The parade on Wednesday, led by the Air Force Band from Rantoul, included everything from clowns and an ox team, to the Centennial Queen and her court, beautiful floats, handsome riders on spirited horses, and the latest thing in automobiles and farm equipment. Over it all was the constant rhythm of the bands, placed at strategic intervals in the line-up. The fireworks display on Saturday evening was a fitting climax to a memorable week.
The general committee for the celebration included V. C. Gordon, Chairman; E. J. Israel Jr., secretary; John Parr, treasurer; Ott Panther, Robert Mayne, Jr., and Mayor George W. Graack, honorary member. A box containing mementos of the anniversary was sealed and buried in front of the War Memorial on the I. C. R. R. lawn Saturday afternoon.
NURSING HOMES – Mr. and Mrs. Clarence McDaniel, formerly of Ellsworth, bought the El Paso Nursing Home at 404 E. First Street, April 27, 1966, and changed the name to McDaniel Nursing Home. They operated it for five years before the state started phasing it out as a shelter care home, due to it being a two-story, wooden structure. The home was closed January 21, 1974.
McDaniel Nursing Home which opened its doors early in 1974.
The new McDaniel Nursing Home at 555 East Clay Street, was designed, planned, and is operated by Clarence and Mary McDaniel. Of colonial design, the building is of brick veneer construction and
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