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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1948
Page
5
Amy Bradley leads Patoka Pentecostal Church with Sunday School at 9 30 a m and Morning Worship at 10 48 a m. Evening services at 7 p m on Sunday and 7 30 p m Wednesday prayer. Choir invites all not elsewhere. Birthday song salutes D L Wickersham.
A storm shuts Bear Creek P.T.A. meeting for February and causes road disruptions. The report notes roof and window damage from a severe wind storm, with extensive destruction at the Dewey Cole farm home now occupied by the Winess Linton family.
The Vernon Red Cross Drive for 1948 opened March 1 under Minnie Peddicord with committees planning collections across the territory. I. C. Betts and son Keith filled rural routes for ten days in W. C. Oates absence. Miss Marian Epps of Springfield visited J. W. Epps and wife. Bruce Danbury moved to Decatur to work at the Decatur and Macon County Hospital. Roy Godell returned to Chicago as his father faced illness. Rev C. R. Farmer and wife from St. Louis moved into the Pentecostal Parsonage to lead a revival service at the church.
Vance Murfin moves this week from Willett farm near Sholconier to a new home south of Vernon. Don Crammer of McKendree College visited Richard Walton. Ruth Laws visited Peoria friends. Dr J W Compton and family stayed with Frank Hatch. Ruth Lawson works as substitute teacher. Nellie Brown visits relatives in St Louis. Vernon Methodist Sunday School attendance was 65. Easter Sunrise Service preparations under way. Birthday song for Carol Pumphrey and Lutie Belcher. Stanley Meador, McKendree student, visited home. Leslie Morey in Decatur on business. Curt Murfin attended Harvey Wilson Golden Wedding in Elk Horn, Wisconsin. Glen Walton and family plus Caryl Thompson visited Epps and Walton families in weekend travels.
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