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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1946
Page
3
An article by E. H. Smith from Capper's Farmer urges farm families to install extensive electrical wiring. Electricity is described as a low cost, efficient worker powering milking machines ventilation hotbeds clippers and more. The piece emphasizes future needs, with kitchens needing many convenient outlets at working heights for devices like mixers coffee makers and waffle irons.
Four SCHS graduates from the 1946 class will move to Blooming ton Illinois to work for State Farm Life Insurance Company. Mrs. Ralph Jensen and Mrs. Harold Simcox attended a Mt. Vernon Illinois luncheon. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Quick of Madison Wisconsin visited relatives and spoke of Buses. Berlin Smith Sr. reports son T Berlin Smith Jr. has arrived home from overseas and will return soon.
Harold Crippen operates the Horace Toulme farm near Sandova in Marion county. He is among mid-west farmers featured in Capper's Farmer June issue in an article titled Promoting Safety with Farm Drives. The piece notes most farm drives are dangerous and abruptly enter the highway.
A magazine highlights cases where farmers corrected drive layouts to reduce hazards for motorists. One feature, the Toulme Crippen drive, shows dual turn-arounds and a recessed gate, with the road access angled for safer entry and reduced need to back onto the highway.
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