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Newspaper
Manito Community Express
Location
Manito, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1955
Page
7
L. E. Talbott of Peoria is visiting as a guest of his daughter and the Theodore Bender family. Miss Frances Meyer is spending the week with Mr. and Mrs. William Meyer and their family.
Calendar lists weekly events from January 21 to February 19 including church meetings, dances, sports tournaments, dinners, and club gatherings at various Mason City and Forman venues with dates and venues specified.
Manitoa area farmers may enroll in the Forman Agricultural Shop evening program. Ten sessions run from January 27 to March 29 with topics including Crop Outlook Farm Home Improvement plant foods propane farm safety spraying fertilizers and soil conservation. Enrollment costs one dollar and is arranged through the Agr Advisory Council Roy Dilson or the Agr Shop.
A four 4 H stunt show will take place at the Forest City Junior High Gym on Tuesday February 1. Five teams including two from Manita two from Forest City and one from Topeka will compete with the winner advancing to the County finalist show in Easton and then to the District. Tickets are sold by 4 H members.
Dave Fornett and Charles De Suter Jr. spent Sunday afternoon with Jim and John Parkin.
Miss Susan Metcalf became the bride of Donald Frederick in a single ring ceremony at Rev. Joseph W. Hobbs home on Tuesday evening January 11. Attending were Bea Metcalf and Donald Wilson. The bride is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Metcalf of Pekin, the groom son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Frederick of Manito. He recently completed service with the Armed Forces. They plan to reside in Manito in the Norman Smith apartment.
On January 5 Havana F F A visited Manila to play two basketball games. Forman won the first 37 to 30 thanks to a 16 foot jumper by Don Rollo at the final second. In the second game Havana edged Forman 37 to 35 in overtime. Forman now holds a 2 and 2 season record.
The Spring Lake Missionary Church and Sunday School host a Family Night at Spring Lake School this Saturday January 22 at 6 p.m. A chili supper precedes a program led by the Reds who will serve the Blues, featuring guest speaker Mrs C H Wiederkehr national superintendent of Sunshine Makers. Her talk A Little Child Shall Lead Them uses a flannelgraph illustration.
Forman F F A defeated Pekin F F A in two basketball games on January 12. Frosh Soph team won 47 42 with Larry Mittelfelt scoring 16 points. No 2 game ended 41 22 as a strong comeback boosted Forman to 4 2 on the season. Next game is January 19 at Forman Gym against Glasford. Public invited free admission.
Saturday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Beebe included Mrs. Mary Barnes of Normal Mrs. George Paul of Peoria and Mrs. Elmer Neikirk.
Miss Shirley Jones daughter of Mr and Mrs Dick Jones of Metamora was elected Snow Queen of Metamora High School by student vote after selection from the Freshman class. She led the Grand March and received the crown at the Snow Festival Dance. The Jones family previously lived near Manito where Mr Jones worked for Manito Hardware Co.
The Forman Agricultural Adult Classes finished the first series of meetings for the year. About 15.2 men attended on average per session. Enrollment fee set by the Ag Advisory Council is 25 cents per meeting attended.
Joseph W. Hobbs will depart Friday for a combined business and pleasure journey. He will visit Harlingen Texas then drive to New Orleans sightseeing en route, aiming to be away from work about three weeks.
Eight by ten prints from Express photographs offered at one dollar per copy. Limited quantity available per request.
Sunday dinner guests of Miss Anna Gripp included Mr and Mrs Vernon Graff and family and Miss Leona Graff. Merrill Huffman left Wednesday for El Cajon California after being called home by the death of his father J T Huffman.
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