Local Home Bureau Unit Elects New Officers
The Manita Home Bureau held its Thursday meeting with Mrs. Rae Canopy. Elected for the coming year were Martha Meyer chairwoman Lois DeSutter vice chair Kathryn Marshall publicity Martha Meeker recreation Christine Johnson safety and health Lelia Roush music and Helen Rankin Arletta Hill minor leaders. The major lesson was Salads and the minor lesson Making Corsages was demonstrated by 4-H girls. Forty-five members and guests attended the potluck noon meal.
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Manita
Spring Lake Home Bureau to Meet and Honor 4-H Winners
The Spring Lake unit of the Home Bureau will hold its July meeting and 4-H Achievement program Friday evening July 22 at 8 p.m. CST at the Golden school. Members are asked to bring one pound of cookies for lunch.
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Spring Lake
The
Home Bureau
Golden School
Forest City Sunday School Activities and Visits
Sunday morning services at Forest City reflect the 1949 50 planning with officers elected by the Young Matrons Serving and Birthday club news. The group hosted a 4 H helper Janet Skinner and Kate Snowden as part of a birthday observance. Members and guests enjoyed corsages and a game of Fifty with three tables. Plans include a Home Bureau picnic at Pekin Park on August 10 and a travel list featuring several local families visiting relatives.
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Don Souis
Raymond van Rman
Fletcher
Kenneth Icher
Francis Woiwode
Ola Bartel
Ralph Kreiling
Charles Embree
Olin Kennedy
Ray Langston
Marvin Neikirk
Bertis Frohling
Sages
Roy Hibbard
Janet Skinner
Roy Robbins
Virden Bartell
Lee Langston
John Harrs
Henry Wahlfeld
al Wilson
Russell Rickett
Clarence Kreiling
William Parr
Alvin Pfeiffer
John Harms
Roy White
Percy Kreiling
Clarance Kreiling
Warren Neikirk
Mabel Maxwell
James Snowden
Mabel Emmons
Kathie Snowden
Home Bureau
Pekin Park
Royal Neighbors Meeting Delights Forest City Members
July meeting at Camp Hall drew 24 members with Oracle Erma Straw bridge and Myrtle Cooper guiding a Radio R N A quiz on Forest City topics. Prizes were awarded, refreshments served by Cooper Corbett and Lempke. Russell Rickett calls Forest City Home Coming organizers to a July 26 Village Hall meeting. Rudolph Wahlfeld began duties as Mason State Park caretaker on July 18, after years at A B C Washing Machine in East Peoria.
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Royal Neighbors of America
Camp Hall
Oracle
Erma Strawbridge
Myrtle Cooper
Myrtle
Forest City
Myrtle Coopr
Mabel Corbett
Louis Lempke
Russell Rickett
Village Hall
Rudolph Wahlfeld
Mason State Park
Wahlfeld
A. B. C. Washing Machine Co
East Peoria
Forest City Home Bureau July Meeting At Baptist Church
The Forest City Home Bureau held its July meeting on Wednesday July 13 at the Baptist church dining hall. Co hosts were Mrs Clar ence Kreiling and Mrs Roy White. A covered dish luncheon followed. The session began at 1 30 with Mrs John Harms presiding. Secretary report by Mrs Henry Wahlfeld and recreation led by Mrs Clarence Kreiling. New Home advisor Miss Wanda Sward demonstrated salads to fit the meal and arranged several salad displays. The Minor lesson covered Making Cor
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Forest City Home Bureau
Baptist Church
Clarence Kreiling
Roy White
John Harms
Henry Wahlfeld
Wanda Sward
Social notes from Mani to Pekin area residents
A long list of local visits and travels highlights weekend and weekday activity. Families including Holton Reynolds and Risen, Neikirk Seelye, Strawbridge and Squire guests, with trips to Green Valley Chanute Hanna City Pekin Manito and Urbana, plus school year plans for Ruth and Daryle.
Youthful Skating Pair Wins Juvenile Dance at Nationals
Franklin Talbott and Arleta Ingle, both 10, of Peoria, claimed first in Juvenile Dance at the National Roller Skating Meet in Washington D C with entrants from the United States and Canada. Talbott also placed third in Free Style. Mrs Talbott and the mother drove the team to Washington.
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Washington
Franklin Talbott
Richard Talbott
Farmington Road
Peoria
Manilo
Arleta Ingle
Washington, D. C
United States
Canada
Mrs Natalie Palmer 97 Dies in Manito Area
Natalie Mea DeSutter Palmer, a pioneer Mason County resident, dies at 3 a.m. July 18 1949 in Manito at her son Frank Palmers home just after celebrating her 97th birthday. Born July 10 1852 in De Haag Holland she married Engle Bertus Palmer in 1884 and immigrated to America in 1888. Funeral services were held at the Johnson Funeral Home and Immaculate Conception church with burial in St Frederick's cemetery. Pallbearers listed include DeSutter relatives of Manito.
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Natalie Mea Palmer
Mason County
Frank Palmer
Natalie Mea DeSutter
Dea
Holland
Ludovic
Maria DeKierdt DeSutter
Engle Bertus Palmer
Ardenberg
America
Manito
Mr. Palmer
St. Frederick’s
Engle Ben Palmer
Funeral
Immaculate Conception Church
J. J. Griffin
St. Frederick’s Cemetery
Pall
Roy
Dixon, Pekin
Peoria
Ella Skaggs
Spring Lake
Letha Robbins
Manteno
Illinois
Mabel van Buskirk
Mason City
Richard Dwyer
Kennewick
Washington
Morris Dwyer
Sgt
Edward Dwyer
Marines
North Carolina
Lyle Lowry
Nellie Gumbel
Canton
Maude Lowe
Davenport
Iowa
Mayme Seelye
Iva Clark
James Seelye
J. T. Huffman
Glen Tackman
Glenn Smith
Earl Lowry
Roy Lowry
Shower honors Mrs. Burton Guengerich in Pekin home
Mrs Ivan Mason and Mrs Joseph Willock hosted a shower for Mrs Burton Guengerich at Mrs Willocks home Sunday afternoon. Fifty was played with prizes to Miss Dolores Fingard and several others. Lunch followed for a wide circle of guests including Mrs Harold Gilmore and Danny and Darlene Mason. Supper guests visited Pekin while in town calling on Mrs Mary Vice at Pekin hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Giebert
Goodfield
Roy Robbins
James Snowden
Bernice Rabe
Peoria
Robbins
Hugh Eyman
Jean
Marjorie
Robert McFarland
Springfield
Harry Eyman
Harry
Pillsbury Flour Mills
William Dawson
Harry Embrees
Dawson
Kenneth Finley
Covington
Charles Finley
Elizabeth Pope
Hattie Kennedy
Janet Lempke
Camp Seager
Naperville
Janet
Donna May Woberts
Washington
Louis Lempke
Harold Eberts
Eberts
Lempkes
Robert
Donna Mae Ebert
Russell Rickett
Wayne Armbrust
Lawrence Rolves
Rickett Grain and Feed Co
Kewanee
Thomas Strawbridge
George Squire
Green Valley
Tom Charlton
Jim Lyons
St. Louis
Mich
Carl Anderson
Lester Warner
Charles Warner
Robert Page
Galion
Eugene Buck
Sherry Beale
Forest City
Joy Risen
Glenna Mae Smith
San Jose
Chas. Meyer
Kenneth Smith
Glenn Smith
Metamora
Susan Gangloss
John Squire
Mason City
John Bender
Theodore Bender
Ernest Beebe
Lydia W Bernshausen
Harold Bernshausen
Lester Bernshausen
Bernshausen
Pekin Park
Harold Thompson
Rebecca Jane
George Bilyeu
D.J. Powell
Ralph Ethell
Sam Hyde
Nora Ryan
Sophia Himmel
Topeka
Virgil Himmel
Kenny
Ginny Sue Himmel
Havana
A.F. Clark
Richard Todd
Beardstown
James Crafton
C. J. DeSutter
Louise Heckman
Etta Cox
Pekin
Ada Wilson
E. Alton
David Cooper
Robert Cooper
Ernest Cooper
Jessie Spaits
Chancey Tisdale
Joann Thomas
Edinburg
J. H. Wells
Nelson Warner
Chas. Warner
Frank Cranwill
John Talbott
S. Pekin
Richard Talbott
Daryle ‘Hlussey
Guy Wallinger
Daryles
Worthington
Minn
Ruth
Daryle
Great ‘Lakes
Nathan Goodin
Racine
Wisc
Amos Thompson
Burton Guengerich
Harold Gilmore
Ollie Hammer
Richard Hammer
James Lyons
Ernest Marshall
Ivan Mason
Joseph Willock
Guengerich
Ralph Guengerich
Danny and
Darlene
Jody Mason
Mary Vice
Pekin Hospital
Maas Family Dinner in Lexington
Mr and Mrs Roland Maas and family of Lexington shared a dinner with Russell Maas.
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Roland Maas
Lexington
Russell Maas
Former Hillsboro News Employee Harold Whitehead Dies
Harold Richard Whitehead, 44, longtime Manito and Hillsboro News employee, died at Hillsboro Hospital after a heart illness that included multiple seizures in late June. He left a wife Ada Isabel Hill and two children, Phyllis and Richard. Burial was in Manito after services led by Rev. W.H. Johnson.
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Harold R. Whitehead
Manita
Hillsboro Hospital
Whitehead
Hillsboro
Bass Funeral Home
W.H. Johnson
Nel (Widdersheim) Whitehead
Decatur
Champaign
Whitey
Monticello
Marshall
Marshall High School
Rockford
Consolidated
Manito
Springfield
Montgomery News Typographical Department
Harold Richard Whitehead
Ada Isabel Hill
Park Ridge
Phyllis
Richard
Mary Louise
Chicago
Helen Yelton
St. Louis
Manito Edges Hanna City 5 4 to End Losing Streak
In an Illinois State League game at Hanna City Manito defeated Hanna City 5 to 4 to snap a four game skid. Oltman led Manito with three hits including a triple as the decisive run came in the seventh inning. The box score details the rebound effort for Manito.
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Manito
Hanna City
Oltman
James Whitaker Celebrates Eighty Fifth Birthday
A July 17 pot luck at the Meeker home honored James Whitaker on his eighty fifth birthday. Attendees included James B. Whitaker Floyd Whitaker Barbara John Dwight Leslie Whitaker Lurelle Eloise Carole Gayle Forest City Robert Whitaker Jay Champaign Lloyd Beecer Karen Weldon Carl Leesman James McDonald Janice David Mary Ann Mason City Mary Quick Moses Meeker Kathryn Sam Meeker Paul Clyde Loren Manito Elmer Clinebell Edward Whitaker Camp Lee Va Darlene Dosier Forest City.
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Samuel Meeker
James Whitaker
James B. Whitaker
Floyd Whitaker
Barbara
John
Dwight
Leslie Whitaker
Lurelle
Eloise
Carole
Gayle
Forest City
Robert Whitaker
Jay Champaign
Lloyd Beecer
Karen
Weldon
Carl Leesman
James McDonald
Janice
David
Mary Ann
Mason City
Mary Quick
Moses Meeker
Kathryn
Sam Meeker
Paul
Clyde
Loren
Manito
Eldon Clinebell
Edward Whitaker
Camp Lee, Va
Darlene Dosier
Methodist Church announces Sunday schedule and studies
D J Powell serves as minister with Church School at 9 45 a m Supt F E Bender. Morning Worship at 10 45 a m features a 45 minute summer service and a sermon titled Success and the Commonplace. Mid week prayer and study Wednesday 7 30 p m led by Mrs Powell. pastor away next week.
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D. J. Powell
Minister Church
Bender
Powell
Egypt Community Church Sunday Service Notice
July 24, 1949 10 a.m. Sunday School led by Lawrence Whiteford and 11 a.m. Morning Worship led by Pastor Joseph Hobbs. The Communion service will be observed at this time.
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Byron Kreiling
Lawrence Whiteford
Joseph Hobbs
4-H Achievement Day Program Set for July 22
The county 4-H Achievement Program will be held at 9:00 AM Friday July 22 at Easton High School. The Fancy Fixers of Manito will participate in this event.
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Easton High School
Fancy Fixers
Manito
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Local Home Bureau
Spring Lake Home Bureau
L. A. Wilson
Federated Church
Entertains Club
Florence Holton
Mrs
Frank Reynolds
Danny Woiwode
Dewey Risen
Paul Neikirk
Howard Wells
Frank Vaughn
Chandlerville
Bruce Cole
Mae Ellen
Terry Kudke
Roy Friedrich
William Fritz
Morton
Clarence Farnum
Charles Endicott
Dianna Tisdale
Carolyn
Gloria Jean Maas
Folbert Maas
John Proehl
John Fischer
Don Kramer
L. J. Herm
Fairbury
Becky
Bill Thompson
John Thompson
Norman O’shea
Urbana
Young Talbott
Mary Margaret Schimmelpfenning
Anna Galvin
Mrs. Rae Canopy
Hopedale
Natalie Palmer
Frankie DeSutter
Nelson DeSutter
Charles DeSutter
Rudy DeSutter
Ernest DeSutter
Louie DeSutter
Mrs. Burton Guengerich
Wayne Reemsnyder
Indianapolis
Ind
Raymond Mason
Bloomington
Catherine Marshall
Mary Kay
Express
International Typographical Union
Hillsboro Moose Lodge
Typographical Union
Moose Lodge
Moose
Roy Clarence Dwyer
Joseph and
Rebecca Preston Dwyer
Spring Lake Township
Bessie Mae Lowry
Dwyer
Edward Galvin
Charles Vaughn
Lawrence Eidman
New Salem
Bar-Williams
Sutton
J. Williams
Egypt Community Church
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