Patoka Paratrooper Serves Near Front in Korea
Sgt. James M. Cox son of Mr and Mrs T T Cox of Patoka serves with the 40th Division in Korea He left Seattle October 4 arrived in Japan October 14 and Korea October 22 He and three other men repair trucks and jeeps in a tent just back of the front lines They are close enough to see and hear the action and they have a stove and a radio asking his mother to send a coffee pot and canned soup for cold nights His address is Sgt James Cox RA 16217632 Hq & Ha Co 160 Inf Regt 40th Inf Div APO 6 care P M San Francisco Calif
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Cox
T. T. Cox
Patoka
Korea
Seattle
Washington
Japan
James
Sgt
James. Cox
Hq & Ha Co
Care P.M
San Francisco
Calif
Sunbeam Meeting Set for December 6 with Christmas Plans
The next Sunbeam gathering will be December 6 with the president greeting visitors and new members. Children participate in a three flag pledge and an acrostic LOVE. Each child receives Lovest Thou Me and a book on Chinese and Japanese characters while Mrs Mojonnier shares a mission story. Plans are made for Christmas Carolling December 20 at 6 30. Paula Layton celebrated with a Happy Birthday song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mojonnier
Good Will Club Holds November Meeting With Quilt Work
The Good Will Club met with Ferne Gehrken on November 20, nine members attended. Guests included Anibell Leniger Francis Headley and Marie Green. The day featured quilting, a pot luck Thanksgiving dinner, a hort business meeting, and a $2.50 donation to the TB fund. Recreation prizes were awarded to Mabel Gillespie Ada Bates Bettie Howell Marie Green and Tina Murfin. The group adjourned to meet with Rosie Gillespie on December 4. Bible verse “F.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Will Club
Ferne Gehrken
Anibell Leniger
Francis Headley
Marie Green
T.B. Fund
Mabel Gillespie
Ada Bates
Bettie Howell
Tina Murfin
Rosie Gillespie
In Memoriam Huss Band E L Sharp Passes One Year On
In loving memory of E. L. Sharp who died November 29 1951. Sadly missed by his wife Lula Sharp, children and grandchildren. Gone but not forgotten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hussband
E. L. Sharp
Lula Sharp
George Parker loses leg in Loudon Township Turkey Shoot
George Parker a former Patoka resident had his right leg amputated above the knee after a gunman at a Loudon Township Turkey Shoot accidentally discharged a firearm at him just after noon Sunday. His left leg was seriously wounded and he remained in a coma in Vandalia Greer hospital as relatives prayed for his recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Parker
Patoka
Greer Hospital
Vandalia
Loudon Township
Fayette County
George
Eta Mae
Walter) Boren
Washington Pennsylvania
Helen Elaine
Helen
Emil) Nattier
Pa toka Parent Teachers Club Meeting Recap
The Pa toka Parent Teachers Club met Thursday evening November 26 at Unit District 100 High School. Members discussed important items then enjoyed songs by the third grade. the December meeting was cancelled due to Christmas activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka Parent Teachers Club
Unit District 100
Hunters Return from Colfax Visit Pheasant Hunt
Floyd Belcher Bill Carter and Dale Jones returned Monday evening from Colfax Illinois where they visited Mr and Mrs Verne Wyant and went pheasant hunting.
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Floyd Belcher
Bill Carter
Dale Jones
Colfax, Ill
Mrs. Verne Wyant
Dr L P Basch Out Of Town December 3 11
Dr L P Basch will be out of town from Wednesday December 3 until Thursday December 11. His office will be closed temporarily during that time.
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DR. L. P. Basch
L. P. Basch
Horseshoe Club Meeting At Mrs Gergenis Home
The Horseshoe Club met at Mrs Wilma Gergeni s home on November 20 with 18 members present. Mrs Amanda Thalman hosted the event and gifts were exchanged. Officers elected for the coming year are LeAnn Britt president Minnie Thalman vice president Edna Griffin secretary Myrtle Rogier treasurer Eunice Rogier reporter. The next meeting will be at Lena Briscoe s home with a 60 cent gift exchange and candy gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma Gergeni
Horseshoe Club
Amanda Thalman
Vanita Snider
Eunice Rogier
Lena Briscoe
Lena
Lena’s
Wilma
Amanda Thulman
Virginia Foster
Social Security Field Office Open Wednesdays in December
A SSA representative from Mt. Vernon will be at the Illinois State Employment Service in Centralia every Wednesday in December from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. He will meet locally to provide personal assistance and information on social security problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security
Centralia
Social Security Administration
Main Street
Mt.Vernon
Illinois
Ilinois State Employment Service
North Locust Street
Thanksgiving Visit Plans Across Families Reported
Mr and Mrs Harlan Goff and Margie travel to Vadsha to spend Thanksgiving with Mr and Mrs Otto Talbert. Mr and Mrs Bill Williams and Mr and Mrs Ray Frailey also join the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Goff
Margie
Bill Williams
Ray Frailey
Vadsha
Otto Talbert
Mrs Charles Anderson in Hospital at McCain NC
Mrs Nancy Jane Anderson formerly Miss Nancy Simcox of Mrs George Anderson of Sandoval is hospitalized in McCain North Carolina with a bronchial disorder. She is expected to stay for several months as daughter and granddaughters are cared for by Mrs Sgt Charles Anderson who has just returned from 15 months in Korea. Cards may be sent to Miss Nancy Jane Anderson McCain North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Anderson
Mccain, N.C
Sail Beach
Holly Ridge
North Carolina
McCain
Nancy Simcox
Patoka
George Anderson
Sandoval
Martha Jane
Cathy
Sgt
Korea
Nancy
Nancy Jane Anderson
McCain, North Carolina
Mission lecturer Dr Goerner to speak at Patoka church
Dr H C Goerner professor of missions and comparative religion at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary will headline the M Night mass meeting at First Baptist Salem on December 8 at 7 30 p m for the Kasaskia Association churches He also plans to speak in Salem Sunday morning Patoka Sunday evening and to Greenville College Monday at 10 00 a m He serves as president of the Association of Missions Professors of American Theological Schools and has written Thus It Is Written and America Must Be Christian
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Goerner
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
Kentucky
First Baptist Church
Salem
Illinois
Kasakskia
Goerner
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Texas
Yale
Southern
America
Southland
Association of Missions Professors of American Theological Schools
Patoka
Greeville College
Donald Wells
Iuka
T.U
Wm. B. Mitchell
Ffor Kaskaskia Association
Dwyers Plan Orlando Winter Trip and Local Notices
Mr and Mrs Tom Dwyer will depart Friday for Orlando Florida to spend the winter We invite you to lunch and supper Friday Dec 5 at the Methodist Church Willing Workers Rev James Karr was admitted to Barnes Hospital St Louis Tuesday for observation and treatment Miss Mary Kathryn Ahlf of Sandoval visited Patoka Tuesday morning
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Tom Dwyer
Orlando
Florida
Methodist Church
James Karr
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Mary Kathryn Ahlf
Sandoval
Wag Q
James Brown
Jamie
Mark
Wichita
Kansas
G. J. Wasem
Leighton
Frank Crawford
H. L. Smith
Evelyn
Decatur
P. J. Mojonnier
Bill
Cindy Cox
Marcus Cox
O. J. Hill
Greentree
New Mexico
Max
C. D. Martin
Missouri
Lula Sharp
Darrel
Lela Quayle
Monte
A. R. Brown
East St. Louis
Ill
Harry Seifer
Jon
Jim
Princeton
Indiana
Seifer
Judy Vore
J. S. Sewell
Sun Valley
California
Cliff Christian
Clifford
Luwanda
Clay Aslin
Jean Barnes
Colorado Springs
Colo
Paul Jones
A. E. Mitchell
St. Luca
Iowa
Bert Bertges
Lynda Faye
Arlington
Lester Hathaway
Patoka
Mitchell
Hat
Bertges
Donald Lee Ellis Appears on Purdue Variety Show
Donald Lee Ellis son of Mrs Maude Ellis performed a 25 minute Hammond Organ set on the Purdue University Variety Show in the Hall of Music Lafayette Indiana on Saturday November 22. The hour and fifteen minute program drew capacity crowds and his family Mrs Gordon Wooters Mrs Maude Ellis and Mrs Madeline Belcher traveled to attend and spent the night with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Lee Ellis
Maude Ellis
Purdue University
Lafayette
Indiana
Hall of Music
Donald Lee
Gordon Wooters
Centralia
Madeline Belcher
Nattiers Pheasant Hunt at Winona
Emil Nattier Verne Nattier Maurice Nattier and Marion Nattier hunted pheasants on Richard Cox farm in Winona Illinois last Thursday November 20. They described plenty of shooting but a lighter bag. Verne said Mr Cox nearly visited them out of the hunt and readers may recall Mr and Mrs Cox formerly of Patoka with Mrs Cox being Fred Carters sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Nattier
Verne Nattier
Maurice Nattier
Marion Nattier
Winona
Illinois
Richard Cox
Verne
Cox
Patoka
Live stock and dressed meats drop at wholesale
National Stock Yards Illinois reports a sharp weekly decline in wholesale live stock and dressed meat prices due to heavy supplies and weak demand ahead of Thanksgiving. Hog prices slid to seasonal lows with top hogs near 16.90 per cwt, while cattle and calves also fell across major markets and markets showed substantial losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Stock Yards
Ill
Producers Live Stock Marketing Association
Chicago
New York
Thanksgiving visits and Bazaar draw Patoka residents
Patoka residents plan Thanksgiving gatherings with relatives in Wichita Kansas Decatur Prince ton Indiana and Boulder Illinois. Willing Workers Class hosts Christmas bazaar at the Methodist Church on Friday Dec 5 offering lunch supper and gifts while local livestock markets show price dips and gains with lambs near five year lows.
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Sunbeam
Good Will
Fern Gehrken
Memoriam
Loudon
Turkey
Parker
St. Elmo
Parent Teachers Club
Lee
Evra Abhie
God
Patoka Baptist Church
Nattiers
Jack Keeton
Michael
Brazil
Magnolia Oil
Max Conrey
C. A. Griffin
American Legion
Eastern Star
Carl Quick
Carla
Mrs
Thomas Quick
Boulder
Louis Glen Jones
Alma
Harold Crippen
H. B. Anderson
S. M. Robb
Kinmundy
Leroy Charlton
Iuke
Frank Bevdenk
Sagdoval
Nancy and
Velda Smith
Patoka, Ill
Levin Peek
Calumet Ave
Register Office
Henry Brumfield
Harley Brumfield
Wayne Brumfield
Rockford
Willie [Edwards
Fred Towler
Thomas
Pauline
Elton Carter
Robert Meadors
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