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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1930
Page
4
Reports from Shattuc fields as John Shepard and neighbors tend gardens and plow patches. A reader recalls snagging a 27 1 2 inch catfish on March 21, measuring it five times for accuracy.
Mrs. Guy Moore and children of Odin visit Marion Evans family. Irvin Hawley and family of Odin visit Charley McHaney. Shoppers from Patoka include L A Gettleman Alfred Jett John Nichols and others. A funeral for Herschel Albert at Givens Chapel noted.
Sunday visits to homes including the Fulton Reynolds and Hicks families and a large Carrigan Sunday School turnout of 38. A Friday March 21 home talent minstrel show directed by I W Barnett under the Carrigan Literary Society drew an overflowing crowd at the schoolhouse.
The play may be presented in neighboring towns soon. The next Literary Program is scheduled for April 4, with a deputy plan noted for a later move.
A upcoming transportation medium featuring both automobile and airplane is set as the central attraction, highlighting evolving travel options and public interest in future mobility.
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