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Newspaper
Manito Community Express
Location
Manito, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1953
Page
3
School menu outlines meals for the coming week. Each weekday lists entrees sides and fruit or dessert options for students. The plan includes beef and noodles, franks and sauerkraut, chili, meat loaf, fried fish, and varied sides with fruit servings.
Seniors received their class pictures on December 1, 1953 from Rembrandt Studios of Peoria. They ordered graduation announcements through the Balfour Company.
Forman High School announces honor roll lists for the second six weeks. Senior A students include Kenneth Bender Frank Golden Lowell Golden Frances Hamilton Janet Lempke Linda LeSourd Pat Lynch Shirley Schimmelpfenning Eldon Wahlfeld. Senior B names Laura Crafton Ed Heinhorst Wayne Knaak Marilyn Heyl Patia Joy Himmel Joe Parkin Dianne Rochester Rollo Ray Rochester Douglas Runyon Joyce Thompson Loren Sundeland Don Vance Catherine Watt Hauer Loretta Warner Dick Wells Ron Wistehoff. Juniors A honor roll lists Ruth Reed Marie Schacherbauer Eleanor Hewitt. Juniors B honor roll includes Don Barrett Loida Crosby Mildred Gerrietts Steven Herrman Stanley Noll Dale Parkin Lola Roots Janet Skinner Ruth Smith Rosemary Snyder Dwight Whitaker Marvin Wilson.
Sophomore A Honor Roll Betty Bernshausen Jeanette Mamill on Janet Noll Beverly Proehl Annalee Proehil Roger Vogel Janet Hewitt Sophomore B Honor Roll Richard Watthauer Ethel Bartel Frances Caulkins Irma Forsythe Heidi Hill Wilma Kreiling Carol Meyer Janice Meyer Jean Parkin Linda Rakestraw Ellen Vale Sharilyn Vogel Joyce Wilson Freshman A Honor Roll None Freshman B Honor Roll Kay Hammer Alice Parkin Virgil Himmel Delores Scranton Jon Dee Proehl Marilee Vogel Barbara Heyl Nancy Warner Eighth Grade A Honor Roll Charles Hamilton Daniel Woiwode Eighth Grade B Honor Roll Judith Runyon Seventh Grade B Honor Roll Barry Farnum David Hirst Gary Maas James Parkin Linda Hewitt
Forman High announces perfect attendance for second six weeks across grades seniors through freshmen listing 40 names. A 15 minute art broadcast will air December 2 on WMAY 970 led by Vernon Nickell and William Bealmer, reaching schools statewide. University of Illinois reports 88 percent state residents among 23231 students, Mason county has 28.
A school roster lists eighth graders Eleanor Beebe Harvey Burdette Patricia Crafton Donald Eggena Michael Galvin Judy Golden Patty Gordon Donald Hailey Charles Harmnton Barbara Rakestraw Richard Roskamp Joe Richardson Judith Runyon Alfred Spencer Ruth Vance Annette Vogel Willarbara Waddell Rosetta Wilson Daniel Woiwode and seventh graders Kenneth Becker Carolyn Beebe Wilma Beebe Clarence Breese Judith Callaway Shirley DeSutter Barry Farnum Doris Foley Janet Herrman Linda Hewitt David Hirst Martha Hintz Richard Livengood James Parkin Edna Richardson Wilma Richardson Richard Schimmel Srenning Mable Simpson Darlene Williams Judy Wilson Pauline Wilson Larry Woiwode Ivan.
Miss Mary Alice Cooper, a Kilbourne school teacher, returned to her home Sunday. She lived with Mrs. May Lane while employed.
Mr James Seelye and Mrs Seelye depart Thursday for Chicago where James will attend the Illinois Implement Dealers Convention on Friday and Saturday.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Palmer were supper guests of Mr and Mrs Charles Wilson Tuesday night.
Jack Halpin enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Navens in Pekin.
The American Peoples Encyclopedia 1953 Yearbook reports near completion of an effective polio vaccine. Advances include growth of a virus strain in incubated eggs, a simple test for polio infection and immunity, and evidence that the virus does not reach the central nervous system immediately after infection.
Contestants in Illinois and national cornpicting contests demonstrated that careful, efficient work beats hurried, riskier approaches. The results highlight precision and technique as keys to success in the competition.
The 1962 Yearbook reports 4,710,000 cattle hides used for sole leather and 13,025,000 hides for uppers in the first eleven months of the year.
The American Peoples Encyclopedia reports two recently formed volcanoes. El Boqueron emerged near San Benedicto Island about 250 miles off Lower California, reaching 1250 feet with a crater 0.5 mile wide and 300 feet deep. Didi cas formed 250 feet above sea level to create a 600 acre island off Luzon in the Philippine Islands.
The American Peoples encyclopedia research service reports a 60 percent drop in farm horses and mules on January 1, 1952 versus the 1935 39 average. The decline is blamed on growing use of labor saving machines.
A form of tarpans, tiny ponies once extinct, are produced again through throwback breeding in Munich Germany as noted in the American Peoples Encyclopedia 1953 Yearbook.
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