Forest City Guests Attend Double Golden Wedding
Forest City figures joined relatives at a double golden wedding anniversary on Sunday at the Frank Palmer home in Manilo honoring Harmon Bruning of Havana and William Ellis of Pitosky. Attendees included Al Wilson Merlyn Jackson George Sherer Elmer Bartell Dell Ingersoll and others with relatives from Havana and Newton among them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City
Frank Palmer
Manilo
Harmon Bruning
Havana
William Ellis
Pitosky
Michigan
al Wilson
Merlyn Jackson
George Sherer
Elmer Bartell
Dell Ingersoll
Marjorie Ingersoll
Bernice Bowser
Roy Bowser
Babe Folkman
Vera Hermann
Pearl Wahlfeld
Clyde Ellenberger
Rose Oswald
Mary Frances
Patricia
Merlyn Jacksons
al Wilsons
Forest City Home Bureau September Meeting Report
The Forest City Home Bureau Unit held its September meeting at Union Center with noon luncheon. Officers for next year include Verden Himmel as chair, James Sanmann as vice chair, and James Sanmann as secretary and treasurer, with dues due by October 1 and reservations for the Mason County event urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City Home Bureau
Union Center
Alfred Woiwode
Virden Himmel
Verden Bortell
Alvin Pfeiffer
Henry Wahlfeld
Rotary
Home Bureau
Verden Himmel
Mason County Home Bureau
Salem Methodist Church
San Jose
Walter Lynn
Mason City
Forest City Unit
Henry Wahfield
Beryl LeCount
Norman White
James Sanmann
Verden Himmel J
Family Heads for Yorkville Visit Then Pittsburg Trip
The party will spend a week in Yorkville Ohio with the Robbins family and old friends before visiting Pittsburg Pennsylvania, then return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gien
Yorkville
Ohio
Robbins
Pittsburg
Penn
Notable women highlighted in Roll Call program
Prominent women named include Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower Sister Kenny Madam Chiang Kai Shek Clara Boothe Luce and other figures. The Minor Leader Mrs Percy Kreiling presented a timely lesson titled Care of Roses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Roosevelt
Mamie Eisenhower
Sister Kenny
Madam Chiang-Kai Chek
Clara Boothe Luce
Percy Kreiling
Milton McMullen Honored At Forest City Family Gathering
On Sunday September 13 at the home of Miss Elsie White in Forest City a pot luck dinner honored Milton McMullen and his California wife visiting over the weekend. McMullen, son of Squire and Elizabeth White McMullen, once lived on a nearby farm before moving to North Dakota 51 years ago. Relatives gathered from cousins for a reunion not seen in 33 years, with moving pictures and many photos recorded and plans made for another gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie White
Forest City
Milton McMullen
California
Squire and
Elizabeth White McMullen
North Dakota
McMullen
Reunion in Havana Family Gatherings Spanning Generations
A late afternoon reunion brings together multiple White family members including Mrs. Mau de White Kennedy and son Olin Kennedy of Forest City, Judge Howard White of Peoria, and Edgar White of Havana with many relatives in attendance. Several cousins unable to attend included Olin White of Trenton and the Powell siblings in Chicago and California. Afternoon callers were Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Patterson and Vernon Langston of Forest City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude White Kennedy
Havana
Olin Kennedy
Forest City
Bertha Ellenberger
Roy White
Mollie White
Mary E. Crosby
Virgie White
Elsie White
Howard White
Peoria
Flora White Wabhfield
Edgar White
Russell White
Nelson Kennedy
Olin White
Trenton
Herbert Patterson
Vernon Langston
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L. A. Wilson
Glen Robbins
Newton
Iowa
Roy Robbins
Accompan
Ber
R. L. Mahr
Manite, Ilinois
Tom Sawyer
Junior
Timten Coller
Cravenette
N. Realing CO
Pekin, Llinole
Service Department
Ween
Sara Orelone
Pekin, Ilinois
Milton McMullens
Flo Powell Hagebaum
Eva Powell Freeman
Chicago
David Powell
Sylvania Television
Lester
Peoples State Bank OF
Manito
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Kelvinator
Central Illinois Light Co
Pekin, Illinois
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