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Newspaper
Manito Community Express
Location
Manito, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1953
Page
4
A color plan by Beatrice West recommends a split level palette that flows across levels. Pastel gray-green roof shingles set the key, with light green sidewalls and pale green trim. Yellow accents the front door as a focal point.
Marion Seelye and Betty Talbot left for Peoria Monday to attend the Peoria Institute of Business. The new soil cement road joining the blacktop has been open to traffic for the past week. Mrs. Kenneth Chaneye learned by phone that her husband was taken to Mattoon hospital after an accident.
September 4 1931 records show wheat prices lower this year than any year since 1849. The Manila school bells call children to class. Superintendent Lloyd Skinner leads the line up with Commerce Leona Cothern English Lucille Sipfle and Jeanette Hewitt. Grade school principal Wilbur Trimpe reports 76 pupils enrolled, Myrtle Cooper at County Line has five pupils, and Lillian Golden at Golden enrolls 23.
Last Tuesday afternoon the final quarterly conference of the year met at the Methodist church and elected trustees stewards and committees. The list includes Louis Heckman Henry Himmel H C Gumbel and Wm. Him- among others.
The piece lists local residents and families including Mel and H H Meyer, C F Warner, Walter Meeker, Stewarts members Henry Velde and others. It notes prompt service by Chas L Hill's dray and hauling business. Threshing crews finished their work and stored machines. A party was hosted by Mrs Glen Talbott and Mrs Clarence Gumbel at the Talbott home.
September 5 1901 notes full family outfits offered by Cheap Charley. Park band concerts close for season. Park pump lost its prime causing inconvenience at last night’s event. Dry weather dampens watermelon crop for local growers. Forest City begins brick sidewalk project with three blocks laid this year.
Mulching practices conserve soil moisture in orchard groves by reducing evaporation, stabilizing soil temperature, and promoting healthier tree growth through improved soil structure and reduced weed competition.
If oats and wheat stay affordable after harvest, using them in hog rations could offset corn costs. The note suggests substituting cheaper grains for part of the corn feed to save money.
Illinois State Normal University will offer extension courses for teachers starting in September at 14 centers across the state. Courses attract over 1,000 students yearly and include undergraduate credit toward a bachelor's degree and some graduate work toward a master's degree. First classes meet in Mason County Havana Central School at 5 p.m. Monday Sept 21 for Geography of Europe taught by Dr. Wallace McIntyre for 3 semester hours of undergraduate credit.
University of Illinois farm economists say American consumers are likely to exceed the 73 pounds of beef eaten per person set in 1909 this year.
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