Forest City Community Notices and Events
Forest City article lists Salvation Army donors totaling 56.60 and other groups contributing 98.86 to local campaigns. Miss Elsie White led March of Dimes efforts. Pleasant Plains Community Club met February 28 with guest list, birthday surprise, and planned April 5 meeting. Mrs. Lois Parker traveled to Moline to visit family and note hospital stays of relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. C. Woiwode
Francis Halpin
Howard Hubbard
R. G. Casey
L G. Lempke
Lucinda Folkman
Harry Embree
Walter Kline
Merlyn Jackson
Oren Kreiling
G. F. Carey
Chas. Embree
Rudolph Wahifeld
Russel Rickett
Olin Kennedy
Fred A. Friedrich
J. Floyd Whitaker
Roy
Bernice Bowser
P. C. Kreiling
J. L
Bishop Lutheran Ladies Aid
J. Fred Sanmann Treas
Fox Drive
Forest City American Legions
Forest City
M. E. Ladies Aid
Elsie White
March of Dimes
Pleasant Plains
Howard Kiesling
Nelson Worner
Harold Warner
Ralph Krause
Carl Gathman
Chas Seest
Darrell Seest
Adolph Gathman
Kathryn Louise
Howard Friedrich
Donnie Blanche
Fred Friedrich
Ford van Orman
Raymond van Orman
Diana Kay
Mabel Schierbeck
Dan Sill
Lester Warner
Floyd Ship
Barbara Jo
Nelson Dosier
George
Pleasant Plains Club
Local Social Notes Mention Houston Guest and Improv ing Health
A woman described as a brother who resides in Houston, Texas was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Parker in Moline. The Rev. A. C. D. Seehase of St. Johns Lutheran Church is listed as a patient at Pekin hospital with his condition reported much improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Parker
Moline
Illinois
Zoe Parker
Warren W. Parker
Moline Public Hospital
Miss Parker
Houston
Texas
Robert Parker
A. C. D. Seehase
St. Johns Lutheran Church
Pekin Hospital
Social Round of Visits Around Forest City
A Sunday dinner at the Whitaker home near Forest City drew relatives and friends from Mason City Pekin Springfield Peoria and San Jose. Attendees included Loyd Reeser Karen Cline bell Joy Lynn and Dwight Whitaker plus James McDonald Margaret Bartell and several Emmons and Himmel family members visiting from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Whitaker
Forest City
Loyd Reeser
Karen
Wedon
Eldon Clinebell
Joy Lynn
Carl Leesman
Mason City
Barbara
Edward
John
Dwight Whitaker
James McDonald
Margaret Bartell
Peoria
Vernon Graff
Marcia
Alan Kirshner
Jimmy
Hartsburg
Charles Woodrow
Pete
Springfield
Kenneth Emmons
Keith Edward
Dennis Lynn
Pekin
Lafe Underwood
Mabel Emmons
Alfred Woiwode
Dennis
Verdon Himmel
William Milhahn
Bishop
Local Homes and Family News From Down Memory Lane
Elmer Vogel bought the Dan Hammers house. The Hammers plan a new home on lots beside Tom Charlton. Richard Hammers builds in the southern town area. Mr and Mrs W S Maloney enjoyed dinner with Mr and Mrs Frank Trowbridge for Mrs Maloney's birthday. Twenty years ago, Harold and Mrs Meyer welcomed a daughter born March 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Vogel
Dan Hammers
Mrs. Hammers
Tom Charlton
Richard Hammers
W. S. Maloney
Frank Trowbridge
Mrs. Malony
Harold Meyer
Rotary Farmer meeting hosts and guest speakers in Havana
Harm Glick and Henry Strube attended the Rotary Farmer meeting in Havana guests, with Wolfgang Lind the visiting speaker from Bradley University. Local social notices list multiple families visiting, illness, and church group activities across Topeka Peoria Bartonville Pekin Springfield and Matanza Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Glick
Henry Strube
A. T. Peara
Rotary Farmer
Havana
Wolfgang Lind
Bradley University
Peoria
J. F. McCarty
Bartonville
J. B. Martin
Ross Decker
Harold Deverman
Clarence Bodens
Matanza Beach
Arthur Friedrich
Walter Kreiling
Henry Wendt
Robert
Raymond Markert
John Noll
A.H. Stockert
Henry R. Wendt
Topeka
Administration seeks to curb watchdogs over aid and adds jobs
A critical view labels the push to weaken the congressional watchdog committee on the Marshall Plan and notes expanded bureaucracy with H R 6000 for social security. The piece cites UN Census of harem dancers and mentions thousands of new federal jobs, highlighting fiscal and governance concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressional
Europe
Federal Security Agency
U. S. Treasury
Douglas proposes cuts to federal vacation and sick leave
Senator Paul H. Douglas of Illinois urges reducing federal workers 26 day paid vacations to 20 and 15 day sick leave to 12, claiming annual savings up to 125 million dollars. He argues private sector standards justify trimming perks and aligning government with producers of tax money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Paul H. Douglas
Illinois
Congress
Douglas
Illinois Sees Record Low Industrial Accidents in 1949
Illinois industries reported 48 405 accidents disabling workers more than a week or causing permanent impairment last year. This marks the lowest annual total since 1941, per Department of Labor Director Frank Annunzio. Governor Stevenson plans a safety drive to cut accidents by 50 percent by 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Frank Annunzio
State Department of Labor
Adlai E. Stevenson
Conference On Industrial Safety
Illinois highway deaths rise to 162 in January
Motor vehicle accidents on Illinois highways killed 162 persons in January, per Charles P. Casey, director of the Department of Public Works and Buildings. January 1945 deaths were 126, with a postwar high of 201 in 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Charles P. Casey
State Department of Public Works and Buildings
Hearings Set on Truck Freight Permits in Illinois
The state Division of Motor Carriers holds hearings on applications to transport various commodities by truck in six Illinois cities this week. Locations include Urbana Macomb Chicago Peru and. Dates run Feb 28 to March 2 at specified sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
State Division of Motor Carriers
Court House
Urbana
State Polices
Macomb
State of Illinois
Chicago
City Hall
Peru
Police Notice Dates Reported in Joliet and Pontiac
Police headquarters Joliet March 1 and state police headquarters Pontiac March 2 appear in the brief public notice. The item details agency locations and scheduled dates for upcoming communications or actions related to enforcement and public safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Pontiac
Peru Illinois River Bridge Condemned After 80 Years
The state Department of Public Works and Buildings condemned the 80 year old Peru Illinois river bridge on February 28. The unsafe structure hampers navigation and removal has been requested by the U S Engineer Corps. The city town Peru owns the bridge which has been operated by the state since 1942 at about $20000 each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Public Works Ad
Peru, Illinois River
U. S. Engineer Corps
Peru
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