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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1927
Page
1
Illinois county clerks received primary ballots on Monday evening after a legislature formed board listing statewide candidates. The document names governors, secretaries of state, treasurers, attorneys general, and congressional delegates across Republican and Democratic tickets with districts and nominees.
On Sunday March 4 Lafe Bassett celebrated his sixty seventh birthday with a large gathering of relatives and friends. A noon meal and warm fellowship followed the celebration with attendees including Hobart Arnold A Nichols Charles Arnold Will Jones H H Jones M C Souter Merle Jones J A Bassett Selby Jarrett Claude Jarrett families T I Arnold Elsie Elmer Bassett Ellis Ras Arnold Dwayne Walton W H Jones and wives.
A Centralia mother tells her daughter Mary Helen Humes a bedtime tale about good folks going to Heaven. Mary Helen asks if some go to Patoka instead, and she believes Patoka might be the next place after Heaven.
The Household Science Club presents a March 24 program at 2 PM featuring Better Citizenship, a theme urging intelligent voting. Speakers cover primaries absentee voting voter qualification and the ballot with talks by Mrs. Lillie Nattier Mrs. Frank Ballance Mrs. Sam Pugh and others.
The Second half of the Conference year begins as Island Chapel notes good attendance despite mud and illness. Finances for the first half are paid in full including salaries. Patoka Epworth League event praised. Zion revival and spring drive anticipated. Quarterly conference at 2 30 PM Saturday to report finances. birth of a baby girl to Mr and Mrs Lee Crawford on March 3 1928 noted. Mrs Lisle Gray and son visit from Detroit.
Mrs. Carrie Sillery of Carpentersville Indiana, aged seventy, woke from a nap and began to see objects in her room after thirty years of blindness. Doctors are puzzled by the sudden restoration of vision and its cause remains unknown.
Peggy Burns, an artists' model from Philadelphia, learns on her 21st birthday that her grandfather Michael J. Burns left her more than $500,000. She plans to keep working despite the windfall, saying the wealth will not turn her head.
Washington dispatch reports one of the largest aerial searches in history under way for three missing naval fliers. Twenty three aircraft and two airships comb Chesapeake Bay after the amphibian vanished during a flight from Norfolk to Annapolis. The missing men are Commander T A Ellyson, first Navy air pilot, Lieut Commander Hugo Schmidt, and Lieut Commander Roger Ransehausen.
Gen. Frank S. Dickson formerly of Ramsey and longtime editor and teacher now joins the National Board of Fire Underwriters. He will base his work in Chicago after arriving from New York. Dickson served as an accidental Congressman from the 23rd District and was later private secretary to Senator Medill McCormick.
Notices announce township conventions on Saturday March 17. Patoka Democratic at American Legion Hall. Vernon Republican at City Hall. Carrigan at Carrigan townhouse. Foster Democratic at Foster townhouse. Foster Republican at Foster townhouse. Pope Township at Pope township townhouse. Committ ee members listed for each.
Washington jury awards $2500 in damages to Madeline McNamee Price, former secretary of Vasiles Chebithes, a Washington attorney, for a forcible kiss at a Chicago hotel in 1925. The case ties a Jacksonville, Florida broker to the plaintiff as her husband.
Carpenters are building the gallows for Julia Palmer McDonald, a former Mount Vernon society girl, to die on March 8 or 5 as commutation efforts fail. Her husband George McDonald faces execution the same day for the February taxi cab murder.
Patoka closed the 1927-28 season with a 22 to 10 win over Farina in Little Nine Conference play. Farina, coming off a strong year, led 2-0 early but Patoka’s offense dominated, building an 8-2 lead and never letting Farina within two. Farina timeout usage and execution were stifled by Patoka’s defense, though Patoka missed several near-certain baskets. The article notes a tough road trip to New Baden the following night, where Patoka fell 27 to 25 after leading 11 to 8 at halftime.
Mrs Evy Dugan, aged fifty, faces execution for the murder of rancher A J Mathis. The case from Tucson, Arizona, stands as a grim note in the state’s capital punishment history.
Mrs. Mabel Robinson of Bangor Maine exhibits a real talking dog named Princess Jacqueline at the Boston Dog Show. Experts marvel as the canine speaks clearly unlike typical talking dogs, while the scene draws attention from attendees in Boston March 6 Autocaster dateline.
In Stillwater Oklahoma on March 6 Carri P. Thompson of the Annual Husbandry Dept at Oklahoma A and M College uses barnyard pigs calves and lambs in a college radio program while speaking to farmers the broadcast features animal voices to illustrate farm topics.
Francesco Caruso, an Italian immigrant, killed Dr. Casper S. Pendola after his son died in the physician’s care. County Judge Meg Brooklyn sentenced him to twenty years in Sing Sing.
Joe Nestor and family of St Louis spent the weekend with Dale Altom and family. A number from the locality attended the Emmerson Carl atrom Glenn meetings held at Vandalia Salem and Centralia Tuesday night and appeared satisfied with the procedure.
Campaign swing through Fayette and Marion Counties shows strong GOP turnout as Louis L. Emmerson and Oscar Carlstrom campaign for governor and attorney general with Otis Glenn for U S Senate. Rallies from Paris to Centralia attract big audiences at Gem theatre, presided by Dr. Richardson.
Fresh cakes six varieties 25 cents a pound at Altoms. Walter Parks and family visited the J. W. Delassus family in Martinsville over the weekend. A variety of groceries and hardware items on sale at Patoka Hardware & Furniture Co. Fragments note several residents traveling, social visits, and shop promotions including rugs, incuba tors, liquid smoke, and house furnishings.
The Illinois Commerce Commission on Wednesday granted the Egyptian Transportation Co. a permit to operate bus service from Centralia through Patoka Vandalia and Pana to Springfield. The route may extend to Chicago via Decatur and Bloomington. Limited daily through cars announced with northbound arrivals at Patoka around 8 45 a m and 7 35 p m and Springfield by 11 30 a m and 10 30 p m. Local service expected similar to other lines.
At Miss Georgia Cruse home, Fancy Work club president, a March 2 gathering drew members and guests including Mrs. Lizzie Walton and Mrs. Lela Ballance. Irish story, St Patrick biography, musical trio and piano solo featured. A Pat contest and straw drawing concluded with refreshments. April session set with Mrs. Elmer Rogier.
Local ads list 3 large cans Pork and Beans for 25 cents at Altoms and cheap used incubators from Pa toka Hardware. Other notices mention Fran ship supplies, chicken feed, oyster shells, and poison wheat for 15 cents. Personal notes record Ruth Pugh visiting the Holland family in Centralia, Christina Cox and Thelma Walker visiting Centralis, and a Detroit trip departing Saturday evening.
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