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Newspaper
Manito Community Express
Location
Manito, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1949
Page
1
Governor Adlai Stevenson administration reports 2.2 million dollars saved in eight months through revised highway contract awards. total contracts valued at 25.9 million dollars, 1.9 million below engineers estimates. new bidding openness includes public access to estimates and disclosure of likely bidders.
More than 15 percent of applicants are unaware the operator license fee rose from 50 cents to one dollar at the last General Assembly session. Secretary of State Edward J. Barrett announced that applications with a 50 cent fee are returned, causing delay and extra costs.
Mrs. Clarence Farnum traveled to Pekin Monday afternoon to see her aunt Mrs. May Moore who is a patient at Pekin hospital. Mrs. George Bilyeu is in Havana this week to assist Mrs. Eldon Keith and her infant daughter Jeanie Kay.
Mr and Mrs Harold Palmer announce the birth of a baby girl born at Pekin hospital on September 20 weighing 6 lb 14 oz She is named Barbara Jane and is the couple's first child.
In St. Petersburg Florida on October 19 a bronze marker will be dedicated to Almon B Strowger inventor of dial telephone service. Strowger filed for a patent in 1889 and was granted in 1891 later contributing to the Strowger Automatic Exchange. He died in 1902 after a life in the Independent telephone industry without wide recognition.
D J Powell ministers the Methodist Church with Sunday School at 9 45 a m led by EB Bender. Morning Worship at 10 45 a m for World Communion. Mid week service Wednesday at 7 00 p m continues study of the Sermon on the Mount.
Seniors report busy week with play book arrivals and tryouts for a comedy. The Orange and Black will publish Friday while typing class works on stencils and party plans. World history grows tougher with a Phoenician commerce theme and two minute reports. Biology class features several tests and microscope lessons as chapters update.
Governor Adlai E. Stevenson named four members to the state board of aeronautical advisors. The appointees include William Barry a Chicago attorney and former World War I naval aviator, Dr Leslie A Bryar director of the Institute of Aeronautics, Alvin W Ahrens of Lilerton with a commercial pilot license and World War II service, and Leslie C Johnson of Rock Island who chairs the Rock Island airport authority and manages WHBF radio.
The Illinois Public Aid Commission saved more than $160,000 in admin costs over the past three months by trimming payrolls and boosting efficiency in relief and pension work. The agency now runs at about $54,000 monthly under its appropriation, per TPAC executive secretary Carl K Schmidt Jr.
The Illinois Department of Insurance authorized reductions totaling about 800000 dollars annually. The 15 percent cuts apply to comprehensive fire and theft on new business from October 1 and renewals from October 15. Collision rates drop 10 percent downstate and 5 percent in the Chicago area for drivers under 25.
Dr. Leo R. Tehon of the state natural history survey endorses DDT high pressure spray to halt leafhopper spread of phloem necrosis killing elm trees in central and southern Illinois. Infected elms exhibit curling yellow leaves and a butterscotch inner bark with wintergreen scent. Springfield and several cities report thousands of dying trees. Officials report 51 diseased trees removed recently.
Our first semester party on Friday September 28 at the gym ended with fun and laughter. In geometry we study optical illusions and postulates while reviewing for a test. Civics covers the legislative department and expressed and implied powers. English focuses on thinking, note taking, and spelling while typing speed improves.
The article describes a sophomore class working on equations and geometric formulas for rectangles triangles and polygons. Students compute areas and volumes and note difficulty but improvement with practice while stressing quiet behavior upon entering algebra.
From the capitol grounds, most elms around the Governor's mansion have died and been removed. The Peoria park district the city of Lincoln and the University of Illinois ran control programs this summer with results due next year. Dr Tehon notes spraying is costly but failure to act could raise losses in trees property values and removal costs.
Freshmen announce their week in English class with oral book reports and a first theme on liking school. They study citizenship mind versus brain, weather science on storms, and a second chapter in mathematics covering direct measurements and formulas, with plans to return next week.
The girls chorus focuses on Serenade I Love Life after singing The Green Cathedral Sympathy and The Bells of St Mary. The boys group practices The Desert Song Kentucky Babe and Stouthearted Men as band members review old songs from last year.
In the past week the F F A has conducted activities related to agriculture education and community involvement. The fragment notes ongoing programs, with emphasis on practical farming skills and youth engagement in rural communities.
A string of callers and guests from Pekin, Bloomington, Green Valley, and nearby towns visited homes of Bender Hubbard and Ethell families. Attendees included Frank Cranwill and family Pekin Mildred Budke and Byron Budke George Hubbard Henry Hilst and families Alan Hubbard reunion at Miller Park Bloomington and Mary Vice hospital status remained unchanged.
Forest City Federated church board met after church Sunday evening September 25 with Rev. Joseph Hobbs and nine others present. Rally Day is set for October 9. Local residents and relatives visited, travelled, or attended events across Mason County and nearby cities, with multiple trips to Bloomington Champaign Chicago and Pekin. The notice lists many social visits including birthdays, hospital dismissal, a horse show, a yard party, and a western states tour by L. A. Wilson.
Thirty soil samples were tested for nitrogen potash phosphorus and acidity. Members received Bronze Green Hand pins stamped with the FFA emblem and prepared for the FFA carnival set for Friday October 14 in the high school gym.
Secretary of State Edward J. Barrett reiterates the new deadline for reassignment of this year’s license numbers as November 1, moved up from December 1 by the 66th General Assembly. The change aims to mail plates earlier and beat the Christmas mail rush.
University of Illinois research shows testing six to ten fresh eggs per flock detects Newcastle disease with 97 percent accuracy compared with blood tests. The egg method reduces handling of birds and helps verify vaccination and screen hatchery flocks. Illinois poultrymen may send eggs to Urbana for testing, with careful packing to prevent breakage.
Dairy cattle generate about 15 tons of manure per 1 000 pounds of live weight annually. In central Illinois 3 hours of labor produce 100 pounds of pork.
Mrs Louise Heckman Emma Pollard Laura Seelye Getty Buck and Etta Cox attended Eureka s Sixth Annual Pumpkin Festival. The parade featured many floats including Eureka Feeds The World and the old covered wagon. Fourteen bands performed as thousands watched with town pride.
Illinois agricultural expert Frank Andrew recommends installing two or three extra switches at different locations to operate an electric corn elevator. Coordinate with a power company engineer before installation. Suggested positions include at the unload point and at the cupola top for safer unloading and greater efficiency.
University of Illinois entomologists advise destroying volunteer wheat to control Hessian fly infestations. Planting should wait until after the fall brood has emerged and left.
The Sky Ranch Cafe and Drive in between Manita and Pekin on the Blacktop is now under new management. John Taylor of Pekin purchased the drive-in cafe from Harold Meyer this month. Meyer built the building and Sky Ranch began operation in the summer months.
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