Fancy Fixers Hold Achievement Day Here Friday
The Fancy Vixers 4H Club held an Achievement Day Friday evening July 16 with mothers and friends in attendance. Members performed a program of pledges songs demonstrations and lineups of food and flower displays followed by a style show and refreshments served.
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Fancy Fixers
LaDonne Bender
Foste
Pheiffer
James Sandman
Jack Woiwode
Merry Mixers 4H Club
Forest City
Granddaughter Born to Mr and Mrs Fletcher
Mr and Mrs Cleve Shelabarger of Spring Lake announce the birth of their granddaughter Janice Kay to Mr and Mrs Ray Fletcher of Peoria at Methodist Hospital. Rhetta Sue Fletcher, visiting grandparents, will return home Friday to meet her baby sister.
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Cleve Shelabarger
Spring Lake Area
Janice Kay
Ray Fletcher
Peoria
Methodist Hospital
Rhetta Sue Fletcher
Forman Clippers Softball Game Tomorrow Night
The Forman Clippers girls softball team will play tomorrow at 6 p.m. on the high school diamond with Carol Rademaker as starting pitcher. An appeal seeks more supporters to avoid empty bleachers.
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Forman Clippers
Carol Rademaker
Bakery and Food Sale by Women’s Society at Manito Hdv
The Women's Society of Christian Service at the Methodist Church will hold a bakery and food sale at Manito Hdv Co on Saturday July 24 starting at 10 a.m. Donations from society and church members are greatly appreciated.
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Women’s Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church
Manito Hdv. Co
Guest Speaker at Spring Lake Church This Sunday
The Rev. Everett Clayton of Pekin will guest at Spring Lake Church this Sunday providing vocal solos and duets in services at 10:45 A.M. and 7:30 P.M. Clayton formerly led a church in Akron and served Mt. Echo Bible Institute as a field representative.
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Spring Lake Church
Everett Clayton
Pekin
Clayton
Akron
Ohio
Mt. Echo Bible Institute
New York
Seventh Street Bible Church
Paul Rager
Bethany Missionary Church
East Peoria
Mrs. Clayton
Birthday celebration for Gregory Selke marks first year
Gregory Harold Selke celebrated his first birthday Sunday July 18 as guests attended a party at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Harold Selke. The gathering included family friends from Pekin Prairie du Chien Wis Peoria and local relatives. A pink and white cake with teddy bear ice cream marked the milestone.
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Gregory Harold Selke
Harold Selke
Russell Strauman
Pekin
Edward Scherlin
Prairie du Chun
Wis
Carl Harrison
Janet Casper
Peoria
Harry Selke
Leroy Parkins
Clyde Moore Quote Sparks Lighthearted Insight
Local remark from Clyde Moore notes a humorous reaction to back perspiration, describing it as harmless yet ticklish and amusing to onlookers.
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Clyde Moore
Township school funds report published this week
The annual statement of the Township treasurer Forman district 124 appears in this week’s Express. The notice urges readers to review how school funds are spent and notes the legal form is on the back page.
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Forman District 124
Optimists Sponsor Baseball Trip to St Louis
The Optimist club of Manila and Forest City sponsored a trip for 50 area youth to a St Louis ball game. Darrel Hirst chaired the event with Walter Proehl Louis Peplow Russell Rickett and Norman Smith handling arrangements. Ten drivers volunteered cars for the outing.
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St. Louis
Optimist Club of
Manila
Forest City
Darrel Hirst
Walter Proehl
Louis Peplow
Russell Rickett
Norman Smith
George Sondag
Wallace Burks
Ralph Parkin
Louis Schuttler
Carroll Farnum
Mahala Rickett
Lester Schuttler
Julius Zeeck
Melvin Meyer
Grob Couple Begin Extended West Vacation
Mr. and Mrs. George Grob departed Sunday for an extended western trip. They will visit Denver and Colorado Springs before heading to Oroville and Silver Lake, Washington, for a lengthy visit with friends.
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George Grob
West
Denver
Colorado Springs
Oroville
Silver Lake
Wash
Annual Ice Cream Social on Smith Lot
The Altar and Rosary Society sponsors an ice cream social on Saturday July 31 starting at 5 PM DST on the Smith lot. The event features ice cream cake pie bar-b-q hot dogs maid-bites coffee and soda pop.
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Smith Lot
Altar and Rosary Society
Heart of Illinois Fair Opens at Exposition Gardens Peoria
Community birthday listings through late July feature residents such as Marjorie Smith Talbott Gene Wistehoff Stanley Noll Roy Meyer and Robert Rankin along with many others. Festivities at the Heart of Illinois Fair in Peoria continue with visitors enjoying exhibits and local events at Exposition Gardens.
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Heart of Illinois
Exposition Gardens
Peoria
Marjorie Smith
Talbott
Gene Wistehoff
Stanley Noll
Anniversaries Noted for Local Couples
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Laws celebrated their anniversary in 1907 while Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hubbard marked theirs in 1950 in a concise community notices listing.
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Eugene Hubbard
John Bender Honored On Birthday
Family gathering at the country home of Mr and Mrs John Bender to celebrate his seventy first birthday. Five generations attended including Mary Bender Minnie Bender Theo Bender Margery Kenny Frederick Bender Bobbie Joy Kathryn Mary Wimmer Naomi Philip Golden Ruth Anne Carl Armbrust Sharon Shirley Bartels and the host and hostess. Grandchildren LaDonne Bender and Bonnie Bender were absent.
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John Bender
Bender
Kathryn Mary Wimmer
Naomi
Philip Golden
Ruth Anne
Carl Armbrust
Sharon
Shirley Bartels
LaDonne Bender
Jacksonville
Bonnie Bender
Herman Waechter
Bartonville
Legion Holds Special Meeting at Legion Hall
American Legion members gathered for a special meeting this evening at the Legion Hall to discuss club affairs and upcoming events.
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Legion Special Meeting
American Legion
Legion Hall
Fifth annual Heart of Illinois Fair opens in Peoria
Entries in beef and dairy cattle sheep swine junior livestock and poultry lead in numbers with relief in pens after Woodruff County 4 H and FFA provided 70 extra pens. Floriculture is limited to Illinois exhibitors while displays include African violets and textile and fine arts judging.
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Exposition Gardens
Peoria
R. Y
Bob” Bartholomew
Woodruff County
FFA
Eureka
Illinois
L. B. Hotchkiss
Joseph D. Wycoff
Laura
Wycoff
WLS
Keystone Steel & Wire
Earl Johnson, Inc
Chevrolet
United States
Canada
Rimouski Quebec
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
South River
New Jersey
Red Cross
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Phyllis Zimmerman
Jackie Bilyeu
Judy Schleder
Suzanne Barr
Joyce Hill
Sandra Spaits
Mae Ellen Budke
Marlene Peplow
Lorene Estes
Wilma Schimmelpfenning
Barbara Rankin
LaDonne_ Bender
Lorrene Estes
Norma Jean Kramer
Arla Foste
Rose Estes
Helen Berns
W.S.C
Es State
Musteleal Loeyrvay
Gettysburg
Joshua F. Speed
Munois
State Historical Library
Springfield
William G. Stratton
Historical Library
Centennial Building
Lincoln
C. Barry
Optimists
Roy Meyer
Robert Rankin
Wayne Durham
Mabel Corbett
A. L. Grant
George E. Ethell
Marjorie Moore Finas Wilson Jr
William Briggs
Lendell Clarke Ernest Palmer
Clarabelle Priddy
Ralph Lee
Donna Mae Smith
Henry Fischer
Robert Durham
Lowell Golden
Charles Newton Barr
Harold James
Sylvia Davis Howard Durham
Nelson Meyer James Frederick Howard Tisdale Duane Thomas
R. C. Laws
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