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Newspaper

Marshall Herald

Location

Marshall, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1956

Page

2

Marshall Herald Publication Details and Rates

The Marshall Herald, published every Friday by Wash Valley Printing Co. in Marshall Illinois, lists editors Mark Stewart and Carlos Stewart. Rates shown include $2.00 yearly subscriptions and local ad charges of 35c per column inch and 20c per line for reader ads with a minimum of two lines.

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Dixon Springs Week in Review on Corn and County Agriculture

A Dixon Springs Experimental Station summary notes that soil colors range from north to south across Illinois and crops look good despite low subsoil moisture. Carroll County leads in corn yields and livestock production with hog and dairy industries shaping farm practices and community stability.

Ilinois Dixon Springs Bob Cate Cate Shome Carroll Carroll County Norwest

Labor Day Travel Caution Urges Safer Highway Driving

Amid a spring summer holiday period motorists face heavy holiday traffic with a dangerous driver type who shears into opposing lanes to pass. Officials urge extra caution during the Labor Day weekend and offer a free copy of the new Rules of the Road booklet by writing to Charles F. Carpentier, Secretary of State, Springfield, Illinois.

Charles F. Carpentier Beld Illinois

Gentleman From New Zealand Visits Reflects on Grazing

A visitor from New Zealand praises American grain yields while criticizing pasture waste. The talk notes New Zealand grazing is tightly regulated for complete consumption and cites Dixon Springs Experiment Station findings that ration grazing can double pasture gains by moving livestock every two to four days.

New Zealand Cate New Dixon Springs Experiment Station

Telephone Headquarters Moving to Springfield

The Illinois Telephone Company will gradually shift its general offices from Bloomington to Springfield with a later division office in Bloomington. Executives Homer C Swartz Richard B Etzkorn and Robert L Holman remain in Bloomington while Glenn Arthington Floyd Vandervater transfer to Springfield and George Wopat moves to General Telephone Co California. Definite plans for other transfers are pending.

Illinois Telephone Company Bloomington Springfield General Telephone System Burton W. Saunders Illinois Telephone Co Homer C. Swartz Minois Telephone Co General Telephone Co Miinois Dinois Telephone Co Wiineis Central Telephone Co

Neighbors Friendship Club Meets at Mrs Thelma Cline Home

The Neighbors Friendship Club gathered August 15 at Mrs Thelma Cline’s home. Members sang and prayed, read Eph 5, and heard reports. Refreshments were served. next meeting planned at Mrs Retha Wilhoit’s home with Lillie Wilhoit as co host.

Neighbors Friendship Club Thelma Cline Rachel Bright Faye Linton Mary Baker Cecile Church Betty Claypool Effie Davis Lilie Wilhoit Joyce Rhondal Leslie Dean Claypool Retha Wilhoit Lillie Wilhoit

Wide Wonderful World Wide Wonders

Franklin J. Meine editors a look at natural history and animal trivia. Birdwatchers and birdbanders show swifts migrate up to a thousand miles for food. Young swifts endure starvation by becoming torpid. Early horses were tiny Echippus only 12 inches high, now racing horses stand as high as 16 hands. Rats as pets please some, but they serve science by dietary studies.

Five Points News Recap of Local Reunions and Visits

Seventy seven men attended the Men s Wabesh Valley Christian Men s Fellowship at Five Points Friday evening. Belle Ridge Christian church speaker Tom Haines addressed attendees. Local families joined Morgan and Nay reunions at Marshall fairgrounds and a park in Kansas. Various residents traveled to Oregon Dwight Ill Evansville and Chehalis to visit relatives and care for relatives.

Mr. Pleasant Prezent Tom Haines Belle Ridge Anna Veach Paul Oregon Ralph Burkett Tom Morgan Dwight Marshall Veterans Hospital Given Blakeley Given Blakeley, Mrs. ‘Norma Wilhoit and Eddie Dear Hattie Brosman Gl Wilhoit Joyce Lee Smith Ralph Hill Annapolis Rosemary Higginbotham Earl Deen Veach Don Williams Evansville Indiana Albert Jones Olen Jones R. A. Surface Chehalis Washington Casey Martinsville This Place

Mt Olive attendance and local visits noted in county column

Mt Olive Sunday attendance reached 75 with offerings of 153.48. Local visitors include Mr and Mrs Alva Wells for a surprise birthday supper honoring Clarke Seymour. Other brief calls from Estel Stogsdill Wilfond Leasure and Esther Leasure accompany a list of households and gatherings. Also mention restoration of Lewis and Clark fort site in Oregon by the Oregon Historical Society and FDA tissue tests finding no stilbestrol in beef fattened on the hormone.

Mt. Olive Alva Wells Palestine Clarke Seymour Estel Stogsdill Wilfond Leasure Esther Leasure Everett Ralston Cyrus Evans Emma Maddox Louise Maddox Sharon Lena Artman George St. John Milo Newin Ray. _Drake Odin Stogsdill Eates Franklin Stogsdill Belleville John Leasure Stanley Leasure Maureen Pickering Willie Leasure Lewis and Clark Fort Clatsop Astoria Oregon Oregon Historical Society

Crackdown on Get-Tough Traffic Enforcement Spreads

National drive to deter violators shows dramatic life saving results. Franklin Kreml cites 1000+ cities adopting stepped up enforcement to cut deaths by addressing root causes. Governors in 33 states consider or launch get tough drives as deaths fall on major roads nationwide.

Franklin M. Kremi International Association of Chiefs of Police Kremi Kreml IACP Transportation ‘Center Evanston Ill Lang Ne Washington Stratton National Guard State Highway Patrol Illinois Vermont Idaho Simms New Mexico Ribicoffi Connecticut

Beat Weather Man With Nutritious Meals

Hot weather drains energy but a daily diet built from milk vegetables fruits meat poultry fish and eggs plus enriched or whole grain breads and cereals helps. Children need 3-4 cups milk daily teenagers 1 to 1 1/2 quarts adults 2 cups or more and pregnant or nursing women 1 to 1 1/2 quarts.

Geraldine Acker University of Illinois Foods

Real Estate Transfers in West Union and Nearby Areas

Burl and Hazel Medsker transfer land to Frank and Caerenna Snyder in West Union for $1 under a warranty deed dated October 10, 1955. Lawrence Hutchens and others convey land to Don and Gladys Kesler in Section 16, Township 11, Range 11 for $1 on August 20, 1956. Ivan Tally and Ida Bell transfer to Roy L and Genevieve Tingley on July 3, 1956 in Woodford. Earl and Frankie Eoff Keith sell Lot 5 in Scholfield subdivision in Section 32, Township 12, Range 10 to Frank Cole for $1 on August 20, 1956. K J and Mebel Crandall deed Lot 64 in Peters Second Addition to Casey to Gene and Lorene Hill for $2 on June 16, 1956.

Genevieve Tingley Woodford Dulaney Marshall Earl Frankie Eoff Keith Frank Cole Scholfield K. J Mebel Crandall Gene Lorene Hill Peter Casey

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