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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1928
Page
2
Sunday School at 9 30 and morning worship at 10 45 with special music. The orchestra will open the worship period and other specials will fit the Memorial occasion. Epworth League meets at 7 00 led by Miss Marie Cox. No evening service due to Baccalaurate at the school auditorium.
The sermon will be held at the gym next Sunday night by Rev. J. M. Smith. Graduation exercises follow on Wednesday night with E. W. Holtwick of Greenville College delivering the address. Candidates include Hazel Britt Christina Cox Lucille Britt Frank Elifritz Thelma Walker Beulah Wickersham Elizabeth Ford Francis Gaston. Lucille Britt is valedictorian and Frank Elifritz is salutatorian.
George Strunck and his wife Christine visited here for a short time Saturday evening with relatives, according to local social notes.
The Sandoval Community High School will conduct its annual Baccalaureate service at Sandoval Christian Church on Sunday night May 27 1928 at 7 30 PM The program includes Class March by Miss Marjoe Wilson invocation hymn scripture reading vocal solo Clifford Merten address Rev J F Rosborough vocal solo Miss Gladys Newman and benediction Floyd Smith is a Sandoval graduate in the Patoka area.
Death claims a daughter about sixteen from Mr. and Mrs. Chris Neilson living east of Patoka. Funeral and burial held today at Zion Church with interment in Brownstown. This is the second child buried this year and the third in two years, prompting community sympathy.
The Vernon Concert Band led by Fred Brown announces its opening concert in Vernon on Friday night May 25. Brown has arranged an intriguing program, with details available in this week’s Register.
The State University of Illinois schedules a County Scholarship Examination on Saturday June 2 at the County Superintendent’s office. One annual University scholarship will be awarded per county, granting four years of gratuitous instruction. Applicants must be at least sixteen and county residents. Send name and address to County Superintendent of Schools J S Kniseley.
Wash your car quickly and thoroughly at Smith-Crawford Power Car Laundry Vernon. Walter Dively returned home from Glen Carbon for a few days then moved on to Clinton for work as an operator. Mrs Ida Mellhorn of Decatur visited home folks. Ed Lett and wife of Seymour visited Mrs Mary Lett. Miss Thelma Walker took a telephon e operator job in DuQuoin. Car exchange buyers include Walter Renner Artie Rogier Tom Dwyer W M Ellis and Dan Wickersham. Smiths offer plants including sweet potato varieties and mail orders to Lock Box 43 Patoka. Eli Logan and family visited Clarksdale with Rev Murphy.
Thirty one neighbors gathered at a farm west of town to bid farewell to Claud Adams and family as they prepare to move to Mattoon. The evening was described as happy and pleasant with regret at losing a good young family from the community. Wm Gaston and family were Salem visitors Sunday.
Classified items list real estate, livestock, plants, furniture, a car, and services from local residents in Patoka Shobonier Vernon Alma and nearby towns. Entries include sale notices for bulls calves and corn posts house and land items, and requests for berry pickers sheep shearing and piano pupils with dates and contact details.
We express our thanks to friends and neighbors for aid during our mother’s illness and passing. We thank the singers pallbearers cemetery helpers and those who sent flowers. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. J I Rouse Mr. and Mrs H H Rouse Mr. and Mrs Elizabeth Meador Mr. and Mrs F R Rouse.
On and after June first the Pa toka mill will be open on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday of each week until further notice. T. S. Wooters.
An advertisement promotes a remedy said to cure malaria and quickly relieve bilious headaches caused by temporary constipation. It claims to eliminate toxins and is praised for producing copious watery evacuations.
The Christian Science Lesson Sermon for May 20 centers on Soul and Body. The Golden Text from Psalms praises God who sustains life and steadies the feet. Scriptural citations include Paul’s statement that earthly life is a tent while a heavenly building awaits, and passages from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy outlining the science of being.
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