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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1946
Page
4
The Patoka Register lists H. K. Pike as Editor and Publisher with Ruby D. Pike as Assistant Editor and Manager. It is published every Friday in Patoka Illinois and entered as second class matter on November 2 1907 at Patoka post office under the 1879 act.
Miss Margaret West spent Thursday in St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Armstrong and children visited here at the Farthing home. Centralia shoppers included Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dagley and others. Eastern Star activity in Flora. Joy Class of the Methodist Church met with ten members and one visitor. Prizes went to Mrs. Phillips, Lucille Kissel, and Mary Rippy. Refreshments at Hoskinson's Cafe.
Midwest farmers urged to boost efficiency on every acre using improved farming methods and mixed fertilizer with nitrogen phosphorus and potash. War experience proves value and farmers were told to order fertilizer early with industry capacity ready to meet needs. County agents and state agronomists offered advice as the article covered social notices and local events beyond the main agricultural message.
The Middle West Soil Improvement Committee reports post Pearl Harbor gains in agricultural output come from better management and equipment, not larger acreage. Fertilizer use rose but fails to balance crop removals, draining soil fertility. a large postwar soil rebuilding effort is urged with fertilizer industry ready to meet peacetime needs.
Lloyd K. Moore, son of Amos and Julia Moore, suffered a serious leg injury while spottering for a coal dump at Illinois Shops when a door slipped and struck below the knee. He was rushed to John Warner Hospital in Clinton, NL. Also noted are updates on a rubber plant project, Edna Ruth Brewer joining Pop & Mom's Coffee Shop, and Lt Willard B Peacock's recovery after knee surgery near Mayo Hospital in Galesburg, Illinois.
Mrs Elmer J Sumner of Kansas City Missouri spent the weekend visiting at the home of her father William Harvey and other relatives in Sandoval and area.
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