Oilfield activity and equipment arrivals cited in Owensboro report
The Owensboro page notes multiple drilling operations and equipment moves. It mentions Black, Siralls & Bryson unloading a tank car, Cypress Oil & Gas Adams No 1 drilling around 3000 feet, Max Conrey and rotary drill equipment arriving for tests, and various crews drilling on Adams, Jol diff, Bachman, and Carroll No 1 wells with reported depths and downtime. The report highlights new draw works, casing deliveries, and rapid rotary drilling progress in Patoka and Pope township areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cypress Oil & Gas Company
Max Conrey
Wichita Falls
Texas
Claude Adams
Patoka
Cypress
Surprise Birthday Supper Honors Mrs Roy Jones
Relatives and friends gathered at her home for a pot-luck supper in honor of Mrs Roy Jones birthday. Guests included Mr and Mrs Wes Martin, Elston Green and family, Mr and Mrs Fred Brown, Don Wilson and wife, Mr and Mrs Dean Martin and son Tommy Dean, and Miss Edna Linn er of Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Jones
Wes Martin
Elston Green
Fred Brown
Don Wilson
Dean Martin
Tommy Dean
Edna Leniner
Vernon
Gertrude Jones
Meredith Oolen
James Robert
Dale Revis
Clinton Livesay
Margaret
Betty
Billy
Garret Livesay
Donald Eugene
Sholconier
Dale Whitehurst
C. V. Doolen
ID. A. Cox
Jacksonville
Rose Doolen
Dot
Clem
Clara Murfin
Arthur
Dorothy Doolen
Champaign
B. F. Lowe
Kinmundy
John Stine
Brownstown
Maude Doolen
Edward Reed
University of Illinois
Jim Reed
Harrisburg
Henry Sprinkle
Pana
Arlie Sprinkle
Miss Lorene
Winnie Sprinkle
Patoka M.E. Church South and Zion Service Schedule
The Patoka church announces Sunday School at 9 30 a m and preaching at 10 45 a m with a 7 30 p m prayer meeting Zion holds Sunday School at 10 00 a m Children’s Day services at 7 30 p m and a Tuesday 7 30 p m prayer meeting F M McKinney is the pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
South Patoka
Zion
Fire scare at C D Martin store ends with smoky mystery
Ira Caldwell, night watchman, found smoke filling the C D Martin cash store around 11 pm. Fire crews searched for a blaze but only a damaged meat refrigerator motor, likely from low voltage during repairs, was found burned. Smoke faded as the alarm cooled. no water for firefighting. William Marion Spurgeon left Friday for Edgewood Maryland for a six week Chemical Engineer training camp as part of University of Illinois ROTC training at camps nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Caldwell
C. D. Martin
Marion Spurgeon
Maryland Military Camp
William Marion Spurgeon
Edgewood
University of Illinois
United States
Milk Producers Meet At Patoka High School Gym
The Patoka local of the milk producers association will hold a meeting at the high school gymnasium on Saturday night June 12 at 8 o clock. Members are urged to attend with families. Entertainment and refreshments are planned and a speaker from the office will be present. An informative session is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka
Milk Producers Association
Local Social News Highlights in Sandy Branch
Kenneth Robb of Sterling spent Decoration Day with his parents, while many families including the Haynes, Garrett, and Williams clans hosted visits. Lyle Green plans to Billings for work and college. Dick Brown lost a horse. Sam Lowe buys a Plymouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Robb
Sterling
Mack Robb
Lucille Garrett
A. E. Haynes
Fiona Haynes
Eulaine Williams
Chicago
Nelda Thomas
Virgie Garrett
Robb Green
Bert Garrett
Floyd Williams
Kinmundy
Pid Williams
Dick Brown
Lyle Green
Billings
Mont
Bill Garrett
Granite City
Sam Lowe
New Plymouth
Selby Garrett
Buster Bender
Betty
Wilbur Johnson
Charley Johnson
Maxine Nichols
Mark Arnold
Salem
T. P. Williams
Joe Hodas
St. Louis
Elmer Bassett
Ruth Pugh and Mervel Willett wed at aunt's home
Mervel Willett returns to Villa Grove to teach and is re employed for the next term. Ruth Pugh and Willett joined in marriage Saturday evening at the bride’s aunt Mrs. Carrie Griffin’s home. Various local residents visited and spent Sunday with relatives, including the Lane and Wyant families. A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Ralph Donelley on Monday June 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merve Willett
Villa‘Grove
Xelpho Fiscug
Calvin Payne
Decatur
Meseke Grove
Ruth Pugh
Mervel Willett
Carrie Griffin
Rollie Klinee
Chester Devall
Emery Devell
Byron Albert
Floyd Thoman
Virgil Klinge
Frank Berk
Cliffie Lane
Freda
James Lane
Hiram Wyant
Ralph Donelley
Joe Beckler
John Richards
Rural Commencement Program Sets June 11 at Patoka High
The Rural Schools Commencement will be held Friday night June 11 at 8:00 in the Patoka High School Gymnasium. The program features Mrs. F. M. McKinney as conductor and Rev. C J Piland delivering invocation. The Class Song and a Smith Sisters duet lead to the address to be announced, with the Patoka Ladies Trio presenting. Diplomas presented by Mr. Paul B. Chance, Benediction by Rev F M McKinney, class roll announced by Dwight Petrea et al. Class colors pink and white, motto Climbing to the Top, flower the Rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka High
F. M. McKin
C. J. Piland
Miss Ruth Pugh Weds Mervel Willett in Patoka Home Ceremony
Miss Ruth Pugh daughter of Mr and Mrs Samuel E Pugh of Patoka Illinois married Mervel Willett of Villa Grove Illinois on June 5 at the bride’s aunt Mrs B N Griffin home. Justice George E Ballance performed the ceremony in an improvised altar of pink roses and honeysuckle. The couple are both connected to Illinois State Normal University and plan further studies. Willett teaches mathematics in Villa Grove high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Pugh
Samuel E. Pugh
Patoka
Illinois
Mervel Willett
Villa Grove
Ill
S. A. Willett
Shobonier
B .N. Griffin
George E. Ballance
Florence Cain
Charles Griffin
Illinois State Normal University
Patoka High School
Willett
Notice to Patoka residents on sanitation and weed control
Village ordinance requires all toilets, privies, and rubbish heaps to be kept clean and sanitary through summer. Weeds and tall grass must be moved to the center of adjoining streets and alleys during June, July, August, and September. Complete by June 20 to avoid legal steps. By order of the Village Health Committee.
Sunday Visits Highlight Leininger and Fiscus Families
Mr and Mrs Francis Leininger spent Sunday with Earl Leininger and family. Mr and Mrs Zelpho Fiscus spent Sunday with Mr Jack Todd and family of Centralia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Leininger
Earl Leininger
Zelpho Fiscus
Jack Todd
Centralia
Vernon News crowded village with visitors and locals
Local social notes detail visits and extended family stays in Vernon including Lydia Garrett, Isabel Protz, Alice Marie, Robert Shonkweiler, Flora Dickey, and many others from Monticello, Chicago, Decatur, Patoka, Champaign, and beyond. Multiple trips, marriages, and community events are mentioned along with a new McNess rep and upcoming school plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Garrett
Villa Grove
Isabel Protz
Alice Marie
Robert Shonkweiler
Mary ‘Alice
John
Monticello
Moster
Flora Dickey
Charles Moore
Chicago
John Godel
Wood River
Dick Lange
Alton
George Lange
William Wade Jr
Vandalia
W. H. Wade
Jonesboro
Walton Arnold
Breeze
Effie Arnold
Laura
Alize Wade
Centralia
Dean Merritt
Elvis Burton
Champaign
Beth Burton
J. P. Roberts
T. S. Purtell
Harold Jolliff
A. L. Brown
Fred Brown
Patoka
Frank Danbery
Jess Danbery
Vernon Danbery
East St. Louis
Charles
Emmer Danbery
W. H. Peddicord
Bertha Danbery
D. L. Freyer
James B. Metzger
Shobonier
Howard Pope
James
John C. Martin
Decatur
J. M. Thompson
Harold Newton
Everett Wernsman
Wernsman
Rose Martin
I. E. McKinney
McNess
Kinney
Boyd Lynch
Harry Lynch
Jean and
Jerry
Danbery Boys
Notice of Tax Sale Purchase for Marion County Land
Notice to Jules Edwin Hopkins John C Somers Guardian W A Hunter and all unknown owners that the West half of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 15 and other tracts in Marion County Illinois were bought by J F Russell on October 28 1935 for taxes assessed 1933 and 1934. Redemption expires October 28 1937. Carl E Hopkins Pontiac Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jules Edwin Hopkins
John C. Somers
Guardian
W. A. Hunter
Marion County
Illinois
J. F. Russell
Carl E. Hopkins
Pontiac
Ilinois
Former Patokian To Make European Tour
Miss Wilma DeLas sus, a former Patoka girl and longtime DeKalb State Teachers College teacher, will study at New York University in June, then sail July 1 aboard the S S Normandy with DeKalb faculty for a European tour of Italy France Switzerland Holland Germany and England, returning before the new school year. She is the daughter of Mr J W DeLassus of St Elmo formerly of Patoka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Register
Wilma DeLassus
Miss DeLassus
State Teachers’ College
DeKalb
New York University
S. S. Normandy
Europe
Italy
France
Switzerland
Holland
Germany
England
United States
Miss LeLassus
J. W. DeLassus
St. Elmo
Patoka
Local Girl Becomes Graduate Nurse
Miss Wanza Doolen is among twenty five graduates of St Luke s Nurse training school honored Friday at four on the hospital lawn. The class includes one from California twelve from Illinois and twelve from Missouri. Rev Raggles of Jefferson City gave the address and an informal reception followed in the Home reception lobby. Local attendees included O L Doolen and daughters Marjorie and Thelma Mrs L Riley and Mrs Hubert Doolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke’s Nurse Training School
Wanza~Doolen
California
Ilinois
Missouri
St. Luke’s Hospital
Raggles
Jefferson City
O. L. Doolen
Marjorie
Thelma
L. ‘Riley
Hubert Doolen
Mrs Glen Williams Writes From Washington
Mrs Glen Williams thanks Patoka Register readers for cards and letters sent during illness and convalescence after a serious Tacoma hospital operation. Her parents Mr and Mrs T F Haley report she is recovering well and wishes continued health and success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. F. Haley
Glen Williams
Patoka Register
Williams
Tacoma
The
Register
Patoka
Darrel Wyant Visits Mahon Household Over Weekend
Darrel Wyant spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Dale Mahon, staying at their home during the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrel Wyant
Mrs
Dale Mahon
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Black, Siralls & Bryson
Sa Tank Supply Warercom
New Illinois
Jolliff Well
Joldiff
Hempen & Burgess
J. A. Hausman
Brown
Owensboro
T. Buck
Adams Oil & Gas Co
Cypress Dease
Vandalia Radfarians
J. B. Whitehead
Oland
Mulberry Grove
Vanalla Hospital
Dyrer and Beaton
Pope Township
Carrell Draw
Waukesha
I. W. Taylor Driling Co
Meryman
F. M. McKinney
Pearl Poole
A. Jenning
Anct
Sandy Branch
Stringtown
William Danbury
Eloise Peyton
Howard
East of Town
Assumption
Editheyton
Eloise
William Secrest
Moneaqua
Lemual Meador
Etoile Mahoney
M. E
Merle Meador
South of Town
Zora Grulich
Phyllis
Markinez
Philip Meador
Charles Hilers
J. H. Peddicord
Leo Freyer
John Quayle
Minnie Peddicord
Carbondale
Ross Herring
Harold Thomas
Arnold Jarrett
Rock Island
Beulah Jarrett
Emo Scorr Watson
Patokian
Washington
Elmo Scott Watson
Watson
Medill School of Journalism
Northwestern University
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