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Manito Community Express

Location

Manito, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 07, 1949

Page

5

Local Peoria and Topeka visitors call on area residents

Mrs John Thies and Mrs Josie Thompson of Peoria were visitors of Mr and Mrs Charles Smith. Fred Schnelle of Topeka called on Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Henry Hirst.

Fort Apache John Wayne Henry Fonda Shirley Temple John Agar John Thies Josie Thompson Peoria Charles Smith Fred Schnelle Topeka Mrs Henry Hirst

Easter Cantata at Forest City Church to be directed by Dillard Warner

The Forest City Federated Church will present the Easter Cantata Cross of Redemption on April 17 at 8 p.m. under the direction of Dillard Warner with Vera Herman on organ. Also notes a Home Bureau meeting on April 13 at the Neikirk home and missionary tea attendance by local members at Peoria. Forest City Community High School sends Glenda Kennedy Lurelle Whitaker and Kirby Lawlis to the District Music Contest in Jackson.

Joseph Hobbs Byron Kreiling Cross of Redemption Dillard Warner Vera Herman Home Bureau Mesdames Warren Marvin Neikirk John Harms Louis Lempke Percy Kreiling Floyd Whitaker Gladys Langston Lee Langston Peoria Keira Bacon First Baptist Church Bartell Glenda Kennedy Lurelle Whitaker Kirby Lawlis Forest City Community High School Jackson

Freshman Glenda earns second in district girls voice event

Glenda, a freshman, took second place with a silver medal in the district girls medium voice competition singing By the Bend of the River. Thirty three competitors entered, including several upperclassmen, with Lurelle also earning strong notes before a vibration issue kept her from a rating. Mrs. Lawlis accompanied both performances. School elections set for April 9 with Floyd Whitaker seeking re election and Clarence Kreiling term expiry marked at the grade school.

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