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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1948
Page
1
The Patoka Lions Club festival at the city park drew a large crowd over Friday and Saturday September 3 and 4. Activities included 4-H club displays and fashion show, Boy Scouts soda and ice cream stand, and a twenty three team pulling contest with winners listed by weight class.
Sonny Parker the young son of Mr and Mrs Harold Parker was accidentally struck in the face with a shovel by Raymond Parker while at work Monday. He received first aid at Dr DuCombs office and suffered a minor injury.
Local Woman's Christian Temperance Union announces officers for the coming year with Mrs Floyd Carter as president Mrs Seth Martin as vice president Mrs Eli Logan as treasurer and Mrs P J Mojonnier as secretary The next meeting is set for October 18 at 2 00 at the Christian Church with Mrs Mojonnier as devotional leader.
Carlyle families attended a festival Saturday night while relatives and friends from Centralia Springfield Chicago Rockford Olney and Kingman visited area residents. Birthday celebrations and family dinners marked the weekend with several returning home after visits and hospital trips.
Patoka residents respond to the Sister Elizabeth Kenny fund drive with a September 15 Parents Teachers meeting at the gymnasium. Local volunteers including Mrs. Annabelle Nattier and Mrs. Donna Jennings coordinate calls to raise funds for Kenny treatment and centers. John Edmundson, formerly of Patoka, returned from the Kenny Clinic in Centralia with improved mobility, a sign of effective polio care.
A large group of friends gathered at the Henry Heinzmann home near Shattue Tuesday evening September 7 in a shower and Charivari for Mr and Mrs Charles Heinzmann who were married August 28. The newlyweds received many lovely and useful gifts. Refreshments were served.
Mr and Mrs E M Outhouse observed their forty seventh wedding anniversary with a Sunday chicken dinner for all their children. On Monday they traveled with son Joe and family to Chicago visiting along the route at Heyworth for dinner with Mr and Mrs J H Humes. Mrs Out house and Mrs Humes are sisters.
About 7 15 a m Tuesday the Patoka Volunteer Fire Department rushed to the house owned by Charles Hill and occupied by the Dudley family. The damage was light and the cause was believed to be defective electrical wiring.
Nancy J. Simecox daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarke Simecox of Patoka wed T Sgt Charles W Anderson son of Mr and Mrs George Anderson of Sandoval on Sunday September 5 1948 at 8 am in Patoka Methodist Church. Rev M W Friesner officiated and the couple planned a brief honeymoon before returning to Cherry Point North Carolina where Anderson is stationed.
The Vernon Rebekahs hosted District No. 25 officers on Tuesday evening. Mollie Gieseking Centralia president Helen Harris Effingham vice president Gladys Truitt Vandalia district warden and Mrs Talbot Mt Vernon district treasurer attended. Twenty visitors joined for a social after lodge with ice cream and cake provided by Fern Gehrken Minnie Peddicord and Lodemа Bayliss.
A Sandoval Lions group visited the Patoka Lions Club Fall Festival in Patoka on Saturday night to gather ideas for Sandoval’s upcoming festival on September 25 at the city park. Lion President Leo Breithhaupt spoke over the Public Address system inviting attendance. Attendees included Leo Breithhaupt Lester Davis Robert Fore Frank Hagedorn Dean Martin C. E. Crawford Everett Meredith and Harold Simcox with their families.
The P T A will meet at the local gymnasium on September 15 at 7 30 p m A Polio film will be shown and donations requested for the Sister Kenney Clinic fund in Centralia All residents and their families are urged to attend
Rex Brown and Harry Perkins lead services at the Baptist Church with Sunday School at 9 30 a m and worship at 10 30 a m Morning and Evening Worship plus Training Union at 7 00 p m The Kaskaskia Association will meet here September 17 16 and Birthday greetings were sung for Mrs Emil Nattier Nell Strinzer and Carroll Mojonnier
The school bus will depart Goff's Cafe at 8 a.m. Saturday carrying 4-H members mothers and guests to the Salem Fair show. Return trips are planned to begin at 4 p.m. with all participants expected to return home the same day.
Patoka community to host a team pulling contest at Patoka city park on Saturday September 18 to raise funds for Sister Kenny Clinic in Centralia. Proceeds go to the Clinic. three weight classes compete with weigh in by 6 p.m. Admission 50 cents and 1 dollar. No prizes offered.
Alvin Belcher’s family, including four daughters and two sons, gathered at his home for a reunion marking the first time all his children met in twenty five years. The group held a Sunday picnic at the city park with thirty six attendees, among them eleven grandchildren and ten great grandchildren, spanning relatives in Illinois Wisconsin and Texas.
During a heavy rainstorm on Wednesday morning September 8 around 9 00 o clock lightning hit a tank at the Sohio Pumping Station northwest of Sandoval. The 5000 barrel tank containing about 1000 barrels of oil caught fire with flames and smoke visible for miles. The tank was crushed and lying on the ground by noon. Nine other tanks remain in the field.
The Patoka Methodist Church led by Pastor M. W. Friesner schedules Church School at 9 30 morning with George J. Wasem, Morning Worship at 10 45, Youth Fellowship at 6 45, and a 7 30 evening service led by Ira Leathers from Louisville. Special singing from Louisville precedes revival at Island Chapel at 8 00 with the pastor in charge. Rally Day emphasizes boosting Church School attendance. W S C S meets Thursday at 2 00 followed by Mid week service at 7 30. Sunday features Les Ballance and Pansy Brown.
Sgt and Mrs Donald Walker and son Donnie of Fort Sheridan spent the week end with his mother Mrs Cleo Walker. Miss Bettie Simcox visited Sunday in Centralia with her brother Les Sl ie and family.
Mr and Mrs James Thomas announce the arrival of a boy at Mark Greer Hospital on September 7. Mr and Mrs Bruce Carter announce the arrival of a daughter at St Marys Hospital in Centralia on September 8.
Hazel M. Cox expresses gratitude for the cards letters flowers and foods received during and after a hospital stay and asks recipients to accept her thanks.
Miss Wilma Pugh enrolls at The Missouri Business College in St Louis and plans to leave September 15 to reside with Professor Ivan Lee Holt II at 5038 Westminster Place. Mr and Mrs Tecky Carter will move from Patoka to Centralia where he has secured employment.
Patoka and Vernon Home Bureau members assist the stand at the Marion County Fair. Mr Henry Brumfield, employed in Rockford, spent the weekend at home.
Superintendent H N Potts reports Patoka Grade School opened September 7 with 151 pupils. District 100 teachers listed by grade include Patoka grades 1-2 Bettie Simcox, 3-4 Florence Linton, 5-6 Christina Crawford, 7-8 Thelma Arnold, plus Dorothy Lake in English and Music. Island Chapel Mary Jolliff, Shady Grove Pete Arnold, East Chapel Olga Murray, Okaw Moyrtilla Outhouse, West Chapel Forrest Baxter, Vernon Jessie Binnion, Evelyn Jolliff 3rd-4th Essie Robinson 1st-2nd Minnie Peddicord.
The Sunbeams gathered at the Mojonnier residence on September 4 with guests including Linda Davis and Patty Patterson. Officers elected: President Everette Perkins Were President Eldon Romack Secretary Don Wickersham Treasurer Cindy Holland. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Mojonnier and sister-in-law.
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Pierce of Greenville spent Friday here with her mother Mrs Anna Davidson and attended the Lions Festival. Donnie of Ft Sheridan visited the sergeants mother Mrs Cleo Walker Friday until Monday. Mrs Teck Carter improving after operation at St Marys hospital. Delilah Haley travels to Kalamazoo Michigan to spend winter with her daughter the Dick Evans. James Shively and Jennifer, in Ohio months, return for indefinite stay. Clayton Slifer and son of Effingham visited with Crawford and Christina. Georgena Adams and Dayne Adams families and Versel Hicks from St Louis spent weekend here. Larry Green and Rand Oglesby with his parents. Harlan Goff and Bill Williams on two weeks vacation in Arkansas and Tennessee.
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