Patoka Happenings Weekend Visits Involving Local Families
Waterloo Iowa residents Mr and Mrs L W Warner spent the weekend with Mrs Mae Nattier and Vera. H B Anderson visited at his son's home in Centralia. Denver couple Conway Malan and family planned a week with Patoka relatives before visiting Irene Van Atta in Ottawa Illinois. Della Knight of Alton visited her uncle and aunt O E Eaglin. Roy Malan hosted sons Grover Conway Glenwood and families, plus John DeLap for a noon meal. The father of Mrs L P Busch died in Austria. Elsie Gray's Chicago relatives visited Patoka for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della Knight
Alton
O. E. Eagiin
Roy Malan
Grover
Conway
Glenwood
John DeLap
Patoka
L. P. Busch
Austria
Elsie Gray
Chicago
County Feeders Market Stock at Assa Yards
Marion county residents sold livestock at National Stock Yards through the Producers Live Stock Marketing Association. Prices included Lewis Jones Alma 13 head 206 lb porkers for 21.50 cwt, Frank Beck Vernon 725 lb yearling steers at 23.50, Ted Nattier Patoka hogs 86 head at 21, Artie Rogier Patoka 92 lb lambs at 24, Ted Nattier 20 steers 919 lb at 21, Glen Ray Murray 194 lb hogs at 19.50. We also thank all who helped at the passing of John Chance. Grace Chance Harold Chance and Family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Producers Live Stock Marketing Association
National Stock Yards
Lewis Jones
Alma
Frank Beck
Vernon
Ted Nattier
Patoka
Artie Rogier
Glen Ray Murray
Thank you notes and public sale notice from Fayette County
Thank you notes express appreciation for kindness on a 50th wedding anniversary and hospital stay. A public sale notice from October 3, 1957 announces the Fayette County School Trustees sale of the Shady Grove School site, one acre, under cash terms with a trustees deed but no abstract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of ‘School Trustees
Fayette
Illinois
Shady Grove
N. R
Willis F. Stoddard
County Board of School
Lynn W. Price
Select Community Committeemen at Sept 9 Election
Cecil L. Kell announces the new community committeemen elected September 9 to assist in administering Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation programs. Committees take office October 1, 1957 and serve until the next election. Three members and two alternates per township, with the chairman and vice chairman serving as delegates to the County Convention September 24 to elect the County Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil L. Kell
Marion County
ASC
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Agency
Department of Agriculture
Patoka
Homer N. Potts
Vernon
Tom Ballance
Floyd Britt
Bruce Carter
Virgil Wernsman
iCarrigan
Russell Collins
Frank Petrea
James Hyde
Odin
Frank Chigoi
Sandoval
Dwaine Heinzmann
Foster
Cleve McWhirter
Lester Griffin
Ellis Bassett
Marvin Bassett
Alma
Robert Jones
School News from Jean Orrell and Student Activities
The junior and senior home economics class studies Red Cross Home nursing and prepares for a test. A Warrior staff meeting was held Tuesday. Annual book advertising rates are listed. F H A initiation and theme events are noted with planned car wash for funds. Co editors, class staff, and faculty advisor details are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
F.H.A
Little Rock
Julia Neilson
Karen Riscoe, Jr
Pat Mullen
Charles Thalman
Linda Binnion
Don Christian
Anna Murfin
Barbara Edwards
Jean Orrell
Vanda Eal
Edna Eversman
Neil Jolliff
Loraine Wilson
Vandalia
Vernon
Peggy Reen
Ranny Torrence
Patoka
Salem
Luwanda Chrisan
Janet Nattier
Centralia
Sandoval
Jim Alexader
Judy Snider
Linda Outhouse
Melinda Elliott
Ann Reid
Sue Ann Weinsman
Karen Meador
Mary Lou Walker
Jessie Thomas
Rinemary Walker
Mr. Pierce
Chorus to Begin Practice Soon for Thanks Day Service
The Community Chorus will rehearse at the Methodist Church on Wednesday September 25 at 8330 p m The chorus will perform at the Union Thanksgiving service in town Mrs Mary Ellen Sharp directs and invites all interested to attend the first rehearsal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Mary Ellen Sharp
Former Patokans Meet at Boulder Colorado Get-Together
A Patokan reunion was held Sunday August 25 at the Boulder Colorado home of Mr and Mrs L F Zimmerman honoring scattered relatives. Guests included W D Bottoms Pauline Doherty Sheila Dennis and Jo Bottoms Emili Bess Watson and other family members. Music came from the Hammond organ played by Mr and Mrs Bottoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. F. Zimmerman
Boulder, Colo
W. D. Bottoms
Byron Duane
Mr. Bottom
Zimmerman
Pauline
J. E. Doherty
Jim
Sheila
Dennis
Mae Yardley
Glyndion, Minn
W. W. Murfin
Patoka
Mas
Elery W. Watson
Emily Bess
Tinker A. F. B
Okla
Mrs Bottoms
Vernon couple celebrate golden wedding anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Epps marked their 50th anniversary on Sept 18 with many cards and a family gathering. A large group attended a Sunday observance, and a Vernon park basket dinner brought together relatives from Illinois Missouri and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Epps
Frank Johnson
Findlay
Ill
Marian Epps
Springfield
I. A. Pfeffer
Walter Bailey
Barbara
Grant
Susan
Carol Mitchell
Gene Walton
Deana
Paula
Centralia
Lessie Qualls
Christopher
Keith Bailie
Benton
Justin Epps
Otis Hodges
Tower Hill
F. H. Hatch
George Walton
Jesse Walton
Vernon
Belcher Birthday Gratitude and Band Parents Meeting
Mrs Myrtle Belcher thanks well wishers for her 77th birthday on September 16 and invites band parents to a meeting on Tuesday September 24 at 7 30 p m in the band room to discuss plans for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Belcher
Class Officers and Advisors Named at High School
The high school lists officers by grade. Seniors and juniors elect presidents and vice presidents with secretaries treasurers and reporters, plus class advisors. Freshmen sophomores and eighth and ninth grades name presidents and aides with reporters and advisors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenions
Neil Jolliff
Ranny Towrence
Donald Lange
Sec
Treas
Richard Fiscus
Mrs Reid
Don Christian
Linda Binnion
Melinda Elliot
Sec.-Treas
Sue Cox
Miss Pretzsch
DeLap
Advi
Warren Bayliss
Larry Lawrence
Phyllis Bowen
David Britt
Miss Baker
Don Harper
Cheryl Peyton
Nancy Snider
Claudia Walker
Bozarth
Tom Murfin
John Caudle
Joyce Sharp
Helen Nelson
Binnion
Ith Grade
Judy Law
Jimmie Seifers
Carolyn Snider
Barbara Bhlliott
Wernsman
Eastern Star initiations and meetings planned
Victoria Chapter No. 253 of the Eastern Star held a Sept. 9 regular meeting with visitors from other chapters. An initiation is set for the next meeting. Sunbeams will meet Sept. 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Star
Victoria
Order of the Eastern Star
The
Sunbeams
Edith Honecker Dies at 80 in Centralia Home
Edith Honecker 80 died suddenly at her Centralia home Saturday. Funeral 1:30 p m Tuesday at a Centralia funeral home with burial in Patoka cemetery. Born in Pope township Fayette county, daughter of Columbus and Malinda Ballard. Married first to Mike Humes in Carlyle 1900 and later to Ed Honecker. Survivors: son Walter Humes Patoka. brother Ralph Ballard Boulder. sister Roxie Linton Patoka. three grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia
Edith Honecker
Fir Centralia
C. Ray Wyatt
Patoka
Pope Township
Fayette County
Columbus
Malinda (Griffin) Ballard
Mike Humes
Carlyle
Ed Honecker
Honecker
Mrs Everett Jackson Buys Husband Maternity Gown
Mrs Everett Jackson makes a notable purchase in Patoka by buying a maternity gown for her husband. Everett hints the reason will be revealed next week in a forthcoming explanation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Jackson
Patoka
Two New Features in This Week's Register
The Patoka Register previews two new features in this issue. A weekly editorial cartoon series debuts by national cartoonist Ray Brown. The second feature presents a teenage girl meme by Thelma Masten for reader entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Your Patoka Register
Ray Brown
Thelma Masten
Thelma
The
Register
School Menu for Sept 23 27 Weekday Lunches
The menu lists weekly school lunches from Monday to Friday. Each day features a main dish, sides, fruit or dessert, bread and butter, and milk or a drink. Items include barbecue pork on bun spaghettiola chicken pie hamburger baked beans wieners and assorted accompaniments.
Bereavement Thank You Note From Carter Family
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy after our loss Mrs. Fred Carter and Children Floyd Carter and Family Esta Cox and Family express gratitude for support and expressions of sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Carter
Floyd Carter
Esta Cox
Family thanks for help during illness and loss
The Sorrell family expresses gratitude to friends who assisted during illness and the loss of their loved one. They invoke blessings that the Father who sees in secret may reward them openly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonie Sorrell
Vernon News Items Show Local Visits and Family Events
Local residents report multiple visits and travels including Miss Janet Headley joining First National Bank in Vandalia, and trips to Sutherlin Oregon Detroit Michigan Tampa Florida Clinton Illinois and Fayette County hospital. A daughter born to Mark Murfin and noted reunions and a PT C meeting precede a busy week around Vandalia and nearby communities.
Belcher Has Glass Taken From Forehead
P W Belcher of Patoka had a corrective operation this week removing a quarter inch shard of glass from above his right eye. He previously suffered an auto accident in Ohio nearly five years ago when a doctor removed fragments of a rearview mirror from his forehead. Others in the same crash were uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. W. Belcher
Patoka
Mr. Belcher
Ohio
Billing change at Kaskaskia Valley Telephone Company
Subscribers are informed of a new billing procedure. Bills will be sent on the first day of each month and the pay period will run from the first to the tenth. The change is effective immediately and permanent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaskaskia
Card of Thanks from the Brumfield Family
The Brumfield family expresses gratitude to all who assisted during the long illness and death of their loved one. They thank the minister singers organist pallbearers and those who brought flowers and food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Brumfield
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Harold Chance
Muich
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Diana Michelle Nattier
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J. R. Revis
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