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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1966
Page
2
The Patoka Register of Patoka Illinois edited and published by Lester Fowler lists Pearl Britt and Letta Hopkins as reporters and correspondents.
A reader recalls Luke Walker keeping a gifted dog at their home for several days. The dog’s behavior unsettled the narrator, prompting an alarming comparison to Gestapo methods and imagined torture of a child.
A curious local column collects whimsical animal sounds including a hound braying like a crowing bird and a mockingbird singing all songs. It notes an almanac forecast by Russell Collins about Indian summer ending in late November and recalls a lively dinner with the Quarters.
Nona Biehl is described as a typical joiner and homemaker known for good cooking. The Register highlights the common pastime of exchanging recipes among homemakers as a favored activity.
A Patoka column highlights Wednesday quilting sessions at Patoka Methodist Church where about 20 ladies share dishes at noon and view quilts and display napkins and place mats for sale. It also profiles Nona Biehl a community active member and notes local social ties with Lions Club and Eastern Star activities. Bill Cox and the Damron family visited Patoka over the weekend.
Patoka Lodge AF and AM held their annual oyster supper on Monday November 7 with Bob Eagan in charge of frying and P J Mojon nier making soup. About 41 attended then met to open the lodge. Kenneth Meador stood in for Richard Brieman as worshipful master and appointed past masters to fill stations including Don Murfin P J Mijonnier Virgil Klinge Arnot Conley Leslie Thalman Artie Rogier Russell Snyder Herschel Lawrence Wesley Griffin and Rufus Stephens as tyler.
The Merricks visited Sunday with the Paul Torrence family. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Walters and their boys of Colfax were weekend guests of their uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Brown. Melvin Belcher and Floyd were Sunday supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Berthel Sanders.
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