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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1965
Page
2
Community notes mix oblique humor with local observations. Mrs. Paul Logan survives a birthday scare noted in August 12 Register while the column riffs on hunters, trucks, stamps, churchgoers and neighbors such as George D. Bell, Jeffie, Slick, Bill Jenkins, and Clif Christian with light, tongue in cheek commentary.
A two day field trials drew sportmen from Central and Southern Illinois to Patoka. Miss Vila Hughes and Morris Cle wed at the Methodist parsonage on October 6. Marietta Hawkins died at 57, a longtime area teacher. Vernon Rebekah Lodge hosted District 25 officers with Isobel Doolen presiding. A revival was held at Mound Chapel Church with M D Ballance as minister. Area men on furlough included Harold Collins and others. Mrs P J Mojonnier was elected local PTA president. Doolen West and Miller attended a regional American Legion meeting in Kinmundy Tuesday night.
Ten years ago the Patoka and Vernon schools plan a high school carnival on October 27 with a king and queen crowning at the climax. Freshman Martha Manning Ellery Hawkins Sophomore Marie Williams Jimmie Herrin Junior Ardith Briscoe Jack Bopp Seniors Carol Crawford Francis Hollingsead.
Visitors linked to Lora Altom and relatives from Missouri Nebraska and New York attended family events in Patoka. The wedding of William Henry Pugh was celebrated with extended kin from Omaha and nearby towns. Memorial services for Bettie Clark drew attendees from New Rochelle St Louis Greenville Centralia and Vandalia. Jerry Britt visited Jerry Lynn and Charles Maas Friday.
A church bulletin letter voices strong anti Popery sentiment amid Pope John XXIII or Paul VI visit talk. The writer questions inviting the Pope to address the United Nations and critiques U S leaders and religious figures for engaging with the event. The piece condemns perceived religious overreach and calls for a positive word for Jesus.
Word arrives that Rev. Charles Miller and Elsie Miller of Bunker Hill Illinois, former pastors of Patoka Haley Chapel Arnold Chapel and Stringtown Communities, are in decline at a hospital. Letters and cards would lift their spirits. Address: Bunker Hill Illinois. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Biehl visited Mr and Mrs C R Winn in Salem Friday.
The document records deposits across categories including demand time and savings deposits totaling 2 018 493 22 and liabilities plus capital accounts. Leslie M Griffin cashier swears the figures are true before Notary Thomas E Chappell on October 5 1965.
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