Walton Family Reunion Held at Kitchell Park Pana
Walton relatives gathered at Kitchell Park Pana on Sunday June 11 for a pot-luck noon meal and decided to make the reunion an annual event with meetings on the second Sunday in June. Attendees include O. T. Walton Abba Gideon W A Walton Edna Meadors Robert Walton Jesse Walton and many others from nearby towns and states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walton
Kitchell Park
Pana
0. T. Walton
Abba Gideon
W. A. Walton
Edna Meadors
Robert Walton
Jesse Walton
Dick Feathers
James H. McNicols
Burl Meador
Byron Meador
Don Meadors
Darrel Meadors
Charlene Gable
John Chance
Maurice Nattier
James G. McNicol
Lucille Headley
A. D. Nichols
George Bundy
Cindy Keys
Maron, Ill
Ardis Lonyneman
Elizabeth
Vandalia
Dean Storm
Windsor
Ibbie Huffman
Blue Mound
Louise Rodden
Taylorville
Eunice Pleasant
Mae Seybert
Sullivan
Dean Meadors
Carol Ann
Kenneth. Walton
Decatur
Foster Gideon
Harold D. Chance
Springfield
Roy Thompson
Mr and Mrs O F Davis Host Sunday Dinner
On Sunday June 11 Mr and Mrs O F Davis hosted a dinner at their home. Attending were Mr and Mrs C M Rogier of Greenville with their son Edgar and his wife and twins Nanette and Suzan of Minneapolis. Other guests included Jake Davis and family with son George from Carbondale. Mr and Mrs B M Cook and Gretchen could not attend. The day was very happy for all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. F. Davis
C. M. Rogier
Greenville
Edgar
Nanette
Suzan
Minneapolis
Minn
Davis
Jake Davis
George
Carbondale
B. M. Cook
Gretchen
Small-Town Family News and Travel Mentions
Mrs Ray Outhouse and Kay visit Chillicothe and Patoka while Olive Farmer reports improvement in Denver. Leland, Carroll Mojonnier, and James Adams families are noted with travels and visits. George Davis recovers after a tractor incident. infant Donna Marie baptised. several families plan trips to Spooner Wisconsin and Colorado Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Outhouse
Kay
Chillicothe
W. L. Outhouse
Patoka
Olive Farmer
Denver
Colorado
Leland
Fred Brown
St. Louis
W. A. Smith
Mary Margaret
Morence
Arizona
Carl Meador
J. H. Humes
Heyworth
E. M. Outhouse
Floyd Jones
Medford
Oregon
James Adams
Chicago
Frank Adams
Wayne Brumfield
Olney
H. Brumfield
George Davis
Carroll Mojonnier
Timothy
Irene Perkins
Jack
Davis
W. G. Bromwin
Marcia Sue
Teresa Ann
Milner
Vernon bride weds Thomas Nicolay in Methodist Church
Miss Marilyn Quayle daughter of Mr and Mrs John Quayle of Vernon and Thomas Nicolay son of Mr and Mrs T E Nicolay of Sandoval were married in Vernon Sunday June 11 in a double ring ceremony officiated by Rev John R Curtis with Rev Carroll Lewis assisting. The couple will reside at 530 South Broadway Salem Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Ill
Marilyn Quayle
John Quayle
Thomas Nicolay
T. E. Nicolay
Sandoval
John R. Curtis
Ridgeway
Carroll Lewis
Mary Lou Smith
Boulder
Melvin Koetter
Centralia
Eleanor Bates
Richard Meyer
Robert Noller
Xon Blackburn
Cuetralia
Orval Mahon
Vandalia
Betty Zimmerman
Thelma Adams
James Hathaway
Vernon Payne
Royden DeChene
Peggy Kunz
Alice Melcher
Springfield
Sandoval Community High School
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Sandoval High School
U.S. Navy
South Broadway
Salem
Illinois
Margaret Ann Curtis
East St. Louis
John R.curtis
Ancel Arnold
Lebanon
Marvin Ehrat
James B. Metager
Paul Ehrat
Shobonier
Russel Green
Ray Walton
Norma Kay
John Adams
Earl Turner
John Mabry
Dewey Isbel
Harry McClintock
Henry Tyl
American Legion Auxiliary Elects Officers for New Year
The Ameri can Legion Auxiliary held a June meeting electing Virden Towler as President and Betty Rose Jones as Vice President along with Harriet Meador Evelyn Jolliff Bertha Miller Maude Brum field Jane Jones in other posts. A call meeting was set for June 13 to plan fund raising and an ice cream supper at the city park on June 24 with home made ice cream and cake to be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Virden Towler
Betty Rose Jones
Harriet Meador
Evelyn Jolliff
Bertha Miller
Maude Brumfield
Jane Jones
Patoka Home Bureau Holds Monthly Meeting at Church
Patoka Home Bureau unit met Friday in the church basement with nineteen members. The major lesson covered weight control by diet led by Mrs. Les Jenkins. James Pope of Athens Greece spoke on country conditions. The July meeting will be held in the church basement with Mrs. Fred Brown and Rubye Cain hosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka
Methodist Church
Les Jenkins
Rubye Cain
Home Bureau
Chris Gergen
Bruce Pugh
Ernie Leicht
Carl Thalman
Cleo Walker
Sam Spurgeon
Frank Ballance
Fred Brown
Meador Hurls Two Hitter As Patoka Wins 3 0
Meador pitched Patoka to a 3-0 victory over Farina with Farina collecting two singles in seventh and eighth innings. Patoka scored two runs in the fourth on errors and a Meador hit, adding one more in the sixth for a 3-0 final. Next Sunday Patoka hosts Centralia Colored Giants at Patoka Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks Meador
Patoka
Farina
Meador
Centralia Colored Giants
Patoka Park
Dale Towler
Corr
Egyptian Shorthorn Breeders Field Day Held June 21
Members of the Egyptian Shorthorn Breeders Association hosted a field day on Wednesday June 21 visiting member herds. Floyd Smith Clinton County Farm Adviser joined the group and shared numerous pointers. Mr and Mrs Marion Outhouse and their children of Mr Vernon visited E M Outhouse parents this Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Outhouse
Vernon
Patoka and Vernon Grade Schools Hire Staff for 1950-51
The Vernon and Patoka Grade Schools announce their 1950-51 teaching staffs. Vernon assigns Peddicord Robinson Binnion and Potts to grades one eight, with Pinkstaff Crawford Fletcher in the sixth to eighth home rooms. Patoka lists Simcox Jolliff Arnold Mowen Linton for grades one five, with Pinkstaff Crawford as sixth to eighth home room heads. New hires include Cecil Fletcher as Patoka coach and Martin Pinkstaff advancing to sixth grade home room. Phillip Young joins to lead vocal and band music. Young earned a bachelor’s from Eastern Illinois in June 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
aPtoka
Minnie Peddicord
Essie Robinson
Jessie Binnion
Homer Potts
Patoka
Bettie Simcox
Evelyn Jolliff
Thelma Arnold
Wilma
Pinkstaff
University of Illinois At
Urbana
Illinois
Phillip Young
Neoga
Patoka Community
Young
Eastern Illinois State College
Charleston
Church Softball League Set Up in Patoka
Community church leaders from Meth odist Baptist and Christian congregations met to organize a church softball league. Rules cover play nights two five inning games age limits attendance requirements profanity and crowd control with scheduled games for three weeks and a family visit by Colorado Springs visitors.
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Church Softball League
Patoka
Beckett Family Reunion Draws 84 At Pana Park
The GC E Foltz Beckett descendants met in Pana on Sunday for an annual reunion. Eighty four relatives attended despite illnesses, with surprising visits from cousins Jessie King and Chloe Phillips. The gathering noted dwindling Beckett names among younger generations and shared memories of Rev A R Beckett and John Beckett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Beckett
Marietta Foltz
Bruce Foltz
Sandoval, II
Beckett
George A. C. Beckett
Patoka
Ray Beckett
Wesley Grupp
Henry Beckett
Galveston
Indiana
Spurgeon
Myrtle
Hiram Ballance
John Beckett
Pana
Decatur
Decatur Revieiw
John
Dean Meador Home in Oregon Burns
Mr and Mrs Carl Meador learned their Dallas Oregon area home burned on Monday morning June 12. Dean Meador had left for work about half an hour before fire discovered by Mrs Meador. She evacuated the two children and tried to fight the blaze but the house and its contents were total loss due to faulty wiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Meador
Dean
Dallas
Oregon
Meador
Birth at Jackson Hospital for Candis Ellen Quayle
Mr and Mrs Jerry Quayle announce the birth of a daughter Candis Ellen on June 18 at Jackson Hospital Olney. Grandparents are Mrs Nelle Quayle Pa toka and Mr and Mrs Ben Kaelin Centralia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Quayle
Jackson Hospital
Olney
Candis Ellen
Nelle Quayle
Patoka
Ben Kaelin
Centralia
Sunbeams Meeting At Baptist Church On June 17
Twelve Sunbeams met at the Baptist Church June 17 with Nona Jo Phillips as president. Brenda Thompson read a thank you letter from Mrs Atchison. Roll call used Bible verses starting with E then F. Next meeting July 1 hosted by Sonny and Sue Eastman. Diploma awards, refreshments by Mrs Mojonnier. Attendees included Linda Davis Bill Ballance Murl Thompson Brenda Thompson David Arnold Lynn Gerrish Ronnie Gerrish Sharon Rea Jenkins Valda Jones Judy Landreth and Mrs Mojonnier. Dorothy Eastman and Ronnie Gerrish earned Girls Auxiliary and Royal Ambassadors certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Church
Nona Jo Philips
Brenda Thompson
Atchison
Sonny
Sue Eastman
Mojonnier
Linda Davis
Bill Ballance
Murl
David Arnold
Lynn
Ronnie Gerrish
Sharon Rea Jenkins
Valda Jones
Nona Jo Phillips
Judy Landreth
Dorothy Eastman
Girls Auxiliary
Royal Ambassadons
Mrs Bessie Murfin Returns Home From Amarilla Texas
Mrs Bessie Murfin has returned home from Amarilla Texas. She traveled there for a shopping trip and is now back to her residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Murfin
Amarilla, Texas
Colleen Simcox and Joe Mayfield Wed June 18
Miss Colleen Simcox daughter of Mr and Mrs Dale Simcox of Sandoval Illinois wed Joe Mayfield Sunday June 18 in Centralia Illinois. Attendants were John Mayfield and wife from Centralia. She graduated 1949 from Sandoval Community High School and works at St Marys Hospital Centralia. The groom son of Mr and Mrs Lyle Mayfield of Centralia is a Centralia High School graduate and an Illinois Central employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colleen Simcox
Dale Simcox
Saradoval
Illinois
Joe Mayfield
Centralia
John Mayfield
Sandoval Community High School
St. Marys Hospital
Lyle Mayfield
Centralia High School
U.S. Navy
The
Illinois Central
Don Davis Named to Attend Premier Boys State 1950
Don Davis son of Mr and Mrs Jake Davis has been chosen to attend Premier Boys State 1950 at the State Fair Grounds Springfield Illinois June 25 to July 2. Hayes Kennedy Joliet dean of counselors describes the eight day session as a mythical forty ninth state for citizenship training under the Illinois American Legion. Kennedy notes boys age 15 to 17 run their own government with agencies patterned after city county and state government in Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Davis
Jake Davis
State Fair Grounds
Springfield
Illinois
Hayes Kennedy
Joliet
Kennedy
American Legion
Department of Illinois
Illinois American Legion
Legion
Ice Cream Social Draws Crowd for Megassi Cemetery Benefit
A cool evening did not deter a sizable crowd at the ice cream social west of Patoka Saturday night to aid Megassi cemetery. Net proceeds were solid though not as high as peak years. Community donations came from Whiting Electric Cox & Martin Funeral Homes Richeson Cafe Thelma Goff Eagan Food Store Austin's Market Jones Red and White Store Patoka Register Beckler's Service Don Crawford Griffin's Service Station Chas Hill Store Patoka Hardware Schroeder's Garage Martin's Cash Store Patoka Elevator Hill's Service Station Gene Roper W M Ellis Les Jenkins Patoka Post Office Eunrice Mae Dress Shop Field's Berber Show Tom Hargis George Wasem Pearl Nichols Eddie Barnes Mrs Billie Linton M D Walker Elva Shinneman Weldon Illinois Cleo Hoyne Colorado Springs Colorado and Marjorie Quick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka
Megassi Cemetery
Whiting Electric
Cox & Martin Funeral Homes
Richeson Cafe
Thelma Goff
Eagan Food
Austin’s Market
Jones Red and White
Patoka Register
Beckler’s
Don Crawford
Griffin’s
Chas. Hill
Patoka Hardware
Schroeder
Martin’s
Hill’s
Gene Roper
W. M. Ellis
Les Jenkins
Eunrice Mae
Field’s
Tom Hargis
George Wasem
Pearl Nichols
Eddie Barnes
Billie Linton
M. D. Walker
Elva Shinneman
Weldon
Iil
Cleo Hoyne
Colorado Springs Colorado
Marjorie Quick
Card of Thanks for Kind Messages and Flowers
Mrs. Chester Joliff expresses gratitude for cards letters flowers and words of cheer during illness and thanks everyone for the kindness and support received.
Ice Cream Social at Jones School June 29
An Ice Cream Social will be held at Jones School on Thursday night June 29 for benefit of Jones Cemetery. Plenty of entertainment and homemade ice cream. Ladies interested please bring cakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones School
Jones Cemetery
Ice Cream Supper Sponsored by Ro gier Post Auxiliary
The Auxiliary of the Edgar R. Rogier Post of the American Legion No 543 sponsors an Ice Cream Supper at Patoka city park Saturday evening June 24. Home made ice cream and cake will be served for 2c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar R. Rogier
The
American Legion No. 543
Patoka City Park
Ice Cream Supper for Vernon Park Benefit Friday
An ice cream supper proceeds at Vernon City Park Friday night June 23 to raise funds for the park. The event features home made ice cream cake pie and coffee with home talent entertainment. Serving begins at 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon City Park
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Legion Auxiliary News
Patoka Home Bureau
Christian Church
Thomas Shepard
Doren
Colorado Springs
Colo
David Gerrish
Charles Foltz
Loren
Bessie Beckett Foltz
Dean Meador
Burns
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