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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1937
Page
4
Community figures in Martinsville and nearby areas share weekend gatherings birthday celebrations and church events. Guests include Findleys Ward family Beachout Bair and Stephens with multiple dinners and a Christmas club party at Hester Phillips home.
Mrs. Otto Nichols hosted a 1 PM luncheon for the Stitch-N-Time Club with Mrs. Edward Evans and others. Seven Cadet Corporals earned promotions at Rose Polytechnic Institute in Terre Haute, including Stanley R. Craig in the Engineer ROTC Battalion. Mrs. Dema Williams and children returned to Springfield Sunday.
Miss Frances Drake reports social visits from families across the East McD area. The Jolly Pal Club gathered with 20 members as visitors joined Ruth Wells and others for a Thursday meeting.
A local column records visits and guests around Dennison with names such as Dora English family, O E Taylor, Greta Lee, Roberta Lou Johns, and Orville Mann. Mentions Terre Haute visitors, Indianapolis trips, and a grasshopper forecast predicting more in 1938 than 1937.
Sunday school at 9 45 followed by preaching. Sunday evening services led by Rev B Wesley. Thursday prayer meeting at 7 30. Local births include Alice Jean Garwood born December 5 in Gary Indiana. Many social visits and family gatherings list Patrick Cornwell Collier Ogle Pittenger Myles and others across Terre Haute West Union and Paris communities.
Mrs. Elsa Miller reports a busy West York weekend with numerous visitors. Terre Haute guests Mr. and Mrs. Orin Ruby and Miss Lenore Hagar stay with Mrs. Guy Hagar. Snyder hosts Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Newlin and sons. Paris native Rodney Bell Jr. visits Lewis Miller. Robinson guests Mr. and Mrs. Francis Miller and son with Arthur Guyer. Harvey Illinois resident Norma Sell Miller visits her parents. Mrs. Herschel Hagar mourns as her mother Mr. Nan Wright breaks her shoulder after a fall in Hutsonville. St Francesville visitors include Mrs. C L Ammon and children with Ellia Stanfield. Marshall guests Evans Mehler and baby with E J Mehler and Bons. Bend Oregon native Thomas Craig visits his mother in West Union. Grand Prairie guests Ralph Brown and children visit Estella Clements.
Local residents share weekend visits and gatherings with relatives in Terre Haute West Terre Haute and nearby towns. Several attended the Dora English funeral and joined church and club activities including O E S Sugar Creek Home Science and a Christmas party with about sixty members.
Mrs Long Linton reports ongoing revival throughout the week. Sunday gatherings include Johnie Hutchings and family with Ernie Bishop, Charles Morgan with families at Marshall, and many locals visiting kin such as Ralph Burkett, Lizzie Burkett, Clarence Bryan, Tom Morgan, and Albert Jones. Community members assisted with a butcher operation Monday.
The Christmas program at the church includes a 9:30 worship service on Sunday with a 10:30 Sunday school. "The Pageant of the Nativity" is at 7:30 p m followed by White Gifts Christmas. Community caroling on Christmas eve invites participation and visits to shut-ins.
A sleet and rain storm Sunday night left Marshall and Clark County travelers facing dangerous roads and reduced visibility. Officials urged caution as road crews salved icy stretches and advised delaying nonessential travel until conditions improved.
After a frigid spell an ice storm caused limited damage to power and telephone lines. By Wednesday rain melted most of the ice and yesterday the danger diminished as temperatures rose.
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