Whitewash on Broadway finds Purina dealer in Manito
Two letters arrive seeking business sites. One seeks a vacant factory location, the other from Ralston Purina Co of St. Louis to appoint a dealer in Manito after a previous dissolution. Purina seeks a sole Purina dealer or a full Purina department tied to hatchery or farm supply businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Ralston Purina Company
St. Louis
Purina
Ralston Purina Co
Missouri
Local Youth Seeks Top Garden Honors
James R. Meyer of Topeka will represent Mason county in the ninth annual Production Marketing Contest of the National Junior Vegetable Growers Association. The program offers a $500 national prize, four $200 regional awards, and numerous $100 and $10 awards, with winners decided by a board of college professors and USDA officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Meyer
RR 1
Topeka
Mason County
National
Junior Vegetable Growers Association
Paul R. Tuttle
Vermilion
Ohio
NJVGA
Meyer
A & P Food Stores
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Tuttle
Maloney Couple Fetes 29th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs W S Maloney observe their 29th wedding anniversary with a dinner hosted at the home of Mr and Mrs Melvin Meyer and daughter Janice. Attending included the honorees Mrs Anna Maloney Mrs Ira Fritzinger and the Meyers with Janice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Maloney
Melvin Meyer
Janice
Anna Maloney
Ira Fritzinger
Harold Gilmore
John
Dean Meyer
Kenny
Pekin
Maude Copelan
Nelson Morse
C. A. Cowan
E. Peoria
Yvonne Hilst
Henry Hilst
Fritzinger
Etta Cox
Ben Luft
Lyle Lowry
George Grob
Collette Harris to wed R J Lightfritz Sunday
Mrs Collette I S Harris Pekin will marry Ray J Lightfritz Manila Sunday at 1 30 p m at the home of Walter Scott Lohnes. The reception follows at the Illinois Hotel at three oclock. Lightfritz runs Norris Grain Co in Manito. The dispatch notes travel of Mrs Deverman and companions to Kirksville Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collette Is. Harris
Pekin
Ray J. Lightfritz
Manila
Walter Scott Lohnes
Dlinois Hotel
Lightfritz
Norris Grain Co
Manito
Four Manila students enroll at Bradley University
Four Manila area students join Bradley University in Peoria as the largest campus enrollment in its history. Richard Kerkndy Forest City Donna Warner R F L and John Wilson are listed among new enrollees. Wilson is a football end and track sprinter. Bradley reports 3661 students, up 400 percent from prewar years despite a nationwide downward trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Advertising Rates Change Notice for 1950
Notice to advertise informs readers that this month’s statements will show new advertising rates effective in 1950, while rates remain unchanged from the current level until January.
Egypt Community Church October 30 Sunday Schedule
The notice lists Egypt Community Church events on October 30 1949 with Sunday School at 10 a.m. led by Lawrence Whitford and Morning Worship at 11 a.m. led by Pastor Joseph Hobbs. It also calls for more subscribers to the Manito Community Express.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Whitford
Joseph Hobbs
The
Manito Community Express
Simpson Enters Race for State Treasurer
James Simpson of Wadsworth Lake County today announced his candidacy for state treasurer. He seeks to bring fiscal expertise to the office and stated plans for reform and accountability. Simpson’s announcement underscores a competitive primary and draws attention from regional voters and party officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simpson
James Simpson
Wadsworth
Lake County
Orange and Black production tickets drive Senior Day fund
The High School announces busy typing and play practice for the Orange and Black show. Senior class sells tickets to raise funds for Senior Day with prizes for top two sellers. The performance is set for November 4 with emphasis on entertaining the public.
Week in Brief from Class Reports
Students describe a week of English outlining and listening work with oral book reports due November 7. Civics covered the executive department and state department with tests pending. Typing continues five minute timings while shorthand and geometry topics progress through new units and demonstrations.
Notable ancient Rome figures and current subjects overview
The author lists great men like Alexander Caesar Hannibal and Cicero as important in world history. They describe studying Romans and algebra graphs. Biology covers plant structure with a new chapter starting Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander
Caesar
Hannibal
Cicero
Axioms and verbs and rivers of knowledge
The article notes confusion about mathematical axioms and English verbs, explains estimating ocean age by salt content divided by annual river input, and mentions a citizenship lesson on moral revival. It lists Pekin and Manito FFA chapter activities including a chapter farmer meeting on October 19 and a mothers’ party planned for November 22 with thanks to helpers.
Honor Roll for First Six Weeks at M C H S
The following students made the honor roll for the first six weeks at M. C. H. S. Charles Barr Jane Bender Marilyn Bern shausen Shirley Bernshausen Dale Daniell Beverly Dennis Loma Golden Joyce Hamilton Frederick Heyl Leroy James George Long Wanda Lowry Betty Meyer James Meyer Lucille Meyer Ronald Meyer Beverly Miller Jean O'Hara Shirley Palmer Marvin Quick William Rakestraw Joyce Richardson Joy Risen Keith Runyon Rose Smith Ronald Thomas Marilyn Waddell Charles Wilson Jean Marie Woodland
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Barr
Jane Bender
Marilyn Bernshausen
Shirley Bernshausen
Dale Daniell
Beverly Dennis
Loma Golden
Joyce Hamilton
Frederick Heyl
Leroy James
George Long
Wanda Lowry
Betty Meyer
James Meyer
Lucille Meyer
Ronald Meyer
Beverly Miller
Jean O’hara
Shirley Palmer
Marvin Quick
William Rakestraw
Joyce Richardson
Joy Risen
Keith Runyon
Rose Smith
Ronald Thomas
Marilyn Waddell
Charles Wilson
Jean Marie Woodley
Illinois Auto Deaths Fall 23 Percent in September
Illinois state figures show autos caused 148 deaths in September, down 23 percent from 185 last year, with most reduction in cities. For the first nine months, deaths total 1,340, ten percent below the 1,383 fatalities for the same period in 1948, per Charles P. Casey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Charles P. Casey
Illinois births rise six months into year
The birth rate for the first six months in Illinois equaled 20 births per 1000 population, up three percent from the same period in 1948. Chicago saw a four percent increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Chicago
Aeronautics Dept Announces New Policy
The state department of aeronautics outlined a policy delegating enforcement largely to pilots, airport operators, managers, and associations. Joseph K. McLaughlin said the office will seek industry comments on liberalized rules allowing certification for all commercial operations on single-strip fields, permitting hire flight training on personal-use strips, reducing Class II airport runways from three to two, and easing on-site mechanics requirements for flight schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Aeronautics
Department
Joseph K. McLaughlin
Aeronautics
Aviation Industry
Stevenson taps Dunne to state training school commission
Governor Adlai E. Stevenson announces Judge Robert J. Dunne of the Cook County juvenile court as a member of the Illinois state training school for boys and youthful offenders commission. The group includes five state senators and five representatives and will report to the next General Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adlai E. Stevenson
Robert J. Dunne
Cook County Juvenile Court
Illinois State Training School For Boys and Youthful Offenders Commission
General Assembly
Sharp Reduction in Illinois Coal Shipping
The September production of shipping coal mines in Illinois fell compared with August. Output reached 2,119,815 tons in September, down from 3,462,739 tons in August and 4,924,758 tons in September 1948, per the state department of mines and minerals report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
State Department of Mines and Minerals
Manito Methodist Church announces services and activities
The Manito Methodist Church led by D J Powell invites all to attend church school at 9 45 a m with F E Bender as superintendent Morning worship at 1045 a m with choir support Sermon theme The Refuge of Faith Mid week prayer and study Wednesday 7 00 p m Read Matthew six The ministry will discuss the Lord's Prayer Choir practice weekly Next week rehearsal moved to Friday for a Woman's Society of Christian Service program and fellowship supper Youth Institute closes with a banquet and Booth Festival in Salem Church San Jose canned fruit or vegetables welcome by Sunday morning submissions
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Bender
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Our Youth Institute
Salem
San Jose
Parkland School Halloween Party Delights Community
Parkland school held a Halloween masquerade directed by Mrs. Myrtle Cooper with pupils performing a floor show. Students in many characters earned applause, prizes were awarded, and a vegetable bouquet was given to the cook Mrs. Letha Runyon. Community club ladies served hot dogs doughnuts and coffee. Reporters: Annalee and Beverly Proehl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkland
Myrtle Cooper
Letha Runyon
Parkland School
Annalee
Beverly Proehl
Highway Dept Officials Meet in Pekin Tuesday
Sixty five members of the Illinois Highway Department met Tuesday October 25 in the basement of the Tazewell County Court House to discuss snow removal and winter road conditions. Lunch was served at the Tazewell hotel. Lyle Lowry and Bert Golden from Manito attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Highway Department
Tazewell County Court House
Tazewell Hotel
Lyle Lowry
Bert Golden
Manito
Pekin Hospital Welcomes Three New Babies This Week
Mr and Mrs Raymond Yeates welcome a 9 lb baby girl born Wednesday at Pekin hospital. Mr and Mrs Harley Wallinger greet a baby girl born Monday morning at Pekin hospital. Mr and Mrs Ernest DeSutter announce a baby boy born Monday evening at Pekin hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Yeates
Pekin Hospital
Harley Wallinger
Ernest DeSutter
Manito Residents Share Weekend Visits and Travels
Local residents such as Ralph Parkins Arnold Greathouse and Wallace Burks returned from a pheasant hunting trip in South Dakota. Numerous families including Gilmore Copelan Maloney Fritzinger and others hosted visits and celebrations across Manito Pekin Mason City and Metamora with dinners cake breakfasts and road trips to Mackinaw Hot Springs and the Ozarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Parkins
Arnold Greathouse
Wallace Burks
South Dakota
Mason County to Honor 4-H Members
Mason County plans a County 4 H Club Achievement Day at Easton High School Auditorium at 7 30 p m Saturday November 12 honoring 14 of 165 4 H Agricultural members and several Home Economics 4 H members from 17 clubs Martha Carlisle University of Illinois will assist in organizing recreation. local officials and advisers attended planning sessions. A separate note announces a December 8 1949 election for a Community Unit District affecting Forest City Manito and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason County
Easton High School
Worth Smith
Mary Lee Strube
Topeka
Barbara Lane
Bath
Sandy Schulte
Johnny Schulte
Easton
Lloyd L. Stone
Vivian Herrmann
Chandlervile
Rose Marie Robertson
Martha Jean Mangold
John Bracey, Jr
Donna Jean Renken
Robert Robertson
Patricia Renkin
Mason City
Patricia Murdock
Kilbourne
Lucille Meyer
Phyllis Whitehead
Manito
Jo Ann Knuppel
Linda Huber
Carol Ann Krause
Marilyn Kirchner
Havana
Margaret Hilyard
Wanda Mae Kramer
Patricia Renken
Norma Jean Ktamer
Lloyd Athey
Paul Kramer
Gerald Sielschott
Gerald Patterson
T. L. Jones
John Harfst
Glenn Strube
Albert Krause
Wanda Sward
Robert Slayton
Martha Carlisle
University of Illinois
Illinois
Joseph W. Hobbs
Forest City
Manito Community
Spring Lake
Tazewell County
Hobbs
Service Officer to Aid Veterans in Havana Thursdays
A service officer from the Illinois Veterans Commission will be in the Mason County Courthouse Supervisor's Room in Havana every Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to assist veterans or dependants with issues relating to the Veterans Administration or other agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Veterans Commission
Mason County Court House
Havana
Veterans Administration
Teacher Certification Exams Set for Mason County
Examinations for State Teachers Certificates will be held in Mason County under County Superintendent Joseph W. Hobbs in Havana on Friday November 18, 1949. Applicants must show 60 semester hours of college training to qualify and should notify the county superintendent promptly to order exam materials. Mr and Mrs Dillard Warner were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs George Bilyeu Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason County
Joseph W. Hobbs
Havana
Illinois
Dillard Warner
George Bilyeu
Golden Links Entertained Saturday at Manito Methodist
Mrs Emma Hall and Mrs Stella Rohlfs hosted the Golden Links Sunday School class on Saturday at the Hall with Mrs Mabel Schierbeck presiding. Prizes went to Nelda Meeker Lillie Schnert Pearl DeSutter Peggy Boyd and Laura Velde. Refreshments served to a long list of members and guests including Maude Straw bridge and Kathryn Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Hall
Stella Rohlfs
Golden Links
Manito
Nelda Meeker
Lillie Schnert
Pearl DeSutter
Peggy Boyd
Laura Velde
Mabel Charlton
Inez Cole
Myrtle Farnam
Ada Frederick
Edna ‘Heckman
Bessie Kastner
Mary Moore
Mabel Schierbeck
Hattie Feelye
Myrtle Talbott
Myrtle Powell
Gertie Buck
Mason County Home Bureau District 2 Meet Planned
Arrangements are completed for the annual District 2 Mason County Home Bureau meeting at Forest City Baptist church on Tuesday November 8 at 11 o clock. Manito Topeka and Forest City units participate with major lesson Basic Principles of Landscaping presented by Wanda M Sward Mason County Home Adviser. Hostesses include Forest City unit members and members from Manito and Topeka units. Minor lesson by Bert Hill Helen Rankin and Dean Bowman directs recreation. All Home Bureau members and friends are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District 2
Mason County Home Bureau
Forest City Baptist Church
Manito
Topeka
Forest City
Wanda M. Sward
Mason County Home
John Harms
Roy Hibbard
Warren Neikirk
Marvin Neikirk
Lewis Warner
Harold Echterbeck
Floyd LeSourd
Bert Hill
Helen Rankin
Dean Bowman
Home Bureau
Youngsters Hobby Club Organized at Marquardt's Shop
A group of youths met at Marquardt's Hobby Shop last Friday to form a Hobby Club. Jerry Moore was named President and Pat Lynch as secretary and treasurer. A follow up meeting is set for next Thursday at 7 30 p m at the shop, and the invitation extends to all interested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquardt’s
Hobby Shop
Jerry Moore
Pat Lynch
Marquardt
Market Report from Norris Grain Company Office
Market notes at Norris Grain Company show No 2 Hard Wheat at 1.85 per bushel No 2 Yellow Corn Nov 15 delivery price unspecified No 2 White Oats and No 2 Yellow Beans Nov 15 delivery noted with incomplete figures for some items. 10:30 a.m. Thursday exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Norris Grain Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Broadway
Fte Harris
R. J. Lightfritz
Alvin Thies
Peoria
Charles Smith
George Deverman
Kirksville
Deverman
Bradley
Egypt Community Church
10Th
Republican State Central Committee
High School News
Senior News
Junior News
Pekin F. F. A
Frank Schimmelpfenning
Olen Burgett
Bill Rakestraw
Jim Meyer
Donald Runyon
Bill Meyer
Jackie Hirst
Bob Bilyeu
Dale Rakestraw
Norman Bilyeu
John Boyer
Ronnie Meyer
John Schimmelpfenning
Gene Vonderheide
Fred Heyl
Manito F. F. A
Patchett
Illinois State News
Aeronautics Dept
D. J.powell
June Allyson
MGM
Mesdame Domborski
Linda Dilley
Walter Schuttler
Anna Oller
Ruth Harbaugh
Efton Oller
Red Cross
Nellie Fox
Gretel
Holland
Kenneth Schuttler
James David Proehl
Chip
Norman Coombs
Janet Herrman
Jeanette Parker
Lois Harbaugh
Mae West
Steve Herrman
Barbara Heyl
Kenny Becker
Mardale Parker
Betty Marion
Jimmie Herrman
Darlene Woodley
Judy Parker
Marilyn Heyl
Charles
Kenneth Becker
Highway Dept
Oliver Burks
Wallace Burks and Sons
Mackinaw
Carl Long
Bilyeu
Richard Thomas
Wayne Mitchell
Bill Waddell
Jerry Beyer
Gene Marquardt
Harold Thompson
Wayne Meyer
Lyle Palmer
Lyle
Christine Johnson
Julius Jones
Frank Houston
Ernest Palmer
Eva Wilson
Amos Thompson
Burl Lawson
Merlyn Ethell
Eastern Star
Flossie Kelly
Houston
Texas
New Orleans
Cleo Ratkey
Whittier
Calif
Manhattan Beach
Edna Morgan
Zara
Seal Bros. Circus
West Coast
Pamela
State Street
Glen Talbott
Harry Brown
Ozarks
Hot Springs
R. J. Smith
Rushville
Ernest Little
Beardstown
Hattie Seelye
Market Report
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!