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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1937
Page
1
Oil field news reports Allison No 3 produced salt water, casting doubt on a potential expansion as surrounding wells show dry holes or dusters. Multiple operators including Patoka Petroleum, Adams Oil, Coast Products, Shell Oil and others drill near Patoka and Vernon, with city limits tests and fresh rigs noted as teams chase a viable productive zone.
Austin Good has leased the Ashton building in Patoka and will open a modern grocery and meat market once interior redecorating and equipment installation are complete. He is a local with prior meat department experience in Vandalia and at Goodbreak market. The new store will open soon with an official announcement to follow.
At a Tuesday stockholders meeting 209 of 250 votes were cast, unanimous approval to erect a new square type bank building on the corner south of the present site. The bank, First State Bank of Patoka, will replace the old location formerly owned by O L Wadkins to improve lighting and office space for growth tied to oil development. construction on vault and building to start as soon as possible.
Dr M P DuComb completed a two room medical office east of his residence last Saturday noon. The front room serves as a waiting area while the rear contains fixtures and medical supplies. The office had been housed in the Martin Cash Store second floor, destroyed in a recent fire. Temporary quarters in the residence were used during construction.
C. D. Martin has rented Edna's Magee Building and will open a general merchandise store there once redecorating is finished. The new location will be used until the Martins can construct a new building on their former site, destroyed by fire weeks ago.
Ralph Simcox, a business visitor in Salem, spent Wednesday and Thursday this week. A sales note urges readers to buy Ball Band overshoes at Altoms for 2.49 a pair. Bob Baldridge and family from Salem visited Sunday afternoon with Mr and Mrs Joe Simcox.
A revival at the Christian Church in Patoka begins November 24 under evangelist Sam P. Jones from Lexington Kentucky. Jones, known nationally for preaching, will be aided by two daughters the Texas Blue Bennetts. In 13 years his ministry reached 18 states adding 2069 members to 120 churches in 172 meetings. Services start 7:30 p.m. nightly and the public is urged to attend.
Mr and Mrs A A Griffin plan an open house on Sunday from three to nine to mark their fiftieth wedding anniversary. The event invites all friends to call and celebrate the Golden Anniversary with the couple at their home in Patoka.
The Patoka shallow field shows ongoing drilling in its north end with Adams Co and partners pursuing the Leo Freyer and Hampey leases, totalling 29 acres. Other prospects lie north and west of current production as dry holes by Vandeventer and Richardson are noted, and preparations begin to drill remaining small tracts on the town’s west side. The paper plans to publish a complete well chart with results in the January 28, 1938 issue following the week of January 27.
Workmen began building a B. N. Griffin Shell Filling Station south of town on the hard road. Mr. Griffin expects completion and auto servicing facilities in the next few weeks at the Griffin residence location.
Mrs. P. B. Simcox, Miss Bettie Simcox, Mary Helen and Evalena Jennings, Connie Meador and Lou Morris attended the show in Centralia Thursday evening.
The article describes a community Thanksgiving Way event at Patoka's school gym seeking donations and detailing the fundraising committee structure. It lists numerous townside committees for food, serving, and logistics including East and West town wards and individuals assigned to each role.
The Johnson Service Station, now run by Don Crawford with Lee Crawford, is being enlarged on the north side to house full car greasing and servicing equipment. The operation will offer gas and oil, miscellaneous items, and a nationally advertised tire brand, aiming for a complete stock.
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