Community Social Roundup in Patoka Creek Area
Local residents attend birthdays visits and reunions across Illinois and Kentucky. Highlights include Mrs. Humes celebrated by Mojonnier family in Centralia. E E Lange and Jerry in Alton. SIU students Jack and Jerry Gerrish with parents. several trips to Evansville White Hall Vandalia Effingham and St. Louis. Navy son Thomas calls from Boston. fishing trips to Lake Norfolk and Bull Shoals. multiple kin and neighbor gatherings detailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Mojonnier
Charles Humes
Joe Chambers
Barbara
Dianne
Mark
Centralia
Humes
E. E. Lange
Jerry
Ben Christian
Alton, Il
Jack
Jerry Gerrish
S.I.U
Carbondale
Claude Gerrish
Mae Eagan
B. F. Linton
Kinmundy
Ollie Thompson
California
Dale Thompson
C. P. Phillips
Park Forrest
Ill
Mary Galaway
Estella Ververs
Galaway
Gladys Kittle
White Hall
J. W. Brown
Marc
Jamie
Wichita
Kansas
St. Louis
Bettie Simcox
Brown
George J. Wasem
Marcel Field
Clara Field
Orville Hubbard
Monticello
Christine Crawford
Effingham
Clayton Shiefer
Pauline Crawford
Lockyear Business College
Evansville
Ind
Warren Besing
Besing
Earl East
Earlington
Elva Besing
Kentucky
Michigan
Paul Logan
Mark Cox
Kay Jennings, Jr
James Ballance
Robert Eagan
Vandalia
Reba Gray
Tom Lewis
Lake Norfolk
Arkansas
Bull Shoals Lake
W. G. Lewis
Wetunka
Oklahoma
Lewis
J. D. Davis
Shawnee, Okla
Patoka elects Max Quayle county commander
Max Quayle of Patoka was chosen county commander at the American Legion meeting in Sandoval last Thursday. Also elected were Leon Gregory as 1st vice commander and Frank Miller as adjutant. The county Auxiliary elected Mrs Thelma Schoonover as president and Mrs Lela Quayle as treasurer. About 100 attended the gathering, followed by refreshments and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Quayle
Patoka
American Legion
Sandoval
Thelma Schoonover
Lela Quayle
County Legion
Odin
Piggy-Back Service Expanded by Illinois Central
The Illinois Central Railroad will extend its piggy-back service between Chicago and Memphis effective October 1. The move increases trailer load traffic and offers overnight train delivery with freight rates and minimum weights competitive with highway carriers. Original piggy-back operations began June 30 but limited to less than carload traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago
Memphis
Lester A. Schellenberger
Illinois Central
Surprise Birthday Party For Howard Nelson At Rialto Home
A surprise party honoring Howard Nelson occurred at 130 East Alm Street Rialto California on Saturday September 24. Guests included his wife Mr and Mrs Nelson and their children Burl Darrell Osborn Thomp son Jennings Pugh and Miss Hoff from Chicago Heights Illinois. The host family and guests traveled from Pomona Duarte and Patoka with gifts and photos taken by Burl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion D. Lawrence
San Bruno
California
W. P. Lawrence
Herschel
Vernon
Dean
Patoka
Edith Johnson
W. W. Holden
Tucson
Arizona
Kenneth Hirstein
Springfield
Effie Hathaway
E. Doehling
Susan
Della Stroh
Grover Hossler
Nashville
Anna Des Ruisseaux
Minnie Peddicord
Stella Arnold
Charles Pugh
Harry O. Perkins
Donald
Everett
Clinton
Fred Coppenbarger
Coppenbarger
E. F. Corbett
Hazel Cox
St. Louis
C. O. Livesay
Livesay
Gerald and
Clarence Livesay
Frances Livesay
Salem
Margaret Smith
Vandalia
Dale Jones
Barbara
Minnie Oldham
Altamont
Cloud Meador
Hamp Bodkin
Reba Wick
Lexington
N. P. Sorrel
Sorrel
Wayne Binnion
Arrowsmith
Arch Sorrel
James Wernsman
W. F. Murfin
Marilyn Headley
Pete Headley
Springfield Memorial Hospital
Howard Nelson
East Alm Street
Rialto
William Osborn
Duarte
Olan Thompson
Davis Jennings
Robert Pugh
Pomona
Nelson
Burl
Howard
Nelsons
Miss Hoff
Chicago Heights
Illinois
Beagle Beloved Harold Moore Seeks Lost Dog
A small brown Beagle hound with four white feet belonging to Harold Moore, who works for Don Towler on route 2, is missing. Harold and the Beagle are longtime friends and the owner asks anyone who finds the dog to return it promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Moore
Don Towler
Route 2
Harold
Beagle
Transparent apple tree yields a second crop this week
Roy Ballance reports a home tree produced a second crop after the usual summer harvest. The first crop was picked on schedule and Roy was surprised to find another small yield on the same tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Ballance
Roy
School Menu For Next Week And Historical Dates
The document lists a school menu for October 10 to 13 with items including Weiner on bun meat loaf mashed potatoes and more. It also notes the League of Nations established June 28 1919 and dissolved April 1946 and the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery in 1865.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Nations
U.S
Fees Charged For 2nd Inspection of Wheat Acreages
Wheat growers face a new policy under the 1956 Wheat Allotment program. Beginning this year a $5.00 fee will be charged for second inspections to verify full acreages, mainly when farmers misalign final plantings by using part of land as hay or silage after the first inspection. Exceptions apply if a major error is found. growers should note the change at seeding time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Chance
Marion County
ASC
Mr. Chance
Laymans Day Observed by First Baptist Brotherhood
The Brotherhood of the First Baptist Church will observe Laymans Day at the local church on Sunday. Men take over the Sunday School oversight, sing in the morning choir directed by Artie Rogier with James Thomas on piano, and hear scripture, prayer, announcements, and short talks from Maurice Nattier and others ending with benediction by Stanley Meador.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood of the First Baptist Church
Artie Rogier
James Thomas
J. H
Edwin Nattier
Vernie Nattier
Maurice Nattier
Harry Perkins
Emil Nattier
C. G. Mojonnier
Dear Britt
Vernon W S C S observes 15th anniversary in church setting
The Woman's Society of Christian Service met September 27 at Vernon Methodist Church to mark its 15th anniversary. Ruth Lawson led a missionary lesson on defective vision and spiritual sight, with memorial acts honoring charter and deceased members and past presidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Vernon Methodist Church
Emma Walton
Ruth Lawson
Ruth
Christ
Bee Doolen
Nan Oats
Ciety
County Feeder Stock Through Coop Sells at National Stock Yards
John Gehrkin of Vernon nets 16.25 for 211-lb porkers sold by Producers Live Stock Marketing Association at National Stock Yards Illinois. Artie Rogier Patoka sells lambs to 100 lb average at 20.50. Ray H. Ingram Kinmundy 12 head 204-lb hogs fetch 16.25. G F Jones and Sons Kinmundy ship 51 head 88-lb lambs at 19.50. Ray J. Dodson Sandoval 22-head 208-lb porkers at 16.10. Glen Y. Young Odin delivers 898-lb steers at 22.75 and 855-lb heifer at 21.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gehrkin
Vernon
Producers Live Stock Marketing Association
National Stock Yards
Artie Rogier
Patoka
Ray H. Ingram
Kinmundy
G. F. Jones and Sons
Ray J. Dodson
Sandoval
Glen Y. Young
Odin
Sunbeam Notes Fall Meeting at Baptist Church
Preschool Sunbeams led by Mrs. Vernie Nattier and aides sang for Mr. Nathan Keist and the Jolliffs and Mr. and Mrs. Walton. After outdoor games, refreshments by Mrs. S. P. Kerr and Edith featured Halloween treats. Oct 15 at 1 p.m. Walton hosts nibble nook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunbeams
Vernie Nattier
Claude Gerrish
P. J. Mojonnier
Nathan Keist
U. S. Jolliff
Addis Walton
Baptist Church
S. P. Kerr
Edith
Also Mentioned on This Page
American Legion County
Patoka Home Bureau
W. M. Cox
Bruce Pugh
Chris Gergeni
Charles Jordan
Mound Chapel Church News
D. B. Egelston
Orval Jones
Paul Walker
Jimmy Herrin
Floyd Nattier
Lutheraine
Sesson
Morris Cole
Alfred Jett
Orval Sharp
Sharp
Egelston
D. C. Egelston
Richard Stowe
Methodist Church of
MYF
Stowe
Luther Paine
God
Paul Torrence
Harry Murray
Torrence’s Pond
Donna
Delilah Caldwell
Wcnt Radio Fame
DR. L. P. Basch
Fleet Street
London
England
Theodore Roosevelt
Brazil
Rialto, California
Weiner
The
Register
First Baptist Brotherhood
Stanley Meador
Fredonia
Ella Cozad
Helen Anderson
Helen
Henry Meredith
Union Grove Association
Johnsonville
Anetta Jett
Alice Hyde
Chucky
Bonnie Simpson
Guy Donoho
Kell
Henry Yale Williams
James Hyde
William Perkins
Everett Jett
Fred
Charles Wadkins
Melvin Meredith
John Talbert
Mae Kretzer
John Jensen
Minnie Jensen
Carl
Anne Boleyn
Henry VIII
Londom
Coop
Sunbeam
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