Mosquito Abatement Plan Sponsored by Lions Club
Patoka Lions Club plans an aerial and ground spray to curb the village mosquito nuisance using a DDT solution. To raise funds for the pump and chemicals a chicken dinner is set at the high school on Friday May 31 at 6 30 p m Tickets are available from club members for 1 00 in advance or at the door. Proceeds may cover the project through the summer with additional fund raising if needed.
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Patoka
Lions Club
May 2024 School Menu Week in Vernon
The Vernon school menu for the week of May lists Barbecue on bun with corn beets fruit and cookie milk Monday Italian spaghetti green beans carrot and celery sticks apple cobbler bread butter milk Tuesday Wiener on bun baked beans relish fruit cookies milk Wednesday Hamburger on bun potato salad pickles fruit and cookie milk Thursday Bologna peas combination salad ginger bread whipped cream bread milk Friday Tin cans and trash pickup in Vernon starts May 20 containers along street or alley. Village Clerk Art Falkenhain.
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Vernon
Art Falkenhain
Over 7 000 Have Xrays Taken in County Survey
The Marion County Tuberculosis Association completed its annual survey with 7 750 residents availing the X ray service. The effort is funded by TB Christmas seals and stands as a key method for disease control in the state.
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Marion County Tuberculosis Association
Marion County
Mary Mercer
Vernon People Attend Visits and Funeral Notices
Vernon residents and relatives traveled to Martinsville Indiana for the funeral of Ray Manney. Eberlee Norris and family attended Chicago events for naval son Robert and his upcoming sea duty. Letta Hopkins, Marjorie Bassett, Edith Peyton, Lee H Peyton, Alpha Morgan, and Leon Walker connected with relatives during weekend travels. An auction sale is announced for May 18 at 12:30 PM for the Lillie Blankinship home and goods, by John A Jennings, Auctioneer.
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James Payne
Mack
John Houston
Mary Kottmeyer
Martinsville
Ind
Norrisses
Eberlee
Edgar Brown
Oscar Iber
Chicago
Letta Hopkins
Marjorie Bassett
Home Bureau
Salem
Edith Peyton
Illiopolis
Lee H. Peyton
Alll
Safe
Lillie Blankinship
John A. Jennings
First Place Solo Winners In State Q Contest
Four Patoka Vernon quartet of grade school band pupils traveled to Mattoon for the State Soho Q Contest. Jimmy Siefers won first on trumpet and Lynn Phinney won first on clarinet. Don Guymon and Dennis Bricker took second on clarinet, with Warren Besing accompanying the group.
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Mattoon
Jimmy Siefers
Patoka
Lynn Phinney
Vernon
Don Guymon
Dennis Bricker
Warren Besing
Pupils to Sell Poppies in Annual Poppy Day Event
Grade school pupils will work with the American Legion Auxiliary to sell poppies on Poppy Day in Ill inois on Saturday May 25. Poppies support needy and disabled veterans and their families with funds raised by veterans in Illinois hospitals.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Dale
Butch)Jones
Illinois
Tllinois
Hardware Store Sold in Vandalia St Elmo Transfer
Soutier Hardware Store was sold Tuesday. Hall's Bargain Store of Vandalia bought the merchandise and moved it to St Elmo to open a new store there.
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Soutier Hardware
Hall’s Bargain Store
Vandalia
St. Elmo
Teen Center Membership Limited to High School Grades
The Register reports that Teen Center memberships are restricted to ninth through twelfth grade pupils only, excluding eighth graders who were previously included. This clarification affects eligibility and access for younger students seeking participation.
Patoka Happenings Note Local Moves and Graduates
Mr and Mrs Rolla Sparks moved to Nashville Illinois after selling their Patoka home to Leta Jennings. Kinmundy high school graduate John Ballance on May 24 and Bill Ballance to finish eighth grade May 28. Lucille Paine of Champaign recovering after May 4 surgery in Burnham Hospital Champaign.
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Rolla Sparks
Nashville
Ill
Patoka
Leta Jennings
Earl Brooks
Tonia
Michigan
Oak Park
X. B. Holland
J. F. Henson
Carbondale
Harold Dobbs
Centralia
Lulu Nattier
Cartier
Wayne Walton
Viandalia
Tom Ballance
Cobe Richeson
St. Louis
Jack Matchett
Florida
Ansfer
Audrey Kissner
Sarah Beckler
Richeson’s Cafe
Lucille Paine
Champaign
Burnham Hospital
Rirjom
John Shepard
Ramsey
Lucille
Earl East Dies of Heart Attack in Earlington
Mrs. Warren Besing announced the sudden death of her father Earl East from a heart attack in Earlington Kentucky. Besing and her husband left Tuesday afternoon to attend the funeral.
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Warren Besing
Earl East
Earlington
Kentucky
Mr. Besing
Vernon community news highlights from church outing and visits
The Junior MYF held a wiener roast at Cecil Hidlingsead’s home with many attendees from Vernon and nearby towns. Local residents including hospital stays, family visits, and weekend travels are noted, along with Mother’s Day plans, church activities, and a Bridge Club gathering in Vandalia.
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MYF
Methodist Church
Cecil Hidlingsead
Sharon Lawrence
Raymond Holbrook
Sandra
Carolyn Ehrat
Evelyn
Carol
Wendell Newcomb
Becky
Larry Zimmerman
Elaine Johnson
Many K. Phinney
Gehl Klinge
Glenda
Nelda
Jimmy Outhouse
Barbara Hollingsend
Depensor
Essie Robinson
Annual Spring Concert by Band and Chorus Tonight
The high school hosts the annual Spring Concert by the band and chorus tonight at 8 p m to showcase decades of music. The program features patriotic, Gay Nineties, Southern, Cowboy, religious, modern pieces and a trumpet trio plus brass sextet between sections. The chorus is directed by Mrs Myrtle Reid with solos by Karen Meador Cindy Holland and Sue Weinsman among others. The band, led by Warren Besing, performs pieces including Hall of Fame Andantino Blue Nocturne Liberty Fleet Jim Dandies Little English Suite and Torch of Liberty. A Kingdom Hall talk by L Kilmer is set for Patoka Sunday May 19 at 2 30 p m on The World Without Tears Before Us.
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Myrtle Reid
Wilson
South
Carolina
Moses
Dorothy Wagstaff
Sue Weinsman
Clare de Lune
Cowboy
Karen Meador
Cindy Holland
Tom
Warren Besing
Hall of Fame
Olivadotl
Andantino
Derdick
Liberty Fleet
King
Jim Dandies
Cornet
Wal
Kingdom Hall
L. Kilmer
Kingdom, Halls of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Patoka
Clean Up Day Planned in Patoka for May 25
Patoka villagers will hold a cleanup on Saturday May 25 starting at 8 a m. C D Martin chairs the street and valley committee and says a village truck will collect rubbish placed at curb. Residents must place trash in small disposable cartons. no barrels.
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Patoka
C. D. Martin
Willing Workers Hold Monthly Methodist Class Meeting
The Willing Workers Class of the Methodist Church held their regular monthly meeting in the church basement last Thursday evening. President Henry Nattier led the opening devotion with Leon Roundtree, Les Griffin and Lee Crawford in charge of entertainment. Hostesses Virginia Foster, Vivian Layton and Elsie Pugh served refreshments.
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Methodist Church
Henry Nattier
Leon Roundtree
Les Griffin
Lee Crawford
Virginia Foster
Vivian Layton
Elsie Pugh
Patriotic Program Planned by Sunbeams at Baptist Church
The Sunbeams schedule a patriotic program at the Baptist church on Saturday afternoon May 18 featuring a veterans memorial service, a rustic memorial, flag salutes, the Bible salute, and a children’s singing led by Loretta Genre. Mae Nattier hosts a nibble nook while parents may pick up children at 2 30.
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The
Baptist Church
Mae Nattier
Loretta Genre
Birthday greetings for Mrs Corb Tune in Shattuc Illinois
Neighbors and relatives are asked to send birthday cards to Mrs Mattie Tune who has been bedbound for months after a stroke. Cards should arrive by May 23. Address: Mrs Mattie Tune RR Shattuc IL. Signed by her niece Mary Mahilandt.
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Corb
Mattie) Tune
Mattie Tune
R. R
Shattuc
Mary Mahilandt
Memorial Services at Sandy Branch Shed Set for May 26
Memorial services will be held at the shed at Sandy Branch on Sunday May 26 at 2 p.m. Ward P Host of Salem will deliver the address.
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Sandy Branch
Ward P
Salem
Want Ads and Farm Supplies Ad Split Across Items
Parakeet for sale ads plus breeders and cages, visitors welcome, Mr Perry Walker. Vernon shipments of Goodall lawn mowers with ball bearing crankshaft enclosed governor and built in oil pump. Perkins Farm and Home Supply Vernon phone 285 offers courteous sales service and parts. DeKalb hybrids seed corn and sorghum offered by O H Sharp Patoka phone 8317. Funk's Super Cross Seed Corn available from Harold Belcher.
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Goodall
Perkins Farm & Home Supply
Vernon
Farmer
O. H. Sharp
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