Forest City Home Bureau Meeting Recap
Forest City Home Bureau Unit will hold an all day meeting on Wednesday February 22 at Mrs William Parr's home. Mrs Clarence Kreiling will co host. The gathering starts at 11 00 am with Mrs John Harms presiding. Miss Wanda Sward will present the Major Lesson Planning Meals to Save Time and Energy. The Minor Lesson Program Planning will be given by local leaders. A covered dish luncheon will be served at noon. All members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City Home Bureau
William Parr
Clarence Kreiling
John ‘Harms
Wanda Sward
Clinebells Welcome Daughter Joy Lynn at Proctor Hospital
Mr and Mrs Eldon Clinebell announce the birth of their sixth child a daughter born Sunday morning February 12 at 6 o'clock at Proctor Hospital Peoria Illinois Joy Lynn is the first daughter for the couple and joins the family lineup with happiness and pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldon Clinebell
Proctor Hospital
Peoria
Ill
Joy Lynn
Forest City Family Welcomes Joyce Ann Allen
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Allen announce the birth of a daughter born February 6 at Pekin hospital. The six pound girl is named Joyce Ann and has a seven year old sister Sharon. Grandparents include Mr. and Mrs. J Floyd Whitaker of Forest City and Mr. and Mrs. Emer son Clinebell, with maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dierker. The paternal grandmother is Mrs. Terry Allen of Tunnelton Indiana. The infant is temporarily at St. Francis hospital Peoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Allen
Forest City
Pekin Hospital
Joyce Ann
Sharon
Frank Dierker
Havana
Terry Allen
Tunnelton
Indiana
Forest City Church Night Postponed Over Bad Roads
The family church event set for Monday February 13 is postponed due to bad road conditions near Forest City. A new date will be announced soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City
Pinochle Club Reunion Hosted by Mr and Mrs Foste
Mr and Mrs Clarence Foste entertained the pinochle club at their rural home on Saturday evening. Tables of pinochle were played and refreshments served to Mr and Mrs Roy White, Mr and Mrs Otto Sverker, Mr and Mrs Kirby Lallis, and Mr and Mrs Clarence Kreiling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Foste
Roy White
Otto Sverker
Kirby Lawlis
Clarence Kreiling
Birthday Club Visits Mrs Ward in Mason City
Mrs Ward hosted the birthday club at her Mason City home on Friday evening February 10 in observance of her birthday. Prizes were awarded to Mrs Louis Lempke and Mrs Rudolph Wahlfeld. Guests included Mesdames Vera Herman Babe Folkvaan Rudolph Wahlfeld Louis Lempke Howard Hubbard Eula Collier and Gladys Wilkinson.
Birthday Dinner Honors Alvin Mathews on February 11
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Mathews hosted a six o'clock dinner Saturday evening February 11 to honor Alvin Mathews birthday. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. George Frank Miss Mabel Maxwell who also shared a birthday Jack Woiwode and daughters Connie and Joyce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Mathews
Alvin
George Frank
Mabel Maxwell
Jack Woiwode
Alvin (Mathews
Connie
Joyce
Forest City 4-H Club Holds February Party Highlights
Forest City Merry-Mixers 4-H Club hosted a February party at Eloise Whitaker's home on February 9 with Arla Jean Foste as co host. Prizes of candy and nuts were awarded for games and contests and refreshments were served to a long list of members and leaders. The report notes officers will be the same as the Summer club and future events are planned with announcements forthcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City
Merry-Mixers 4-H Club
Eloise Whitaker
Arla Jean Foste
Lurelle Whitaker
Darlene Dosier
June Tisdale
Virginia Carey
Josephine Tisdale
Glenna Mae Spaits
Donna Epa
Forest City teacher completes curriculum course progress
Mr. Beryl LeCount of Forest City High School finished a Peoria course on Trends and Techniques of Curriculum Making held on Wednesday nights. He now has five of the eight units needed for his Masters Degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beryl LeCount
Forest City High School
Peoria
Interest Shown at Art Meeting by Home Bureau Women
An all day Friday gathering at Mrs. Roy Hibbard's home drew a large crowd of Home Bureau Women and friends. They learned textile painting and figurine painting with demonstrations and shared appreciation for the arts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Hibbard
Home Bureau
Manito Community Expresses Evening on Glass Art
On Thursday February 16, 1950 Manito members gathered for a glass etching and textile painting session. Mrs. John Fischer hosted figurines with works by Miss Jeanne Gibbard and Mrs. Alvin Pfeiffer guiding the group. Morning focused on textile painting with Mrs. Al Wilson teaching and Mrs. Roy Hibbard on glass etching. lunch followed by more figurine painting as the day quickly passed. Attendees included Mesdames John Harms Norman White Roy White Elsie Emmons Henry Wahlfeld William Parr Lee Langston Alvin Pfeiffer Percy Kreiling Helena Peister Otto Dierker and daughter Alfred Woiwode and daughter Jeanne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fischer
Manito
Jeanne Gibbard
Alvin Pfeiffer
al Wilson
Roy Hibbard
Sunday Dinner Guests From Canton And Peoria
Hibbard and Folkman families hosted in Canton Canton guests included Mrs Al Wilson Mrs Roy Hibbard Mrs Babe Folkman and Melvin Folkman. Frank Woiwode and Terry joined guests of Verne Cotton family in Peoria. Cotton and Woiwode were friends in the Army at Sioux Falls SD. Ray Langston and children Denny and Mary were also listed as Sunday guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babe Folkman
Melvin Folkman
Clayton
Folkman
Canton
Frank Woiwode
Terry
Verne Cotton
Peoria
Cotton
Armed Service
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Ray Langston
Denny
Mary
Local Social Guests Report from Illinois Homes
Rer guests of Mr and Mrs William Garner at Greenview Ill Mr and Mrs Robert Stuyvesant and son of Peoria were recent guests of Mr and Mrs Frank Woi wods and Terry Dr and Mrs Frank Peasley of Pekin were Sunday afternoon call ers of Mrs Bertha Ellenberger Mrs Esther Armbrust returned to the home of Miss Elsie White
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Garner
Greenview
Ill
Robert Stuyvesant
Peoria
Frank Woiwods
Terry
Frank Peasley
Pekin
Bertha Ellenberger
Esther Armbrust
Elsie White
Local Family Visit Highlights Farm Talk
Bunday spent time at Green Valley caring for his niece Mrs Al Hints and baby. Mr and Mrs Amos Stratton and son Melvin and Miss Mildred Carey were Sunday afternoon callers of the Frank Careys. Less than 5 percent of the 24 million milking cows in the U S are registered animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunday
Green Valley
al Hints
Amos Strattond
Melvin
Mildred Carey
Frank Carey
U. S
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Leifkeit
Manito, Ill
Community Express
A. A. DeVore, Jr
Manko, Il
Rand Deluxe
Elgin
Russell McClintick
Illinois
L. A. Wilson
Louis
Amie Simons
Ford Spotlight
FORD
Ford Road
Bender Sales & Service
Manito, Illinois
Mary Whitaker
J. Floyd Whitaker
Emerson Clinebell
Entertain Pinochle Club
N. Reuling Co. Tiki
Peoples State Bank OF
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Conducted By
Leah Jane Slotter
CILCO
Community Methodist Church
Fli
Central Illinois Light CO
Manito Community Expres
EE R. L. Mahr Manito, Ill
DeSutter Supply
Manita
Desutter
Wayne
Apex Washers Moore’s
Frank Desutter
Ferguson
Wm. Humbaugh
IMP. CO. Pekin, Mlinois
Buick
Buick Care
Chevrolet
Cor
Pine Street
Delavan
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