Senior Girl Scouts Meet at Catholic Social Center
Senior Girl Scouts gathered at the Catholic Social Center on July 16 with reporter Lorrine Estes. After the meeting a surprise party was hosted at the home of Mrs. Louis Proehl, with several scouts and two leaders in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorrine Estes
Catholic Social Center
Louis Proehls
Joe McCraith
Louis Proehl
Annalee Proehl
Betty Bernshausen
Clea Ray Hawkins
Ann Heyl
Joyce Hill
Barbara Fleming
Janice Meyer
Beverly Proehl
Memory Lane notes and town incidents from July 28 1898
The Manito Roller Mill got a new coat of paint while John White injured his foot at a threshing job. Heckman Bros bought the first load of Al McKay home grown watermelons. Joseph Louie fractured his left elbow with forearm dislocation last week loading grain. Mastodon tusk found at Green Valley gravel pit. A Columbia graphophone excited restaurant patrons. Stolen depot entry at Green Valley July 23. New church materials arrived and carpentry resumed. Hosmer Meigs returned from Roseland Louisiana aboard Rogers dredge. W A Pope bought the Tomlinson house on East Broadway. Josie Butler from Denver visiting Pekin grandmother. F Hirst married July 12 in Pekin. Billy Vaughn ill at Lake Waubesa. Alva Caulkins two year old drank chloroform July 15. saved by first aid. Glenn G Smith and wife welcomed son Norman Lee July 18. James M Seelye sidelined by appendicitis. John Bender family visited Howard Coryell’s, met new baby girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manito
Stansbury Bros
John White
Heckman Bros
al McKay
Joseph Louie
Green Valley
Hosmer Meigs
Roseland
Louisiana
Rogers
W. A. Pope
Tomlinson
East Broadway
Josie Butler
Denver
Colo
M. Galvin
Miss Thelma Clauser and Wm.
A brief society note dated July 19, 1923 records Miss Thelma Clauser and a Mr. William as engaged in early wedding plans. The item hints at forthcoming social coverage within the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Clauser
Seelye Brothers Visit Texas Relatives Active in July
Joseph Seelye toured Texas in mid July 1927 visiting his brothers W D L Seelye and Perry Seelye and other relatives, with the trip also involving Tom Strawbridge aboard the R L.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Seelye
W. D. L. and
Perry Seelye
Texas
Local Achievements and Farm Notes Report
Mahr farm vaccinated a hundred duroes against cholera. Lacy Talbott won the Lin day Normal School Scholarship for top eighth grade grades in the congressional township. Clarence Haste earned an 8S degree at Knox College graduation. Mrs Palmer reported strong farm work on the Palmer Dairy Farm with six cows delivering an average 5 to 90 quarts daily. Local Matrons enjoyed the Memmen Swimming Pool. Prof Frank Singley led a band advancing toward a high class musical organization. Triangle Community owns three combines led by Robert Singley A D Ingersol Henry Warner Ed Stansbury and Elmer Potterf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahr Farm
Lacy Talbott
Linday Normal School
Congressional Township
Clarence Haste
Knox College
Frank Singley
Robert Singley
A. D. Ingersol
Henry Warner
Ed Stansbury
Elmer Potterf
Triangle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Denise Darcel
France
Springfield
MGM
Hollywood
Paris
Darcel
State of Illinois
Girl Scout News
Pekin, Illinois
Ea Memory’s
F. Hirst
First Methodist Church
Pekin
Lake Waubesa Wis
Billy
Lester Vaughn
Alva Caulkins
Glenn G. Smith
Norman Lee
James M. Seelye
Seelye Hardware Company
John Bender
Howard Coryell
Tom Strawbridge
R. L
R. L. Mahr
Memmen
Chicago
Illinois Central
Sth Army Headquarters
Soldier Field
Glen Eden
Carcaca Erd Atn
Dorchester Avenue
Chevrolet
America
Bernshausen
Manito, Illinois
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