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Newspaper

Manito Community Express

Location

Manito, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Nov 15, 1951

Page

2

Home Bureau Meeting Shares Lessons and Candy Exchange

Mrs Harold Thompson and Mrs George Bilyeu co hosted the Manito Home Bureau unit meeting at the Methodist Church. A business session began at 11 00 and a pot luck dinner followed. Members exchanged homemade candies and heard lessons on freezer storage and lamp shade covering with thirty five members and one guest present.

Harold Thompson George Bilyeu Manito Home Bureau Methodist Church Mesdames Clarence Meyer Louis Proehl M. Roush Gene Marquardt John Fischer Moses Meeker Donald Gebhardt Nelson Warner Lewis Warner

Cooper Family Visit to Arkansas Missouri College Life

Dr and Mrs J W Cooper returned from a week in Arkansas and Missouri with their daughter Mary Alice a junior at Arkansas Polytechnic College Russellville. They met her campus friends stayed at Parker Hall with House Mother Maude Moore. Mary Alice teaches practice in Russellville then in Hot Springs with former roommate Ann Lee Ewing. Travel home delayed by a 1879 era snowstorm police manned long lines and slow speeds taking 16 ½ hours for 70 miles. Mary Alice will spend Thanksgiving in Hot Springs and Christmas with her parents from December 19 to January 3.

J. W. Cooper Arkansas Missouri Coopers Mary Alice Arkansas Polytechnic College Russellville Ark Mickey Parker Hall Maude Moore Batesville George Washington

November birthdays celebrated at a Sunday gathering

Mrs Flossie Kelly hosted a birthday dinner for relatives and friends at her home. Celebrants included Ernest Erlich Eva McKenzie of Peoria and Mrs Kelly along with Mr and Mrs Nelson Vance Crewe Cover Mrs Wm Wilson Mrs Wilma Thomas and Wilson and Mary Thomas Pekin John Alan Wilson born November 18 received birthday greetings.

Flossie Kelly Ernest Erlich Eva McKenzie Peoria Kelly Nelson Vance Crewe Cover Wm. Wilson Wilma Thomas Wilson Mary Thomas Pekin John Alan Wilson

Altar and Rosary Society Meet in Forest City

The Altar and Rosary Society held its November meeting at Mrs. Alfred Woiwode’s home in Forest City with co host Mrs. Carl Woiwode. President Mary J Vaughn presided. Prizes awarded to Grover Gumbel Virden Himmel Kirby Lawlis Rudy DeSutter. A Thanksgiving two course lunch followed with many members and two guests present.

Altar and Rosary Society Alfred Woiwode Forest City Carl Woiwode Mary J. Vaughn Catherine Hamilton Johanna Eidman Phyliss Woiwode Mayme Palmer Juanita Faulkner Louise Kerr Eva Wilson Christine Johnson Minnie Meyer Clara McCraith Mary Rose Reynolds Connie Woiwode Ann Patchett Mabel Corbett Nora Cannon Iona Vaughn Fern Lawlis

Honors Grandson Dinner on Armistice Day

Mr and Mrs Roy Coryell hosted a dinner Sunday honoring their only grandson Buddy Lee Hill who turned eight. A noon meal and birthday cake with eight candles were served to Wilbur Hill Joyce Cheryl Buddy and the Coryells. Mrs Mary Bailey son Paul and daughter Florence of Ottawa Illinois visited Mr and Mrs Samuel Hyde and Nora Ryan for Sunday dinner.

Roy Coryell Buddy Lee Hill Wilbur Hill Joyce Cheryl Buddy Coryells Mary Bailey Paul Florence Ottawa, Il Samuel Hyde Nora Ryan

Durham Youth Returns From Peoria Foot Care Hospital

Johnny Durham the son of Mr and Mrs Robert Durham returned home Monday from a Peoria hospital where he had been receiving foot correction treatments.

Johnny Durham Robert Durham Peoria Hospital

Ethell Hyde and Ryan Attend Colchester Funeral

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ethell Mrs. Samuel Hyde and Miss Nora Ryan were in Colchester Monday afternoon attending the funeral of Mrs. Elsie Gagg sister of Mrs. D J Powell.

Ralph Ethell Samuel Hyde Nora Ryan Colchester Elsie Gagg D. J. Powell

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