Patoka Social Roundup Highlights Regional Visits
Local residents and guests from Kinmundy Vandalia Mt. Vernon Salem and Vernon traveled to Patoka for visits shopping and social calls last Friday through Sunday. Several couples and individuals including Mr and Mrs James Thompson Mrs L E Green Mrs Beverly Robinson and others were seen in Patoka with relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Brown
Geo. Neaville
Eli Robb
Norris Vallow
Kinmundy
Patoka
L. E. Green
Beverly Robinson
Vandala
Margaret Redburn
Sandoval
Taylor Nall
Herrin
Illinois
John Evans, Jr
Dale Nattier
Sara Jane
Carl McColpin
Robinson
Sam Redburn
Ellen Williams
Little Rock
Arkansas
E. J. Leniger
Vernon
Dean Martin
L. J. Bates
Marion Caldwell
Centralia
W. E. Walton
Kathryn Crawford
Chicago
Frank Crawford
Emil Nattier
Salem
Dora Bruening
Laura Haley
Nell Quayle
Howard Smith
Sue
Paul Logan
Davis Jennings
Sara Jane Nattier
Sand
AAA Announces Payment Rates In 41 Program
The AAA reports adjusted parity payments for 1941 farm program. Clyde St. Clair notes corn rate remains 14 cents per bushel for corn allotment productivity, wheat yields get 18 cents per bushel, and about 85 cents per acre for general crops. Special payments reward soil building and practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde St. Clair
AAA County
St. Clair
Marion County
Blackburn College Aids Students Through Labor Driven Self-Help
Blackburn College at Carlinville receives national notice as Americas most exclusive self-help college. A feature in the Saturday Evening Post by Parsons and Yoder highlights students trading labor for education and living, with a new $150000 Jones Hall to be built providing dining, labs, infirmary, and dorms for fifty women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Blackburn College
Carlinville
Geoffrey M. Parsons, Jr
Robert M. Yoder
Saturday Evening Post
Blackburn
William M. Hudson
George Herbert Jones
Chicago
Good Will Club Meeting at Mrs Belcher Home
The Good Will Club met Friday afternoon with Mrs. Lutie Belcher on May 9. Eleven members attended as they sewed and visited. Miss Bernice Meador was the only member not noted further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Will Club
Good Will
Lutie Belcher
Bernice Meador
Free Prep School For Flying Cadets On East Side
Lieut Robert F. Maley in East St. Louis has arranged a W P A backed evening program for non college men aiming to become Flying Cadets. High school graduates can study needed subjects under qualified instructors at the St. Clair County Adult Education Office. Enrollment limited to 25 with 10 alternates as auditors. Classes meet Mondays and Thursdays 6 to 9 p m at 1182 North 9th Street East St Louis Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Maley
East St. Louis
Celeste M. Sullivan
Dale B. Mullen
East St Louis
St. Clair County
Navy opens four year enlistments for naval reserve
The Navy reports about 197000 enlisted regulars and announces new recruiting in previously closed reserve classes. Men ages 17 to 36 may enlist as apprentice seamen, firemen, yeomen, radiomen, machinists mates and more, with 4 year reserve terms. Effingham Illinois hosts the local recruiting office.
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Navy
Navy Department
Naval Redere
Naval Reserve
United States
Effingham
Illinois
Dade Park Jockey Club Sets August to September Meet
The eighteenth annual Summer meeting of the Dade Park Jockey Club in Dade Park Kentucky will run from Saturday August 2 through Monday September 1 Labor Day. The Western Kentucky track on U S Highway 41 between Henderson Kentucky and Evansville Indiana will offer 26 days of racing with racing daily except Sundays. The event aims to attract top stables and a strong racing program is planned.
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Dade Park
Dade Park Jockey Club
Kentucky State Racing Commission
Owensboro
Western Kentucky Track
U. S. Highway 41
Henderson
Evansville
Ind
Illinois Industrial Expansion Report on Growth and Jobs
A report to Governor Dwight H. Green by the Illinois Development Council highlights rapid growth. Sixty-two new plants with 17 300 employees started last year and thirteen new industries with plans to hire 15 760 in Illinois in early 1941. The state ranks third in value of its factory output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Dwight H. Green
Illinois Development Council
Llinoia
I Am An American Day Proclaimed for May 18 1941
The President issues a proclamation designating Sunday May 18 1941 as I Am An American Day to honor citizenship. The observance aims to promote understanding of rights responsibilities and national unity among native born and naturalized citizens. Officials civil and educational groups are urged to plan observances and citizen instructions nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Congress
Department of Justice
Immigration and Naturalization Service
United States OF America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
Unitedes of America
Ee Cene
One in Four Seniors in Illinois on Old Age Assistance
One in four Illinois residents over sixty-five receive Old Age Assistance. Exact figures show 28.3 percent of seniors are on the aid rolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Patoka District Baseball Tournament Schedule 1941
A statewide high school baseball tournament is inaugurated with the Patoka district tourney at Patoka ball park. Mulberry Grove faces St Elmo on Monday May 19 and Alatmont meets Patoka on Tuesday May 20. If weather delays, games shift. winners advance to Springfield sectional and then to Peoria state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka
Ball Park
Mulberry Grove
St. Elmo
Alatmont
Springfield
Peoria
Obituary of Edward Anderson of Patoka and Shobonier
Edward Anderson born March 16 1874 in Fayette County near Shobonier Illinois died May 6 1941 at his son Merles home in Litchfield Illinois aged 67 years 1 month 22 days. He joined Shobonier Baptist Church later the Patoka Methodist Church and served faithfully. He married Mary Courson in 1903 and had two sons Merle and John with a foster daughter Alice Courson. He ran mercantile businesses in Shobonier for 25 years and later served in Delasus Hardware and Nattier Hardware Stores in Patoka. He was Marion County coroner for 10 years. He leaves two sons a foster daughter a sister five grandchildren and many friends. Funeral services conducted by May Ralph Willis of Zeigler with burial in Patoka cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Anderson
Alex and
Ollie Anderson
Fayette County
Shobonier
Illinois
Merle
Litchfield
John
Alice Courson
Edward
Patoka
Delassus Hardware
Nattier Hardware
Marion County
Alice
Centralia
Elizabeth Farmer
Ralph Willis
Zeigler
J. C. Beery
Methodist Ofiating
Obituary of Wilbur G Cruse
Wilbur C Cruse born December 5 1900 in Decatur Illinois died May 4 1941 in Los Angeles California after twenty years there. He leaves wife Marie mother and a brother Ladly Cruse of Decatur plus many relatives in Los Angeles Decatur and Patoka. Funeral services were held in Los Angeles May 7 at 3 00 P M and in Patoka May 10 with burial in Patoka cemetery. Card from the family thanks friends for flowers and sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur C. Cruse
William
Fanny Cruse
Decatur
Illinois
Los Angeles
Caif
Marie
Ladly Gruse
Patoka
Victoria Chapter Observes Annual Guest Night
Victoria Chapter No. 253 O E S held its annual guest night on Monday May 12 honoring past Worthy Matrons and Past Worthy Patrons with guests from Carlyle Vandalia and Sandoval. The evening featured decorations favors and a program led by Worthy Matron W W Murfin and charter members were honored with baskets of flowers. Following a floral gift exchange and song A Perfect Day was performed. The next meeting May 26 will include a Memorial Service for members who have passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star of Illinois
Carlyle
Vandalia
Sandoval
G. J. Wasema
Josephine Simcox
W. W. Murfin
Bettie Simcox
G. J. Wasem
Maxine Miller
E. L. DeLay
P. J. Mojonnier
W. L. Danbury
Marshall
I. W. Nattier
Artie Rogier
Lowell Belcher
Adah
Lizzie Wasem
Ruth
Wm. Ellis
Esther
Martha
Augusta Pope
A. W. Cruse
T. E. Irvin
Sentinel
W. Matron
J. T. Blankins
A. L. Ashton
Roy Cox
Patsy Spurgeon
A. M. Peek
Marcus Cox
Doris Miller
John Miller
Alice Mojonnier
Mattie Hicks
Morgan
Firing on Range To Establish Standing Rifle Teams
Trainees of the 77th Infantry Training Battalion at Camp Roberts California now fire on the range for a record to determine who becomes marksman sharpshooter or expert rifleman. About 107 men in the battalion under Lt Col Paul D Carter are to be joined by seven more infantry to complete reorganized units arriving by June 1.
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77Th Infantry
Camp Roberts
Calif
J. W. Smith
Ralph C. Lee
Samuel L. Eagan
77Th
16Th Infantry
Infantry Repl
Paul D. Carter
Etry S Fort
Bennis Nefiete
Tofani Y
Camp Robi
John L. Jenkins
pheasants to be released across state farms this spring
The State Department of Conservation expects 100000 pheasants and 50000 more this year. Birds will be released at suitable sites to provide hunters with ample opportunity. The first pheasants of 1941 hatch from Mt We farm incubators in May.
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State Department of Co Vation
Mt We
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AAA
U. S. Naval Forces
Obiuary
Wilbur G. Cruse
Carl Rogier
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