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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1935
Page
8
Local and personal notices describe Smith's Flower Gardens offering vegetable and flower plants at low prices with funeral designs and warranties. Various residents travel, visit relatives, and attend events across Vandalia Patoka Decatur and surrounding towns as spring plantings begin and trips to Cedar Rapids and Los Angeles are noted.
Short ads list: a guaranteed refrigerator for sale by C N Cruse, a young Holstein cow with heifer calf by side sold by C M Rogier, a four room house for rent by Wm Ververs, John Bean spray rigs and parts with McCormick Dering parts, spray materials, seeds by Frazier Wooters, strawberries by Harold Flotz, and 3 Fordson tractors with rebuilt components priced to sell by Kuffel Motor Co in Altamont Ul.
Notice claims cash for cream and claims honest weights and tests with company and inspectors. Mentions Beatrice Creamery Co Patoka and Jessie Ellis operator in a dispute or testing matter.
In loving memory of Mrs. Belle Draper who left us May 28 1930. A mother loving kind and dear who left our hearts to mourn her loss. She blessed us with memories that gave life its worth and quiet joys that made this world dear.
Dean Long of the COC visited Havana Illinois over the weekend with home folks. Chas Gerrich was here Monday morning moving stock for the St. Louis market. Mrs Russell Collins Harold and Mary Ella Collins spent Friday with Etle Long and family. Roberta and Junior Arnold stayed with their grandmother near Arnold Chapel. Floyd Britt Fred Meyer and families visited John Thalman and family Sunday. Leola Arnold visited Patoka High School last Monday. Harvey Hudspeth was a local business caller last Saturday.
A federal bill provides 2 500 000 to buy chinch bug barrier material for infested states. Marion county will receive creosote and oil for barriers, with distribution led by local farm advisers and coordinated by Prof. W P Flint. Last year about 10 000 gallons were used in Marion county. weather in coming weeks will decide barrier needs and potential crop damage.
Sunday church activity reports 52 attendees at Cracker Neck Mound Chapel on May 26 with an 84 cent collection. Families and individuals such as Chester Bryant, Leonard Goodin, Theo Stone, Mrs Chico Belcher, John Shepard, Lora Pate, Opal Bryant, Noble Bryant, Dale Alexander, Jobe Murray, Calvin Colbrook, and Thelma Murray visited or returned home, with multiple social calls noted.
Farmers warned that drought or harvest cuts in grains may push wingless chinch bugs from barley rye oats and wheat into corn in spring. If rains and white fungous disease fail to wipe them out, barriers to trap the young bugs are advised and F J Blackburn in Salem should be contacted for oil quantity and barrier distance details.
The Illinois Central System spent 1 721 699 dollars in Marion County last year. Wages totaled 1 608 219 dollars for 891 employees. Pensions reached 19 999 dollars for 35 retired workers in the county.
Watch the road and avoid inattention. Refuse to drive after drinking. Obey warning signs and signals. Stay on your side of the road and signal intentions. Do not stop in a traffic lane. Keep your car mechanically fit. Ensure the way is clear before overtaking and passing. Dim lights for oncoming traffic. Be alert at intersections. Match speed to road conditions.
Slogan urges personal responsibility for accident prevention with a brief call to vigilance and safe practices. No additional context or event details provided.
M E Church South Island Chapel hosts an all day program starting at 10:00 a m with church school to celebrate the twenty fifth anniversary of the dedication. Afternoon speakers will discuss church history and a basket dinner is offered. Patoka notes mid week prayer service at the M E Church Friday evening led by Miss Mae Eagan with Bible study on Acts chapter six.
A Kansas minister at a recent editorial convention offered to save editors from poverty by paying for papers promptly and advertising liberally. He urged sending every item of news, writing clearly on one side, and burial of editors to avoid mistakes, noting that only the dead never err.
The winner this week is James L. Davidson who received five dollars in merchandise. Ten names were drawn: James L. Davidson Mrs. A. R. Fiscus Chris Neilson Elmer Donley Wm. B. Ballance Harry Zollar Alice Caldwell R. D. Kissner Chas. Hill T. W. Walker.
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