Patoka Area Social Visits Highlight Week
Mrs Wilma Baxter Janet and others visited Woodlawn to see Mr and Mrs Joe Mayfield family Wednesday afternoon. Families from Vandalia Centralia Salem Mt Vernon Sandoval and Park Ridge visited relatives. Pentecostal Aid group met in Sandoval with Mrs Mary Waylord Luster of Medina Ohio. Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs Don Griffin and family and discussions with Kaskaskia Association trustees in Salem.
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Wilma Baxter
Janet
Dale Simcox
Melvin Wood
Sandoval
Woodlawn
Joe Mayfield
B. N. Griffin
Wes Griffin
Mt. Vernon
Don Griffin
Walter Klosterman
Centralia
Tim Cole
Bob Cole
Lula Cole
Magnus Lucus
Betty Lou
Salem
Clara Kretzer
Park Ridge
Patoka
the Pentecostal Aid
Mary
Les Griffin
P. J. Mojonnier
Mr. Mojonnier
Kaskaskia Association
Betty Jolliff
Linda
Glenn Dean Towler
Glenn Dean
Leatha Towler
Betty Jollis
Boulder
Cecile Brown
Rolla Sparks
Nashville
Dwight Britt
The
Baptist Church
Local Socials Highlight Family Visits And Birthday Gatherings
Mound Chapel hosts Tal madge Outhouse birthday dinner with Maas and Wurm families. Towler and Jolliff households share Sunday meals. Normal, Vandalia, Salem, Centralia visitors noted with fishing, hunting, and basketball recap between Patoka and Sandoval.
Leaders Of Tomorrow Visit Centralia Shoppers List
Centralia residents hosted a sequence of visitors including Evelyn Thompson and family from Kee Wis and Ray Gray family from Shelbyville with others from Villa Grove Nashville and Nashville. The group dropped by to call on friends attend church services and share visits with local families during the weekend.
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Kee
Wis
Ray Gray
Shelbyville
Haldon Hill
Wm Hill
Jack Daniels
Villa Grove
Vernon to Get Water System Plans and Award
Vernon and Patoka Village Boards agreed Vernon will buy water from Patoka’s treatment plant. Freeburg Construction Co. of Freeburg won the contract to install the distribution system and build an 85 foot, 30,000 gallon water tower near the Vernon Village Hall. Financing includes $11,000 in general obligation bonds and $83,000 in revenue bonds. Completion hoped before Christmas if weather allows.
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Vernon
Patoka
Freeburg Construction Co
Freeburg
Robert Crawford
Card of Thanks from Bessie Murfin and Minnie Christian
Bessie R Murfin and Minnie Christian thank friends neighbors and relatives for cards notes flowers and prayers during hospital stay and after returning home May God bless you all from Ramstein ABF Germany and home communities
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Christian
Cemetery Benefit Dinner Planned for Thanksgiving Day
The Patoka Cemetery board repeats the prior year's plan for an Annual Thanksgiving Dinner. The same committees are asked to serve again in arranging the event, thanking supporters who have shared meals with the cemetery on Thanksgiving Day.
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Patoka Cemetery
KMOX to Simulcast Three Major College Football Games
KMOX Radio will simulcast Kansas Missouri at Columbia Nebraska Oklahoma at Norman and Michigan Ohio State at Columbus on November 21. Harry Caray Skip Caray and Jack Buck will handle play by play from three sites with pre game notes starting at 12 05 p m CST and kickoffs at 12 30 p m for the Michigan Ohio State game with switching coverage until all three conclude. Robert Hyland CBS Radio VP and KMOX GM says the broadcast gives a broad sports audience comprehensive college football coverage.
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Kmox Radio
Sports Voice of
St. Louis
Kansas
Missouri
Columbia
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Norman
Michigan
Ohio State
Columbus
Ohio
Harry Carray
Skip Caray
Oklo
Jack Buck
Harry Caray
Dan Devine
Robert Hyland
CBS Radio
Sunday Showers Relieve Forest Fires Across Southern Illinois
Fires raged along the Kaskaskia river bottom from Boulder bottom to Mueller arm, destroying two cabins and threatening others. The Patoka Fire Department fought flames near Patoka and Vernon on Nov. 12, burning over 1,000 acres of timber and fields, while drought costs and federal relief loom as Marion area is declared disaster.
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Kaskaskia River
Boulder Bottom
Mueller Arm
Patoka
Vernon
Kaskaskia
Kinmundy
Illinois
Marion
Community gratitude for townsfolk and responders
We thank State Trooper Collins Elston Protz Edgar Irvin P J Mojonnier Frank Heinzman Patoka fire department and neighbors west of town for water food and drinks and their quick response during last week’s fires Bear Creek and Mound Chapel record this appreciation.
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Collins
Elston Protz
Edgar Irvin
P. J. Mojonnier
Frank Heinzman
Patoka
Bear Creek
Wasom's T-King Wins at Don Crawford Field Trials
Jim Wasom and his pointer T-King captured first prize at the field trials held on the Don Crawford farm. R J Stephens with Lady took second place. Eighteen entries participated in the event.
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Don Crawford Farm
Jim Wasom
T-King
R. J. Stephens
Lady
School Menu Week Selections Include Chili and Ham Sandwich
A school menu outlines Monday through Friday options with chili and crackers, ham salad sandwich, peach, cookie, and milk on Monday. Tuesday features hamburger on bun, mixed vegetables, dill pickles, fruit salad, cookie, and milk. Wednesday serves turkey with mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry salad, Dixie cup, hot rolls, and butter milk. Thursday and Friday are Thanksgiving vacation.
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Patoka News
Dale Britt
Vandalia
Ann Britt
Jimmie Herrin
Virgil Herrin
Nancy
Cleo Walker
Russell Snyder
Samuel Britt
Sullivan, Ind
Helen Merryman
Waylord Luster
Medina
Oscar Hill
Max
Jessie Siegfried
Milwau
Steve Lovell
James Maas
Don Wurm
Huey
Mrs. Talmadge
Talmadge
Terry Torrence
Bill Cox
Ron Polhill
Normal
Wesley Cain
Mila Cain
Marcella Cain
Floyd Nattier
Mary Nattier
Sherry Thompson
Dale
Larry Thompson
Cecil Griffin
Jack MecNicols
Mike Johnson
Maron
Leaders of Tomorrow
Evelyn Thompson
Sherry and
Terry
Mrs. Marvel Moore
Bryan Keith and
Dale Ray Cain
Keith Cain
Rt. 2
Shattuc
Bessie R. Murfin
Ramstein Abf
Germany
KMOX
Mound
Wasom
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