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Newspaper
Manito Community Express
Location
Manito, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1953
Page
5
The Overbrook Kansas Citizen notes inconsistent estimates of wheat damage from hot dry weather with a typical view of a one quarter crop loss. Farmers’ bin capacities vary from full to none and some will see payouts as combines may roll next week if the weather remains dry.
Four runaways in a car and their driver, John Soma of Springfield, escaped serious injuries after a Tuesday afternoon crash on Route 66 near the 66 service station. Soma said he swerved to avoid another car, lost control, and rolled once into a ditch. The nuns from Sacred Heart Academy of Springfield were passengers. The incident was reported to State Patrolman Paul Zimmerman.
The Delavan Times reports plans for a city park Fourth of July celebration led by Mason County Schools Supt. Joseph Hobbs of Manito and former Rotary governor as the afternoon speaker. The Kiddie Parade opens the festivities.
The Tindall school district near Glasford voted at a special election to sell the unused school buildings and ground after uniting with the Scovil district. Four voters supported the sale with no opposition.
Athletics president Connie Mack dined at Wayne and Ethel's Cafe on Wednesday June 10 before traveling to St. Louis for a game. He posed for photos with Wayne Harris Harold Harris and state patrolman Glenn Nichols and signed autographs. Mack previously lunched there around the same time last year.
Hubert Richmond Jacques of Cobden was among seventy one veterans honored for fifty years of service with the Illinois Central Railroad.
The Gazette-Democrat reports an annual Fifty-Year luncheon in Chicago where Mr. Jacques received a 14 karat gold pass engraved with his name. The pass grants lifetime transportation on Illinois Central Railroad.
The Missouri conservation commission announced the deer open season will run from November 1 to 10. Archery season will occur October 15 to 31. This was reported by The Lawrence Chieftain from Mt. Vernon, Missouri.
Mason County residents bought 55 257 in Series E and H United States Savings Bonds in May 1953, with statewide May 1953 sales 51.2 percent higher than May 1952. Statewide six month total 44 8 percent of annual quota reached as of mid 1953.
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