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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1958
Page
4
Fredonia and surrounding households share Sunday visits with relatives. Attendees include Mr. and Mrs. Gene Simpson Mrs. Eileen Kretzer and others. Sunday School counted 48 attendees. A basket dinner near Vandalia marked a 12th wedding anniversary hosted by the Penry family.
Weekly school menu outlines daily meals from Monday to Friday with fruit and milk. Additional lines report family visitors and neighbors, including Mrs Mayme Muck, Mr and Mrs Wm Perkins, and Martin Kretzer visiting Harold Kretzer in St Louis.
Nancy Phinney reports Patoka High elected class officers for the 1958 59 year across seniors juniors sophomores and freshmen with officers for each class and advisors named. The senior class will stage a 3 act comedy Pick a Dilly on October 23 with seven boys and nine girls in the cast.
Vernon Mr and Mp James Weinsman Mr and Mrs Vingil Klinge Mr and Mrs E M Doolen Mrs Ruth Law son Essile Robinson Hazel Cox Nan ny Phinney and Rev E C Weiss attended Quarterly Conference at Salem Grace Methodist church last Friday evening Rev D S Lacque ment Supt of Mlora presided Represent ation of the Vernon charge numbered 17 the largest delegation from any charge present Terry Binniion entered upon his school studies at Centralia Junior college Monday morning Jesse Walton was in Alton Wednesday to see his nephew T E Dicky at the hospital there Misses Brenda Thompson and Dora Watkins of Patoka were over night guests of Cheryl Peyton and Ruth Ann Cooley Thursday night Mrs Mollie Laws was taken by ambulance to St Mary's hospital in Centralia Tuesday evening Earl White and wife of Chicago called on Mrs Maude Hatch Sunday He is the son of Charlie White formerly of this vicinity and had made his home for several years when a blow with the Hatches Mr and Mrs John Gillespie observed their 50th wedding anniversary Tuesday Sept 9 in a quiet way at their home They were married in the year 1908 at Alma Ill and spent most of their lives at the old home on the county line until moving to Vernon 12 years ago Mrs Gillespie was formerly Rosa Osborn they have one daughter Mapbel
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