Classified Ads Listings for Purchases and Goods
Al Wilson of Forest City seeks to buy old guns in any kind and condition in any quantity. FOR SALE includes coat sizes 16 18 green winter coat black rain coat pink carriage suit set 18 mo red corduroy jumper size 4. Mrs Winfred Willard Manito Ill lists oil burners two units and Frigidaire appliances and maple dinette set. No Hunting or Trespassing signs available at Community Express office printed on heavy cardboard 20c each 6 for 1.00. 9-3-tf
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Wilson
Forest City
Winfred Willard
Manito
Ill
Community Express
Donn Alemory's Lane notes and local deeds October 7 1943
Cpl Winfred Willard of Camp Polk La on furlough visits home. Manito service Center seeks heating stove and linoleum rugs. Local donations include blood drive participants and U.S.O. helpers. Obituary reports Mrs R A Hilling’s death. Community updates cover diesel engine visit, World Series attendance, and Julius Zeeck emergency appendectomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Winfred Willard
Camp Polk
Manito
Red Cross Blood Bank
Shur Maloney
George Grob
Mesdames
James Seelye
Melvin Meyer
Tom O’shea
Harold Gilmore
U.S.O
Joe Brewer
Chas. Johnson
Jacob Graff
Chrig DeSutter
R. A. Gumbel
Mesdames FE
P. Johnson
Ernest Beebe
Virgil Himmel
W. L. Kerr
Charles Gordon
Chicago merchant buys 1000 acres for truck farm north of town
A M Farrier, a Chicago commission merchant, has completed a 1000 acre purchase northeast of town to convert into a large truck farm with watermelons and sweet potatoes as principal crops. Also noted are O Pringle’s 17 acre sugar cane patch and a claim of molasses yield, John O’Hara delivering 10000 bushels of corn, Smith-Hippen elevator buyers, George Willard’s new sweet potato cellar, and a wind storm moving a Joe Daily farm barn 8 ft on its foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Farrier
Chicago
Commission
O. Pringle
John O’hara
Smith-Hippen Elevator
George Willard
Joe Daily
Manita Fire Department Elects Officers and Doles Call Bonus
Manita firemen held an election with nearly full attendance. Officers elected: President James Seelye Vice President Charles Hill Secretary C A Beebe Treasurer W G Gore A fifty cent Call of the Siren response fee was approved Clyde Wistehuff left for barber school in Peoria S J Memmen completed 25 years rural mail service and begins his 26th year A carload of Red River Wart Ohio Potatoes advertised at 1 25 a bushel by Barnes and Roberts Forest City
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manita
Clyde Wistehuff
Peoria
S. J. Memmen
Red River
Home Bureau marks 24 years in Mason County
Grace Anderson Wepner outlines Home Bureau's 24th anniversary event on October 9 at Salem Methodist Church San Jose. Agenda includes 9 am registration 10 am meeting noon luncheon reservations due October 5 with chicken or salmon loaf options, memorial service for two members, officer installations, and recognition of perfect attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Bureau
Mason County
Salem Methodist Church
San Jose
John Harms
Walter Lynn
Mason City
Julia Force
Arthur Abbott
Bath- Lynchburg
O. E. Martin
George Knuppel
West Central District
Ill. Home Bureau Federation
Knuppel
Kolves
Dalal Borpujari
India
Borpujari
University of Ilinois
Sborpujar
Bradley University
Peoria
Hen Sows Show Winner Purchases at Edelstein Sale
Co J DeSutter attended the Hen sel Poland China Hog sale in Edelstein last week and bought one of the national show winners. In a separate report, thieves broke into the garage of Rev.
Manito Community Express Ownership and Circulation Oct 8 1953
Statement of ownership and circulation for the weekly Manito Illinois newspaper listing publisher editor owner and security holders. Albert A DeVore and Dolores M DeVore are named as publisher and editor, Walter E DeVore as owner, Leona DeVore as major bondholder, with an average weekly circulation 411 copies. Sworn October 2 1953 before Ernest H Budke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leona DeVore
Willow Springs
Albert A. DeVore
Ernest H. Budke
Mason County Home Bureau Plans Annual Meeting and Elections
Six new county executive board members will be elected with offices including vice chairman secretary treasurer safety publicity recreation and music. The joint host district co chairmen are Mrs. Donald Etherton and Mrs. Walter Lynn. Numerous members assist with decorations registrations and program duties for the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Etherton
Allen's Grove
Walter Lynn
Happy Home
Dorothy Leinweber
Gerald Paterson
Dick Stone
Art List
Hazel Keith
Will Durdle
Margaret Athey
Wayne Behrends
Edward Schaub
E. T. Franklin
Otto Zeck
Camilo Peroutka
Stanley
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The
Manito Community Express
Monarch
Davenport
Oron Zimmerman
Easton
Manuo
Seely’e Fruit Farm
LAMAR
Manila
Illinois
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Boris Karloff
Gilbert Roland
Miracle of Our Lady
Greer Garson
Walter Pidgeon
Scourie Technicolor
Alemory's
Theo. Sieving
Ford
R. A. Hilling
Velde
B. O. Fehrman
H. B. Cole
J. M. Seelye
St. Charles
Fred Graff
John Starrett
St. Louis
Julius Zeeck
Pekin Hospital
Siren
Grace Anderson Wepner
Mason CO. Home Bureau
Legal Publication
Mason County Home Bureau
Ingersoll
George Cordes
Carl Tomlin
George Tomlin
Lowell Barrett
Raymond Knollenberger
Wayne R. Hirst
R. L. Mahr
Monarch Heater Sale
Monarch Oil
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