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Manito Community Express

Location

Manito, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 21, 1948

Page

6

Local residents visit neighbors in Peoria and Pekin area

Mrs Agnes Runyon and Mrs Albert Means of Delevan visited the A P Arnett family on Sunday. Several families from Delevan, Cedar Rapids, Belleville, Pekin and Manito were noted as guests or visitors at various homes during the weekend including the Bender and Cranwill households and others in Saint Augustine and Green Valley.

Agnes Runyon Albert Means Delevan A. P. Arnett Jacob Saal Harold Bernshausen Harold Towers Bernshausen Norman Smith Shiela Kay A. F. Clark David Cooper Pekin Ernest Cooper Robert Cooper G. W. Hall Anna Galvin Mike Galvin Lawrence Eidman Charles Vaughn Manito Wayne Urish Green Valley Clarence Bauer Saint Augustine Fred Durham Harry Durham Henry Pfanz

Uncertain dress sparks memory of Linda Cromwell

Nancy worries over a shabby outfit while Anita’s glow fuels her insecurity. Harriet recalls Linda Cromwell, a former Crosby High student now a successful ad woman, and links Nancy’s self-doubt to comparisons with Anita and past shyness.

Nancy Harriet Barnstable Harriet Anita Crosby High School Linda Cromwell Anita Hanson O. K Mrs. Barnstable Linda Daughter Hart Anita Manse- Crosby High School

Local residents host, visit, and travel across Illinois towns

Mr and Mrs Marshall and Mr and Mrs Durham of St Charles Missouri were weekend guests in the Fred and Robert Dur ham homes. Jeff Waddell was brought home from St Frances hospital in the Johnson ambulance. Mrs John Starrett returned home after a visit with granddaughter Mrs Ray Lightbody of Glassford.

Marshall Raymond Durham St. Charles Missouri Fred Robert Durham Jeff Waddell St. Frances Hospital Johnson Ambulance John Starrett Ray Lightbody Glassford Glen G. Smith Marlowe Wilson Democrat Charles Smith Rudolph Vetter Pekin Russell Maas R. Fritzinger Lincoln Nebraska Anna Maloney Weiner Clarence Palmer George Ethell Oron Zimmerman Guy Timbrook Erma Ritchie Frank Palmer Olen Newton Canton Newton John Graff Mason City McCullough Graff Owen Singley

Textile Painting Highlight At Mrs Hill Home Bureau Meeting

Mrs Arletta Hill hosted a Home Bureau session on Thursday focusing on Textile Painting. Mr and Mrs George Ethell spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Ralph Ethell. Mrs Elmer Mason of Topeka visited Harold Mason’s home midweek. Onie Lesler and Florence Shipman drove to Carthage Illinois to see Opal Brodie then to Keokuk Iowa to visit Nordis Pritchard. Irene Rather of Macomb Illinois stayed Friday night with her niece Onie Lefler.

Arletta Hill Home Bureau Hill George Ethell Ralph Ethell Elmer Mason Topeka Harold Mason Onie Lesler Florence Shipman Carthage Ilinois Opal Brodie Keokuk Iowa Nordis Pritchard Irene Rather Macomb, Ilinois Onie Lefler

Home Bureau Meeting At Meeker Home With New Members

The Manilo Home Bureau met at Mrs. Moses Meeker's home with Leona Graff as co-hostess on Thursday October 13. Martha Meyer led a minor lesson on Silverware and the advisor presented Personalizing Color in Clothes. Eight new members were welcomed. Many members attended, including Mrs. Clarence Meyer and Mrs. Raymond Meyer, among others.

Manilo Home Bureau Moses Meeker Leona Graff Martha Meyer Dean Meyer Burton Guengerick Dale Ethell George Ethell Robert Kastner Grover Gum George Hubbard Ralph Ethel John Meeker Rae Canopy Wilbert Hill S. M. Roush Katherine Meeker Fischer Mary Ann Canopy Cheryl Hill

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George Bartee G. A. Peterson Ceder Rapids Richard Talbott Peoria L. F. Talbott Theodore Bender Frank Cranwill Peterson Bender Flordia Elizabeth W. Saxon Pekin, Illinois H. W. O’hara Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation LAMAR John Sutton Doris Merrick Barry Fitzgerald Veronica Lake Creek Randolph Scott Marguerite Chapman Singley and B. R Jonathan Apples Starking Calif Illinois Six Hole Learavin Airking Lester Stuart Thomas Manito Cleaners Swift Manila Rickett Grain & Feed CO Forest City Jake Schimmelpfenning St Col Philco Norton Brenner Berkshire Boat Roy Knuppel Runyon’s Paint and Raymond Jacob R. L. Mahr Manito, Ill Goodyear PP Lee The Manito Hardware Co Community Express Globe Cook Ill Widar Mess Manito Drug Store Major T. Flowerbee Democratic Havana Conservation Commission
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