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Newspaper
Manito Community Express
Location
Manito, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1954
Page
6
The Manito Community Express from Thursday, April 22, 1964 reports on local happenings. It covers community notices, events, and brief updates in Manito plus surrounding area.
Mrs. Lila O'Hara and her son Pat hosted Easter Sunday dinner at 6:00 for near relatives. The gathering included Gnile Beebe Sr. and Jr., Larry, Cathy Anne, Frank Trowbridge, Lamar Daniel, and Pat O'Hara with overnight guests Saturday night.
Children of the late Mrs. Kate Hilst gathered at the Peoria home of Mr. and Mrs. Norval Wright for Easter Day. Attendees included numerous Hilst relatives from Peoria Pekin Beloit Wis Los Angeles and South Pekin plus Mary Beth Wright.
Mr and Mrs Charles Wilson hosted a large Easter Sunday dinner with relatives and friends including John Fries and family from Los Angeles Calif Mr and Mrs Robert Bilyeu and Miss Shirley Harris Pekin A 3 c Charles A Wilson Scott Field Mrs Jesse Boice Peoria Mr and Mrs Marlow Wilson and Dean Afternoon visitors included Mr and Mrs Clifford Gauss Pekin Phyllis Kroell Forest City Mr and Mrs Lyle Palmer Connie Lynn Steven and Mr and Mrs Ernest Palmer
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Thomas hosted a family dinner after morning church. Attending were Kenneth Thomas, Ronny Thomas, Ma comb, Richard Thomas, Roger, and the Misses Carol and Viola Morgan of Peoria. Caster Sunday at Leonard Graff home included Eldon Keith family of Havana, Vernon Graff and children, Earl Graff and children, Miss Anna Gripp, plus the hosts.
Easter dinner guests of Mrs Mollie Corbett and her daughter Mabel included Mr and Mrs Len.
Hatters, Peoria, and Dr. J. L. Corbett of Pekin attended a family Easter dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Sam Meeker. Also present were Mr. and Mrs. George Meeker of Mason City, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Meeker and Linda of Forest City, Mr. and Mrs. Loren Meeker and sons, and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Meeker and family.
Twenty seven people attended the family reunion at the home of Mr and Mrs Fred Durham on Easter. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Stanley Durham and family Mr and Mrs Henry Simonsen and son from Peoria Mr and Mrs Harry Durham and family from Pekin Mr and Mrs Robert Durham and family Mr and Mrs Wayne Durham and son and the hosts.
Master Breakfast guests included Mr and Mrs Ernest Palmer and others. At 1 30 p m the group drove to Havana where Connie Lynn and Steven Lyle received Holy Baptism at St Patrick's Church.
Mrs. Kate Heyl and daughter Frieda hosted a family group home for Easter Day dinner. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Strawbridge and family from Tremont, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Warnock of Peoria, Mr. and Mrs. John Starrett and sons, and Mr. and Mrs. George Heyl and family.
Dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Meyer and family were Mr. and Mrs. Philip Coyle of Peoria. Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Leitner and Eddie were afternoon visitors.
State and federal agriculture departments report Illinois should harvest about 25.9 million bushels of winter wheat in 1954, well above the ten year average but far below last year’s bumper 56.8 million. Conditions are favorable with stands above average and good color while pastures are fair and corn and soybean plowing is two thirds complete.
State Department of Revenue announces total sales tax receipts on 1953 liabilities reached 209,383,506 dollars. Cook County contributed 115,877,817 dollars of the total.
The report shows downstate receipts totaling 90,918,423 with an additional 2,587,265 sourced from outside the state, highlighting the geographic distribution of funds.
Field men from the state Department of Conservation join Boy Scouts in Illinois to pursue conservation tasks. In Winnebago county Scouts, with farm bureau and sportsmen, plan watercourse care, tree planting along streams, and dam building to prove benefits of conservation. Rainbow in Will county continues efforts.
The Council of Boy Scouts at Joliet with the Troy Sports men's club is providing planting stock and technical advice for a tree and multiflora rose planting program. In Clinton county, Boy Scouts have been planting pine trees and multiflora rose shrubs at a sportsmen's club northeast of Trenton.
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