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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1938
Page
3
Cyrus Nichols died after being struck by a Michigan car while walking across a road in Patoka. He succumbed Saturday night at Mark Greer Hospital in Vandalia Illinois. Funeral services were held at Arnold Chapel.
Interment was made at Patoka cemetery as the community extends sympathy to the affected family. Miss Betty Jones visited Miss Margaret Green, and Mr. and Mrs. William Hary Jones spent Sunday with Oriel Atkins. Merle Jones and family shared Sunday dinner at the William Lowe home.
Eunetta Jett visited Alice Jett and Esther Simpson on Monday. Mr and Mrs Miller called on Dorris Cozad and family Sunday night. Wm Palmer and wife and daughter Virginia had Sunday dinner with John Talbert and family.
The column lists numerous calls and visits among residents including Mamie Muck, Gene Simpson, the McHaneys, the Jett family, Perkins family, and others. It notes school closing basket dinner, Mrs. Thurman’s employment for next year, and various weekend calls across Salem, Centralia, Vandalia, Kigmondy, and Louisana as families plan or share updates.
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