Patoka Notables Leave For Visits And Returns
Local residents travel and visit relatives across states from Missouri to Ohio. Mrs. Roy Malan returns home after eleven days post surgery in St. Louis with Dr. Van Atta accompanying her. Rev. S. M. Spurgeon leaves for Cape Girardeau to resume Anti-Saloon work. several families plan vacations to Smoky Mountains and Kentucky Dam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Malan
Jewish Hospital
St. Louis
van Atta
Malan
VanAtta
Ottawa
Cape Girardeau
Georgia Blanke
Cleveland
Ohio
Jennings
J. Everett White
Edith Honor
Decatur
John L. Belcher
White
Bessie R. Murfin
Elsie Gray
Centralia
Illinois State Fair Set For August 10 to 19
The 1951 Illinois State Fair runs August 10 through 19 with the slogan In Its 99th Great Year. It notes the fair’s growth from its 1853 Springfield origins to a vast expo reflecting agricultural, industrial and economic progress.
Magnificent State Fair Unveils Massive Plant and Capacity
The fair opens with a plant valued at 7 million dollars, 78 permanent buildings, over a million square feet of floor space, and parking for 18 000 cars. This season expects about 100 000 entries across 6 000 classes with premiums totaling more than 318 000 dollars.
Matila Frimel Scotten dies in Odin at 86
Mrs Matila Frimel Scotten formerly of Chicago died Monday at her son Mayor Fred Frimel’s home in Odin. Born August 6 1883 in Tuka she lived most of her life in Marion County. Survived by Thomas Scotten husband two sons Fred Lee Alfred Otto Frimel one daughter Margaret Reector two brothers Louis and John Hermann one sister Freda Perry ten grandchildren funeral held June 20 at Odin Christian Church with Rev Roy McKinney officiating interment Peaceful Valley Cemetery Odin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matila Frimel Secotten
Chicago
Fred Frimel
Odin
Tuka
Louis
Minnie Hermann
Marion County
Joseph Frimel
Thomas Scotten
Margaret Reéctor
Glendale
California
Fred, Lee
Alfred
Otto Frimel
Freda Perry
St. Louis
Louis Hermann
John Hermann
Odin Christian Church
Roy McKinney
Peaceful Valley Cemetery
Illinois Allows Retail Sale of Colored Oleo Margarine
Governor Adlai E. Stevenson signed three bills to permit retail sale of colored oleomargarine in Illinois effective July 1, 1951. The laws require signage in public eating places, triangular or labeled cuts of margarine, and bans on advertising colored oleo as a dairy product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adlai E. Stevenson
General Assembly
Illinois
Assembly
Willis Meeks 91 Dies at Odin Home
Willis Meeks 91 of Odin died early Saturday at his Odin home after moving from Clinton County. Born July 19 1859 in Lawrenceberg Indiana he was a retired farmer. He married Farinda Skelton December 25 1880 who preceded him in death. Survived by children Myrtle Mathews Arnold John Laura and Mary Meek George and Margaret. Funeral at Wilson Funeral Home Odin 2 pm Monday June 18 with burial at Peaceful Valley Cemetery Odin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Meeks
Odin
Clinton County
Mr. Meeks
Lawrenceberg
Indiana
Farinda Skelton
Myrtle Mathews
Arnold
Wilson Funeral Home
Peaceful Valley
Local families share Sunday visit in Patoka and Centralia
Mrs. Inez ONeal of Patoka and Mr. and Mrs. John Thorp with son Mike of Centralia spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. James ONeal and Nikkie, joined by Mr. and Mrs. George Altom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez O’neal
Patoka
John Thorp
Mike
Centralia
George Altom
James O’neal
Nikkie
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dwight Black
Sadie Black
Eva
Salem
Lyle Black
Nancy
Arthur Dallman
National City
Calif
Register
Hazel Dukes
The
J. M. Emerson
Bettie Simcox
Frank DeQuenne
Delores
Stroh
Fort Meyers
Florida
Dan DeQuenne
Dana
Moneaqua
Michigan
Leighton Wasem
G. J. Wasem
Colorado
Denver
James Ballance
Dougie
Mark Cox
Bill
Cindy
Kentucky Dam
Kentucky
Robert Kerr
Lincoln
Ill
Wiliam Parker
Dr. Black
Silas Wadkins
Tire Repair Service
Tank Wagon Service
Griffin’s Service Station
Patoka, Ill
Eddy
CIRCO
Cox
Martin
Illinois Power Company
Matila Frimel Scotten
Gov. Stevenson
Snyder’s Skelgas Service
Ziegler
Patoka Elevator Co
George J. Wasem
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