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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1966
Page
2
The Patoka Register of Patoka Illinois lists editors and contact, payment terms and mailing info, with a roster of correspondents including Miss Pearl Britt Miss Letta Hopkins and others from Patoka Vernon and nearby towns.
Pfe Stanley Meador of Ft. Sheridan Illinois visited home for the weekend. J W Epps traveled to Springfield for IOOF Grand Lodge. Sgt Dwight Britt returned after 21 months service with 16 months in the Philippines and a year in Japan. Brumfields left for Rockford for an open ended stay for work. Wasems back from Baltimore to stay with James Brown and Jamie Leatha. relatives report Wasems in Phoenix well. Privates Robert Thorpe and Fred Perkins from Ft Bragg arrived for a two week furlough. William McNichols of Decatur also listed.
The group includes C. R. Richerson C. A. Griffin O. C. Schroeder Dan Crawford Wes and Les Griffin R. L. Walton Harold Foltz and Miss Bonnie Bassett now employed in the game preserve department at Springfield. They will travel Sunday to pheasant hunt in South Dakota with Mrs Pauline Wikenhauser accompanying them.
Clifford Ray Towler returns from Germany for a 380 day furlough to join his family. The Don Hassell family moves into Mrs. Ivin Honadel’s Vernon property. Jane Jones visits Odessa, Texas to see her son and family. Virgil Rose visits his parents as he returns from Iceland and is reassigned to Yuma Arizona. Cox-Martin Funeral Home installs a new sound system. Ideal Baptist class meets at Darrell Atchison’s with devotions by Darrell. Good Will club gathers at Marie Meador’s with eight members and one guest. Ray Bowen and former Fairman residents open a new store in the former Jones location.
Everyone is invited to the bazaar in the Patoka Methodist church basement on Friday November 4 starting at 1 00 pm A ham and bean supper will be served from 5 00 pm Names mentioned include Nell Belcher Hazel Sunday Mrs John Belcher of Sanoval Pearl Britt and Harold Belcher in afternoon calls.
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