North Mason 4-H Stunt Contest at Forman Junior High
North Mason 4-H Club stages a stunt show on February 1 1955 at 7 30 p m in Forman Junior High Gym Forest City. Five clubs from Manito Forest City Topeka area compete with winners advancing to county district and state contests. Notable acts include Fancy Fixers Forman 4-H and Merry Maidens Forest City with piano solos vocal numbers and novelty stunts. Tickets 25 cents adults 10 cents children at the door or from 4-H members.
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North Mason
Forman
Forest City
Manito - Forest City
Topeka
Bath
Seaston
Mason City
Fancy Fixers
Manito
Happy Hustlers - Ag
Merry Maidens Home Ee
Merry Maidens
Janet Schleder
James Watthauer
Form
Merry
Barbara Heyl
David Hirst
Billy Masters
Jean Noll
Beverly Proehl
James D. Proehl
Kenneth Schuttler
Nancy Warner
Mary Skinner
The
Patty Endicott
Patia Himmel
Marie Schacherbauer
Don O’hara
Forrest Davis
Stanley Noll
Janet Noll
Wntry
Happy Hustlers
Karen Zeeck
Mary Lynn Gosda
Jerry Vance
David Bale
Don Barrett
Phyllis Holcomb
Mary Underringer
Victoria Young
Everett Woiwode
4-H
New England Snowfall Brings Heavy Cold and Hazardous Travel
Snow blanketed fields and highways this week with temperatures dropping to about 14 below. Tonight should be milder near 10 to 15 above, but light snow falls raise driving hazards. Residents recall lines of a poem describing the winter white as sleds reappear and shovels hit the streets. Drive carefully tomorrow.
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New England
New Pastor Appointed at St Pauls Lutheran Church
The Rev Harold Schlicker of Bible Grove Illinois is named the new pastor at St Pauls Lutheran Church. A Concordia Seminary graduate he has filled the pulpit on Sundays during 1954 55 and will move with his wife and four children to the parsonage at month end. Newly elected church officers for 1955 were installed by vacancy pastor Rev Lester H Kuker after Morning Services.
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Harold Schlicker
Bible Grove
Ill
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Schlicker
Concordia Seminary
St. Louis
St. Paul’s
Borchelt
St. Paul's Parsonage
Lester H. Kuker
Hewitts Welcome Son Born in Spring Valley Hospital
Mr and Mrs Leonard O Hewitt of McNabb announce the birth of a 6 pound 6 ounce boy on January 22 at Spring Valley hospital He joins three brothers and four sisters in the family.
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Leonard O. Hewitt
McNabb
Spring Valley Hospital
Mason 4-H Drive Promotes Local Building Fund
The Mason 4-H Drive kicks off to raise funds for three buildings with several thousand dollars raised in two days. Residents from Manita and Forest City are asked to donate via solicitors or by contacting Bill Masters Ernie Beebe or Bud Warner, as door to door efforts skip south Tazewell County. All F F A members from Forman High School may show in the Havana Junior Show, Mason or Tazewell County. The campaign promises to be a one time building program with visible results for the Forman area.
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Manita
Forest City
South Tazewell County
Tazewell
Bill Masters
Ernie Beebe
Bud Warner
F.F.A
Forman High School
Havana
Mason
Forman
Still Time To Donate To March Of Dimes
Approximately two hundred dollars has been raised in Manila during the March of Dimes Campaign to date. Mrs. Ruth Parkins, chairman, reports that $21.85 came from the March of Dimes Dance and the rest from the Boy Scout Canvass containers school contributions and public donations. A complete report with itemized donations will be published later.
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Manila
Ruth Parkins
Chili Supper January 29 Sponsored by Eastern Star
Tickets remain on sale for a chili supper sponsored by Rebec ca Chapter Order of Eastern Star at the Masonic Hall on Saturday evening January 29. Serving starts at 5 00 p m with homemade candy for sale during serving hours.
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Rebecca Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Adult Home Ec Class To Feature Guest Speaker
The Adult Home Ec class will welcome guest speaker Robert Wieties of Fay Fabrics 64683 at 7 30 Thursday evening February 3 in the Forman Home Ec Department. Members are urged to bring a friend.
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Robert Wieties
Main St. Fay Fabrics
Forman Home
Chili and Oyster Supper at Legion Hall on Feb 16
Tickets are on sale for a Chili and Oyster supper sponsored by Hill Palmer Post 561 and Unit. The event is Wednesday evening Feb 16 at the Legion Hall with serving from 6 00 p m. Veteran s Handicraft items and home made candy will be on sale and entertainment is planned after supper.
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Hill-Palmer Post 561
Unit
Legion Halls
Engagement announced for Donna Marie Worner and Gilbert Baechler
Mr and Mrs C Nelson Worner of Manito Illinois announce the engagement of their daughter Donna Marie to Gilbert I Baechler son of Clarence Baechler of Ot Momence Illinois and the late Mrs Baechler Donna Marie a Bradley University graduate teaches physical education at Deer Creek Mackinaw High School Gilbert a graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington is head football coach at Deer Creek Mackinaw High School A June wedding is planned.
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C. Nelson Worner
Manito
Ill
Donna Marie
Gilbert I. Baechler
Clarence Baechler
Rte
Momence
Baechler
Miss Worner
Bradley University of Peoria
Deer Creek
Mackinaw High School
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Extension Course To Begin Tuesday February 1
Illinois State Normal University extension course E162 Survey of Special Education will be offered at Mason City High School in Room 12 during the second semester. It provides 2 semester hours with a $10 enrollment fee. First meeting is Tuesday February 1, 1955 at 5 p.m., taught by Dr Mildred Ingram. Members will decide if weekly meetings continue Tuesdays.
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L. W. Miller
Illinois Statee Normal University
Mason City High School
Mildred Ingram
Knox College Honors 41 Freshmen Including John P. Lynch
John P. Lynch is named an honor student at Knox College Galesburg Illinois. Forty one freshmen, among over 300 in the class, meet the 1.75 GPA criterion for Honor Scholars. Lynch is son of Mrs Christine Lynch Manito and a Forman Graduate class of 1954. Mrs Lynch, Knox graduate class of 1928, is his mother.
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John P. Lynch
Knox College
Galesburg
Illinois
Christine Lynch
Manito
Forman
Knox
John Deere Day draws large crowd in Manita Forest City area
A community meeting sponsored by Seelye Hardware packed the gym as Manita and Forest City residents attended John Deere Day. Attendees watched five films including Miss Hattie with four other John Deere promotional reels. Door prizes such as 25 pounds of Riley Bros. Grease won by Milton Jacobs, a speed indicator to Laurence Whiteford, a can opener to Gene Richardson, and mixing bowls to Mrs. Charles Roat were awarded.
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Jim Seelye
Manita
Forest City
Seelye Hardware
Milton Jacobs
Laurence Whiteford
Gene Richardson
Charles Roat
Mason Co Rural Youth Banquet and Dance Event
The Mason County Rural Youth banquet and dance takes place February 5 1956 at St Pauls Lutheran Havana with Reverend Fell of San Jose as speaker. Fulton Co Down Beats will play at the Grade School Gym after a 6 30 banquet and 9 30 dance. Tickets for both events are $2 available from Rural Youth members or the farm bureau office.
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Mason County
St Paul’s Lutheran Church of
Havana
Pearl Street
Fell
First Methodist Church
San Jose
Fulton Co. Down Beats
Farm Bureau
Fischer Family Visits Honor Local Weekend Guests
Mr and Mrs John Fischer and daughters visited over the past weekend with relatives and friends in our community. They stayed overnight Saturday at the home of Henry Fischer and Sunday evening were joined by Mr and Mrs Wm H Fischer and sons for supper at the Henry Fischer home.
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John Fischer
Henry Fischer
Wm. H. Fischer and Sons
Sick Notes Recap of Local Hospitalized Residents
Butch Zimmerman, son of Mr and Mrs Oron Zimmerman, had a tonsillectomy at Methodist Hospital Peoria last Friday morning. He returned home that game evening and convalesces at home this week. Charles Gorden Sr. remains in Pekin Hospital since Jan 19 in serious condition, has come out from the oxygen tent but remains ill.
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Butch” Zimmerman
Oron Zimmerman
Methodist Hospital
Peoria
Charles Gorden Sr
Pekin Hospital
Bill Isenberg Taken To Pekin Hospital In Ambulance
Bill Isenberg was transported to Pekin Hospital Monday evening by Johnson Ambulance after an incident requiring urgent medical care.
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Bill” Isenberg
Pekin Hospital
Johnson Ambulance
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Forman Jr. High
Jerry Bilyeu
Merrill Dierker
Keith Himmel
Kurt Rankin
Endicott
Kay Watthauer
Ronald Handke
Hewitts
March of Dimes
Legion Hall
Donna Marie Worner
Pat Lynch
John Deere
Armington Hei
Kilbourne Thei
Kilbourne Heie
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