Patoka Holds Lead In Tough Independent Tourney Battles
In the Independent Tournament Patoka topped Hart's Pharmacy 24 to 22 and beat Trenton 16 to 11 in a dramatic clash praised by fans. Centralia Brown's Business College upset Salem 28 to 26 behind Currie and Bruce. Patoka secured a second victory as Wasem, Hoyt, and Lee starred in a fast, skilled game in front of a large crowd.
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Patoka Boys
Harts Pharmacy
Trenton
Werner & Werner
Trenton Boys
Patoka
Hart’s Pharmacy
Centralia Baptist
Odin
Centralia Ginks
Waltonville
Bonnie
Centralia
Currie
F. Bae
Eee Campbell
Manwell
See Smith
Kagy
Salem
Bruce
Ge Robinson
Hilgeford
McCoy
Werner & Werner Stars
Wasem
Hoyt
Skinny Lee
H. Simcox
Cummins
Stienhauer
G. oOs Seeber
Brefeld
Becker
So Os Lee
E. Ranz
Oe Vaninger
Linthicum
Lee
Sandoval
Centralia Methodists
Centralia Baptists
Thomas
P. Stout
Methodists
G. Thomas
Didier
C. Thomas
J Walfe
Frazier
Banton
Saul
Stout
F. A. Boswell
Hicks
F Ford
C. Frank
C. Carrigan
G O. Boswell
Intralia Methodists
Linthicum of
TP Ross
Boswell
Hughey
Ryan
Fitzgerald
Umpi Linthicum of
Governor Small Through Patoka on Campaign Swing
Illinois Governor Len Small passes Patoka en route to Nashville from Vandalia after addressing Hillsboro road officials. He spoke in Nashville with a Chicago candidate for Secretary of State in attendance as Emmerson’s Chicago effort to unseat Small grows. Stratton resigns as Director of Conservation to run for Secretary of State.
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Illinois
Len Small
Patoka
Nashville
Vandalia
Good Roads
Hillsboro
Chicago
Louis L. Emmerson
William Stratton
Gov- Smalls
State Department of Conservation
Well Known Engineer Loses Leg at Clinton Hospital
Former Illinois Central engineer Frank Miller, long known to local riders, had a leg amputated last Thursday at John Warner hospital in Clinton in hope of improving his health. Reports indicate he is showing improvement and he had been retired on pension for some time.
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Illinois Central
Frank Miller
Clinton
Centralia
John Warner Hospital
Miller
Ora Green
Maron
Charles Meador
Phifer
St. Elmo
Patoka
Lebanon
Rush Wilkins
Salem
Lill Elizabeth
Audrey Hines
Tom Boyle
Florida
Register
Russel Snyder
Centralia High School
Russel
Patoka High
Walter Winkler
T. E. Irvin
T. E
Record Snowfall Marks Leap Day Visit in 1928
A heavy February snowstorm on Wednesday February 29 1928 plummeted through the region. The season’s record snow may stand as the leap day event tied to a year ending in zero, an extra day that occurs every four years.
Local Notes Highlight Town Folks and Occasional Purchases
Mrs Nellie Lee spent days in Centralis and Altoms offers Armour Pork and Beans at 25c. A busy week with illness recovery and visits by Cecil Martin William Jarboe and others plus sale of Lancaster lots to Eli Logan. Local chatter covers neighbors travel auctions gifts baby news and tax payments with remarks on road conditions and community humor.
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Nellie Lee
Centralis
Altoms
Cecil Martin
William Jarboe
Centralia
A. M. Elifritz
Ont
Lee Crawford
St. Louis
James Wasem
Jimmy Wasem
Art Thomas
Shattue
Talton Jones
Decatur
Paul Troyer
Stanley Wasem
Texas
O. R. Pippin
Fryburg
N. D
O. R. Howard Adams
Walter Adams
U. S. Army
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Lancaster
T. B. Walker
Eli Logan
Ed C. Cocagne
Capital Monument
Vandalia
Neil Davidson
Champaign
Marion County
Ee William Rowe
Rowe
St. Louis County
Dale Altom
Rollin Belcher
Harold
Peru
Mound Chapel
University of Illinois Band Plays Centralia and Heads to Mattoon
The celebrated University of Illinois Band toured Centralia on Tuesday night for High and Grade Schools and drew large crowds. The 18th annual tour featured requests such as Stars and Stripes Forever with encores, included about 100 players from the university bands, and noted alumni connections with Judge Fred Wham and Clarence Haney.
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University of Illinois
Patoka
Centralia
Mattono
University
The
Stars and Stripes Forever
Clarence Haney
Fred Wham
U. of S
Fred, Jr
Mt. Vernon
Fairfield
Mcleansboro
Bids to open on 100 miles of state highways
Springfield Ill Feb 20 Bids will be received by the Division of Highways Department of Public Works and Buildings for about 100 miles of state highways on Feb 29 along with heavy grading and bridge contracts. The work spans Clark Clinton Franklin Cook Lee LaSalle Stephenson Henry Tate Woodford Saline and Mchenry counties with grading in Henry Wayne White Saline Johnson Pope Franklin Monroe St Clair and Tazewell and bridge work in Grundy Cook Kane Lee LaSalle Carroll Adams Wayne Franklin Saline Johnson and Tazewell counties
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Springfield
Ill
Division of Highways
Department of Public Works and Buildings
Clark
Clinton
Franklin
Cook, Lee, LaSalle
Stephnnson
Henry
Tate
Woodford
Saline
Meenry
Wayne
White
Johnson
Pope
Monroe
St. Clair
Tazewell Counties
Grundy, Cook, Kane, Lee
LaSalle
Carroll
Adams
Johnson and
Tazewell
Birthday Anniversary Dinner for Mrs Caudle
On Saturday February 25 family and friends gathered to celebrate the fifty seventh birthday of Mrs John Caudle with a sumptuous noon dinner. Guests included August Meseke and family Joe Oliver and wife Valley Packett and family Mrs Emma Packett and Miss Loretta Packette all of Vandalia Joe Knight and wife Warren Bobbit and wife Frank Quayle and wife Allie Wernsman and Jim Bobbitt.
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John Caudle
August Meseke
Joe Oliver
Valley Packett
Emma Packett
Loretta Packette
Vandalia
Joe Knight
Warren Bobbit
Frank Quayle
Allie Wernsman
Jim Bobbitt
Former Patoka Man Seeks Rotary Governor Post
H. O. Pippin of Dickinson North Dakota former Patoka resident and Stark County superintendent seeks Rotary International Governor seat. His candidacy will be reviewed by the Ninth District meeting to be held in Superior Wisconsin in April. The district covers North and South Dakota Minnesota and upper Wisconsin.
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H. O. Pippin
Dickinson
North Dakota
Rotary International
Superior Wisconsin
Pippin
Patoka
Stark County
North
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Sale at Llewellyn home nets varied livestock prices
John Jennings held a sale west of Salem last week with milk cows selling from 65 to 145 dollars. A nine year old male auctioned for 185 dollars. The family plans to move to California. Howard Nelson departed Friday with household goods for Waynesville. Ora Brumfield and Claud Sanders handled the haul while Mrs Belcher Hartley and Misses Walz Cruse attended a University of Minors Band Concert at Centralia High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jennings
Llewellyn
Salem
John Language
California
Howard Nelson
Waynesville
Ora Brumfield
Claud Sanders
Mesdames E. W. Belcher
Ed Hartley
Leona Walz
Georgia Cruse
University of Minors
Centralia High School
Woman's Club Holds Meeting with Practical Nursing Theme
The Household Economic Club met at the gym on Saturday February 25. Members discussed four new membership applications and heard a program on Practical Nursing. A social hour followed with refreshments as the group adjourned to meet again the fourth Saturday in March.
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Household Economic Club
Jolliff
Ruth Pugh
Alice Murfin
Bonnell Ford
George Washington
Artie Rogier
Roy Jones
Sam Pugh
Oscar Davis
Thelma Nichols
Edna Belcher
Patoka appoints four deputy sheriffs for protection
News notes that since Sheriff Harvey May took office Patoka has four deputies ready near the city. No day officer exists, but a night patrol is ongoing. The deputies stand ready at convenient locations to respond with authority if emergencies arise.
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Patoka
Harvey May
Thie
State Interest Fund Tops Million Dollars in 1927
Illinois collected 1,000,138.12 in state fund interest during 1927, the highest annual total ever and the first to exceed one million dollars. The general revenue fund balance on January 1 stood at 22,596,922.18 with total funds at 38,226,273.12 and total bonded debt at 144,296,500.
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Illinois
Garrett D. Kinney
General Revenue Fund
Southern Illinois Plans First Airport at Marion
Springfield Illinois February 20 subscription lists are being circulated at Marion to raise eight thousand dollars to buy a tract for a municipal airport. The aviation field would be the first in southern Illinois. Steps are already being taken in other parts of the state to mark buildings with community names for aviator guidance following Governor Len Small’s suggestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Marion
Illinois
Len Small
Robbers Loot Grand Trunk Mail Train Near Chicago
Six bandits halted a Grand Trunk mail train in the Chicago suburbs on Saturday morning between eight and eight thirty. They seized registered mail containing over $100,000 intended for Harvey Banks and vanished before authorities could respond.
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Grand Trunk
Chicago
Harvey Banks
Bank Meeting Held at First State Bank Patoka
The regular monthly meeting of the First State Bank of Patoka was held in the Directors room last Friday. Mr. J W Doolen of Vernon attended the session.
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First State Bank of
Patoka
J. W. Doolen
Vernon
Soil report schools formed in Marion County
A county soil report released by the University of Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station includes a soil map, descriptions of soil types, analyses, and crop recommendations. Soil schools will tour Marion County to discuss the findings at Farina High School Salem Farm Bureau Office Iuka Centralia Township High School and Patoka Elevator with additional sessions weather permitting.
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Agricultural Experiment Station
The
University of Illinois
Marion County
Farina High School
Farm Bureau
Salem
Iuka
Carrier Depot
Centralia Township High School
Patoka
Gas Tax Law Invalidated by Illinois Supreme Court
The Illinois Supreme Court voided the two cent gas tax enacted last year to fund a $100 million road bond program. It ruled the refund clause unconstitutional and called the law an unintelligible piece of legislation, reversing Kane county court and ordering dismissal of the state’s injunction demurrer. Only those taxed under protest may receive a refund. others funds stay with the treasury unless an appropriation bill passes.
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Illinois Supreme Court
General Assembly
Circuit Court
Kane County
Chicago Motor Club
Local Young Lady Graduates From U. of I.
Miss Dorothy Wasem daughter of Mr and Mrs Louie Wasem of this place returned home Thursday night after graduating from the University of Illinois with her degree. The town honors her achievement and hopes others will strive in their schooling. We congratulate Miss Dorothy.
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Dorothy
Louie Wasem
University of Illinois
Mrs Lucas Crawford Returns Home After Daughter Birth
Mrs Lucas Crawford, long a patient at St Marys hospital in Centralia, improved enough to be brought to the Smith home this Saturday following the birth of their baby daughter.
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Lucas Crawford
St. Marys Hospital
Centralia
Smith
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Small
U. OF I
Rotary
Woman’s Club
Southern Illinois
Soil Report
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