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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1931
Page
7
Local column reports sweet potato plants ready and plant price cuts at Smith's. Residents from Kansas City to Decatur and beyond visit Patoka kin. Memorial Day flowers featured by F H Meier of Vandalia. several locals and visitors share weekend happenings and travel.
About 120 members attended the Rebekahs district meeting at the I O O F hall in Patoka Wednesday evening. The Salem degree team exemplified the work to three candidates during the event.
An advertisement touts RAT SNAP as a reliable rodent destroyer with ready to use cakes in 35c 65c and $1.25 sizes. It promises money back if it fails and claims suitability for pantry kitchen cellar chicken coops farm and outbuildings. Sold and guaranteed by ALTOM S.
Seventeen members of Ben Bernie's Orchestra enroute from Herrin Illinois to Patoka were shaken up when the Egyptian Bass bus veered into a ditch at the Alcom store. The vehicle rolled onto its side, with two glass panes broken and minor injuries reported. Passengers continued after breakfast at the Central Hotel.
The sick list reports Mrs. Leo Walker at Barnes Hospital St Louis with examinations pending and hopes for home return. Mr J W Davidson, aging and nearly helpless, stays with the Simcox family after winter care by the Meadors. Elmer Rogier and wife traveled to Mayo Clinic Rochester MN for Mrs Rogier’s headaches. Miss Georgia Cruse had another operation at St Marys Hospital Centralia for tumor removal and infection after a prior procedure.
Henry Williams traded mules for horses with Cyrus Nichols. Visits include Roy Thompson family from Maron, Archie McNicol from Decatur, Blanche Frizzell and child from Vernon, Loren Caldwell from Vandalia, and Raymond Maulding of Kinmundy. Zion boys lost 15 to 5 in a Sunday ball game. Ladies Aid tackles church replastering and wallpaper. Weather rain delays planting.
Mrs. Wm Wyant and children and other families visited Chas Ballance and Arline Lake on Thursday. Bear Creek lost to Vernon 8 to 7 in 11 innings. Local households hosted Sunday gatherings with Ballance Lake and Mitchell families.
Southeast town residents Floyd Bowen, Cecil Bowen, and Ernest Schmah spent Sunday with Albert, Dean, and Clifton Bowen. Ed Belched made a business trip to Salem on Monday. Mr and Mrs William Snyder were also noted in the social snippet.
Mr and Mrs John Terry and sons Robert and Elmer visited relatives in Indiana. Nora Bradford spent time with Opal Belcher. Pete Bopp and family joined Millard Palmer. Lee Charley Cavin and grandson visited their sister Mrs Ed Belcher on Sunday.
The University of Illinois shows the limestone-legume project under its agriculture college returns over 7.4 million dollars in 1929. Spread across 30,731,947 acres of farm land, this equates to more than 24 cents per acre, exceeding the university’s annual state appropriation.
University of Illinois engineers under Prof. A. C. Willard will design a ventilation system for Chicago’s proposed State Street subway. The plan aims to introduce 2,900,000 cubic feet of outside air per minute to create a cooling effect during hot rush hours without artificial cooling.
University of Illinois faculty last year produced 125 books 48 scientific bulletins and circulars 175 book notices 86 extension book reviews and 919 magazine articles. The work highlights teaching as only one aspect of faculty efforts with substantial scholarly output and theses by staff and graduates.
A note warns dragging brakes increase tire wear and oil use while new engines are so powerful they mask the issue. The only sure way to save tires and maximize oil life is to have brakes properly adjusted from time to time.
Vernon S. J. Baldridge and others were here on business last week. Families and relatives visited over Sunday and Monday. A M. E. Church program featured string band, vocal duet, piano solo, and a banjo mandolin number.
Residents report spring mood as neighbors visit and dine with local families. Activities include Mrs Amel Oberg and Margaret dining with J XK tombaugh family, Rosa ell and Glenda Stombaugh visiting John Stone, and Miss Ruth Campbell visiting her sister in Centralia.
SANDY BRANCH Cleve Doolen and family and Mack Robb and family ate ice cream at the Sam Lowe home Friday evening. Marcelline Doolen and Alice Bundy spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. Valinda Conant. Mrs. Slater died Sunday night at her son Oscar Slater’s home. Marcelline Doolen is ill with mumps. Floyd Williams was a caller at Marshall Williams home Monday afternoon. Marvin Conant and family visited S C Green and family. Ben Wainscott and Mose Wainscott spent Saturday in Centralia. Rada Garrett of Carbondale spent the weekend with her parents.
Miss Mayme Bowen and family members were in the vicinity Saturday. The Schmahl and Bowen families plus Ce cil Bowen and others visited acquaintances in nearby towns Friday through Monday. Several individuals, including Mrs. Mollie Walker and Mrs. Belle Peddicord, called on neighbors Sunday afternoon, with other social visits noted in the area.
Jeff Smith and Robert Nichols visited Sunday with Selby Garrett and family. Mrs Sam Lowe spent Sunday afternoon with her sister Mrs Otis Charlton. George Cole and Raymond Swift and families helped Ren Wainscott shear sheep Wednesday. Marshall Williams and family were callers at Ren Wainscott’s Thursday evening. Billy Morris and family visited Marvin Conant’s Sunday. Selby Jarrett and family called at the Mack Robb home Sunday. Robert Nichols and Mrs Sam Arnold and son Lloyd were callers at Marshall Williams Monday morning. Pauline Nelms of Kinmundy spent Saturday night with Helen Wainscott. Helen Wainscott Forrest Thoms Pauline Nelms and Lou Morris enjoyed a picnic on the Okaw.
A brief dialogue features a girl asking about her father's work and a response that he does nothing. She then explains she takes after him, implying similar inertia or absence of occupation. The exchange plays on expectation and humor about parental roles.
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