Consolidated Grade School District Election Set for Feb 11
An Illinois county election announces February 11 voting on establishing a Community Consolidated Grade School District at Manito. Districts 88 Crescent, 84 Mt Carmel, 64 Singley, 81 Isenberg, 82 Coon Grove, 112 Hickory Grove, 118 Rogers, and 111 Manito Grace join three polling places from 12 noon to 7 PM. A district passes only if rural and village totals vote yes. seven-member board to follow. Residents must vote in their precinct with 30 days residence.
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Joseph W. Hobbs
Manito
Mason County School Survey Committee
Crescent
Carmel
Singley
Isenberg
Coon Grove
Hickory Grove
Rogers
Manito Grace
Town Hall
Illinois
Mt. Carmel
Board of Education
Vote on Manita area school consolidation proposal on Friday
An election in Spring Lake Forest City and Manita on February 11 seeks a 7 member board to govern grade schools. The vote affects only grade schools. high schools operate as before. Oppose the first proposal to clear the way for a second ballot. Support the second proposal to ensure equal educational opportunities for rural and village students.
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Manita
Spring Lake
Forest City
Community Methodist Church Service Schedule
D J Powell minister announces church school at 9 45 a m with F E Bender superintendent and morning worship at 10 45 a m Sermon What Sin Is and Does special music Evening Worship 7 00 p m Mid week service Wednesday 7 30 p m Choir practice 7 00 p m usually Thursday at Wm Hirst home. Attendance praised despite ice weather.
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Wm. Hirst
Egypt Community Church Service Bulletin
Egypt Community February 6, 1949 10 a.m. Sunday School led by Lawrence Whiteford at 11 a.m. Morning Worship led by Pastor Joseph Hobbs.
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Lawrence Whiteford
Joseph Hobbs
Stray Card Tables Left at Johnson Funeral Home
John son Funeral Home reports unattended card tables found on premises. Owners may claim by calling the funeral home. Mr and Mrs J L Thomas and family were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Ralph Thomas.
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Johnson Funeral Home
Funeral Home
J. L. Thomas
Ralph Thomas
Walter Crabtree
Spring Lake
Harold Wooawy
Fire In Projection Room Halts Lamar Shows
A fire in the Lamar Theater projection room damaged equipment during a screening of All My Sorts. Operator Hal Willett extinguished the blaze in minutes. Friday night show canceled with reopening expected Saturday.
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Lamar
Lamar Theatre
Hal Willett
Willett
WSIV Radio Features Farm Sales Calendar and Local Highlights
WSIV Pekin broadcasts a 12 25 p m weekday farm sales calendar with auctioneers sending schedules. Myles Foland offers a kissable lips contest via lipstick impressions. Springfield High athletic director Pete Peterman writes basketball features and airs comments on WSIV Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4 45 p m. Pat O Brien hosts Inside Hollywood weekdays at 10 30 a m sharing behind the scenes stories from USO tours.
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W Siv
Myles Foland
WSIV
Myles
Mark Peterman
Springfield High School
Pete
Springfield
Peterman
Pekin
Pat O’brien
Pat
O’brien
Granddaughter Donna Grossman Returns Home After Visit
Donna Grossman of Chicago returned home Saturday after a month with her grandparents Mr and Mrs Clyde Priddy. She was accompanied by her aunt Miss Claribelle Priddy who will extend her visit at the home of Mr and Mrs Jack Grossman and daughter.
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Donna Grossman
Chicago
Clyde Priddy
Claribelle Priddy
Jack Grossman
Laura Fredrick and Charles Maupin Wed January 29
Miss Laura Betty Fredrick daughter of Mr and Mrs John Fredrick of Manito married Charles Bernard Maupin in a candlelight ceremony at Manito Methodist church on Saturday January 29 at 7 p m The Rev David Powell officiated with the bride given in marriage by her father The gown was white satin with senior train and finger tip veil orange blossoms a juvenile reception followed at the church dining room The couple will live in Princeton after a wedding trip to Florida Attending were Jo Ann Williams Marge Hote tter Pauline Fredrick and Phillis Risen as bridesmaids and Roger Beckman Phillip Fredrick Owen Maupin as ushers
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Laura Betty Fredrick
John Fredrick
Manito
Charles Bernard Maupin
Princeton
Manito Methodist Church
David Powell
Jo Ann Williams
Ralph Lee
Marge Ho Tetter
Pauline Fredrick
Phillis Risen
Roger Beckman
Phillip Fredrick
Owen Maupin
Treemont
Florida
Pleasant Plains Community Club Meets for Charity Work
The Pleasant Plains Community Club met Wednesday afternoon at Ada Frederick's home. Members approved laws to aid a Pekin family in need and served lunch to a list of attendees including Ada Frederick, Cora Friedrich, Etta Holtman, Kath ry n Louise, Matilda Weimer, and others.
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Pleasant Plains
Obituary for Mary Friedrich of Manito and Manila area
Mary Helen Halpin Friedrich, born April 29, 1900 in Spring Lake Township, taught in Crescent and Green Valley schools and married Harry Friedrich in 1928. A devout Catholic, she lived in Manito and Green Valley, known for her kindness to pupils and neighbors. She died January 18, 1949 after a battle with double pneumonia.
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Manila
Pekin
Mary Friedrich
Mary
Mary Helen Halpin
Grace Garmon
James Halpin
Spring Lake Township
Crescent
County Line
Teachers’ College
Macomb
Havana
Harry Friedrich
Alward
Manito
Harry
Church of the Immaculat Conception
Cresent
Isenberg
Calloway
Coon Grove
Clover Leaf
Green Valley
Vernon Parr
Tigers Triumph in Mason County Tournament Semi Final
The Manito Tigers defeated Bath 43 to 27 to reach the final, with Lindsay leading Bath with 16 points while Kenny Thomas and Popeye Smith each scored 15 for Manito. The Tigers seized a late 9 point run to seal the victory as Bath struggled after a strong third quarter.
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Manito Tigers
Bath
Art Vallicelli
Ramblers
Lindsay
Tigers
Tiger Guins
Manito
Kenny Thomas
Popeye Smith
Miller Family Announces Baby Dennis Michael in Chicago
Mr and Mrs John R Miller of Chicago announce the birth of a son Dennis Michael on January 14 1949. The couple also has a two percent year old son Brian Douglas. Miller a former Manita resident is the son of Mrs Amelia Miller and Mr and Mrs James Goodin of Jacksonville. They are also related to Mrs Charles Endicott as great grandmother.
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John R. Miller
Chicago
Dennis Michael
Brian Douglas
Miller
Manita
Amelia Miller
James Goodin
Jacksonville
James
Charles Endicott
Worner Visits San Jose Hosts Dillard Worners
Robert Worner of San Jose spent the week-end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dillard Worner.
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Robert Worner
San Jose
Mrs. Dillard Worner
Donna Warner
Mrs
Charles Warner
Evelyn
Donna Jane Rankin
Delmar Laesch
Bloomington
Daniel Rankin
Mary Halpin Funeral Obituary Notice at Pekin Church
Mary Halpin died at Pekin hospital on Tuesday at 8 10 am after a long teaching career in Mason and Tazewell counties. Her remains were brought to Manito for Rosary and funeral services at her beloved church with Father Griffin. interment followed in Meadow Lawn Cemetery. She leaves a husband, parents, six brothers, a sister, and many relatives and friends.
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Pekin Hospital
Mary
Mason
Tazewell
Snall We
Manito
Father Griffin
Andrus
Pekin
Lyle Palmer
John Starrett
Chad Starrett
Robert Fornoff
Robert Rankin
Leonard Halters
Meadow Lawn Cemetery
Elizabeth Halpin
Peoria
George, Glen
Ivan Halpin
James Halpin
Paul Halpin
Roy Halpin
Mt. Olive
Grace Friedrich
Molly Corbett
Ola (Palmer
Manito Home Bureau to Meet February 10
The Manito Home Bureau will meet February 10 at Mrs. John Meeker’s home with Mrs. Bert Hill as co host. The major lesson by local leaders will be Planning and Serving Buffet Meals. Minor lesson will be Use of spices and herbs. Roll call will be with and apron pattern exchange.
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Manito
John Meeker
Bert Hill
Mrs Bertha Meyer 1890 1949 Manito Christian Woman
Funeral notices for Mrs. Bertha Himmel Meyer of Manito Illinois who died January 24 1949 at her home. Born December 21 1890 in Topeka she was a devoted member of Evangelical and Methodist churches and active in church groups. Survived by husband George two daughters Loren Glock and Glen Gore two granddaughters and two sisters. Funeral held January 27 at Manito Methodist Church with burial in Meadow Lawn Cemetery.
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Bertha Himmel Meyer
William
Emma Heyl Himmel
Topeka
Illinois
Parkland
Manita
George Meyer
Manito
Community Methodist Church
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Golden Links
Meyer
Royal Neighbors of America
George
Loren Glock
Peoria
Glen Gore
Galesburg
Vady
Barbara Glock
Ties Velde
James Seelye
Manito Methodist Church
Joseph Hobbs
David Powell
J. Arvil Seelye
Iva Clark
Harry Meyer
George Heyl
Lewis Warner
Melvin Meyer
Elmer Meyer
Nelson Meyer
Meadow Lawn Cemetery
Manito Dominates Mason City for Finals Clash
Manito defeated Mason City 43 to 36 to reach the championship game Saturday at 8 00 p m. Thomas led Manito with 18 points before fouling out while Eva of Mason City scored 12 to place second. Manito faces the Havana Ducks on the Ducks home court. two postponed games Kilbourne Feb 9 and San Jose Feb 16 have been rescheduled.
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Thomas
Manito
Eva
Mason City
Havana Ducks
Ducks
Kilbourne
San Jose
Schim Wen Wneewe
Barr
Smith
Ray
Bob
A Meyer
Bruce
Ta San AG
Eva Meen Wenn
Brien
Blessman
Dowell
Rav
Adams
Ron
Personal Items from Manito Illinois Report Various Local Guests
Local social notes list visitors and guests from Eureka college and nearby towns. Barbara Seelye Lois Meyer visited Arvill Seelye and Harold Meyer. C Nelson Warner attended the REA convention in New York City as district delegate. Several families hosted dinners and weekends with relatives from Galesburg Pekin Bloomington Joliet and Chicago.
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Barbara Seelye
Lois Meyer
Eureka College
Arvill Seelye
Mrs
Harold Meyer
C. Nelson Warner
New York City
REA
Warner
Illinois farmers push faster soil testing to protect cropland
A. A. Thor of the University of Illinois reports that soil testing across 68 county labs covered 700 000 acres in 1947 and about 1 million acres last year. He warns that at current rates 26 million acres of arable land require far more testing and retests every six to eight years. About $50 000 funded 11 276 farms last year, roughly one in twenty farms in the state.
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A. A. Thor
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
Thor
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Broadway
D. J. Powell
Egypt Community Church
Mason County
R. V. Watson
J.B. Cummingham
University of Illinois
Laura Fredrick
Charles Maupin
Richard Velde
Minnie Weeck
Heyworth
Warren Kwasigroh
Bob Farnum
Randy
Kenneth Look
Community Club Mets
Mary Helen Friedrich
Home Bureau
Bertha Meyer
Carl B. Thomas
Jane Moore
Beverly
Mildred Meyer Gore
Henry Heldenberand
Lincoln
John Watson
Jess Boice
Charles Wilson
Marlowe Wilson
Tommy Strawbridge
Bob Talbott
Joliet
Emma Tackman
Richard Thomas
Lloyd Yeates
Ann Treger
Rudy DeSutter
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