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Newspaper
Manito Community Express
Location
Manito, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1953
Page
5
Local weekly brief highlights events in Manito for Thursday September 10 1963. Community notices, upcoming meetings, and small items of interest fill the page.
Classified items include a 1950 Ford two door for sale by Mrs L A Lynch of Manito with phone number 150 and a notice about no hunting signs from Community Express printed on heavy cardboard at 20 cents each or six for a dollar. Other listings cover fruit farm produce near Pekin, a Coleman furnace with tank, and two grain bins plus corn cribs from Mason County Service Co with dates and contact details.
Local residents receive new 1953 Telephone Directories organized by town with improved individual sections. Some numbers changed or new customers added after printing. readers advised to copy listed names and numbers into their copies to stay up to date.
We thank our family and friends for the many kind deeds and cards received during hospitalization and after returning home. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kastner.
Mr. W. G. Gore thanks friends and patrons for cards gifts flowers and visits while he and Mrs. Gore and son Glenn were away. Father expresses deep appreciation for cooperation and support during the absence.
The family of Mary Etta Cox expresses gratitude for cards flowers and many acts of kindness extended during her illness and death.
Tremont defeated Toluca 8 to 6 and Manito beat Kingston Mines 6 to 1. Chillicothe routed Roanoke 23 to 10. Rain affected Manito Toluca Tremont Kingston Mines Metamora Morton games. Next Sunday Roanoke visits Tremont Morton hosts Chillicothe Metamora plays Toluca.
Mr and Mrs Chas A Beebe with Gaile Beebe Sr of Peoria traveled to Toledo Ohio to visit W T S Beebe and the Lloyd Beebe family over Labor Day. John Reynolds and sons Pekin joined Mrs Ben Bilyeu and family and other Manito relatives. Frank Palmer attended the Onstott reunion at New Salem Park. Palmer and Forest City sister were the only direct descendants of Henry Onstott,early New Salem settler and Lincoln friend.
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