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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1936
Page
4
The Village of Vernon treasurer's report covers funds including Fees and Salaries, Current Fund, Cemetery Fund, and Motor Fuel Tax. It lists receipts from the county treasurer and numerous disbursements to individuals and services, ending with a total of receipts 994.40 and disbursements 708.03, plus final notes.
Emma Ross and Isaac Ross family spent midweek in Sandoval. Bethel Austin and A. A. Austin families hosted. McClellands and Austins visited Lora Holslaw and Helen Ross, with several other small gatherings noted. Bobbie Ross missed days due to chicken pox and Helen Ross suffered a painful injury.
A humorous verse on politics and media to the tune of a traveling narrator. The speaker, Old Man West, mocks election talk, straw polls, and public figures while urging support for his gas and oils business. The poem blends satire with regional dialect and Old West persona.
Mr and Mrs Perry Belcher of Patoka visited with Lou Belcher and family Saturday and Sunday. Cavid Carmen and family from Morrisonville visited W W Cooper and wife Saturday night. Dorsey Murray was a Patoka shopper Saturday. Oleta Roseman visited home folks over the weekend. Leroy Dayton was on our roads last week. Miss Freda Carter of Toad Island visited Lucille Shepard Tuesday. Walter Alexander has returned to school after illness.
STRINGTOWN residents recount weekend and early week visits. Mrs Ellen Emerson spent Sunday with her daughter Mrs H F Metzger group. Freda Lane and Marcella Funk returned from Centralia Beauty School for a brief visit. Lee Briggs and sister Ethel of Casey Ill returned home after visiting friends. Monday saw Ollie Funk and Cuffie Lane visit Centralia with Mrs Mertie Brumfield and daughter Yelda. Neighbors helped Mrs Lucy Klinge by cutting and hauling wood Tuesday.
Mrs Ames Oberg broke her arm Tuesday while cranking her car and is in pain. Her aunt from Salem came Wednesday to care for her. Numerous Stombaugh relatives and friends visited and called throughout the week.
Wilbur Doolen and wife visited with Mary Milan and Helen Bowen joined by John and Clarence Bowen. Schmahl family hosted visitors and exchanged calls with Stillabowers, Walker, Milan, and Fogley family members. A few residents hauled lumber and shopped in Centralia while John Fogley recovers from a broken leg.
Carl Arnold, Russell Jones and Marion Caldwell return from the north. Raymond Maulding moves stock to Kinmundy. Farmers called to Central City for work. Cleve McWhirter visits Salem with Charles McWhirter. Laura Frizzell and Etna Knight visit Alice Finch. Elmer Berry delivers lumber to George Walton. Oscar Caldwell and wives visit Alice Caldwell. St. Louis relatives visit Frank Thomason. Billy Bundy visits Barthol Anderson. Hubert Headley and wife visit Jamie Caldwell. Edwin Arnold and wife visit Effie Nichols. Ernie Jones drives WPA workers to Central City. Lee Griffin hauls milk for Lester Griffin.
Gene Slimmson family visited Mr and Mrs J P Jensen in Perry Oak. George Jett and Laura Carter were selling beef nearby while E E McHaney and Laurence Tal bert called in Salem. Cecil Tackett visited with grandparents Eli Palmer. Wilbur Talbert called on Dale and Alfred Jett Saturday afternoon. C EB Goodwin and family visited Sunday with J P Jensen. Eunice and Patoka callers noted with FA Goodwin family of Sandoval and Bertha Palmer visiting Clarence Tackett family.
Mr and Mrs Marvin Conant and Mrs Valinta Conant were business visitors in Vandalia Friday afternoon.
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