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Newspaper
Manito Community Express
Location
Manito, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1954
Page
6
The Mason County Home Bureau will host its annual tea at Community Methodist Church in Manito on Friday June 4 at 1 30 p m CST. Speaker Mrs Carrol Dwight Hale will present My Trip Around the World on a Freighter a compelling program for all members to attend.
Sunday May 23 marks Rural Life Sunday the fifth after Easter highlighting Christianity for rural life. The observance began in 1929 following a suggestion from the International Association of Agricultural Missions.
The Home Advisor's office operates on Central Standard Time with weekly hours Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. due to standard time alignment.
The Home Advisor will open Saturdays from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. with a 4:30 to 5:30 supper break. The office closes at 5:00 p.m. on weekdays and is one hour at noon. On Mondays the Home Advisor is out, but the office secretary remains to handle requests.
The Mason County Rural Youth group schedules a May 20 tour to Springfield to visit the J C Penny Store. At the May 3 Board Meeting it was decided each unit will receive 10 cookbooks to sell. The citizenship conference returns to Bradley University in Peoria June 22 23 24 25 with Mason County representatives Mrs John Harrs and Mrs John Meeker. A Visit ors Day is planned with a single day for all members and Home Advisors.
Birthdays announced include Cathy Lynn Bilyeu on May 20 James David Proeh on May 22 Joseph W Hobbs on May 23 Jackie Duden and Mrs A D Meeker on May 23 James Seelye on May 24 Judy Runyon on May 26 Mrs Roberta Marquardt Ernest H Cooper Howard Tisdale Modelle Warner Clausen on May 26 Mrs Roy Strawbridge on May 28 William H Nannen on May 29 Frederick Bender Ralph Parkin Clifford Talbott Kathryn Hamilton Robert Lee Zimmerman Clarence Farnam on various dates.
Mrs Ida Hilst born March 4 1865 in Pennsylvania daughter of Peter and Josephine Huntzinger Singley last surviving of 18 children. She lived in Manito most of her life married Luther A Shaneberg 1890 died 1904 then Ralph Hilst 1932. Funeral May 16 1954 at Johnson Funeral Home Manito officiated by Joseph W Hobbs.
A local page notes anniversaries for May 21 including Mr. and Mrs. Bill Shelabarger Mr. and Mrs. Harry Selke in 1918 and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ethell in 1916 plus a brief monologue about a conversation between a man and his wife.
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