Forest City Commencement Honors 14 Graduates in 1948
Friday evening May 21 saw Forest City hold its commencement for fourteen 1948 graduates in the gymnasium. Prof. Glenn Seymour of Eastern Illinois State College delivered Education or Catastrophe, urging extended suffrage for high school grads and fair wealth distribution while warning of resource depletion in the Mississippi Valley. Diplomas were presented by Floyd Whitaker, high school board president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City
Lurelle Whitaker
Darto Lou Beale
Barbara Whitaker
Joyce Hindman
Darlene Dosier
Glenn Seymour
Eastern Illinois State College
Charleston
Seymour
H. G. Wells
Mississippi Valley
Hwangho
China
Honored with Birthday Party and Community News
James David Proehl, son of Walter and Mrs Proehl, was honored at a birthday party with games and a weiner roast. Prize winners included Betty Lou Meyer and Darlene Hawkins. Numerous relatives and neighbors attended church, dinners, and commencement events across multiple towns, including Forest City High School relatives and a fish fry at the Meyer home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James David Proehl
Walter Proehl
Proehl
Betty Lou Meyer
Darlene Hawkins
Marilyn Heyl
Barbara Heyl
Weiner
Beverly
Jon Dee Proehl
David Neikirk
Walter
Wayne
Kenneth Schuttler
Kenneth Becker
Annalee Proehl
James David
Mrs
Louis Schuttler
Methodist Church Service Schedule and Activities
Church School at 9 45 led by F. E. Bender. Morning Worship at 10 45 with subject Gods Great If. Evening Worship at 7 30 with subject Tests of Being a Christian. MYF at 6 30 p m. Prayer Service Wednesday at 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Bender
Push Button Coffee Fills The Cup At Ken’s Push Button Coffee
Ken Monroe of the Monroe Cafe installs an Urn O Matic fully automatic coffee brewer. Patrons push a button and light signals brewing. coffee is ready when the light goes out. The machine promises uniform results though critics doubt the claim of complete automation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken
Ken Monroe
Monroe Cafe
America
Tabitha Society Attends Lutheran Convention in Peoria
The Tabitha Society of St. Pauls Lutheran attended the Central Illinois District Lutheran Woman's Missionary League Convention at Christ Lutheran Church Peoria. They also joined a Fellowship dinner at the Shrine Mosque and heard a talk by the wife of a returned missionary who recently spent seven years in Argentina. The group planned to build a chapel for the Illinois Death School in Jacksonville this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabitha Society
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Central Illinois District of
Lutheran Woman's Missionary League
Christ Lutheran Church
Peoria
Shrine Mosque
O. A. Borchelt
Mesdames Jesse Hilst
George Handke
Henry Hilst
Robert Hilst
William Durdle
Louis
Morton man injured during tractor crank at farm
William Fritz of Morton, son in law of Mr and Mrs Clarence Farnam, was hurt Saturday while cranking his father’s tractor at the farm. He was taken to the Morton hospital where an x ray showed four broken ribs and he remained bedfast for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Fritz
Morton
Clarence Farnam
Birthday Dinner Honors Hobbs and Cranwill Kin
Mr. and Mrs. Dillard Warner hosted a birthday dinner Saturday evening honoring Joseph Hobbs and James Cranwill. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Warner, Donna and Robert, Mr. and Mrs. James Cranwill and their daughter Karen, Mrs. Hannah Knupple, Miss Jeannette Hewitt, George Bilyeu, Norma Jean Warner, Mrs. Dolla Hobbs, and Joseph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillard Warner
Joseph Hobbs
James Cranwill
Nelson Warner
Donna
Robert
Karen
Hannah Knupple
Jeannette Hewitt
George Bilyeu
Norma Jean
Dolla Hobbs
Joseph
Woman's Society Meeting Set At Church
The Woman's Society Christian service will hold their June meeting at 8 o'clock Thursday evening June 3 at the church. Mrs. D. E. Melton will lead worship and Mrs. Marie Bernshausen will direct the program. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Gore have spent two months in Cincinnati and returned to Manito on Tuesday. They will visit their parents before moving in June to Galesburg where Glen will work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society Christian Service
D. E. Melton
Marie Bernshausen
Glen Gore
Cincinnati
Ohio
Manito
George Meyer
W. G. Gore
Galesburg
Glen
Amos Thompson
Springfield
Lincoln’s Tomb
State House
Centennial Building
Governors Mansion
Lincolns Home
Mesdames
Roy Meyer
Ernest Beebe
Nelson Scherer
Ben Bilyeu
Chicago Woman and Family Plan Memorial Weekend Visit
Mrs Jack Grossman and daughter Donna visit from Chicago to stay with her parents Mr and Mrs Clyde Priddy and Clarabelle for Memorial weekend. Her husband Jack will join them on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Grossman
Donna
Chicago
Clyde Priddy
Clarabelle
Jack
Vacation Bible School Planned for 4 14
The Methodist church announces a daily Vacation Bible School from May 31 for two weeks for children ages 4 to 14. Mrs. Gilbert Boleen of Peoria will supervise. sessions run 9 to 11. No registration fee. an offering will help defray expenses. See Mrs. Bernice Smith or enroll Sunday at church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Methodist Church
Gilbert Boleen
Peoria
Bernice Smith
Forest City honors top students at high school graduation
Constance Matthews earned the valedictorian medal for highest class honors with a four year average of 49 under the University of Illinois system. John Woiwode received the salutatorian medal. Both were active in academics, drama, and newspapers. Community figures hosted dinners and visits surround the graduation observances and local social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance Matthews
Alvin Matthews
Forest City High School
Connie
Forest City High
Springfield
University of Illinois
Flash and Gabbit
Wasctive
Sunday Guests Visit Velde Home Celebrating Two Birthdays
Sunday afternoon visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Velde included Mrs. Hattie DeVries of Mason City and Mrs. Jennie Remmerman of Lincoln. Also present were Mr. and Mrs. Richard Velde and family of Havana, Mr. and Mrs. Ties Velde, and Mr. and Mrs. Don Herrman and twins. The gathering celebrated the birthdays of D. W. Velde and Hattie DeVries, observed on May 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Venters
W. S. Grover
Havana
Venters
Grover
Jesse Boice
Peoria
Eva Wilson
Leonard Hatters
Mollie Corbett
Shirley Graff
Leonard Graff
Henry Urish
Louis DeSutter
Folbert Maas
Reuben Golden
Sam Schmitgall
Dinner Sun
Marvin Smith
Robert Lawson
Nelson Warner
C. F. Worner
Lester Worner
Raymond VanOrman
Wilfred Worner
Mason City
S. M. Roush
Lila O’hara
D. W. Velde
Hattie DeVries
Jennie Remmerman
Lincoln
Richard Velde
Ties Velde
Don Herrman
Mrs. W. H. Benson Dies in California
Mrs. W. H. Benson also known as Metta Crosby Benson died at her Pacific Palisades home on Saturday morning May 15 1815 from a heart attack. Burial followed at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale on Wednesday May 19. She was well known in Mason and Tazewell Counties for many years of teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Benson
Metta Crosby Benson
Pacific Palisades
California
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Glendale
Family Dinner Honors NYC Visitor Sister of Bender
Mr and Mrs Frederick Bender hosted a Tuesday evening dinner for Mary S Chaefer of New York City visiting relatives and sister of Mrs John Bender. Guests included Mr and Mrs Howard Coryell Mr and Mrs Bernard Madison Mr and Mrs William Carr Mr and Mrs Orin Wimmer Pekin Mr and Mrs P Golden Mr and Mrs John Bender Mr and Mrs Theodore Bender and family rs Mary Bender and Minnie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Bender
Mary S. Chaefer
New York City
John Bender
Howard Coryell
Bernard Madison
William Carr
Orin Wimmer
Pekin
P. Golden
Theodore Bender
Mary Bender
Minnie
Albrecht family reunion draws Pekin area families
Mr and Mrs William Meyer hosted a Pekin Park gathering with numerous Albrecht relatives and friends from Pekin Urbana Champaign Chicago Macomb Astoria and Bartonville. Attendees included Bernie Henry Fred Helmig Richards Hayes Woll and others sharing Sunday dinner and afternoon calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Meyer
Roger Pagel
Michael
Robing
Fideliserf Pagel
New Holstein
Wis
Albrecht
San Angelo
Texas
Manito
Bernie Albrecht
Fred Pekin
Henry
Pekin
Pekin Park
Henry Albrecht
Fred Albrecht
Frederick Helmig
Henry Behrends
Mary Helmig
Dick Newson
Richard Hayes
Fritz Woll
Bert Hudson
Richard Paschke
Ray Paschke
Chicago
Air Rifles Shine Light on Meadow Lawn Vandalism
A Cairo era report notes rising use of air rifles among Manila youths and mounting damage in Meadow Lawn Cemetery including broken windows and ground shot pellets. No formal police complaint filed yet. cemetery board knows the culprits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Monroe
Meadow Lawn Cemetery
Forest City Students and Faculty Tour Chicago
The junior and senior class along with faculty from Forest City High School traveled by chartered bus to Chicago for a two day educational trip. They visited the Art Museum Field Museum Shedd Aquarium Adler Planetarium and the Museum of Science and Industry. Evening activities included a WLS barn dance and showings of Anthony and Cleopatra John Loves Mary or River View Amusement Park. Twenty one students participated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City High School
Chicago
Art Museum
Field Museum
Shedd Aquarium
Adler Planetarium
Museum of Science and Industry
WLS
Also Mentioned on This Page
Floyd Whitaker
High School Board of Education
Michael and
Nancy Smith
Barbara Smith
J. J. Griffin
St. Patrick Catholic Church
Ernest Palmer
Clarence Zehr
Jane Marie
Emma Zehr
Roy Zehr
Ol_vetta
el Paso
Mabel Bauman
Roy Robbins
Russell Petty
al Heinz
Fred Engelke
Mae Armbrust
Vera Hermann
Ferne Hermann
Louis Woiwode
New York
Alfred Woiwodes
Frances Woiwode
Grady Eyman
Victor Eyman
Fred Rabe
Lexington
Herbert Meyhew
Gladys
Delavan
Frieda Roof
Charles Buchanan
Guy Baldwin
Dale Vaughn
Constance
Joyce
Clear
Everett Bailey
Kilbourne
Perry Walker
Carl Ellenberger
Rockford
Bertha Ellenberger
Columbia
N. Reuling Co
Pekin Illinois
Woman's Society
Manilo Opera House
A. A. Zimmerman
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
Pekin, Illinois
Triangle Park
Hill-Palmer Legion Post
Meyer Home
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Marcella
Lorraine
Fidelis Albrecht
Anita Himmel
Fidelis
Mesdames Grace Halpin
Kathryn Hamilton
Louise Kerr
Sarah Hammer
Mabel Corbett
Father Fidelis
Mary Woiwode
Emma Hart
Lois DeSutter
Mayme Palmer
Mary Rose Reynolds
Mary Frederick
Christine Johnson
Grace Halpin
Shirley Gumbel
Nora Cannon
Betty Ary
Andy Kerr
Meadow Lawn
Mary Etta Cox
Jack Spalding
Clarence Rennicks
John Schmidt
Wilfred Bush
Jack O'Hara
Ed Estes
San Jose
Frank Woodley
J. M. Roush
Horace Woodley
R. Osta
Arvin Beebe
Dan Jenkins
Greta
Edward Alexander
Delevan
Gene Marquardt
Clarence Meyer
Lawrence Thomas
Orville Rankin
Claude Hesh
Macomb
Lillie Shurts
Robert Shurts
Bruce
Urbana-Champaign
Frank Johnston
Mackinaw
Clare Hamilton
William Emmons
Bartonville
George Merrell
Astoria
Ill
M .H. Boyd
Guy Hall
Fred Lohmeyer
Beutel
Bender
Hall
Wilbur Scherer
Green Valley
Elmer Scherer
Julius Zeeck
Maude
Dora
Charles Rankin
Gaile Talbott
Henry Smith
Ralph Guengerich
Henry Fornoff
Carl Law
Fornoff
James Mauladore
Plainfield
Illinois
Muladore
Elizabeth Pope
Geo. Ethell
Norton Brenner
Engle
Ben Palmer
Jeanine Sutter
Johnny Fischer
Herman Waechter
John Waldon
Air Rifles
Gladys Venters
Iva Clarke
Loren Himmel
George Dorland
Wilmer O'Grady
Zelda McPherson
Marjorie Bettman
Mrs. Clarke
Henry Bock
Benson
Mlinois
Henry and Paul Gosda
James Seelye
Edmund Freemont
Julius Shules
Marian Seelye
Wayne Wistehuff
Judy Willier
Ernest Cooper
Jeanette Hewitt
Harold Meyer
Johnna Eidman
Charles Vaughn
Anna Glvnn
Alvin Beebe
Phil Krumpf
Frank Kwasigroh
Harry Morgan
Randolph
Robert Kwasigroh
Henry Fischer
Johnny
Clarence Fornoff
Ronald
William Eschmeyer
Harold Carter
Charles Embree
Etta Mahr
Carter
Elmer Palmer
Clyde Palmer
Charles Smith
Easton
Carol Morgan
Engle Ben Palmer
William Hirst
Darrel
Beryl
George Ethell
Harry Fornoff
Richard Hammer
J. A. Tillman
Ollie Hammer
Tillman’s
Frank Hoeft
Goodfield
Harley Hoeft
Ed Hoeft
George Meeker
Elmer Meeker
Sam Meeker
Wilbur Hofrieter
Frank Palmer
Decatur
Jesse
Thomas Nice
Olive Burks
Catherine
Carl Long
Mae Talbott
Wilbur Grube
John Grube
St. Louis
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