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Newspaper
Manito Community Express
Location
Manito, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1953
Page
8
Community brief from Manito highlights local events and notices for June 18 1953. Includes announcements of meetings, weather notes, and upcoming civic activities affecting residents of Manito and nearby areas.
C A Borchelt and the Manito church list Sunday School at 9 and Divine Service at 10 in the CST schedule for St Pauls Lutheran.
D J Powell leads Sunday School at 9 45 with theme Practicing Christian Liberty from Galatians five and six. F E Bender superintendent. Morning Worship at 10 45 DST with Geo E Etheil Prelude Jubilant Sergi sson offertory Morning Song by Laurence and Adult Choir directed by Mrs Ralph Lee. Sermon title Four Rules for Father.
A Methodist Youth Fellowship gathering is set for 6:30 p.m. (DST) with Loretta Warner as president guiding the session assisted by the minister and church youth. The minister will present a brief Tesson study, followed by songs and prayer. parents are asked to remind their youths of this special service.
The Illinois Conference of the Methodist Church met in Jacksonville from June 8 to 14 for its 131st session with Rev. David J. Powell returning to the Manito charge for a sixth year. More than five hundred ministers and lay members attended as MacMurray College facilities provided entertainment and program highlights.
The area hosts a religious conference led by Charles W. Brashares as presiding officer. Daily devotions inspired attendees, and local radio provided fifteen minutes of coverage. Thirty-nine men entered full connection and were ordained deacons, fifteen received elders orders, and twenty-five were admitted to membership on trial.
A Sky Ranch skating party on Monday evening June 15 hosted by the Membership Training class of Manilo Methodist Church welcomed 26 boys and girls. Many fell and tumbled during the event as Rev. D. J. Powell and others provided transportation and support.
Mrs. Earl Heckman hosted a birthday dinner for her husband and Mrs. John Starrett on Sunday. A birthday cake baked by Mrs. George Hubbard was shared as Milton Jacobs, recently discharged from the hospital, recuperates and thanks friends and relatives for cards flowers and visits.
Last Wednesday evening a group including Mrs Mayme Palmer Mrs Eva Wilson Mrs Christine Johnson Miss Mabel Corbett Miss Lorraine Meyer and Miss Mary Ann Fries visited Peoria as dinner guests of Mrs Jess Boice to celebrate her birthday The gathering featured a beautifully decorated birthday cake presented by Mrs Johnson.
Little Rhetta Sue Fletcher will spend a week with her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Shel abarger while her parents are on vacation.
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