Patoka Financial Ledger and Community Notes
A Patoka town ledger lists numerous accounts payments and fund balances including transportation Illinois Central R R Graybar Electric Patoka Elevator Patoka Hardware and others. It also records cemetery park and meter funds plus salaries and election expenditures with details of bonds and reserves and local social notes from Zion community activities and residents.
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Graybar Electric Company
Patoka Elevator Company
Patoka Hardware Company
Centralia Service & Oil Company
Tga Tide Et al Tags
Bob Adams
Neil Potts
Light Fund Receipts From Meter Reach
Partial transcription shows receipts and tax collections with figures 11710.91 ings 453.82 and a total of 506.66. The text is fragmentary with unclear nouns and broken formatting.
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Seereeeree
Community Notes From Kinmundy And Nearby
A Kinmundy Eastern Star benefit play drew attendees including Alma Ford James Kennedy and Earl Jackson families. Local events include a kitchen shower for Wanda Shreffler and the marriage of Kinmundy residents James Eagan and Wanda Shreffler in St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ford
James Kennedy
Earl Jackson
Paul Caldwell
Eastern Star
Kinmundy
Local Social Notes From Oak Grove and Surrounding Towns
Oak Grove residents Mr and Mrs Lyman Malone and daughter Lillian visited Centralia on business Thursday. Grace Turner and daughter Bertha were in Alma Wednesday. Henry Bender family called on Bri Lint Wednesday night. A kitchen shower at Cecil Shreffler home honored Wanda Saturday. Nellie Turner employed in Salem spent the weekend. An oil well has begun on Pete Smith property near Alma. Henry Bender and Raymond Swift visited Russell Swift family in Mt Vernon Saturday night. Lloyd Turner and Vernon Mason were in Salem on business Saturday evening. Tom Doudera family visited Salem Saturday. Nelda Donna and Mona Shreffler called at Elmer Turner home Saturday evening. Joseph Malone ate supper Saturday night at Henry Bender home. Raymond Willkison and Mell Shreffler were Salem callers Saturday.
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Lyman Malone
Lillian
Centralia
Grace Turner
Bertha
Alma
Henry Bender
Bri Lint
Cecil Shreffler
Wanda
Nellie Turner
Salem
Pete Smith
Raymond Swift
Russell Swift
Mt. Vernon
Lloyd Turner
Vernon Mason
Tom Doudera
Nelda
Donna
Mona Shreffler
Elmer Turner
Joseph Malone
Raymond Willkison
Mell Shreffler
Local Social Notes from East Zion Area
Mose Adams and Jimmie McNichol Jr. have been shearing sheep this week. Ellis Bassett and family shopped in Centralia Wednesday evening. Jamie Caldwell did business in Alma Thursday morning. Pearl Berry stayed with Elmer Berry Wednesday night. Ellsworth Chandler visited old friends in the area. Ira Caldwell met with Alice Caldwell Tuesday. Chriss Neilson met Pete Headley Thursday. Lyle Conant visited Saturday with Ellis Bassett. Raymond Maulding of Kinmundy works on his farm. Lyla Anderson and daughter Shirlie visited relatives in Searling. Relatives from St. Louis visited Charles Mitchel Sunday. Verne Nattier bought cattle nearby. Mrs. Robert Gray returned home after visiting Sammie Gray. Harry Chance and wife did business in Salem.
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Mose Adams
Jimmie McNichol Jr
Ellis Bassett
Centralia
Jamie Caldwell
Alma
Pearl Berry
Elmer Berry
Ellsworth Chandler
Ira Caldwell
Alice Caldwell
Chriss Neilson
Pete Headley
Lyle Conant
Raymond Maulding
Kinmundy
Lyla Anderson
Shirlie
Searling
St. Louis
Charles Mitchel
Verne Nattier
Robert Gray
Sammie Gray
Harry Chance
Salem
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Patoka Register
Kenneth McMath
Robert E. Wasem
Don Wilson
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Patoka
Illinois
Marion County
Pee Ewe Ree Nees
Harold Bonney
William Parker
Walter Simcox
T. BE. Irvin
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American Legion Post
Illinois Central R. R
T. E. Irvin
Charles Adams
Glen Hill
Cele
George Goodin
Loren Eagan
F. BE. Adams
Salem Supply Company
J. R. Williams
Bill Brown
W. W. Smith
Alexander Motor Company Patoka Farmers Elevator Company
Wadkins
Fred Tacke
Mapes & Hagan Auto Company
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Patoka Dairy Company
James Wasem
Ingvald Settem
William Carter
Accu Eale
Associa- Wom
Lj Hatiens Wiektsieniges Sas H. N. Potts
Park Fund
Wesley Grupp
Bituminous Gas Company
City National Bank & Trust Co
Russell & Axon
Tillie’s Case
Charles Griffin
E. L. DeLay
Patoka Light Plant
T. EL Irvine
H. N. Potts
O. BE. Baglin
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Eeereeereee
Westinghouse Electric Company
Serrseerrs
Dental
J. C. Beery
L. E. Green
L. D. Altom
Eers L. W. Ballance
B. N. Griffin
W. A. Miller
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Town Hall
Byers Printing Company
F. L. Porter
F. Pettibone
Alta Logan
Westinghouse Electric Co
Gregory Electric Company
Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company
Atty
Chicago National Bank
T. HB. Irvin
George F. Smith
Burtschi Motor Company
Merom-Illinois Company
Bruce Pugh
L. E. Barenfanger
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Patoka. Elevator Co
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Martha
Harry Mulvaney
Roy Mulvaney
Carl Arnold
Carl
Freda Arnold
MacLeansboro
Betty Price
Lulu Mae Black
Leah Pearl Walton
Dorothy Price
Anna
Lowell Black
Carl and
Frieda Arnold
Etna Knight
Ruby Chandler
Alene McWhirter
Orville Walton
Addis Walton
Paul McWhirter
Chicago
Guy Chandler
Oliver
Leah Pearl Wal
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Mac Arnold
O. C. Schroeder
Sandra
Vandalia
Alva Binnion
Nada Jo
Leo Denning
Man
Mae
Decatur
Forrest Walker
Leo Walker
Co. J. Hill
Carnival
Ween Ewe
Noah Carter
Cemetery
Light Fund
St. & Alley
St. & Alley Peace
Pyke
Village OF
Esquire Theatre
Gene Raymond
Maureen O’hara
Texas Rangers
John Howard
Laurel and Hardy
Sky Raiders
Sun-Man
Devil and
Miss Jones
Jean Arthur
Dispatch
Reuters
Ed. G. Robinson
Centralia Theatres
Ilinois
Sun
Ameri
Alice Faye J. Payne J. Oakie
RAND
Bette Davis
Mary Astor
Geo. Brent
A. Menjou
Patsy Kelly
Singing Hills
Gene Autry
Smiley Burnette
Ghost Breakers
Bob Hope
P. Goddard
Bonnie Baker
Orrin Tucker
Tim Holt
Virginia Vale
Walter Pigeon Florence Rice
Salem Theatre
New Orleans
Marlene Dietrich
Arthur Kennedy
Lon Chaney, Jr
Sis Hopkins
Judy Canova
Bob Crosby
Charles Butterworth
Cheyenne
Loretta Young
Robert Preston
Lyric Theatre
William Boyd
the Big Boss
Otto Kruger
Judy Garland
James Stewart
Hedy Lamarr
Lula Foster
Theodore Dietrich
Francis Parker
Effingham
Mary Margaret Kennedy
Brown’s Business College
Jim Kennedy
Ray White
Rose Winks
Rada Caldwell
Barbara Alderson
Lester McWhirter
Dewaine Williams
Buster Bender
Beneder
J. R. Telford
Raymond Beard
Loyde Alderson
Selby Garrett
Ray Fogerson
Helen Pilkington
Champaign
Maude Tmolinson
James C. Speake
St. Mary’s Hospital
Florence Elaine
Pleasant Hill School
James Eagan
Wanda Shreffler
Paul Carvell
Robert Eagan
Oak Grove
East Zion
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