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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1956
Page
1
The Register reports a new oil well on the Frank Heinzman farm west of town drilling 4000 feet into Trenton strata. Early drill stem tests suggest a superior well compared with a recent Pugh farm completion. The big rig moved out Monday and a smaller rig handles cleaning. the big pump is expected to be installed after.
Students learn that school closes May 28 and graduation is set for May 25 in the high school gym with Pomp and Circumstance. The band rehearses the processional, the chorus may join The Halls of Ivy, and the junior play earned praise. The eighth grade program featured F H A hosting and a Kentucky Lake trip is planned for May 12–13. F F A parliamentary team placed third in Greenville and Altamont took second.
Community notes recap visits and greetings around Patoka. Attendees include R J Stephens and Everett Jackson at the Mississippi Valley Consistory in East St Louis. Mr and Mrs H A Ballance of Decatur. Warren McNichol of Denver. the Schmidt family wintering in Brownsville Texas. many friends calling on relatives in Patoka and nearby towns. Local travel includes C D Rhineholz party to Centralia and Outhouse party to Mt Vernon. hospital gossip and anniversary banquet plans noted.
On Monday evening May 7 the P T C will hold its final meeting of the year at the Grade school. Two films will be shown. Everyone is asked to bring sandwiches.
On April 24 Rev. C. R. Farmer and his wife from Vernon observed their shared birthday with church members who gave a cake and cards. A week later, April 30, a prayer meeting at Mrs. Lena Peyton's home surprised them again with a 34 piece stainless steel tableware gift.
Both groups of Sunbeams gather at the Baptist church Saturday May 5 at 1 p.m. Children are invited. The pre-school program includes welcome, flag salute, Bible reading, roll call, a Bible verse about light, watchword rays, Booklets Send His Word, a missionary story by the counselor, and plans for the next meeting hosted by Kathryn Nattier.
Household items include a Maytag washer and a 130 gallon electric water heater. Contact George Wickersham at phone 149a for details. Everything reduced with some new items available. come anytime.
John Ververs, 75, was killed Wednesday April 25 stepping into an oncoming car on a highway near his St. Louis county home. James A. Wiseman of Sullivan Mo. said he saw Ververs in the road as his westbound car approached. Ververs, who lived alone, had recently been treated for a broken neck and wore a brace after hospital release. He is survived by a stepson and four step grandchildren, siblings in Colorado Springs and Illinois, sisters in Mount Vernon and Arizona, two sisters-in-laws, and many nieces and nephews. Funeral attended in St. Louis Monday.
Vernon The Vernon P T C will sponsor a pot luck dinner and sing Friday night May 11. Everyone is invited to attend bring a basket and complete table service. Eating will begin promptly at 7 o clock. The Gospelaires will lead the evening after dinner. A free will offering will be taken. Milton Bayliss and son drove to St. Louis to meet Mrs. Bayliss and daughter arriving from El Paso Texas. Mrs. Walker and baby will live here as her husband is overseas.
Secretary of State Charles F. Carpentier announced Richard LeMaster of Chillicothe as chairman of the technical and advisory committee for the 1956 Illinois State Fair Antique and Sports Car Meet. Albert E. Russell of Chicago was named chief judge.
Leo J Thompson 61 of Decatur died at Barnes hospital St Louis after a three week illness. Born March 20 1895 in Vernon he was son of John and Emma Thompson. Survived by wife Frances Anderson daughter Harriet Lackey three sisters and burial at Patoka cemetery following funeral at Brintlinger's Decatur.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 pm at Vernon Methodist Church for Mrs Eleanor E. Graham 56 who died in Elmhurst Hospital Illinois after six months illness. Rev Clifford Newcomb officiated with Cox Martin directing. Interment Vernon cemetery. Survivors include husband Earl of Melrose Park father William Nolte Vernon daughter Dolores Gardzelewski Franklin Park two grandchildren and a son Lt Earl Graham Jr killed in 1945.
The Conservation Club 100 invites the public and members to attend a fish fry at the lakeside clubhouse. Serving begins at 4 PM Friday, per President Bill Jenkins.
The menu lists meals for Monday through Friday including beans with ham spaghetti hamburger ham salad sandwich and macaroni and cheese with side dishes and desserts. A social note mentions the Jenningss and the Blanke family visiting Grace and Paul Black in Cisco Illinois with Rom Black as a guest last Sunday.
Large turnout marks the Silver Dollar Day kickoff with 65 dollars awarded. Russell Collins receives 25 dollars, Dorothy Eastman 10, and other Patoka residents win lesser sums as the town hosts entertainment slots and gathers near Jones Store.
All children who will be six years old on or before December 1 1956 and will enter first grade in Vernon or Patoka schools in September are asked to register during the week of May 7 to 11 They may visit the school and eat lunch in the cafeteria if they wish.
Revival gathering starts Monday May 7 at 730 PM led by Evangelist Wayne Nattier and Pastor F N Shields at Eaglin General Baptist Church all welcome. FOR SALE 1 8 ft J D wheel disc and 2 I H C 8 ft discs cheap Gene Leniger Vernon 5-4-2tp FOR SALE Antique full size bed 10 Occasional coral chair 15 John Layton phone 101
Conway Malan presented a paper on Uranium Deposits of the Cochetopa District at a U S Geological Survey symposium in Grand Junction Colorado. He described Los Ochos claims as the district’s most important deposits with pipe like reserves and pitchblende ore.
Congressman C W Vursell will begin a weekly talk Saturday May 5 at 6 05 p m over WMIX Mt Vernon. He will report on the work and accomplishments of research scientists in the Department of Agriculture. The broadcasts aim to interest both consumers and farmers.
The Ladies Class of the Christian Church hold a bazaar and food sale on Saturday May 12 at Whit ing's Electric Shop. Aprons gifts used clothing and various foods will be sold. Proceeds support church activities.
Farmers in the corn belt may increase feed value per acre by sowing alfalfa in wide rows. The idea suggests improved forage yield and potential benefits for livestock operations, with adoption depending on local soil and climate conditions.
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