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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1939
Page
8
The Village of Patoka in Marion County Illinois approves issuing funding bonds totaling 3500 dollars to pay outstanding obligations of about 4125.20 dollars. The bonds bear 5 percent interest, mature between 1940 and 1947, and are secured by a direct annual tax levy to fund interest and principal plus a special fund.
Marion County Illinois records certify an ordinance authorizing funding bonds of three thousand five hundred dollars dated November 1 1939. The measure passed by majority vote of the Board of Trustees with notice to all members and sealed by the President and Clerk on September 29 1939.
Sunday visits include Mr Samuel McKaney and Mrs J R Carter in Paragould with Miss Elaine Ballance in Lincoln and Carl Rogier with Albert Holts law. Dwyers depart for New York for the world's fair with extended East Coast touring. Multiple out of town visitors attend funerals, hospital stays, and family gatherings across central Illinois towns.
Movies featuring Patoka and nearby towns plus images from the New York World's Fair and San Francisco Exposition shown as travelogue and comedy shorts. Two nightly shows Oct 4 and 5 at 7:15 with admission 10 or 25 cents.
Mr Edward Johnson of Patoka and Miss Anna Virden of Frisco Ind were married on September 27 1939 The couple now reside in Patoka where Mr Johnson works in the oil fields in Illinois and Indiana The ceremony and home reception welcoming friends were announced from Patoka
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