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Newspaper

Manito Community Express

Location

Manito, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 15, 1948

Page

3

Topeka 4-H Club social and community notes

The Merry Maidens 4-H Club met at Patia Himmel's home with knitting and social time. Refreshments served to Eve lyn Blessman Jo Ann Blessman Joretta Kreiling Marvel Lee Strube Roberta Endicott Patty Endicott Linda Rose LeSourd Roselyn Himmel Patia Himmel and many adults. Other items mention attendees at meetings in Virginia and Peoria and local plays and events, including box supper at Coon School and elections held nearby.

Merry Maidens 4-H Club Patia Himmel Evelyn Jo Ann Blessman Joretta Kreiling Marvel Lee Strube Roberta Patty Endicott Linda Rose LeSourd Roselyn Walter Kreiling Floyd LeSourd Dorland Smith Richard Carpenter

Social Visit Recap From Local Families

Mrs Omer Graham and Mr and Mrs Franklin Armbrust Jr spent Sunday with E B LeSourd. Rose Newlin and Ethel Drake visited. LeSourd received care from an Easton doctor. Marvel Lee and Marvin Strube hosted a club afternoon with games and refreshments for a group of friends and relatives.

Omer Graham Franklin Armbrust Jr E. B. LeSourd Rose Newlin Easton Ethel Drake LeSourd Marvel Lee Marvin Strube Judith Kipp Donna Jean Meyer Beverly Glick Deloris Vanderveen Dorothy Sebade Leta May Bennett Marilyn Jo Ann Trimpe Paul Sebade Donald Sandman Wendell Koke Julius Frye Trimpe Marvin Leta Trimpe Norma Jean J. F

Personal items from Peoria visit and Pekin celebration

Mrs. Sidney Coombs and children and Mrs. Catherine Herrman with Doris Page spent Sunday afternoon in Peoria with Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Willard and family. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fornoff and son were in Pekin Sunday to help Mrs. Etta Mahr celebrate her.

Sidney Coombs Catherine Herrman Doris Page Peoria Eugene Willard Clarence Fornoff and Son Pekin Etta Mahr Frank Cranwill Manita Ed Hoeft Gene Hoeft Jimmie Goodin Charles Endicott Ferne Shanholtzer Jeanette Hewitt Gladys Grover Ernest Palmer John Starrett Earl Heckman Fred Warner Green Valley Nelson Warner Donna Robert Charles Warner Nicholas Graff John Crosby Loida Jacob Graff Wallace Burks Mackinaw Olive Burks Gerald Hall Ernest Cooper Nelson Hiller Joe Leinweber

Birthday Gatherings Highlight Quiet Weekend

All her children and grandchildren gathered with well filled baskets at noon as a complete surprise. Numerous local families visited relatives and shared meals across Pekin and nearby towns.

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