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Newspaper
Manito Community Express
Location
Manito, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1948
Page
4
A group of three families shares a summer place to raise well behaved boys aged 12 to 14. Clear rules govern meals bedtimes and allowances and parents veto risky chores while boys manage paid work decisions. The plan emphasizes fairness consistency and self discipline without lectures or punishments.
The University of Illinois opens a new 142000 dollar laboratory and ranks among the nation’s best in vacuum tube research. Prof W L Everitt heads the electrical engineering department and Dr A L Samuel directs a 40 member team pursuing new tube types. The lab supports a 500000 dollar yearly research program with navy army and civilian contracts. The director urges precise fabrication methods for repeatable tubes and quotes a philosophy about doing worthwhile work.
Care instructions on avoiding starching for fabrics and linens, damp ironing guidance, tips for thin towels with light starch, tea in starch for dark cottons, jar for buttons, mending, table linen soaking, avoiding wrinkles, and garment shaping after washing. Includes Melon Cup dessert recipe with cantaloupes, watermelon, peaches, juices, sugar, salt, berries, and chilling steps.
A financial report shows that Illinois citizens pay three fifths of a cent daily for University of Illinois support. The university plant cost 52 million, equating to 25.44 per state family. Instruction costs exceed four dollars per student, with 45 cents of every dollar spent on instruction and 13 cents on research.
Veterans at the Galesburg Division of the University of Illinois formed Illini Heights U S A a self governed village with 110 cement tile apartments funded by the University and the Federal Public Housing Authority The settlement includes land for recreation roads playgrounds and garden plots a mayor and city council administer the village offering family living for married veterans faculty and staff.
Topeka community mourns Fred Wiemer who died early Saturday morning at Proctor Hospital in Peoria. Activities include Walther League events in Havana and Pekin visits by local residents, with multiple social visits among families and a Walther League ball game result 8 to 11 in favor of Bishop.
ABBA style. Peggy Lee joins NBC Supper Club this fall while Perry Como expands to a three night weekly schedule with Jo Stafford on Tuesdays and Peggy on Thursdays. Other notes include Axel McCarthy aboard a ship with Bergen and his wife, Doris Day’s debut in Romance on the High Seas, and Victor Records new releases from Al Goodman and Vaughn Monroe.
Judy Goss of Pekin visited her aunt and uncle the Marlowe Wilsons and family last week. Mr and Mrs O T James of Bartonville spent the weekend with the Dan Jenkins and Arvin Beebe households. Our Want Ads bring results.
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