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Newspaper
Manito Community Express
Location
Manito, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1954
Page
2
Mrs. Wm. B. Beimfohr visits with the Livengoods and Runyons. Sunday guests include families from Glasford Pekin Edelstein and Peoria. Several groups stop by the Golden and Coombs households for meals and chats. Wanita Page spends weekend with Pekin parents Fred Page.
Sunday noon guest of Mr. and Mrs. Verne Herrman. In the afternoon they visited Mrs. Donley who is a patient in a Peoria hospital. Walter Beck of Pekin called on Mrs. Gertrude Golden and daughter Margaret Saturday evening. Mrs. Merle Counterman and children were Friday evening callers of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Coombs.
Mason county farmers are urged to follow 1954 AG Program practices this fall. ASC Office manager Fred Leithoff Jr. says soil improvement work can be completed by December 31. About 336 farms already completed, with 25 more approved for fall. farmers may still sign up with cost sharing available.
Manita insurance agent Carroll Farnam earned a week long fishing trip to Canada for boosting insurance written this year. Sponsors Farmers Auto of Pekin arranged accommodations at Red Indian Lodge in Sioux Narrows Ontario. Farnam joined 46 other Illinois agents from a field of 250 competing winners.
Mr and Mrs William Meyer hosted a family gathering at their Pekin home Sunday evening. Attendees included Mrs Fred Albrecht and family Mr and Mrs Robert Hoerr Mrs Louise Hoerr and Margaret Miss Lena Meyer Miss Frances Meyer Mrs George Zoril and son Joe Mrs mma Williams Mrs Joan Benassi Mr and Mrs Harry Wiebler daughter from Peoria Mr and Mrs Philip Coyle Peoria Mr and Mrs Phil Brong and family Marquette Heights and George Meyer.
Mr and Mrs Stuart Thomas were Sunday evening dinner guests of Mr and Mrs H Currey Dearborn in Mason City. The Dearborns recently returned from a three months European vacation.
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