Natural Flowing Well on Allison Farm at Patoka
E L Dungey of Decatur owns 213 acres on the Allison tract with drilling contracts to E D Skipper and E Carter. Patoka field sees a flowing oil well after a shot, with oil reaching the casing top and continuing to flow. nearby tests and plans hint at a expanding oil production in the Illinois Basin amid optimism from local figures and contractors.
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Allison Farm
Patoka
Neiveanuary
Rae
Goodsuans
Sir Louis
Allison
E L. Dungey
Decatur
E. D. Skipper
E. Carter
Texas
Dungey
Ray & Evans
Allison Tract
Evans & Ray
Skipper
Mr. Dungey
Marion County Tops Illinois Oil Output In September
Illinois oil activity highlights Marion County leading with 34 completions in September including 25 producers and 9 dry holes. Clay County ranks second with 24 completions 19 producers and 5 dry holes. Richland County records 11 completions with 7 producers and 4 dry holes amid 4 wells drilling and 6 rigs erecting.
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Linois
Ilinois
Marion County
Clay County
Richland County
Bond
Bureau
Clark
Clinton
Coles
Cumberland
Crawford
Edgar
Edwards
Effingham
Fayette
Franklin
Greene
Hamilton
Hancock
Hardin
Iroquios
Jasper
Jefferson
Kane
Lawerence
McDonough
Madison
Massac
Rock Island
Vermilion
Wabash
Clay City Becomes Illinois Oil Boom Town in Residents’ Yards
Clay City, located ten miles south and forty miles west of Patoka, becomes the third Illinois town exposed to oil development as Vermilion Oil Co owners begin drilling in a resident’s yard. George Dexner, president of Vermilion Oil Co Inc of Danville, launched the effort last Tuesday with drilling operations run by C. Duff.
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Illinois
Clay City
Patoka
George Dexner
Vermilion Oil Co. Inc
Danville
C. Duff
Thanksgiving Dinner At The Gym In Pateka
The annual Thanksgiving dinner will be served at the gymnasium on Thanksgiving day. Donations of money and food are requested to cover a debt of over $175 and support the event. The cemetery association asks for generous contributions from residents and distant supporters. committees will be listed in next week's paper.
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Pateka
Besse R. Murfin
Josie Simcox
Mary Wasem
Sec
Treas. Cemetery Association
Vermilion Oil Activities Expand Around Patoka and Clay City
Vermilion County Oil Company and Mr Dexner report two producing wells in the Christian Church block Patoka west side. Joe Simcox and M E Church South parsonage wells pump for some time with Joe Blowers of Owensboro drilling. H and H Drilling contracted Hill Nattier at the rear of the Chas Hill store Patoka with limited oil shows and a non producer. Vermilion holdings include a Clay City lease, C D Duff and J W Duff lease at Clay City, and a 17 acre J B Smith estate tract. East Patoka leases cover several hundred acres but no development yet.
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Alexander
Dungey
Skipper & Carter
Patoka
Senator Stone
Oklahoma
Patokin Field
Illinois
Hackman & Harris
Orville Britt
Coleman & Blosser
Max Conrey
Will Thallman
Mr. Dexner
Vermilion County Co
Wlinois
Christian Church
John Blowers
Owensboro
Joe Simcox
M. E. Church South Parsonage
Dexner
Hill- Nattier
Local Meetings To Start New Farm Program
Marion County farmers will discuss the 1988 agricultural conservation program and farm problems at a series of local meetings to be held through November. Community committeemen will be elected, and the county board of directors will be formed from those members. All active farmers are eligible to vote and participate.
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Marion County
Fred J. Blackburn
Tonti
Goostree
George W. Jett
County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Agricultural Conservation Association
Blackburn
Moody Bible Institute trains missionaries for seventy nations
For fifty years the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago has provided free tuition to students pursuing Christian service. More than 2,000 students enrolled last year and over 1,400 Moody-trained missionaries labor in about seventy countries. Courses center on Bible study with subjects like Gospel Music, Public Speaking, Home Economics, and Greek and Hebrew. Three terms per year. Catalogue by mail from 153 Institute Place, Chicago.
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Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
D. L. Moody
Institute Place
Chicatro
Revival Meeting Announced at Local Baptist Church
A revival meeting will begin December at the Baptist Church with the exact date to be announced later. Readers are urged to watch for the official starting announcement.
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The
Baptist Church
Lumbago and rheumatism confine Vernon man to bed
Fred Leininger has been confined to his bed for two weeks with lumbago and rheumatism. Francis Leininecer and wife of Vernon visited his brother Fred and wife of Patoka on Wednesday.
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Fred Leininger
Francis Leininecer
Vernon
Fred
Patoka
Farmers named to aid program administration
Mr Blackburn noted the program aims to improve agricultural conditions and that good farmers may regard selection to assist in administering the program as an honor.
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Blackburn
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Bueller
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Geo. Porter
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Richview
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Lula Riley
Dwig
Krimmminy Gee
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