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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1935
Page
8
Local notes record piano lessons, visits and travels among residents of Sandoval and nearby towns. Families and relatives from Bridgeport Patoka Decatur Granite City and St. Louis are mentioned with movements to and from Sandoval Vandalia and Harrisburg during the week.
Kelley Martin, long associated with the Martin Cash Store in Patoka owned by his brother C. D. Martin, has been transferred to manage the Martin Cash Store in Vernon after its purchase from Fired Brown of Vernon. His mercantile experience and genial manner are cited to aid public service and business success.
A church food sale by M E Church is set at the Masonic Building on June 22. Special orders should be phoned to Mrs. Jennings at number 68 by Friday noon.
Lawrence Eide of Centralia spent Thursday with Mr and Mrs Ted Ticknor and daughter. Mr and Mrs Harry Lusch and Norma Jean visited kin in Odin over the weekend. Elza Adams and Guy Quick families enjoyed home made ice cream at the Quick home. Babe Ticknor and children plus Jack Beams shopped in Centralia Saturday night. Meredith family dined with Hicks family on Sunday. Sunday School attendance reached 20. Evelyn Branch picked strawberries at the Adams home. Barbara Jean Branch and Mildred Adams visited the Williams home Sunday afternoon. Dwight Briscoe and family also present.
A daughter and another visitor were reportedly at the Fred Briscoe residence Sunday evening. Details on the visit were unavailable.
Personal notes show Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Beery and daughter Patsy with E. L. DeLay and family and Mr J L Simcox traveling Thursday to Forsythe Missouri for a vacation in the Ozark mountains near The Shepherd of the Hills Resort. Wenton Wright and family of Walker visited the Law Walker home. Edward Foster Bud Stephens and Dean Long of Havana spent the weekend with relatives. Irvin Howell of Tuka and a CCC member from Havana also spent time with Dean Long.
Zion Church hosts an ice cream supper on Saturday night June 22 to raise funds for church needs. Everyone is invited to attend and support the event.
Saturday night June 22 at Bear Creek baseball diamond on Frank Lake farm. seats provided for all. Music and singing planned for attendees.
The Village of Patoka invites sealed bids for road material gravel. Bids due by June 25 in the Clerk's Office. Bids priced per yard and must meet specifications. Board reserves the right to reject all bids. John L. Simecox, Clerk.
A collage of short notices lists a first class refrigerator, John Bean spray rigs, McCormick Deering tractors, spray materials, seeds, cleaned soybeans, an electric home fridge, weanling pigs, a 7 room bungalow exchange offer, a fresh Holstein cow, and other farm equipment all centered in Centralia Illinois with contact details for C N Cruse, Frazier Wooters, Rose Edwards, and Frank Thomason.
Community invites all to an ice cream social on the church lawn this Saturday evening June 22. Mr and Mrs Harry Lusch and Irma Jean Meredith joined Mrs Mary Ticknor and children for a trip to Centralia this past week. Mrs Jessie Woods of Sandoval visited the Ladies Aid at Mrs Jennie Merediths home.
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