Virginia Payne Weds S Sgt John H Lewis in Shelida Missouri
Miss Virginia Payne daughter of Mr and Mrs Mack Payne Patoka marries S Sgt John H Lewis son of Mr and Mrs P L Lewis Bowling Green Missouri. The ceremony was at 8 30 p m Sunday June 7 conducted by Rev I G Atterbury. Attendants were Mary Frances Lewis and Hurley Jett. The couple will reside at Scott Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Payne
Mack Payne
Patoka
John H. Lewis
Scott Field
P. L. Lewis
Bowling Green
Missouri
Sheldina
I. G. Atterbury
Mary Frances Lewis
Hurley Jett
Patoka Woman's Club Holds June Gym Meeting
Pa toka Woman's Club met in the high school gym Saturday afternoon, June 18, with Mrs. Artie Rogier presiding. Plans were set for the September Family Banquet. lawn social set for July 31 at Mrs. W. W. Murfin's home. July and August meetings were noted as not planned. A patriotic program led by Edna Belcher concluded with a tribute to the flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka Woman’s Club
Artie Rogier
America
Walter Dovely
H. N. Potts
Elsie Gray
Ashnell
W. W. Murfin
Our Soldier Boys
Rogier
Edna Belcher
Local Patoka merchant tops rubber drive with 15440 pounds
Cecil Martin of Martin's Cash Store in Patoka collected 15 440 pounds of scrap rubber in the first three days of the National Rubber Drive. The drive runs through June 30 nationwide to ease wartime shortages. A Standard Oil truck aided collection at Martin's store, highlighting patriotic effort in the town.
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Martin’s Cash
Patoka
Cecil Martin
America
Martin’s
Standard
Cal
Martin
Warren
Belcher Returns to San Diego Base
Alvin Belcher received word that his son, Super. Sgt. Harold R. Belcher, is now stationed at the Marine Base in San Diego, California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Belcher
San Diego
Calif
Alvin Belcher
Sup
Harold R. Belcher
Marine Base
Sant
Miss Lila Mae Nichols Weds Roy Doolen
Miss Lila Mae Nichols and Roy Doolen wed in a ceremony on May 26. Doolen is the son of Cleve Doolen and the Nichols family is led by A. Di Nichols, with details noted in the local society notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lila Mae Nichols
Roy Doolen
Cleve Doolen
Lila Nichols
A. di Nichols
America
Berry Funeral Home Corrects False Rumors
The Berry Funeral Home issues a correction to circulating rumors about its services. The statement aims to clear confusion and reassure clients about the quality and availability of funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berry Funeral Home
Miss Esther Cox Weds Sgt James E Tooley in St Louis
Miss Esther Doloris Cox and Sergeant James E Tooley were married at eight o'clock Wednesday evening May 13 in the Third Baptist Church St Louis. The bride, daughter of Mrs Phoebe Cox of Carmi Illinois, is a Carmi Township High School graduate and Bethel College alumna. The groom is son of Mr and Mrs James Tooley of Central City Kentucky. He trained at Lockyear's Business College Evansville and served as Technical Sergeant at Fort Bragg North Carolina after being drafted November 8 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Doloris Cox
James HE. Tooley
Third Baptist Church
St. Louis
Oscar Johnson
Phoebe Cox
West Elm Street
Carmi, Ill
Patoka
Carmi Township
Bethel Woman’s College
Hopkinsville
Kentucky
Southern Illinois Normal University
Carbondale
James Tooley
Central City
Lockyear’s Business College
Evansville
Tolley
Carmi
Magnolia Oil Company
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
Noah Carter Receives Letter From Pvt William Carter at Savannah Base
Private William Carter writes from Savannah Georgia June 10 1942 describing moves to a new camp near the ocean in Georgia. He reports sleeping in tents in a pine grove and mentions six men with him, noting it differs from Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah Air Base
Savannah, Georgia
Georgia
Kentucky
Local residents travel and events noted in town diary
Fred Bron returns from Jacksonville after a week at an air raid warden school. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brown plan a visit to Peoria to see son W. G. Bown. Helen Troyer attends Judge Smith oath ceremony in Springfield. Various trips include Chester Illinois and Vandalia hospital notes. The Mojonnier couple attend a Fiftieth Anniversary in Highland.
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Fred Bron
Jacksonville
Fred Brown
Peoria
W. G. Bown
Helen Troyer
Springfield
June C. Smith
H. G. Hudspeth
Chester
Ill
Robert L. Morey
Emil Nattier
Greer Hospital
Vandalia
Nannie Wilson
DuQuoin
A. C. Wills
Robert Walker
Robert Jr
Hinsdale
Ann Cole
Louisiana
C. R. Richeson
P. J. Mojo
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nation Drive
J. Martin
Ska
Esther Cox
James E. Tooley
Noah Carter
Pvt
William Carter
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