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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1947
Page
4
The notice records second class matter filing on November 2 1907 at Patoka Illinois under the 1879 act. It identifies the post office and legal basis for newspaper mailing status.
Mrs. Roy Mulvaney underwent surgery at Mark Greer hospital after a Tuesday transfer and Wednesday morning operation. Numerous locals visited, including Mr. Arthur Irvin of Patoka, Mr. and Mrs. Chance, and families of McWhirter, Green, and Frizzell, with several Sunday calls and weekend trips noted in Centralia Alma Patoka and Patoka connections.
A baby boy named Stephen Lewis Swagler was born May 12 at Breese hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Swagler weighing 8 pounds 15 ounces. Pvt. Arthur Wiedle returned home from Cherry Point N C on furlough. Roger Jensen visited relatives in Valier. Harvey Holland family spent days in Sycamore. Mrs Frank Stein Sr and Jr spent Friday afternoon in Carlyle. Mrs Edward Ahls returned to Inglewood Cal after a three week visit. Collins Roy Maxey and Mrs Margaret Tourney returned home after the illness and death of Mrs Sarah Maxey.
Milk products averaged 4.05 per cwt for April 1947 with 3.5 percent milk delivered, up 1 percent from April 1946. Fred L. Shipley, market administrator, reported last April’s price was 4.04 after a 60 cent dairy feed subsidy. Class 1 sales totaled 26,725,768 pounds and local deliveries to St. Louis reached 32,578,487 pounds. Number of shipping producers fell to 3,335, and imports from Chicago supplied 1,376,370 pounds. Class 1 price for April stood at 4.16 per cwt, down 25.3 cents from March. Class II price was 3.56.
Miss Virginia Seidel of Nashville Illinois and Ralph Seidel of Bridgeport join Ted Ticknor and several local women at the home of Essie Seidel in Centralia Saturday. Merle Knight, on medical leave from Civil Service overseas at Siapan, visited his mother Stella Knight. Additional local guests included Chas Muensterman John Crone and families from Equality Illinois with Ed Schumacher Loretta Schumacher. Local shoppers Monday included Ida Weatling Wanda Etta Jones Elizabeth Kennedy Mable Stone Tate Harmon Jim Kestler Norma Jean Eula Tracy.
Mr and Mrs William Hardy appear in Sandoval society notes with friends and neighbors gathering at community events. The fragment highlights social activity centered on local families and ongoing parish and civic engagements.
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