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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1944
Page
5
Orville Porter of the Marion county AAA committee supervises the check of performance as forms for the 1944 conservation program become ready. The note emphasizes organized collection and verification steps by local agricultural authorities.
Archie Beard announces community committeemen will distribute forms for farmers to report conservation practices under the 1944 AAA program. Meetings will cover farm reports in Marion county with additional evidence required for alfalfa red clover and als seed poundage payments. Certification from the State Seed Testing Laboratory is needed with reports and samples urged to be submitted promptly for processing before January 1 1945.
The Seed Testing Laboratory at 603 New Armory Building Springfield Illinois lists meetings on September 7 8 and 9 at Omega Townhouse Carrigan Foster Haines Patoka Patoka Elevator Odin Sandova Odin City Hall Stevenson Townhouse with 9 am to 4 30 pm times and locations.
Mrs. W. J. Jones Jr. arrived from Tyler for an indefinite visit with her parents T. E. Snyder and wife. Gilbert Reynolds of Decatur called on old friends. Mrs. John Quayle and daughter Martin and Mrs. Ted Beckett of Springfield visited for peaches Thursday and Friday. Verne Belcher returned to Gibson City after a week with her parents. Walton Arnold of Bluffton stayed with his mother Effie Arnold. James E. Hathaway of the U S Navy in Trinidad arrives for several days with his parents. Ben Reisman learns his son Bud has landed safely in England. Annie Lester and Robert Ballance attended Baptist Association in Alma. Phyllis Livesay of St. Louis spent Friday to Monday at home.
Mr and Mrs Aren Sprinkle and daughters Doris and Winnifred of Salem attended a chicken fry Friday evening. Mrs Elva McMeekin returned to Chicago after visiting Rev J R Curtis. Vernon School opened with J F Hickman as principal and Minnie Peddicord assisting in high school. Cleveland Rippy and Robert Crane of Salem attended the fry. Forrest Horn and daughters of Clinton visited E E Morgan. Willard Moore of Jacksonville stayed with brother Charles A Moore. Henry Meador of Wapella visited L D Morey and attended Darvin Jones wedding in Patoka.
Carrigan announces birth of a daughter at Vandalia hospital. Mr and Mrs Carl Rogier welcomed a baby. Mr and Mrs W G Poole and family attended a supper for Pvt Ed Poole of Camp Reynolds. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Tune announce a son. The Misses Popes and Mrs Virginia Charlton are seen about town. Clifford Mason is noted as killed in action. Lawrence Thomas and other residents visit Sandoval. Mr and Mrs W G Poole attend the Palliamie in Breeze.
A day of rain drenched Washington and ruined many federal workers’ personal effects, revealing that only houses built by federal agencies flooded while private contractor homes stayed dry. A federal worker mocked planners for failing to control flash floods despite nationwide flood control rhetoric, blaming the sewerage system.
The 1941 Office of Civilian Defense created a physical fitness division to sculpt America's muscles, a project within the agency that employed Maynus Chaney to teach dancing. Congress and the public later pushed to purge the boondoggling division, believing the military would supply enough fitness.
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