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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1964
Page
2
Patoka library invites public input to improve services and expand holdings. Local librarian Letta Hopkins notes funds for new books and asks residents to mail ideas to the library or Register office. Emphasis on promoting engaging non fiction alongside fiction and a new title Legends and Loves of Southern Illinois.
A reflective note quotes Spurgeon on how hardships shape greatness and compares rivers carrying water to perseverance. The excerpt presents two maxims emphasizing endurance and consistent effort leading to a larger outcome.
Eunice McHaney of Fredonia called on Mrs. Ethel Chance and Mrs. Nannie Britt Thursday afternoon Mary Galloway visited Saturday afternoon. Lewis Kissner and Mr and Mrs Bruce Carter visited Mrs Cecile Brown Saturday evening Ulster Ballance of Decatur visited his brother Frank Ballance last week Miss Jerri Lynn and Charles Allen Maas spent Wednesday morning with Mr and Mrs Dean Britt Mrs Eugene Belcher Paula and Sanda visited her father Joe Martin family of Sandoval Saturday and Sunday Mr and Mrs Walt Belcher and Linda Troutt of Salem attended the birth of a 6 lb 1%oz son October 29 in the Salem hospital Grandparents Buck Belcher Patoka Lloyd Troutt Salem Pearl Britt With the sick L W Warner Centralia went to Chicago for an operation Varney is the father of Mrs Mac Nattier Bruce Pugh received word Harry Jackson of Macon was seriously burned Archie Thalman, former Patoka resident, now in Vandalia, is in Fayette Co hospital after a heart attack.
Local residents and relatives from Odin Centralia St. Louis and Vandalia joined gatherings across Patoka area. Visitors included Cecil Jett Leonard Jett L N Verver Mas Nattier Lavan Barnes and families with church events at Mt. Vernon and Sandoval plus a Singspiration at the Sandoval Baptist Church and a Van dalia bazaar.
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