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Newspaper
Manito Community Express
Location
Manito, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1953
Page
7
A note from Around the Town says no column this week due to a sit down strike. Advertisers teased Mayme Seelye’s return, but the paper delayed her start and postponed Uptown news until Lester quits breaking stories.
Parents attended as Boy Scout Troop 174 held its annual charter night at the Manila Opera House. William F. Hirst presented the 1953 charter to Julius Zeeck, who passed it to Dennis Woiwode. Woiwode talked on his trip to the National Jamboree in California.
On August 6 1953 Inter mediate Girl Scout Troop 1 gathered at Forest City Junior High. Anita Himmel led the meeting. Delegates were chosen for the Bradley Campus pow Wow August 14 15 and 16 with Miss Carol Kreiling accompanying the group. They plan a swim at Lewiston August 25 and cooked a hamburger potato salad chips and cookies dinner.
Mrs Paul Neikirk and her son Butch arrived home Friday night by plane from San Francisco California. They had stayed three weeks as guests of Mr Harold Meyer and his son.
Ice Vogues of 1953 will headline a nine day ice revue at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield from Aug 14 to Aug 22. Twilight shows at 6 30 PM and main performances at 8 30 PM will feature a cast of stars and a 24 member chorus with 18 escorts. Tickets are on sale at the fairgrounds with prices 1 50 2 and 2 60 for 8 30 shows and 1 for adults 50 cents for children for twilight.
A reader from Jacksonville Illinois sends a $2.50 check for another year of Community Express. He notes attending the Forest Park Zoo visit and a Cardinals vs Giants baseball game with enjoyment of both events.
Mr and Mrs Orin Ethell of Princeton hosted Mrs Ethells Pinochle Club and spouses at their country home for feasting and recreation. A noon chicken dinner was served, afternoon pinochle with prizes to Merlyn Ethell Kirby Lawliss and Mabel Corbett, special prizes to Amos Thompson and James Seelye, followed by an evening lunch before guests departed.
Local notes report Mike Smith of Peoria visiting his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Seelye this week. Canton hosts Hamilton reunion at Civic Park with Mr. and Mrs. Grover Gumbel and family and Mrs. Kathryn Hamilton in attendance. Russell Maas Kamela Jo and Randy dined with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roundtree in Topeka Monday evening.
Dorothy Wheelock of Boone Iowa visited Monday night and Tuesday with Mr and Mrs Russell Maas and family. Mr and Mrs Ernest Palmer are also mentioned in the social note.
A family leaves today for their farm home on the Manita Black Top where they will reside during the busy melon season.
Mrs Mollie Corbett enjoyed several days with her daughter and husband Len Hatters and his wife in Peoria while daughter Mabel took an extended vacation.
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