Hopkins area reunions and extended family visits noted
A long list of Patoka area social visits is recorded. Attendees include Mrs. Cleo Walker and many kin from Sandoval and Carlyle at the Hopkins reunion in Decatur. Other guests came from Portland Oregon to visit relatives, and extended family members from Randolph Air Force Base Texas to Carbondale Vandalia Breese and Normal joined various relatives for gatherings and weddings. The notes also cover travel for a wedding in Kansas City and a funeral directors convention in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleo Walker
Lloyd Kinney
Floyd Walker
Thomas
Sandoval
Harold Sharp
Jimmy
Carlyle
Hopkins
Decatur
Delbert Belcher
Randolph Air Force Base
Texas
Melvin Belcher
Breese
Jo Barge
Hayes
Kansas
James McNicol
C. A. Adams
Centralia
Maurice Adams
Darrell Atchison
Virginia McNicol
Faye Plowman
Kansas City
Dick Feathers
Charleston
Ill
Conrad Haefner
Bruce Pugh
Johnny Walker
Mark Cox
Cindy
Bill
Josie Cox
Foral Henson
Carbondale
Tom Ballance
East St. Louis
Chicago
Oscar Hill
Ray Gray
Clinton
Bill Hill
Halden Hill
Max Hill
Joe Jett
Carl Anderson
Sheri
Bridgeton
Tom Greenawalt
Ronald
Dubuque
Iowa
Cecil Jett
Beryl Jett
Helen Jackson
Zion Methodist Church
Salem
Frank Storment
Nora Alexander
Eads
Colo
Calvin Belcher
Patoka Panthers Meet With Carl Crawford
The Patoka Panthers 4-H Club met at Carl Crawford's home on June 19 with 12 members one leader and the assistant farm adviser present. Plans were made for an ice cream supper on July 22. Crawford spoke on tree identification and Vicki Blunt on hog preparation for the fair. The next meeting will be at Carolyn Snider's home at 8 p.m. on July 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka Panthers 4-H
Carl Crawford
Vicki Blunt
Carolyn Snider
A Good Habit to Read All the Ads Weekly
A note urges readers of the Register to review every weekly advertisement, highlighting the habit as a steady way to catch sales, services, and notices. The guidance emphasizes routine engagement with local listings for value and deal awareness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Lions Club Installs Officers for 1961 62 in Salem
Frank Davidson of Salem served as installing officer for the Lions Club Tuesday evening. Installations for 1961 62 named Emil Nattier president Robert Eagan first vice president L P Busch second vice president Darrell Sharp third vice president Elwin Bushue secretary treasurer Jack Bradon lion tamer Robert Keister tail twister and directors Sam Jolliff Paul Calvert Dean Jones Archie Harper. Next meeting moved to July 18 because July 4 falls on regular meeting day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Davidson
Salem
Illinois
Lions Club
Davidson
Salem Lions Club
Salem Bldg. & Loan Assn
Emil Nattier
Robert Eagan
L. P. Busch
Darrell Sharp
Elwin Bushue
Ond Treas
Jack Bradon
Robert Keister
Sam Jolliff
Paul Calvert
Dean Jones
Archie Harper
Ted Holsapple Receives Pilgrim Degree at Mooseheart
Salem's Ted Holsapple, governor of Salem Lodge 361 Loyal Order of Moose, traveled to Mooseheart Illinois last Saturday to be awarded the Pilgrim Degree of Merit. The honor, the highest in the order, is granted to about one in 10,000 Moose members after a long record of service. Recipients wear the Pilgrim cape and tie, gold tassel, and lapel pin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Holsapple
Salem Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Mooseheart
Ill
Moose
House of God
Moose Child City
Order
Salem Times
Beckett Reunion at Kitchell Park Pana
The A R Beckett descendants reunion gathered at Kitchell Park in Pana on Sunday June 18. Fifty members attended, oldest Effie Didway, youngest Cindy Donaldson great granddaughter, with Cham berlain siblings Ross and Mabel Cham berlain not descended from George Beckett. Letters from absent members were read and a bountiful basket dinner was shared before return trips to Peoria Macon Fairbury Charleston Wood River Herrick and Ramsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Beckett
Kitchell Park
Pana
Effie Didway
Cindy Donaldson
George Beckett
Barbara
Ross
Mabel Chamberlain
Peoria
Macon
Fairbury
Charleston
Wood River
Herrick
Ramsey
Mrs Elva Palmer and Henry Walker Hines Join in Marriage
Mrs Elva Palmer and Henry Walker Hines were wed Sunday at 3 PM in the Christian Church with Bro Chester Groves officiating. Only close relatives attended as listed, with Mrs Linder performing piano selections. A reception and dinner followed at the Bowen home. the couple will reside in Patoka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elva Palmer
Henry Walker Hines
Christian Church
Chester Groves
Gordon Kemp
Wayne Linder
Raymond Bowen
Clarence Newman
Bowen
Mrs. Hines
Patoka
Fourteen 4-Hers Attend Illinois State Club Week
Fourteen 4-Hers left the Farm and Home Adviser's Office Wednesday to attend the first annual Illinois State 4-H Club Week at the University of Illinois. Attendees include Francis Griffin of Patoka Panthers and Janice Snyder of Patoka Papooses. They will take classes on 4-H projects and activities, tour the campus, and attend sessions on careers in agriculture and home economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4-Hers
Farm and Home Adviser
Illinois State
University of Illinois
Jani¢de Snyder
Patoka Papooses
Francis Griffin
Patoka Panthers
Vernon News Items Far flung kin visit Vernon area updates
Vernon residents share stories of visits and travel across states and cities. Mrs Roy Cox visits relatives in Normal for two weeks while Mrs James A Davis brings Judy from Yuma for a family reunion with T E Snyder in Vernon. Local students return from SIU and others plan trips to Minnesota and Georgia. Fathers day events at the Methodist church and nearby funerals also mark a busy period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Cox
B. A. Bryan
L. C. Peddicord
James A. Davis
Judy
Yuma
Ariz
Davis
T. E. Snyder
Pat Turner
Phoenix
Marietta
Nancy Phinney
Sue Wernsman
Susan Doolen
Siu
W. E. Blank
Minnesota
Eugenia
Margaret Madden
Chattanooga
Tenn
Arthur Browning
Vandalia
Joyce Hollowell
J. W. Epps
C. D. Doolen
Scott Hathaway
Alice M. Pratt
Pensacola
Fla
Doolen
Champaign
Raymond Curry
Carolyn
Anita
Rushton
Kansas
Rev. Curry
Methodist Church
Esther Davis
Lawrenceville
Maud Curtis
Methodist Home
Salem
Arlie Sprinkle
Maude Snyder
Fayette Co. Hospital
Ora ‘Whitehurst
Dale
Peoria
George Christie
Leon Walker
Lyle Ballance
Marvin Florat
Marjorie Scott
Agnes Manion
Joe Wikenhauser
Milton Bayliss
Wikenhauser
Edward McWhirter
Alma
Veteran’s Hospital
Marion
Mason Bassett
Wm. Doolen
Terre Haute
Ind
Howard Peyton
Iliopolis
Howard Riley
Decatur
Mabel Brokelmeyer
Patoka
Chester Doolen
Vernon
Oscar Doolen
Yaw
Odin
Many From Out Of Town At Jesse Walton Rites
Funeral services for Jesse E. Walton drew relatives from several towns. Among those attending from out of town were Richard E. Walton and family of Naperville Verne Belcher and family of Decatur Rev J R Curtis and wife of Ramsey Floyd Walton and wife of Niantic T C Belcher Frank Walker Karl Wilson David Johnson and Wm Johnson all of Decatur Belle Doolen and Marvin Sorrel of Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse E. Walton
Memorial Hospital
Lawrenceville
Richard E. Walton
Naperville
Verne Belcher
Decatur
Robert Nichols
Kankakee
J. R. Curtis
Ramsey
Floyd Walton
Niantic
T. C. Belcher
Frank Walker
Karl Wilson
David Johnson
Wm. Johnson
Belle Doolen
Marvin Sorrel
Moon moth found in yard by Mrs Alvin Perkins
Mrs. Alvin Perkins found a large aqua Moon moth in her yard with a wingspan near five inches. The insect is identified as the Moon moth per the encyclopedia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Perkins
Want ads offer opportunities to buy or sell
Local want ads invite readers to list items for sale or request purchases. The brief notices cover a range of goods and services with concise descriptions and contact details, helping buyers and sellers reach the right people.
Public Apathy Hinders Tuberculosis Control Efforts
At a 1961 Christmas Seal conference in Sandoval Illinois TB workers urged intensified education and case detection while raising funds for medical research. Thirteen Marion County participants joined 60 TB workers from 24 counties for a daylong program at Del Rice's Colonial Restaurant. Speakers included an ex TB patient and Leon Estes, Salem post office assistant postmaster, who discussed mailing Christmas Seals and related regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger McClain
Illinois Tuberculosis Assn
Marion County
McClain
del Rice
Colonial
Sandoval
Illinois TB Assn
Ben D. Kinlingham
Marion County TB Assn
Illinois Tuberculosis Assn. Research Fund
Leon Estes
Salem
Post Office Department
Jerry Ehlers Wins State Teaching Scholarship
George T. Wilkins announces that Jerry Ehlers, Patoka High School graduate, earned a state teacher education scholarship. The scholarship funds admission to training at one of five state universities and covers tuition, fees, and related costs. The award follows a transfer of a partially used scholarship and requires graduates to be in the upper half of their class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Wilkins
Public Instruction
Jerry Ehlers
Patoka High School
Wilkins
Paul B. Chance
Marion County Supt. of Schools
Chance
Act of Kindness Awards Offered by Patoka Lions Club
Three Patoka Lions Club kindness awards for youths to 18 will grant 25, 15, and 10 dollars plus inscribed framed testimonials. Winners announced at December gathering in De kalb? No, December in Patoka. Nominations from the public urged to recognize acts of kindness by local youths and elderly residents needing help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka Lions Club
Dave Robinson Named as Graduate Assistant at SIU
Dave Robinson returns to Carbondale to begin as a graduate assistant in the Geology Department at Southern Illinois University. He will spend summer in field research with Dr. Harris and teach half time in geology laboratories in the fall while pursuing graduate work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Robinson
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Harris
Dave
Baptist Bible School Program Sunday Evening
The Daily Vacation Bible School of the First Baptist Church will hold its commencement exercises Sunday evening at 8 p.m. Various classes will present a program aligned with the school’s work. The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible School
The
First Baptist Church
Cemetery Donations Sought for Patoka Cemetery
Donations for Patoka cemetery are being received daily by village treasurer Emil Nattier. The cemetery committee urges all with relatives buried there to contribute now to support maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka
Emil Nattier
Must Get Ready for Lake Visitors Must Be Ready for 1965 Influx
Eldon Hazlet of the Kaskaskia Valley Association told Northern Zone directors in Shelbyville that 40 000 to 50 000 visitors may come each weekend within five years after lakes along the Kaskaskia River are completed. He outlined needs for housing hotels food facilities parks emergency medical and hospital services police fire traffic control and parking. A Urbana conference at the University of Illinois will discuss an overall study of the valley industrial potential. Dams at Shelbyville and Carlyle are expected to be finished in 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaskaskia
Eldon Hazlet
Urbana
University of Illinois
Hazlet
Shelbyville
Carlyle
Reports on ACP practices signed up in 1961
Farmers who joined cost sharing for ACP practices in early 1961 must file performance reports when finished, with weight tickets and sales slips at the Marion County ASC office. If limestone and rock phosphate work cannot be completed by July 31, notify the office to release funds for others. Fall signup begins August 1, 1961. soil tests should be prepared now at 45 cents per sample.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee D. Britt
Marion County
ASC
Britt
Educational Program Held by Sunbeams at Baptist Church
The Sunbeams held an afternoon program at the Baptist church on Saturday June 17 with Bonnie Perkins as vice president presiding. Ray Perkins joined as a new member and guests Mary Ann Meryman Centralia and Beth Towler Marion attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Church
Bonnie Perkins
Ray Perkins
Mary Ann Meryman
Centralia
Beth Towler
Marion
Sheila Jolliff
Jesus
Jean Britt
Mojonnier
Ann Easton
Jean
Bobby Britt
Record purse expected for Hambletonian race
Ninety top three year old trotters are eligible to the 36th Hambletonian to be raced Aug 30 at the Du Quoin State Fair. This year's purse is expected to top last year's record high of 144,566 dollars if enthusiasm among horse owners remains high. At Du Quoin State Fair 1961 harness purses total more than a quarter of a million dollars for five days of Grand Circuit racing Aug 28 through Sept 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du Quoin State Fair
Gene
Don Hayes
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Dayne Tune
Dave Sanders
Berthel Sanders
Darvin Jones
Miami
Beckett
Henry W. Hines
Hers
Univ. OF Ill
Jesse Walton
Mrs
New Orleans
Sheraton-Charles Hotel
Myrtle Reid
Robert Jamison
P. O. Box
Baptist Bible School
Sunbeams
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