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Newspaper
Manito Community Express
Location
Manito, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1951
Page
6
The Comrades of the Way Sunday School Class hosted another successful turkey banquet with delicious food entertaining program and strong attendance. Tickets sold out days in advance indicating community support and the event’s role as a Thanksgiving season foretaste. Lewis Warner donated turkeys seven years ago and the class continues the yearly tradition.
Mr and Mrs Russell Maas announce the birth of a daughter Kamela Jo on November 14 at Methodist Hospital Peoria. Mother and baby plan to return home Saturday.
Mr and Mrs J L Thomas host a turkey dinner on Thanksgiving Day with guests Mr and Mrs Harry Meyer Mr and Mrs Wayne Meyer and daughters. J A Seelye and daughter Barbara travel to Peoria for a turkey meal with L E Smith and children. Ray Steele of Chicago will join the day. A duck dinner at Ernest Marshalls with Mary Kay includes Carl Folkman and Eugene O Shea. Frank Palmer will celebrate in Forest City with relatives at Babe Folkmans home.
Thanksgiving Day guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs Hal Willett and their daughters include Mr. and Mrs C J DeSutter and Mrs Jennie Rankin.
A Thanksgiving gathering will be hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Dan Jenkins on Thursday with relatives and friends invited. Seated planned include Mrs. Ora Monroe Mrs. Wilma Dean Harris and family Mrs. Florence Donahue Pekin Mr. and Mrs. Kenny Monroe and children and Mr. and Mrs. C A Beebe and the Jenkins family.
Local residents several families gathered for Thanksgiving visits and Sunday meals. Notable attendees included Miss Mildred Budke returning from Pekin, Randy Maas visiting relatives, and multiple families hosting guests from Bishop Green Valley Sping Lake Pekin and nearby towns.
Mrs. C. J. DeSutter entertained her bridge club Monday at the DeSutter home. Three tables played with high score to Mrs. Gerry Beddows, second to C. A. Beebe, and low to Gerry Beddows. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Beebe, Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Beddows, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Warner, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Jenkins, and Mesdames Dorothy Marshall, Mabel Schierbeck, Irma Strawbridge, Elsie Heinhorst, and Leona Sparks.
A reflective line contrasts life before and after sixty five, suggesting the future holds only what one has already sent forward. It frames aging as a threshold where past choices shape what remains or progresses beyond.
Birthdays for November 23 to 30 include Joyce Marilee Hill Alan Cranwill Mrs Russell Maas R L Mahr Elaine Velde Herrman Lela Mae Willard Kiesling Mrs Elmer Herrman Mrs Folbert Maas Mrs Mollie Corbett Mrs Moses Meeker Mrs Lawrence Warner Barbara Seelye Lorraine Meyer Gladys Dennis Mrs Bruce Cole Jacob Graff and John Watson.
Anniversary dates recap lists Nov 26 for Mr and Mrs Cleve Shelabarger with 1907, and Nov 30 for Mr and Mrs Frederick Bender with 1935. No additional details provided.
A family gathering at the James Seelye home Sunday celebrated Wayne Wistehuff's birthday. A noon goose dinner was served to Mr and Mrs Wayne Wistehuff their sons Dr and Mrs Clyde Ulrich Peoria and the Seelyes.
Mrs Jimmie Lyons entertained at a late Sunday dinner to honor her husband on his seventy third birthday anniversary. A noon birthday dinner followed for Mr and Mrs Ernest Marshall and Mary Kay, Tommie Lyons and Mr.
Mr and Mrs Darrell Golden and their son Kenneth spent Saturday evening as guests of Mr and Mrs Bill Shelabarger in a social visit reported locally.
Families gather for turkey meals. Relatives at the Melvin Meyer home include Mr. and Mrs. George Grob, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Maloney, Mrs. Carrie Meyer, Carl Hamilton, Green Valley, and Janice Kay Meyer. In Peoria, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Meyer and Mr. and Mrs. Merle Woodrow with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hasenyager and Jimmie will visit Edward and his wife for Thanksgiving.
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