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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1951
Page
1
Local page blends church notes and community updates from Morrison Illinois with a broad opinion piece criticizing government ship of state neglect. Readers see birthday sings, visits, travel, and obituaries alongside letters and a national policy critique from multiple cities.
George Davis, 19, son of Jake Davis, was seriously hurt when he fell from a silo at the family farm in Patoka. He and his father Don had just finished filling the silo. George slipped and dropped about twenty feet onto cement, injuring both heels and the top bone of his left foot. He was taken to St Marys hospital in Centralia for several weeks of treatment.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Outhouse chaired a Sunday gathering with relatives from Chicago Vernon Heyworth Patoka and others to mark their Golden Wedding Anniversary. Cake and ice cream were served as visits continued Monday in Patoka. Local Duroc breeders O F Davis and Son reported champions at the DuQuoin Fair and announced a boar and gilt sale set for September 21. Ph Wes Jolliff returned from Fort Bragg North Carolina for an eight day furlough with his parents and relatives.
Mrs Mary Belcher aged 83 fell in her home west of Patoka Thursday morning about 5 30 am breaking her left hip. Her son George Belcher and grandson Stanley Barnes were present. Dr L P Busch attended and took her to a hospital in Vandalia where the hip was set. Barnes reported she rested comfortably at noon.
Vernon Rebekah Lodge hosted District 25 officers on Tuesday night. After opening, Isabel Doolen introduced Mt. Vernon president Zella Talbott Keyesport vice president Martha Smith and Vandalia junior past president Gladys Truitt. Refreshments followed and many guests attended from Keyesport Vandalia Woodlawn Mt. Vernon and surrounding communities.
Miss Mae Hagan spent the week end in Kinmundy with Mr. and Mrs. Burl Linton. Sharlene Belcher, student nurse at Missouri Baptist hospital in St. Louis, spent the weekend at home. Cindy Ann Holland left for Olney to attend school this year. Rev and Mrs A S Dalrymple attended the wedding of her sister in Crossville. Robert Eagan visited in Shobonier with his ill uncle S E Robinson. Barney Saunders and daughter Judy of Sandoval and Jane Nattier returned from a vacation in Lake Charles Louisiana and in Colorado. Charles Fiscus Barbara Jean Connie Sue spent Sunday in Decatur. Brooks Meador and Max Quayle spent the holiday weekend at Norfolk Lake in Arkansas fishing. Susie Meador underwent an emergency appendectomy Sunday morning at St Marys hospital and is reported to be getting along satisfactorily. Malcolm McLuckie and children Douglas and Susan of Cole City visited their parents E L DeLay and Mark, and Cyril DeLay of Columbia Mo with Roy Seats Sr and Roy Ballance Sr. Wilma Dively and children Bobby and Carolyn Sue of Seymour spent the weekend here with Ollie Alexander. Melvin Maxey returned from Princeton West Virginia where they attended the Maxey family reunion. Conrad F Haefner of South Afrtcn Mo spent the weekend with Bruce Pugh. Maurice Lee Cox Darlene Ballance Herb Jolliff and Kenneth Easton attended the races at Fairmont Thursday evening.
The Patoka Lions Club announces a Fall Festival and Rodeo on Wednesday September 19 at the city park. Events include a tractor pulling contest at 1 00 PM and a 4 H Club show with prizes for riders plus a livestock rodeo in the evening. Admission is 50 cents for adults and high school students. grade school children and younger enter free.
Superintendent Harvey Munger reports 383 students enrolled across Patoka Unit School District No. 100 on the first day of school. Vernon Grade School totals 59 with classes from 1st to 6th, Patoka Grade School 148, new high school 60 for 7th and 8th, high school tally 116, and lunch service to 150 students supervised by Mrs. O A Hopkins and assistants.
Mr and Mrs John Nelson announce the birth of their daughter born Wednesday morning September 5 weighing 7 pounds 14 ounces.
The Sun day School Class of the Mound Chapel Church plans a picnic at Centralia Park on September 9, 1951. Attendees should meet at Sunday School and bring a basket dinner.
In loving memory of Helen Fay Trushell who died September 7 1949 two years ago, remembered with affection on this date by family and friends.
A brief elegy honors a deceased family member, noting a smiling manner and kind words. The verse laments the loss and expresses hope of reunion in the better land. She is missed by her parents, brother and sister, with a small personal sign off.
Miss LaDena Skates a student nurse at St Lukes hospital in St Louis spent the Labor Day weekend at home. Fern Belcher and Donald Moore spent the weekend in Bloomington assisting Mr and Mrs Robert Hoffman move.
Senator Kefauver’s Crime in America will begin serialization in The Patoka Register next Friday September 14 1951. The series promises the complete story of government corruption dope gambling white slavery and vice based on committee hearings and testimonies from the investigation. Readers will follow 18 installments revealing sensational findings across national crime networks.
Fifty Cain relatives gathered August 26 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Luter Paine for a basket lunch and an afternoon of visiting and baseball. Attendees included families from Patoka Vandalia Peoria Collinsville and Muscatatuh with plans to meet again next year in Muscatah.
Seventeen Sunbeams gathered at the Baptist Church on September 1 for a back to school program. Nancy Snider presided and welcomed guests Charles Romani Sorento Joann Belcher Gibson City and Albert Gordon. A birthday song honored Albert Gordon.
Mr and Mrs BE M Outhouse offer thanks for carts flowers gifts and kindness shown on their Golden Wedding Anniversary and bless everyone who shared in the celebration.
Lisle Jolliff thanks the Methodist Church of Patoka and the Ladies Aid of Island Chapel Church for the New Testament gift.
The Marion County WCTU Fall Institute will be held in Patoka on Tuesday September 11 beginning at 10 a.m. Mrs O Neal the President will be here for the event. A noon dinner and an afternoon speech contest are planned with all invited. Rose Mojonnier, County President.
A brief message expresses gratitude to everyone who thought of me during my hospital stay and invokes blessings for all.
Mrs Hattie Lawnenéés thanks friends for visits and many greeting cards. She credit Dr Mark Greer Basch and nurses for care and appreciates the Sunday School Class for a potted plant. She bids God’s blessings on all.
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