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Newspaper
Manito Community Express
Location
Manito, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1954
Page
7
Jimmy Robinson and his band perform weekly Wednesday night square dances on Manila streets. Free admission for all. A photo shows one set of dancers from opening night, held a week ago last night.
Call or see Gary Gosda or Jim Wistehuff for car washing services with contact numbers provided.
Taupe mohair Davenport and chair. Ivory youth bed with springs. Item listed by Paul Gosda in Manito. One to purchase described as for sale.
An ad promotes T-4-L treatment for athlete’s foot with a three to five day plan. It emphasizes outer fungus care and instant drying, offering a 40 cent money back at Jenkin’s Rexall Store.
Local notices advertise hand or power sharpened mowers repaired to run easily and cut clean. Customers may leave orders at Seelye Hardware or Hub’s Service Station in Forest City.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Seelye and granddaughter Diane Smith were Saturday evening guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wilson in Fairview.
Paul Neikirk and son David with Mrs Elmer Neikirk and Mr and Mrs Elmer Bartell visited New Salem and Springfield this Sunday, traveling from Forest City for the excursions.
Nationwide schools close signaling start of vacation period and ending another rumor mill round. The action halts ongoing whisper campaigns as students take time off across many districts.
The Optimist Club sponsors a July 16 baseball trip to St Louis for youth from 10 years to high school to see the Cardinals and Giants. Free transport and admission. bring lunch and spending money. Register by July 6 at B and J Cafe Manito or Rickett Grain Co Forest City. Depart Manito 1 30 p m and Forest City 1 45 p m dst.
David Neikirk of Richland Washington arrived here last Tuesday for a month long visit with his father Paul Neikirk and his grandmother Mrs Elmer Neikirk.
Mrs. Clyde Ulrich of Peoria and Mr and Mrs Wayne Wistehuff with their sons visited Mr and Mrs James Seelye for Father’s Day.
A columnist argues that to live long a man must quit most desires and pleasures that lure him, suggesting restraint as key to aging well.
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