Local residents visit relatives and notable events in Patoka area
Mrs Stella Pugh of Moroa visited over the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. G W Bowen. Mr and Mrs Earle Doane visited relatives in Centralia, Salem and Patoka. The Doanes are related to Mr G W Bowen. Others visit family in Effingham Mt Clements Michigan and attend the Worlds Fair. Ben Thalman and Frank Adam fished catching 21 catfish. Mrs Margaret Jennings fell in St Louis and broke her arm. Rev Curtiss Martin and family visit Nattier families in Patoka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Pugh
Moroa
G. W. Bowen
Earle Doane
Centralia
Salem
Patoka
Doane
Beryl Wortman
Oscar Hill
Virgin Wortman
Effingham
Robert Vaughn
Mt. Clements
Michigan
Margaret Jennings
St. Louis
Curtiss Martin
Colorado
Paul Smith
Flint
Eli Logan
Card of Thanks and Cub Scouts notice
Card of Thanks to doctors nurses and friends for support during hospital stay. Cub Scouts meet at PHS on Tuesday September 15 at 7 p m. Parents and new Cub Scouts urged to attend. Cub Master Bill Blunt. In memory of Lawrence Eldoris Belcher who died September 9 1957. Missed by daughter and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s
Cub Scouts
PHS
Lawrence Eldoris Belcher
Fall Festival Food Committee Thanks Donors and Volunteers
The Fall Festival crowd grew with more people served than ever before. The food committee thanks everyone who donated food supplies and helped in preparation and service.
Prize Winners At Patoka Elevator Checkerboard Display
Winners announced over Friday and Saturday nights at Patoka Elevator. Entries include knife sets for Jessica Johnson and Dale Snyder, Purina dog chow for Mike Thalman and Arlene Ballance, Purina coin purses for Sue Ann Browning and Marion Griffin, aprons for Roger Jones and Erna Sanders, clothes pin bags for Marvin Bassett Eunice Rogier, and jars of corn for Betty Johnson with a guess of 468 grains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka
Jessica Johnson
Purina
Mike Thalman
Sue Ann Browning
Roger Jones
Marvin Bassett
Janet Thalman
Carroll Murray
Fern Harris
Lucille Walker
Edna Tune
Wes Headley
Dale Snyder
Arlene Ballance
Grover Malen
Marion Griffin
Eunice Rogier
Erna Sanders
Jim Herrin
Larry Huffman
Betty Johnson
Festival Features Rodeo and Tractor Pull Night of Strong Distances
The festival drew contestants from nearby towns for four weight classes 4000, 6000, 8000, and 10000 lbs. Total tractor pull prize money reached 380 dollars with prizes from 35 to 10 dollars for top five in each class. Winners included Willard Nierman 138 ft 10 in in 4000 lb class, Henry Piper 129 ft 11 in in 6000 lb class, Dale Rogier 135 ft 10 in in 8000 lb class, and Onville Boelser 145 ft 7 in in 10000 lb class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Nierman
Gene Richardson
Slick’ Walker
Earl Quick
Elbert Brink
Henry Piper
Larry Britt
Gary Adams
Jim Jennings
Ernest Kozaszet
Dale Rogier
Kenneth Easely
Butch Linder
John Buerk
Onville Boelser
Don Nolan
Thomas Tanner
Dale Linder
Enrollment Drops 11 As First Day Total Reaches 377
On the first day of school 377 students were enrolled from kindergarten through 12th grade, down 11 from last year. The junior high rose by three while the high school fell by 10 and the grade school fell by four. Grade counts include 2nd 35 3rd 35 4th 30 5th 26 6th 27 7th 28 8th 33 9th 29 10th 29 11th 31 12th 27.
Gerrish Reunion Plans for September 20 at Salem Bryan Park
The Gerrish Reunion is set for Sunday September 20 at Salem Bryan Park with a noon basket dinner. Relatives and friends invited. The festival featured a parade and rodeo with minor glitches, and John Lanham received a jacket for his work, while Mark Cox organized the event and two ponies given away found homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem Bryan Park
Jim Barth
M. C
John Lanham
Mark Cox
Lanham
Fielding Adams Grandson Wins Bowling Award in Weston
Roger K Stephens grandson of Fielding Adams won the Charleston West Virginia Junior Bowling title and earned an all expense trip to Washington D C plus a pro shirt set. He placed 28th in the National Bowling tournament in Washington with a six game total of 1001 as Anaheim youth led with 1146. Roger is Weston High School graduate and will attend Greenville State College in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Washington
D. C
Roger
Bowling Propriators Ass. of America
Anaheim
California
White House
LaVern Carter
Bob Strampe
Weston
Weston High School
Greenville State College
Vera Nattier Graduates From Missouri Baptist Hospital
Miss Vera Nattier daughter of Mr and Mrs William M Nattier Box 206 Patoka Illinois was a top ranking senior in the 33 nurse graduating class at Missouri Baptist Hospital School of Nursing receiving a cash scholarship at the 68th annual ceremony. Eight senior junior and freshman nurses won awards from the hospitals medical staff scholarship fund with Miss Nattier already earning a junior year award. She is a Patoka Illinois graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Nattier
William M. Nattier
Box
Patoka
Illinois
Missouri Baptist Hospital School of Nursing
Third Baptist Church
St. Louis
Miss Nattier
School of Nursing
Patoka Il
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Mem. Firke
Carter
Revenport
L. T. Whensitt
Bob
Kaskaskia Lake
Bob Adams
Ricky
Holt, Michigan
Frank Adams
Maude Hatch
Vernon
Anabell Leninger
Ray Gray
Shelbyville
Dick Davis
Jake Davis
Burl Bowen Davis
Beverly of
Carl Meador
Brooks
Veterans Hospital
Calif
Carl Brooks Meador
Fresno
Ben Thalman
Frank Adam
Nannie Britt
Ethel Chance
Free Methodist Church
Burl Meador
Vandalia
Walter Parks
James Thomas
Emily Ballance
Watsler Nursing Home
Joan Fulton
Cub
Bill Blunt
Edna Moody
Gary Potter
Glenn Dean Towler
Edna Marie Moody
Howard Potter
Gary Wurm
Mike Palaski
Bolder
Gerrish
Fielding Adams
Roger K.stephens
R. J. Stephens
West Virginia
Roger Is
the Grandson
Mr. and
Mrs
Roger K. Stephens
Missouri Baptist Hospital
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