Sunset Lake Birthday Dinner Honors Harry Slater
The Tuesday birthday of Harry Slater was honored with a dinner the preceding Sunday. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fischer Metamora Mr. and Mrs. Russ Bahr and sons Washington and Mr. and Mrs. Wentworth Moody Creve Coeur. Mr. and Mrs. Chalmer Brush have completed the room they are adding to their home and the carpeting was laid Saturday. The following group came to assist them in moving on Sunday: Mr. and Mrs. Oral Brush Mr. and Mrs. Richard Epkins and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Slater
Richard Fischer
Metamora
Russ Bahr
Chalmer Brush
Oral Brush
Richard Epkins
Ray Bennett
Mr and Mrs Singley visit Dunns in South Pekin
Mr. and Mrs. George Singley Sr. of South Pekin called on Joe and Bessie Dunn last week, visiting and chatting at their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Singley
South Pekin
Joe
Bessie Dunn
White hosts Sunday fish fry with guests from town
Mr and Mrs n White entertained with a fish fry on Sunday. Fish for the party were brought from Minn by Mr and Mrs Leonard Shaw. Present were Messrs and Mesdames H C Cuttler Burlington S N Charles and son South Pekin Marion White John Walkup and son Harry Butrick Walter
Local families noted in Alta area social roundups
Kraft and family, Hernan Schaer and family and Robert Scott and family, all of Alta and several couples, plus Fred Williamson, Eugene White, Walter Bullock and Joe LaRash are listed. The Leonard Shaws spent the week with Mr. and Mrs. R. C. White.
Saturday Evening Guests at Joe LaRash Hosts
Saturday evening visitors included Fred Williamson Leonard Shaw Walter Bullock R C White and Eugene White as listed among the host’s guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe LaRash
Fred Williamson
Leonard Shaw
Walter Bullock
R. C. White
Eugene White
Pekin Victim Linked to Am Distillery Explosion
Charles Helmig, a Pekin landowner of Sun Set Cottage sites, remains seriously ill after the Am Distillery explosion. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene White visited Wilbur White in Pekin on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Helmig
Eugene White
Wilbur White
Results of Sunday School Attendance Contest at Spring Lake
A six week attendance contest at Spring Lake Church Sunday School ended with an average of about 102 from October 10 to November 14, up about 23 percent from last year. Peak attendance reached 113 on November 7 and several new members joined the roll before judges at Christian Life Magazine in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Lake
Christian Life Magazine
Chicago
Buzz Rakestraw Enlists in U S Air Corps for Four Years
Buzz Rakestraw Forman High School class of 1954 has enlisted in the U S Air Corps for four years. He will depart December 27 with a group of Tazewell County enlistees bound for Chicago and then to California by train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buzz Rakestraw
Forman High School
U. S. Air Corp
Tazewell Co
Chicago
California
December Birthdays Listed by Name and Date
A compiled list of birthday entries for December with names such as Kathryn Meeker Mary Ann Kastner Alva Barnes and William Henry Fischer. The page notes multiple individuals by date from December 17 through December 26 including spouses and relatives in a community notices style.
Birthday dinner honors Grob and Dunnam family
Mr and Mrs Woodrow Dunnam hosted a Sunday dinner at their lake cabin to honor the births of George Grob and the Dunnams. Attending were Mr and Mrs James Hamilton Carl Fisher the Dunnams and their daughters Green Valley Mr and Mrs Harley Wallinger Jr Pekin and Mr and Mrs George Grob.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Dunnam
Lake Cabin
George Grob
Dunnam
James Hamilton
Carl Fisher
Green Valley
Harley Wallinger Jr. Pekin
Manito Community Express Anniversaries Update
The December 16 1984 edition lists local anniversaries: Loren Glock 1940, Bud Schmick 1941, Vernie Ethell 1919, Frank Rohifs 1916, Henry Seelye, Lester Bernshausen 1925, Thomas A. Moore 1912, Lewis R. Warner 1927, Grover Gumbel 1941, Harry Mayhew 1932. Couples celebrate long marriages in the community notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren Glock
Bud Schmick
Vernie Ethell
Frank Rohifs
Henry Seelye
Funeral attendance from Peoria for Mrs Waldon service
Mrs Edna Davis and her daughter along with Mrs Ethel Charlton of Peoria were among out of town mourners who attended the funeral of Mrs Ethel Waldon on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Davis
Ethel Charlton
Peoria
Ethel Waldon
Forman F H A December Meeting Highlights Gifts
F H A held its December meeting in the Home Ec Room at Forman High. Mrs Schacherbauer was honored as mother of the month and received a gift. Christmas gifts were given to instructor Mrs Vera Douglas and Chapter Mother Mrs Schimmelpfenning. A brief business meeting preceded a gift exchange and Christmas songs. Lunch featured punch cookies and ice cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.H.A
Forman High
Schacherbauer
Vera Douglas
Schimmelpfenning
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sunset Lake
Mrs
Richard A. Hammer
Kathryn Meeker
Cleve Shelabarger Clark Eldon Himmel
Ted Goodin
Mary Ann Kastner
Lila O’hara
Mary Alice Cooper
Norman O’shea
Teis Velde
Alva Barnes
William Henry Fischer
John Charlton
F. H. Franzlau
James Seelye
Dean Meyer
Beryl Dean Hirst
Marilyn Smith Thompson William Briggs LeRoy. Parkin
James Lyons
Mary Bender
Joe Lowry
Jackie Thomas
Freda F. Gorden
FORD
PBF
Bender Sales & Service
Manito
Illinois
The
Manito Community Express
Lester Bernshausen
Thomas A. Moore
Lewis R. Warner
Grover Gumbel
Harry Mayhew
Tharaz
Forman F.H.A. News
Vernon Graff
Manito, Illinois
Trarrarrrarra
Ponty Seay
Pekin
Mins Medes Board of Review
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