Patoka Band to Host Virtuoso Tuba Player in Fall Concert
Patoka High School concert features tuba virtuoso Mr David Payne a Oberlin School of Music graduate and Sandoval High School band director. He will perform Spillman s Song No 1 for Tuba and Piano with Haydn Mary Poppins selections and free admission. Emily Ballance Dies in Odin 86 former Patoka Salem resident Emily Lucy Ballance died October 19 in Wurlitzer Nursing Home Odin Funeral services held October 21 in Patoka First Baptist Church burial in Cruse Cemetery Survivors include two daughters and a sister
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Patoka High School
David Payne
Oberlin School of Music
Sandoval High School
Payne
Spillman
Emily Lucy Ballance
Wurlitzer Nursing Home
Odin
Patoka
Salem
Ballance
Highland
Emil
Diana
LaDouble) Attier
Elmer E. Eaglen
George Ballance
First Baptist Church
John Hartnett
Chixcago
Elaine Ballance
Lincoln
Hiram Logan
Cruse
The Oil Field Saga of Patoka and Vandalia
A poem recalls Patoka Field near Patoka town in nineteen eight. Oil gushers earned high hopes until Vandalia seized the well and field, then locals reclaimed them, ending with a moral that wells sunk cannot be moved. The verse honors local grit and stability of the home field.
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Vandalia
School Bus Drivers Meet in Salem
Marion County Superintendent of Schools Mr. Robert Hartley and assistant Mr. Samuel Nall called a meeting of the School Bus Drivers for October 25 at 8:00 p.m. in the Junior High Cafeteria. Gordon Wixom led the session asDirector of Transportation. New laws were discussed and Bus drivers Manuals distributed. A safety bus film was shown and will be available to county schools later. Coffee and doughnuts were served to fifty or more drivers. Attendees from Patoka included Mr. John Berek Berthel Sanders Richard Murfin James Ballance and Bob Thalman.
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Marion County
Robert [. Hartley
Samuel R. Nall
Salem
Gordon Wixom
Patoka
John Berek
Berthel Sanders
Richard Murfin
James Ballance
Bob Thalman
PHS Halloween Carnival Slated by Patoka Senior Class
The Patoka High School senior class invites Patoka and surrounding areas to a Halloween Carnival on Friday October 29. Activities include wrestling match featuring senior class notables, skits pantomimes fortune telling apple bobbing and more. The evening ends with the crowning of the Halloween king and queen. Admission is free.
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Patoka High School
Patoka
PHS Band to March in Centralia Halloween Parade
Patoka High School Band accepts invitation to join about 15 groups in Centralia Halloween Parade on Saturday evening October 30. About 30 000 spectators expected as parade begins at 7 p m on Locust street and Poplar street routes.
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PHS
Centralia
Patoka High School
Locust Street
Poplar
In Memoriam for Harry Perkins
In memory of Harry Perkins who died October 27 1964. He is sadly missed by his wife and children. The verse references crossing the bar and twilight and the hope to meet his pilot face to face after death.
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Harry Perkins
Subscribers warned of end-month billing and mid-month cutoffs
Subscribers with unpaid balances will be billed at month end and discontinued on the 15th of the following month. Those previously billed but unpaid will be terminated this week.
Deathbed Promise Stalls Pope Ancestry Marriages
On his deathbed George Pope pressed his son and five daughters to vow not to marry or date. The family honored the pledge, and he refused to let them pursue dating during his life.
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George Pope
Berean Class Hosts Halloween Party at Church
The Berean Class of a Christian Church held a Halloween party on a Saturday evening with hosts Mr and Mrs James Britt Mr and Mrs Charles Murfin and Mr and Mrs pe Tune. After a business meeting a devotional was shared and Halloween games were played followed by cider and doughnuts. Ed Parks aged 94 from Salem sold George Pope his first automobile a 1913 or 1914 Model T Ford.
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Berean
The
Christian Church
James Britt
Charles Murfin
Pe Tune
Ken Paterson
Neil Jolliff
Dick Adams
Ed Parks
Salem
George Pope
Pope
W. L. Parks
Library Rummage Sale Raises Seventy Dollars
About seventy dollars was raised at the Library Rummage Sale. The sale will continue next week with sellers Friday and Saturday afternoon. The board thanks everyone who contributed bought or helped in any way.
Gospel Singing at Bethel Tabernacle Vandalia
Gospel singing event at Bethel Tabernacle Vandalia on Friday October 29 at 7 30 p m. All invited to join in a singing fellowship. musicians welcome to perform.
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Bethel Tabernacle
Vandalia
Miss Lila Sue Arnold Weds Louisville Man
Miss Lila Sue Arnold daughter of Mr and Mrs Lyle Arnold of Farina and Alfred Holeman son of Mr and Mrs Otis Holeman of Louisville were married at 2 00 pm Sunday Oct 10 in the Iola Methodist Church The double ring ceremony was performed by Rev Joe Treat The bride wore ivory brocade and carried a white Bible with white carnations Attendants included Vicki McGee and Bill Holeman A reception for about 90 followed in the Iola Grade Lunchroom The couple live in DeKalb after graduation Lila Sue is granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Chester Bryant and Mr and Mrs Hobart Arnold.
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Riage
Iola Methodist Church
Joe Treat
Vicki McGee
Bill Holeman
Louisville
Iola
North Clay High School
Career Academy Medical Division
Chicago
North Clay
DeKalb
Lila Sue
Chester Bryant
Hobart Arnold
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Haydn
Mary Poppins
St. Anthony
Emily Ballance
Illinois
Memoriam
Lou Parks
Louis Parks
Clara Stephens
W. L
Juanita Parks
Jessie
John Allom
Pauline Altom
W. L. ‘Remem
May George Pope
BOC
Langenfeld
Maurice
Lila Sue Arnold
Mr. and
Mrs. Lyle Arnold
Farina
Alfred Holeman
Mrs
Otis Holeman
Sharon Wyatt
Linda Herrin
Eva Mae Arnold
Dennis
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