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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1930
Page
3
Centralia gathering. Residents attend Republican rally with many names listed. P T A to show three films at Gem theatre to aid Emergency Fund. Community notes include visits, travels, fairs, fires, and school activities. Upcoming events feature a M P Conference meeting and local gatherings.
Mr and Mrs John Meridith and daughters Dorothy Glenda and Maxine visited Albert Holtslaw and family on Sunday Ethel Holtslaw stayed with Mrs Litterel Thursday night Mason Holtslaw and family spent Saturday with W R Mc
Vernon Eberle Norris was a Salem business caller last Wednesday. The Ladies Aid Society met Thursday at Mrs. Glen Cox’s home west of town for ice cream and cake. Miss Geneva Herring visited Assumption with her aunt Mrs. Von Gray. A Sunday School party at the park had omitting Miss Trene Jarrett’s name in listing attendees. A magazine selling contest winners’ party in the high school gym featured teachers Mervel Willett and George Manus with refreshments. Numerous visits and movesIncluded are Mrs. J F Sefton visiting, Mrs. Betty Oates traveling, and the Norris household moving to the R N Norris home. several local families listed.
Eighteen Scouts and the Scoutmaster roared through a regular meeting with a combined weiner roast. Marshmallows apples and other items roasted. Scoutmaster was nearly half baked. Davis Jennings and Leon Hurt near completing Tenderfoot tests by Saturday.
The troop will attend Christian deavor in a body and participate in the program next Wednesday night.
Department of Labor statistics show the 1926 dollar would buy 15 cents more goods today than then and 14 cents more than the dollar earned a year ago. A dialogue joke references a cashier search and a character named Jimpson.
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