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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1944
Page
2
The Marshall Herald emphasizes printing news to guide public opinion, interpret events, provide wholesome entertainment, and support distribution of services and merchandise through advertising.
Mrs Harry Harbor hosts as Mr and Mrs John Williford and family of Georgetown visit with Everett Harbor Shirley and Ervin and Bruce Braynard. Bruce Spires and Raymond Spires families join in, then return to Chicago. Edgar Braynard and son from Chicago spent days with Bruce Braynard and relatives.
Preaching at Freedom on Sunday morning and evening by Eld Fason. Veach and wife and Forrest Washburn and family attended the Veach reunion at Casey. Andrew Sanders Jr. and family from Gary Indiana visited his parents. Local residents shared Sunday visits and family gatherings across the community.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank France visit Chicago relatives as others call on Will Spittler and France families. Lenora Dorsey of South Carolina arrives for Hunter reunion in Marshall. several visitors join the Spittlers, Schlosser family, and Chambers circle. Travel and visits span Hammond Indiana to Detroit Michigan with multiple calls on friends and kin.
Rev Kemp will fill his appointment Sunday night at 8 o'clock. Everyone is invited to come out and hear a good sermon. Mrs Maud M Paddock had as weekend guests Lt Joe Turman and others.
Mrs. Turman and daughter Joan of Ft. Knox Kentucky hosted Sunday dinner for the Jenkins and Oxendine families in Hutton Indiana. Visitors included West Union couples the Renshaws and Murphys. Bash and Bea Bash of Gary Indiana spent weekend with John Bush and niece Dolores Tingley joined them homeward. Elisha Johnson returns from Columbus Ohio. Bonnie Renshaw aided a sick friend in Terre Haute. The Frakes family held a Sunday reunion at O. P. Tharp's with a large group from Chicago Prairie Creek Hut ton Martinsville Terre Haute Coal City and Darwin.
Bobby Wilhoit of near Paris visited last week with uncle Glenn Wilhoit and family. Pvt. Edward Ellington and Carrol from Fort Belvoir arrived for a 10 day visit with Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan Morgan and families. Donna Wilhoit and Lila June Morgan attended a birthday party for Mary Anne Bruner of Marshall. Thelma Hendrix visited Mrs. Walter Morgan. Glenn Kendall and family joined Mrs. Pearle Tingley for Sunday dinner with Roy Bridgett. Miss June Gaberler stayed overnight and visited with Donna Wilhoit.
Elder Dale Rhyne of Oblong spent Sunday with Hershel Cline. Alvin T. Miller and family visited Allen Crumlin of Potters Hall. Jeff Booker and West Union guests dined with John and Golda Blizzard. Higginbothams Miller and Blizzard attended the Connor sale near Darien. Ferry Shotts of Kile had dinner with John Blizzard.
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to all who assisted during illness and after the death of Christina Koch. It lists names and mentions floral offerings and community support.
A refugee stock expert notes Europe’s dairy sector shrank or shifted during the war. Germany maintained near prewar milk yield with 10 million cows, Denmark fell to 88 percent of prewar strength but numbers later rose, the Netherlands declined to 77 percent, and France with 8.7 million cows was down about 10 percent though yields remained below prewar levels.
Advice on readying fabrics for dyeing covers ripping seams trimming hems removing embellishments and stray threads weighing dry fabric cleaning stains and choosing color combinations. It notes that layering colors alters results and that faded pieces may require stripping or leveling with commercial color removers from home dyestuff manufacturers.
The Chicago Service Men's center launched a weekend adjusting and fitting service for men in uniform. In the first five hours, 120 servicemen were helped. Over a million armed forces wear spectacles issued after vision exams, though active duty often requires on site tweaks. Volunteers from the optical industry provide the free service, popular with sailors and soldiers.
A guide on reusing junkshop finds by adapting items to new roles. An old wardrobe can become a library addition and a cast off bridge table can become a nursery play table. The piece was shortened and decorated with child friendly motifs in oil paints.
A new improved explosive rivet for military aircraft self expands along nearly the full shank from within. Aluminum alloy rivet uses a tiny auxiliary cavity to broaden the charge impact. The design eliminates the need for exact hole fit by expanding the entire shank.
A lesson analyzing Sauls early reign in 1 Samuel highlighting his chosen status by God, humble attitude, and initial adherence to principled leadership. It notes his physical stature, mental fitness, spiritual alignment, forgiving stance, and public recognition at Gilgal as factors shaping a godly monarchy.
Christiana Hitel Koch born April 21, 1879 in Anderson township died August 16, 1944 at age 74. She married F W Koch in 1890 and had a son who died in 1942. She joined the United Brethren then Lutheran church, lived in Jackson Michigan, moved to Marshall to live with sister Mrs José Montgomery, survived by daughter in law Mrs Lillie Koch, four granddaughters and three great grandchildren, seven sisters and one brother, and many relatives. Funeral August 17 in Marshall, interment in Jackson Michigan, Rev Thomas W Basg officiated.
Claim notice for the estate of Alice Gideon deceased in Clark County Illinois. October 2 1944 is the claim date and all persons may file claims before that date without summons. Allen Gideon is the administrator with Snavely Miller Attorneys Marshall Illinois.
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