Meyer Wiebler Engagement Announced in Manito
Mr and Mrs William J Meyer announce the engagement of their second daughter Gertrude to Harry E Wiebler son of Mr and Mrs Robert Wiebler of Peoria Miss Meyer a Manito Community High School alumna now works at Home Insurance Co Peoria Wiebler a Spalding Institute Peoria graduate works for the T P and W Railroad Wedding plans are as yet indefinite.
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William J. Meyer
Manito
Gertrude
Harry E. Wiebler
Robert Wiebler
Peoria
Miss Meyer
Manito Community High School
The
Home Insurance Co
Wiebler
Spalding Institute
T P and W Railroad
Local stores to close Thanksgiving Day
All Manito's Grocery Stores, Hardware Stores Palmer's Meat Market, and Garages will be closed on Thanksgiving Day. The Manito Express is making a special effort to get the paper published a day early, to enable the Express workers to enjoy a day of rest on Thursday. We want to say thank you to all who cooperated with news and advertising and helped us to have this edition out early.
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Manito’s
Palmer’s Meat Market
Manito Express
Express
Local Ailments Reported At Home
Mrs Louise Heckman continues to improve after a week of illness. Mrs Charles Hill has been seriously ill at her home since Monday morning after a heart attack, the third she has had recently.
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Louise Heckman
Charles Hill
Ambulance Transport For Mrs Link To Pekin Hospital
Mrs. Margaret Link of the Spring Lake Community was taken to Pekin Hospital by Johnson Ambulance on Tuesday afternoon for medical care.
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Margaret Link
Spring Lake
Pekin Hospital
Johnson Ambulance
Mrs Dolla Hobbs Home From Convalescent Care
Friends report Mrs Dolla Hobbs left Forrest Hills Convalescent Home Saturday and returned to her Johnson home in a wheelchair, making remarkable progress and able to be about daily.
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Dolla Hobbs
Forrest Hills
Johnson Ambulance
Birthday Supper Honors Mrs. Runyon Aboard Myrtle Bortzfield
Sunday evening Mrs. Myrtle Bortzfield hosted a chicken supper in honor of Mrs. Mary Lou Runyons birthday. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. George Hubbard and son Alan, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Runyon and son Keith, Mr. and Mrs. Oral McMullen and Darlene, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Bortzfield and Gary, Mr. and Mrs. Sid Thornton, Mrs. Ivy Woods, Mrs. Sadie Sugg, and the hostess.
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Myrtle Bortzfield
Mary Lou
Dinner guests at Cleve Shelabarger home
Sunday dinner guests at the Cleve Shelabarger residence included Mr and Mrs Dean Medberry of Bartonville and Mr and Mrs Ray Fletcher along with Mr and Mrs Bill Shelabarger.
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Cleve Shelabarger
Dean’ Medberry
Bartonville
Ray Fletcher
Bill Shelabarger
Seelye Attends Hudson District Meeting at Jefferson Hotel
J A Seelye attended a Hudson District Sales and Service Meeting and dinner at the Jefferson Hotel in Peoria on Tuesday.
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J. A. Seelye
Jefferson Hotel
Peoria
Thanksgiving Greeting to Readers
The message wishes readers a joyful Thanksgiving with family gatherings, bountiful meals, and fellowship. It urges gratitude and giving thanks to Him who makes these blessings possible.
Thanksgiving Service at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
The annual Thanksgiving service will be held at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Wednesday evening at 7 30. The choir will provide special music and perform the anthem Now Thank We All Our God.
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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Forest City farmer injured by corn picker accident
Wilbur Van Orman, three miles southeast of Forest City, suffered a left hand injury when caught in a corn picker’s snapping rolls on Friday. Taken to Pekin Public hospital by his brother Raymond, x rays showed splintered bones in three fingers and stitches on two. He remains under a physician’s care while convalescing at home.
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Wilbur van Orman
Forest City
Pekin Public Hospital
Raymond
Social Security Rep to Visit Havana Post Office
A Peoria Social Security Field Office representative will be at the Havana Post Office on Monday November 26 from 10:00 a.m. to noon. Miss Marie Keller announced the visit to help self employed workers and employers determine coverage and answer questions about the New Social Security Program.
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Peoria Social Security
Havana
Marie Keller
Peoria
Miss Keller
Social Security Office
Pekin Family Guests of Mr and Mrs J Fin Jackson
Mr and Mrs Clarette Jackson and their children of Pekin were day guests of Mr and Mrs J Fin Jackson.
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Clarette Jackson
Pekin
Fiyn Jackson
Mrs Marlowe to Return Home for Thanksgiving Visit
Mrs Marlowe Won, a patient at the Municipal Sanitarium in Peoria for six weeks, is planned to be home for a forty eight hour visit with her family during the Thanksgiving holiday.
Rotary meeting hears Forman FFA talk by Eugene Patchett
Rudy DeSutter chaired the Manilo Rotary Club meeting on Tuesday evening. Eugene Patchett of Forman Unit Faculty spoke about the FFA and projects they worked on this year. One member was absent.
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Rudy DeSutter
Rotary
Manilo
Rotary Club
Eugene Patchett
Forman Unit
Patchett
F.F.A
Son Born Monday to the Raymond Millers
Prof and Mrs Raymond Miller of Delavan welcomed an 8 lb 1 oz baby boy named Douglas Kent born at 9:00 Monday morning November 19 at Our Saviour Hospital Jacksonville. Mrs Miller formerly Mavis Remsburg taught at M.C.H.S. and chaired the commercial department. Millers plan to stay in hospital until week’s end. card address is Room 3038, Our Saviour Hospital Jacksonville Ill.
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Raymond Miller
Delavan
Our Saviour Hospital
Jacksonville
Douglas Kent
Manito
New Publisher Takes Reins at Community Express
Walter E. DeVore, longtime Marionville Free Press publisher, arrived in Manito to assume leadership of the Community Express. He will be joined by his wife and infant son around year’s start, while Dolores and Al DeVore step back after 40 years with the paper.
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Walter E. DeVore
Marionville Free Press
Marionville
Missouri
Manito
Community Express
DeVore
Billings
Dolores
al DeVore
the Express
Beebe Family Visits in Peoria Weekend
Mr and Mrs Gaile Beebe Jr and son Larry Lee of Peoria were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Owen Singley.
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Gaile Beebe Jr
Larry Lee
Peoria
Owen Singley
Mrs Helen Wilson Visits Starrett Home for Sunday Dinner
Mrs Helen Wilson was a Sunday dinner guest at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Ray Starrett. The brief social note records a family gathering and guest attendance.
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Helen Wilson
Ray Starrett
Renewal Notices for Harold Meyer and Associates
Renewal entries list Harold Meyer Mrs John Reynolds Pekin Finns Wilson Harold Meyer John Gerrietts Carroll Farnam with five year terms Andy Kerr five years Mrs Edith Rankin and V G Gore also noted in the renewals.
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Harold Meyer
John Reynolds
Pekin Finns
Wilson
John Gerrietts
Carroll Farnam
Andy Kerr
Edith Rankin
V. G. Gore
Bradley Braves Preseason Basketball Scrimmage At Robertson Fieldhouse
Mr and Mrs Hal Willett dined in Peoria after the Bradley football game. Bradley Boosters Club members press and radio representatives attended Coach Andersons Bradley Braves practice at Robertson Fieldhouse. The cagers staged a full length scrimmage as a season preview.
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Hal Willett
Peoria
Bradley
Bradley Boosters Club
County Home Bureau Trip Postponed One Week
Grace L. Anderson Mason County Home Advisor announces the bus trip to Chicago has been postponed exactly one week due to circumstances beyond control. The trip will now run from December 8 to December 5.
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Grace L. Anderson
Mason County
Chicago
Scouts Attend Bradley Bowling Green Football Game
Four carloads of Boy Scouts went to Peoria Stadium to watch Bradley play Bowling Green Saturday afternoon. The group, many veterans of first games, was led by Scout Master Hal Willett and four adult leaders including Julius Zeeck Eugene Patchett and Oscar Smith who filled in for Ted Bender.
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Peoria
Bradley
Bowling Green
Peoria Stadium
Hal Willett
Julius Zeeck
Eugene Patchett
Oscar Smith
Ted Bender
Wind damages barber shop window Saturday night
Strong wind Saturday night blew out the large plate glass window at Cy Rohlfs Barber Shop. Cy rushed to secure the opening with cardboard on Sunday until workmen install a new plate glass pane.
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Cy” Rohlfs
Record cigarette tax receipts rise ahead of federal tax hike
State Department of Revenue reports record October cigarette tax receipts of 2,839,982, up from 2,365,104 a year earlier, attributing the surge to a public rush to stock up before the federal tax increase.
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State Department of Revenue
James Seelye Spends Monday on Bloomington Business
James Seelye spent Monday in Bloomington on business activities. He conducted meetings and performed tasks related to local commerce and organizational affairs in the city.
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James Seelye
Bloomington
Christmas Shoppers In Pekin Visit By Residents
Mrs. J. M. Roush and Mrs. Ralph Whitaker were seen Christmas shopping in Pekin on Monday, highlighting local holiday activity and social ties among residents.
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J. M. Roush
Ralph Whitaker
Pekin
Forman Braves Win Second Straight Over Bath-Lynchburg Ramblers
The Forman Braves beat the Bath-Lynchburg Ramblers 48 to 37 in their first Mason County league game. Fritz Heyl scored 16 points and Parker Lawlis added 13 to lead Forman.
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Forman
Bath-Lynchburg Ramblers
Forman Braves
Fritz Heyl
Parker Lawlis
Heyl
Lawlis
Mibbs
J. Fletcher
Taylor
Biltman
Ewe
Linn Hahn
Lynn
G. Fletcher
Fin Bath - Lynchburg
Chicago Man Fatally Shot in Duck Hunting Accident
Edward S. Rand of Chicago was killed while duck hunting on Quiver Lake north of Havana. He was in a duck blind in a boat when his cocked gun discharged after striking the blind, shooting him under the arm. Dr. LeBenion Brenheimer, his companion, observed the event and an inquest led by Mason County coroner Richard Hurley was held at Hurley funeral home.
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Edward S. Rand
Chicago
Quiver Lake
Havana
Mr. Rand
LeBenion Brenheimer
Hurley Funeral
Richard Hurley
Mason County
College Friends Return Home For Thanksgiving Break
Manito area students fill home for Thanksgiving with students arriving from Canton Purdue Eureka College and Bradley University. Families welcome them as they plan visits with relatives and friends during the five day recess.
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Manito
Modelle Warner
Canton
Meredith Warner
Purdue
Lester Warners
Lowell Warner
Champaign
Joan
Beverly Dennis
Donna Warner
Bradley University
Barbara Seelye
Eureka College
Bus Barr
Kenny Thomas
Bob Smith
Western Teacher’s
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ST. Paul’s
Social Security
Rotary News
Raymond Millers
Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. DeVore
County Home Bureau
Bath-Lynchburg
College News
Manito Community Express
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