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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1952
Page
3
The Marshall Herald lists holiday gatherings and visits across Indiana. Families including the Hunters Redman Taylor Becker McDaniel Dashiell Coleman Strohm Edwards Baker and Bubeck share Christmas and winter plans with relatives in Vermilion Dennigan Urbana Plainville Terre Haute Snyder Chicago huntingburg and West Union. The note records travel reunions weddings and homecomings among multiple households.
Want ads note Stanfield Implement Co presents Allis-Chalmers Community Day with shows eats displays Thursday January 10 1952. Other lines list rentals sales and services including house or apartment for rent 714 S Fourth Street phone 4211 complete motor rewinding Drake Electric Service 877 405 South Eighth St for sale items chairs fence posts sterilizer maternity clothes lamps and more plus notices on farming and local businesses.
Jim and Rosemary Pellum and their daughter Vicki Lynn join Fred and Wor ma Jean Davidson along with son Doug Don Drummond and John Drummond for Christmas Eve supper and a gift exchange hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Ben Drummond and Jim and Doris Elaine.
A Christmas gathering brought together Cpl Elbert Jeter of Camp Del Mar California and many relatives. Mr and Mrs L M Stonns of Staunton Indiana Mrs D G Henderson and children Mr and Mrs Duane Pickens and family of Centerline Michigan joined Mr and Mrs James Pickens and Linda plus Mr and Mrs Homer Lawrence and others visiting relatives and friends.
Christmas week excerpt lists dozens of visits and gatherings around Paris and Robinson. Ronnie Wright stays home with mumps. extended family members and friends like the Foxes Haases Dixs Olsen Londons and Davisones are noted visiting, carolers tour, and travel to Beal Air Force Base and Beal.
The Carter Adams family of Terre Haute with Cork and Titus families plus Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods enjoyed Christmas Eve and a Santa visit, staying overnight. Sgt. Roscoe E. Wallance of Scott Air Force Base and Miss Donna Mae Strauch of Cheyenne Wyoming joined Eva Bell for a holiday trip to Kentland, Indiana. Wanda Irene Stewart of Dayton arrived in Marshall for a Christmas visit with her parents Mark Stewart and brother Carlos Stewart.
Numerous households from St Francisville Louisville Danville Detroit Indianapolis Greenup Springfield and Rochester welcomed relatives and friends for Christmas visits. Travelers included Pfc Dean Buckner Cpl Elbert Jeter John Black and others visiting from California New York and Michigan as well as local family reunions and holiday gatherings.
A survey traces mankind’s quest for peace from Early Stone Age struggles to Akhnaton’s 1360 B.C. peace efforts in Egypt, Sung dynasty diplomacy in 545 B.C., and Augustus’s Pax Romana, noting repeated failure and enduring aspiration for harmony.
Snow is hailed as a billion dollar crop in the western United States. Meltwater feeds reservoirs and irrigation across 11 states, shaping drought relief and prosperity. Weather pilots seed clouds to induce snow, boosting ski economies and seasonal revenue.
An American grave marker rests in Cimetiere de Picpus Paris covered with Massachusetts soil and an American flag. Visitors from the United States have not paid respects for nearly a year, despite Lafayette’s once immense national mourning and Jackson’s order of grand military honors at his death.
The term agony derives from agón meaning assembly at games and agónía the contest for the prize. From struggle in sport it broadened to mean physical and mental anguish and finally the throes of death and extreme bodily pain.
Start cabbage lettuce and broccoli in seed boxes in early January. Keep boxes warm until sprouts appear then move to a cooler bright location. Thin seedlings to about two inches apart and add three level tablespoons of fertilizer for each two feet square of top soil.
The editorial looks back at the past year noting mistakes and apologizing to readers. It acknowledges errors that may have angered people and expresses a pledge to do better in the coming year.
The note thanks patrons for their support over the past year and offers best wishes for happiness and good cheer in the New Year from Manford Buckner.
The 4444 carat Hope Diamond traces to its London owner via Tavernier and the 1638 India shipment. Cut for French crown jewels, it vanished in 1792 thefts and later reappeared in diminished form as the Hope Diamond. Tradition links it to eleven violent deaths and two royal houses.
An essay notes tin’s pivotal role in today’s world. Automobiles trains airplanes and ocean liners rely on tin in various forms. Tin plate supplies cans and containers for countless products while collapsible tubes and tinfoil extend use.
Dubrovnik known as Ragusa on the Adriatic coast grew rich as a medieval maritime power. A Ragusan vessel gave the name ragusa from which the word argosy derives according to the National Geographic Society.
State regulations governing livestock movement provoke rebellion from livestock people who misinterpret the rules. The rules exist to protect animals from disease and ensure safe handling, storage, and transport across the state.
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