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Newspaper
Manito Community Express
Location
Manito, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1953
Page
6
Local bulletin from Manito carries community notes and notices dated January 15, 1953. Updates cover town events, upcoming meetings, and public service announcements for residents and organizations in the area.
Johnny Pruitt and Henry Knutson captured the Choose Your Partner Shuffle Trophy from a field of 104 entrants in a recent Florida tourney. The note from Lackland Florida News notes the couple wintering in Florida with Mary Ellen and includes a local sighting of robins in Manito.
Parkland Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hilton of Washington and Aaron Finley visited Sunday noon with Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Becker and son Kenny. In Delavan, Mr. and Mrs. Arne Herrman and family dined with Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Donley. Wm. Kearn spent Tuesday with Sidney Coombs family.
Bert Becker and son. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Scherer visited Mr. and Mrs. Ernest DeSutter Monday evening. The Meyers and Their Kin shared time with Elroy Golden of Champaign and Wayne Meyer’s family. Guests included Michael of Redwood California and others from Pekin Green Valley Peoria and Pe kin. Homemade ice cream cake soda coffee served.
Ty and Mrs. Clarence Meyer along with Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Meyer and Ronnie and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Meyer are listed with their families in this obituary fragment. The text records multiple Meyer family members tied to a single notice.
The January meeting of the Altar and Rosary Society was enjoyed Monday evening at the Catholic Men's Center. Co-hostesses were Mesdames Juanita Faulkner and Emma Hart. Mrs. Mary J. Vaughn presided, and Sec. Mrs. Clara McCraith reported. Social hour featured pinochle and cinquains with prizes to Shirley Gumbel and Mary J. Vaughn.
A. J. Woiwode, Ernest Palmer and Nora Cannon received special prize. Others present included Mesdames Frank Woiwode Kathryn Hamilton Christine Johnson Johnanna Eidmann Anita Himmel Lois De Sutter Minnie Meyer Eva Wilson Clara McCraith Lorraine Meyer and guest Mrs Anna Zang of Peoria.
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