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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1937
Page
1
In Patoka Indiana little acreage remains unleased as oil operators target village blocks. Britt brothers and Claud Adams own key unleased plots while owners form collectives to negotiate contracts with reliable operators. Terre Haute couple visit for a relative’s funeral in Pinkneyville.
Land machinery was hauled to a site south of the Ray Ballance place last Saturday for a new well. The lease is jointly owned by J. W. Alexander and Ben S. Livesay. Ground conditions delayed access but crews aim to complete the rig erection in the coming days under supervisors A. E. Hempen and A. Burgess.
Republicans met at the Legion Hall on February 27 and named township candidates: Supervisor Ellis Doolen, Town Clerk Marcus Cox, Assessor Edwin Arnold, School Trustee W. B. Rogier. North end nominees fixed for one term under township custom. Rogier praises prior supervisor C. M. Rogier. Vacancies exist for two constables and two justices of the peace. a fill was chosen.
Mrs. Laura Haley and Mrs. C. N. Craese were business visitors in Centria on Monday, stopping at local offices and meeting with officials.
Mr C J Haas of Texas takes complete charge of Illinois operations for Adams Louisiana Co with Mr Taft Buck assisting at the warerooms near the first well. Haas and wife relocate to Vandalia and assure Patoka businessmen of full cooperation as Well No 2 reaches 906 feet and No 3 is slated 880 feet west with a 15-man crew en route. The company builds access roads and anticipates greater activity as weather allows.
Machinery for boring the well arrived Sunday and was unloaded late in the evening. This is the third string of tools to arrive in the past days and the second rig within the city limits. Charles Star will drill the well under E. L. Dee of Michigan. Location about half a mile south of Merymanwell No 1, Patoka Field’s first producer.
The mast is raised and equipment prepared for the Walter Adams Well on the south side of town. Hempen and Burgess will drill with Hempen among the first Pa tok Field promoters. Weather delays hinder progress, but crews strive to set up machinery in the Patoka Field.
The Democratic party met in Vernon village hall on Monday March 1 1937 at 2 PM and nominated candidates for April township elections. Nominations list Supervisor Clem D Doolen Town Clerk Lem Meador Assessor W E Field School Trustee T W Oates Justice of the Peace Earl Graham. A constable vacancy is expected with unclear future filling.
Mrs. Robert Jennings traveled with Connie Meador Mary Helen and Fralena Jennings to St Tie Grtvedaw and were accompanied in Potaka by Robert Jennings who is on a ten day furlough with his family in the article.
Elsie Crawford 46 wife of John W. Crawford died in a Saturday night Route 40 collision between Altamont and Effingham. Four others injured include son Sidney Kirby 14 and Charles Logan 15. injuries range from brain concussions to severe cuts. The Mason high team returning from a district title game were involved. snow and skidding contributed to the crash. Funeral arrangements were set for Patoka, with burial in Patoka cemetery.
W G Gray, once a Patoka boy and longtime Gately Co. executive, died in Clinton Indiana after borrowing a revolver and fatally shooting himself in a sequence of events that began with marital strain and travels through Terre Haute and Montezuma. A note mentioning Wis Inerage was found in his pocket.
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