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Newspaper
Manito Community Express
Location
Manito, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1949
Page
2
Public notice from Mason County Illinois for the Town of Manito. Publication concerns official actions or legal notices recorded in the county archive. Details are limited in the supplied fragment.
J. T. Huffman town supervisor of Manita submits a sworn statement detailing the fiscal year ending March 29, 1949. It covers beginning funds, receipts by source, expenditures and purposes, and the total funds on hand.
A 1949 notary-certified summary shows the Road and Bridge Fund receipts totaling 7169.90 and expenditures of 5823.62, leaving a balance of 1346.28. Entries list sources such as taxes and other receipts and payments to contractors, labor, hauling, gravel, and supplies during 1948–1949 along with numerous individual payees.
Miss Jeannette Hewitt attended Tau chapter Delta Kappa Gamma committee meeting in Lincoln to plan the state convention in Springfield on April 29 to May 1. Various local residents hosted and visited friends and families across Springfield, Deer Creek, Pekin, and Waveland, with multiple Sunday calls and dinners.
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