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A letter questions sportsman ethics and hunting practices. The writer denounces quick killing and urges respect for animal life and property rights, urging hunters to seek permission and avoid posted lands to protect future hunting.
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Newspaper
Manito Community Express
Location
Manito, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1954
Page
2
A letter questions sportsman ethics and hunting practices. The writer denounces quick killing and urges respect for animal life and property rights, urging hunters to seek permission and avoid posted lands to protect future hunting.
Mr and Mrs Delbert Kirgan celebrated their son Larrys birthday with an outdoor hamburger fry Saturday evening. Guests included Roy Heiser Paul Linda Gary Kenneth Kirgan David Judy and others. The piece lists numerous weekend visits and hosting relatives across several towns with additional notes on family travel and a closing paragraph about electric broilers.
The immediate family of Mr and Mrs William Hobbs gathered at Mineral Springs Park Pekin on Sunday August 22 1954 for a basket dinner attended by about one hundred relatives. The group planned a second reunion for the third Sunday in August next year at Pekin Park with guests from Rock Falls Walnut Dixon Amboy Pleasant Plains Canton San Jose Emden Manito Petersburg Bath Mason City South Pekin Nelson Peoria and Ohio Illinois.
The Shelabarger reunion gathered Sunday August 29 at Mineral Springs Park Pekin. At noon a basket dinner fed forty six relatives. Attendees included Fred and Frank Shelabarger Fulton County Alvin Kramer Bath Delbert Gerdes Chandlerville Don Kramer Christie Topeka Aubrey Shelabarger Havana Clayton Shelabarger Joyce Bill Shelabarger Rodney Diane Ralph Montgomery Dean Mary Cleve Shelabrager Manito Lenard Wiseman Robert Stanley Kuhns Mark Scott Shelabarger.
The reunion lists many attendees from Pekin Bartonville and Fulton County including Donnie Bonnie Clyde Shelabarger and Fred Shelabarger. It records Fred as oldest present and 1 month old Diane as youngest. Six births reported since last year. Travelers include Mr and Mrs Wm Masters and Mr and Mrs Dan Jenkins returning from New York with travel dates noted.
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