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Newspaper
Manito Community Express
Location
Manito, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1950
Page
1
The article asserts advertising is integral to newspapers and a key revenue source. It explains advertisers rent space to publish news about goods and services, benefiting both merchants and readers and supporting lower paper costs. It also likens ads to a bond supporting community projects like schools.
On Sunday April 28 1950 services include Mass at 7 30 a m at Manito Churches Catholic Church morning service at 10 30 a m at St Pauls Lutheran with Pastor A Borchelt Sunday School at 9 30 a m Evangelistic Service at 7 30 p m and Springlake Church with Sunday School 9 45 a m morning worship 10 46 a m and evangelistic service 7 30 p m.
D J Powell minister of Church School 945 am F E Bender superintendent. Morning worship 1045 am with reverent responsive service and sermon theme You Can Achieve Greatness. Evening worship 730 pm minister in charge with Song Service and fellowship. Wednesday 730 pm study prayer service The Character of Jesus His Strength. Dinner guests Mr Mrs Walter Proehl and son Walter visit Proehl family.
Miss Marion McKlevitt district home service director will conduct a series of cooking schools in the area. The first session started Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. at King with Universal electric ranges highlighted.
Miss McKevitt led cooking schools at South Pekin Congregational Church Green Valley Methodist Church and Manito Community Methodist Church offering shortcuts for better baking and cooking. She edited the Universal cookbook and has trained housewives nationwide in efficient recipes.
Honor list includes Jane Bender Marilyn Bernshausen Shirley Bernshausen Dolores Borchett Olen Burgett Dale Darnell Beverly Dennis Loma Golden Joyce Hamilton Ann Heyl Frederick Heyl George Long Wanda Lowry Betty Meyer James Meyer Lucille Meyer Ronald Meyer Beverly Miller Jean O Hara Shirley Palmer Marvin Quick Joan Reed Joyce Richardson Joy Risen Keith Runyon Ronald Thomas Frank Vaughn Marilyn Waddell Charles Wilson Jean Woodley.
The 345th Transportation Unit Army Reserve based in San Jose held a stag party at the Legion Hall in Manila. A number of their friends were guests.
W S C S will mail cookies to Chanute Field. Mrs S E Dennis requests delivery to her home by Tuesday April 25 1950 and will forward the cookies to Chanute Field.
Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Sprague hosted a birthday dinner at 209 Columbiag Terrace Peoria on Sunday for Vera Watson Marie Sprague and Walter Watson. Guests from Pekin Spring Lake Manito and Peoria attended including Clyde Watson Walter Watson and Dean Robert Watson Betty Wells Al Weaver Arley Schenert John Watson Gene O'Hara.
Mr and Mrs Harry Selk were Sunday visitors of Mr and Mrs Fred Lussenhop, sharing a family moment and casual call on a relaxing weekend.
Mrs. John Fischer left Monday morning for Lexington to spend four days with her parents Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Sutter.
The American Legion Auxiliary will conduct a poppy sale on the last Saturday of the month in Manila to raise funds for a worthy cause. Readers are asked to save small change to support the effort.
Edna Morgan formerly of Manito and Ray Kellogg of Pekin were married on Friday April 7 at 2 30 p m in Lacon Illinois by Rev Zimmerman. They plan a short trip to Chicago before settling in Pekin where Kellogg works for Commonwealth Edison Co.
The American Legion Auxiliary netted 38.30 from a Food Sale held Saturday at the Wilson Building. A donated cake by Mrs. Christine Johnson sold in a silent auction. Thanks were extended to non members and the Community. Organizers were Mesdames Estella Rohlfs Henrietta Selke Sarah Hammers and Mary K Marshall.
The piece notes K. E. Monroe driving a two cylinder Olds on a Beebe excavation. A water superintendent digs nearby while Monroe guides him not to mar the car finish, likening the scene to driving on a sidewalk and avoiding a ticket for improper parking. The Beebe pick found a small hole in the auto.
April 25 deliver cookies to Mrs S E Dennis for WiISCS to Chanute Field. April 27 Parkland School Commencement 7 30 p m Manito Home Bureau monthly meeting. April 28 Community Unit School Dist public hearing 4 p m Forest City Town Hall. May 4 Grade School Operetta. May 6 Basket supper Forest City Grade School. May 12 Forest City Township Commencement 8 p m closing day of schools.
Township notices indicate two Supervisor reports appear in this issue on page three with the Road and Bridge Fund report due next week for publication.
The report covers a trip on Monday April 17 with stops at Powerton WSLV and Del's Dairy in the morning and Keystone after dinner. The group dined at Bishop's in Peoria, shopped, and saw a movie before returning exhausted.
The junior class notes April 28 banquet at 7 00 p m in the Methodist Church Basement after school. They report busy days since the play with English and economics lessons, shorthand grammar, and a typing budget project due May 10. Anna Mae Vaughn passed her speed test as geometry studies include polygons and area formulas.
This Friday we head to a Peoria show then visit Miss Shhaulkhauser's home. We also have a track meet with Easton and Mason City this Friday. We’re finishing World History and studying key names and terms with a short test likely. The last chapter covered art music and famous writers. We stayed in study hall Monday for biology lab manuals while Mr. Rush took the physics class on a trip. In algebra we tackle new problems and a single fraction. Notebooks were returned Monday to resume work. We are reading a two act play of about eighty pages.
Freshman classes review stories through tests, tackle geometry problems, and begin semester exam exercises. Science covers electricity fundamentals while citizenship explores American people and population statistics and issues.
Mrs Jesse Boice was in Manito Monday evening visiting at the John Fries home.
Forest City Township commemorates eighth grade graduation set for May 12 at 8 p.m. in the high school gym. Rev. Preston Horst acts as speaker, with Jos. Hobbs presenting diplomas. A grade school basket supper occurs May 6 at 6 30 p.m. followed by a program. final exams May 9 for six graduates and seven seventh graders. School closes May 12 ending eight months. Vera Hermann named principal, Helena Kreiling to primary room. Wilma Embree to depart. Mt Carmel pupils host pre Easter party with games and an Easter egg hunt led by listed students.
Birthdays for April include Laura Schimmelpfenning on the 20th, Mary Beth Parkin and John Parkin on the 21st as twins, Bert Hill on the 25th, Amelia Miller on the 26th, Johanna Eidman on the 26th, and Jimmy Wistehuff on the 30th.
After church on Sunday Laura Schimmelpfenning learned Hazel her eldest daughter organized a surprise party for her upcoming Thursday birthday. Guests included Wison Fulller Dickie Delavan Paul Hintz Har mon Schimmelpfenning and daughters Bob Getz Ina Barnett Dorothy Townsend Pekin John Frederick Pauline Jake Schimmelpfenning and families. A pot luck dinner followed with a birthday cake at the center of the table.
The Families of O. L. Talbott express gratitude to neighbors and friends for flowers tokens of sympathy and the use of cars during their recent bereavement.
We express appreciation for services rendered during our bereavement. The families of Mrs. Lou Young report callers including Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Bender and family with relatives from Peoria and Pekin. Further callers included Mrs. Frank Cranwill and Roger and Mr. and Mrs. John Bender.
Sunday night supper guests include Mr. and Mrs. M. H Boydner and Mr. and Mrs. Emmerson Denny of Peoria. Also visiting were Mrs. Lucy Frederick and daughter of Bartonville and Mrs. James Cranwill of Gardner Montana.
Athanias L Talbott born September 1 1859 in Terre Haute Indiana son of John and Catherine MelIntosh Talbott. He died April 15 1950 after a long life spanning Civil War era to atomic age and four wars. He married Clara Willard on December 8 1882 and they raised six children. He worked as a farmer a grain merchant and managed the Grangers elevator in Manito Illinois later retiring to his home. He was the last of his generation of Talbotts and witnessed vast changes from covered wagons to planes and modern industry.
Lyman N. Kennedy 69 longtime Mason County clerk died at St Johns Hospital Springfield after a heart attack. Funeral 2 pm Saturday Himmel Russel Havana with burial Laurel Hill. Survived by wife Maude White Kennedy and children Mary Ebert Olin Frank Leta Wahldrink plus siblings and six grandchildren.
The Rev and Mrs D J Powell of the local Methodist Church spend three days in Cleveland Ohio for The Assembly of The Woman s Society of Christian Service Delegates from US conferences missionary fields and the world deaconess society will be present along with three bishops The Powells look forward to an inspiring meeting.
The Parkland Community club met at the school Monday evening. New officers named by the nominating committee include George Heyl as President, Geneva Schuttler Vice President, Zella Weiss Proehl Secretary Treasurer, and May Ellen Herrman reporter. Mrs Roy Runyon was rehired as cook for the coming year.
Mrs. Freda Gordon received a letter from Rev. Charles Johnaber dated April 13. Mrs. Johnaber travels to Warrentown Missouri for the funeral of her father Dr. Charles J. Stuckman. Johnaber invites friends in Manila to write. Jeanie Kay and Linda Ann Frederick visited their grandparents Mr. and Mrs. John Fredericks in Green Valley on Sunday evening.
Community mourns a longtime pioneer. Funeral services held at 2 p.m. Monday at Johnson Funeral Home with Rev. Joseph Hobbs officiating. Pallbearers were grandsons Louis Talbott Clifford Talbott John Talbott Richard Talbott Lacy Talbott and Earl Talbott. Burial followed in Meadow Lawn Cemetery. Relatives include three sons LaFayette Peoria Ray Manita Glen Manita, 18 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren.
Parkland will hold its Eighth Grade Commencement Thursday evening with a 6 PM pot-luck and 7 30 PM exercises. One graduate Marilyn Kay Heyl will receive a diploma in a program featuring processional, invocations, solos, choruses and address by Supt. L L Atterberry.
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