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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1948
Page
4
Local notes recount a postponement as seven year old Little Jimmie Alexander’s birthday party was planned for March 4 but canceled when measles struck the day before. Other items mention visits to Alton and St Louis, influenza recovery, illnesses, moves, and a blizzard damage incident at a local cream station.
Mr and Mrs Joe McDuffy attended the funeral of Mrs McDuffys grandmother in Anna last Sunday. Blaine Betty and Lyle Cole visited the Eberle Norris family Sunday. Ada Snider of Decatur visited her brother E L Norris and family. F I Thompson returned home from a several days visit at George Christie home. G W Christie and Mrs Christie had Sunday dinner with Warren Lake and family.
Miss Edith Mann returns from Wellston Ohio with the Dial family. Reverend Watson and others visited Mrs Irvin Noeller at Breese hospital. Local women spent a Saturday afternoon in Centralia. The Dial funeral was held at McLeansboro last Wednesday. Centralia visitors Gladys and George Hardekopf and Frank Stein visited nearby households Sunday.
Miss Vivian Stiles announces Illinois reported 860 poliomyelitis cases in 1947 ranking third among 48 states. Ohio led with 1467 and New York with 1244 cases. Minnesota 2875, total 10853 for the year. The March of Dimes drive funds polio fight and Sandoval lags in giving.
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