Parkland Community Notes From Weekend Visits and Events
Parkland area residents visited and hosted family friends across several towns. Families from Parkland, West Lafay ette, Green Valley and Havana shared callers, suppers, and Sunday visits with relatives, neighbors and church groups. Notable items include a Pekin Zone Rally, a Walther League skating party, and a Topeka Home Bureau meeting with Swedish Weaving attendees.
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Illinois
Richard Carpenter
Marian Kleier
Springfield
Walter Kleier
Roselyn
Comrades of the Way to Hold Pot-Luck Sunday
The Comrades of the Way Sunday School class will host a pot-luck dinner for members and families in the church basement after Sunday morning services on October 21. Plans for the annual Turkey Banquet will be discussed and a social hour will follow. Mrs. Mabel Thomas presides, Mrs. Helen Thompson reports.
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Methodist Sunday School
Mabel Thomas
Helen Thompson
Final corn loan rate set for Mason County
The final corn loan rate is $1.69 per bushel for Mason County, $.03 higher than the 1950 rate. Based on the October 1 parity price, it exceeds the tentative spring figure. Loans and purchase agreements run from harvest through May 31, 1962 and mature July 31, 1962.
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Mason County
Warner
PMA
Home Bureau Set Meeting at Mrs Herrman’s Country Home
The Spring Lake Home Bureau will meet October 18 at 1 PM in the country home of Mrs. Donald Herrman. Mrs. Phillip Golden will be co host. All members and friends are welcome to attend this afternoon gathering.
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Spring Lake
Topeka Visitors Aid Local Social Ties
Mr and Mrs Charles Kidwell and daughter from Kentucky visited Topeka friends including Mrs Myrtle Rakestraw and Mrs Martha Masten. Henry Wendt and son Robert joined Canton guests for a midweek check up. Hermann Strube hosted dinner for Mrs Raymond Masten's birthday and their anniversary. Local gatherings continued with the 44th Agricultural meeting at the Stelters and Crewe Cover guests.
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Charles Kidwell
Kentucky
Myrtle Rakestraw
Martha Masten
John Renwick
Henry Wendt
Robert
Canton
Herman Strube
Otis Johnson
Havana
Willard
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Sidney Coombs
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