Funeral services set for John K. Crosby Friday
John K. Crosby, a Manito area farmer and longtime resident, died Tuesday morning at 7 30 in his home after two years of ill health. Born October 15 1891 in Malone township he was married January 4 1925 to Lela Warner. He served as a director of Granger elevator and Mason City Farmer's Mutual and belonged to Egypt Community church. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday January 29 at Manito Community Methodist church with two local pastors presiding.
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John K. Crosby
Manito
Malone Township
Silas
Laurinda Crosby
Lela Warner
Crosby
Egypt Community Church
Granger Elevator
Mason City Farmer’s Mutual
Loida Crosby
Russell
Bruce Crosby
Green Valley
Mary Boyer
Forest City
Johnson Funeral
Manito Community Methodist Church
Edward Watson
Joseph W. Hobbs
Dillard Warner
Bertha Briggs
Henry Fornoff
Laurence Thomas
Bert Spears
Henry Wahlfeld
Walter Sunderland
A. D. Meeker
Meadow Lawn Cemetery
Adult Classes Monday Night at Forman High
Agriculture and Home Economics classes meet Monday evening February 1 instead of February 3. Trevor Jones will lead the agriculture discussion and instructors seek good attendance.
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Forman High
Trevor Jones
Oil Town U S A premieres in Manito Feb 6
Rev Billy Graham presents Oil Town U S A in Forman Gym Manito at 7 30 p m Saturday February 6 1960 admission free first come seats 900 Y F C officials say film covers Graham crusade in Houston and Rice Stadium rally with 60 000 attendees including Colleen Townsend Evans Georgia Lee Paul Powers Robert Clarke and Redd Harper Cindy Walker.
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Billy Graham
Texas
U.S.A
Forman Gymnasium
Manito
Houston
Rice Stadium
Graham
Hollywood
Colleen Townsend Evans
Georgia Lee
Paul Powers
Robert Clarke
Redd Harper
Cindy Walker
Phillip Golden
Y. F.C
Forman
Homecoming for Meyer and Schim Melpfenning
Bruce Meyer and Max Schim melpfenning returned home Tuesday evening after completing a tour of duty in Europe.
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Bruce Meyer
Max Schimmelpfenning
Europe
Roy Coriell Dies Retired Farmer in Manito
Roy J. Coriell a retired farmer from Manito died Tuesday January 26 at a Peoria hospital. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Johnson Funeral Home with Rev. Joseph W. Hobbs officiating. Burial in Meadow Lawn cemetery. Surviving are his widow Mary Fischer Coriell a daughter Arletta Hill a brother Fred Cornell a sister Ray Bankership and three grandchildren. He was born December 27 1877 in Delavan and lived in Fairfield Indiana earlier in life. He belonged to the Green Valley Methodist church and spent years farming before moving to Green Valley Manito area. Funeral home calls advised.
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Roy J. Coriell
Manito
Peoria
Johnson Funeral Home
Joseph W. Hobbs
Delavan
Isaiah
Aurelia Worstall Cornell
Mary Fischer
Green Valley
Fairfield
Fred Cornell
Ray Bankership
Centralia
Welding Class To Be Organized In Forman Area
An adult welding class will be organized with an organizational meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Forman agriculture room. Mr. Crabtree of Havana will instruct, and a $2.50 charge will help cover instruction and equipment costs.
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Forman
Crabtree
Havana
Darrell V. Henry Promoted to Corporal in Korea
Darrell V. Henry of Topeka Illinois, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Henry, has been promoted to corporal with the Eighth Army in Korea. He serves as a file clerk in the operations section of headquarters and arrived overseas last July. Henry holds the Korean and UN Service Ribbons and previously worked for Caterpillar Tractor Co. in Peoria before enlisting in October 1952.
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Eighth Army
Korea
Darrell V. Henry
Leslie Henry
Topeka
Ill
Henry
Headquarters
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Peoria
Royal Neighbors February meeting at Alice Meyer home
Oak Leaf Camp No. 4 of the Royal Neighbors of America will hold its February meeting and party at the home of Oracle Alice Meyer. All Royal Neighbors are invited to attend.
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Oak Leaf Camp No
Royal Neighbors of
America
Alice Meyer
Last Rites Held For Franklin Woodley
Franklin Woodley a 74 year old Spring Lake farmer and civic leader died suddenly Monday January 26. He served 35 years on the local school board and held many community roles including Farm Bureau treasurer and Red Cross board member. Funeral services were held January 28 at the Manito Methodist Church with interment in the local cemetery.
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Franklin Woodley
Spring Lake
Tazewell County
Mr. Woodley
Cincinnati Township
Samuel
Rose Combs Woodley
Elizabeth Schulz
Woodley
Tazewell Co. Farm Bureau
Tazewell Service Co
American Red Cross
Sarah Meyer
LaVerne Woodley
Houston
Texas
Roy Woodley
Horace
Floyd Woodley
Pekin
Clarence Woodley Manito
Pekin Light Bills Go To Pekin Central Illinois Office
Pekin Central Illinois Light Co customers must mail or deliver remittance to the Pekin office. Chas A Beebe and the Jenkins Rexall Store have halted handling the Light Co collections effective immediately.
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Central Illinois Light Co
Pekin
Chas
A. Beebe
Jenkins Rexall
The
Light Co
Dixie Dale Dwyer 6 Month Old Dies of Leukemia
Dixie Dale Dwyer died January 19 in Washington state at ten days old after acute leukemia. She was born July 23 in Paducah Kentucky and had lived in Sunnyside Washington since September. She is survived by parents Richard and Virginia Dwyer two sisters Patty and Judy and her maternal grandparents of Ipava Illinois.
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Manito
Dixie Dale Dwyer
Richard
Virginia Dwyer
Washington State
Dixie Dale
Paducah
Sunnyside Wash
Patty
Judy
Ipava
Illinois
Rotary Meeting Canceled By Ice and Cold Weather
The weekly Rotary Club gathering was canceled at the start of the week due to icy roads and frigid conditions, postponing plans and activities.
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Rotary News
Rotary Club
Felt Hat Drive At Forman High School
The Home Making class of Forman High School begins a drive for old felt hats of any type, color, or size for use in a class project. Students seek participation from the community to gather hats for the project and to support their lesson.
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Forman High School
Forman High School DAR Good Citizen Named
Shirley Schimmerpfenning, daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman Schimmerpfenning, was chosen by Forman High School in Manito to receive the local DAR Good Citizen award. She has a straight A average, active in chorus FHA junior play cast newspaper staff and annual staff, plans business training as a secretary.
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Forman High School
Manito
Petersburg
Shirley Schimmerpfenning
Schimmelpfenning
Herman Schimmelpfenning
Forman High
Shirley
Chorus
FHA
Daughters of the American Revolution
Power outage hits Manila area Tuesday morning
An electric power cut affected Manila from 2:45 AM until shortly after noon Tuesday, disrupting services across residents and businesses. Authorities said the outage began early and restoration work was underway with crews assessing the cause and expected return of power in stages.
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Manilo
Manito Hardware Co Plans Family Party February 2
Julius Zeeck announces the annual Family Party night for Manito Hardware Co to be held Tuesday February 2 at 7 30 in Forman gym. The program features Bill Russell as master of ceremonies and trick harmonica, Skeeter Bonn WLS Barn Dance Singer, Watts and Newman comedy musical act, Candis White acrobat queen, and a parade of IH farm equipment in color movies.
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Julius Zeeck
Manito Hardware Co
Forman
Bill Russell
Skeeter Bonn
WLS
Watts and Newman
Candis White
Mrs Henry Calloway Succumbs Friday After Long Illness
Mrs Nellie Calloway wife of Henry Calloway longtime resident of the community died at home at 9 30 Friday morning Jan 22 aged 77 Born Dec 30 1876 in Delavan she married Henry Calloway in 1892 in Pekin Survivors include her husband three daughters Mrs Mabel Perrill Manito Mrs Marie Smith and Mrs Nellie Flarity Pekin six sons Chester Jesse Walter Albert Manito Floyd Forest Guy s Lloyd Pekin 37 grandchildren 18 great grandchildren two sisters Mrs Mabel Weaver San Bernardino Calif and Mrs Daisy Guffray Bloomington Funeral services were held at 1 p m Monday in the Johnson Funeral Home with Rev Joseph W Hobbs officiating pallbearers were Donald and Cleates Calloway Bernard Perrill Dewey Smith Larry Kreigner and Paul Skaggs Interment was in
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Nellie Calloway
Henry Calloway
Delavan
Frank Culp
Pekin
Nellie Flarity
Chester
Jesse Walter
Albert
Manito
Floyd
Forest
Guy ' S of
Johnson Funeral Home
Joseph W. Hobbs
Dillard Warner
Pearl Lee
Donald and
Cleates Calloway
Bernard Perrill
Dewey Smith
Larry Kreigner
Paul Skaggs
Meadow Lawn Cemetery
Forman Home and School Club Bakery Sale at Sparts Cafe
The Forman Home and School Club sponsors a food sale on Saturday January 30 at Sparts Cafe starting at 10 a.m. Members should donate between 9 and 10 a.m. The sale committee includes Mesdames Gyneth Neikirk Alice Heyl and Anita Himmel.
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Forman
Sparts
Mesdames Gyneth Neikirk
Alice Heyl
Anita Himmel
Anniversaries of Mr and Mrs Meeker and Worner
Two couples mark anniversaries with years 1927 for Mr and Mrs Daniel Meeker and 1926 for Mr and Mrs Dillard Worner. The notices celebrate long marriages in a civic style typical of local party announcements.
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Daniel Meeker
Mrs. Dillard Worner
Your Heart Fund Drives Rheumatic Fever Research Aid
Your Heart Fund contributions will speed research in rheumatic fever, the forerunner of rheumatic heart disease, whose victims are chiefly young people across communities.
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Heart Fund
Guests of the Rademakers Host Meyer and Schimmelpfenning
Mr and Mrs Melvin Meyer attended a Saturday evening gathering hosted by Mr and Mrs Melvin Rademaker and their daughter in Green Valley. Arthur Schimmelpfenning was also a guest of the hosts.
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Melvin Meyer
Melvin
Green Valley
Arthur Schimmelpfenning
Rademakers
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Roy Coriell
Meadow Lawn
R.N.A
Richard Dwyer
Shirley Schimmelpfenning
Manito Home. Co
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