Patoka Mohawks Open Season Win Over Kinmundy Hornets
The Patoka Mohawks beat the Kinmundy Hornets 47 to 24 on October 24 in the season opener. Randy Kline led Patoka with 17 points, Joe Blunt 12, and Claude Nattier and Jerry McNicol 7 each. Kinmundy’s top scorer was Smith with 10. The B team won 31-29. Larry Landreth scored 17 for Patoka.
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Patoka Mohawks
Kinmundy Hornets
Mohawks
Patoka
Kinmundy
Hornets
Randy Kline
Joe Blunt
Claude Nattier
Jerry McNicol
Fifty Year Royal Neighbors Honored in Kinmundy
A service at Mrs. White’s Kinmundy home saluted fifty year members of the Royal Neighbors Lodge. Mrs. Mabel Brokelmeyer of Patoka received a 50 year membership pin. Attending from Patoka were Mrs. John Barnes Sr. Mrs. Cecile Brown and Miss Mae Eagan.
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White
Kinmundy
Royal Neighbors Lodge
Mabel Brokelmeyer
Patoka
John Barnes Sr
Cecile Brown
Mae Eagan
Tri County Electric Cooperative Meeting Invite
Tri County Electric Cooperative will begin at 10 30 a m and adjourn by 3 p m Board President E C Champ of Woodlawn invites members and friends to attend. Champ stresses rural electrification importance and notes the meeting is open to the public for an enjoyable day.
PHS Band Concert Tuesday Night at 8 PM
The PHS band opens the 66 67 indoor season Tuesday November 8 in the high school gym with new uniforms and a varied program including The Gillette Look Sharp March The Gallows from the Fantastic Symphony The Golden Gate Overture Mancini medley and Carousel highlights Two soloists Sherry Hinton performs a hunting horn concerto and Brenda Irvin plays Waltz in C sharp Minor for piano and band Pie and coffee will be sold in the cafeteria after the concert by Band Parents Club.
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Henry Mancini
Sherry Hinton
Brenda Irvin
Methodist Bazaar Ham and Bean Supper at Patika Church
A Friday event at Patika Methodist begins at 1 00 p m with homemade foods and numerous handmade items for sale. A ham and bean supper with cornbread slaw pie and coffee follows at 5 00 p m with adults priced at one dollar and children at 50 cents. Everyone is invited.
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Patika Methodist
John F. Anderson Dies at 81 in Vernon Area
John F. Anderson 81 a retired school teacher died Saturday night at his Vernon area home. He married Etta Linton on December 24 1905. Survived by his wife one son Claude of Peoria three grandchildren Phillip Marilyn and Mark and two sisters Mrs Pearl Walker Patoka and Mrs Rhoda Crenshaw Brownville Tennessee. Services were Tuesday at Cox Martin Funeral Home with Masonic rites held Monday evening.
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John F. Anderson
Vernon
Etta Linton
Claude
Peoria
Phillip
Marilyn
Mark
Pearl Walker
Patoka
Rhoda Crenshaw
Brownville
Tennessee
Cox- Martin Funeral Home
Rogier and Jett Sightsee in Southern Illinois Visit
In a Southern Illinois excursion Mr. and Mrs. Artie Rogier and Marie Jett toured Bald Knob the Cairo river bridges and Cave in Rock with a ferry ride. The piece also profiles Perry Plassman a Marion County official and World War II veteran planning sheriff department reforms.
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Artie Rogier
Marie Jett
Illinois
Bald Knob
Cairo
Cave-in- Rock
Community Notices Share Visits and Genealogy Workshop
Local residents visit friends in Salem Centralia Springfield and Peoria as CROP kick off signals fund drive. Genealogy Workshop set for November 4 at 7 p.m. in Centralia with speaker Charles McMackin and Mary Ellen Ahlf leading North American research tips. A November 9 tea at Farm Bureau Hall Salem will honor new Homemakers members with Faye Wham as guest speaker.
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Charles McMackin
Salem
North Elm St
Centralia
McMackin
Illinois
Mary Ellen Ahlf
Ahlf
Provo
Utah
Brigham Young University
North America
England
Wales
Scotland
Farm Bureau Hall
Faye Wham
School Menu for November 7 10 Weekday Meal Plan
The menu lists daily meals from Monday to Thursday with items such as hot dogs and baked beans on Monday, chicken pie on Tuesday with potatoes and gravy, Wednesday offers hamburger roast with vegetables, and Thursday serves hamburger on a bun with corn and dill pickles. Friday has no school.
Rhoda Belcher 76 Dies at St Marys Centralia Ill
Rhoda Belcher born October 1 1890 near Vernon Illinois died October 25 1966 at St Marys Hospital Centralia at 76. She married Melvin Belcher in 1911 and is survived by husband two sons a daughter six grandchildren and three great grandchildren along with siblings and many relatives.
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Rhoda (Brown) Belcher
Albert
Telitha (Peacock) Brown
Vernon
Illinois
St. Mary’s Hospital
Centralia
Melvin Belcher
Mound Chapel
Floyd
Delbert
Annandale
Virginia
Erma Sanders
Patoka
Orval
Gilbert
Maggie Wall
Lake City
Alice Bernius
Beatrice Meador
Mildred Wyant
Colfax
Rhody
Midgior
Death notice for Earl Howell former Vernon resident
Word was received of the recent death of Earl Howell who lived in Texas. He was a former resident of this community until his retirement. He leaves his wife Betty, one daughter LaHoma Hillard and three grandsons. Raymond Halbrook of Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. spent the weekend with his wife Sandra, his parents Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Halbrook and other relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. David Robinson and Lori of Carbondale were weekend guests of their parents Mr. and Mrs. Everett Doolen and Mrs. Essie Robinson. Mrs. Struebing of Sorento was a Sunday dinner guest of Mrs. Merle Morey.
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Earl Howell
Texas
Betty
LaHoma Hilliard
Raymond Halbrook
Ft. Leonard Wood
Sandra
Marvin Halbrook
David Robinson
Lori
Carbondale
Everett Doolen
Essie Robinson
Struebing
Sorento
Merle Morey
Deaconess Estelle Jones to Speak at Patoka Church
Deaconess Estelle Jones of Wayne County Youth Group will guest speak at 2:00 p.m. Thursday November 3 at Patoka Methodist Church. She will discuss her duties as deaconess and the rural youth mission project. All ladies are invited to attend the meeting.
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Estelle Jones
Wayne County
Patoka Methodist Church
Miss Jones
Southern Ilinois Methodists
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Brokelmeyer
Tri-County Electric Co-op
PHS
Methodist Bazaar
Marion County Board of School Trustees
C. F. Jones
Jake Davis
Robert S. Hartley
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Marion County
Board of School Trustees
Southern Illinois
Meet Mr. Plassman
Plassman
Frances Niemeier
W. F. Plassman
Din Oer
Moldovan & Spain Engineers Inc
Curt
David
Centralia High School
Centralia Township
Centralia Junior College
Marion County Board of Supervisors
Masonic Lodge 201
Ainad Temple
Centralia Shrine Club
Order of Eastern Star
American Legion
VFW
Elks Lodge
UCT
St. Peter’s United Church of Christ
Sheriff’s Office
Patoka News
Bob Crain
Haldon Hill
Floyd Britt
Eva Meyer
Sarah Beckler
Harold Parker
Leona Parker
George Lewis
Springfield
Walter Kirk
James O’neal
Mr. Old
Bruce Carter
P. J. Mojonnier
Grace Methodist Church
John Reed England
Oklahoma City
Bert Eversole
Confluence
Glen Towler
Gary Potter
Charles Ahls
Don Murfin
Erna Harper
Marion County Homemakers Extension
Rhoda Belcher
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