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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1946
Page
4
Mr and Mrs William Avery attended a birthday dinner for Mrs Lilie Halliman in Carlyle. Mrs Wilmer Frink of St Louis visited at the home of her mother Mrs Horace Toulme and sister Mrs Paul Loehr.
The Middle West Soil Improvement Committee reports hybrid corn produced about 65 percent of U S planting in 1945, up from 22 percent in 1939, with some Corn Belt states over 95 percent. Hybrids yield 20 to 25 percent more per acre but demand more soil nutrients, prompting wider fertilizer use to replace nutrients removed by the crop. Farmers gain knowledge through state colleges and experiment stations.
Mrs. Hattie Millmahen of Centralia and Mrs. Macklahan of Detroit were guests at the home of Mrs. Ora Baker Sunday. Also mentioned is Mrs. W. W. Miller.
Odin visited at the home of their daughter. Several families from St. Louis and Centralia joined Sunday dinners and visits with relatives in Sandoval and Boulder. Sgt. Anderson left for Quantico after a ninety day re enlistment leave with his parents. A weekend in Champaign featured events with Mrs. Ross and George. Miss Shirley Cole began penicillin treatment at St. Marys Hospital for a leg vein clot.
Rev. and Mrs. Ottis Atchison filled their regular appointment here. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mack Cecil Jett and children visited Mrs. Emma Jett Standay and later Mrs. Cecil Jett who is ill in Centralia hospital. Eunice McHaney and John Talbert families visited Poss Reid and wife in Central City Sunday. Ross is poorly at this writing.
Mr and Mrs Everett Jett called on Harry Perkins and family and Mrs Carolina Harmeter east of Vernon Sunday. The B T U Social was well attended Friday night at John Talbert home with Weiners buns coffee cookies and a short program. The R A and G A will meet Tuesday night. Miss Dorothy Atteberry weekend with nieces Louise Shirley and Norma Palmer. Mrs Grover Spencer improved after pneumonia. Her mother Mrs Ellis and sister Fern from near Mt Vernon and Mrs Amelia Meredith and son Melvin visited Friday. John Kretzer sick and unable to work. LeRoy Simpson visiting brother Eugene and family. Mrs C A Fairchild and children improved after flu. Betty Slater Elizabeth Carter visited Ruth Carter Sunday. Mr and Mrs Robert Carter visited their parents Laura and Charles Carter.
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