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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1942
Page
4
Rev. Roush filled the Kemp appointment Sunday night. Large social gathering honored Mrs. Roy Wells Friday. Numerous neighbors visited, shopped, and hosted at Marshall Darwin Sigel and Martinsville area. Jolly Home Makers Club met with Vada Shaffner hosting. Members planned Valentine social and noted busy week of visits and meals.
A series of social visits circulated around Martinsville and nearby towns this past weekend. Etta Shaffner hosted and hosted guests included families from Casey, Terre Haute, Gary Indiana, Kansas Illinois, and Chicago references noted..
Mrs Arden Coryell returned home after visiting her daughter in Indianapolis this week. Mrs Mattie MNeft of Terre Haute visited cousin Mrs Mae Buckley over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Charles Prevo did business in Marshall Tuesday. Mr and Mrs John Strohm of Chicago visited over Saturday with his parents. Mrs Cassie Ferguson and Cassie Mae also visited Mr and Mrs Sam Nichols. Flora Vargas and Mrs Thomas Ausbrook called on Mrs Frances Flenner Wednesday afternoon. Miss Constance Matteson had dinner with Clara Lou Shawler. Sunday school attendance at the Christian church was 67. Red Cross meeting will be held Tuesday afternoon at school.
The Evangelical News notes plans for Lent season at Zion Church with daily meditation and soul culture. Zion School at 9 30 am leads to prayers for missions while a new piano arrives for the orchestra next Sunday. E L C meetings, Holy Communion, and midweek prayer services are scheduled as worship continues.
Sunday school 9 30 a m public worship 7 30 p m weekly prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30 p m Centenary and Potters Hall notices include 10 00 a m Sunday school and 11 00 a m Bible worship preaching February 15 10 80 a m Christian Endeavor 7 30 p m following in his steps Mark 1 21 as the next evening topic
The Woman's Society will meet Friday at 2 00 in the north assembly room of the church with Mrs. LaVern Lewis and Mrs. John Maxwell in charge. Sunday service is scheduled for 9 30.
Local Boy Scouts will lead a Sunday morning service in observance of Boy Scout Week. Methodist Youth Fellowship led by Bill Davison focuses on keeping alive kindness gratitude and sympathy through active service.
The Altar Guild met at Mrs. La Cole's home and February duties are set for the Altar Committee. Church school and morning worship scheduled with sermon on The Good Samaritan Ancient and Modern and a Create in Me a Clean Heart musical number. Christian Endeavor, Women’s Fellowship, Red Cross work plans, and Folk Games practice for Merom Institute appear on upcoming agendas.
The revival meeting continues at Beulah Brick church with visiting ministers this week. Rev. Bert Frary and Rev. Lloyd Roush preach on Monday and Tuesday nights. Bernice Jean Strohm leads singing with the Baughman sisters. Sunday services include Auburn 9 30 and Oak Grove 11 00 with all Sunday schools at regular hours. Rev. Leslie Archer of Marshall preaches at Asbury Sunday 7 00 PM.
The quetzal is a rare green plumaged bird with a red breast and long tail feathers. It lends its name to Guatemala currency and appears on the national seal, coins, and stamps. Historically venerated by Aztecs Toltecs and Mayas as a colleague of Quetzalcoatl, with quetzal plumes reserved for priests and nobles.
A London report summarizes Dr. J F Neumueller’s study of winks. He identifies three main types: reflex winks lasting one-eighth to one-quarter second, sly or highbrow winks lasting three eighths to half a second, and the longest winks expressing boredom from three quarters to one full second.
Morley Spratt, a truck driver, found an ancient lodestone worn thin by years at an old earth pound in Ft. Eric Ontario. The half foot long stone was used by the Hudson tribe to grind corn.
The name Wall Street comes from a palisade built by the Dutch under command of Guy-Peter-Stuyvesant in 1653 to guard settlers from British and Indigenous threats. The wall stood until 1690, but the name persisted.
Marshall teams played Hutseville in Eastern Illinois League Basket ball with a 8 15 start and 8 45 Saturday finale. Students guessed game scores for a 25 dollar defense bond prize while the National Honor Society considers new members and a drama program stages two plays.
Setzer Marlon Stogsdill George Ren ner George Milton Joe Kemp and Dean Burkybile listed as members Wayne Hanson moves to Bedford Indiana and is recorded in the society note.
The Boy Scouts of America mark their thirty second birthday during February 6 to 12. Scout troop 81 of Marshall has twenty scouts with more wishing to join as they collect aluminum and paper to aid America. Scouting aims to build character and citizenship and strengthens democracy. A separate obituary notes Danville Illinois resident Lewis, a Spanish American War veteran, died aged 73 10 17. Funeral Monday at 1 30 at Gallagher Funeral Home in Marshall.
Daniel Lewis son of John Calvin and Mary Ann Lewis born March 14 1868 in Wabash township near Marshall Illinois departed this life at the Veterans Hospital.
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