Local Notes Highlight Neighbors Visits and Family News
Peoria families hosted friends including Dale Whitehurst and relatives. Paul Perkins underwent emergency appendectomy in Centralia. Marilyn Cooley works for Kohl and Meyer. Several relocations and births announced. Gail Lynn born June 10 to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Walton of DeKalb. Capt. Davis returns to Atlanta awaiting overseas orders. Church activities at Mound Chapel include Sunday School, Bible School, and a gospel program by the Vore Quartette on June 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Perkins
H. O. Perkins
St. Marys Hospital
Centralia
Marilyn Cooley
Kohl and Meyer
Ed Noffs
Bellwood
Richard Walton
DeKalb
Gail Lynn
Esther Davis
Judy
Rantoul
Capt. Davis
Atlanta
Georgia
Lora Cooley
Ruth Ann
Vernon Methodist Sunday School
Lila Sanders
W. C. Oates
J. C. Linton
Decatur
Bertha Quayle
Springfield
Tom Nicolay
Clarence Lawson
Martin Johnson
Floyd Arnold
Terry Binnion
H. W. Riley
Edward Ray
Cardinal-Pittsburg
St. Louis
Robert Neal
D. H. Johnson
T. C. Belcher
Neal
Johnson
American Legion
Don Jones
Vandalia
Dallas Robinson
Stella Arnold
Leo Mendenhall
Salem
J. J. Parkhill
Harry
Bluford
Pauline Strickler
Indianapolis
Indiana
Lutie Belcher
Anday
Hubert Murray
Antact Ok
Ralph Willis
Mabel Paine
Solo
Charles Pugh
Helen Cox
Vore Quartette
Centennial Outing Noted by Patoka Lions Club Members
Fourteen couples from the Patoka Lions Club traveled to Nokomis Illinois for an annual outing with supper at Benya's Supper Club to advertise the local Centennial set for July 5. Souvenir color movies were made by Dr L P Busch at the Masonic hall and again at supper. Millie Caroline Berry born November 12 1887 died June 13 1954 at her Patoka home after a lengthy illness. She married Elmer Berry December 5 1917 and lived on a farm east of Patoka. She left a large family including four children and many relatives. Funeral services were held June 15 at Cox Martin Funeral Home with Rev H A Vanhorn, interment at Maxey Cemetery south of Mulberry Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Plew
Hutsonville
Loreda Fox
H. O. Blalock
Cincinnati
Ohio
Anna Henry
Ruby
Hobonier
Paul Ehrat
Leah May Abendroth
Clay City
Marvin Ehrat
Albert
Fredeking
Dell Stroh
Grover Hassler
Nashville
Bertha Danbury
Nellie Brown
Emma Covington
St. Louis
Bridge Club
Ray Walton
Vandalia
H. N. Potts
J. C. Binnion
Russel Green
Marie Hathaway
Hazel M. Cox
Minnie Peddicord
Alice Wilson
Helen Easley
Ray Hall
Robert Wood
Rosella Turner
Luther Brown
Patoka Lions Club
Nokomis
Ill
Benya’s
L. P. Busch
Masonic Hall
Millie Caroline Berry
Jefferson Davis
Harriet
Patoka
Elmer Berry
Seminary Township
Levi Lewis
Ennos Davidson
Luther Moore
Mulberry Grove
Charles
Pearl
Harriet Perkins
Levi Perkins
Peoria, Ill
Cox & Martin Funeral Home
H. A. Vanhorn
Maxey Cemetery
Belcher’s Long Gourd Display Surprises Local Visitor
John L. Belcher showcased rare relic gourds during a walk carrying a curved gourd 4 feet 5.5 inches long and noting a straight companion of equal length grown by him 51 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Belcher
Mr. Belcher
Centennial Parade Entry Notice and Prizes
All who have entries in the Centennial Parade notify Bill Jenkins or Don Griffin. Prizes will be awarded. The parade will be held July 5 and will step off at 10 00 a.m. Watch for further details of parade route in next week's paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Jenkins
Don Griffin
Office Closure Notice by Dr Basch M D
The office will close from Tuesday July 6 through Friday July 21. Dr L P Basch M D signs this notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. P. Basch
M.D
Card of Thanks Notes and Local Visitor Updates
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to friends neighbors and Rev Vanhorn for support during illness and funeral of wife and mother. Ben Reilman had eye surgery at St Marys Hospital and stays with his daughter in Kinmundy. Vernon M Y F members attended Sub District Meeting in Salem. West Virginia visitors Fred Mobley and son and locals J Leininger and family hosted. Allie Brown arrives from Monterey Park for an open stay at the Brown home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanhorn
Ben Reilman
St. Marys Hospital
Centralia
Walter Weiss
Kinmundy
Jesse Walton
J. C. Binnion
Vernon
Nell Metzger
Shobonier
Lew Johnson
Decatur
Linda Binnion
Lila Sanders
Helen Betts
Maxine
Fred Mobley
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Joseph Leininger
Allie Brown
Monteray Park
California
Old Brown
Mrs Maggie Belcher to be listed as Roberts sister
Mrs Roberts born August 29 1882 near Patoka lived in Logan County since 1907 mainly in Chestnut and Mt Pulaski. Now at Short Nursing Home in Atlanta she joins daughter Mrs Jack Robinson in Waynesville while her son Joe and granddaughter Sandra also noted. The 71 year old is fond of crocheting reading and singing to fellow patients between visits from family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Illinois
Roberts
Maggie Belcher
Elsie Gray
Mound Chapel
Henry Belcher
John Farmer
Margaret Roberts
Short
Atlanta
Jack Robinson
Waynesville
Patoka
Logan County
Chestnut
Mt., Pulaski
Scott Smith
Dean Blankenship
Centralia
Ilinois
Fry
Vernon Methodist Church
Josie Simcox
Mable
W. P. Sullivan
Illiopolis
Ellen Simcox
Joe
Lillian Vail
California
Ivy Vallow
George Wassem
Nellie Blankinship
Earle
Washington, D.C
Florida
Rachah Gray
Nina Johnson
Cora Douthett
Blanche Wilton
Joe Humes
Heyworth
Earnest Simcox
Nelpha Buss
Roy Pugh
Community notes and church events from local region
Readers send thanks for hospital well wishes as Eunice Rogier and others visit Mrs. S. M. Spurgeon while her convalescence continues. A Whiting's Eloc Shop food sale is set for June 19 by the Ladies Class of the Christian Church. A Baptist Vacation Bible School picnic is planned in the city park Friday at 11 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Schroeder
St. Louis
Rose Martin
Son Marshall
Georgia Kile
Ava Newman
Odin
S. M. Spurgeon
Whiting
Eloc
Christian Church
O. G. Singer
Arcadia
California
Les Walker
Rosemary
Charles
Maude Singer
Dwight Britt
D. L. Calhoun
el Paso
Texas
Orville Britt
Rolla Sparks
Johnetta
Robert
Mary Elizabeth
Verna Naylor
Mobile
Alabama
John L. Belcher
Josephine White
Decatur
Belcher
Baptist Church V.B.S
Conard MclIntosh
Springfield
Ill
Bruce Pugh
Conrad Haefner
Carolyn
South Afton
Dean
Frank Adams
Denver Adams
Centralia
Karen Sue Adams
James Adams
Lombard, Ill
Jake Davis
Carbondale
Linda Davis
John A. Jennings
Lake Cottage
Roy Lawrence
Hamilton
Indiana
Jennings
Patoka FFA Attends Illinois Convention Highlights
Three Patoka FFA members Frank Black Dick Davis and Donald Perkins plus Arthur Falkenhain attended the Illinois FFA Convention in Springfield June 9 to 11 Their chapter received a Bronze Emblem Certificate for completing its yearly program and one of the top three in the Section earning advancement to the State Contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dale Whitehurst
Peoria
lLivesays
Whitehursts
Mound Chapel Church
Patoka Lions
Elmer Berry and Family
Eunice Rogier
F.F.A
Better Neighbors Club
Alice *Wilson
Emma Protz
Florence Morgan
Anna DesRuisseaux
Elvira Livesay
Anna Wolfe
Tina Murfin
Alice
Sunbeams
Baptist Church
Bible School
Ed Lawson
Rainbow Choir
Pearl Britt
Carl Rogier
Leighton Wasem
Rathens
University
G. J. Wasem
St. Louis Lambert Airport
Lila Canale
Chicago
Delpha Jolliff
Edwin E. Gray
Patoka Register
Watoka
Bob Kelley
Fair City
Simcox
Masonic Lodge
W.C.C
Patoka Band
Dean Blank
Rev. Fry
Mrs
Irene Haley
Lilian Vail
Mabel Simcox
Ernest Simcox
Ocean
Nelpha
Bass
Elsie Belcher
Otto Pippin
Edwin Gray
Centennial Antique Committee
Estella Ververs
Mrs. Heinzman
Esta Martin
Edna Tune
Illinois State Medical Society
Educational Committee
Allie Gray
Fatoka
Dakotas
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