Luella Shirley New Auxiliary President
New officers were elected for the Hill-Palmer Aux American Legion at a regular meeting in the Legion Hall. Led by nominating chair Glen Smith, the slate includes Luella Shirley as President and Charles Vaughn, Frank Rolfs, Mrs. Wm. F. Hirst, Mrs. E. B. Marshall, Mrs. Stuart IV Thomas, and Sgt at Arms Mrs. Kenneth Look with Chas Fox to serve as color bearer. Officers were unanimously chosen and installation is set for the first September meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luella Shirley
Hill-Palmer Aux
American Legion
Legion Hall
Glen Smith
Charles Vaughn
Frank Rolfs
Chaplin
Wm. F. Hirst
E. B.marshall
Golden Link Class Names Nominating Committee
The Golden Links S. S. Class met at Mrs. Lester Bernshausen’s home for a June gathering. Co hostesses Mesdames John Fredrick and S. E. Dennis. Class President Mrs. Co J De Sutter led the business session naming a committee of Mesdames Earl Heckman Frank Rohlfs John Fredrick to select officers for the coming year. The devotional period was led by Mrs. Sam Kastner. Prizes were awarded to Mesdames Earl Heckman Moses Meeker Vernie Ethell and Carrie Meyer. A lunch followed for the prize winners and many members including Frank Rankin D. J. Powell George Fredrick Gertie Buck and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Links
S. S
Lester Bernshausen
John Fredrick
S. E. Dennis
Co. J. de. Sutter
T Mesdames
Earl Heckman
Frank Rohlfs
Sam Kastner
Moses Meeker
Vernie Ethell
Carrie Meyer
Frank Rankin
D. J. Powell
George Fredrick
Gertie Buck
Ties Velde
C. J. DeSutter
Guy Hall
Tom Charlton
Mable Schierbeck
Ray Talbott
James Seelye
Forman Clippers Open Season With 4 0 Win
The Forman Clippers girls team, led by coach Lawrence Thomas, won their first ESAS game 4 to 0 in a twilight Wednesday match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forman Clippers
Esas
Clippers
Lawrence Thoms
Outdoor Supper At Frank Palmer Home
Mr and Mrs Frank Palmer invited relatives and friends to Memorial Way for an outdoor supper and social gathering. Present were Mr and Mrs Frank Woi woide Terry Janice and Mrs Babe Folkman Forest City Mr and Mrs Clayton Folkman Ide and Mrs Robert Jackson Micheal and Jerry Styrenger Canton and the hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Palmer
Memorial Way
Frank Woiwoide
Terry
Janice
Babe Folkman
Forest City
Clayton Folkman Ide
Robert Jackson
Micheal
Jerry Styrenger
Canton
Parkland Supper Honoring Russell Meyer Before Base Change
Last Thursday evening a potluck supper was given at Mr and Mrs Louis Proehl’s home to honor Russell Meyer who will soon report to his new base. Attendees included numerous Meyers families, the Proehls, Woodrow, Thomas, Mahr, and Zoril households, plus Linda Zoril Pat Risen and Shirley Bernshausen. Ann Lee Proehl visited Beverley Proehl on Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkland
Louis Proehls
Russell Meyer
Jae Dee
Beverley Proehl
Harry Meyer
Wayne Meyer
Raymond Meyer
Clarence Meyer
Harold Meyer
Merley Woodrow
Armbrusts Return to Manila After Colorado Visit
S F C Carl Armbrust and Jane Bender, married March 16, have lived in Colorado Springs Cole and returned to Manila this week as guests of Theo and Mrs Bender and Arnold Armbrust Topeka. Friends and relatives attended Lexington eighth grade commencement with Carolyn Maas in the graduating class. Mr and Mrs Fred Shonnerman of Jacksonville visited Charlie Warner and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.F.C
Carl Armbrust
Jane Bender
Colorado Springs
Cole
Manila
Theo. Bender
Arnold Armbrust
Topeka
Folbert Maas
John Meeker
Sam Schmidtgall
Micheal
Reuben Golden
Russel Maas
Lexington Mionday Eve
Lexington
Carolyn Maas
Roland Maas
Fred Shonnerman
Jacksonville
Charlie Warner
Spring Lake Church Sunday Schedule and Missionary Addresses
Sunday School at 9 45 for all ages Morning Worship 10 45 Choir sings Missionary messages by Miss Dieterle or Miss Green Hope Mission in China Youth Fellowship 6 30 Leader Katherine Wimmer Evangelistic Service 7 30 Missionary speaker Door of Hope Mission Vacation Bible School daily 9 to 11 30 Closing program Friday evening
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Lake Church
Miss Dieterle
Miss Green
Hope Mission
China
Katherine Wimmer
Door of Hope Mission
Memorial Services Draw 300 at Forman High Gym
Memorial services in Forman High Gym drew more than 300 people from Manita and nearby areas. Organized by Hill Palmer Post Auxiliary and The American Legion, the ceremony featured Rev D J Powell, a memorial address by Rev Joseph Albrecht, and musical numbers by the San Jose band and Forman High students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manita
New Forman High
Hill
Palmer Post
American Legion
Pauline Frederick
D. J. Powell
Post Chaplan
D. J
Joseph Albrecht
Pekin
San Jose Band
William Morse
Mens Chorus
Dillard Warner
George E. Ethell
Kenneth Bender
Forman High
Alice Conover
Benediction
American Legion, Auxiliary
Memorial Triangle
Thor Legion
Stuart Thomas
Lawrence Parkin
Chaplin
Noted Topeka Residents Attend Havana Funeral Services
A large group from Topeka joined funeral services for Mrs Elsie Smith at Hurley Funeral Home in Havana. Local residents and visitors gathered for the memorial, with many staying for related events and social gatherings in the Havana area.
Formal Opening of Lewis Pontiac Co New Pekin Building
The Lewis Pontiac Co announces a formal opening for its new building at 2nd and Broadway Pekin from June 6 to 8. The event invites the public to inspect the new office sales room parts department and service department featuring the latest equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Pontiac Co’s
2Nd and Broadway
Pekin
Forman Senior High to Enter Summer Baseball League
Forman Senior High School will join a regional summer league with Armington Green Valley Delavan Hopedale and Mason City. The board sponsors travel, equipment, and a bus. Darrel Hirst will coach and drive the team to out of town games. Thirty boys practice Tuesdays and Fridays as part of a program to build activity inter town relations and prep for county fall play. Home games start June 13 at 6 30 DST with a schedule and rules following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forman Senior High School
Armington
Green Valley
Delavan
Hopedale
Mason City
Board of Education
Darrel Hirst
Macomb
Formans
Armingtton
Mason C
Forman
Delavan Forman
Board of Ed
Manito Methodist Church Service Preview
D J Powell minister leads Sunday School at 9 45 a m with F E Bender as superintendent Morning Worship at 10 45 features organ music and a sermon on Our Young People and Christianity The service ends with notes on conference travel and a call to make Christianity a way of life to counter Communism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. Powell
F. E. Bender
Geo
Elmer Ethell
Nolte
Nordman
Sunday callers visit Glasford home
Mr. and Mrs. George Ethell and Ira Mae were guests at the Wilbur Howell residence in Glasford on Sunday, sharing a brief social call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ethell
Ira Mae
Wilbur Howell
Glassford
School News Honors List of High Achievers
Straight A students and perfect attendance are named for senior Ronald Lee Kreiling and other seniors juniors sophomores and freshmen. The list features many named students across classes with mentions of perfect attendance and recognitions for the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Carey Ronald Lee Kreiling
Anna Lee Morris
Richard van Etten
Fred Friedrich George Long, Jr
Betty Meyer Joy Risen Keith Runyon
Dennis Woiwode
Lowell Golden
Pat Lynch
Shirley Schimmelpfenning
Ronnie Vogel
Eldon Wahlfeld
Eleanor Hewitt
Missionaries To Speak at Spring Lake Church
Two missionaries from the Door of Hope Mission China will address the Spring Lake Church in morning and evening services. Miss Inez Green and Miss Dieterle have long labored among Chinese natives and run an institution for children until rising Communist pressure forced their departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Door of Hope Mission
China
Spring Lake Church
Inez Green
Dieterle
Christ
Vacation Bible School Underway At Spring Lake
Vacation Bible School opened with 82 children and 11 helpers on Monday at Spring Lake. Attendance rose to 90 with 14 workers on Tuesday and 93 on Wednesday. Limited transportation and space kept enrollment down. Parents are asked to understand. Closing program and handwork display planned for Friday evening with location to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vacation Bible School
Spring Lake
Manito Methodist Church records 42 baptisms year
The Manito Church closes its Methodist Illinois Conference year with 42 baptisms, including 14 new church members from the Confirmation Class. One adult and one child were baptized at last Sunday service, and four members transferred from other churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powell
Manito
Marvin Eugene Tackman
Daryl Charles Wistehoff
Nelson A. Hundt
Melvin A. Hundt
Nelson Hundt
Lawrence Thomas
Richard Thomas
Larry Hundt
Methodist Churches of the Illinois Conference
Manito Couple Hosts Open House for Silver Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Thomas invite relatives friends and neighbors to call Thursday evening June 12 from 5 to 10 p.m. CST to celebrate their Silver Wedding Anniversary at their Manito home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Thomas
Manito
Freshman Roberta Beimfohr Lights Up U of I Style Show
Roberta Bobbie Beimfohr of Hennepin Illinois, a University of Illinois freshman, was chosen to model in a High School Hospitality Day style show at Champaign. She wore a sporty ensemble with slacks and a turtle neck sweater, popular for leisure time. She is the younger daughter of Ephriam and Helen Beimfohr, former Manita residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta Beimfohr
U. of I. Stlye
Roberta
Bobbie) Beimfohr
Hennepin
Ill
University of [I
Champaign
daugh_ter
Ephriam Beimfohr
Eph
Helen Hiling
Manita
Manito Home Bureau June Meeting Planned at Edith Rankin Home
Manito Home Bureau Unit meets at Edith Rankin's country home on Thursday June 12 starting 11 30 DST with a pot luck lunch. Major lesson on Tasty Salads to be given by Elwood Moore and Ernest Marshall. Minor lesson Suggested Recreation for Parties for Teenagers to be presented by Gene Marquardt and S M Rosch. Roll call picnic suggestions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manito Home Bureau
Edith Rankin
Julius Zeeck
Elwood Moore
Ernest Marshall
Gene Marquardt
S. M. Rosch
Son Honored With Dinner At Mrs O Harras Home
Mrs Della O Hara hosted a Sunday chicken dinner to honor her son A 380 Robert O Hara who was departing for new duties at Camp Stone man California. Guests included Mr and Mrs John O Hara and daughter Sharon Lynn Pekin Mr and Mrs Bill Shelabarger Bonnie Don O Hara Tex and Margaret Sunder land and the hostess Mrs O Hara.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della O’hara
Robert O’hara
Camp Stoneman
California
John’ O'Hara
Sharon ‘Lynn
Pekin
Bill Shelabarger
Bonnie
Don O’hara
Tex
Margaret Sunderland
Mirs. O’hara
Birthdays for Early June Notables Listed
June birthdays for Mrs. Robert Collier Myrtle Cooper Jane Armbrust Betty Meyer Joyce Wilson Rose Wilson Waddell Elsie Willett Ronald Wistehuff and Mrs Geo Clementz Fred Graff and Mrs Clarence Meyer are noted for the month of June with dates ranging from June 5 to June 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Collier
Myrtle M. Cooper
Lester Warner
Jane Bender Armbrust
Betty Lou Meyer
John’ D, Pioeht
Joyce Wilson Rose Marie Wilson
Sidney Waddell
Elsie Jane Willett
Ronald ‘ Wistehuff
Geo. Clementz
Fred H. Graff
Clarence Meyer
Anniversaries Listed for June 7 to June 11
The notice lists anniversaries for June 7 Mr and Mrs John E Rankin 1927 June 9 Mr and Mrs Earl Heckman 1938 June 11 Mr and Mrs Richard Velde 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Rankin
Earl Heckman
Richard Velde
Nursing graduate Carolyn Beimfohr earns degree
Carolyn Ann Beimfohr daughter of Ephriam and Mrs Beimfohr of Hennepin completed the 1952 nursing program at Julia F Burnham City Hospital Champaign. She received her Nursing degree at commencement on Sunday June 1 at University Place Christian Church Champaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. N
Campaign Hospital
Carolyn Ann Beimfohr
Ephriam Beimfohr
Hennepin
Julia F. Burnham City Hospital
Champaign
University Place Christian Church
Youth for Christ Service at Forman High Gym
Youth for Christ holds an 8 p.m. service Saturday in Forman High School gym with a homecoming theme as alumni attend various Bible Institutes and colleges. main speaker Vontros Cavanaugh of Mason City is at Fort Wayne Bible College. Youth orchestra or choir participants are invited to meet before the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youth For Christ
Forman High School
Vontros Cavanaugh
Mason City
Fort Wayne Bible College
Also Mentioned on This Page
Golden Link
Havana
Elsie Smith
Hurley Funeral Home
John Bracy
Henry Strube
Abner McCoy
Gladys
L. F. Ozbourne
Belleville, Ll
Fredrich Hahn
Dickson Mounds
Walter Hahn
Maxine Hahn
Merle Glick
Clyde
Kenneth ‘Speckerer
Glenn Lunback
Scott ‘Air Field
Marvel Lee
Western Union
Herman Glick
Manito Methodist Church
Frederick Heyl
Ronald Lee Kreiling
Ronald Meyer
Ann Heyl Ronald Thomas Sophmores
Ann Forsythe
Merilyn Heyl
Winifred Richardson Douglas Runyon
Loretta Warner
Joyce Hill
Alan Hubbard
Lawrence Meyer Dale Parkin
Duane Simpson
Youth For Christ Services
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