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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1943
Page
2
The article outlines the newspaper’s core mission to print news, shape public opinion through interpretation, provide wholesome entertainment, and support commerce by aiding the distribution of services and merchandise through advertising.
The article notes Rev H J Kemp filled his Snyder appointment at 11 00 am and Rev Fred Abel preached at 8 00 pm. It lists numerous visitors and social calls among the Collier and adjacent families including the Garner, Morgan, Hollenbeck and Thacker households with a Beulah church service by Rev Clarence Collier and arrivals from nearby towns.
Sunday school at 9 30 youths meet 7 30 prayer 7 30 Wednesday at the Methodist church. Friday night church gathering at Mrs Myra Bradbury home. Twenty four attended next at Mrs Ellis Standfield in April. Various residents visit relatives and travel between Robinson Manteno Terre Haute LaPorte Paris and Chicago.
Farmers in Rabbit Ridge plow and sow oats as residents note Sunday visits from Everett Harbor family and Clarence Myers household near Marshall. Ted Curtright and Bruce Spires parties are mentioned, while Charlie Wieland recovers at home after a Terre Haute hospital stay.
Snow and sun give way to a windy start to spring as residents prep gardens and plant early. Local visits span Terre Haute Martinsville and West Union with family, friends, and doctors, while frogs chorus near the Linton grade and tractors begin field work.
West Union residents report visitors and travel including Mrs. Allen Bartlett of West Frankfort visiting her mother Mrs. Lou Prust and Mrs. Claude Kearns with Barbara Lee in Terre Haute. Rep. Charles Strohm to Union Hospital after illness. Gardens being prepared for planting and local residents traveling to St Louis and Chicago. Mrs. Burton Prust back home recovering after hospital operation. Beat You can't raise a Victory crop from seeds of suspicion.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Adkinson of Chicago visited with Jake Batts and relatives. The article notes outings and visits by numerous families including Crumkin Hammond Barkalow Thompson Wernz Kerns Mason and White. The piece closes with a Detroit trip for Max Shaffner and farewell as he heads to the army.
Mrs Lucy Chambers and Effie spent Thursday evening with Mrs Wm Haddix and family of Walnut Prairie. Sunday dinners included John Carpenter and Oscar with the Mason family and others. Calls were made on John Nicol and family. Virgil Fisher of Terre Haute visited Earl and Tom Jackson. Harold Coutts’s family visited weekend. Robinson area visits to Poorman and Lambdin households.
Mrs Frances Miller and Mrs Warren Smith spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs John Sanders. Thomas Sanders and daughters Betty and Virginia and Edyth Shotts visited with Andy Sanders and wife Saturday night. Mr and Mrs Roy Thompson spent the weekend with Ott Martin and Alden Martin. Ben Miller and wife called on Forrest Washburn and family Sunday. Thomas Bridgett visited Sunday with Ferry Shotts and family. Russel Veach and family were Sunday guests of Jesse Veach. Mrs Warren Smith called on Ben Miller and Andy Sanders Tuesday evening.
Mrs Emil Clapp hosts dinners with Mr and Mrs Emil Clapp and Wayne D and Mrs W F Clapp as Sunday guests at Redmon. Alva Harris Ruth also attend. Kathryn Wright and Miss Faye Fox visiting Paris return to share weekend with Roy Fox family. Homer Hendrix Dean join at Harry Murphy and George's. Clara Claypool visits sister Loule Heis.
The Auburn revival by H J Kemp yields good results with services at Oak Grove and Asbury. Auburn Sunday school at 10 and sermon by Evangelist E O Hobbs precede closing revival at 8. Prayer meetings planned next week Wednesday at 8 in Auburn and Thursday at 8 in Asbury.
New York reports predict 1943 will mark the plastics age as substitutes take stage in war and civilian use. A beer cap made of plastic could replace 140,000 tons of steel, powering shipbuilding and automotives with new materials in daily life.
Capt Wynn D Miller of Columbia Missouri parachuted into Burma when engine failure sent his bomber astray on December 7. After landing uninjured in dense jungle he followed a 18 day trek to the Indian border, escaping Japanese pursuit. He reached Calcutta after a 200 mile jungle hike.
A giant million volt industrial X ray will soon operate at the University of Rochester to reveal defects in thick metal castings within minutes. It is among the world's most powerful machines and is installed with eight local firms sharing its facilities. The device sits in a reinforced concrete building and is described as completely shockproof. Heavy castings are moved inside the X ray room by a 10 ton overhead crane.
Francis Alexander, 23, a Canadian, must face trial after being transferred from the Eastern Washington district court to the Idaho district court. Judge Lewis B. Schwellenbach ordered the transfer for re entry into the United States as a deported alien. He faces the same judge in Coeur D Alene Idaho.
The U S birth rate for the first ten months reached 20 5 per thousand, a record high, up from 18 9 in 1941. The rate has risen since 1934 after a low of 16 6 during the depression era, marking the century's lowest point.
Pasadena, California. 2 year old bus driver Robert Hulen Smith and 23 year old Avis May Gray married in Judge Frank C. Collier’s chambers after a hurried ceremony. Smith explained he was between bus runs.
Sunday School attendance was 39 as Mrs. Roe E. Davis notes churchgoers and families visiting together. The column records numerous local visits, moves, and daily events including moves to the Jack Johnson farm near Green Moss school, trips to Paris, and social dinners with relatives in Redman, Charleston, and Grandview.
Mrs. Juanita Hinkle spent last week with her parents in Charleston. Fredrick Hammond of Greenwood and Mrs. Hammond of Paris visited with the Hammonds. Mrs. Anna Behner and Mrs. Mary Behner attended a club meeting at Mrs. Celia Gilbert’s in Westfield. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Buckler hosted Sunday dinner for Kansas guests Clarence Bardin and Harold Davis also attended with Nolan Watt, Shelby, and Maud Buckler.
Mr and Mrs Brice Spires and Herbert visited Lafe Marrs and family. C B E Marrs James Lycan and R B Clapp spent Sunday with Everett Statesman and family. Carlton Reed of Washington, Mrs Lilly Reed and children Roy Hinkle and family visited Darrel Hinkle and Mary Hinkle. Clarence Pitzjart visited Lee Thompson and family. Mrs Lilly Bardin and Mrs Marrs spent Sunday with Mary Cartright. University entomologists advise spraying oil to control scale insects when temperatures fall below 40 degrees.
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