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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1925
Page
4
Community notes list numerous visits and calls between families in Charleston Martinsville and nearby towns. Names include Nickelson Fuson Graham Swartz and Pearce along with many relatives who spent Thursday Saturday or Sunday with kin and attended a funeral or family events. An obituary for Jessie Lathrop marked a community loss.
Marshall area residents shared the holiday with family and friends including George Taubeneck visiting Sunday school in Marshall and Frances Beckles and others spending Thanksgiving with relatives in Canton and Marshall. The W F M S group plans a program at Armstrong M E church on Saturday night December 12.
Mrs Emily Geisert and Minnie spent Sunday with Sam Liffick's family in Cooper Chapel. Aleg Baggs and Terre Haute visitors with Martin Bages and spouse called on Don Baggs and Ed Tingley families. Mrs Adam Imle and children visited Ernst and Mollie Sears for Thanksgiving. Ross Pine entertained relatives last Sunday. Marie Baggs stayed with her brother Alex Bagga in Terre Haute.
Mrs Head of Marshall visited S Broadhurst family over the weekend. Mrs J R Lee called on Mrs Higginbotham. Kuykendall and wife hosted a Thanksgiving dinner. Hewitt, Broadhurst and Zorns families shopped and dined. Meadley and families joined the Hewitts for Thanksgiving. Chas Hewitt and wife visited the Zorns. Mr John Malone returned home after a week with her mother Zorza.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions people with Susie Walls and Baker Swite. unable to identify clear event, date or location. no coherent news item forms from available readable phrases.
Thanksgiving visits fill Westfield as residents host relatives from Chicago Denver Terre Haute and Decatur. The Westfield basketball team beat Brocton 15 to 14 on Friday night. Local residents include the Fleischmanns Gobles Riders and Shueys with several family gatherings noted.
Esther Wheeler and daughter Frances visited Mr. Reason Wheeler and family of year Mr. Olive Barnett Sackrider and kin joined Charles and Arthur Snavely families in Sullivan Indiana. Maynard Melton and kids shopped in Robinson. Dad and Fred Stranfeld handled business in Annapolis. Perry Drake and family from Terre Haute spent Thanksgiving with relatives.
Mr and Mrs Albert Buser and family and Mr and Mrs Thomas Norton and family of Terre Haute spent Thursday with Melvin Norton and family. Various neighbors and relatives from Terre Haute and Martinsville visit kin, attend a carnival, and share Sundays and weekends with local households.
Liberty and Thompson with Chas Freeman and family spent Sunday with them. W M Maxwell visited Taylor Robinson and Chas Freeman's family in the afternoon. Delmas Cooper aged 18 and Alma Freeman aged 17 traveled to Paris and married on November 2. Freeman has been employed by A W Wright in the past week.
Choctaw residents including Margaret Hollenbeck Gladys Hollenbeck and Welmam Cline spent weekend with Sylvia Sweitzer of Marshall and others from Mary Carpenter Frank Johnson Cligard Cunningham and families visited Hattie Blizzard Carrie Ledermann and families. Jefferson Brewster and wife of Terre Haute visited friends. various locals spent days with Thos Blizzard Ray Davison and others. Washington Post quip ends the fragment.
Charles Wieland and family drove to Martinsville on Wednesday. Mrs. James Richey and daughter Lois and Mrs. Flora Fitzgerald visited Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Babcock on Thursday. Willie Hamilton and family spent Thursday with his parents, while John Phillips and family visited Tommy Davis and family. Bertha Lowthers visited Flora Graham one evening last week. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wieland spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Liberty Hamilton. Thomas Phillips and son Hosea, Alba Phillips and family, Mrs. Tommy Davis and Bertha Lowther attended a gathering with John Phillips. Tom Murphy travelled to Marshall.
Mr. and Mrs. Oda Marrs visited Mrs. Alice Newman in Marshall for Thanksgiving. The Claypools hosted relatives while Bruce Spires and Harry Harbor spent time with their families. Several calls and visits occurred among the Goecklers Babcocks Spires Hutchens and Harbors with weekend stays and Sunday gatherings noted.
The report lists multiple visitors and calls on local families. Ora Cline and children joined Mrs. Ida Cline and daughter Mable. Mr. and Mrs. Olin Sweet visited Wes Sweet and Rexford Sweet. Rexford and Dale Tingley stayed with Reuben and Mrs. Tingley. Mrs. Grant Martin and Mrs. Don Tingley are noted visitors. Hazel Sweet and Mrs. Carrie Tingley also appear in calls. Reuben Tingley hosted Olin Sweet last Wednesday. Phillip Huffman of Toledo spent a week with son Henry. Olin Sweet and family visited Reuben Tingley’s parents Sunday.
Mrs. Robert Babcock of Marshall and C. W. Goekler and family spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Goekler and Robert and Okel Findley. Mrs. Jala Claypool hosted Harold Claypool now at Newport News Virginia and his wife and Robert Babcock. John Kirchner's bungalow under construction by William Findley of Marshall. Mrs. Johnny Hutchings of Martinsville visits daughter Mrs. Sylvan Richey. Marlin Claypool hosts all children and grandchildren for Harold's homecoming.
Moonshine Don Thompsons moved on the Tom Hart farm. George Bowen and wife visited Thanksgiving with Mrs Charlie Misner and family. Riley Lingafelter and wife Roy Lingafelter and wife shared Sunday at John Lingafelter’s in Advance. Joe Claypool and family spent Thanksgiving with Lawrence Chapman's. Rev. Batty of Martinsville filled Rev Baldridge's Zear appointment. Baldridge ill with typhoid fever but improving slowly. Harry Sellars moved to near Oblong for oil-field work.
Earl Buckle of west of Martinsville is mentioned with Mr and Mrs Orville Patchett in a brief social note. The fragment hints at local residents and family ties in the Mt. Pleasant area.
Mrs Jons Beachout and Mrs Smn Meloy are mentioned with two children spending time with family. Russell Hutchings of Arthur spent last week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J W B Hutchings.
Otis Williams and family shared Thanksgiving with Enoch Wyrick and wife. Thomas Carpenter and wife visited Mrs. Lucy Chambers and children Sunday. Matt VanFleet spent Monday at Marton Bartlow. Carl Helen and Donald Carpenter visited Otis Williams Sunday. Wesley and Johnny Carpenter took Carl Carpenter to Marshall then to Terre Haute for work. Mrs. Alice Lambdin visited Mrs. Bailey Freeman Monday. Clace Shaffner spent Thanksgiving with Lt. Coombes. Mrs. John Carpenter visited Mrs. Lucy Chambers and children Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Spittler were in Marshall Tuesday morning and again Tuesday evening at Will Shaffner.
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