Miss Genevieve Leininger Weds Stanley Mattix
Miss Genevieve Leininger eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Jasper Leininger Vernon wed Stanley Mattix son of Mr and Mrs Frank Mattix Vandalia in a four o clock ceremony at St Elmo Rev Charles Simpkins presiding The bride wore a gray wool suit aqua blouse and white carnation corsage The couple were attended by Mr and Mrs William Sutton Vandalia Mrs Mattix worked at Mabrys Cafe for two years while the groom operates a taxicab
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genevieve Leininger
Jasper Leininger
Vernon
Stanley Mattix
Frank Mattix
Vandalia
Charles Simpkins
St. Elmo
William Sutton
Mattix
Mabry’s Cafe
Brotherhood Banquet Postponed and Church Schedule
The Baptist Church announces a postponed Brotherhood banquet from March 26 to April 2. Members will attend the State Brotherhood meeting in Harrisburg on March 19. A weekly Brotherhood program airs Sundays 6 30 to 7 00 on W C N T Centralia through May August with Rev McHaney as speaker and Verne Nattier as timekeeper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Hall
Harrisburg
Brotherhood
W.C.N.T. Centralia
D. C. Stringer
Rev. McHaney
Verne Nattier
McHaney
Local Residents Share Visits and Moves in Area
Pauline Wikenhauser relocates to Centralia planning a small grocery. Oak Lawn couple Rev. and Mrs. Harris spent several days here with friends. George Walton and Mrs. Doolen hosted while others visited families across the county. Local church services and family visits noted along with illness at home. County officials and neighbors frequent the area with social calls and travel between Decatur, Vandalia, Salem and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Wikenhauser
Centralia
L. J. Harris
Oakland
Ill
George Walton
Roland Doolen
Eleanor Graham
Melrose Park
Wm. Nolte
H. E. Meador
George Gardner
Wapella Visted
L. D. Morey
Clarence Holt
Samarian
Nellie Lane
Stringtown
Ona Boster
Maud Curtis
Ramsey
Mabel Snyder
Elizabeth Betts
Joe Dieckmann
St. Louis
W. L. Danbury
Max Slark
Fenton
C. O. Livesay
Harry Olin
Decatur
June Hugh
Vanda
Brenda
Vandalia
Isobel Doolen
Jesse Walton
Richard
Vern Belcher
Stella Arnold
Leo Mendenhall
Salem
Dean Arnold
Nell Quayle and Sue Visit Vandalia With Quayles
Mrs. Nell Quayle and Sue spent last weekend in Vandalia with Mr. and Mrs. Max Quayle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nell Quayle
Sue
Vandalia
Max Quayle
Patoka Firemen stage Papa Behave at local gym March 26
Patoka Volunteer Fire Department will present a three act comedy Papa Behave at the local gym Friday March 26 to raise funds for new equipment. Elmer Rogier plays Papa with Edwin Arnold as Mama and a cast including Paul Logan Beryle Wortman Marcus Cox and others. Tickets sold at Eagan's Food Market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Patoka
Elmer
Mike’ Rogier
Mama
Edwin Arnold
Paul Logan
Beryle Wortman
Marcus Cox
Cecil Griffin
Orville Hubbart
Dale
Butch) Jones
Gerald
Paddy)Cox
Dale Nattier
Les Jenkins
Tommy Eastman
Davis Jennings
Mom
Bob Eagan
Orville Schroeder
Eagan
Patoka Pentecostal Church Schedule and Welcome
Amy Bradley pastors Patoka Pentecostal Church inviting all to attend Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. and morning worship at 9:45 a.m. Sunday evening service at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday prayer at 7:30 p.m. Aiming for 100 in Sunday School, all not elsewhere attending are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Bradley
F. E. Adams
Patoka Methodist Church Weekly Worship Schedule
The Patoka Methodist Church led by Pastor M. W. Friesner lists Church School at 9:30, worship at 11:00, Island Chapel service, Youth Fellowship at 7:00, Evening Service at 7:30, and Thursday Prayer Service at 7:30. A Happy Birthday greetings were sung for Jimmie Alexander and Janet Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. W. Friesner
Geo
Correction on Parsonage Move In The Register
A correction states Rev and Mrs Hargraves relocated to the property once occupied by the late Mrs Lizzie Wasem, not Rev McHaney and Mrs Wasem's former home as previously reported.
Visit Day Notes as Local Residents Fall Ill and Travel
Mrs Georgia Blanke of Cleveland visits brothers John and Kay Jennings. Mr and Mrs Charles Griffin and daughters of Centralia visit B N Griffins. Mrs Bessie Muffin plans a Denver stay with her son in law and daughter. J R Snyder travels to Salem on business. John and Billy Ballance improve after flu and measles. Roy Jones and others visit Centralia. Ollie Alexander in Seymour at daughter’s home due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Blanke
Cleveland
Ohio
John
Kay Jennings
Charles Griffin
Centralia
B. N. Griffins
Bessie Muffin
Denver
Colorado
Capt
Ellery Watson
Leslie Wasem
Decatur
J. R. Wasem
J. R. Snyder
Salem
Billy Ballance
Anna Ballance
Roy Jones
D. R. Tores
Valda
Ollie Alexander
Seymour
Walter Dively
Belcher Named Roberts High Principal After Tragic Fire
Lowell F. Belcher 38, social science instructor at Cerro Gordo township high school, is named Roberts high school principal. He succeeds Loren Townsend, who died in a February fire that killed his two sons. Belcher, Patoka native, holds SIU and UI degrees, studied at UC, and will begin Tuesday. he served five years as an air force navigation instructor in World War II. He will room in Roberts alone while wife and child stay at Cerro Gordo until term ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champaign News-Gazette
Roberts
RSC
Lowell F. Belcher
Cerro Gordo Township
Roberts High School
Board of Education
Belcher
Cerro Gordo
Loren F. Townsend
Patoka
Centralia High School
Southern Illinois University
University of Illinois
University of California
The
Home Bureau to Host Family Night in Centralia
Marion County Home Bureau will hold its second annual Family Night on Friday March 19 at the Community Center Centralia. Kell Fairview Raccoon Pleasant Grove and Tenti units will perform stunts and Rural Youth will lead the Grand March to lunch. Movies and singing will conclude the evening with open invitation to friends and members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Jackson
Marion County Home Bureau
S. Walnut St
Centralia
Salem
Home Bureau
Kell
Fairview
Raccoon
Pleasant Grove
Tenti
Marion County
Farm and Home Bureaus
Good Will Club Meets at Hollingsead Home
The Good Will Club met at Glenna Hollingsead's home on March 10 with seven members and four visitors. Members quilted two quilts, a noon dinner was served, and the Bible verse began with the letter W. The next meeting, hosted by Mary Kottmeyer, is set for Wednesday March 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Will Club
Glenna
Patoka Lions Club honors Patoka Grade School basketball team
The Patoka Lions Club hosted a chicken dinner at the Methodist Church basement in honor of the 1947-48 Patoka Grade School basketball team and coach H N Potts. The event included a brief meeting, Easter Egg Hunt plans, and a two day Clean-Up Campaign in mid April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka Lions Club
Patoka
H. N. Potts
Methodist Church
Lion
J. F. Matchett
Lion M. Cox
Lion Cox
Lions
Lion Frank Miller
Lion Les Jenkins
Matchett
Raymond Hulsizer
Jimmy Wasem
Billy Jo Boyd
Larry Bates
Lucas Crawford
John Davis
Clifford Towler
Burl Moore
Margie Goff
Marie Crawford
Ashley
Sandoval
Vernon
Wamac
Odin
Billy Stephens
W. H. Stringer
Virgil Wortman
Leighton Wasem
Darrel Sharp
Jimmie Wasem
Southern Illinois
Central City
St. Marys
Kinmundy
Young
Sacred Hearts
Effingham
Brownstown
Edgewood
St. Elmo
Vandalia
Lions E. L. DeLay
G. J. Wasem
W. E. Fields
H. K. Pike
Lion Wes Griffin
Noel Spangler
Centralia
Lion Elza Sharp
Local families visit and travel highlights
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Landreth and daughter and Wendell Wickersham of Mattoon spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Dan Wickersham and family. Mrs. Frank Burgess of Odin visited Tuesday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Eaglin. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Nattier and daughter and Mrs. Emily Ballance were in Salem on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Landreth
Wendell Wickersham
Mattoon
Dan Wickersham
Frank Burgess
Odin
O. E. Eaglin
Ted Nattier
Emily Ballance
Salem
Patoka Woman's Club Meets At School March 13
The Patoka Woman's Club gathered in the grade school music room at 2 PM with 22 present. Welcome extended to Teresa Brown Darlene Wortman and Thomas Ritter. New members admitted Mrs Claude Gerrish Mrs Lewis Kissner Mrs Edna Tune and Mrs D L Kelchner. Funds raised include 1.91 for Penny Art and 5 for Red Cross. Next meeting April 10 will consider sending students to the DuQuoin Musical Festival and seed exchange will be part of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka Woman’s Club
Bettie Simcox
Teresa Brown
Darlene Wortman
Thomas Ritter
J. W. Alexander
Red Cross
John A. Jennings
Claude Gerrish
Lewis Kissner
Edna Tune
D. L. Kelchner
John Chance
Jennings
F. E. Miller
DuQuoin
Lodema Bayliss Hostess To Vernon Better Neighbors
The Vernon Better Neighbors Club met Wednesday afternoon March 10 at Lodema Bayliss home with fourteen members present. President Mrs. Alice Wilson led the business portion and prizes were won by Ruth Lawson and Freda Meador. Refreshments were served and the next meeting is set with Anna Des Resseaux on April 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Better Nnighbors Club
Lodema Bayliss
Alice Wilson
Ruth Lawson
Freda Meador
Anna Des Resseaux
Patoka Grade School News Room One Highlights
Two new pupils Janet and Norman Matthews join from Pleasant View School Jefferson County Ill enrollment reaches 33. P T A program planned Wednesday. measles illnesses noted for Judy Piercy and John Ballance. Several rural pupils absent due to snow. Room Three P T A meeting set with County Nurse talk and a $2 donation to Red Cross. No school Thursday March 25 for County Institute and Friday March 26 Good Friday. Basketball team and staff hosted by Lions Club on March 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet
Norman Matthews
Pleasant View
Jefferson County
Ill
Karen Briscoe
Marie Williams
Janet Nattier
Lana Boyd
Judy Piercy
Jimmie Herrin
Jerry Matthews
Mt. Vernon
John Ballance
Judy Miller
Chancie Conner
St. Louis
P.T.A
Mary Vaughan Mercer
Safety First Club
Red Cross
Leon Walker
Charles Britt
Marion County
Marie Rawford
Darlene Ballance
Jmmie Britt
Wanda Hulsizer
Merl Wadkins
Joan Jones
Robert Holmesend
Billy Stephens
Marilyn Bellance
Prmpare
The
Lion’s Club
Draft Talk Sparks Full-Time Service Debate
Comment suggests a consensus forming around a long serving general for full-time duty. The note frames the captain as endorsing the move and hints at ongoing discussions within military leadership circles.
Fire safety urged at Illinois statewide conference in Springfield
Governor Dwight H. Green opened a statewide fire prevention conference in Springfield with municipal officials in attendance. He cited 306 fire deaths last year and more than 18 million dollars in downstate property losses, listing careless smoking unsafe electrical work rubbish and gasoline use as major fire causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Dwight H. Green
Springfield
Ilinois
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Paul B. Chance
Cecil Binnion
J. M. Binion
Shobonier
Dale Revis
V.D. Klinge
Patoka Pentecostal Church
Patoka Methodist Church
L. F. Belcher
Roberts, Ill
Hollingsead
Sponsored By
Lions Club
Patoka City Park
Patoka ‘Lions Club
Patoka Woman's Club
Patoka Grade School News Room
Room
Illinois State News
Harry Curtis
Curtis
Carl K. Schmidt, Jr
Elmhurst
Illinois Public Aid Commission
Commission
Edward L. Ryerson
Schmidt
Raymond M. Hilliard
State Geological Survey
Federal
Departments of Agriculture
Ethel J. Boyle
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