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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1925
Page
4
Obituary notes William Gasaway dies and is buried in Kansas City. Many residents travel for funerals, visits, and family events. Local officials, school board elections, church meetings, and social gatherings are listed with names and places across Martinsville and nearby towns.
Miss Helen Grant visits family in Jacksonville during Easter break from Sinois Womens College. Mrs WC Slusser travels to Meadsville Pa for a funeral. Miss Rosalia Matumbridge from Millikin University visits Decatur relatives. Mrs Mars Jo Garrison of Shiprock NM visits nephew William Garrison. Miss Cuma Lee returns from a Jacksonville stay with her mother in a sanitarium. Edward Turner Jr comes from the University of Illinois for Master vacation. Miss Verleigh Burdette from DePauw University visits Green Castle parents. Mrs Magee Sanan and son depart for Butte Montana after weeks with Mrs G W Johnston. James Healey and son Owen return from Tucson to visit family. Miss Harriet Cade of the high school faculty called home due to grandmother Mrs Harley V Bastian illness. Junior of Cleveland, OH arrives to visit Martha Huckley and sons. Miss Mildred Anderson, head of home science, departs to Chicago for Easter. Mrs Marxarst Clark travels to Lawrence to visit son J Clark. C F Hamilton of Bicknell, new high school coach, in town visiting the school. Miss Phyilis Johnson leaves for Easter at her home in Waylore. Dr F B Sluss returns to Kansas City after funeral of his brother.
Mr and Mrs John Holler entertain ed to dinner Sunday. Emery Wait accident details unknown. Rev Olmstead to preach Wednesday night. Easter guests include Modest Bohn and Garfield Bohn families. Several local families visited relatives and attended church over the weekend.
POSSUM RIDGE residents Sarah Nation and her husband and Mamie Kaufman were in the vicinity Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Bishop of Paris spent Sunday with the latters' parents, Mr and Mrs Hl Staggs. Edna and Opal Cunningham were Sunday guests of Harve Staggs. Mary Cunningham visited Reba Martin, and Blanche Martin returned home Saturday.
Mrs L A Manhart and Mrs Dan Manhart with daughter visited Mrs Harry Craig and family. Several residents including Henry Brown IL E Nichols and Miss Luella Taylor were in Marshall and Terre Haute. Coryell's store front work aims to relocate the post office. Other visits and farm movements involving Geheb, Mundy, Dean Manhart, Evansville residents, and local families are noted.
Easter Sunday activities include church services at the Church of Christ led by Elder James Dunn and at the M E church by Rev Res Shoaff. Various residents and visitors from Kenosha Evansville Paris Terre Haute Hutsonville and Indianapolis are mentioned with family visits and schooling updates.
A Keifer Drug Company advertisement extols Adletika a glycerine and buckthorn bark mix that purportedly acts on both upper and lower bowels. It claims quick relief for obstinate constipation, gas in the stomach, and preventive effects against appendicitis.
Last week in Peoria a visit occurred as Life family members welcomed Ralph Life and his wife while he worked nearby this summer. In Chicago, Vern Bradbury visited his parents Mr and Mrs Aurora Bradbury over the weekend.
Westfield residents report visitors from Charleston Indianapolis Greencastle and Dayton. Easter dinner held by Ladies Aid at U B church. Pearl Wilhoit dies in Charleston with burial in Richwoods. Zink Wilhoit and C Ride attend womens missionary meeting in Dayton. Land transfers and a Westfield township supervisor chosen. Tad White suffers stroke and shows slow recovery. Bert Parker and Ed Parker relocate to Murphysboro and purchase property.
Friends and neighbors gathered Saturday night at Mr and Mrs Sam Carney to celebrate his 49th birthday with music and conversation. Mrs William McKeever and daughters shopped in Marshall Friday. Mr and Mrs Nancy Michael and Mrs Maggie Redman visited Mrs Will Downs on Monday. O McCleary and Miss Pearl Red- continued social notes.
Residents shared time with family and friends in quick weekend visits. Mrs. Sara Carney hosted Friday evening while Mrs. Maggie Lachess stayed with her ill daughter in Paris on Saturday. Lucille Kelly and Giles Carney with family were among Sunday dinners recipients in Dolson and Paris.
Mrs Sara Carney spent Friday afternoon with Mrs Nancy Michael for a quiet birthday gathering honoring her 66th birthday.
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