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Newspaper
Manito Community Express
Location
Manito, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1948
Page
4
Cover girl Jackie Coplan expresses joy over solving budget woes with a thrift wardrobe revival. She shows off a head to toe look refreshed by Tintex dye, bought in budget boxes, delivering new color and style.
Forest City High School hosted a Friday night performance of the three act comedy Boarding House Reach. The JUNIORS cast and Mrs Kirby Lawkis directed an acclaimed production with help from Mabel Umback and Wessling School pupils who staged a Halloween party for about 65 attendees from Lake Shore Bishop Union No. 1 Deverman and Union No. 2. Softball games among Weissong and Union No. 1 and 2 followed the show with refreshments served.
Principal Lloyd Skinner chairs Forest City committee to contact every adult and collect forms before X ray machines arrive. Rural district lead by Mrs Lee Langston with deputies visits adults. Friday’s Union No 2 School gathering drew full district family participation with an inter esting program by local couples and Roy Knupple leading music.
Omer Carey a Wesleyan University student arrived home Friday evening to spend days with his parents the Fray Careys. Saturday his roommate Bill Jones joined him for the weekend and they returned to Bloomington Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs Lafe Underwood were Sunday guests at Pekin for a birthday dinner for Mrs Underwood. For rent Wallpaper steamer Runyon s Paint and Wallpaper Store.
Multiple choice questions covering martial law in a South American country and trials for war crimes in Nuremberg Potsdam or Munich. Also questions on the Berlin blockade resolution Gromyko Lomakin Vishinsky and Navy Day officials imply postwar context and U S Navy ages and leaders.
A school event featured a victrola accompanied performance of Dance of Death with children of the school. Loyal Evans on fiddle and Mrs Leslie Henry on accompaniment. Mr and Mrs Allen ran a cake walk netting 15 dollars for play equipment. President Olen Kennedy led a business meeting. Two Ladies Aid birthdays were observed at a Thursday dinner at Mrs Mabel Emmons.
Nancy Miller a 19 year old from Oxford Indiana aims to be named Farmer’s Daughter of 1948 at the National Farm and Garden Show in Chicago Coliseum from November 27 to December 4. She will compete against other exhibitor selected farm girls for finals with prizes including a complete winter wardrobe. Entries require photographs for preliminary judging and a farmer father.
Mr and Mrs Dan Jenkins were buyers in Chicago Monday and Tuesday. Jenkins mother Mrs Donahue of Pekin managed the store during their absence. John Groves and daughter Pauline Mendon and Darrell Hirst Manito were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs George Ethell. Other weekend visitors included Ben Meeker Warsaw and Walter Shugart and Peggy Peoria with C A Beebe family and others at Hanna City. Ethells and Dale Ethell traveled to Springfield Thursday night.
Mrs John Meeker Micheal Schmitgall and Mrs Folbert Mass visited Mrs Masss sister Mrs Carl Ripper of Pekin on Monday after hearing the Marine Band at the Springfield Armory.
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