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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1928
Page
4
The column lists numerous local residents visiting relatives and friends across Vandalia Decatur Weldon and nearby areas. It notes church group attendance, anniversaries, illness, travel to Las Vegas and San Pedro Armistice Day plans, and multiple short home visits by families including the Livesays Jarretts Prottes Protzs and others with extended mentions of Mrs. Epps, Mr. Carters, and local farms and stores.
Calvin Payne returned to school after two weeks away as Bear Creek and Okaw combined in a township spelling meet at Bear Creek. Arline Lake of Bear Creek won after a tie and subsequent round. Arline Lake and Coquite Payne earned top honors for elimination, with many locals attending events and discussing future county contests.
Elmer Powell and wife spent Sunday with H N Smith and family. Fred Williams and family visited Henry Williams. Della Horn and Miss Alhoa Gray dined with Alvin Gray and wife. Mrs Jacobs of Nebraska visiting sister Mrs Forrest Sanders. Rollin Davidson of Effingham hunting nearby. Walter Somerville went to Bloomington last week. Eula Tracey and children of Sandoval with her father John Sanders. John Sanders held a public sale and plans to live with daughters Edna and Bula. Homer Osborn and Herschel Shrefler hauled hogs to St Louis. A W Gray hauled lime from Patoka. Cecil and Wesley Black hauled hay from Patoka prairie. F M Sanders building a cistern. Clarence Smith lost his barn by fire and is hauling logs to build another. Edd Bender lost a mare last week. Nellie May Gray spent days with home folks. Mr Riley Williams recovering from flu. A doctor is privileged beyond all other humans. He can with impunity ask a woman to keep quiet.
Charley Shepard and family and Mary Shepard with Bessie Stark visited Van dalia last Wednesday. Claud Carmen moved north for farm work. Some locals shucked corn in the north and returned to vote. John Shepard traded horses again last week. Ancil Lee of Shattuc visited J. A. Sheppard and wife Sunday. John Stone visited his brother Theo dore at Stringtown. Grandma Wall returned from Shattuc after a week. The young folks played Halloween tricks with no damage. Church attendance was fair Sunday night. Luther Barnes went to Toad Island on business. Lon Belcher shopped in Patoka Monday. Charley Shepard and family were Keyesport visitors Monday evening.
Bert Arnold and family visited his brother Robert over the weekend. Two elderly men tripped causing minor injuries while one Uncle James Arnold sustained a head wound. An accident during opening day of hunting left Irvin Kreunegel wounded. Others hosted family reunions and a revival begins at Arnold Chapel with a basket dinner for a fifty ninth wedding anniversary.
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