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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1944
Page
4
Increased yields come from growing legumes and grasses for livestock feed and soil fertility. Seed shortages risk 1945 hay and pasture. 1944 AAA pays harvesting seed, with support prices for alfalfa clover orchard grass Sudan grass and related crops.
Harry Dean Mullen Jr. returns to Grat Lakes with wife and daughter after a fifteen day leave. Mrs. Potts mother Mrs. Wheritt arrives for an indefinite visit. Florence Simcox undergoes knee surgery at St. Marys Hospital in Centralia. Leslie Jenkins leaves for Chicago for armed service exam. Mrs. Edwin Arnold misses school this week with pneumonia.
At the March meeting the Patoka Township road was approved for hard surfacing starting at Route 51 in Vernon, then east two miles and south two and a half miles to the Patoka Kinmundy Blacktop road. The county appropriated 30000 dollars from Motor Fuel Tax funds to pay for the project.
The Christian Church announces March 12 services with Bible School at 9 30 a m Communion at 10 30 a m sermon at 11 a m on Three Great Things in Human Life and a 7 30 p m evangelistic song service followed by an 8 a m sermon Justified Before God by Robert L Graham minister.
Sunday visits tied families across Mulberry Grove including Stombaugh Huddlestun and Cox households. One Huddlestun son plans to join the Army in about two weeks while another son Alvin is in California. Also noted are Truman Casey and Bill Boaz families and a Marion County 4 H report detailing project food budget equivalents and growing membership across the year.
The Patoka Baptist Church announces March 12 1944 services with Sunday School at 10:00 AM Morning Worship at 11:00 AM Training Union at 6:30 PM and Evening Service at 7:30 PM. An associational officers meeting is set for 7:30 PM Tuesday and a Thursday Sunday School meeting at Vandalia is listed. Fifty two years since organization at Cumberland Presbyterian Church noted with a call to continue the heritage of public worship.
The Pentecostal Church invites attendance at Sunday School and Morning Worship at 11:00 a.m. Rev. J. A. Karr of Vernon conducts Sunday evening preaching at 7:30 p.m. Prayer Meeting Wednesday evening and Gleaners Service Friday at 7:30 p.m.
The entry lists Sunday services at 9 30 a m for POMBO oeo s 5 peoples 10 45 a m Junior Fellowship 3 00 p m Senior Fellowship 6 45 p m Bible Study of Proverbs chapter I Special service dedicating a new hymnal with solos duets and stories of hymns An appropriate message by the pastor 7 30 p m Island Chapel prayer service and Thursday 8 00 p m Wonka pg ER EA PS ae noted.
Marion County 4 H clubs plan to boost war effort by producing enough food to feed one soldier for a year per member. Last year many members produced a full year’s supply for one or more soldiers, with most focusing on a single project.
In 1943 the 4-H program, with 423 enrolled, stresses food production and preservation over clothing. Sewing and clothing repair remain important to lower costs. Farm youths are urged to fill gaps in labor, with adults urged to lead locally to boost food output aligned with the national goal. The motto shifts from To Make the Best Better to To Make the Most More.
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