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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1935
Page
5
For sale posts, tires and tubes, oats, rye, soybeans, hedge posts, and farm equipment listed by multiple local sellers in Vernon and Patoka areas. Buyers offered seed oats and corn, beans, and seed crops. furniture and appliances also advertised at Centralia area store.
The Patoka Register notes it is published Friday in Patoka Illinois and entered as second class matter. Subscriptions are priced at 1 50 per year under the act of March 3 1879.
An educational meeting on marketing poultry and eggs will be held at Sandoval Community High School Tuesday evening March 5 at 7 30 p m under the Agricultural Department. H W Mathews a Swift and Company market specialist will speak on markets marketing packing and grading of poultry products and demonstrate egg grading. The public is invited.
A tenant house on Mr. Hensley’s farm near Wee Chapel, occupied by the Elwell family, burned Thursday around 11:00 a.m. The Tyodiirg Elwell was alone with three young children and carried them to safety.
A house fire destroyed belongings from the Ewell home with neighbors helping recover some items. The family had no insurance on contents and only partial house salvage occurred. They had recently bought the farm belonging to Mrs Pearl Jackson and plan to move once arrangements are made.
Schools closed Friday for a teachers meeting in Centralia. Nelletta Durbin earned 100 daily last week in spelling. Mr and Mrs Wm Galbreth move from Jackson farm to live with A A Galbreth family and will help with farming. Road relief work west of John Charlton farm satisfies residents. Mrs John Haug heard of sister Anna Putty 77 of Auburn Ill dying from a heart attack after a year of ill health.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Cohorn visited Saturday night and Sunday with Mrs Cohorn's parents Mr and Mrs Ed Wood. Miss Eunice Ververs spent Thursday night with her teacher Miss Pearl Britt. Centralia visitors included Mr and Mrs J E Hill and Mr and Mrs Francis Gott. Rickety travel and shopping trips feature repeatedly with Bowen families and local kin visiting Sandoval and Centralia areas.
East Fork residents Frank Petrea and family visited Nelson Hicks and family Sunday afternoon. Henry Meredith, a Centralia business visitor, was here Monday. Clarence Cozad called on Herb Schmahl Tuesday. Everett Goodwin shopped in Fairman Tuesday. Doris Cozad visited Fairman Tuesday. Frank Petrea and family called on Earl Hortopy and family Monday night. Mrs. Nelson Hicks and son visited Mrs. Luther Williams Monday. Violet Ralph and Wayne Williams visited Iimon Bowen and family Sunday. Bowen called on Clarence Bowen and family Tuesday.
Thor2 who called on Luther Will iams and family Saturday were Mrs. Nelson Hicks, Frank Petrea and son Dwight, Lon Pritchett, Ernest Schmahl and Floyd Bowen. Cort Walker was shopping in Patoka Wednesday. Orville Hill was in this neighborhood Thursday. Everett Goodwin was through this vicinity Thursday. Oze Hill was shopping in Patoka Thursday. Mrs. Bertha Williams and Mrs. Frank Petrea with Ruby and Ernest Schmahl attended the program at Temple Thursday afternoon. Herb Schmahl was a Patoka and Centralia caller Saturday. Mrs. Nelson Hicks called to see her sister Sunday. Mrs. Ransom Hicks who is very poorly at this writing.
Daily social roundup records visits among the McClellands Holtslaws and Ross families. Multiple households including Asa and Gertrude McClelland, Lora Holtslaw, Emma Ross, Mason Holtslaw, and Deloris Risinger are listed with various daytime or evening calls and outings across Odin Township.
Mason Holtslaw and Howard Mc Clelland spent Wednesday evening with Mr and Mrs Melvin Austin enjoying an informal gathering at their home.
Mr and Mrs Verne Mahlant and others spent a day with Wm Snyder and relatives. James Meredith Jr visited Urbana. Mat Belcher and Luther Williams attended Mrs Grace Myers funeral in Sandoval. CCC member Albert Bowen from Makanda and Claude Snyder from Waterloo were among visitors.
Vernon news notes a visit by Mr and Mrs G C Betts and daughter Louise from Sheridan over the weekend. Mrs Sarah Arnold returned home after a month with them. Louise plans a brief stay, while Dr Charles Ehlers and family from St Louis visited J H Peddicord's household. Miss Cota Shinn of Vandalia visited Uncle Fred Leninger.
Public Auction on the Frank Knight Farm southwest Sandoval on Tuesday March 5 1935 starting 1 00 P M. Items include 1 mare mule 1 bay horse 1 Holstein cow 1 black cow 1 Holstein cow fresh 1 Holstein to be fresh 1 Jersey cow fresh in November Farm machinery harness and feed and miscellaneous articles. Terms cash. Bob Holtslaw owner.
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