Patoka Locals Headed for Spooner Vacation Plans
Patoka residents report travels and visits including Mr. and Mrs. Harold Foltz and Gary and Patty to Spooner Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. R L Walton will supervise the Hardware store during their absence. A Magassi Cemetery Ice Cream Supper is set for Sat night June 16. Mort Walker towed two miles west of Patoka. Several local couples and relatives visited in Patoka including Mr and Mrs Lee Bolt and others. A church Vacation Bible School begins Monday June 18 at the Christian Church.
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Harold Foltz
Gary
Patty
Spooner
Wisconsin
R. L .Walton
Magassi Cemetery
Mort Walker Corner
Patoka
Lee Bolt
Fred Burmer
Ramsey
Luke’s Hospital School of
Christian Church
Alice Farmer
Checotgh
Oklahoma
Jessie King
Springfield
Missouri
Charles Foltz
Foltz
Notice of Letting for Arterial Street Materials
Sealed proposals will be received by the Village Clerk until 1:30 PM CST June 27 1951 for furnishing gravel grade No 1 or crushed stone grade No 4 or No 5 totaling 370 cubic yards to maintain Arterial Streets No 1 through 9 in Patoka. Proposals on village forms in envelopes marked Material Proposal Section Maintenance. Right to reject and waive technicalities reserved. No proposal guarantee or full bond required.
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Patoka
Board of Trustees
Stevenson Proclaims Fireworks Safety Week in Illinois
Governor Adlai E Stevenson designates June 27 through July 4 as Prevention of Blindness Week urging observance of fireworks laws. He notes Illinois had 245 fireworks accidents last year. The 1951 Illinois State Fair offers 2000 dollars in prize money.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Ilinois
Illinois State Fair announces 1951 culinary and health events
The Illinois State Fair features four culinary divisions for senior, adult, youth, and honey exhibits with an optional entry blank. The Illinois Department of Public Health reports 128 hospitals ready for polio diagnosis and treatment, with varied care levels, and rejects swim pool transmission concerns. The Department of Aeronautics notes 397 restricted landing areas and 62 commercial airports. Joseph Pois becomes director of Finance, bringing broad public administration and Coast Guard Reserve experience. The poultry show projects 6000+ entries for $7,841 in prizes, with new classes for Illinois exhibitors, meat and egg production, and championship classes for chickens, bantams and rabbits.
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Ilinois
P. O
Springfield
Ill
State Department of Public Health
Illinois
Aeronautcs
Adlai E. Stevenson
Joseph Pois
Chicago
State Department of Finance
George W. Michell
Ted R. Leth
Pois
Signode Steel Strapping Co
U.S. Coast Guard Reserve
H. W. Elliott
Elliott
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S. M. Spurgeon
Willie Martin
Milton Peddicord
Clifford Weidel
Shattuc
Virgil Wernsman
LaDena
St. Louis
Lawrence Standard Service
Vernon, Ill
Patoka Christian Church
COR
Patoka Farmers Coop. Elevator Co
Patoka, Ill
Illinois State News
Avnad Shrine Circus
Centralia
Shriner
Byrd-Watson Drug Store
Sandoval, Illinois
Kansas City
Kitty
Joan Davis
OWL Show
Lucky Losers
Bowery Boys
Montezuma
Richard Widmark
Lewis Milestone
Admis
Lee J. Cobb
Jane Wyatt
Louis Jourdan
Debra Paget
Southern
Carbondale
Illinois Central
Louisiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
McComb
Miss
Mid-America
W. A. Johnston
Illinois Central Railroad
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