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Newspaper
Manito Community Express
Location
Manito, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1950
Page
4
Public dumping ground on the Bilyeu farm southwest of Manito is closed and posted. Trespassers or any person dumping trash will be prosecuted. The notice cites dead animals dumped without burial and trash along the road. For sale: four room furnished house with furnace heat and interior toilet. Write Mrs J Keir Elmhurst Illinois.
Delavan Mutual County Fire Insurance Co of Delavan Illinois offers fire and lightning coverage for farmers including buildings household goods farm machinery livestock and grain in the field. Grange Insurance Co of Peoria provides windstorm hail for farm buildings or village property Route 2. Spinet piano by Rogers Piano Co Cham paign Illinois 2t.
Our Direct Car Lot Shipment offers best prices and weekly hammermill operation in the Manila area every Thursday. Call for economical efficient service from Rickett Grain & Feed Co at Forest City, Illinois, phone 14.
Service on all makes of oil burners stoves and furnaces with estimates on complete plumbing and heating jobs. Conversion of existing furnace to gas or oil. Supplying American Standard Crane heating and plumbing products Red Jacket Meyers water pumps National electric water heaters and kitchen sinks. Work guaranteed. Phone 138M. Wm F Hilst and Son.
The 1950 Illinois State Fair will offer a $10,500 purse for automobile races and a $6,600 purse for motorcycle races. Of the motorcycle purse $600 funds the American Motorcycle Association hospital. James E. Buck Kidd of Springfield will promote the auto events on August 19 and the motorcycles on August 20, with the fair running August 11 through 20.
State report shows 32 trucking firms account for 8,042 overloaded truck arrests from Jan 31, 1949 to Jan 31, 1950. Acting director Thomas J. O'Donnell seeks higher fines and company action, asking Governor Stevenson to present the issue to the General Assembly. He notes trucks over 12 tons cause most highway damage despite being under one percent of registrations.
Governor Adlai E. Stevenson proclaims Sunday May 14 as Mother's Day in Illinois. He urges all citizens to observe the occasion with acts of affection and remembrance.
Illinois Public Aid Commission reports March aid totaling 3,182,530 to 127,737 residents at an average of 24.91 per person. Most recipients offset living costs through other means.
Governor Adlai Stevenson issues an official proclamation naming May 15 to July 4 for a U S Savings Bond Campaign covering Illinois and the nation. The drive promotes buying Savings Bonds as a typically American method to encourage thrift and self reliance.
Illinois beekeepers face near starvation as many colonies exhaust winter honey stores. Carl E. Killion, head of the Apiary Division, advises feeding a syrup made from equal parts boiling water and cane sugar.
The state Department of Aeronautics approved seven additional restricted landing areas for private aircraft in April, bringing Illinois total to 341. The new sites are Findlay Waterloo Bartlett Broadlands Sparta Bethany and Arcola.
May 19 1910 report notes no grave flowers for soldiers due to a hard freeze and continued cold. Also mentions Fred Simon returning to New York City to resume duties on the battleship Vermont after a fifteen day furlough and Mr and Mrs Sam Woodley welcoming a daughter. May 13 1920 Wm T S Beebe, superintendent of Manito Electric Light Plant, suffered a hard fall when a pole and ladder collapsed on him.
Twenty years ago on May 16 1930 the Manito Community Band was making arrangements for summer concerts as part of a city cultural program.
Vr and Mrs Verne Herrman and family visited Mr and Mrs George Siuts in Delavan for Sunday dinner. Lyle Palmer and Jesse Boice joined Mrs Eva Wilson for Sunday dinner. A Singley couple traveled to Hartsburg to dine with Mr and Mrs Al Schrader. Illinois hunters kill about 1 400 000 squirrels each year with 70 percent being fox squirrels.
The piece questions high NYC teacher salaries and raises against budget proposals and asks if higher pay yields better students. It notes Illinois state aid rising from 13.9 million to 33.2 million and local education funding doubling, yet asks if student outcomes and teacher quality have improved.
The passage argues that citizens must understand private enterprise and government structures and vote in all elections. It warns that voter apathy and ignorance of economics show schools fail to teach these duties, threatening a swing in public opinion if the challenge is not met.
Many women show interest in the crochet contest at the Illinois State Fair. A special edition of the textile and amateur art premium list is printed and available from the State Fair General Office in Springfield. Entries are due by July 31.
The Middle West Soil Improvement Committee urges emergency pasture for next summer as grass falters. Plant Sudan grass two weeks after corn and wait until 18 inches high before grazing. Use a complete fertilizer with nitrogen, phosphate, and potash, potentially 500 pounds per acre, and prepare a firm seed bed with about 25 pounds of seed.
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