Soldier Letters from Camp Ellis Reach Alma Readers
A wartime column features a letter from Sgt. Harold W. Collins at Camp Ellis Illinois thanking hometown readers for birthday greetings. He recounts training at a new 1000-bed hospital unit, travel from Northern Canada to the Midwest, and life on post with theatres service clubs and daily routines. The piece also prints a poem by Major John A. Broom Jr. inspired by African campaign graves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Ellis
Ill
Patoka
Canada
St. Paul, Minn
Indiantown Gap
119Th General Hospital
Wayne King
Major John A. Broom Jr
North Africa
Major Broom
John Broom
Alma
Carolina
Eighth Grade Commencement Program Highlights At Camp Bradford
The program for the Eighth Grade Commencement Exercise is set for Friday night May 12 at 8 p.m. in the Patoka High School gym with musical selections, diplomas, and a welcome by the school board. The article also notes Camp Bradford’s training role and reflects on junior and senior class sentiments and events from the 1943-44 period.
High School Baccalaureate Service May 14 1944
The program for the High School Baccalaureate on Sunday May 14 1944 at 8 00 p m includes invocation by Mrs James Balance scripture reading by Mrs Jno A Jennings and remarks by Rev Eugene Dodds pastor of the Local Baptist Church with the Boe ies Community Chorus and song by the Class Sermon and Benediction by Mrs George A Ellis
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Balance
J. W. Alexander Boe
Ies
Jno
A. Jennings
High School Commencement Program May 18 1944
Highland Ill commencement program lists events for May 18 1944 at 8 00 p m Invocation by Reverend J W Jensen saxophone duet by Rachel Adams and Dorothy DeLay male quartet with Evelyn Ballance address by John C DeLaurenti Supt of Schools Highland Ill ladies trio Alt a Logan Willabelle Dodds Eva Wasem benediction by F B Ballance class roll with names Dayne Tune Dale Tune Leroy Thalman Cecil Thalman Connie Meador Betty Snider Pauline Crawford Johnnie Belcher Bill Stringer Robert Hopkins Emil Nattier Cyril DeLay class motto Shoot Straight class rose American Beauty class colors Red and White
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Fields
God Bless America
Rachel Adams
Wilma Pugh
Billy Dean Good
Robert Graham
Bote
Peeks Aheee
John A. Jennings
Bill Dean Good
Dorothy Wickersham
Hacea Eae
Sue Wireman
Johnnie
Dale
Dayne
Cyril
Betty Snyder
Emil
Connie
Bill Stringer
LeRoy Thalman
Bob
Cecil
Pauline
Miss Barr
James Ballance
J. W. Jensen
Dorothy DeLay
Wesley Griffin
Eugene Dodds
Jacob Davis
Carl Arnold
Evelyn Ballance
John C. DeLaurenti
Highland, Ill
Alta Logan
Willabelle Dodds
Eva Wasem
Mother's Influence In Prayer and Worship
A reflective poem recounting how the speaker sought God in temples, forests, streets, and natural scenes but found the clearest guiding voice at a mother’s knee. The verses honor a mother’s quiet spiritual influence across many settings.
Farewell Party for Mrs Rogier Class Moves to Centralia
The Baptist Sunday School class hosted a farewell for Rachel Adams on May 3 at Virginia and Nell Stringer home. Mrs Rogier led a Ten Commandments review and gifted items were exchanged. Guests included Nancy Foltz Mildred Hill Helen Parker Dorothy De Lay Pauline Diebold Betty Towler Bertha Snider Jean Jones Wilma Pugh and Mrs Attie Rogier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artie Rogier
the Baptist Sunday School
Virginia
Nell Stringer
Rachel Adams
Centralia
Rachel
Betty Towler
Bertha Snider
Jean Jones
Wilma Pugh
Attie Rogier
Renewal request from Rolland Belcher to Patoka Register
Rolland E Belcher sends for a one year renewal of his subscription to the Patoka Register dated May 8 1944. He notes gas rationing and travel restrictions but says the paper helps him keep in touch with relatives and friends. He comments on wet weather delaying farming tasks and reports crops like oats potatoes clover and alfalfa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RFD
Peru
Patoka Register
Patoka
Illinois
Rolland E. Belcher
Miss Martha Matchett Weds Donald Lamond Jr in Virginia
Martha Ann Matchett and Donald Douglas Lamond Jr were married at Clarendon Methodist Church Arlington Virginia on April 30 1944 in a double ring ceremony. Rev Walter M Lockett officiated with pre ceremony music and a buffet reception followed by a brief honeymoon in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Matchett
Donald Lamond JR
Virginia
Clarendon Methodist Church
Arlington
Walter M. Lockett
P. C. Shepherd
Ave Maria
Donald D. Lamond
Mary Jane Rogers
College Room
Lamond Lefty
New York City
Billy Stephens loses finger tip in chair fall accident
Ten year old Billy Stephens of Patoka area suffered a severe mishap Friday morning when a chair toppled while he reclined with scissors. He jammed the finger between blades and a tip was severed. doctors at Greer hospital in Vandalia work to reattach the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Stephens
Rufus Stephens
Patoka
Billy
Greer
Vandalia
Civic Federation Dinner Meeting in Centralia
The Marion County Civic Federation affiliated with the Taxpayers Federation of Illinois will hold its second annual dinner meeting Thursday May 18 at 6 30 p.m. at the Langenfeld Hotel Centralia Ilinois Dr Neil Garry from the University of Illinois will speak on Problems of Local Government and Citizenship Responsibility Tickets available for 1 00 from the Patoka Register office and reservations are urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County Civic Federation
Taxpayers Federation of Illinois
Langenfeld Hotel
Centralia
Civic Federation
Neil Garry
University of Ilinois
Patoka
Local notes on family, travel, and visits in Patoka area
Mrs Warren Lake left Thursday night for Texas to be with her husband Cpl Lake. Long Beach Calif couple Mr and Mrs Charles Douthitt announced the birth of a son April 27 at S Marys hospital naming him Charles Thomas Jr. This is the fourth grandson of W E Douthitt of Patoka. Numerous local visitors and shoppers are noted including Orville Britt, Miss Irene Donley, and R M Donley of Bermuda. Other items list arrivals and trips of residents, teacher absences, and furloughs from Fort Meade and other locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Lake
Texas
Cpl. Lake
Charles T. Douthitt
Long Beach
Calif
S. Marys Hospital
Charles Thomas Jr
W. E. Douthitt
Patoka
Ruth Willett
Sunbeams Host May Gathering With Indian Study
John and Dick Davis hosted a Sunbeams afternoon on May 6 with Mrs Mojonnier presenting Indian pictures by Steele School pupils taught by Rev Dodds. New members Virginia Sue Brumfield Lexie Barnes joined. guests included Pauline Towler Janet Jones Darlene Wortman and others. Home Mission Certificates for Little Morning Light were issued. refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John and
Dick Davis
Sunbeams
Mojonnier
Steele
Dodds
Virginia Sue
Billie Brumfield
Lexie Barnes
Mary Lou
Leon Walker
Darlene Wortman
Pauline Towler
Virginia Sue Brumfield
Janet Jones
Wanda Hulsizer
Joan Jones
Carolyn Nattier
Mary Mae Parker
Sue Wireman
Margie Goff
George W Nattier
Dicky Davis
Tommie Towler
Maurice Dean Jones
Rose Mojonnier
Surprise party for Mrs Hetzler marks birthday
Mrs John Hetzler enjoyed a pleasant surprise on Tuesday evening when friends hosted a pot luck supper at her home in celebration of her birthday. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Davis Jennings, Mr and Mrs Paul Logan, Mrs James Ballance, Mrs Robert Eagan, and Mr and Mrs Hetzler with children David and La Mar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Eagan
James Ballance
Centralia
John. Hetzler
Davis Jennings
Paul Logan
Hetzler
David and
la Mar
Lowe Couple Home On 15 Day Furlough
Private W I Lowe and his wife of Clinton Iowa are on a 15 day furlough in late April. Ivy Lowe joined the Army last September and is stationed at Schick General Hospital Clinton Iowa. His wife works in a Clinton dress shop. On April 29 their children visited and they enjoyed fried chicken. They attended Kinmundy Senior Class play where Floyd Jones acted. The first furlough portion was spent in St Louis sorting affairs and storing belongings for the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. I. Lowe
Clinton
Iowa
Ivy
Schick General Hospital
Seventh Army Command Division
Willie Lowe
Kinmundy
Floyd Jones
St. Louis
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Harold Collins
Harold W. Collins
Hosp
Milton J. Peddicord
Camp Bradford
Norfolk
Electa Peddicord
J. W. Whitfield
USN
Naval Service
Navy
Bill Bundy
Sadie Hawkin
M. D. Walker Benediction
F. B. Ballane
Rolland Belcher
J. F. Matchett
Martha Ann
Donald Douglas Lamond Jr
Washington
D. C
Charles Frederick
Fred Bopp
Edward Mutto
Belleville
Orville Britt
H. K. Pike
Keith
Mt. Vernon
W. C. Carner
Irene Donley
McLeansboro
R. M. Donley
Hamilton
Bermuda
J. W. Alexander
Jimmie
Robert Johnstone
Nickie
Walton Hdw
Patoka, IN
E. M. Outhouse
Sgt
Marion Outhouse
England
Mrs. Orville Genre
Lee Orr
Ramsey
William Ververs
J. A. Galaway
Floyd Outhouse
Orr
Thomas Haley
D. J. Evans
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Evans
J. R. Wasem
John of
Decatur
C. B. Anderson
Louisa Livesay
Walton
Floyd Walker
Alton
H. G. Hudspeth
Cecil Elliott
Melinda
Robert Morey
Carolyn
Nella Mansfield
Frederick
Oklahoma
Camp Crowder, Mo
Lucille and
Charlotte Smith
Mrs
Orville Goff
Orville West
Vernon
Nannie Wilson
Pauline Goff
Missouri Baptist Hospital
Harlan Goff
Margie
Henry W. Brumfield
Ft. George G. Meade
Maryland
Seaman Wells
George Gillespie
Anderson
Indiana
Eldoris Belcher
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