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Newspaper
Manito Community Express
Location
Manito, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1954
Page
4
Community newspaper item from Manito dated September 16 1954 highlights local notices and brief classifieds. It includes public notices and community updates typical of small town papers of the period.
Sept 19 1948 Mr and Mrs Robert Getz Sept 21 1940 Mr and Mrs Harold Woodley Sept 22 1932 Mr and Mrs Carl Reed Sept 25 Mr and Mrs Ralph Parkin Sept 25 Mr and Mrs Lester Schuttler Sept 26 1948 Mr and Mrs Alan Weaver.
The Kennedy reunion drew 92 attendees at Union Community Center in Forest City on Sunday September 12. Elder Caroline Davis of Peoria was the oldest member, while Dennis Lee Graff 34% month old son of Vernon Graff was the youngest present amid a day of fellowship and a business meeting led by President Richard Kennedy of Amboy Illinois.
Stella Schimmelpfenning and Diana Rollo left for Peoria to start pre nursing studies at Proctor Hospital. Frances Hamilton began RN pre training at Methodist Hospital. Pauline Frederick and Laura Crafton enrolled in Western Teachers College School of Music at Macomb, with others joining Normal University and Knox College as freshmen or sophomores.
The Forman News lists daily meals from Monday September 20 to Friday September 24 including Weiners and Kraut mashed potatoes peaches bread butter spreads milk stew bean salad Jello baked ham sweet potatoes green beans cranberries roast beef mashed potatoes corn fruit cocktail tuna and noodles mushroom soup peas lemon cake and notes attendees Charles Gordon Jr Percy Kreiling Allene Marie DeVore Jeanice Zimmerman Janet Yeates Virgil Himmel Della Marie Durham Simonsen Barbara Jane Palmer Jean Zimmerman Voorhees.
Birthdays listed for Paul Clauser on September 17 and Gladys Langston on September 17 with September 18 also noted. Public notice style brief.
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