Mrs. W. W. Enloe Dies in Decatur After Illness
Mrs. Althea Enloe wife of W W Enloe died at 12 15 Tuesday morning at the family residence 1935 N Monroe Decatur after a five week illness cancer caused her death She was sixty three born May 25 1862 near Mulberry Grove Fayette County IL Survived by husband two sons Roy Enloe Parl City Seward Enloe Decatur father W W Whitlock and several sisters including Mrs John Taylor Vandalia Mrs W E Lindsey Aberdeen SD Mrs Effie Caudle Decatur Mrs Bessie Murfin Patoka Miss Mable Whitlock Aurora and others Funeral Thursday at Decatur with burial at Fairlawn cemetery where daughter Miss Lora was buried last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Enloe
Decatur
Teesday
Althea Enloe
N. Monroe Street
Enloe
Mulberry Grove
Fayette County
Patoka
Methodist Church
Grace Church
Roy Enloe
Parl City
Seward Enloe
W. W. Whitlock
John Taylor
Vandalia
W. E. Lindsey
Aberdeen
Effie Caudle
Bessie Murfin
Mable Whitlock
Aurora
Bernie Peters
Greenville
Jess M. Bright
Vantage
Can
Murfin
Fairlawn
Lora
Local and Personal Notes From Patoka Area
Local notices feature Mothers Day booklets at Altoms and a sale of shoes and hardware. Residents including Ben Livesay, J L Parks, Bert Quayle, Maurice Ballance, Claud Smith, and others are mentioned with visits, purchases, and travel to Decatur, St Louis, Nashville, and Bloomington. Carbondale schooling, Ford touring car, Overland sedan, and a range of household goods are noted alongside livestock trades and a garage project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoms
Ballances
Ben S. Livesay
Bonnie
J. L. Parks
Walter
Decatur
Patoka Hdw
Furn. Co
Bert Quayle
Springfield
Donald Wilson
Nashville
Patka
W. L
Carlyle
Dains Store
Ballaneces
Armand Wasem
John Nagel
Patoka Hdn
Furn
C. Claud Smith
St. Louis
Jeff Smith
Patoka
Ira Ball
Newton
Elza Clark
Fredonia
Ball
Clark
Patoka Hardware. & Furniture Co
Peters
Messrs
Stone
Charles Hill
Fearn. Co
Madelene Porter
George Porter
Bloomington
Bertha Freyer
Martin & Martin
Bertha
Lester Ballance
James
Hill Scales
Rollin Cox
Three Year Old Dies in Decatur Truck Accident
Wayne Nelson, three, son of Mr and Mrs Julius Neilson, was fatally injured Tuesday morning near the Piggly Wiggly at Edwards and Marietta streets when a Bowman Transfer Co truck backed into him. He died en route to Macon County Hospital. Funeral was held Thursday after services at Patoka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Neilson
Decatur
Wayne Nelson
Edwards and
Marietta
Roy Evans
Mayor Elder
Execatur
Macon County Hospital
Monson Undertaking Establishment
Neilson
West Grand Avenue
Q. R. Evans
Harold Wright
Mr. Evans
Evans
Frank Boyd
Bowman
Wayne Neilson
Patoka
Sunday School Class Party at Miss Simcon Home
The M. E. Sunday School young peoples class met at Miss Martha Simcon's home on Tuesday evening May 5 with twenty members present. After the business meeting they played lawn games and enjoyed refreshments. The next gathering will be at Miss Helen Troyer's home on the second Tuesday in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Peoples
M. E. Sunday School
Martha Simcon
Zobrist
Helen Troyer
Pentecostal Revival at Legion Hall Concludes
The Pentecostal revival at the Legion Hall closed last Sunday night after several weeks. Conversions and baptisms occurred and interest continued throughout the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Legion Hall
Andpoint
New City Administration Takes Reins in First Meeting
The newly elected city President Thos Forehand Alderman Ira Martin Dave Troyer and T E Irvin with holdovers Elmer Rogier Oscar Hill and Will Cain met last Friday in their first regular assembly. The new mayor appears energetic and plans oversight of finances. The treasurer G W Gaultney was re appointed as officials outlined committees and routine work. Citizens hope for economical management and improvements including all night lighting and a year round cemetery road linking churches and west and east side business districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Martin
Dave Troyer
T. E. Irvin
Elmer Rogier
Oscar Hill
Will Cain
Register
G. W. Gaultney
West Side
Surprise Dinner Closes Steele School Term WithPatriotic Sendoff
A large crowd at Steele School gathered Thursday April 30 for a surprise dinner honoring teacher Miss Annette Marhall. Indoor tables due to bad weather overflowed with a sumptuous meal for about eighty five attendees followed by a pupil produced program. Attendees included John Troutt and wife Wanda, Alma Huffman, John Marshall and family, Mary Marshall, Minnie Merten, Viola Harker, Carroll Harker, Mildred Merten, Howard and Clifford Merten, Nettles, Fannon and wife, Jacob Foltz and family, Mrs. Corson, Mrs. Snyder, Mrs. Steele, Charles Foltz and family, John Bopp, Claude Bopp, Beulah Bopp, Fred Adams and family, Mrs. Wiley Adams, William Ahls and wife, Henry Troutt and family, Wilbur Tibbs and son, and Mrs. Cicigoi and son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steele School
Annette Marhall
John Troutt
Wanda Troutt
Alma Huffman
John Marshall
Mary Marshall
Minnie Merten
Viola Harker
Carrol Harker
Mildred Merten
Howard
Clifford Merten
Nettles
Fannon
Jacob Foltz
David Corson
Frank Snyder
William Steele
Charles Foltz
John Bopp
Claude Bopp
Beaulah Bopp
Fred Adams
Wiley Adams
William Ahls
Henry Troutt
Wilbur Tibbs
Frank Cicigoi
Dr Ducomb Plans Move to Patoka for New Home
Dr Ducombe of Keysport says he will move to Patoka and likely build a new downtown home after selling his Keysport residence. He has a site and intends a contract once the location is secured, aiming to be near year round access though not to practice actively. Reports he bought Dr Zobrists business are denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ducombe
Keysport
Patoka
Dieckman
Patoka C. E. I. Defeats Laclede in Salem 16 to 0
The Patoka C. E. I. ball club routed a self-styled Laclede club at Salem last Sunday, 16 to 0. Local fans attended, while Armand Wasem suffered a serious injury at second base after a fall by a Laclede player.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka C. & E. I
Real Club
Laclede
Salem
Patoka
Armand Wasem
Armand
Patoka Merchants Offer Better Produce and Shared Profits
Patoka merchants promise higher returns for your produce and lower prices with added service and delivery. They claim monthly profit sharing with customers, asking why local shoppers should trade elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka
Patoka falls to Odin 7 to 4 in season opener
Patoka high school baseball loses to Odin 7 4 in the first game of the season. The team vows to improve. Friday brings another game. Senior play set for Friday at Legion hall. American History exam Friday. Curtiss Publishing representative visited Tuesday morning to discuss salesmanship and team leadership. Leaders named for Reds Up and Going Orange Hustlers Green Go Get Em. Milton Peddicord chosen business leader. Juniors absent this week and book reports were due Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka
Odin
Vandalia
the Legion Hall
Curtiss Publishing Company
Ladies Home Journal
Saturday Evening Post
Country Gentleman
Reds
Harold Simcox
Orange
Thelma Hopkins
Green
Ruby Eagan
Holt-Dew case to be resumed May 12 in court
The Holt-Dew case will be taken up again on May 12 before Judge Dove. All parties will resume where they left off, proceed toward the altar, and continue until the case is completed unless they adjourn again. Attending WCTU meeting.
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Holt-Dew
Judge Dove
W. C. T. U. Meet
Mrs Henley Attends Wa. Co. T. A. Convention at Grand Tower
Mrs Henley wife of Rev C Henley visits Grand Tower this week for the Wa. Co. T. A. meeting of Jackson county. As county president she likely will oversee a successor election due to her impending removal.
Bluff City Store Destroyed by Fire
Beck store at Bluff City two miles east of Vandalia was wrecked by a Saturday night blaze of unknown origin, leaving the building a total loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beck
Bluff City
Mies
Vandalia
Baptism and Church Organized at Sandoval Revival
A Sandoval revival led by Eld. G O Foulon organized a Baptist church on April 26 with about 35 members. Last Sunday fourteen were baptized and added. large crowds attended from Odin Centria and Patoka as meetings continue to draw helpers and observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist
Sandoval
Eld. G. O. Foulon
Association
Odin
Centralia
Patoka
300th Anniversary Service for Bible Translation
May 25 marks the 200th anniversary of the English Bible translation. On Sunday evening May 10 Rev. Hen ley will speak on The Bible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henley
Saturday Big Bargain and Drawing Day in Patoka
The Patoka merchants push a shopping day with ad pages showing local ads. The editor hints at extra pages and missing notices, urging readers to visit the Advertisers and watch the Register for forthcoming matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka
Register
Mothers Day Program At M B B Church South
Special dawn service at the M B and B Church South Sunday at 12 o clock features a sequence of musical solos choir songs a sweet mother of mine selection scripture reading prayer a whispering hope duet by Floyd Smith and Floyd Pugh a morning offering a reading by Mrs Joe Simcox a sermon on honoring father and mother the first command with promise a quartette Dale Altom Annie Gray Rev Henley and D Blankinship and benediction Wear red for living mothers and white for honored dead
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B&b
Church South
Whispering Hope
Floyd Smith
Floyd Pugh
Joe Simcox
Dale Altom
Aliie Gray
Rev. Henley
D. F. Blankinship
Mothers Day Program at Baptist Church Sunday May 10
The Baptist Church invites all to a Mothers Day program on Sunday at 2 30 P M featuring piano solo by Lantique Kathleen Davis readings by Lorna Rankin Alice Mojonnier Nellie Davis and others hymns and quartette performances including the Seven Girls and Mens Quartette with Carnation Song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Church
Lantique
Kathleen Davis
Spelling Love Sunbeams
Lorna Rankin
Irene Malan
Alice Mojonnier
Italk
Origin of Mothers Day
Artie Rogier
Nellie Davis
Mothers Bible
P. J. Mojonnier
W. F. Cox
Ruth Carter
Pastor W. FP. Cox
Carnation Song
Local Masons Busy as Lodge Elevations Occur
The Masonic lodge reports busy weeks with two members Jasper Tune and Maurice Ballance rising to Master Mason. Refreshment committee served after ceremonies with George Wasem providing extra hot coffee and salted sandwiches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Lodge
Jasper Tune
Maurice Ballance
George Wasem
Patoka Lad Wins Cash Prize in Gately Drive
Murl Anderson of Patoka, son of Mr and Mrs Ed Anderson, earned a $25 prize for leading sales in April for The Gately Corporation. He was notified by long distance call from the general office and praised as a promising local employee at the Centralia store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gately Corporation
Murl Anderson
Ed Anderson
Murl
Centralia
Patoka
Reward for identification of Big Liar behind lies
A notice offers a $25 reward for information proving who started and circulated a dozen or more wilful lies about the writer and past term as a student. The alleged liar may face prosecution and receive due punishment.
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. W. Crawford
Beecher City
Mesdames
W. O. Ducomb
Lexie. Boose
D’niel
Homer Potts
Pope Sisters
Centralia Agency
Eastman
Vernie Bricker
Vern and Associates
Patoka Hardware & Furniture Co
Billy Walton
Raymond Fletcher
Mt. Zion
Lizzie Livesay
Oregon
O’fallon
C. O. Livesay
Joe Larrimore
Hester Davidson
Vernon
Herbert McClelland
Estella
Lillian
Livesay
Oliver Wadkins
Eli Logan
Harvey Livesay
Pentecostal Revival
DR. Ducomb
M. E. Church
Frances Blankinship
Monroe Smith
Alberta Berthoux
Lacs
Kenneth Percell
Wayne Campbell
Lenora Parker
Albe
Masons
Patoka Lad
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