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Newspaper
Manito Community Express
Location
Manito, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1953
Page
6
The excerpts list daily school lunches from Monday October 26 through Friday October 30. Menu items include Spanish rice peas and cabbage salad with peaches. beef stew with mashed potatoes green beans beef pickles fruit jello. creamed chicken on biscuits corn carrot sticks apple sauce. salmon loaf mashed potatoes creamed peas orange juice and peanut butter cookies.
Forman High School lists A and B honor roll recipients by class. Seniors named include Kenneth Bender Elizabeth Bitner Laura Crafton Frank Golden Lowell Golden Frances Hamilton Marilyn Heyl Patla Himmel Janet Lempke Linda LeSourd Pat Lynch Dianne Rollo William Rochester Shirley Schimmelpfenning Stella Schimmelpfennig Joyce Thompson Catherine Watthauer Ronald Vogel Eldon Wahlfeld Loretta Warner Ron Wistehoff. Juniors A honor Roll Eleanor Hewitt Marie Schacherbauer B honor Roll Don Barrett Loida Crosby Mildred Gerrietts Steve Herrman Joyce Hill Alan Hubbard Melvin Hundt Stanley Noll Ruth Reed Lola Roots Lois Skaggs Janet Skinner Ruth Smith Rose Snyder Joeann Tisdale Dwight Whitaker Marvin Wilson. Sophomores A Honor Roll Beverly Proehl Annalee Proehl B Honor Roll Betty Bernshaus
The document lists freshmen and eighth and seventh grade honor roll recipients. Students named include Sylvia Goodin James Greenhalgh Virgil Himmel Helen Law Kenneth Look Alice Parkin and Jon Dee Proehl Delores Scranton Nancy Warner in freshmen. Eighth grade A honor roll Charles Hamilton B Beverly Davis Judith Runyon Daniel Woiwode. Seventh grade B honor roll Barry Farnam Gary Maas James Parkin David Rager Linda Hewitt Mable Simpson.
Calendar notes for Friday October 23 include Abe Lincoln Musical Festival and duck hunting season open at noon. Mason County American Legion Auxiliary meets in Manito.
The record lists anniversary notices for couples including Ralph Pool 1906, Charles Gordon Sr 1910, W S Maloney 1920, Louis Talbott, A D Meeker 1905, Carroll Farnam 1939, L E Smith 1945, Lyle Palmer 1948, with specific October dates. This compact notice preserves the names and years as published.
Beryl LeCount spoke on education and laws affecting children’s opportunities. Andy Kerr described his Washington trip and the recent Rotary meeting. The District Conference in Peoria is set for November 2 and 3. Elvin Knupple was elected delegate to cast the club’s vote for District Governor.
Eugene Endicott of Havana visited the Oron Zim merman residence on Tuesday for a social call. The gathering featured local residents and informal hospitality.
A compiled list of birthdays featuring Gary Golda Harold Stanley Tisdale Verle Chariton George Bilyeu October 25 and many others including Mrs Betty Louise Van Orman Jerry Gumbel Bert Golden Marvin Kreiling Walter Sunderland Otto Hilst Mrs Corrine Chaney Eric Hasselburg Vincent Runyon Harold Budke Melvin Fischer Louis Schuttler Mrs Walter Proehl October 27 plus October 29 and October 31 honorees. The listing names numerous individuals with dates in late October.
Mr and Mrs Charles Worner and their son Ernest attended morning church in Washington Ill Sunday morning. They then visited the Ernest Worner home in Robern and were joined by Mr and Mrs Kenneth Worner and family of Metamora for Sunday afternoon.
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