Local Notes Include Births Sales and Visits in Patoka
Community notes report births in March for Lloyd Bel cher and wife and T. T. Cox and wife, first child for the former and eleventh for the latter. Local ads promote Altom's Patoka hardware, groceries, and farm supplies with prices on oats, bacon, stoves, incubators, and a used range. Attendees include George Knight and family visiting from Alton, Mrs Laura Davis, and various social visits and meetings in Patoka and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Knight
Laura Davis
Alton
Vernon
America
Lloyd Belcher
Patoka
Altom’s
T. T. Cox
Howard
Patoka Hdn. & Furn. Co
Patoka Hdw
Furn. Co
Chas, Tate
Herschel Albert
Decatur
Red River Ohio
Patoka Hdw. & Furn. Co
Walter Parks
Cora Kohl
W. S. Perrine
Bert Leeper
Kohl
Local Residents Share Visits And Weekend Plans
Miss Lucile Walker finished work at Brown's this week and expects local assignments soon. Merritt Caldwell helps in an American Legion entertainment at Salem this Friday night. Mrs C H Gray visits daughter Mrs Dalrymple and family in Bridgeport. Mrs W D Linton and Mrs Jessie Britt travel to Woodlawn to see sister Mrs Anna Gerrith who is poorly. The Foltz family of Sandoval and A A Griffin and wife, in Wichita Falls with daughter Mrs Conrey, are home for the new Northern weather. Mrs Archie Thalman and children of Vandalia visited Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altom
Virginia Parks
St. Elmo
J. W. Delassus
Nannie Wilson
Centralia
WL. Parks
Wy AW
Mayor Griffin
Minors Theatre
Mrs. Lesser
Chicago
Moran Hone
Jane
Fcem
Lucile Walker
Brown's
Merritt Caldwell
American Legion
Salem
C. H. Gray
Dalrymple
Bridgeport
W. D. Linton
Jessie Britt
Woodlawn
Anna Gerrith
Foltz
Sandoval
A. A. Griffin
Wichita Falls
Texas
Marion County Man Killed by Sandoval Car
Herschel Albert a 25 year old from Salem was killed Friday March 21 when struck by a car driven by Charles Tate of Sandoval south of Decatur. Albert had hitchhiked from Decatur to visit relatives and stepped into the road as Tate’s car passed. The coroner ruled the death an accident and a jury found it unavoidably so. He is survived by uncles Louis and Richard Albert and cousins Elmer and Miles Albert. his body was moved to a cemetery near Givens Chapel.
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Marion County
Decatur Herald
Herschel Albert
Salem
Charles Tate
Sandoval
Decatur
Albert
Oscar
Moncaqua
Tate
Dixon
J. E. Daniels
Pfeiffer
Harles Tate
Leo Chrisman
Harrisburg
L. F E. Stephenson
States Attorneys Office
Tate Ld
St Mi
Sayt Mards
Chrisman
D. Hospital
Richard Albert
Louis Albert
Joe Albert
Altamont
Elmer
Patoka
Sunny Davis
Miles O’‘Brien
Liecal
Lucas Crathord
Paoka
Givens Chapel
Vernon Subscribers Pressure Reemit or Debt Demand
Vernon editor reports several subscribers threaten to cancel other names from the Het unless payment of delinquent sums is reemitted or a substantial amount is applied to the account. The notice signals potential service suspension if restitution is not provided.
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Vernon
Het
Local social visits and a hospital case in the community
Mrs C Livesay and son Gerald visited relatives at Ramsey on Friday. Mrs Carroll Walton of Granite City visited here with her parents John Epps and wife. Mrs Rose Martin, staying in Decatur with daughter Mabel Snyder, returned here Saturday. Henry Jones, a local high school student, was taken to St Marys Hospital Monday for acute appendicitis. Funeral attendees included Geo Bundy and wife Roy Marsh and wife Mrs Grace Fenton Mrs Etta Meyers Maron Guy Jones and family Wm Schroll of Decatur Frank and Charles and Clara Hoewing Moneaqua Bert Jones and wife.
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C. Livesay
Gerald
Ramsey
Carroll Walton
Granite City
John Epps
Rose Martin
Decatur
Mabel Snyder
Henry Jones
St. Mary’s Hospital
J. W. Jones
Geo, Bundy
Roy Marsh
Grace Fenton
Etta Meyers
Maron
Guy Jones
Wm. Schroll
Frank
Charles
Clara Hoewing
Moneaqua
Bert Jones
West Frankfort
Willie Jones
Woodlawn
Laura
Mary French
James Finch
Floyd Hines
Earl Jackson
Alma
Elizabeth Doolen
Kinmundy
Fred Brown
Mr. Winks
Mr. Shaw
Clifford Eliott
Ed Jeffers
Bloomington
Mr. Munger
Lewis Jarrett
St. Louis
Chatter and Stitch Club
Mattie Jarrett
Floyd Arnold
Isobel Pratt
Edna McAdoo
Clara Leah
Clinton
Eli Morgan
Eines Johnson
Warren Murfin
D. W. Jett
McHaney
Odin
C. C. Livesay
Willard Bryan
Normal
Wm. Oates
Son Forest
John Galyean
Lillie Anderson
Carlyle
Mary Epps
Susie Klinge
Quincy
Soldiers and Sailors Home
Nannie Cox
Maroa
I. W. Doolen
Eugene Brown
Champiagn
Tom Snyder
J. J. Betts
Clarence Hanson
Chas. Foltz
Patoka
Ed Thomas
John Whitehurst
O. L. West
Will Hathaway
Lucinda Foster
Joseph Hathaway
Fostershore
Myrna Carter
Nina Doolen
Glenwood Brown
Community Social Notices Highlight Local Visits and Guests
West Frankfort residents and neighbors hosted luncheon and dinners for guests from Bloomington Decatur Clinton Odin Normal Kinmundy and Patoka. The Chatter and Stitch club met with most members present while several families from Maroa Carlyle and Fostershore visited or stayed with relatives over the week.
High School Assembly Notes on Music and Early Flight
The report lists student performances led by Elizabeth Simcox including vocal, clarinet, trombone, piano, and reading, with pieces by Lillie Sharp Betsie Hill Howard Willis Dayne Ellis and others. It then recounts a class project building a fourteen foot steam powered model airplane by Lana and Darcy Christie, its crash, and a comparison to the Wright brothers work and early aviation history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Simcox
Lillie Sharp
Bessie Hill
Howard Willis
Dayne Ellis
Marvin Ballance
Dorothy Christie
Rusty Walker
Eray Two Sengs—Sehesl
Pigsa
Das—athe Malan
Darcy Christie
Marc Warner
Elizabeth Sime
Cox
Maurice Dukes
Maurice
Lana
Tim
Wright Brothers
United States
Paris
Europe
Delays and Visits Mark Assumption School Week
Marion Simcox visited the school last Thursday and attended the assembly program on Friday. The Junior class chose Strathmann or Carlyle for class pictures and will meet Monday afternoon. Erma Belcher was absent sick, and Lucille Walker visited Friday. The Household Science club received nine essays on World Peace. Dean Britt is improving and hopes to be up soon.
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Marion Simcox
Assumption
Strathmann Or
Carlyle
Household Science Club
Talent in Patoka and debate on college entrance age
Wayne Eagan and Ruby Walker missed days due to illness while Mabel Belcher, chosen from thirty girls, starred in the Senior Class play in Centralia. The piece also discusses President Lowell’s stance on college entrance age and the Boston Transcript’s counterpoint, arguing for individualized decisions.
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Patoka
Mabel Belcher
Centralia
Mabel
Harold Chance
Laura Ververs
Operetta Practice Seeks Late April Date
Members held practice from 3:00 to 4:30 PM and discussed setting the operetta date for the last week of April. Several changes are needed, which will cause a notable delay.
English Class Studies Poets and Authors
The class continues progressing in Ivanhoe while studying American authors. They focus on John Greenleaf Whittier Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Oliver Wendell Holmes in recent lessons.
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John Greenleaf Whittier
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Oliver | Wendell
English III Starts Henry the Fifth Study
Holmes reports the class will study Henry the Fifth in drama form as part of an epic literary unit.
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Holmes
Henry the Fifth
Roosevelt era milestones and revolutions overview
The passage lists Roosevelts actions including settling a coal strike, securing a second-term election in 1904, building the Panama Canal, and setting aside forest reserves. It also outlines revolutions of 1848 in France with Louis Philippe, the Republic’s rise, national workshops, and Napoleon III’s presidency, plus ancient Mediterranean and Hellenistic history noting Alexander the Great’s empire division, city self-government, and Greek leagues.
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Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Louis Phillipe
France
Napoleon III
New Republic
Mediterranean
Alexander
Europe
Asia
Africa
Girls Gym Class Cancelled Until Operetta Ends
The girls gym class was not held last week and will not resume until the operetta is finished.
Local Track Tryouts Underway As Teens Train For Spring
Fifteen boys joined last Monday's track sessions focusing on leg and wind development. Coach Munger plans this week's tryouts to assess candidate potential. Several basketball players, with Coach Munger, traveled to Champaign to watch the State finals and some say the team deserved a tourney berth.
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Munger
Champaign
State Health Dept Launches Disease Fighting Research
The state health department in cooperation with the medical college of the state university announces a broad program of disease fighting research. Dr. Andy Hall states two dozen projects are under way under the Chicago branch oversight of Dr. Lloyd Arnold at the university medical college. The state conservation director Ralph E. Bradford says a five acre Union county forest will rear wild turkeys, fencing off a rearing field for several pairs.
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State Department of Health
Medical College of the State University
Andy Hall
State Health
Lloyd Arnold
Chicago
State Diagnostic Laboratory
Medical College of the University
State Department of Conservation
Ralph E. Bradford
Union County
State forest development and public health notes
Development work in the state forest proceeds with improved roads water supply and nurseries to support forestry as a game refuge and recreation center. Illinois reports March building permits up 23.9 percent from January but 37.7 percent below last year. Health notes report Scarlet fever as the state’s notifiable disease and Health Promotion week is set for late April to early May. University honors Professor A A Harding with a silver cup after the band concert.
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Bradford
Bureau of Statistics and Research
Howard B. Myers
Industrial Commission
Illinois Department of Labor
Illinois. Health Messenger
State Department of Public Health
University of Illinois
A. A. Harding
David Kinley
Professor Harding
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Magnesia
Mika Ia
Charles H. Beete
Erma Belcher
Lucille Walker
Dean Britt
Wayne Eagan
Ruby Walker
Lowell
Harvard University
The
Boston Transcript
Pitt
Tally Outhouse
Centralia High School
Kelly Martin
Peoria
Manuel
State Capitol News
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Kankakee
Murphysboro
Stuart E. Pierson
E. G. Horner
Illinois
State of
Emmerson
Department of Public Health
Dr. Safford, O. Dd
City National Bank Bldg
Liberty Theatre
Vandalia
William Powell
Lee
Hear Wm
Powell
Wilco Vance
Outwit the Criminal
Janet Taylor
Four Devils
Janet Gaynor
Charles Morton
Nancy Drexel
Barry Norton
Mary Duncan
Farrell McDonald
Jack Mulhale
Alice Day
Dolores Costello
Hearts IN Exile
Warner Bros. Vitaphone
Douglas Fairbanks Junior
Loretta Young
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