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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1934
Page
3
Numerous local residents and relatives from Patoka and nearby towns visit Chicago St Louis and other sites. Families and individuals attend games fairs and family gatherings while others travel for business, education, and medical reasons across Illinois and beyond.
Vernon residents enjoy weekend visits with relatives and neighbors. A Fourth of July program is planned with activities for afternoon and evening. Local births, hospital visits, weddings, and old time charivaris are noted along with moves to Bartonsville and Clinton visits.
Millard Palmer family visited Saturday with Mr and Mrs Pete Bopp and son Raymond. Will Snyder visited Sunday at Carlyle with their daughters. Mrs Bertha Williams and children visited Sunday with her parents. A large crowd attended the ice cream supper at Temple Saturday night. Miss Violet Williams and Freda Bowen visited Sunday with Opal Belcher.
Miss Victor Des Ruisseaux aged 75 died yesterday at Twin Falls county general hospital after moving from Troy Missouri. She was born September 28 1858 in Normandy suburb of St Louis Missouri and is survived by two sisters and a brother all of Twin Falls. Funeral Monday at St Edward church with interment in Twin Falls cemetery under White mortuary.
The Patoka public school benefited from federal aid covering February salaries totaling about 625 dollars. Aid duration varied by district. Patoka received one month while neighbors received two or three months, reflecting relatively lower indebtedness.
Late reports show Mrs Luel la Gray recovering from injuries suffered weeks ago in a fall. Her condition improves enough to rest in a sitting position though she cannot yet leave bed. A postcard shower was held on June 13 for her birthday with many remembrances.
Mrs. Luella Gray III is recovering with visitors from Litchfield, Frank Jones and wife with son Jesse and wife, and neighbors sending cheering letters. Alice Singer, granddaughter, arrived from Decatur to nurse her through her affliction and Ernest Simcox from California also sent a letter of support.
An election of officers was held Sunday with Supt. Joe Muck, Assistant Owen Belcher, Secretary Mrs. Robert Arnold, and Treasurer Mrs. Joe Muck. Roy Thalman led prayer on June 27. Ellen Ballance to lead next. Rev Ballance to preach July 1 services.
An ice cream supper will be held at Zion Church on Saturday night June 30 with music and entertainment. Everyone invited.
Notice for Jessie Ellis operating a cream station west of I C Depot Patoka Illinois indicating a business activity or closure in the local area with sparse readable details.
Frank Lake called on E N Binnion Sunday morning who is very poorly. Mary Stieling and children Tony Potts and Wm Brewer spent Sunday afternoon with Frank Lake and family. John Thompson of Decatur visiting relatives and friends. Beulah and Velma Jones of Iowa spending the summer with grandparents W Hy Linton. Aunt Jane Christie. Coquice Payne spending definite time in Vandalia. Jerry Zimmerman and family spent Sunday with Walter Menton and Bear Creek baseball nine played.
The family thanks friends for kindness during John W. Thompson’s long illness and passing. Special gratitude to the M. E. Church for use of their building, floral offerings, and friends who provided musical selections. Grace Z. Thompson, Elmer J. Thompson.
The family thanks friends for help during their bereavement and especially acknowledges the W. M. A. class of Bear Creek Baptist Church Mrs Bella Matheny and Claude Matheny for their support.
Mrs. Katie Nattier, a Salem business visitor, was seen in town Wednesday visiting local firms and meeting with executives to discuss potential collaboration.
The program for the Kaskaskia Association Fifth Sunday Meeting runs at Fairman Baptist Church on July 28 and 29 1984 with devotions sermons and sessions led by Elders Altom Foulon Phillips DeMoulin Lockard Speer Sprague Hay Maddox and Brown plus a basket dinner and Bible study.
Mrs Roxie Snyder and daughter Dorothy along with Mrs Charles Ahif and Mrs Clarence Bowen visited Mrs Marie Lutz Lutz Wednesday afternoon. Dan Reeter and children visited with Charles Bowen later that day. Wilma and Maxine Foltz stayed with Nina and Mariel Lutz for a week. Isabel Mabel and Betty Bowen visited Ruby and Nettie Schmahl Saturday night and Sunday. Rev Frank Altom and family were Sunday guests of Frank Snyder and family. Mrs Irvin Bowen and children called on Dan Reeter and children Friday afternoon.
W H Wade and family attended a reunion at Farina at Albert Wade s home. Charles Moore hosted guests including Cecil Ford and family from Jacksonville. Elizabeth Ford of Detroit visited Alice Wade. Pentecostal church members picnicked at Forrest Park in St Louis. Marian Hollenbeck visited Sholconier with Dale Meador and wife. Purdue Doolen and Whitehurst, students in Carbondale, spent time with home folks. Opal Lee of Salem visited the Livesay family. Jimmy Purdue traveled to Carbondale to visit friends. Mrs Helen Allen and Dorothy of Mayfield Heights arrived for an extended stay near Miss Alice Wade s. Alice Wade hosted visits with Floyd Outhouse and family. C C Conant and family halted in Kinmundy en route to Englewood Colorado.
Les Jones and niece of Hallville visit with his parents W. J. Jones and wife. Mrs Maibel McKimmey and children of Clinton visit with her mother Mrs F. M. West. Mrs Ann Heckethorn of Shoboniere stops by the L. E. Green home. Ice cream supper for Magassi cemetery draws John Revis family W. C. Oates and wife F L Cox and family Minnie Wilson and Lora Green Eugene Leininger and wife attend. Henry Jones in New York Navy arrives for ten day furlough to see his father George Jones. Arewine Willett and family from Stringtown Darwin Jones of Patoka dine with W. J. Jones and wife for Mr Jones eighty third birthday. Clem Doolen and daughters Dorothy Dot Doolen take Lib Doolen to Kumind to stay brief. William Miller and Edna Briggs of Hannibal arrive for visit Briggs returns Friday. Marion County Rebekah Jodgs host to Salem Patoka group. fifty members attend. Vice president Sarah Squibb presides in president’s absence. Association votes to disband until September with brief program and ice cream wafers served.
A heartfelt tribute to a mother portrayed as practical and virtuous. The poem praises nursing, seamstress skill, modest tastes, and steadfast faith, concluding with a pledge of reunion in the afterlife. The end includes a garage scene with a car repair fee of fifty two dollars and sixty cents.
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