Masten
Amy
Georgia
Medford
Georgia Settem
Muskegon
Mich
Clara Craig
Rosedale
Ind
Flossie Fletcher
Mt. Zion
Ill
Rada Meryman
Decatur
Nellie Belcher
Katie Walker
Pulaski
Letty Thalman
Vandalia
Clara Stephens
Sullivan
Binnie Humes
Centralia
Til
Winnie’ Spurgeon
Lela Balance
Patoka
Lee N Dreiman Named Assistant Youth Adviser for Marion County
Lee N. Dreiman is appointed Assistant Youth Adviser in Marion County by the Farm and Home Bureau Boards and the University of Illinois to replace Bob Purdue. He begins June 1, works with the 4-H Club Program, Rural Youth, and Young Married Organizations, and will attend Illinois extension conferences the first week. Dreiman, born 1930 in Knox County Indiana, is a Monroe City High School graduate with a BS in Agriculture from the University of Illinois. He farms near Vincennes with his father and brother and is active in church and 4-H. He will reside at 928 N Broadway Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm and Home Bureau Boards
University of Illinois
Lee N. Dreiman
Marion County
Bob Purdue
Lee
Mr. Dreiman
Knox County
Indiana
Monroe City
Vincennes University
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
Vincennes
Evansville
N. Broadway
Salem
Wasem Planned Gainesville Graduation Visit With Cadet Leighton
Mr and Mrs G J Wasem left Friday for Gainesville Georgia to attend graduation exercises on Sunday at Riverside Military Academy Their son Cadet Leighton Wasem will return home with them Mr and Mrs Robert Koons and children of Clinton visited Memorial Day with Mrs Lora Altom
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. J. Wasem
Gainesville
Georgia
Riverside Military Academy
Leighton ‘Wasem
Robert Koons
Clinton
Memorial Day
Lora Altom
Decoration Day visits and family mentions in Decatur area
A long list of relatives and friends from Decatur Vandalia Springfield Bloomington and nearby towns visited for Decoration Day weekend and related events. Attendees included the Easley Green Walton Jones and Epps families with many extended relatives from Illinois and Ohio.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joe Beckler Jr
George Ballentine
Hager
Joe Becker
James O’neal
Nikkie
Inez O’neal
Louie Bassett
Bonnie Ruth
Katie Nattier
Harvey Munger
Orville Schroeder
Sandra
Norfolk Lake
Arkansas
John Barnes Sr
Veterans Hospital
Marion
W. W. Romack
James
Eldon
Oklahoma
Sam Redburn
Patty
Lake Charles
Louisiana
Dale Nattier
Lawrence Kissner
William Spurgeon
Billy
Richard
Cincinatti
Ohio
S. M. Spurgeon
Bill Newman
Bill Easton
Joe Lynn
Jane
Albion
John Evans Jr
Janet
Susie Nattier
Dale
Wabash River
Lloyd Workman
Elsie Pence
Arvie Lee Pence
Winchester
Dan DeQuenne
Donna
Mattoon
William Logue
Soter Manning
Gus Townzen
Elaine
Martha Ann
Granite City
Leo Walker
Forrest Walker
Crewe Cover
Kay Jennings Sr
Jerry Dean
Lincoln Grade School
DeWitt Jennings
Kay Jennings
Robert J. Logan
Sullivan, Mo
Roy Ballance
Logan
Ballance
the Christian Church
Louie Haslett
Les Walker
Marvin Walker
Little Ben
P.H.S
Agnes Nattier
Elsie Bowen
Gene Bricker
Clifford Christian
Arden Hinrichs
Larry Jones
Carroll Meador
Joan Robinson
Beverly Snider
Virgil Wortman
Bill Boyd
James Britt
Marie Crawford
John Davis
Jack Gerrish
Jerry Gerrish
Mary Jo Hawkins
Jenylle Heather
Shirley Hopkins
Jo Simcox
Jimmie Wasem
Erma Bowen
James Brumfield
Marilyn Cooley
Bonnie Crawford
Barbara Fiscus
Sanitary Milk Producers
Patoka Christian Church
Amy Balance
John
Bill
Betty Towler
Fred Towler
Pauline
Thomas
J. L. Henson
Carbondale
Tom Ballance
W. S. Tague
Walter
H. K. Pike
Keith
Dorthy Paterson
Clifford Gerrish
Carol
Tommy
Claude Gerrish
Pfc
Harold Slagle
Fort Lee
Virginia
Florence Slagle
Port Lawton
Seattle
Washington
John Dean Carter
Melburn Carter
Fred Carter
M. D. Walker
Indianapolis
Memorial Dey
Sat
Bettie Clark
North Ave
New Rochelle, N. Y
Nelson Landacre
Mark Abrams
T. EB
Luke Snyder
Kenneth Hirstein
David
Springfield
Russell Green
Dorothy Cox
R. C. Easley
Bob Easley
Leslie Qualls
Christopher
J. W. Epps
Otto Hamlow
Gutta Beyer
Belle Doolen
Geh
Dean Klinge
Greer Hospital
Roy Thompson
East St. Louis
Xelpho Fiscus
Donald Walton
Jimmy Walton
Aurora
George Walton
Monte Sparks
Fairfield
Mary Guthrie
James Jones
Opal Jones
A. J. ‘Ravig
Pana
T. R. Cox
Claud Doolen
H. W. Riley
Ft. Recovery
Marian Epps
Ernest Wolff
Maynard Pinkley
Bradley Yoakum
Melvin Sloan
Beecher City
James Roberts
Selby Binnion
Dean Laws
Thomas Hayes
Eddie
Herbert Laws
Milton Bayliss
Fred Orcutt
Lottie Swank
Eva
Champaign
Jacksonville
Mayme Merritt
Joe Wikenhauser
J. E. Wikenhauser
Marrinda
McWhirter
Helen Cooper
Farina
John Gillespie
Mabel
Cecil Brown
Warrel Brown
Glen Livesay
Harvey
C. O. Livesay
Frances Livesay
Clarence Livesay
Gerald Livesay
Nathan .Thomas
Naperville
Raymond Payne
Belle Thomas
Frank Wiehe
Gladys Wade
Alice Wilson
Rae Odus
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