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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1956
Page
4
Mrs Wright and guests from Martinsville Kentucky and Marshall attend chicken supper and church events. Families including Wrights Colliers and Drakes visit in Robinson Hutsonville and Terre Haute for tours and gatherings with numerous relatives and friends over the weekend.
An item lists invitations to Rev Owen Candier services at 7 30 PM and a string of weekend and weekday visits among residents of Marshall Paris and Terre Haute including the Ray Powers and Kirby families. It records W S C S April meeting hostesses and a Bible verse memory line.
Attendance at Mt Olive Sunday was 62 with offerings of 58 dollars. Local visits included Mrs Kate Hart, Mrs Keith Chapman with Mrs Ollie Reynolds and Mrs Reba Reynolds and baby. Belleville residents Odin Stogadill and son stayed with John and Frances Leasure over weekend. Neighbor visits recorded with Drance family and others.Notes mention sheep with phenothiazine for worm control and pasture rotation.
Sunday afternoon in Ohio featured visits among local families. Notes mention Mr. and Mrs. Charles, Jean Thompson hosting, W. A. Shotwell’s hospital stay in Dwight Illinois, and Grace Gard calling on Anna Shotwell. Additional gatherings include Amanda Engle and Euleta Wernz visiting Cora McGervy in Farmersburg and attending a W.S.C. meeting. Dorothy Crumlin from Terre Haute staying with relatives Friday. Marie Hollenbeck discharged from Mary Sherman Hospital Sullivan, with Quimba Norton family Vernon Hollenbeck and others visiting. Harold Wernz and Benton Joe Riggs spent time with Fern Wernz.
Clarksville Home Bureau met at the home of Mrs. Marie Ross Thursday afternoon. Betty Coleman and daughters spent Sunday with Mrs. Eva Hinkle. Lafé Marrs and family visited Golda Harbor and Terre Haute residents. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Behner entertained relatives at Sunday dinner. Numerous neighbors, including the Pulver and Cox families, visited others Saturday and Sunday. 4-H members attended a meeting at Bill Baker’s home Friday night.
Prices for corn have climbed about 25 percent since harvest time with Illinois farm quotes around 1.20 to 1.30 per bushel. The piece analyzes demand drivers from hogs poultry and dairy herds, exports, price supports, and potential future moves, noting both upside risks and factors that could cap gains.
An Illinois Natural History Survey entomologist recommends spraying or dusting with DDT every five days from egg hatch until four applications are completed to combat corn borers this year.
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