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Newspaper
Manito Community Express
Location
Manito, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1954
Page
5
Local community page from Manito features events and notices for Thursday September 23 1964. Community activities include club meetings library notices and local society updates highlighting residents and upcoming programs.
Mr and Mrs Carl Gathmann Virgil Gathmann and Parker Lawliss return home on September 11 after a fifteen day west trip covering 6000 miles. They visited Elitch Gardens Denver Salt Lake City Port land chair lift 12000 foot mountain Pacific coast Tillamook cheese factory Mt Hood dahia and rose gardens Bonner ville Dam salmon fisheries Spokane and a Montana ranch deer hunt.
A group stopped at Buffalo Bill dam and Yellowstone National Park and the corp palace at Mitchell South Dakota before touring Coca Cola plant in Iowa where Mauriell Lawliss is employed. The journey covered fourteen states.
The Ladies Pinochle Club opened the fall and winter season with a candle lit three course dinner at Mrs. W. L. Kerr’s home. Prizes went to Mabel Corbett Mrs James Seelye and Mrs Amos Thompson with a special draw prize to Mrs Merlyn Ethell. Members attending included Mrs Raymond Miller Delavan Mrs Orin Ethell and others with two guests Mrs Vera Douglas and Mrs Kathryn Hamilton.
A party for Cynthia Bilyeu marking her fourth birthday was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. George Bilyeu. Guests included Janet Fisher and other girls, plus Mrs. Fisher and several Meyers and Lerners. Ice cream cake and a lamb cake shaped centerpiece were enjoyed as birthday songs were sung. Cynthia’s grandfather joined by phone from Ft. Madison after a 100 mile trail ride.
Mr and Mrs Stanford Smith and their son Jimmy of Pekin were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Howard Wells and Richard. The gathering honored Richard before he leaves for classes at Western Teachers College in Macomb.
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