Forest City Ladies Aid Meets at Mrs Alvin Matthews
Mrs Alvin Matthews hosted Forest City Ladies Aid at her home on Friday. Members worked on quilts and shared chowder at 12 30. President Mrs Merlyn Jackson led the meeting with secretary Mrs Harry Embree reading reports. Two dollars were donated to Salvation Army Heart Red Cross and Cancer funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Matthews
Forest City Ladies Aid Society
Merlyn Jackson
Harry Embree
Salvation Army
Heart
Red Cross
Cancer Funds
Quitting
Mesdames
Orze Sherer
G. F. Carey
Elmer Ortell
Pete Krei
Otho Thomas
Yora Frank
al Wilson
the Stess
Neikirk Snyder nuptials at Pekin church draw relatives
The Neikirk Snyder wedding was held at St John’s Lutheran church in Pekin with many relatives in attendance including Warren and Marvin Neikirk and Nan Ian and Marc. Nearby gatherings featured Mr and Mrs Howard Hubbard and others joining Sunday dinners and visits across Forest City Easton Havana and Peoria. Rudolph Wahlfeld returned to Dwight Veterans hospital after a three week home stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Neikirk
Marvin Neikirk
Nan‘iann
Marc
Neikirk-Snyder
T. John’s Lutheran Church
Pekin
Legion Aide Seeks Expanded G I Benefits for Korea Vets
The American Legion and Auxiliary urge Congress to extend education and national loan programs of the World War II G I Bill to Korean War veterans. A Rankin introduced bill seeks parity, with more proposed pension, disability, and widows benefits. Also noted is a pot luck supper by the Comrades of the Way in a Methodist church event with Holy Land pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Stuart Thomas
Hill-Palmer Auxiliary
Congress
John E. Rankin
Mississippi
W House Veterans Affairs Committee
American Legion and Auxiliary
Legion and Auxiliary
Thomas
Rankin
Comrades OF Way
Comrades of the Way
Methodist Church
Holy Land
Forman School Club Meeting At Forest City
The Forman School Club holds its regular monthly meeting Monday evening February 18 at Forman Junior High School in Forest City. Juanita Lempke chairs the program and Geneva Schuttler handles food. Families should bring fruit salad and cookies. card tables and cards are requested for the evening’s entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forman
Forman Junior High School
Forest City
Juanita Lempke
Geneva
Family fish fry at county home hosts local clans
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Fletcher and Raetta, Morton, and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Shelabarger attended a fish fry at the county home of their parents, the Cleve Shelabargers, on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Fletcher
Raetta, Morton
Bill Shelabarger
Cleve Shelabargers
Local Briefs Chapter of Visit and Travel Notes
Mr and Mrs Fred Lussenhop and son Al completed a three week motor trip to California returning home via Phoenix Arizona with a stop at Fred Graff's. Eddie Park and wife came back from Georgia after a three week machinery school. They also visited Pfc Larry Park in Texas and another co worker in Wye. Russell Maas and J A Seelye attended a Hudson Corp sales meeting in Ottawa. Wayne Wistehuff and sons joined James Seelye for Sunday dinner. Weekend guests at Mrs Mary Lu Runyon and Mr George Hubbard included Eugene Standard and Mrs Donald Reily and son Michael of Bensonville IL. Standard and Reily are former Mona Lu and Adah Jean Parr, Runyon's granddaughters. Walter DeVore and son are visiting relatives in Billings MO for a week. George Ethell and daughter Ira Mae were dinner guests of her grandparents Ralph and Mrs. Ethell. Harold Selke and wife from Peoria visited the Selke parents. Barbara Seelye stayed overnight with her parents Saturday. Joan and Beverly Dennis returned to Bradley University after a semester break with S E Dennis. Mrs Ben Bilyeu and children joined Mr and Mrs Ben Bilyeu Jr of Mason City to Curran to visit relatives. Edgar Nelson and family from Billings MO visited Saturday through Monday with Walter DeVore and son. Nelsons are Mrs DeVore’s parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Hubbard
Elsie Emmons
Eugene Hubbard
Forest City
John Halpin
San Jose
Floyd Beale
Sherry
Delta Lou Beale
Peoria
Joan Quaff
Rock Island
Jack Beale
Joan Shaw
Rudolph Wahlfeld
Veterans Hospital
Dwight
Kenneth Emmons
Mabel Emmons
Easton
G. H. Dimond
William Ellis
Gertrude Webb
Petorky
Mich
Illinois
California
Harmon Bruning
Havana
William Dawson
Denny
Ronald Lee
Karen Sue
Harry Embree
Marvin Neikirk
Huey Seed Dealer
Lincoln Hotel
Russell Rickett
Elmer Rickett
Southern Illinois
Elmer
Sam
Dahlgreen
Russell Ricketts
Cairo
Chris. Sheperdson
Springfield
al Wilson
Shepherdsons
Edwin
Dunlap, II
Ben Ford
Hopedale
Nora Cannon
Ford
Lois. Ary
Miss Cannon
Leo Swinehart
Niles
Georgia Hicks
Elizabeth van Etten
Cecil van Etten
Roger
Grant Witherbee
Then
Swinehart
Lena van Etten
Robert Null
H. E. Null
Mason City
Fred Lussenhop
Phoenix
Arizona
Fred Graff
Eddie Parkin
Georgia
Pfc
Larry Parkin
Texas
Wye
Russell Maas
J. A. Seelye
Ottawa
Hudson Corp
Wayne Wistehuff
James Seelyes
Mary Lu Runyon
George Hubbard
Eugene Standard
Donald Reily
Michael
Bensonville
Standard
Reily
Mona Lu
Adah Jean Parr
Runyon
Walter DeVore
Billings
George Ethell
Ira Mae
Ralph Ethell
Harold Selke
Nelsons
DeVore
Dinner guests visit brother at Spring Lake
Fred and Sam Shelabarger of Fulton County were dinner guests Friday at the home of their brother Cleve and family at Spring Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Sam Shelabarger
Fulton Co
Cleve
Spring Lake
Call for bigger grain crops prompts early fertilizer orders
Middle West Soil Improvement Committee urges farmers to secure fertilizer supplies early as grain stocks shrink with rising livestock feed needs. Agronomists say corn and small grains could rise 50 to 100 percent with proper soil management and 300 to 400 pounds of fertilizer per acre, fall seeding and spring top-dressing, plus legume-grass seedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle West Soil Improvement Committee
Sunday guests visit near Bath
Mr and Mrs Bill Shelabanger were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Alvin Kramer near Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Shelabanger
Mrs
Alvin Kramer
Bath
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L. A. Wilson
Ladies Aid
Builders’ Supplies
Ih Insulation Board& Insulation Wool Cresote
Conklin Lumber CO
Pekin, Ml
The
Manito Community Express
St. Valentine’s Day
Middle States Telephone CO
Hove
Leifheit Brothers
Manito, Ill
Bender Sales& Service
Manito, Illinois
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