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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1934
Page
8
The Ladies of the M E Church announce an ice cream supper to be held Decoration Day evening at the Depot Lawn. Proceeds support church activities and community outreach.
Public auction at Patoka Illinois on May 19 1934 starting 10:00 a m for the late Elizabeth R Livesay estate. Items include parlor furnace stove linoleum furniture cooking gear rugs radio and other articles. cash in hand. D L Livesay administrator John A Jennings auctioneer.
Commencement exercises for six Pope Township grade schools were hosted Friday at Mound Chapel. Eleven graduates representing Mound Chapel Toad Island Lower Chapel Bear Creek Okaw and Shady Grove completed their courses. Rev. Sidney Spears of Patoka gave the address. music by the Patoka Ladies' trio.
The county organization of the Rebekah lodges met in Patoka at the I O O F hall on Wednesday evening. Delegations from Centralia Sandoval Vernon Kinmundy and Salem attended. The largest out of town delegation was Vernon with seventeen members. Credit is given to the entertainment and refreshment committees for a successful gathering fostering friendship and fellowship.
Personal notices recount visits by Mrs Ballance to a church luncheon in Centralia and guests including Mr and Mrs Billy Bruening from Granite City. Travelers and locals such as Vivian Nattier returning from Louisville, Dr M P DuComb and family visiting Carlyle, and Glen Belcher from Decatur are mentioned along with shop mentions at Walton Hardware and Altom's. A birth is noted for Lewis Mays' family and miscellaneous sales and sales pitches for oil stoves, beans, and candies pepper the page.
Town residents and visitors fill a busy weekend with family reunions, travelers, and relatives arriving from Mason, Salem, Decatur, Effingham, and Chicago. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. Lee Vallow of Clinton and Dr Hess Louie Killer among readers’ companions, plus births announced for John Anderson’s family.
Mother's Day guests from Sandoval visited N Carter and family, sharing a friendly gathering and brief conversations during the day.
Miles Mills and family spent Sunday with Ghas Ballance and family. Harold Curry and wife visited Col Chriss and wife Saturday and Sunday. Some corn is planted and growing well. Vern Wyant of St. Louis spent Saturday and Sunday with Bear Creek relatives and friends.
Delmar and Harold Cain along with Mrs. Cain spent Sunday with Wm. Cain and his wife Joan Anderson. Also J. C. Linton and Mrs. Chas. Halbrook were noted as spending time with Mattie Linton. Lawrence Robertson and Cap visited Mrs. Frank Robertson and daughters. Paul Burness bought a Fordson tractor and now runs a land office business. A light rain fell at Bear Creek Saturday morning.
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