Patoka Local News Notes Highlights Wide Travel
Local residents travel and visit relatives across Illinois. Families from Patoka, Vernon, and nearby towns host or visit kin in St. Louis Chicago Springfield and Centralia. Various residents attend events, hospitals, and church activities while others plan visits to Kansas City and Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. F. Hayes
St. Louis
B. V. Crosby
Frank McConnell
J. W. Carter
Tyler
Texas
Patoka
J. R. Carter
Windis
Salem
L. M. Black
Carl Black
Centralia
Rose Cox
San Bernardino
Calif
Vernon
L. F. Zimmerman
Bertha Wasem
Denver
Colo
J. W. . Alexander
Wallace
Fev
H. M
Rushville
Josie Ruf
Carlyle
Louisa Livesay
Emmett Jones
Kinmundy
Roy Jones
Perfect Attendance and Spelling Winners by Grade
School notes list September perfect attendance by grade with students such as Don Griffin Con way Malan Mary Belcher Nellie Mae Crawford Norma Wickerham Connie Meador Pearl Williams Cyril DeLay Stanley Cady Bobby Hopkins John Wasem Wayne Belcher Alavon Walker Joy Barnes Frances Marshall Dayne Adams Lois Belcher Pansy Wasem John Barnes Buddy Coth ern Dale Ellis Ray Gray Junior Nichols Eldon Wickersham Velma Heinzman Wesley Griffin Thelma Cruthers Mary Helen Jennings Wanda Lea Belcher Iris Belcher Leslie Griffin Dorothy Williams Billy Warner Perfect Spelling marks for September include Cyril DeLay Stanley Cady Norma Wickersham Connie Meador John Wasem Evelyn Easton Pansy Wasem L E Green Dean Meador Junior Nichols Pauline Goff and Thelma Cruthers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Griffin
Conway Malan
Mary Belcher
Nellie Mae Crawford
Norma Wickerham
Connie Meador
Pearl Williams
Cyril DeLay
Stanley Cady
Bobby Hopkins
John Wasem
Wayne Belcher
Alavon Walker
Joy Barnes
Frances Marshall
Dayne Adams
Lois Belcher
Pansy Wasem
John Barnes
Buddy Cothern
Dale Ellis
Ray Gray
Junior Nichols
Patoka Teams Trounce Carlyle in Mixed Softball Action
The Patoka ladies lost to Carlyle 12 to 6 while the Patoka men defeated Carlyle all stars 4 to 3. Both Carlyle teams return Saturday for homecoming games, promising two competitive meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka
Carlyle
Carlyle All Stars
M. E. Church South Holds Quarterly Conference
The first quarterly conference business session is scheduled for Saturday at 2 30 p m with all official boards Sunday School Superintendents and local preachers invited. Evangelistic services continue this week at Zion Church with Rev C F Corzine preaching Saturday evening at Zion Sunday morning at Island Chapel and Sunday evening at Zion H M Cady pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion Church
C. F. Corzine
D. E
Zion
Island Chapel
H. M. Cady
Weather and social notes from Cracker Neck
Rainy spell continues with mentions of local visits and travel. Cooper calls on Mary Shepard. Miss Mary Alexander returns from work up north. Mrs Chloa Buckmaster of Vandalia visits Cracker Neck. Opal Barnes helps uncle Charlie Shepard at Boulder. Stanley Barnes and others go shopping in Patoka. J R Stemagagh and three sons visit. Loyd Cooper conducts business with grandparents J A Shepard and his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vane Cooper
Mary Shepard
Mary Alexander
Chloa Buckmaster
Vandalia
Cracker Neck
Opal Barnes
Boulder
Charlie Shepard
Stanley Barnes
Bessie Stark
Gladys
Dale Alexander
Patoka
J.R. Stemagagh
Dickey
Harry
Larry
Htr
J. A. Shepard
Loyd Cooper
Old Man Shepard Heads to Boulder Timber Rally
A brief item notes that Old Man Shepard planned a trip to Boulder on Saturday to the tall timber camp, taking his ax for timber work this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder
Shepard
Feed price rise threatens poor livestock on Illinois farms
A college leaflet warns mounting feed premiums will doom eight to nine million head of livestock on Illinois farms. Poor animals should be sold to conserve feed for higher producing stock. Dry cows may winter on low grade roughage, with guidance on limiting scarce feeds and balancing protein and silage. The advisory covers feeding high producing cows, work stock, and sheep while outlining roughage values and a milk meat nutrition table. Local social notes follow including visits, recoveries, and a broken arm incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Dairy and
College of Agriculture, University of
Local families visit in Southeast Town community
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bopp and children and Mr. and Mrs. Ross Herring and children called on Mr. and Mrs. Pete Bopp and son Raymond Sunday. Several neighboring families including the Bowens, Crothers, Rawling, and Belcher households visited, with visits continuing Monday and Friday nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. A. Kretzer
Harvey
Jesse Pickard
Benton
Gettleman
A. L .Lee
Everett Goodwin
John Nichols
Patoka
Mat Belcher
Opal
Pearl Poole
Dad Palmer
Wm. Palmer
Pearl Renfro
Jim Palmer
E. E. McHaney
Bobbie Palmer
Harry Bopp
Ross Herring
Pete Bopp
Raymond
Charles
Wash Bowen
Leonard Crothers
Cecil Bowen
Edd Rawling
Stella Bowen
Vandalia
Viola Deadman
Ronnie Lee
Raymond Eugene
Jess. Yardley
Wm. Snyder
Death Shocks Fredonia as Gettleman Passes
Fredonia residents mourn as Mr. Gettleman dies suddenly on Monday evening. The bereaved family receives widespread sympathy from the community and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettleman
Farm Cooperative Movement Plan Aims At Shared Prosperity
The cooperative movement seeks to give producers a larger share of the final selling price and improve production profitability while benefiting consumers with steady supplies of quality farm products at fair prices. It distributes retail money among producers handlers and sellers, aiding urban residents and boosting purchasing power as farm income rises, with much potential still ahead.
Use Auto Horns To Aid Safety Urges Caution
Secretary of State Ed ward J Hughes urges judicious use of automobile horns in a safety bulletin from the state automobile department. He says horns promote safety but misuse has become a nuisance and danger, advising horn use only when passing is safe and not to blast at oncoming cars or at intersections with stop lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Hughes
State Automobile Department
Hughes
Fairman Gossip Notes and Social Visits
Sunday school attendance reached sixty two with a collection of 1.08. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Fred Adams and Mr and Mrs L B Parrish, Mr and Mrs Janes Meredith of Urbana, and Mrs Etta Carrigan. Local calls came from W A Dreddy Richview and Frank Snyder. Francis Turney works for Chas Lutz. Frank Snyder bought a mule near Vernon last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Adams
L. B. Parrish
Janes Meredith
Urbana
Will Snyder
W. A. Dreddy
Richview
Frank Snyder
Etta Carrigan
Chicago
P. H. Bopp
Rev. Altom
Ruben Gilley
Pete Armscough
Patoka
Fairman
Lena Troutt
Stella Adams
Jim Sport
Francis Turney
Chas. Lutz
Vernon
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Elno Brown
Arnold
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Hugh LeMay
Nokomis
Laura Marshall
Garden City
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Harry Dawson
Oakland
Louie Wasem
F. M. Smith
S. M. Spurgeon
Joseph Carter
Assumption
Elmer Carter
Adelphia Wilson
Kansas City
Ben Livesay
Decatur
Archie Underwood
Piper City
Underwood
Tlinois
Charles Humes
Mary Helen
Fannie Chandler
C. N. Cruse
Walter I. Johnson
Musnegon
Mich
Johnson
Musnepor Hackley Hospital
Pella Wilson
Ingvald Settem
Odin M. E
South
George Wasem
Brownstown
Mary Cahill
Clara Moran
John Moran
George Ballance
Ruth Pugh
Bernie Griffin
William Crawford
Mason
Dale Altom
East St. Louis
J. K. Nesen
Cephas Adams
Greer Hospital
Albert Cosgrove
Mabel Jolliff
George Smith
Bettie Clark
Henrietta Miller
Beatrice Hall
Porter Simcox
Harry Dowson
Joe Simcox
Edward English
Gr Andson
Edward Barenfanhol Salem
P. B. Simcox
Thos
Stephens
Raines
M. E
Church, South
Fredonia
Sunkist
Califo
Illinois
Kourdouvelis Bros
DAY Cleaners
N. Locust St
Centralia, Illinois
South Locust St
McCoy’s
Oxfords
Walgreen Agency
East Broadway
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