Bird House Week Scout Competition Set by Crooked Creek
The Crooked Creek District Boy Scouts of America rules for the Bird House competition were approved at the Camp ing and Activities Committee meeting in Cent ralia. Cubs and Scouts may compete on design suitability originality and workmanship with prizes including an Official Lariat an Official Flashlight an Official Knife and an Official Compass. Entries due by April 2 with exhibition planned district wide after judging. Also announced are the first annual Senior Scout Outing and Spring Camporee on May 24 and 25 with trips on the Kaskaski River and unit led gear. Committee members present were Fred Jensen chairman Howard Johnson Howard Cooksey and Russell Neathammer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crooked Creek
Boy Scouts of America
Centralia
Kaskaski River
Fred Jensen
Howard Johnson
Howard Cooksey
Russell Neathammer
Local residents share visits to St Louis and area towns
A string of social visits is noted across Patoka and nearby towns. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hamilton and Mr. and Mrs. Kilgore visited Carlyle, Willard McIntire and James Wasem traveled to St Louis for a hockey game, and other households from Mt. Vernon, Pontiac, Sandoval, Alma, and Kinmundy hosted relatives or spent weekends with local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Hamilton
C. O. Kilgore
Carlyle
Willard McIntirey
James
Wasem
St. Louis
Paul Belcher
Beryl Beckler
Government Trade
Mt. Vernon
Illinois
Pattoka
Roger Peek
Bobby
Pontiac
A. M. Peek
Dale Nattier
Sara Jane
Sandoval
John Evans Jr
Carl McColpin
Odio
Lloyd McColpin
Glenn Hill
Jake Foltz
Cecil Nickerson
Salem, Illinois
John Vans Jr
Pora Bratcher
Mexico
Missouri
Bratcher
Peek
Sam Redburn
Dean Clesson
Alma
Marion Caldwell
Frank Houston
Chas. Lutz
Senodval
Beryl Linton
Kin
Church Announcements And Farewell For Charles Belcher
Bible School at 9 30 Communion at 10 30 and church at 10 45 Rev Birch will be with us in morning and evening services He has messages for all farewell gift to Charles Belcher who leaves for training camp in aerial service for Uncle Sam Prayer and support are asked building debt reduced by 50 Midweek Prayer next Tuesday led by Mrs Maud Ellis Be present give and receive thou shalt be blest
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. Birch
Elswhere
Bro. Wooters
Charles Belcher
Charles
Uncle Sam
Maud Ellis
Baptist Church Reports Growing Attendance and Youth Involvement
The church notes higher attendance with 74 at Sunday School and a strong crowd for morning services. Birthday songs honored Ted Pursley and Darlene Worman. Sunbeams met with Mrs. Mojonnier assisted by Mrs. Walter Miller. Sunday School at 9 30. Mid week prayer on Thursdays with choir practice beforehand. Bible study from Acts Chapter 20. All young people urged to join the choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Pursley
Darlene Worman
Sunbeams
Mojonnier
Walter Miller
Revival to Open March 23 at Methodist Church
Attendance has fallen with 86 present on March 9 and 87 on the last Sunday. Rev M D Ballance preached in the morning while the pastor was at Island Chapel. Revival services begin March 23 at 7 30 pm with Little Mary Olive and Miss Mae Paul for three weeks ending Easter Sunday April 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D. Ballance
Island Chapel
Mary Olive
Miss Mae Paul
Kansas
Pennsylvania
C. M. Miller
Bert Bushnell
Geo. J. Wasem
Young Peoples
Co. M. Miller
Local residents visit Patoka area and nearby towns
Mrs. Madaline Porter shows improvement. Rolla Missouri visitors Mr. and Mrs. Paul Christian stop in, as do Nash ville Indiana couples Mr. and Mrs. H E Brock and son Ronald. Many others spend weekends in Patoka and attend events from Lebanon to Centralia and Mt Vernon. Army training plans involve John Wesley Smith Wayne Brumfield Enoch Parker. Ford five passenger coupe noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Houston
Centralia
James Calloway
Mom Roger
Howard Smith
Sue
Paul Logan
Lucille Field
Robert Eagan
Mae Eagan
Menard
Illinois
Lynne Eagan
Joe Herrera
Lucillie Field
Earl Granger
Clara Frizzell
Zion
J. E. Frizzel
S. E. Robinson
Shobonier
M. O
Hugh, LeMay
Oing
Anna Pugh
Madaline Porter
Paul Christian
Rolla
Missouri
H. E. Brock
Ronald
Nashville
C. H. Christian
Clifford
Marcus Cox
James Ballance
Davis Jennings
L. W. Ballance
Demaree Memorial Church
Alice Murfin
St. Louis
Ruth Smith
Maurice D. Murfin
Decatur
W. W. Murfin
Murfin
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Texas
U.S. Army
Doris Miller
Lebanon
McKendree College
James Wasem
Willard McIntire
P. B. Simcox
Mt Vernon
John Wesley Smith
Wayne Brumfield
Enoch Parker
Patoka
F. Matchett
C. O. Kilgore
St Louis
Donald Hamilton
Juanita McIntyre
Harriett Smith
Centralian Hospital
Cecil Elliott
L. S. Squibb
Vandalia
Frank Miller
Local Boy Enlisted In U S Army Air Force
Charles Belcher son of Mrs Ma deline Porter of Patoka left Monday for Tulsa Oklahoma to enter the Spartan School of Aeronautics There he will train for three months before transfer to Randolph Field Texas the West Point of the Air near San Antonio He becomes a flying cadet in the U S Army
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Belcher
Madeline Porter
Patoka
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Spartan School of Aeronatics
Randolph Field
Texas
Rostra Club Plans Letter Writing Session
The Rostra Club met at Mrs. Ingvald Settem's home with members answering roll in foreign phrases and exchanging new words. They studied business letters condolence notes introductions and invitations with demonstrations by several members. Next meeting scheduled for the third Tuesday in April hosted by Mrs Donald Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rostra Club
Ingvald Settem
Taylor Nall
Ingvald
W. W. Murfin
Frank Miller
Bert Bushnell
J. W. Alexander
Donald Wilson
H. N. Potts
Elliott couple welcome seven pound daughter Miranda Sue
Mr and Mrs Cecil Elliott announce the arrival of a seven pound girl born March 15 at St. Marys Hospital in Centralia. The baby has been named Miranda Sue. Mrs Elliott was formerly Lola Belle Morey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Cecil Elliott Anyunce
St. ’S, Hospital
Centralia
Miranda ‘Sue
Elliott
Lola Belle Morey
Community Notes and Social Visits Across Patoka Area
Vernon News reports visits among Patoka residents including Mr and Mrs Fred Brown visiting A L Brown’s family and Mrs Hathaway in Anna. Measles and chicken pox easing. Artie Schick funeral held at M E F Church Vandalia. Household moves and local events noted among Corothers Freyer Oates and Baker families with basketball game in Centralia and W C T U meeting planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Brown
Patoka
A. L. Brown
Alvin Hathaway
Merle Meador
Wm. Miller
Kinmundy
Anna, Ill
Mrs. Hathaway
Laverne Crowder
Anna Hospital
Forrest Oates
Oconee
Will Oates
Leo Mendenall
Salem
Estella Arnold
Ona
James Metzger
Shobonier
J. M. Thompson
Leo Freyer
Opal Thomas
McLeansboro
Mildred Cox
Betty Live- Say
Centralia
Elmer Corothers
Mary Lou
Donna Fae Earl Corothers
Norma Ruth
Vandalia
Hugh Carpenter
Charlotte
Claud Corot
M. EF
Mrak Grer
Mila Caudle
Lou Engler
Ernie Jones
Arnold Chapel
West
Wendell Batts
Jerry Lee
Hwing
W. H. King
Opal Jones
Clifford Allsip
Joe Wickenhouser
Raymond Baker
Eli Morgan
Baker
Ramsey
Geo. Jonhson
Jess Ripple
Lonnie Corothers
Andy Corothers
Kimball
Near Pana
John Qayle
Paris
Wilbur Doolen
Nan Oates
Pot Luck Dinner and All Day Quilting at Fairman Church
Members of the W. M. A. of Fairman Church gathered at Mrs. Susie Snyder’s home for an all day quilting session and pot luck dinner. Attendees included Mrs. Matilda Bowen and children, Mrs. Link Perish, Mrs. Mattie Bopp, Mrs. Stella Adams, Mrs. Effie Steel, Mrs. Opal Adams and daughter. Afternoon visitors were Mrs. Alice Bowen and Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Bat visiting from Chicago via Hot Springs, who stayed with Mrs. Elsie Gray and the C. E. Brown family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairman Church
Susie Snyder
Matilda Bowen
Link Perish
Mattie Bopp
Stella Adams
Effie “Steel
Opal Adams
Alice Bowen
R. L. Bat
Hot Springs
Chicago
School Notes Report From March Activities
School notes detail milk health project for first and second grades, weighings, PTA sponsorship, and absences. Room II notes bird projects, ill staff, and Arlden Society links. Room III reports new fifth grader, St Patricks party, and room visits. Room IV lists absences, exam drawings, and basketball practice. High School covers musical, mumps recovery, washers, baseball plans, lost books, and Mr. Coombs magazine suggestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent- Teacher Association
Midwest
Eagan
Billy Bob Beckman
Mt. Vernon
Loyd
Norma
Billy Hull
Beryl Coley
Marilyn Ballance
Lamar Hetzler
Bobby Tannahill
Florence Cain
Thelma Riley
Jackie Adams
George Davis
Arbndon Society
Charles Foltz
Virginia Nichols
Jasper
Indiana
Margie Stasik
St. Patricks
John Wasem
Clarice Renn Bushnell
Cyril DeLay
Genevieve Barnes
Geraldine Mann
Marylea Miller
Bobby Hopkins
Billy Stringer
Durwood Stringer
Conway Malan
Don Griffin
Harold Parker
Joe Davidson
Ruth McKinney
Dorothy June Wickersham
Dorothy DeLay
Irene McKinney
Francis Elifritz
Rachel Adams
Billy Dean Good
Paul Spurgeon
Coombs
Revival Services Start Sunday At Local Methodist Church
Rev C M Miller, pastor, will lead a revival from March 23 to April 13 with Miss Mary Olive and Miss Mae Paul assisting. Paul leads music and Olive handles preaching, as the public is invited to attend nightly at 7 30. Also mentions visits by Harold Cain family and Eugene Carter to relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Miller
No. 1 Thalman Makes 320 Barrels Oil After Being Cleaned Out
In Cypress pay formation of the East Patoka oil field the No. 1 Thalman, Schoenfeld-Hunter & Kitch, made 820 barrels of oil and 130 barrels of water in a 24 hour test after a cleanup. Previous output was about 75 barrels daily. Other wells listed include No. 2 Hudspeth and No. 1 Stevens in the same company and several drills by Shell and Highland Oil Co. with various cleaning and drilling actions noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cypress
Republican Woman's Club Hosts Tea in Patoka Meeting
The Patoka division of Marion County Republican Woman's Club held a tea at the American Legion hall to boost membership and promote township candidates for April 8. Local and invited guests heard remarks from candidates Jennings Wade Mojonnier Hatch and Eaglin, with Ruth Adams and J W Alexander aiding, followed by a social tea and invitation to a Friday pot luck luncheon at Centralia I O O F Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka
Marion County
Republican Woman's Club
American Legion Hall
Frank Miller
John A. Jennings
W. H. Wade
Carrol Mojonnier
Frank Hatch
R. O. Eaglin
America
W. W. Murfih
Donald Lee Ellis
James Calloway
P. J. Mojonniet
Ruth Adams
Centralia
Republican Woman’s Club
J. W. Alexander
Jennings
Centralia I. O. O. F
Patoka Voted In Water Works Plant System
At Patoka the proposition to erect and maintain a waterworks system and plant passed by 4 to 1. Building proposition 194 carried 41 to 4. Bond issue 187 yes 45 no. Operation 204 yes 44 no. Total votes cast were 253.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka
Sunday Visits Round Local Families Mentioned
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Manley spent Sunday with Emil Kottmeyer and family. Mr. Darrel Linton and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Chriss. Edward Payne was an early visitor with Jack Remeewer and Landreth. J é¢ Hudspeth spent Sunday with Torrence and family. Outhouse is offering an attack of mumpa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Manley
Emil Kottmeyer
Darrel Linton
Wm. Chriss
Edward Payne
Jack Remeewer
Ae Landreth
J. ɢ Hudspeth
Witl Torrence
Outhouse
Also Mentioned on This Page
BOY Scouts
Bible School
Communion Services
Church
U. S. Army Air Force
Harold Cain
Harold
Thalman
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