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Newspaper
Manito Community Express
Location
Manito, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1950
Page
5
Mrs. Percy Kreiling and Mrs. Otto Dierker will co hostesses for the May meeting at the Kreiling home on Wednesday May 10 1950. The gathering at 11 o clock will feature a major lesson Caring for Young Children at Adult Meetings and a minor lesson Soft Meringues with roll call My Favorite Color Scheme in Decorating. Guests welcome.
The May meeting of the Forest City Auxiliary Unit is set for Tuesday May 9 at 8 pm at the home of Mrs Howard Hubbard with co hosts Mrs Pearl Wahlfeld and Mrs Beatrice Embree. President Mrs Erma Langston will chair. All members and eligible visitors are invited.
The Linden Camp RNA will hold its May meeting on Thursday evening May 11 at 8 pm in the Camp room. Oracle Mrs Juanita Lempke urges strong attendance and full officer participation for rehearsals for the Mason County Convention RNA set for June 8 in San Jose.
Mrs. Frank Carey remains a surgical patient at Pekin hospital. Denny Langston and Nanciana Neikirk have chicken pox. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Bortell were Sunday visitors at the homes of the Bortells and Wells. both men are ill. Jesse Zimmerman departed Tuesday for Rochester Minn to enter Mayo Clinic for a check up.
Miss Nora Cannon of Union No 1 and Mrs. Mary Vaughn of Bishop school led pupils on a Friday excursion to New Salem state park to view historic sites and enjoy a picnic. Cannon’s group included Wilma Kreiling Sthel Bartell Shirley Foster Herm an Kreiling Jenelle Pfeiffer Carl Pfeiffer and Dwight Whitaker. Vaughn’s group included Leo Gray Christel Armbrust Robert Himmel a pre schooler and Dennis Gray. Sunday guests joined Emil Steinlecht's 68th birthday dinner in Sedley attended by Mr and Mrs Nelson Vogel and family and Mr and Mrs Waldo Hurst Karen and Wally of Colorado Springs.
Mrs. Wilma Embree, longtime primary teacher, was surprised by 21 Home School club members Monday evening. A film titled On The Air was shown, games with prizes awarded to Mrs. Perry Tisdale, Mrs. Herman Moldenhauer, and Mrs. Juanita Lempke, and a parting gift was presented before refreshments.
The Forest City Baptist church basement hosted a dessert luncheon and founders day ceremony of the Delta Kappa Gamma society. About forty members from Lincoln Clinton Havana Mt. Pulaski and New Holland attended with talks by Mason County schools superintendent Joseph Hobbs and musical numbers by Forest City Community High School students. Local families hosted guests including Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Wahlfeld and Calvin Studyvin with a broader family gathering for dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Embree hosted a family dinner at Forest City on Sunday for Karen Sue Dawson's 8th birthday. Attending were relatives including William and Karen Dawson of Bartonville, Charles Embree, Kitty Woodrow, and others, with visits to Pekin and Peoria later that day.
The Topeka article reports a Sunday reunion of Walker School Community and Old School Mates with a noon basket dinner and a program by Mrs. Goldie E. Meyer. Ice cream and cake followed for a large group. Wm. Quick, Lewis town, aged 95, was the oldest present and will turn 96 in May. Herman Glick and Walter Hahn visited Peoria on Tuesday.
Mrs Harold Deverman entered Memorial Hospital at Springfield a week ago last Sunday. Mr Deverman and Donna Belle visit daily. Mr and Mrs Herman Glick and Mr and Mrs J F McCarty were supper guests Monday of Mr and Mrs Henry Strube. Mrs Myrtle Rakestraw was a caller. Charles E Willard of Chicago spent the weekend at his home here. Mrs Henry Strube and Marvel Lee attended a party sponsored by Norma Jean Sarff and Jo Ann Trimpe at the Sarff home Tuesday evening. Mrs Katherine Wulfert and son Wayne of Peoria spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Herman Strube and Mrs Marjorie Leibenborn of E Peoria, Alvin Leibenborn and son of Washington were Sunday callers. Topeka school held their last day of School with a basket dinner Sunday. Mrs Umback teacher. Wendell Koke Paul Behrends and Marvin Strube attended a Walther League Talent Festival Sunday at Decatur Ml. Quite a number from here attended the Walther League Skating party Monday night in Havana. Mr and Mrs Adolph Budke were hosts to a group of friends Sunday night with a guardian party.
Mr and Mrs Carl Eply of Crystal Lake and Mr John Adelman of Silvis were weekend guests of Mrs Ethel Chessman in Manito Illinois. Sunday dinner guests included Darren Runyon Darlene Vincent Runyon and Lyman Runyon families and Clarence Palmer with Bobby Duane. Friday supper guests were Clarence Palmer and Bobby Duane at George Ethell home.
Mr and Mrs Dillard Warner Mrs Hannah Knupple and Mr and Mrs George Bilyeu attended the Sigman Rombert concert at the Shrine Mosque in Peoria. Mr C A Beebe spent the weekend in Chicago and returned home Monday. Mr Ernest Palmer is confined to his home with the flu.
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