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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1943
Page
8
Numerous local residents hosted and attended dinners, bridge clubs, sewing circles, and visits across Marshall and nearby towns. Guests included the Smitleys Forsythes King Maurers Beuhlers and many others, with birthdays celebrated and relatives dropping by from Paris Terre Haute and Indianapolis.
Ira Francis Cooper of Marshall marked his fifteenth birthday Sunday in Cherrypoint with his great grandmother Mrs. Mary Helms and many relatives including Andrew and Vern Helms Nye Wade Jake Elsberry Frank McNeer Chester Malone Mable Cooper and James White. Community members hosted bridge and linen showers with multiple attendees and gifts.
A fire yesterday afternoon burned about half a block of ground at the residence of Fred Kile in the southeast part of Marshall. Fire crews responded and controlled the blaze with no injuries reported.
Private Wallace B. Hardeman of Keesler Field, later Corporal, posted a 157 in 30 minutes to complete the General Classification test while awaiting officer candidate training at Miami Beach. He hails from Fort Valley Georgia and is a VOC from Fort Valley.
The War Department lists seven grades for enlisted personnel. Master sergeants and first sergeants share the first grade with technicians ranking below staff sergeants and corporals.
Church schedule for Third Sunday in Lent includes morning service at 10 40 with hymns and anthem. Dr Gwylyn Isaac to preach on Forgive Our Debts As We Forgive Our Debtors from The Lord's Prayer. A very important congregational meeting follows the service. decorating work has started and worship will be held in the north Sunday school room this Sunday and probably next.
War Bonds guidance urges saving ten percent of each paycheck to buy bonds. The text notes bonds mature to return four dollars for three invested and frames purchases as support for service members while financing wartime needs.
The Christian Church outlines a Sunday schedule with a 9 30 am school led by Paul Baker, a 10 30 am worship themed Paul and the Resurrected Christ, 6 30 pm Christian Endeavor, and 7 30 pm evening service featuring a special program. The article highlights Jesus breaking walls of prejudice and references several biblical stories. The March 28 youth social at the parsonage served a covered dish meal with sixteen attendees. Plans for Easter Sunrise service and breakfast are noted, plus a special Sunday program with the Men's Chorus and attorney Mr Stoltz of Mt Carmel Illinois scheduled for the evening. Public invited.
Guidelines urge sows to have feed and water access at least 30 rods from sleeping quarters. The note cautions against untested seed labeling it as slacker seed and insists on using only tested seed.
The Evangelical News notes Honor Campaign receipts rising in both churches and urges all members to contribute over the next three weeks. Zion Church school meets at 10:00 a.m. with 85 attending last Sunday. E L C E business and fellowship Friday at Susanna Sweitzer’s home. prayer service Tuesday at 8:00. Church school at 9:30 a.m. last Sunday had 75 in attendance. Junior E L C BE devotions Sunday at 7:30 followed by worship at 8:00. Missionary Rally set for Wednesday April 7 with Miss Wolfe from China as speaker. afternoon service at Zion, evening at Immanuel.
West Union Christian Church announces three services next Lord's Day. A 9 30 a m communion service features a sermon The Story That Never Grows Old. Bible school aims for 75 in attendance with classes for all ages. Evening service at 7 00 p m covers the Great Prophesies of the Bible focusing on the Jewish race and the Great Tribulation.
A religious notice urges continued attendance and renewed vows with a sermon on rulers Hitler Mussolini and the Final Great Dictator of the World. Four Sundays remain before Easter, inviting all to participate and bring others.
A spring lime application on corn stubble prepared for oats is recommended as a nurse crop for legume seedings. It advises disking the stubble before lime and notes benefits for subsequent sowings and soil readiness.
Michigan's Department of Conservation reports the herd starts winter with a double handicap. Heavy early snowfall has pushed deer to yard earlier than normal, and the large 1942 fawn crop has swollen the population. Food supplies may be heavily taxed in critical areas.
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