Warriors Open Season With Big Win Over Kinmundy Hornets
Patoka Warriors beat Kinmundy Hornets 84 to 63 in the season opener as Rutledge and Perkins each scored 20. The Papooses lost by one point 56 to 55, with Murfin and Thalman top scorers. Next home game vs Odin tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Orrell
Patoka Warriors
Kinmundy Hornets
Patoka
Warriors
Rutledge
Perkins
Robinson
Belcher
Britt
Torrence
Murfin
Thalman
Papooses
Odin
Louisville
Torrente
Victoria Chapter Plans Installation Monday Dec 10
Victoria Chapter No. 253 O E S held a regular meeting with 19 members in the Masonic Temple. Committees were appointed for the installation set for Monday December 10 at 8 p m. A tribute and gift were given to Burl Alexander for his service as Worthy Patron. A shower was held for Jerry Gerrish patient at St John’s Sanitarium. Jenny’s surgery was reported and progress noted. Erna Harper provided refreshments.
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Victoria
Masonic Temple
Burl Alexander
Jerry Gerrish
St. John’s Sanitarium
Springfield
Jenny
Erna Harper
Thanks Dinner Draws Broad Out of Town Attendance
The annual Thanksgiving dinner in the grade school gym drew guests from many towns including Louisville Kentucky Don Davis Carbondale Illinois Springfield and Chicago. Attendees listed include Mr and Mrs Davis Mrs Eva Spears Miss Laura Ververs Mr and Mrs James Lett Mr and Mrs Floyd Walker and many others from Vandalia Decatur West Frankfort Priadley Roanoke Ottawa Fairfield Centralia and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Davis
Louisville
Don Davis
John Davis
Carbondale
Jimmy Shi
St. Louis
Dick Davis
Harold Chance
Eva Spears
Springfield
Laura Ververs
Chicago
Glen Quayle
James Lett
Carl
Ottawa
Charles Humes
Fred Gilley
Goff Walker
J. M. Emerson
Centralia
Good Will Club Christmas Party Planned for Dec 6
The Good Will Club met November 15 with seven members and one visitor. They worked on a quilt, enjoyed lunch served by Ferne Gehrkin and Goldie Seats, then held a short business session and recreation. Prizes went to Goldie May Tonie Alice and Betity. The next meeting is December 6 with Mary Kollmeyer, the Christmas gathering. Attendees are asked to bring a 40 cent Christmas gift and a sun shine gift.
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Giciod
Ferne Gehrkin
Mrs. Goldie
Goldie
May
Tonie
Alice
Betity
Mary Kollmeyer
School Menu For Next Week December 3 to 7
Menu outlines daily offerings from December 3 to 7 including hot dogs soup beans cole slaw ckeny cobbler and milk on Monday Italian spaghetti mashed potatoes Jello salad hot rolls butter lemon cake and milk Tuesday Chili ham salad sandwich fruit cookie crackers and milk Wednesday Hamburger on bun macaroni salad relish pineapple ring cookie and milk Thursday Luncheon meat and cheese baked beans buttered potatoes fruit dessert and milk Friday. Debt disclaimer signed Harlan Goff.
Sadie Hawkins Party Held by F H A Girls
Sue Anne Wernsman reports the Sadie Hawkins event hosted by the F H A girls last Wednesday. Disguised boys as Little Abner and girls as Daisy Mae. Beauty and Muscle Man contests won by Mary Asin Bauer and Everett Perkins. Mock marriage, donuts for Capper Foundation, and a $4 donation noted. Mystery pals planned for Christmas gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Anne Wernsman
Sadie Hawkins
Abner
Daisy Mae
Abners
Mary Asin Bauer
Everett Perkins
Cappers Foundation
Mrs Race Britt Honored on 77th Birthday Party
The Britt family hosted a Thanksgiving birthday surprise at Dean Britt home for Mrs Rose Britt turning 77. Attendees included Floyd Britt and sons Jimmie Charles Larry, Dean Britt family, Judy Sharp, Pearl Britt Patoka, Hammond Gaston Sulivan IL, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Race Britt
Dean Britt
Rose Britt
Floyd Britt
Jimmie
Charles
Larry
Mirs
Rosemiarry
Shirley
Gary
Bill Hil
Jane Carter
Pearl Britt
Patoka
Hammond Gaston
Sulivan
Ill
Judy Sharp
Joey Carter
J O Y Class Meets With Florence Crawford
Mrs Florence Crawford entertained the J O Y class of the First Baptist church at her home on November 15 for a regular meeting. Co hostess was Mrs Gladys Atchison. An inspirational devotional lesson Others was given by Mrs Madge Foulon. The business meeting was led by Mrs Aitchison in the president's absence. Refreshments were served. Attendees included Goldie Sparks Mady Foulon Leona Parker Blanche Gerrish Pearl Britt Gladys Atchison and Florence Crawford.
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Florence Crawford
First Baptist Church
Gladys Atchinson
Madge Foulon
Aitchison
Goldie Sparks
Mady Foulon
Leona Parker
Blanche Gerrish
Pearl Britt
Gladys Atchison
Card of Thanks and Local Notices
I wish to thank my many friends for their cards and visits during my stay in the hospital and since returning home May God richly bless each one. Mins. E. M. Outhouse. FOR SALE Winchester pump gun $25 Parker double barreled $15. Several used stoves Harold Foltz.
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E. M. Outhouse
Winchester
Parker
Harold Foltz
Patoka Happenings and Thanksgiving Visits
A Patoka community column lists visits and family gatherings during Thanksgiving. Residents from Decatur Sarasota Salem and nearby towns share holidays with relatives in Arlington Heights Chicago Odin Patoka and other areas. City residents travel to Florida California Colorado and beyond for extended stays and news of local surgeries and remodeling projects is noted.
Golden Anniversary thanks from H B Geamish and family
Mr and Mrs H B Geamish thank friends neighbors and their daughter and family for gifts flowers cards and good wishes on their Golden Anniversary. Also Mr and Mrs Lloyd Prater announce the birth of a boy on Thursday November 22 at St Marys Hospital weighing 10 pounds 13 ounces at birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Geamish
Lloyd Prater
St. Mary’s Hospital
Dairy Meeting Scheduled at Farm Bureau Hall
A county-wide Dairy Feeding and Management meeting will be held Tuesday December 4 from 1 30 to 3 p m at the Farm Bureau Hall. Local dairymen and farm adviser staff will participate.
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Farm Bureau
Milk Producers Hear Director at Meeting Here
The Patoka Local of Sanitary Milk Producers met Monday night in the Methodist Church basement with good attendance. District Director Urban Spinner of Hillsboro, Fieldman Wm. McCoy of Vandalia, J. D. Ray former director, and Floyd Smith County Farm Adviser spoke. New officers elected: President Bruce Pugh, Vice President Paul Tewrence, Sec. Treas. Cloud Betts. Prizes donated by merchants and the county service company. refreshments provided by dairies.
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Patoka
Sanitary Milk Producers
Methodist Church
Urban Spinner
Hillsboro
Fieldman
Wm. McCoy
Vandalia
J. D. Ray
Floyd Smith County Farm
Bruce Pugh
Paul Tewrence
Treas
Cloud Betts
County Service Company
Mrs. June Dennis Dies in Gas Explosion at Aurora
Mrs. June Dennis was killed in a gasoline blast last Thursday in her Aurora Illinois home when her husband Robert, attempting to clean a gas tank, heated gas with a kitchen furnace. The house was badly damaged. burial followed at Pratt Cemetery. She, born April 14, 1927 near Patoka, died November 22, 1956 at age 29. The couple leaves three children Joyce Linda and Bobby, plus parents and siblings.
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June Dennis
Aurora
Lil
Robert
Dennis
Pratt
Patoka
Dewis Junella
Hudspeth) Dennis
Aurona
Ill
Robert Dennis
Joyce
Linda
Bobby
Lee Hudspeth
Paul Torrence
Jerry Hudspeth
U. S. Army
Japan
Pauline Jenkins
East St. Louis
Margaret Parker
Centralia
Phylis Gambill
Meetings Planned to Hear Corn Referendum Talks
Four meetings across Marion county will explain the Corn Referendum voting. Dates and locations include Patoka High School Vo Ag Dept on Dec 3, Luka School on Dec 4, Kinmundy School Vo-Ag Dept on Dec 5, and Salem Farm Bureau Hall on Dec 6 at 7:30 p m. Farmers urged to attend before the December 11 referendum.
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Marion County
Vo- Ag
Patoka High School
Luka School
Vo-Ag
Kinmundy
Salem Farm Bureau Hall
Mrs. Mark Cox Named Home Bureau Chairman
Mrs. Mark Cox has been named the new chairman of the Patoka Home Bureau Unit and will direct the unit activities and help with the planning of county activities for 1957 according to information released this week. Each township unit has a chairman appointed.
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Mark Cox
Patoka
Register Want Ad Promotes Buy or Sell Listings
A brief note advertises using a register want ad for buying or selling items. The line urges readers to place classified ads to reach local buyers and sellers.
SIU Students to Observe Field Trip in Animal Husbandry
Frank Black leads 35 Southern Illinois University agricultural students on a field trip Tuesday December 4 to a beef cattle farm near West Frankfort and DuQuoin Packing Company to observe slaughtering meat grading and processing. Joseph E. Burnside SIU swine specialist will conduct the tour. The course surveys sheep swine and beef cattle industries.
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Frank Black
Route One
Patdka
Southern Illinois University
West Frankfort
DuQuoin Packing Company
Joseph E. Burnside
SIU
Pope Couple Returns From Formosa Visit Patoka
Mr and Mrs James D Pope arrived in Patoka the day before Thanksgiving to visit her mother Mrs Ida Perwues and sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Jack Matchett Mrs Pope will stay while Mr Pope travels to Washington He has spent two years advising the Nationalist Chinese government on an agricultural program with the United States Department of Agriculture They previously were in Greece The couple flew home with Pan American Airways via Home Kone China Manila P I Honolulu and San Francisco
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Joe McMahan
Roy Malan
Edw. J. Mayer
Arlington Heights
Ill
B. A. Guzzardo
Ruth Crawford
Chicago
Frank Crawford Jr
Roanoke
Harold Lutz
Sandoval
Edwin Tecker
Paul Crawford
Evansville
Ind
Robi. Crawford
Lucas Crawford
Patoka
Frank Crawford
John Nall
Hermin
Taylor Nall
J. R. Wasem
Decatur
James Quayle
Okamulgee
Okla
Jerry Quayle
Centralia
Nell Quayle
Paul
Max Quayle
Glenn Quayle
Hill
Marion W. Outhouse
Newtown
E. M. Outhouse
Orville
J. H. Humes
Heyworth
Luther Perrine
Joe Holland
St. Louis
Leslie Walker
Byron Folks
Houston
Texas
Masonic Temple
Register
Santy Spurgeon
Pat
Norfolk
Saratoga
John A. Jennings
Colorado Springs
Colo
California
Keith Betts
Urbana
Mae Bhooker
Macon
Alva Rose
Effie Chriss
Roseberg
Oregon
Barbara Payne
Thurby Meador
Karen
Peoria
Lois Williams
Andula Hitzert
J. W. Gompton
Daughers
Leslie
Frank Hatch
Dale Whitehurst
Jahue Whitehurst
Bill
C. O. Livesay
Harold Livesay
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes
Harold
Naval Hospital
Allice Willson
Gladys Wade
Richard Walton
Jesse Walton
Crete
Salem
Ed Russell
Chester
Joe Betts
Marilyn Headley
David Sanders
Edward Ray Riley
S, YT. U
Earl Allen Wernsman
Witmer Meador
Siday
Earl Howell
James D. Pope
Ida Perwues
Jack Matchett
Pan-American Airways
Home Kone
China
Manila
P. T
Honolulu
Hawaii
San Francisco
Willing Neighbors Meet With Myrtle Rogier
Willing Neighbors Club met for their regular meeting Nov 15 at the home of Myrtle Rogier. A noon potluck fed 20 members and guests. The group planned Christmas box items and a 50 cent gift exchange. Lois Hill nursery shower followed with many gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Rogier
Lois Hill
Lois
Rita Hill
Estella Verver
Mayme Gallaway
Lula Mae Neilson
Lovell Stomecipher
Claude Black
Salem
Edna Meyer
Lula Belcher
Sunbeam groups meet at Baptist church Saturday
Both Sunbeam groups gather at the Baptist church on Saturday December 1 at 1 PM. The preschool program includes a welcome by the president, a roll call spelling LOVE, a pantomimed Bible story Crip pled Woman Healed by Jesus, and the missionary story The 10 Lepers. Children join games after the closing prayer with Mae Nattier in charge of nibble nook and Claude Gerwish leading songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunbeam
Baptist Church
Jesus
Mae Nattier
Claude Gerwish
Building New Homes in Town Draws Attention
Two new homes have recently begun construction. Mrs. Lady Hopkins’ new house is underway just east of the grade school gym. Mr.
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Lady Hopkins
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Good Will Club
Harlan Goff
Claus
Vernon
Home Bureau
Frank ‘Black
Mrs
James Pope
Formosa
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