16 May 1963
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Newspaper
Pontiac Daily Leader
Location
Pontiac, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1963
Page
1
A reader letter set attacks foreigners as “ignorant malcontents” and calls for deportations. Replies defend immigration’s skill contributions, citing engineers and refugees aiding the economy. A third letter criticizes a husband’s chivalry and social behavior during church walks.
A humorous exchange from a Pontiac Daily Leader page presents Ann Landers guidance on manners in marriage. The letter-writer laments a husband who never stands for her entering a room while she doubts civility can be fixed after twenty years. Landers counters with blunt, practical counsel and invites readers to send questions with stamped self addressed envelopes.
Flanagan Illinois residents hosted a noon birthday dinner for Grace Rients at Henry and Gueldenhar’s home. Attendees included the Wiechmans, Rients family members, and guests from Flanagan Long Point Minoak Roanoke Pontiac and Gilman plus Jeanette Barbara and Emma Wiechman.
In Britain the workforce supporting agriculture includes eleven people in tidings manufacturing and building for each unit of ore in farming.
Miss Crystal Thompson hosted a Chicago guest while Mrs Mildred Erschen and sons entertained at a 4 dinner. Families including the Schmidt St John Munson and Patterson clans gathered for funerals picnics and a Red Cross party visiting Livingston County Home and Hospital.
Mrs Stanley Jones and others from the Cornell area attended a PTA officers training school in Pontiac Monday evening. Livingston County superintendent of schools Lucile Goodrich spoke on organizing a Livingston County PTA Council. The group had dinner at the El Rancho before the meeting. Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs John E Jacobson included Harold Louderback of Rowe and several Cornell and Deer Creek residents.
Linda Sexton, 22, of Cherion route 2 and David L. Bailey, 29, of Prairie View Lane were in a collision at 2 20 p m Wednesday in the 200 block of West Madison Street. Bailey began backing from the curb as Sexton’s car passed a truck stopped in traffic.
Ed Flynn and Gary Austin visited relatives in Illinois over the weekend. Several kin from Joliet, Pontiac, Cullom, Morris and Springfield joined a large family gathering for a 15-relatives dinner and Alfred Wells birthday. Weekend travelers also included Grace Pitcher and Marjorie Young visiting home folks as doctors attended a Chicago medical meeting.
The loganberry gets its name from Judge J H Logan of California who first grew it in 12617 in a historical note.
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