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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1939
Page
3
A compact meditation on love as a divine virtue, contrasting human will with God’s grace. The speaker asks how to obtain love, asserting it as a God given treasure that sustains, protects, and heals, like sunlight and fragrance spreading from a righteous life.
Charles Vernon Ehlers from St Louis visits J H Peddi cord and Joyce Hathaway with family in Kinmundy. Eloise Peyton visits Marilyn Quayle in Niantic. birth announced Edgar and wife welcome Laurence Edgar, 7 pounds 12 ounces. Numerous local residents and guests travel, shop, and visit in nearby towns including Vandalia, Decatur, Centralia, Effingham, and Jacksonville with cafes, social events, and hospital visits noted.
An ice cream social will be held at Bear Creek Church to benefit Bear Creek Cemetery on Saturday night July 15. Ladies are asked to bring cakes.
Notice to unknown owners and interested parties that on October 4 1987 Marion County Illinois treasurer sold real estate taxed in W G Murphy name and later purchased by Julia Pendroh for delinquent taxes with costs penalties and interest. Redemption expires October 4 1939 unless redeemed a tax deed may be issued after that date per law.
Mr and Mrs Eunice Mellaney dined with John Talbert and family Monday. Gene Simpson and son Glen visited Patoka Thursday. Bill Kirgan and family called on John Talbert Monday. Cliffie Goodwin and Esther Simpson visited Friday with Chas McHaney. Laurence Talbert shopped in Patoka Friday. Others visited Doris Cozad, Ross Reed, Lizzie Gilmore, and Laura Carter households. Dew berry picking noted locally.
Southeast Town notes Raymond Bopp aided a church roof at Fairman. Centralia shoppers included Mr and Mrs Will Snyder and Mrs Effie Steele. The Pulver families and granddaughter visited Mat Belcher and wife. Calvin Belcher called at the Belcher home. Frank Petrea family visited relatives in Centralia Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Fred Adams and others spent Sunday with Mat Bel cher and wife. Evelyn Adams and Pauline Williams joined Effie Steele’s sister Boulah and family. Junior Williams visited last week with Thur Wayne Steele. Wash Bowen and family visited Frank Parker.
Poem-like remembrance from John and Josie Williams marking one year since Harold Williams’s death. It expresses sorrow, enduring memory, and love keeping him near, with a dedication to the departed.
Miss Clara Frizzell called Sunday afternoon on Misses Lucile and Lela Mae Nichols, sharing news and greetings.
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