Name H. Thompson Gene Back To Scout Program Here
Harold Thompson named institutional representative to revive Legion supported boy scout efforts succeeding Wm. F. Hirst. Gene Buck named neighborhood commissioner from Manito and Green Valley. They will attend meetings at Bradley University and Mackinaw to aid Forman area scouting and Captain Joseph Gyalai aids Korea relief per Pacific Stars and Stripes report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Thompson
Gene
Boy Scout Organization
Legion
Harold Thompson
Wm. F. Hirst
Richard Hammer
Gene Buck
Manita
Green Valley
Buck
Thompson
Bradley University
Mackinaw
Forman
Joseph K. Gyalai
Inf
U.S
82Nd Inf. Regt
Gyalai
D W Velde Manito farmer dies at 69
Diedrich W. Velde aged 69 lifelong Manito resident and retired farmer died at 11 55 a m Tuesday in Pekin Public Hospital. He was born May 27 1884 near Manito married Kathryn Lussenhop December 28 1910. Funeral March 12 at St Pauls Lutheran Pekin burial Meadow Lawn. Survived by widow one daughter Elaine Herrman sister Lydia Traeger brother Tess Velde twin grandsons Gary Dean and Larry Gene Herrman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diedrich W. Velde
Manito
Pekin Public Hospital
Harold H. Velde
Pekin
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
George A. Rosg
O. A. Borchett
Meadow Lawn Cemetery
Mr. Velde
Dietrich
Rena Bruns Velde
Kathryn Lussenhop
St. John’s Lutheran Church of
Parkland
Elaine Herrman
Lydia Traeger
St. Louis
Tess Velde
Near Manito
Gary Dean
Larry Gene Herrman
Forman pupils to register for first grade in March
Beginning pupils who will be six by December 1 1954 and start first grade next September must register on Friday March 26 1954 at Forman Spring Lake Manito and Forest City locations with time slots in the afternoon. Mr and Mrs Lester Bernshausen return from a south vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forman Community Unit
Forman
Spring Lake Frolmanriey
Cnotecvpan
Forest City
Manito Proclaims American Legion Birthday Week 1954
Mayor Carroll Farnam issues proclamation designating March 14 to 20 1954 as American Legion Birthday Week honoring the veterans organization for wartime and peacetime service and urging display of the Legion emblem in the village of Manito.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Carroll Farnam
Manito
Carroll Farman
Annual Rotary Banquet To Be Tuesday Night
The Rotary banquet will be held in the basement of the Methodist church Tuesday night. Tickets are available from William Masters or any club member. Jule E. Bohn Springfield city superintendent will speak, with a Turkey Banquet past event recalled. High school music department will provide vocal and instrumental numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Methodist Church
William Masters
Forman Voc. Ag
Jule E. Bohn
Springfield
Bohn
Ohio Rotary
Hospital transfers and discharges in Lincoln and Springfield
On Monday morning the John son Ambulance took Harve Libben to Deaconess Hospital in Lincoln. Mrs. Vera Herrman has been dismissed from Memorial Hospital in Springfield and is convalescing at her daughter's home in Illipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Harve Libben
Deaconess Hospital
Lincoln
Vera Herrman
Memorial Hospital
Springfield
Illipolis
Julius Zeeck and Red Marshall Vacation in Missouri and Arkansas
Julius Zeeck and Red Marshall enjoyed a brief post from last week in Missouri and Arkansas. They traveled together for a short vacation to the two states, enjoying sightseeing and rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Zeeck
Red Marshall
Missouri
Arkansas
Forman Students Earn District Superior Ratings Advance to State
Laura Crafton won a Superior rating at Franklin district music contest with a Girls Sextet and a Boys Quartet also earning Superior marks. Forman High School advances three entries to the state meet in Macomb Illinois on April 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Caulkins
Pauline Frederick
Sherry Beale
Laura Crafton
Eleanor Hewitt
Patla Himmel
Alice Conover
Forman High School
Macomb
Illinois
Franklin
Kurt Rankin
Merrill Dierker
Kenneth Bender
Lowell Golden
Jon Dee Proehl
Patia Himmel
Patty Endicott
John Durham
Boys
Tom Rollo
Gary Gordon
Jim Watthauer
Frank Golden
Beverly Proehl
Loretta Warner
Janet Skinner
Marilee Vogel
Joyce Hill
Nancy Warner
Betty Bernshausen
Frank Miller
Forman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hal Willett
Ralph Parkin
Hammer
George
Bilyeu
Creve Coeur
Pioneer Club
Capt. Gyalai
Dr. Gyalai
Japan
Korea
Stuart Thomas
D. W. Velde
Wayne Wistehuff
Jimmy
James Seelye
Clyde Ulrich
Peoria
Forman Community Unit Schools
Mrs
Lester Bernshausen
South
Laura
Crafton
Alice
Conover
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