Col Bill Hilst resumes heating and plumbing business
Col Bill Hilst announces his return to service in the Manito Community Express. Known locally for plumbing heating and hardware, he previously ran a Manila Gamble Store. After Navy service and a Sears Farm Store stint in Peoria he now serves old customers, representing American Radiator Co with water heaters freezers stokers water pumps air conditioners septic tanks and more from his home with plans for a future shop.
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Col
Bill) Hilst
Manito Community Express
Bill
Alredy
Manila
Gamble
Navy
Sears Farm
Peoria
American Radiator Co
Birthday celebrants honored at dinner
Mr and Mrs Nelson Scherer and daughter hosted a surprise birthday dinner Sunday at their home. In honor of Mrs Ernest Beebe Lloyd Tackman Canton and Harold Willett Peoria cakes were baked by Mrs Ross Tackman. Guests included families from Canton Peoria Manito and Delevan and were listed with several daughters and nieces in attendance.
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Nelson Scherer
Ernest Beebe
Lloyd
Tackman
Canton
Harold Willett
Peoria
Ross Tackman
Lloyd Tackman
Christine
Roy Tackman
Roberta
Greta
Frank Rankin
Nelson Breedlove
Gene Marquart
Betty Lou Meyer
Manito
Eddie Alexander
Delevan
Celebrant Honored on 80th Birthday
William Graff celebrated his 80th birthday Saturday evening March 27 with a family dinner at the home of his daughter and husband Mr and Mrs John Grube. Guests included Mr and Mrs Charles Jacob and sons Raymond and Milton and Mr and Mrs Wilbert Grube Juanita Jean and Ronald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Graff
John Grube
Charles Jacob
Raymond and
Milton
Wilbert Grube
Juanita Jean
Ronald
Ethel Murphy
Chandlerville
Della Hobbs
Joseph
L. J. Sutter
Lexington
Jeanine Sutter
Johnny Fischer
Springfield
Thomas Moore
Jane
Morris Gene
Howard Moore
Albert Moore
Larry Gay
Pekin
Loren Thomas
Louis Hiller
Betty Burns
Pekin Hospital
Earl Heckman
Burton Hasselberg
James Lynn
Mason City
August Bettman
August Bettman Sr
Edwardsville
Glenn Smith
Charles Meyers
San Jose
Nelson Warner
Raymond VanOrman
Roy White
Walter Proehl
Louis Schuttler
John Proehl
Robert Singley
Harry Fornoff
Red Cross Drive Closes in Manit a Township
The Red Cross Drive for Manit a Township has ended and the undersigned Township Chairman Donald Parkin urges any late contributors to give.
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Red Cross Drive
Red Cross
Manita
Donald Parkin
Sacred Concert Attended by Burl and Mrs Lawson
Mr. and Mrs. Burl Lawson attended the Sacred Concert in Mason City on Sunday evening.
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Burl Lawson
Mason City
Stores to Close for Summer Thursday Afternoons
Manila businesses including groceries barber shops and banks will close on Thursday afternoons during the summer months as observed in local trading hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Easter Dinner at Vernie Ethell Home
Mr and Mrs Vernie Ethell hosted an Easter dinner Sunday. Attendees included Mr and Mrs William Hirst and sons, Mr and Mrs George Ethell, Mr and Mrs Dale Ethell, Mr and Mrs Ralph Ethell, Robert Schumm, Mrs George Clauser, and Ronald Meyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernie Ethell
William Hirst and Sons
George Ethell
Dale Ethell
Ralph Ethell
Robert Schumm
George Clauser
Ronald Meyer
Burks Family Attends Funeral in Bloomington for Mrs Eller
Mrs. D. W. Eller widow of the late Mr Eller was laid to rest in Bloomington Ind with relatives including Mr and Mrs Wallace Burks and son Donnie Mrs Olive Burks Catherine and Glene Burks attending from nearby areas They returned home Friday with Mrs Roy Clines of Cloverdale also joining to spend time.
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Wallace Burks
Donnie
Olive Burks
Catherine
Glene Burks
D. W. Eller
Bloomington
Ind
Roy Clines
Cloverdale
Sunday School Class Meets at Amos Thompson Home
The Sunday School class of the Methodist church led by Mrs. John Meeker met Monday evening at the Amos Thompson home with Wanda Thompson and Annabelle Palmer as hostesses. Glenna Mae Smith gave the devotional, followed by games and a prize list including Flora Kastner Betty Kastner and Mrs Martha Meeker.
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Gleaners
The
Methodist Church
John Meeker
Amos Thompson
Wanda Thompson
Annabelle Palmer
Glenna Mae Smith
Flora Kastner
Betty Kastner
Martha Meeker
Shirley Tuckman
Rose Smith
Jane Bender
Marilyn Roush
Marie Morgan
Donna Meyer
Anna
Donna Vaughn
Beverly Dennis
Patty Risen
Mary Alice Cooper
Sheila Moore
Shirley Bershausen
Mare Family Visits Hoefts in Bloomington
Mr and Mrs William Mare and daughter from Bloomington spent Thursday with his sister and family Mr and Mrs Ed Hoeft.
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William Mare
Bloomington
Ed Hoeft
Bender Family Visits Talbott On Sunday Afternoon
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Bender and family visited Mr. L. E. Talbott at his home Sunday afternoon.
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Theodore Bender
L. E. Talbott
Social Guests Fill Weekend At Local Homes
A flurry of Sunday visits and Easter gatherings filled homes across the area. Families including the Kastners Meekers Gumbels Woodleys and DeSutters hosted dinners. Wilsons and Palmers joined others for services and celebrations in Peoria Pekin Havana Beardstown and Jacksonville.
Manito High School Names D A R Medal and Science Award Winner
John J. Rush announces Marilyn Raush as recipient of the Rausch and Lamb Honorary Science Award Medal for top science record and activities. The program, founded in 1932 with Bausch and Lomb support, awards $1500 scholarships for majors in optics physics engineering chemistry math.
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D.A.R. Medal
Manito High School
John J. Rush
Manito Community
Marilyn Raush
Rausch & Lamb
National Association of Secondary School Principals
Bausch & Lomb Optical Co
Forest City Senior Class Play Friday Night
The senior class will present the play Every thing Happens to Us this Friday April 2 at 8 00 PM in the Forest City Community High School Gym Tickets are on sale from senior class members Scenery has been redecorated and the production aims to be outstanding
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Forest City Community High School
Hamiltons Host Easter Dinner With Family Guests
Mr and Mrs L C Hamilton hosted an Easter dinner Sunday at their home. Attending were Mr and Mrs Sterling Woodley and daughter Jean Marie, Mr and Mrs Grover Gumbel and sons Tommy and Gary, Mrs Carrie Gumbel and Eugene Ebert.
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Louis de Sutter
Bill Lattens
Harry Schaefer
Peoria
Julius Stark
Pekin
Sam Woodley
Ezra Guengerich
Wilbur Woodley
Nelson Scherer
Fannie Hammond
Sterling Woodley
Jean Marie
Carrie Gumbel
L. C. Hamilton
Wayne Hilst
Jesse Hirst
Betty Joy
George Ethell
Robert Kastner
Moses Meeker
Kathryn
Floyd Whitaker
Grover Gumbel
Tommy and
Gary
Eugene Ebert
Death of George Pugh Of Green Valley Obituary Notice
Mr. and Mrs. George Hubbard learned of the death of their cousin George Pugh of Green Valley. He passed away Sunday and funeral services were held Wednesday in Green Valley.
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George Hubbard
George Pugh
Green Valley
Charming Chicks 4-H Bazaar Sponsored by Spring Lake Club
The Charming Chicks 4-H club of Spring Lake sponsors a bazaar at Monroe's Cafe on Saturday, April 10. Donations of any kind are appreciated. Various local residents share Easter and weekend visits, with families dining and socializing across nearby towns.
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Charming Chicks 4-H Club
Spring Lake
Monroe’s
Monroe Cafe Starts Spring Housecleaning
Monroe Cafe undertakes spring improvements with two new signs painted by Arvin Beebe. A new automatic hot water heater is installed promising summer hot water, as per Gene Buck of Manito Hardware Co. A 36 inch exhaust fan in the rear will change air every three minutes, cooling the building on hot nights.
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Ken
Colleen
Arvin Beebe
Monroe Cafe
Gene Buck
Manito Hardware Co
Christie Reaches Walking Milestone in Caf Post
The passage notes a one year old girl named Christie beginning to walk as Ken contemplates guarding the cafe and entrusting Christie to Mrs. Henninger for practice after her extended vacation.
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Ken
Henninger
Carol Tisdale
Christie
Catholic Church Mass at 10 A.M. Pastor Griffin
A Catholic church schedules a Mass at 10 a.m led by Pastor Father Griffin. The notice identifies the service time and the clergy in charge.
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Father Griffin
Easter visit spans Indiana amid tornado path
Week End in Indiana notes Mr. and Mrs. John Rush and daughter spent Easter with relatives in Indiana. Mrs. Ora Reiter and her family also traveled to Indiana, visiting friends in the region struck by recent tornadoes.
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John Rush
Indiana
Ora Reiter
Mason County Home Bureau Unit Meeting Postponed to June
Mason County Home Bureau Unit meeting covering Forest City Manito and Topeka has been moved from April to June. The Manito subgroup will now meet April 15 at Mrs Rudy DeSutter home with Mrs George Hubbard as co host. Major lesson by the home advisor and minor lesson by the local leader.
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Mason County Home Bureau Unit
Forest City
Manito
Topeka
Gore visit to uncle at hospital noted
Mr and Mrs W G Gore visited the uncle, Mr Thomas May, Monday evening. He is a patient at the Methodist hospital and is reported very poorly.
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W. G. Gore
Thomas May
Methodist Hospital
Manito student Lois Meyer wins DAR award
Lois Meyer daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Meyer Manito was chosen by the Senior Class and Faculty as the DAR winner. She serves as vice president of the Freshman class and president of the Junior class and has held multiple campus roles including Orange and Black Staff Man-Hi-An Staff student librarian pep squad chorus and play casts.
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Lois Meyer
Harold H. Meyer
Manito
Operetta Sunny of Sunnyside Presented by Grade School Chorus
Sunny of Sunnyside a delightful operetta in two acts is presented by the grade school chorus Friday night at 8 in the high school gym. See Sunny Ditty Lou Meyer and her loyal orphan gang for a real entertainment event.
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Sunny
Sunnyside
Lou Meyer
Twin brothers celebrate first birthday in family dinner
Larry Gene and Gary Dean Herrman, twin sons of Mr and Mrs Donald Herrman of Manilo, celebrated their first birthday at a family dinner at the grandparents home of Mr and Mrs D W Velde. Cakes were baked by Mrs J L Parker.
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Larry Gene
Gary Dean Herman
Donald Herrman
Manilo
D. W. Velde
J. L. Parker
Mrs Kate O Hara Kelly Screen obituary noted Manito ties
Mrs Kate O Hara Kelly Screen born August 1 1868 on a Manito area farm daughter of Kathryn and Patrick O Hara. She lived in Manito Denver and Peoria with marriages to George Kelly and John Sereen and died March 19 at St Francis Hospital Peoria. Funeral services were held March 22 at Endsley s and St Marks Church.
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Kate O'Hara Kelly Screen
Manito
Kathryn
Patrick O'Hara
John
Eugene
Frank
Henry
George Kelly
Peoria
Denver
George E. Sparks
Walter Gibbons
LaPort
Indiana
Elizabeth
Mary
Mrs. Screen
St. Francis Hospital
Endsley
St. Marks Catholic
Pallbears
Bill
Harold O'Hara
Gaile Beebe Sr
Frank Trowbridge
Lamar Daniels
Harold Donnelly
Forest City High Students Enter Petersburg Music Contest
District contestants from Forest City Community High School accompany forty two schools at the Petersburg District Music Contest next Saturday April 3. Stanley Skinner enters Cornet at 9 30 A M and Lurelle Whitaker plays Clarinet at 9 42 A M. There are 183 contestants in the instruments solos and ensembles category.
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Forest City Community High School
Petersburg
Stanley Skinner
Lurelle Whitaker
St. Paul Lutheran Church Movie Night
Sunday School at 9 15 a m worship at 10 15 a m film Reaching from Heaven shown at 7 30 p m dramatizes faith amid doubt with a young man confessing his beliefs at St Paul Lutheran Church
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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Egypt Community Church Service Schedule
The notice lists Sunday School at 10:00 am and Morning Worship at 11:00 am led by Minister Joseph Hobbs. Holy Communion will be observed during the service.
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Egypt
Thank You for Kindness to Mrs Kate Screen Family
We sincerely thank relatives neighbors and friends for kindness cards Masses and sympathy shown for our mother Mrs Kate Screen and our family.
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Kate Screen
Gore couple returns to Cincinnati home after visit
Mr and Mrs Glenn C Gore return to their Cincinnati residence after spending two months with relatives including Mr and Mrs George Meyer and Mr and Mrs V G Gore.
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Glenn C. Gore
Cincinnati
Ohio
George Meyer
V. G. Gore
Meekers Visit Burlington For Nephew Crafton Meeker's Operation
Mr and Mrs Milton Meeker and Mr and Mrs Dan Meeker traveled from Iowa to Burlington to visit Crafton Meeker who recently underwent major surgery.
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Milton Meeker
Burlington
Iowa
Dan Meeker
Crafton Meeker
Dinner Guests Mark Easter at Roy Adams Home
Mr and Mrs Roy Adams entertained at Easter dinner. Guests included Mr and Mrs Arnold Greathouse and their daughters.
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Roy ‘Adams
Mrs. Arnold Greathouse
Local residents return home from hospital and move into new home
Mr. L. E. Talbott came home to Manito Saturday from the Methodist hospital after a lengthy stay. Mrs. Bud Schmick returned Sunday in the Pekin hospital ambulance. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Guile of Pekin moved into a new modern home Wednesday across the street east of Johnson Funeral Home.
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L. E. Talbott
Manito
Methodist Hospital
Bud Schmick
Johnson Ambulance
Pekin Hospital
Rufus Guile
Pekin
Johnson Funeral Home
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Roy Wilson
Ray Starrett
Wilbur Smith
Glasford
Roy Lightbody
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Nellie
St. Louis
Schafer
City
Plant
Janet Thomas
Kentucky
Hollywood
Janet
Oes
Wilbur Hofmeter
George Meeker
Grover Gumbel and Sons
Anna Zang
Ralph Guengerich
Henry Fornoff
Folbert Maas
Reuben Golden
Sam Schmitgall
Robert Maas
Elmer Scherer
Louis DeSutter
Ruth
Danny Urish
Jerry
Donald Wagonmaker
Bertha Hirmel
Carrie
Amelia Meyer
Louise Legg
Mrs
Jesse Hilst
Mrs. Hilst
Albert Courtright
Harry Meyer
Cartie
Chris Shaefer
Fred Shaefer
Etta Cox
Ida Leibens
Lydia Traeger
Evanston
Illinois
Ties Velde
Bruce Cole
Vincent Runyon
Christine Johnson
Arvin
Andy Kerr
Kerr
Edward Wagonmaker
Maas
Moline
Seelye Hardware
Mabel Schierbeck
Eva Fite
Havana
Tillie Rabeneck
Rose
Shirley DeSutter
Nettie Palmer
Frank Palmer
Gladys Grover
Beardstown
William Hirst
Darrell
Carol Brenner
J. M. Roush
Della Meyer
Gene Hoeft
Harry Slater
James Boice
Eva Wilson
Ernest Palmer
John Fries
Jackie
Mary Ann
Jimmie
Jacksonville
Carlos Wilson
Anna Starrett
J. T. Huffman
Science Award
Charming Chicks 4-H
Mason County Home Bureau
DAR
Orange and Black
Harold Woodley
Carl Thomas
Bob Wisehaupt
Mackinaw
Lutheran Church
Surance
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