Patoka Community Softball League Schedule and Scores
The Patoka Community Softball League published the schedule listing games from September 7 to September 19 including Zion, Giants, Toad Island, Cubs, Cox and Martin Undertakers, Cardinals, Eaglin, and Tigers. Early results show Cubs 22 Eaglin 3. Giants 13 Cardinals 9. Zion 17 Cubs 7. Cox and Martin 17 Eaglin 7. Giants 6 Toad Island 4. Tigers 27 Cardinals 7.
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Patoka Community Softball League
Zion Vs. Giants
Toad Island
Cubs
Cox and Martin Undertakers
Cardinals
Eaglin
Tigers
Zion
Zion Vs
Giants
Geo
Wasem
C. D. Martin
Don Crawford
Clayton Beery
Women’s Club Picnic in Centralia
The county federation picnic of the Women’s club was held Friday at the Centralia Meadow Woods country club. About one hundred members from various clubs enjoyed a dinner inside and on the porch. Tables were artistically decorated by Mrs. P. McFarland of Centralia. A musical program followed, with county officials presiding over a business session. Guests from Patoka included Mesdames Homer Potts, Elmer Belcher, S. M. Spurgeon, D. W. Troyer, and Walter Diveley.
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Women’s Federated Club
Centralia Meadow Woods Country Club
P. McFarland
Centralia
Cluch
Patoka
Mesdames Homer Potts
Elmer Belcher
S. M. Spurgeon
D. W. Troyer
Walter Diveley
Real Estate Transfer In Vernon Sees Alexander Residence Sold
A Vernon deal closes with J W Alexander selling his residence to Jies Set Green, cashier at First State Bank of Patoka. Green and family plan to move to their Vernon farm soon, while the Alexanders remain in the area.
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Jies Set Green
Vernon
Alexander Beyn
Green
Subrabia
First State Bank of
Patoka
Alexander
Scavenger Hunt Ends With Barn Party And Odds
Sigma Alpha Chi held a Tuesday night scavenger hunt from 7 30 to 11 30 featuring items from tires to a live cow. The losing side treated the winners to a next night party. After ball games on Wednesday the Ellis truck carried participants to the Leser Ballance farm for a barn party with a late fire side chilli.
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Sigma Alpha Chi
Ellis
Leser Ballance
Mary Alice Fields
Lola Belle Morey
Alice ‘Anderson
Irene Warner
Erine Crawford
Mildred Shaw
Marvin Ballance
James Bob Johnstone
Leon Hurt
Oren Eagan
Wallace Alexander
Walker
Floyd Smith
Dayne Q Y Sears
Edgar Irvin
Dick - Elton Carter
Hezekiah Williams Dies in East Alton at 68
Hezekiah Williams 68 of East Alton died at his home 620 Church St at 9 15 p m Thursday August 16 1934 after a year long illness He was born in Patoka Oct 8 1866 He married Minnie Reynolds Sept 26 1902 farming in Fayette County before moving nine years ago to East Alton Funeral services were at 2 p m Saturday at the Methodist Church Rev C L Lamp officiating Interment Milton Cemetery Surviving are widow and nine children Lula Pinnell Newman Anna Bryant Tamalco Ill Ed Bethalto Ill Wesly and Bertha Wilson Mildred Underwood all East Alton Alva Darrell Irene at home a sister Mrs Mattie Cline Wood River a brother Albert Granite City and ten grandchildren
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Hezekiah Williams
East Alton
Church St
Patoka
Illinois
Minnie Reynolds
Fayette County
Methodist
Methodist Church, the Rev. C. L. Lamp
Milton Cemetery
Lula Pinnell
Newman, Ill
Anna Bryant
Tamalco
Ill
Bethalto
Wesly
Bertha ‘Wilson
Mildred Underwood
Alva
Darrell
Irene
Mattie Cline
Woodriver
Albert
Granite City
Patoka School Opens Monday for 1934 35 Term
The Patoka grade school enrolled ninety five students and the high school sixty five for the 1934 1935 term. The faculty includes Elvin DeLay as high school superintendent with Ruth Pugh and Verle Kirk as assistants. Grade school staff are Homer Potts as superintendent with Anna Belcher Ruby Eagan and Rettie Simcox as assistants.
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Elvin DeLay
Ruth Pugh
Verle Kirk
Homer Potts
Anna Belcher
Ruby Eagan
Rettie Simcox
Jett Perrine Wedding Held Near Iuka
Thelma Jett, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Jett, wed Howard Perrine, son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Perrine, at the home of Bro Paul Marteeny near Iuka on Tuesday evening August 28. Attendants were Miss Alice Simpson and Alva Jett. They reside at the Potter place southeast of Patoka.
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Paul Marteeny
Iuka
Thelma Jett
George. Jett
Odin
Howard Perrine
Lawrence Perrine
Patoka
Alice Simpson
Alva Jett
Potter Place
School Days and the Season of Learning Everywhere
An reflective essay links September to return to school values and lifelong study. It urges parents to engage in their children's education, notes autumn nostalgia for school life, and encourages choosing a constructive path in life as a continuing classroom experience.
William Andrew Nichols 1861 1934 Obituary
William Andrew Nichols died September 2 1934 at age 73 after a life in Marion County. He married Minnie Eliza Maulding in 1886 and had eight children, five surviving including A Nichols and four daughters. He and Minnie were longtime church members. funeral by Rev J M Smith and burial in Alma cemetery.
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William Andrew Nichols
W. T
Polly Ann Nichols
Minnie Eliza Maulding
A. Nichols
Salem
Ruby Zollar
Opal Kay
Hammond
Ind
Rhea Shreffler
Alma
Blanche Foster
Billings
Montana
Basil
Daugter
Tennie Anna Baylis
Great
Monroe Smith
North Zion Methodist Church
Kinmundy
Illinois
Odin
J. M. Smith
Patoka
Alma Cemetery
Pentecostal Churches Travel To Saint Louis For Fellowship Meeting
Thirty four members from Patoka and Vernon Pentecostal churches drove to St. Louis on Sunday to attend a Pentecostal fellowship meeting. The gathering inspired attendees and promised lasting benefits. Rev Nolan Davis Mrs Davis and Misses Clara Smith and Edith Gray then traveled to Arthur to stay several days for a Pentecostal conference in session.
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Patoka
Vernon
Sunbeams to Meet With Mrs Artie Rogier
The Sunbeam meeting at the home of leader Mrs Artie Rogier is set for September 8 at 1 30 pm The program includes The Call to Europe Song Scripture Prayer and Roll Call with the response Blessed are they they mourn for they shall be comforted. Several readers share thoughts on faith and sunshine. Mothers are invited. Also noted is a visiting relative from Chicago planning to stay in Houston with family.
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John Barnes
Dwight Britt
Edith Spears
Genevieve Barnes
Rachel Adams
Jennie Lou Hay
Doris Adams
Annabelle’ Adams
Marie Speers
Dale Ellis
Lavonne Barnes
Jesus
Risen
Evelyn Easton
Walter Belcher
Chicago
Alvin Belcher
M. C. Newlin
Marie
Houston
Texas
Surprise Birthday Dinner For Mrs George Nattier
A Sunday noon gathering of the Nattier and Nichols families arrived with baskets of food and ice cream to celebrate Mrs. Sadie Nattier turning fifty two on September 1. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Cyrus Nichols and others named in the notice.
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Mrs
George Nattier
Nattier and Nichols
Sadie Nattier
Cyrus Nichols
Edwin Arnold
Gerald Nichols
Vernie Nattier
Harry Nattier
G. E. Ballance
Hiram Logan
Dauh
Unseen Attendees Share Spring Gathering Amid Rain
Marion and Edwin Nattier hosted a gathering with Rev and Mrs. Wm Hay Lena Hay and children Jack and Jenny Lou as invited guests. One sister Mrs Harold Jolliff from Vernon could not attend. Everyone enjoyed the day despite the rain.
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Marion
Edwin Nattier
Wm. Hay
Lena Hay
Jack
Jenny Lou
Harold Jolliff
Vernon
Illinois Central speeds repairs to freight cars this year
The Illinois Central System plans a major program spending ten million dollars this year. A freight car is repaired every fifteen minutes of every working day under the faster maintenance initiative.
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Illinois Central System
Springfield Visitor Jackson Visits Patoka Home Folks
Jackson of Springfield visits Patoka this week to reconnect with local residents and share news from hometown. He plans meetings and informal gatherings around the community.
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Jackson
Springfield
Patoka
Hawkins Relatives Found Near Buena Vista in Colorado
A Pueblo Colorado couple Lewis Hawkins and his wife located relatives in Colorado descendants of pioneer Hawkins ancestors. The group traveled in nine covered wagons to meet Joshua Hawkins descendants near Buena Vista. Relatives shared memories of westward journeys and pioneer life.
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Charles Adams
Lewis Hawkins
Pueblo
Colo
Colorado
Jesse Alcom
Patoka
Marion Peddicord
Ed Johnstone
John
Bill Linton
Haines Belcher
Mescack Jones
Mr. Jones
Illinois
Joshua Hawkin
West
Dillard Hawkins
Hezekiah and Leadership at Church Service
M. E. Church hosts Sunday School at 9 30 a m with lesson Hezekiah Godly Leadership. Morning worship at 10 45 a m features the sermon The Church and Its Function. Evening service planned.
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F. B. Ballance
Hezekiah
Dairy Co op to screen films on milk problems in St Louis area
The Sanitary Milk Producers plan a film series for Dairymen across the St Louis milk shed. M E Bone announces meetings to view the pictures in various county sections during the early Fall. The films cover Base and Surplus and Flat Price selling plans and a Quality Control Program in light of recent health survey findings.
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Sanitary Milk Producers
St. Louis
M. E. Bone
Vandalia
United States Board of Health Survey
Patoka Landmark Simcox Store Demolished Mercy of Progress
The Simcox store building west of the Illinois Central station in Patoka is torn down after serving generations as a mercantile and hotel site. Built around 1893 for the Chicago World’s Fair era, it changed hands several times and now the north portion may be kept for future enterprise. The tale notes Patoka’s older Beach building remains, emblematic of changing times.
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Patoka
Simcox
Illinois Central Station
Stephen Wadkins
BI J. L. Simcox
R. A. Simcox
J. L. Simcox
Oliver Wadkins
Bettie Clark
Decatur
March of Progress
Beach
History of Illinois Capitals booklet to be published this week
A thirty two page booklet tracing the history of Illinois three capitals Kaskaskia Vandalia and Springfield and detailing the present Capitol group will be published this week under Secretary of State Edward J Hughes. The booklet aims to answer inquiries and salvage old state papers while outlining Illinois growth from 1818 to today. It features nineteen illustrations including a Lincoln statue headfrontpiece and will be free to Capitol visitors.
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Tlinois
Kaskaskia
Vandalia
Springfield
Capitol Group
Edward J. Hughes
Secretary of State
Linois
Ilinois
Union
Andrew O'Connor
Lincoln
State House
Capitol
Miss Anta Pugh's Monday trip to Chic
A fragmented note records Miss Anta Pugh traveling Monday to a place described as Chic with an unclear companion. The text mentions not Anna Pugh, suggesting a confusion of identities in a brief social reference.
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Anta Pugh
Anna Pugh
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A. A. G Iein
Max,Conrey
Thurman
Grffin
Vandall
Jett-Perrine
America
William Nichols
Pentecostal Church Trip
Sunbeams
Artie Rogier
M. E. Church, South
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