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Newspaper
Manito Community Express
Location
Manito, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1949
Page
6
Arcner Quality and Swift's Mixed Feeds advertise direct car lot shipments with best prices. Rickett Grain & Feed Co offers portable hammermill service in Manila area every Thursday. Palmer's Market invites free coffee and donuts on Saturday February 19. Call for economical, efficient service.
For sale several Farmall tractors including 1 reg Farmall 1 F-20 1 F-80 and 1 1942 model Farmall M. Also listed are a 221 G hydraulic lift cultivator 9 ft a gas refrigerator 9 ft a Kelvinator a 4 row mounted corn planter new open end barrows four sections from Manito Hardware Manito Illinois phone 32.
Forest City Community High School seniors select Grandad Steps Out a three act farce by Felicia Metcalfe to be staged April 1 at 8 00 pm produced by Heuer Publishing Company under supervision of Mrs Lawds in the English department. Barbara Whitaker receives DAR Good Citizenship award for outstanding character and service. Jean Eyman and Wanda Hall honored as student librarians with pins at a meeting of Forest City High School librarians. many staff aim to complete 175 hours of library work by semester end.
Sunday School gathers Sunday at 9 45 led by superintendent Byron Kreiling. The brief program notes the time and leadership for attendees.
C Nelson Warner announces a Federated church official board meeting after the evening service on Sunday February 27. All members urged to attend. Home and School Club reports a successful Embree Grocery sale raising twenty three dollars from decor. prizes and seventy six dollars in total for a movie projector. Grade school club February meeting set for February 21 at the school house with Mrs Beale and daughter as hosts and R G Casey and Herman Moldenhauer handling entertainment.
Mrs Ward Montgomery entertained the Forest City Birthday Club at her Mason City area home on Friday in honor of her birthday with Mesdames Carl Folkman Rudolph Wahlfeld Louis Lempke Vera Hermann and Howard Hubbard attending. Others included Mrs ula Collier Pekin and Mrs Gladys Welkman Mason City. The same evening Mrs Russel Petty hosted members of her club for a February birthday with pinochle and prizes awarded to Virden Himmel Frank Woiwode Kenneth Fletcher Olen Kennedy and a door prize to Mrs Carl Fletcher. Attendees included Walter Ingerski Virden Himmel Ralph Kreiling Ray Langston Olen Bartel Kenneth Fletcher Charles Embree Don Louis Olen Kennedy Marvin Neikirk Frank Woiwode Raymond Van Orman and guests Mrs Fred Engelke and Miss Jeanne Hibbard. Refreshments followed. The February Forest City Home Bureau meeting at Mrs Roy Robbins home featured a flag contest and Farm and Home Week update by Mrs Roy Hibbard. New members welcomed include Mrs Casey Mrs Russell Ricketts Mrs Eldon Clinebell and Mrs William Parr. Lessons covered spices herbs buffet service planning and serving buffet meals. Fourteen members and guests Stanley Noel Floyd Le Sourd Topeka Bertha Ellen ...
Donna Lee Meyer spent a weekend with her sister Lois at Eureka College. Mrs. Mabel Schuttler and her son visited Mrs. John D. Proehl on Wednesday. Mrs. Dr Ikida of Peoria stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Schmith on Monday. Iva Clark returned from Havana where she cared for her ill daughter and family Loren Himmel. Engle Ben Palmer and wife were dinner guests of Frank Palmer. Charles Meyer and sons from San Jose dined with Glenn Smith. Marvin Smith of Havana was a weekend guest in the home. Advertising notes do cost but it pays to try it yourself.
Mr and Mrs Owen Singley were dinner guests Sunday of Mr and Mrs Paul Dix in Mason City confirming social visiting patterns and local ties.
Mr and Mrs Eugene Bradman and family were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Harold Selke, sharing a family meal and conversation.
Mr and Mrs Folbert Maas and Mrs Reuben Golden and son David visited Green Valley Sunday as guests of Henry and Miss Katherine Stoetzer. Rudy Vetter and Russel Maas with Randy were Sunday guests of Mrs Maas's father David Kepford in Petersburg. Jean O'Hara and Mrs Cleve Shelabarger called on Robert Wiseman. Marcella Meyer and Gertrude Meyer, both connected with St. Francis hospital, were weekend guests of their parents, William and wife. Henry Hirst Sr and Adam Weyrich hosted Sunday guests.
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