Forest City Township Polio Drive Closed
Forest City Township completes the March of Dimes drive for 1954 with $155.19 raised in the area. Local chairman Mrs. Russel Rickett and the American Legion Auxiliary members Mrs. Fletcher, Mrs. Rolves, and Lois Parker organized Porch Light Canvas events and a benefit dance. Mr. and Mrs. George Frederick hosted a pot luck gathering Friday with guests including DeWayne Thomas and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City
Russel Rickett
American Legion Auxiliary
Carl Fletcher
Lawrence Rolves
Lois Parker
Rickett
George Frederick
DeWayne Thomas
Wilbur van Orman
Sandy
Howard Kiesling
Claudia
Adolph Gathman
Kathryn
Girl Scouts Plan Joint Red Cross Activities at Forest City
Inter mediate and Senior Girl Scouts met at Forman Junior High School Forest City to discuss Red Cross needs. Mrs John Harris urged participation and distributed posters for Manila and Forest City. The group will begin taking cookie orders and plans for parents night on March 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Cross
Girl Scout Promise
Forman
Forest City
John Harris
Manila
Kreiling Family Observes March Birthdays in Forest City
The Kreiling family held a March birthday gathering at the Forest City home of Wilford and Helena Kreiling. Attendees included Verden Bartell, Mrs. Verden Bartell, and many Kreiling relatives from Pekin Topeka South Bend Peoria and Freeport with guests from Indiana Illinois and Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kreiling
Wilford
Helena Kreiling
Forest City
Verden Bortell
Walter Kreiling
Albert Kreiling
Pekin
Topeka
Verden Bartell
Ethel
Carlos
Eldon
John Jackson
George
Joan
Lois
Jimmie
South Bend
Indiana
Bertha Kreiling
Peoria
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Mre. L. A Wilson
Forest City Home Bureau
Martha Kolves
Anita Himmel
Union Center
Ruth Bartell
Easton
Connie Woiwode
Amelia Wiemer
Lucille Pfeiffer
Verna Jordan
Helen Hibbard
Gwyneth Neikirk
Havana
Evamae Peplow
Virginia Spaits
Mabel Kreiling
Grace Wepner
Pat White
Helen Hubbard
Creed
Blanch Wahlfeld
Mesdames Verden Bortell
Otto Dierker
John Harms
Clarence Foste
Roy Hibbard
Howard Hubbard
Virden Himmel
Robert Jordan
Clarence Kreiling
Percy Kreiling
Lea Langston
Beryl LeCount
Warren Neikirk
Marvin Neikirk
Alvin Pfeiffer
Roy Robbins
James Lanmann
Delbert Spaits
Henry Wahlfeld
Norman White
John Woiwode
Alfred Woiwode
Eldon Wiemer
Laurence Kolves
Lewis Peplow
James Greenhalgh
Alma Pfeiffer
Morse
Manito, Illinois
Forest City Township
Silettes Whiccian En
Legion and Auxiliary
St. Johns Lutheran Ladies
Forest City Ladies Aid
Charlotte Fox
Mary Durham
Molly Lynch
Frances Herrin
Judy Woiwode
Karen Moore
Barbara Casey
Shirley Foste
Annette Vogel
Alice Parkin
Kay Hammer
Donna Hirst
Delores Scranton
Beverly Proehl
Mrs. Verden
Himmel
The
Manita Community Express
Norman Fetter
Gary and
Carol
Freeport
J. R. Null
Leo Milstead
Quincy
Rudolph Wahlfeld
George Wahlfeld
Fey
Harmon Kreiling
Pekin Hospital
Hudsons
Hollywood
Sonn
Hudson
Husson
Huson of Yy
Seelye’s
Manito
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