Christmas Eve and Day Social Gatherings Across Marshall
The town's families hosted numerous Christmas Eve and Christmas Day events. Edward Ellington and many relatives shared meals and visits in Marshall, with guests traveling from Paris Lena Illinois Deerfield Covington Hoosier areas. Others included Rhoads Junker and Miller families, plus Tingley Morton and Alexander households joining dinners, coffees, and bridge games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Rhoads
Geneva Lamb
Betty
Thelma
Paris
Maurice Miller
Lena
Milnois
Gary Miller
Deerfield
Ilinois
Danny Barkley
Covington, Ind
Leland Miller
Clara Berner
Richard Miller
Ralph
Russell Junker
Wayne Tingley
Laurie
Scott
Charlene
Bradley
Casey
Brent Owen
Frank McEach- Tan
Marilyn Tingley
Indianapolis
Tom Jones
Travis
Tricia
Marshall
Christmas Dinner Guests and Gift Exchanges Reported
Several households hosted Christmas dinners and gift exchanges with extended family and friends. Notable attendees include the Lowry, Jackson, Sweitzer, Setzer, and Prevo families from towns such as Paris, West Union, Hutsonville, Stewardston, and Marshall, along with guests from Chicago, St. Louis, Evanston, and New Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Jackson
West Union
William R. Jackson
York
Stephen Bloomer
Hutsonville
Doris Jackson
Norman
Phyllis
Sue McCammon
Eugene Setzer
Lanell
Paris
Henry Setzer
Carbondale
Loutrell Setzer
Marshall
Charles E. Setzer
Louise and
Kim
Felica Lowry
Howard Hayes
Felicia
New Berlin
Wllneis
Donald Lowry
Donna and
Allen
Robert Lowry
James Lowry
Chicago
Five Points Holiday Visits From Wisconsin to Texas
Mrs G E Withoit shares New Year greetings as families from Columbus Ohio Cedar Rapids Iowa Marshall Illinois Bandera Texas Los Angeles California gather during holidays. Extended families include Burkett Wilhoit Clark Davis Kraemer Munson Romines Moulton Rheinbeck Rhodes Sparrow and others. multiple relatives visit and recover from surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloyd Burkett
Columbus
Ohio
Ralph Burkett
Freda Morgan
Charles
Don
Glenn Wilhoit
Jennie Whilhoit
Paris
Kenneth Wilhoit
Lamont Clark
Stanley Davis
Darrell
Cheryl
Sylvan Morgan
Robert Kraemer
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Harvey Wilson
Norman Macke
Lynda
Jeannie
Billy Jo
Ken Munson
Wes Romines
Clara
Mabel Murphy
Mike
Los Angeles
Harle
Christmas Visits Spread Through Many Families in Indiana and Illinois
A holiday social round includes Powell and Grace Powell of St. Louis and Cyrus Long of Clay City visiting Donna Hutchens and children. Guests at various gatherings include Gard, Byers, Finley, Hendrix, Bright, Withoit, Compwell, Comstock, Tucker, and Hutchens families from Indiana Illinois and New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayette Indiana
Kathleen Byers
East Orange
New Jersey
Raymond Finley
Chicago
Coleman Finley
Bill Hendrix
Kim
Randy Bright
Terry Bright
Doug
Sandwich
Florence Connelly
Glen Withoit
Ron Compwell
Cindy
Carla
Belleville
Ilinois
Connie Comstock
Casey
Rex Withoit
Maurice Wilhoit
Eddie
Terry
Gina
Donna Hutchens
Gayle Gard
Debbie
Bobby
James Tucker
Hymera
Ind
Its Happening in Southern Illinois sports column
Pete Brown presents a Kwickie Kwiz pondering the state high school basketball tourney finals the past 25 years. The piece references Mt. Vernon Hillsboro 1949 and Collinsville Herrin 1957 and notes a correction about 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Pete Brown
Mt. Vernon-Hillsboro
Collinsville-Herrin
Attucks Duke Champaign Color Line Title In State Tournament
Paris beats Moline and Carbondale Attucks battles Madison Dunbar for a so called colored conference championship in Champaign. The 1940s segregation era state tournament saw Attucks and Dunbar compete as the paper notes social and administrative changes advancing integration in Illinois prep basketball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Moline
Carbondale Attucks
Madison Dunbar
Champaign
Attucks
Dunbar
Sumner
John Q. Clark
Bluebirds
Southern Illinois
Chicago
Daily Defender
Defender
Anna High School
Paul Houghton
Benton
B. Floyd Smith
Illinois High School Association
J. C. Penn
Houghton
Penn
Charles Arneet
Carbondale
Cairo Sumner
Madison
Colp
East
St. Louis
Brookport
Althogether
Chris
Ina
Cambria
Galatia
Kinmundy
State Prep
Gary
Indiana
Roanoke
Virginia
Downtate
Charles
Bean) Arnett
Alfred
Doughbelly) Terry
Benard Terry
Frank Exum
L. B
Red) Owens
Owens
Arnett
Mietnam
Clark
Centralia
Dwight Eddleman
Loan ideas for aging farmers and credit programs
The author notes two thirds of 1,225,000 farmers are 65 or older, for whom 생산 credit offers limited living gains due to short remaining productive years. A proposal suggests converting equity in owned resources to cash for current use with estate-derived repayment. The remaining younger quarter could benefit more from FHA style loans with managerial supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Home Administration
Herr
FHA
South
Northeast
Midwest
Woman Boss Myth and Cotton Silk Trade Quip
Casey Daily Reporter quotes Scoville Groothuis noting a wife should project her husband as head of the home while he is only the chairman of the fun raising committee. The piece also jokes that one silk worm now makes a dress rather than two bales of cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scoville Groothuis
The
Casey Daily Reporter
Wild spenders at home campaign message
A partisan call urges voters to cut taxes by removing the so called wild spenders from office and advocates starting reforms at home with fiscal restraint.
Card of Thanks for prayers and visits from Rosa Wallace
Mrs Rosa Wallace extends sincere thanks for prayers covers gifts and cards and for the visits while in hospital and after returning home through her recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Wallace
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Mae Ellington
Dewayne Huey
Vern Huey
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Ron Ellington
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Arthur Jinker
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Lydia Sharp
St Na Clem
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Ralph Prevo
Steven Prevo
H. H. Forbes
Esther Prevo
Jack Malloy
B. M. Guelhaus
Everett Ewiett
Don Sweitzer
Stewardston
Owen Sweitzer
Ralph Turner
Leroy Turner
Dale Swietzer
Bill Sweitzer
Walter Spencer
Larry Pennell
Alangorgo
New Mexico
Ted Fenner
Paul Wyrick
West Terre Haute
Gertrude Farrel
Larry Farrel
James Tyler
Terrie
Huey Stoelting
Marilyn
Janet
Gene
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Yeoman
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Max Jones
Tony
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Low Dennis
Barbara
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Ralph Jackson
Danny Jackson and Sons
Fred Hirsch
Neil Crawley
E. J Herrington
Elmer Titus
G. E. Withoit
Belling Princess
SIU
Albert Meyer
United States
Wm. Herr
Southern Illinois University
Washington, D. C
President
National Advisory Commission On Rural Poverty
BY Aubrey McDonald
Audrey Lane
New York 1
Ralph Prevo Motor Co
Marshall, Il
Dennison
Westfield
Kansas
Bath
Clarksville
Westwood
City Gas & Water
Livingston
Court House
Courthouse
State Line
Dunlap Road
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