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.
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Newspaper
Manito Community Express
Location
Manito, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1949
Page
5
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.
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.
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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