Darwin Notes and Visitor Gatherings Chronicle Local Social News
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brown hosted relatives from Indianapolis for a week. Several families from Gary and Terre Haute visited Marshall area friends. Major Q. K. Paddock departed for Charleston after a 30 day furlough. Sunday school attendance rose by 11 to 20. Kenneth Low at Great Lakes sends word of good training. Weekend guests included Gaddis from LaPorte and Hunt family from Snyder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Brown
Leonard Brown
Indianapolis
Delpha Hewitt
Glorie
Gene Kay
Ronnie
Elmer Jenkins
Charles Hilbert
Wayne Wilfond
Gary
Indiana
Q. K. Paddock
George Paddock
Charleston
South Carolina
Vern Wood
The
Prairie
Roy Wood
the Woods
Roy Troxel
Marshall
Richard Tharp
Maude Paddock
Maxine Troxel
Gene Hammett
Gladys Hewitt
Commodore Frakes
Kenneth Low
Great Lakes
Mabel Whitkanack
Jean Grant
Terre Haute
Treasie
Harry Phelps
Forest Whitkanack
Hutton
Carson Prevo
Lambert Hammonc
James Gaddis
LaPorte
Wayne Hunt
Linda Lee
Snyder
Fenton Hunt
Ronald
John Troxel
Leonard Lathrop
Jimmie
East Liberty Social Notes Keep Busy Week
East Liberty community members share visits and family dinners across local homes. Listed are guests including CpL Dean Hendrix of Boca Raton Florida and Betty Wallace, with many family hostings at Murphy Clapp and Combs households. Cpl Donald Murphy spent time visiting after a hospital stay in Topeka Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl Dean Hendrix
Boca
Ratonfield
Florida
Betty Wallace
Homer Hendrix
Gladys Wilson
Harry Murphy
George
Betta Ann Shotts
Charles Clapp
Rosa Gleeck
Homer Clapp
Rubylee
Robert Miller
Lois Combs
Will Combs
Golda Combs
Etta Shaffner
Jesse Meloy
Virginia
Lizzie Clapp
Doil Fox
Billy
Patsy
Redman
Roy Fox
Katherine Wright
Ronnie
Cpl
Donald Murphy
Dickie
Donald
Topeka
Kansas
Alva Harris
Ruth E
Glenn Clapp
Darien News Note On Rainy Week And Local Visits
The report notes crops with hay and oats thriving but corn poor. A heavy rain Wednesday and another Saturday brought needed moisture. Mr. and Mrs. Alva Morgan visited their son and wife, then went to the Robinson Clinic. additional rainfall will keep farmers out of fields for days. Mrs. Wm. Weir spent the weekend in Martinsville with the Winters family. Dennis Weir and family and Darrell Morgan were also mentioned in the visit notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Morgan
Robinson
Wm. Weir
Martinsville
Charlie Winters
Mas
Dennis Weir
Darrell, Morgan
Freedom by Mrs Roy Wallace
A large crowd attended Sunday evening services with residents from nearby areas. The Carpenter reunion at Marshall drew several neighbors while Fay Arbuckle visited Irene Martin. Rev Carl Carpenter returned to Kilborne after time at home. The Mission Band met at Harold Clatfelter’s home with many families in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Carver
Paris
Lucille Schaffer
Terre Haute
Warren Smith
Carolyn
Reeda Evelyn Girl
Ed Wallace
Sweet Sanders
Karen Fern
Gary
Ind
Andy Sanders
Yack Napier
Glenn
Warren Arbuckle
Mission Band
Harold Clatfelter
Margaret
Walter Garner
Warren
Fay Arbuckle
Harold Smith
Carl Carpenter
Mattie Miller
Ellen Wallace
Aretta
Lydia Mason
Jean
John Garner
Betty
Edna
Roy Wallace
Bobby
Bert
Joan Wallace
Eleanor
Joann Schaffer
Billy Siverly
Wallie Hobbs
Jack
Edith Wallace
Gerald
Lara Smith
Bonnie Arbuckle
West Union Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Weather
West Union news lists Sunday guests at the Wright and Prust households and visits by Whitlock McKinney and others. Community members travel for duty and church events while occasional rain aids crops and blackberries ripen as residents discuss heat relief for hens with water features.
Surgical advances cut death rate from abdominal wounds in WWII
Major George B. Sanders outlined 50 percent reduction in abdominal wound deaths since World War II thanks to blood plasma penicillin and sulfa and improved colostomy. He noted colon wound mortality fell from 60 to 30 percent as Chicago Surgical Society members at Vaughan General Hospital shared clinic findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George B. Sanders
Vaughan General Hospital
Sanders
Chicago Surgical Society
Army Medical Corps
Thomas Horwitz
Vaughan Hospital
Horowitz
Lester R. Dragstedt
Chicago University
Wedding Goes On in England Despite Bombing
A V-bomb hit a Catholic church and a nearby rest center in southern England, killing two adults and a month-old baby and injuring several clergy. Despite the destruction the planned wedding proceeded in the shell of the church under the open sky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
German Prisoner Caught Near Home In Civilian Clothes
A German prisoner for the United States Ninth Army was captured about 20 yards from his home as he rushed to shed his uniform for civilian clothes. Sgt. Frank Hayes of Los Angeles noted the man would not see his house for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
9Th Army
Sgt
Frank Hayes
Los Angeles
Calif
Perfect 34 Tank Leads Soviet Offensive
Pravda reports the new Stalin tank named Perfect 34 spearheading the Soviet drive. It claims the 34 has passed all war stages and that the Germans attempted to copy it amid the ongoing push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Pravda
Lesson for August 5 Subjects and Scripture Texts
Lesson topics and scripture selections are provided by the International Council of Religious Education for August 5. Copyrighted material is used by permission to guide study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Council of Religious Education
Isaac and Rebekah Love Story From Genesis Teachings
A sermon outlines Abraham's servant finding a godly bride for Isaac. It highlights faith, candor in marriage proposals, and the ideal of a love marriage grounded in religious faith, warning against secular views of union. The tale underscores parental guidance, character, and readiness for family life. It connects true love with devotion to God and responsibility in marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Abraham
Sarah
Isaac
Rebekah
America
Snyder Social Notes Highlight Local Weekend Visits
Sunday school attendance was 65 as residents from Snyder and nearby towns hosted relatives and friends. The community saw numerous weekend visits among Hutchinson, Clark, Hollenbeck, Newport, Etchison, and Bohn families with shared meals and ice cream, plus several moves and hospital calls.
Choctaw Church to Host Elder Dale Rhyne Sermon
Eld. Dale Rhyne of Oblong will preach at the Mill Creek Church Sunday morning and evening. Mr and Mrs Jeff Booker of Walnut Prairie visited John and Golda Blizzard and joined Mr and Mrs Carl Albrecht and Freda Ernst for Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Alvin T Miller and Mrs Estella Scarlett were together Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Nicol
Alright
Nicol
Marilyn
John Garner
Kile
Leon Garner
Woodford Williams
Nelle
Wil
Union Hospital
Alvin T., Miller
Estella” Scarlett
Hurley Miller
iChester
Joan
Brosman
Eld
Dale Rhyne
Mill Creek
Jeff Booker
Walnut Prairie
John
Golda Blizzard
Carl
Albrecht
Freda
Ernst
Alvin T. Miller
Estella Scarlett
Methodist News Eon Wisely Minister Church School
The Methodist church in Eon Wisely lists services at 9:30 a m for church and 10:30 a m for worship with the sermon The Living Of Today. The M YF meets at 6:00 p m and the Women's Society will hold its monthly meeting this Friday at 8:00 p m. Daily Vacation Bible School closes this week with a Friday open house from 2 to 4:30 p m for parents and friends to view classes and handwork. Roofing paint is recommended for chicken houses in warm weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Findley
Women’s Society
Christian Service S
Ino
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Marshall Herald
Wabash Valley Printing Co
Marshall, Ilinois
Mark Stewart
Carlos Stewart
Calvin Coolidge
Herald
Darwin
Carpenter
East Liberty
Mrs. Emil Clapp
Darien
Mrs
Alva L. Morgan
Freedom
West Union
Mrs. Mac Plety
Charles Wright
Fenton Ledermann
Iziarett Wright
Harry Wright
Foster Whitlock
Erie Penna
Lou Prust
Charles Whitlock
Hale McKinney
Myrtle McKinney
Charles McKinney
Marilyn Prust
C. B. Prust
Norman Rush
Posey Rush
F. M. Collier
Peggy Paddock
Maxine Strohm
John Strohm
Velma Dix
Charles Vargas
Lizzie Harmon
Vaslete
Robert Prust
Decatur
A. S. Coryell
Chas, Troyer
Evansville
West Union Christian Church
Harold J. Pundquist
D.D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Henry Hutchinson
John R. Clark
Pend
Judy
Modest ‘Bohn
Mabel, Wanderer
Olivat
Steve Newport
Clif Etchnson
Floyd, Harper
Larry
William Anacker
Roy Wells
Roy Woods
Norman Spangler
Bob Sandy
Tommie
Georgetown
Sarah Hollenbeck
CH £ Etcinson
Alice Robinson
Palmer Cornwell
Fenton Spangler
Harry Harbor
Methodist News
Fred B. Kedfer
Marshall Maid
Elite Bakery
Marshall, Tlinois
Clark County Loan & Finance CO
Goebler
Dept. State
Archer Avenue
Farm Bureau Hatchery
Cherry Street
Terre Haute, Ind
Clark County Fair
WLS
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