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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1956
Page
3
An oral reminiscence from Wren Ollie Ruese of Alhambra California recalls childhood in a log house with a Round Oak stove during snowy winters. He describes sleeping upstairs waking to snow on beds and family play such as sledding and making snowmen.
Bram Stoker described a man who becomes a vampire bat while belief in human vampires spanned Europe and Asia. The piece notes vampire habitats in caves and abandoned houses and cites ancient and modern folklore from Babylon to Greece, Armenia, Turkey, and beyond. It mentions the Philadelphia Zoo, opened 1874, as the oldest in the United States with diverse animal collections.
West Union society extends greetings as Mrs. Harry Creily returns from Union Hospital after three weeks observation. Many neighbors attend funerals, church service, and social events. Several out of town visitors from Flora Marshall Crown Point Gary and Chicago are noted among family calls and community gatherings.
A brief item lists Arthur Sinclair of a named family and Mrs Wea Hogue from an unspecified locality as parties in a social note. Further details are not provided in the readable text.
Wide array of weekend and midweek visits across Dennison Indiana and nearby towns. Residents including the Taylors Ray Johns and Parsons families shared time with relatives in Terre Haute Jeffersonville Anderson and Marshall. Bible verse noted from Psalms 32 11.
The Melrose column reports several nuptials including Nadine Ogle and Richard Chapman married by Rev Harold Kemp in Marshall with attendees Miss Nadine Ogle, Mr Garnet Ogle, Mrs Maude Kenderdine and others. Bridal showers hosted at the homes of Annadee Wells and Garnet Ogle. families and relatives gather for celebrations.
Mrs Maude Miller hosts and visits in Choctaw with neighbors and relatives. John Craig of Gary Indiana calls on the Clines. Charles Miller returns from army service with Alton Blankenship family in Chicago. Funeral attended for Carroll Craig at West Adair.
The West Union unit of Home Bureau met February 9 at Mrs. Euleta Wernz home. An auction sale yielded generous returns and a gelatin salads lesson was given by Mrs. Olive Strohm and Mrs. Jane Strohm.
Clark County Chapter of the American Red Cross announces Mead M. Marshall of Martinsville as 1956 fund campaign chairman for Clark County. Fred W. Blundell of Marshall will serve as vice chairman.
Features list of bold shirt colors for daring men including ambrosia apricot and Adriatic blue. Notes six states each produced a billion tons of coal since industry began: West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Louisiana. Explains Michigan etymology from Mishigamaw meaning Great Water. Describes Pendleton Oregon hotel curbside TV registration enabling driver and clerk to see each other.
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