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Local Patoka residents host visitors from multiple towns
Chester Nichols returns to Decatur after tending his ill mother Mae Nichols. The area hosts numerous weekend guests including Durward Walden of Aurora, James Wal alien, Earl Taylor of Salem, Miss Annamae DeWerff of Granite City, and many others visiting relatives and attending social events at Patoka and nearby towns.
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Chester Nichols
Decatur
Ind
Patokaa
Mae Nichols
Durward Walden
Aurora
Della Johnstone
Allen Alexander
Walmen
James Walalien
Earl Taylor
Salem
L. W. Ballance
Annamae DeWerff
Granite City
Alice Munfin
Leo Chapman
Joy
Normal
J. W. Alexander
Mr. Chapman
Ms. Chapman
George Knight
Alton
Knight
Alice Murfin
Centralia
Velma Hurst
Wenton Wright
Walker
Leo Walker
Fred Bess
Litchfield
Patoka
L. E. Wherritt
Hot Springs
South Dakota
H. N. Potts
Orville Goff
Rock Falls
George Smith
Lucife ‘Smith
Robert
Goff
M. Eagan
Bill Eagan
Shobonier
Georgia Smith
Martha
Alma
C. B. Anderson
C. M. Rogier
Paul Potts
Keyesport
Homer Potts
Florence
Ruby Cain
Sandoval
Evelyn Stiles
Max Conrey
Wichita Falls
Texas
Jack Jennings
Longview
Howard Howell
Jimmie Keife
Bob Young
Mary Cahill
Katie Nattier
James Quayle
W.H. Cain
James Ballance
Ballance
P. B. Wheeler
Monticello
Amy Morgan
Steve Eaglin
Macon
Wm. Newman
Florence Evans
Dale Nattier
Vivian Nattier
Carbondale
T. F. Hayes
Harvey Smith
Charles Humes
Fannie Chandler
Burle Linton
Kinmundy
Pauline Steinbrink
Alice Mojonnier
Mary Marshall
Rose Britt
Marshall