Local residents enjoy Labor Day visits and guests
Local families and relatives from Carlock, Pekin, Decatur, Beardstown, and surrounding towns spent Labor Day visiting kin and friends. Guests included Nora Mae Golden, Miss Caroline Davis, Miss Gladys Langston, and many others. Several trips to Champaign, Louisiana Missouri, and other locales are noted among extended family gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Ifft
Rebecca Rae
Carlock, Ill
Labor Day
Ifft
D. J. Powell
Methodist Parsonage
Nora Mae Golden
William Hirst
Forest City Visit With Servosses and Guests
Mr and Mrs Harold Servoss and Mrs Carrie Servoss of Jacksonville were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Al Wilson in Forest City. They visited Miss Florence Hovey Mrs Crosby Miss Elsie White and several others including Miss Mabel Sherer and Mrs Pearl Wahlfeld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Servoss
Carrie Servoss
Jacksonville
al Wilson
Florence Hovey
Crosby
Elsie White
Geo. Sherer
Mabel Sherer
Pearl Wahlfeld
Elmer Bartell
Elsie Emmons
Howard Hubbards
Myrtle Thomas
Forest City
Clyle Ellenberger
Patty Oswald
Havana
Pearl Neikirk
Manito
Clyde Ellenberger
Wilsons
Servosses
Harold
Talbott Guests Dine With Griffin Family
Mr and Mrs Glen Talbott and Mr and Mrs Robert Talbott and Linda were supper guests Monday at the home of Mr and Mrs Cleo Griffin of Hiavana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Gore
Feville Yareau
Peoria
Joe Lowry
Raymond Yeates
Joseph Robbins
Manteno
Ill
Glen Tackman
Robert Litz
Ronald Hammon
Delavan
Folbert Maas
Rueben Golden and Sons
John Meeker
Lois Ann Hilst
William Hilst
Glen Talbott
Robert Talbott
Linda
Cleo Griffin
Hiavana
Manito Rotary to Welcome District Governor Sept 11
The Rotary Club of Manito hosts A Ralph Lynn district governor of Rotary District 212 for his annual visit. He serves Granite City and leads 203 district governors overseeing about 7 300 clubs with 350 000 members in 83 regions. The Manito club reports 19 active members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Manito
A. Ralph Lynn
Rotary International
Rotary
Illinois
Vernon C. Langston
Donald Parkin
First Presbyterian Church
Granite City
Rotary Club of
Rotary Clubs
Manila
North
South
Central America
Asia
Europe
Africa
Islands
Pacific
Japan
Free States
Rotary Organization
Manito Club
Down Memory's Lane and Local Community Notes 1931
Last Tuesday afternoon the year’s final quarterly conference met at the Methodist church and trustees and stewards were elected. The threshing season ends with machinery stored for winter. Local parties and school enrollments are noted, with teacher lineups and pupil counts. Price statistics show wheat lower than since 1849. Golden Rule Grocery listings advertise bargains on salmon, Ivory Flakes, sugar, and brooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Stewarts
Louis Heckman
H. F. Himmel
H. C. Gumbel
Wm. Himmel
H. H. Meyer
C. F. Warner
Walter Meeker
Henry Velde
Henry Gosda
Milton Meeker
Chas. Wistehoff
Wm. Briggs
Sam Hyde
Alice Hill
Frank Rankin
Chas. L. Hill
Glen Talbott
C. L. Gumbel
Talbott
Manito
Supt
Lloyd Skinner
Leona Cothern
Pana
Ill
Lucille Sipfle
Pekin
Jeanette Hewitt
Galesburg
Wilbur Trimpe
Myrtle Cooper
County Line
Lillian Mayhem
Golden
Golden Rule Grocery Bargins
September 4 1941 high school enrolls 88 students
M C H S reports 88 students enrolled on Tuesday morning the largest tally since the 1922 23 building opening and the first year showed 58. Marian Seelye and Betty Talbott left for Peoria to attend the Peoria Institute of Business. Grace Haste enjoys a week's vacation. Mrs Chaney learned of her husband’s hospital transfer after an accident in Mattoon. Mr and Mrs George Grob visited west and returned home. Merrill Huffman family visited here last week. A new soil cement road linking to the blacktop opened to traffic this past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.C.H.S
Marian Seelye
Betty Talbott
Peoria
Peoria Institute of Business
Grace Haste
Kenneth Chaney
Mattoon
George Grob
West
Merrill Huffman
Kathleen
School Clothes Sale Promises Savings for Families
September 5 1901 notice invites parents to outfit children for school with Cheap Charley offering full clothes. Samuel Marshall wounded in an accident while target shooting last Monday with friends, shot through the hand. Park pavilion band concerts end for season as park pump loses its prime, causing inconvenience to attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley
Samuel Marshall
Park Pavilion
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Archie E. Collingham
Glendale
Cal
Anna Reed
Collingham
Clarence Reed
Frank Carey
McLeansboro
Til
Fred Meade
Omar
Virginia Carey
Stanley Hibbard
Petersburg
Caroline Davis
Hattie Kennedy
Byron Bortells
Dale Bortells
Easton
Gladys Langston
Byron Bartell
Fred Heinhorst
Dalla Lou Beale
Champaign
William Heinhorst
Fred Heinhhorsts
Harvey Selke
Indianapolis
Harry Selke
Mabel Schirbeck
Effie Fite
Harold Warner
Harry Welke
Ben Jacobs
San Jose
Jimmy Hasenyager
Miner
Harold Weyer
June Arnold
Decatur
Merle Woodrow
Leslie Whitaker
Mose Meeker
Kath
Eryn
Dan Meeker
Crafton
Burlington
Iowa
Marvin Meeker
Leonard Wood
Eddie
Ardyth Reynolds
Rudy DeSutter
Larry Gilmore
Harold Gilmore
John Thompson
Harold Thompson
Rebecca
Eric
William Thompson
Mark
Maude Coplen
Ellen
South Pekin
Wayne Wistehuff
Clyde Wistehuff
Taylorville
Lyman Runyon
Tremont
Lucy Bolliger
Marcella Meyer
William Meyer
Marcella
St. Francis Hospital
Ernest Archambeau
Dewey
Oklahoma
S. M. Roush
Waterman
Philip Rice
Arla
Archambeau
University of Illinois
Carl Wistehuff
Harold Meyer
Robert Mahr
Burl Lawson
Mason City
John List
Christian Church
Lawrence Endicott
Gene Marquardt
Manito High School
James Caragher
WMBD
Murphy Products CO
Bob
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