Forest City Sunday School Seeks Support for Missionary Service
Sunday School members lead the missionary service with Rev. Underwood as guest speaker at 10 45 morning worship and 7 30 evening service in Forest City. The collection funds Miss Juliette Breedlove’s India mission work. Bernice Bowser returns home after hospital stay for a fractured leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Kreiling
Joseph W. Hobbs
Percy Kreilings
Mrs
Louis Lempke
Underwood
Green Valley
Juliette Breedlove
India
Bernice Bowser
Pekin
Pekin Hospital
Fannie Reinhart
Harfst in St Francis hospital after leg operation
Loren Harfst underwent a leg operation at St Francis hospital Peoria and remains in a leg casts though improved and able to sit in a wheelchair. His wife and relatives visited him as Mrs Harfst stayed near him in Peoria. Several local families attended Sunday gatherings and dinners across Forest City Manito Champaign and nearby towns. The Red Cross Drive has begun in Forest City township with residents urged to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Loren Harfst
St. Francis Hospital
Peoria
Louis Lempke
L. C Feterson
Mrs. Lempke
Virginia Carey
Darlene Dosier
Middletown
Hubbard
Howard Hubbard
Eugene Hubbard
Forest City
Evelyn Chapman
Champaign
George Hubbard
Alan
Mary Runyon
Manita
Richard Chapman
Mildred Holligan
Mason City
John Halpin
San Jose
Elsie Emmons
Clarence Kreiling
Ronald Lee
Henry V. Martin
Herman Moldenhauer
Sidney Waddell
Manito
Moldenhauers
E. H. Herman
Charles Finley
Olin Kennedy
Arrangements Mark Birthdays and Weddings in Pekin Area
Parkland residents host birthday dinners for Mrs. John Bender and Mrs. Harry Meyer. A wedding unites Billie Risen and Wayne Meyer at Manilo Methodist Church with Rev. Hobbs presiding. Various local families share visits, travels, and hospital news through Pekin and nearby towns.
Community notes on births anniversaries and local events
Five years ago Downe Memory's Lane records birthdays weddings and anniversaries in Manito Forest City Green Valley and Pekin. Notable items include Donna Joan Reed born at Methodist hospital Peoria, marriages of Hiller Reed Huffman Folkman, death of William Kastner, a major fire at Bob Cranwill's storage shed, and families moving or hosting gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Reed
San Jose
Methodist Hospital
Peoria
Donna Joan
M. L. Mitchell
Manito
William Oliver Kastner
Samuel Kastner
Bert Wade
Pekin
Fred Purdy
Tom Lyons
Bob Cranwill
Local Residents in Move and Marriage Notices
Topeka couple John and Mrs. Siebenborn welcomed a daughter born February 23. Wallace Seelye of Stewart Iowa visited while buying cattle. Henry Dix left February 28 for Cincinnati after a death in the family. William H. Marshall and family headed to St Joseph Michigan on March 5. Jacob Graff bought the Marshall property and plans to move to town. A F Cox bought spring stock of dry goods and added millinery. John Lux bought the Knapp property in Topeka. Mrs L Stockart bought the Siebenborn property at Forest City. T Burns of Forest City moved to Brown County last week. L Blanchard of Defiance Ohio visited his sister Mrs R A Whiteford. Lizzie Hirst and Fred Kramer wed February 26 seven miles southeast of Manita. Our Want Ads bring RESULTS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orin Wimmer
Naomi of
Pekin
John Bender
Phillip Golden
Howard Coryell
William Carr
Bernard Madison
Harry Meyer
Wayne
Billie
Phyllis Risen
Daniel Woiwode
Frank Woodley
Roy
Flossie Kelly
Houston
Texas
LaVerne Woodley
James Herschenreider
Wallace Burks
Mackinaw
Harmon Schimmelpfenning
Shirley
Marilyn
Jake Vale
Charles Finley
J. T. Huffman
Walter Lee McCabe
Chicago
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Manilo
Thomas McCrabe
Havana
Darrell Hirst
David Logan
Chas. Louie
Glen Tuckman
Melvin Miller
Harry Selke
Green Valley
R. L. Frederick
William Folkman
Forest City
Frank Underwood
Emma E. Foste
George Schleder
Manita
Egypt Union Sunday School
Hubert Ingersoll
George Sparks
Peoria
Clayton Folkman
Henry Gumbel
Wallace Seelye
Stewart
Henry Dix
Cincinnati
William H. Marshall
St. Joseph
Mich
Jacob Graff
William Marshall
A. F. Cox
Addi
T. Burns
Brown County
L. Blanchard
Defiance
Ohio
R. A. Whiteford
Lizzie Hirst
Fred Kramer
Also Mentioned on This Page
MUS
Wilson
Federated Church
Missionary Service
Servel
TM Gow
Ubender
Prin
Elmer Herrman
Roy Runyon
Edw
Warner
Leander Woodley
Robert Herrman
Steve
Jan
Jimmie
Albert Herrman
Charles Parkins
Lm. H. Jones
Jimmie Herrman
Pr. Woodley
R. C. White
J. R. Golden
Wm. H. Jones
Henry Hardwig
Nick Weyhrich
Bud Herrman
Glasford
Paul Hintz
Tina Schimmelpfenning
Lyle Lyons
B. V. Golden
Bertie
Hazel Loveland
Charles Mayhew
Golden
Stanley Runyon
U. of IL
Calesburg
Haskett Hoffman
Alfred Hintz
Wilma Armbrust
Topeka
Jean Waddell
Rebecs Beimfohr
Chas, McLaughlin
Henry Hiller
George Grob
Clarence Hill
Mapleton
United Evangelical Church
Bishop
Nicholas Graff
Earl
Nichols Graff
Leona
Manito Community Club
Old Reformed Church
American Legion Post
John Siebenborn
Tion
John Lux
Knapp
Mrs. L. Stockart
J. Siebenborn
Middle States
Wembley - Metcalf
El-Rico
Schipper & Block Co
Pekin, Illinois
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