Memorial holiday visits span Topeka area families
Topeka and nearby communities feature a flurry of social calls and gatherings. Mr. and Mrs. James Myers of Anderson Indiana join relatives here to spend Memorial Day with Ira Rakestraw and visit at St Francis Hospital Peoria. Local residents entertain visitors from Pekin Canton Battle Creek and Chicago. A Walther League skate party and 4 H girls score highlight the weekend. Liming soil and fertilizer composition are explained in a farm tip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Myers
Anderson
Ind
Arthur Armstrong
Muncie
Ira Rakestraw
Rakestraw
St. Francis Hospital
Peoria
Elmer Meyer
Carrie Meyer
Manito
Harold Deverman
Donna Belle
Canton
Ethel Drake
E. B. LeSourd
Merle Glick
Claudie Ann
Pekin
Herman Glick
Henry Strube
Louis Heckman
Esther Armbrust
Paul Sebade
Elmer Koke
Chas B E. Willard
Chicago
Emma Trent
Paul Gumbel
Edwin Carpenter
Jim McCarty
Howard Carpenter
John Wurtert
Herman Btrube
Russell Trent
Lionel Groves
Battle Creek
Michigan
John Dissman
George Rakestraw
Harry Rakestraw
Mineral
Bert Rakestraw
Willard Rakestraw
Annawan
Dick Everly
Presbyterian Cemetery
Walther League
Havana
Johnie Harfst
Glenn Strube
Laura McMannus
Chas Kidwell
Lorrene
Federated Church Picnic and Local Meetings in Forest City
Forest City Federated church and Sunday school plan a Pekin Park picnic on Sunday June 5 after a combined 9:30 service led by Rev. Joseph W. Hobbs. Mrs. William Parr hosts Forest City Home Bureau on June 8 with lessons on Ward robe accessories led by Mrs. Wahlfeld and Mrs. Harms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federated Church
Forest City
William Parr
Forest City Home Bureau
John Harms
Henry Wahlfeld
Birthday Club Honors and Sewing Party at Mrs Kennedy’s Home
Mrs Olin Kennedy hosted her birthday club at her home Friday night May 27 with games contests and sewing. Ice cream cant coffee refreshments were served. Winners in the flower contest were Mrs Stanley Hibbard and Mrs Charles Embree with Mrs Ray Langston receiving the door prize. Other guests included Mesdames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olin Kennedy
Stanley Hibbard
Charles Embree
Ray Langston
Whitaker Family Attends Picnic at Champaign
The Whitaker family and friends spent a Sunday at Champaign Park enjoying a picnic. Guests included Floyd and Barbara Whitaker with children, Elden Clinebell of Forest City, Robert Naitaker and Jay of Champaign, Lloyd Reeser and Karen Weldon, James McDonald and David McDonald with Mary Ann, and Carl Leamsay of Mason City. Edward Whitaker was absent attending personnel school at Camp Lee Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Whitaker
Robert Whitaker
Champaign
Park
Barbara
John
Dwight
Elden Clinebell
Forest City
Robert Naitaker
Jay
Lloyd Reeser
Karen
Weldon
James McDonald
David
Mary Ann McDoall
Carl Leeamsay
Mason City
Edward Whitaker
Camp Lee
Virginia
Whitaker
Carey Family Observes May Birthday with Memorial Day Dinner
Mr and Mrs George Carey and extended family gathered across multiple cities for Memorial Day weekend visits and a three oclock dinner at the Al Wilson home honoring Cari Oswald's May birthday. Attendees included Careys from Chicago Forest City Morton Hartsourg Topeka Peoria Bloomington McLeansboro and Havana with additional guests from Bartonville and Peoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Carey
Phyllis
Renee
Chicago
G. ¥. Carey
Forest City
Don Carey
Glenn
Morton
Eugene Carey
Robert
Hartsourg
Stanley Hibbard
Lyndon and
Sussanah
Topeka
Mildred Carey
Peoria
Omer Carey
Bloomington
Virginia
Pred Mead
Drexel
Daisy Roth
McLeansboro
Mead
Carey
Roth
Mr. Carey
A. H. Mangis
Bartonville
Frank Carey
Fred Mead
Clyde Ellenberger
Carl Oswald
Patricia Rose
Mary’ Francis
Havana
Merle Ferree
al Wilson
Cari Oswald
Attic Cleanout Sparks Prompt Want Ad Sale
In a cluttered attic, a fast response sale plan emerges as items go up for bid. Residents post a Want Ad to move furniture, trinkets, and keepsakes quickly. Local buyers anticipate speedy transactions and fair prices.
Wheat allotment deadline set for June 10
Owners on farms with no wheat seeded in 1947 48 or 49 must file with the County Committee by June 10 to obtain a 1950 wheat allotment. Regular allotments auto apply for farms with prior seedings. Warner warns acreage limits mean only sincere plans to plant in 1950 should file. Milk guidance notes cows over 40 pounds daily less likely to develop mastitis with thrice daily milking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Nelson Warner
Agricultral Conservation Committee
Warner
Also Mentioned on This Page
N. Reuling Co
Pekin, Illinois
L. A. Wilson
Home Bureau
Ferne Carr
University of Illinois
Frigidaire
Central Illinois Light Co
Olen Bartel
Fenneth Fletcher
Carl Fletcher
Don Louis
Russell Petty
Frank Woiwede
Phyllis Wycherly
Marvin Neikirk
Ralph Kreiling
Veroen Himmel
Raymond van Orman
Mrs. Olin Kennedy
Whitakers
Cuddy
Wallace
Kilbourne
Granther
Ganther
California
Allens Vogue
Fashion Center For Women
Court ST
Philco
Jenkin
Cor-Du-Roy
Leifheit Brothers
Manito, Ill
Circo
Melvin “Red” Gehret
Delavan
Frank Corbin
Illinois
SeeOee
Fredman Bros
Pekin’ Ill
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