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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1933
Page
2
The Patoka Register lists James M. Emerson as publisher and notes a Friday publication schedule. It states the paper is entered in Patoka post office as second class matter and offers a yearly subscription at $1.50.
Classified notices listing sales and trades including a Round Oak stove and Model T Ford, a Chevy ton truck trade, found dog, saws, cows and calves, Shorthorn skull calf, Shropshire bucks, rental rooms, home baked buns, a 40 acre farm trade, a double barrel shotgun trade, a 114 acre farm, and a spring mare colt in the Patoka Vernon Odin Shobonier area with dates around September and October.
B M English of Centralia appeals for enhanced farming in the Patoka vicinity. He urges coordinated efforts by local growers, officials, and neighboring communities to boost yields, irrigation, and soil health.
Sunday events at Patoka Christian Church include Sunday School 9:30 am, sermons 10:30 am by Bro Lovell on The New Testament Church, dinner at Patoka gym, 2:00 pm program with The Gateway to Tomorrow playlet, addresses by pastors Askew and Fannon, and evening services 7:30 pm. Christian Endeavor 6:45 pm plus a pantomime.
The Sunday Lesson-Sermon on September 17 centers on Matter with the Golden Text praising God and trusting words from Psalms 56 4. It cites Galatians 5 1 urging believers to stand fast in the liberty Christ gave and not be entangled again in bondage.
The Patoka Patoka Charge M E Church plans the first quarterly conference for 2:30 p m Saturday September 28 with Presiding Elder Rev Corzine in charge He preaches at Zion Church September 23 at 745 p m Sunday services in Patoka include 930 a m Sunday School and 1045 a m 730 p m sermons Officials urged to attend with reports in hand The public is invited to attend services led by the elder and pastor W D Humphrey pastor
The M E Church outlines Sept 24 services with morning at Arnold Chapel and evening at Patoka. Cecil Lowe will preach in Vernon Sunday evening. Yearly books close Sept 22 to balance finances. No preaching Oct 1 due to conference. P R Glotfelty Jr. invites all to welcome the new preacher after Conference.
We thank neighbors and friends who assisted during our mother's illness and death. Gratitude to those who spoke comforted us and aided in funeral and burial services. H. W. Walker family Jasper Tune family John Crawford family.
Carrigan hosted a Sunday rally day and basket dinner around sixty attendees enjoyed ample food. Zion quartet performed, praised by all, as local residents including Ellen Briscoe and various neighbors shared visits and chores around Odin Patoka and Sandoval area.
Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Jett hosted a weekend gathering for Mrs. Jett’s brother and relatives from Decatur including Warren Peck Wesley Peck and Otto Speckman. Sister Sarah Mitchell of Salem attended, marking more than twenty years since siblings visited. Grandfather Dr. J. M. Peck founded Shurtleff College at Acton in 1827. The clan plans annual reunions while they stay active. Yale Williams Herschel Campbell visited Grandma Ramsey and Dennis on Sunday.
The column records Wm Powell of Odin longtime illness with hopes for improvement and other community updates. It notes Harry Robinson selling a cow near Carlyle, Ruth Galbreath visiting Brick School, Minnie Nichols care needs and address, Mrs Sterns in Missouri, Fern Ray Kretzer visiting, Mildred Durbin visiting, Jett relatives visiting before California trip, Ticknor trip to Patoka, funeral of Enoch Williams in Odin, Averyville stock farm ownership change with Jess Garrison as manager, and social visits among Nicholson Perry Jett Jett families including peach pickle making.
Fairman and Foltz families visited the Troutt home while the Lutz, Hester, and Wood families gathered locally. Earl Lutz will enroll as a sophomore at Champaign University. Robinson Feed Store opened in Centralia. Merten manages. Several residents attended a Bopp sale near Patoka. Juanita Meredith missed school for tonsil surgery. Eva Wermer and Wayne moved to Belleville for work. Irvin Bowen, Schmahl, and Bowen families visited Clarence Bowen. Ive Schmahl left for Rock Falls after weeks here. Watermelon feast noted.
Cracker Neck notes infection trouble for Ransom Belcher who uses crutches. John Belcher hauling logs to the saw mill. Minnie Belcher learns a aunts burial at Vandalia, unable to attend. John and Dell Shepard families visit west of Boulder. Shepard family visits Miney Ridge. Revival meeting rumored with a critic who doubts revival. Trade transfer scene as John Shepara trades dog for two goats and a pig with Lee Gordon. Alexander sisters make lye soap. Mrs Cora Williams and Mrs William Bryant visit Mary Shepard from St Louis and Shady Grove. Elmer Hickok and wife visit J A Shepard couple from Humes Ill.
Hickok is a cousin of Mrs Shep ard and traveled with her on a visit through Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas where they saw little of note. Ralph Barnes of Toad Island visited his grandparents last week.
A long list of local residents spent weekends and weekdays visiting relatives and attending events in cities including Chicago Peoria Williamsville St Louis Carbondale Salem Centralia Vandalia Lebanon Galesburg Taylorville Springfield Frankfort Champaign Breese Patoka Carrigan and Detroit. Several travelers headed to the Century of Progress in Chicago and others shopped or sought medical treatment while relatives hosted gatherings and dinners.
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