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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1934
Page
5
Multiple short items listing for sale and rent including an Atwater Kent radio a five year old pointer dog pecans hogs ewes and used furniture also rents a six room house and a Patoka five room house plus lost red Parker pen and a trade for breeding ewes and a horse wagon entries include C N Cruse Mrs Chas Adams L F Zimmerman Orville Hopkins Harold Foltz C R Dese J C Linton P B Simcox Oscar Hills L V Patten Dan Wickersham Irene Warner and Frank Crawford
The October meeting of the M. E. Ladies Aid was held at Mrs. C. C. Murfin’s home with fourteen members present and guest Lela Grey of Decatur. Mrs. Stella West presided and plans for the year were discussed.
The week brings visits from C V Doolen and families from Champaign to Patoka and nearby towns. Halloween parties, club meetings, and a pie supper mark community life as Iola, Cabbage Chapel, and Hoots Chapel host events. Patrick Kenedy breaks his collar bone while pear picking. Elza Atlas assists. A late Nichols farm sale yields $27 while schools pause for institute.
Mrs Eliza Adams entertained Brick School ladies at her home with a pot luck noon meal and a quilting session described as a profitable day. Bill Elwell fell ill while helping on a farm and was taken to Salem hospital for acute appendicitis. his condition remained critical. Several local residents and visitors from Tulsa Oklahoma St Louis and Patoka were noted for visits and leisure activities alongside school news including perfect attendance and a Halloween program at Carrigan school.
Bear Creek and nearby communities report several social visits and work notes. Frank Lake and family hosted BEAR CREEK IN residents, while John Lake traveled to Missouri for work and returned home. Shredding work began at Frank Lake’s home. The Bear Creek church missionary society attended a quarterly meeting at Patoka. Arline Lake and Coquice Payne of Vandalia visited home folks. Genevieve Ballance of St Louis spent the weekend here. Gilbert Brown and wife visited his brother Allie and attended the World’s Fair. Harold Curry and wife spent the weekend locally. Frank Robertson Bert Brewer Wm Lawrence and Herschel traveled from Palmer for the weekend with home folks. Clark Payne went back to Chicago after a few days with home folks. Calvin and Clyde Payne work near Clinton. Dale Mahon visited friends at Pana.
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