Debate on Morals Versus Gambling Ends With Negative Victory
Friday night drew a large audience for a debate on whether fashions are more detrimental to morals than gambling.affirmative John Chronic Roy Buckner and Harry Prust argued for the proposition. Harry Drake chaired with Mrs Jed Gard Mabel Cox and George Canady as judges. The judges ruled the negative won. A rematch is planned a week hence. Cold weather looms as rural route patrons prepare stamps and envelopes and carriers seek clear passage for mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Chronic
Roy Buckner
Harry Prust
Harry Drake
Jed Gard
Mabel Cox
George ” Canady
Local Society and Business Notes From DeQuincy Area
Mrs E T McCutcheon of DeQuincy and daughter Mrs G F Barkley of Memphis visited her brother John Cunningham this week Miss Mollie Smith and Miss Stella Smith hosted the G L G club Friday night Otterbein Guild met Saturday with readings and two new members Miss Ruby Michael and Hazel Holston joined Refreshments were served The next meeting will be with Miss Gladys Stewart T W Shipe and Emmett Payne lease Lockard building on West Main to open a grocery about the new year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T., McCutcheon
DeQuincy
G. F. Barkley
Memphis
Tenn
John Cunningham
Mollie
Stella Smith
G.L. G. Club
Elsie Cole
Otterbein Guild
Ruby Michael
Hazel Holston
Gladys Stewart
Emmett Payne
Lockard
West Main
Special horse train passes through on the way to New York
A 47 car train carrying 942 horses traveled from St. Louis to New York enroute to the European front. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society enjoyed a Christmas gathering at Mrs. E G Sandmeyer's home with readings, songs, and refreshments, raising a substantial Christmas bank offering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
New York
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
E. G. Sandmeyer
Chas, Smith
J. Graham
Stephen Bradley
Mary Miller
Don Winterrond
Sandmeyer
Ten Years Ago Notes From Marshall Local Pages
A 1934 retrospective notes births dinners visits and travels. Mr and Mrs Carl Wernecke announce a baby boy born Friday in Terre Haute. Mrs Pearl English is the former Mrs Wernecke. Mrs Caroline Claypool hosts dinner with guests including Mary Crossley Taupheneck Emma Walker Rosene Nusbaum George Luckhaupt Frank Lake and Mary Pulver. Fred Nicol of Central Indiana Power travels across Indiana to areas now served by Dres ser Indiana. Mrs Roy Norton and her son visit Terre Haute with her parents. Dr J B Pulley Clyde Kelley and Mr Englecke of Chicago visit the Mitchells. Nell Ann Orr turns ten December 4 and hosts a party at her parents home with Edythe Smitley Jacqueline Simpson Maxine Bloodworth Emma Jean Coldren Bernice Bruner Erlene Beuhler and Rose Finkbiner. Pauline Cork Virginia Stoelting Helen Dierdorf Jean Stoelting Norman Cork and Walter Monts visit Leggitt at West Terre Haute. Ed Geheb from Beaumont Texas visits his parents in Marshall. Mr and Mrs Reno Wright and son Maurice of Milwaukee spend weekend en route to Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Wernecke
Terre Haute
Wernecke
Pearl English
Caroline Claypool
Mary Crossley
Mary Taupheneck
Emma Walker
Rosene Nusbaum
George Luckhaupt
Frank Lake
Mary Pulver
Fred Nicol
Central Indiana Power Company
Marshall
Indiana
Dresser
Roy Norton
Henry Marsh
J. B. Pulley
Clyde Kelley
Englecke
Chicago
C. D. Mitchell
Nell Ann Orr
James Orr
Main Street
Edythe Smitley
Jacqueline Simpson
Maxine Bloodworth
Emma Jean Coldren
Bernice Bruner
Erlene Beuhler
Rose Finkbiner
Pauline Cork
Virginia Stoelting
Helen Dierdorf
Jean Stoelting
Norman Cork
Walter Monts
Leggitt
West Terre Haute
Ed Geheb
Beaumont
Texas
Nick Geheb
Reno Wright
Maurice
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Florida
R. B. Hall Minister Services December 10
R B Hall minister outlines services for December 10 with Sunday school at 9 30 a m Holy Communion at 10 40 a m and a mid week prayer meeting every Wednesday at 7 30 p m Public welcomed to attend and a warm welcome offered to all Christians
Thanksgiving Socials And Family News From Local Household
Local notes recount a large Thanksgiving dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Conrad with extended family from Decatur and Martinsville. Emmett Sutton visits family during a 30 day furlough from Puerto Rico prior to leaving for Norfolk. Numerous residents host meals, visits, and gatherings with relatives from Casey, Terre Haute, Auburn, Martinsville and Paris. Jolly Home Makers hold a daylong meeting at Mrs. Ruth Veach’s home featuring a program, prayers, and a new-year roster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Conrad
Will Altenbach
Altenbach
Perl Conrad
Decatur
Charles Bair
Bair
Martinsville
Harold Beachout
Arinetta
Emmett Sutton
Louis Sutton
Evalyn Bundrant
Emmett
Puerto Rico
Norfolk
Ern J Brosman
Ira Brosman
Alfred
Mabel
Near
Casey
Emmaly Brosman
Mary Hendrix
Nellie Hendrix
Auburn
Ivan Veach
Deforis
Ora Cline
Wayne
Paris
Lawrence Bennett
Reba Cline
Terre Haute
Reba
Fayetteville
Arkansas
Harold Beabout
Clarence Beabout
Ralph Flenner
Westfield
Arthur Ax
Clyde Brosman
Sunny
J. B. Eyestone
Dorothy
Claud Brosman
Violet Johnson
Silas Elledge
Robert Cline
Jolly Home Makers
S.an
Ruth Veach
Mae Shade
Ethel Fraker
Anna H. Veach
Hester Phillips
Clara Beachout
Hattie Hurst
Ella Burger
Mona Kelley
Margaret Beabout
Lois Cline
Crusade for Christ Aims to Raise 26 Million
The Methodist church launches the Crusade for Christ with a goal of 26,000,000 for relief and reconstruction. Judge H. R. Snavely spoke at the congregational meeting as plans and literature were distributed. Our church share amounts to 1697 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Advocate
T. E. Myers
The
Crusade For Christ
First Church
H. R. Snavely
Methodist Church
Morning worship and sermon sermon Christ Comes As Our Priest
9 30 morning worship with a sermon titled Christ Comes As Our Priest. 10 30 Bible class and Sunday school lesson The annunciation.
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Christ
Christmas Advent Plans At Congregational Church
Dr Gwyl M Isaac minister leads Advent preparations with a 9 30 a m Sunday school and a 10 40 a m worship service. Mrs Charles Bush class plans a Christmas entertainment featuring a Mary Marys mother play. Altar Committee for December includes Mrs Carl Jensen and Mrs William E Camp. Choir rehearsals Wednesdays at 8 p m. War Relief Committee includes Miss Sally Dawson Miss Joan Murphy and Mrs William H Camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bush
Carl Jensen
William E. Camp
War Relief Committee
Our Church
Sally Dawson
Joan Murphy
William H. Camp
Christmas Preparations At Local Church Program Planned
The Evangelical News notes church school at 10 a m with prayer service and Christmas program in preparation. E L C E devotions Sunday evening at 7 30 followed by regular services. Immanuel church school at 9 30 with worship and church school election. An offering will be taken for Flat Rock Ohio Children's Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flat Rock
Ohio
Immanuel
Christ
Methodist Circuit H J Kemp Faces Livingston Church Start
A large crowd welcomed Pastor H J Kemp at Livingston church for the first regular service last Sunday at 11:00 a m The schedule continues at the same hour on the 1st and 3rd Sundays until March when evening services will start There are plans to organize Living stone Sunday School with supplies ordered The annual Gods Acre meeting is set for Beulah church Saturday evening at 8:00 with Dist Supt Gibbs to attend Regular services Sunday Beulah 9 30 am Darwin 11 00 am Snyder 1 30 pm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston
Beulah
Gibbs
Darwin
Snyder i
Room Temperature Factor In Garden Produce Storage
Government guidance outlines attic and cellar storage for garden produce in winter. Onions cure and store months above freezing. potatoes prefer 50 to 60 degrees and need darkness. pumpkins squashes and sweet potatoes need pre curing at 80 to 85 degrees and protection from bruising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Lichens Form Partnership To Promote New Growth
Dr. Josiah L. Lowe of New York State college of forestry explains that lichens seed soil for new forest lands. The dual plant partnership of algae and fungus enables slow but steady soil formation on rock and scorched ground, aiding restoration after floods or fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah L. Lowe
New York State College of Forestry
Garnet: A Gem and Abrasive Mineral
Garnet, part of the mineral family, serves as a gem for personal adornment and as a durable abrasive in industry. Though widespread, it occurs in limited locations with profitable deposits. wine red varieties are best known, while others range from light brown to black. Some crystals exceed two feet in diameter. garnet’s hardness and angular grains make it ideal for abrasive cloth and paper, smoothing wood and finishing leather, rubber, and plastics.
Giant Bombsight Shapes Cadet Training for Axis Raids
A colossal bombsight, never leaving the ground, is used in Army Air Forces bombardier schools to train cadets for raids. Five feet high and eight feet long, the giant device mirrors the RAF bombsight in scale to help students grasp the inner workings and improve precision aiming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Air Forces Training Command
Axis
Training Command
RAF
Cat Diseases Spread Across Northeastern States
The respiratory cat disease called nasal catarrh influenza or distemper is common in the northeastern states. It is highly infectious with a long, month long course and symptoms of sneezing coughing and mucopurulent eye and nasal discharge. Autopsy shows reddish gray consolidated areas in the anterior lung lobes. Dr James A Baker of Cornell University established the disease is caused by a filterable virus producing elementary bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Baker
Cornell ‘University
Humidity Levels Aid Health and Furniture in Homes
Physicians and researchers stress a minimum humidity for home health. The comfort chart from the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers cites 45 percent humidity at 70 degrees as ideal. Proper moisture also protects joints in furniture and woodwork, though excess humidity can cause condensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers
Community meetings set to discuss farm issues countywide
Clark County AAA Chairman announces township meetings with elections and a yearly report on office activities to be presented to farmers. Schedule lists Martinsville Johnson Orange Anderson Casey Melrose York Parker Darwin Westfield Riepert Dennison Marshall, all on December 14 to 16 at various local venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County, Aaa
AAA
Martinsville
Johnson
Johnson Town
Orange
Anderson
Anderson ‘Town
Casey
Casey High School
Melrose
Wabash
Masonic Hall
Dennison
Marshall and Douglas
Dees
Courthouse
Marshall
Wif En
Committeemen Election Announced for Illinois Townships
Lee M. Gentry announces township elections for AAA committeemen across Illinois from December 11 to December 15 1944 with county elections set for December 16 10 am Three committeemen two alternates and a delegate per township will be chosen Delegates will pick the Clark County AAA Committee members and alternates The State Chairman lauds community committeemen for delivering farm food supplies and notes the 1945 Agricultural Conservation Program role in war and postwar needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee M. Gentry
AAA
Illinois
Clark County
State Aaa
Gentry
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
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R. B. Hall
Homer
Mrs. Etta Shaffner
Methodist News
E. N. Wisely
Grace Lutheran News
South Central Avenue
Paris, Ill
C. Frenzel
NEWS
Dr. Gwyl
m.Isaac
the Evangelical News
H. J. Kemp
Clark County Loan & Finance CO
Archer Ave
Warner Beauty School
Dlinois
East Side Square
NAVY
Michigan
Campbell
Country Club
Ib. Bag
Maine
Kroger
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