Patoka Happenings Chronicle Local Visitations
Patoka news notes numerous visits and events including Mrs Grace Chance traveling to Springfield for granddaughter Cheryl Chance’s high school graduation. trips to Colorado and Michigan. attendance at graduations in Centralia and Greenville. a Bible presentation at First Baptist Church for Karen Outhouse and Don Wurm. and multiple family and church activities amid community life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Chance
Springfield
Cheryl Chance
Harold Chance
Colorado
First Baptist Church
Karen Outhouse
Karen
Don Wurm
Y.W.A
Loretta Genre
Marion County Soldiers and Sailors Reunion at Salem 1964
The 81st annual Marion County Soldiers and Sailors Reunion will run June 22 to 27 in Salem Illinois with Fredrick E. Merritt as General Chairman. Annual roots trace back to 1884 with post 102 of the Grand Army of the Republic and since 1927 under American Legion Post 128 supervision. The event foresees crowds of about 15 000 daily for a 25 ride motorized midway carnival and nightly stage show at Bryan Memorial Park amid Lincoln Heritage Trail sites in Salem the gateway to Little Egypt and Bryan birthplace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Marion County Soldiers’ and Sailors
Salem
Illinois
Fredrick E. Merritt
John S. Chandler
Grand Army of the Republic
Luther B. Easley
American Legion
William Jennings Bryan
Grand Ole Opry Stars at Du Quoin Fair
Opening night country show at the Du Quoin State Fair runs August 30 to September 7. Stars Ferlin Huskey Hank Snow Skeeter Davis Ray Price headline a two hour show with other Opry notables and advance reserved seats priced from 1.25 to 2.50. Nat King Cole and Johnny Carson appear on other nights while Grand Circuit Harness racing runs Aug 31 to Sept 4 and a three day motorized card begins Sept 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don M. Hayes
Illinois
Hayes
Ferrin Huskey
Hank Snow
Skeeter Davis
Ray Price
Grand Ole Opry
Litle
Jimmy Dickens
Gordon Terry
Melba Montomery
Collins Kids
Stringhean
Bill Anderson
Johnny Carson
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Pearl Britt
Mrs. Davis Jennings
Rialto, Calif
Patoka
Eugene Belcher
Sandoval
Edna Martin
Nannie Brtt
Ethel Chance
Raymond Bowen
Elva Hines
Jerry Mass
Cecile Bowen
Fond du Lac
Michigan
Effie Kloss
Wm Blankenship
Joyce
Jessie Binnion
Vernon
Nell Metzger
Decatur
T. J. Venette
Nannie Britt
Jimmy Britt
Centralia
Britt
Jody Carter
Margaret Vogt
Dean Britt
Shirley
Gary
Margaret Bradon
Chicago
Erma Forslund
Minneapolis, Minn
Mabel Snyder
Letta Hopkins
Cecil Brown
Jimmy Miller
Gary Britt
Harry Britt of
Cropsey
Mattie Bopp
Anna Britt
Mary Ann Miller
Kathryn Nattier
Ruth Thomas
Rosemary Britt
Shirley Thompson
Settle
Don
Nancy Snider
Carolyn Wadkins
W.M.S
The
Brazil
Edwin Nattier
Mesdames Emil Nattier
Buzz Miller
P. J. Mojonnier
Yaw Nursing Home
Roberta Britt
Miss Pearl Britt
Alice Nattier
Kenneth Easton
Charles Walker
Glen Towler
Alvin Perkins
Highland
C. A. Walton
Greenville
James Walton
Phylis Walton
Miriam
Greenville Sun
Clifford Teel
Reunion
Chesterfield
DU Quoin Fair
Nat “King” Cole
Kohnen Concrete Products
Germantown
MAE Eagan Ins
Stiehl
Walgreen Agency
E. Broadway
Illinios
Jim Ford
S. Locust St. Centralia
Fredman Bros
America
Tinue
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