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Newspaper
Manito Community Express
Location
Manito, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1953
Page
8
Classified note announces No Hunting or Trespassing signs available printed on heavy 6 ply cardboard at 20 cents each or six for a dollar. Also a sale notice from Seelye Fruit Farm near Pekin on Route 29 about Jonathan apples and new crop pricing.
Lost: Circle Coffee Account Book reported Monday morning in town. Five dollar reward offered. Contact Ralph Lee at phone 12M, 9-3-11. Also notice: advertising novelties calendars and book matches offered by Albert A. DeVore at phone 89 Manitor. 14. Mason County Service Co announces limited grain bins and corn cribs for sale or delivery. 9-3-12c
A light verse about parental weariness with children home during school breaks. The speaker laments the absence of the child’s “demon thunder” and the silence that follows, humorously comparing her heart to an omelet and referencing an “atom bomblet” in playful rhythm.
A reflective note on neighbors returning from long planned weeks away. The poem speaks of mountain residents seeking sea and city dwellers craving shaded lanes and willows. It ends with the neighbor's call that they are back.
John J. Rush has accepted the position as head of the Science Department in Clifton Community School Unit. Clifton is fifty miles from their present home in Rossville and lies in the Kankakee area.
Bill and Don Meyer entertained thirty one members of the Tobi Club of Peoria at their home Sunday afternoon and evening. Horseback riding was enjoyed in the afternoon and the Meyer Trick Horse was shown as the highlight. In the evening a watermelon feast and hot dog roast were served.
Children and grandchildren of Reuben and Anna Farnam gathered for a Pekin Park picnic last Sunday. Officers for 1954 were elected: President Herbert Farnam Morton, Vice President Mrs Charles Gordon, Secretary Treasurer Mrs Wm Fritz Morton, Program Kenneth Look. Attendees included numerous Farnam and Gordon families with Suzanne Barr present.
About 45 Cannon descendants gathered at Pekin park for their annual family day. The group traced to John and Mary Rolley Cannon, both deceased, with Timothy Cannon of Peoria and Mary Ellen Ford of Hopedale the youngest attendees representing the fourth generation.
John Pruett 68 of Mason City died Sept 1 at Missouri-Pacific hospital St Louis. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. CST Henderson Jennings Mason City with Rev E E Fletcher officiating. Burial Richmond Grove cemetery New Holland. Survived by two sons John Jr and Vernon, daughter Nellie Allard, two sisters. widow Nellie Nessler predeceased.
Liberty Kentucky resident James Pruett of Columbia is named in a short obituary fragment noting seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The text also mentions a daughter, three sisters, and one brother as deceased.
The one story brick faced home of Mr and Mrs Harold Berns hausen rises quickly on Washington Street situated between the homes of Mr Rufus Guile and Mrs Jennie Rankin.
Mr and Mrs Stuart Thomas embark on home improvement by adding a spacious new garage to their property, enhancing curb appeal and storage space.
Mr and Mrs Owen Singley drove to Springfield Tuesday evening to visit Mrs Iva Clarke who is a patient at Memorial hospital.
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