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Local Notables Visit Patoka for Weekend Events
A busy Patoka scene featured many visitors and out of town ministers at the Pentecostal Church services. Clergy transfers included Rev. Ross Smith moving to Island Chapel Zion and Patoka M E Churches South for the year, and Rev. F. M. McKinney to Rushville charge. Local families from Sterling, Iuka, Salem, Kinmundy, and Decatur stopped by kin and friends, with numerous trips to Springfield, Vandalia, and St. Elmo noted for business and social visits.
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the Pentecostal Church
Ross Smith
DeSoto
Smith
Island Chapel
Zion
Patoka M. E
F. M. McKinney
Rushville
M. E. Church
Iuka
Devon Boyles
Salem
Emmett Jones
Kinmundy
Roy Jones
Mildred Logan
Carbondale
Southern Illinois Normal University
Geo. Rohrer Jr
W. L. Martin
Lincoln
Clay City
Edgar Martin
Janice Lee
St. Louis
Ramsey
W. E. Field
Lucile
Orville Hubbard
Vandalia
Chas. Hill
DuQuoin Fair
L. E. Green
L. E. Jr
Leo Walker
Springfield
Last Weke
Dayne Walker
A. L. Smith
Dix
Missouri
Decatur
Claude Matheny
Leonard
Junior
J. W. Alexander
J. D. Masten
Lila Ellen and
Elwin
Chicago
Mervel Willett
Villa Grove
Mr. Willett
Arewine Willett
Shobonier
Bruce Holland
East St. Louis
Laura Haley
Patoka
D. J. Evans
Kalamazoo
Mich
James Emereson
Carlyle
Pagoda
Paul Troyer
D. W. Troyer
Helen
A. W. Underwood
Piper City
M. Underwood
Newt Moon
David
Coffeen
H. N. Potts
Lawler
Fair View Pak
Troyer
John Rogier
Julia Rocier
Elmer Rogier
Luther Black
W. G. Wilson
Centralia
R. L. Walton
O. L. West
Vernon
George Lammers Jr
Alton
Ralph Lammers
Wm. Bettner
Chas. Haub
Clarence Steffin
Rockford
Ethel Long
Illinois
Kentucky
Indiana
Russell Snyder
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