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Newspaper
Manito Community Express
Location
Manito, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1948
Page
6
Mary Reed of Pekin stayed with her uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Carl Reed and daughters for the rest of the week while her parents visited his sister and family Mr. and Mrs. Roger Pagel in New Holstein Wisconsin.
Mesdames Vera Lawson and Amos Thompson worked as Pekin shop clerks on Saturday, reflecting a local retail scene.
Residents share dinners and weekend visits with family and friends across Peoria Havana Pekin and nearby towns. Guests include the Woodleys Seelyes Endicotts Hart lineups of relatives and neighbors visiting from Mt. Pulaski Pekin Havana and Peoria.
Forest City residents hosted and visited relatives and friends from Havana Springfield Peoria Chicago Mason City Bartonville Topeka and Kilbourne. Guests included L A Wilson Merle Ferree Patty Rose Ellenberger and many others with travelers seeing the Freedom Train and local sights.
The Illinois State Medical Society Health Talk warns that raw or undercooked pork can cause trichinosis from Trichinella spiralis. It describes the parasite’s lifecycle, symptoms from stomach upset to heart involvement, and stresses prevention through thorough cooking and proper handling in both inspected and non inspected plants.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8th day of July 1948 Edna L Maloney notary public attests bonds on hand as of June 30 1948 with Anna Galvin listed as treasurer
Mrs George Clauser, who underwent an operation at Pekin hospital on Saturday, was brought home by Johnson Ambulance on Tuesday afternoon and is progressing nicely.
The notice lists services at Egypt Community Church with Sunday School at 10 a.m led by Lawrence Whiteford and Morning Worship at 11 a.m led by pastor Joseph Hobbs.
Mr and Mrs Melvin Meyer were visitors at the home of Mr and Mrs Rudy DeSutter and son Sunday evening.
Kay Frances Hammer spends the week with her grandmother Mrs. Mary J. Wooding. Bob Gumbel of Peoria was a dinner guest of his mother Mrs. Marie Gumbel on Sunday.
An early classified notice touts labor services offered at low rates. It highlights affordable rates and suggests quick results for small jobs.
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