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Newspaper
Manito Community Express
Location
Manito, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1954
Page
3
The Moody Institute of Science presents Hidden Treasures at 8 p m Saturday July 3 in Forman Gym. The 50 minute sound and color film explores universal wonders through Bible truth and is part of a series including God of Creation God of the Atom Voice of the Deep Dust or Destiny and Prior Claim.
The event is free to attend with a free-will offering collected for sponsorship.
The Manito Forest City Optimist Club will hold a charter party Monday at 7 30 DST in Forman High School Gym Manito with local and out of town guests. Dinner for about 300 will be served by the Manila Legion Auxiliary. Havana parent club oversees program with Byron Johnson leading singing and Margit Schoonover's Accordion Band performing two numbers. Rev. Watson to give the invocation.
A succinct aphorism notes that true dignity and independence come from supporting oneself rather than relying on others or external aid. It emphasizes personal responsibility and empowerment. The message urges individual effort as the path to lasting self regard.
Ben Havens 64 well known to area fishermen and hunters was found dead at his Goofy Ridge residence in the Chautauqua Game Refuge at 3 p m Wednesday. Coroner says death natural. inquest set for 7 30 p m Friday at Hurley Funeral Home Havana. Survived by several siblings across Pekin Peoria Warsaw and Stratton Cole with two sisters deceased recently.
City residents mourned long time residents as Mrs. Huffman and Mr. Havens were remembered in funeral services and memorials. Havens owned extensive land holdings north of Havana, later incorporated into the Chautauqua Game Refuge.
Analysis notes that dictatorships often decline faster than they rise, with harsher rule producing frequent upheaval and collapse while governance remains unstable under autocratic regimes.
A reflective line meditates on how the world ends each night for the wise man and reawakens each morning. It suggests cycles of endings and new beginnings guiding personal philosophy.
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