Patoka FFA Reports Success in Rat Control Drive
Frank Black reports that a community rat and mouse control campaign in Patoka involved at least 25 residents and 60 pounds of Warfarin bait. Eighteen members used poison, twenty-two used traps, and sixteen cleaned up debris. The effort aligned with the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation campaign and may earn national Achievement Awards.
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Repo
Frank ~ Black
Patoka
Black
Patoka F.F.A
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
Madison
Wisconsin
Fredonia Social and Health Notes Across Neighborhood
Henry Meredith and families visited Alva Williams and shopped in Centralia Thursday. Edgar Perkins and wife joined Henry Meredith's group for supper. he heads home from St Louis after a face operation soon. Eugene Simpson had a large cast removed in St Louis and is improving. Pete Bopp passed away Sunday leaving neighbors saddened. Grover Spencer visited Henry and Carl Meredith while oats were sown and gardens tended.
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Henry Meredith
Carl
Lorraine
Leslie
Alva Williams
Centralia
Edgar Perkins
Edgar
St. Louis
Eugene Simpson
Alice Jett
Virginia Renfro
Norma Simpson
Tommy
Amelia Meredith
Albert
Lorraine Albert
John Albert
Clarence
New Jersey
Pete Bopp
Grover Spencer
Henry
Carl Meredith
Patoka Happenings and Weekend Visits
Local social notes highlight visitors and events around Patoka. Mr and Mrs C D Martin and Mr and Mrs Milton Peddicord attended a Kiel Auditorium show in St Louis. Several families privately hosted and visited relatives in Irvington Sandoval Harrisburg and East St Louis. The Associational Sword Drill and Better Speakers Contest is set for March 28 at 2 pm. Mr and Mrs Offutt visited Amy W Morgan and Inez Wheeler, while Pearl Jennings hosted and Kay Jennings Sr traveled from Chicago with J C Howard.
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C. D. "Martin
Milton ‘Peddicord
Kiel Auditorium
St. Louis
Virgil Ketherside
Benny
Irvington
Mary Wickersham
Inez O'Neal
Sandoval
James O’neal
Nikkie
Raymond Earl
Rosalie Skipper
Decatur
H. K. Pike
E. L. Rogier
E. L. DeLay
St. Petersburg
Florida
New Orleans
Lousiana
BE. C. Lawson
P. J. Mojonnier
Vandalia
van Stone
East St. Louis
Otis Youngs
Bruce Pugh
Frank Hinzmann
Sanitary Milk Producers
Washington, Missouri
Robert K. Offutt
Little Dale
Amy W. Morgan
Inez Wheeler
Martin Fernbach
Bensenville
Ill
Pearl Jennings
Kay Jennings Sr
Chicago
J. C. Howard
Africa
Patoka
Local Baptisms and Sunday Visits Across Community
Henry Meredith family attended a baptising at the community beach Sunday and visited Will Beck in Salem hospital. J. O. Hyde and wife, Everett Jett and family called on the Harry Perkins family Sunday afternoon. Forty people visited the Gene Simpson family, the Everett Jett family, and Eunice McHaney and wife ate Sunday dinner at John Talberts. Jim Hyde and wife spent Friday evening at John Talberts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Meredith
Community Beach
Will Beck
Salem Hospital
J. O. Hyde
Everett Jett
Harry Perkins
Gene Simpson
Eunice McHaney
John Talberts
Jim Hyde
From Burlap Bags to Brilliant Beauty
Do it yourself homemakers gain a new budget boost as burlap feed bags are dyed and sewn into colorful clothing and home furnishings. The Burlap Council and Tintex Home Economics Bureau publish an illustrated guide by Elizabeth Cowan detailing steps from opening seams to washing and dyeing burlap for stylish results.
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Burlap Council
Tintex Home Economics Bureau
Elizabeth Cowan
Tintex
Birth Ave
New York 17
Chest X Ray Unit to Visit Marion County in April
Free chest x rays offered by the State Health Department will visit Marion County in April. The mobile unit will travel to Patoka, Sandoval, Odell, Kinmundy, Salem, Brown Shoe, Texaco, Centralia, and other towns with dates and times listed. Additional agriculture notes warn of spring weevil outbreaks and coccidiosis risks in young lambs.
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Marion County
Department of Public Health
Patoka
Sandoval
Odill
Kinmundy
Salem
Salem We
Apri
Brown Shoe
Tex. Cor
Tex
Centralia
Maytag Dealer Offers Plumbing Hardware in Vandalia
Local classifieds list multiple items for sale and services including floor sanders and polishers, used tractors and farm equipment from Allis Chalmers dealers Willett and Towler, and nursery stock. Also notices seeking bulldozer work, housework help, and a cream buying station operator.
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Ford
Allis Chalmers
Firestone
Willett & Towler Implement CO
Shobonier
Illinois
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Fredonia News
University of Illinois
Plumbing & Hardware Co., Inc
Vandalia, Ill
L. BD
Morey
Roe II
Claren Johnson
Whitford Nursery
Farina
A. M. Whitford
Prop
P.O. Box
Carroll Mojonnier
J. M. Layton
L. D. Morey
Vernon, Ill
J. C. Walraven
Rvrom
Ll. D. Morey
Phone 133
F. E. Adams
Patoka. Ip
Martin’s
Puffin
Delrich
Swift’s Premium
Kraft
Velveeta
U.S. No
California
Sunkist
Patcka, Ill
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