Social Visits and Dinners Recap in Pekin Community
A string of Sunday to Tuesday visits and dinners connects residents of Pekin and nearby towns. Families such as Hewitt, Golden, Meyer, Coombs, Herrman, Bender, and Herrman share meals, shopping trips, and calls at homes in Pekin and surrounding areas. Notable gatherings include Norman and Carl Cooms birthday party at Ray O’Hara’s, and Patricia Louie visiting Jackie and Helen Kay Herrman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Runyon
Donald and
Keith
Leonard Hewitt
Harry Meyer
O. J. Ackerman
Burl Clifford
Vinsford
Gertrude Goldennd
Margaret
Norman
Carl Cooms
Ray O’hara
Louis Ray
A. L. Louis
Winchester
Jacob Graff
Donald Herrman
D. W. Velde
Charles McLaughlin
Shirley
James Herchenroder
Pekin
Patricia Louie
Jackie
Helen Kay Herrman
Wayne Meyer
John Bender
Phillip Golden
George ‘Harbaugh
Sidney Coombs
Oscar Lane
Gertrude Golden
James Savage
Albert Herrman
Carol
Louis Coombs
Daniel Woiwode
Mary Frances
Catherine Mary Wimmer
Francis Williams
James Godin
South Pekin
Rebecca Beimfehr
Patty Risen
Mary-Joseph Class Party at Meeker Home
The Manito Methodist Young Adult class held a Christmas party at Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Meeker’s home with assist hosts Mr. and Mrs. Loren Meeker. Members brought fifty cents for charity and voted to donate the Baby Fold offering at Normal. Activities included devotions, a business meeting, seasonal games, and refreshments of ice cream cupcakes and orange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Meeker
Manito Methodist Church
Loren Meeker
Powell
Reuben Golden
Mrs Powell Attends Executive Meeting in Peoria
Mrs D J Powell attended a Peoria District Executive Meeting of the Woman's Society of Christian Service on Tuesday. Plans are underway for spring Group Conferences, with Powell identified as the district Children's worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. Powell
Peoria
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Powell
Legion Auxiliary Hosts Christmas Party at Legion Hall
The Hill Palmer Post Auxiliary held a Monday Christmas gathering at the Legion Hall with pinochle canasta and bunco and prizes for winners. Mesdames Estella Rohlfs Henrietta Selke and Myrtle Powell served sandwiches chips and coffee and a brief meeting approved sponsoring a boy from Bell Cottage Normal Alabama and contributing to a radio fund and a $5 seal bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion & Auxiliary News
Ladies of the Auxiliary
Hill Palmer
Legion Hall
Mesdames Estella Rohlfs
Henrietta Selke
Myrtle Powell
20Th District
Bell Cottage
Normal
American Legion
Local Social News Highlights From Peoria Area
Mrs Pearl Neikirk and Mrs Mary Barnes of Normal were end guests of Mr and Mrs George Paul in Peoria. The Clementz family and Glenn Talbotts hosted visits with Greg Clementz returning home from Wilmington. Friends Wayne Wistehuff and James Seelye shopped in Peoria while Carl Fischer hosted a Green Valley supper guest. The Spring Lake 4-H Club led a skating party at Sky Ranch with about forty youths. Viola and Betty Morgan visited the Lawrence Thomas home in Peoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Neikirk
Mary Barnes
Normal
George Paul
Peoria
George Clementz
Greg
Glenn Talbotts
Wilmington
Talbott
Clementz
Carl Fischer
Green Valley
George Grob
Spring Lake
4-H Club
Gladys Bauer
Sky Ranch Recreation Center
Viola and
Betty Morgan
Lawrence Thomas
Recovery Progress Report for Local Corn Picker Victim
Jim Greenhaugh, injured in a corn picker accident last week, is rapidly improving at Proctor Hospital. His wife and three sons visited Tuesday evening and found him awake, up, and walking in his room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Greenhaugh
Proctor Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Community Express
Walter E. Devore
J. A. Seelye
Manito
Vianne Community Express
Poakin I
Middle States
Elmer Herrman and
Janet Lynn Herrman
Katherine Herrman
Della Barker
Mearle Counterman
American Gem Society
Pekin, Illinois
Mary—Joseph
Hamg Pictures
AEWA
Manito, Dlinois
Wayne Wistehuff
Everett Lakeheart
Don Colbert
James Seelye
Clarence Hasenyager
Jimmy
Harold Meyer
Conklin
Ill
Manito, Ilinois
Murray
Circo Collect
Delavan
Mason County Service Company
Easton Warehouse
Carl Wilcoxson
Kenneth Armbrust
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