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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1952
Page
3
Old Town boosts deer hunting as a economic draw with a Jaycees booklet inviting hunters to make Old Town their hunting headquarters. The campaign highlights local industry tied to forests and notes Penobscot County yielded 6002 deer last year, underscoring the region's hunting strength.
In Renovo Pennsylvania the natural gas boom draws 3,700 residents into land grabs and court fights after Darcie Calhoun struck gas on a family farm in January 1950. More than 100 wells are sunk or drilling with about 45 producing half a billion cubic feet daily and three pipelines already in place. A fourth line is under construction at nine million dollars.
In Watertown Wisconsin dogs are again barred from gardens and kept in kennels for 90 days after rabies was found in dead squirrels. Violators face fines from 25 to 100 dollars or 10 to 60 days in jail. Hunting dogs must be inoculated or kept outside town for duration.
Social notes from Dennison list Edyth Augustus wedding in Terre Haute First Baptist Church. December visits include Edna Doll and Lola Volkers birthday dinner hosted by Myrtle Taylor, Christmas dinners for many families, and multiple relatives visiting in Marshall Terre Haute Paris Decatur and Paris. Local events include Weaver Christmas dinner at Lackey home and various calls on ill residents.
Clark County officials report the March of Dimes will extend its polio drive over the full month of January to boost fundraising. Leon Fitzgarrald notes tens of thousands of new patients yearly and more than 45 000 past recipients still received aid in 1951, leading to debt for the charity.
Mrs Emma Dolsons family hosted a shad potluck honoring her birth anniversary with Paul Crumlin Rush Dolson Fen ton Dolson and families Harry Craig Joe Wells and Harry Craig Jr of Paris in attendance. Local visits and birthday gatherings followed with multiple households hosting meals and meetings.
University of Illinois plant breeders sowed a second corn crop during a snowstorm inside a campus greenhouse. They emphasize farm management, noting that choosing a good crop rotation on all tillable land is among the most important decisions farmers face. The team also experimented with Florida winter planting to speed development of male sterile hybrids.
A science Q and A explains candlepower of the Sun about four billion billion and the full Moon about 8 000 billion billion. Californium heavy atom 244 times hydrogen. Horizon at sea three miles eye level five feet and airplane mile high about 95 miles. It covers Fahrenheit Celsius Kelvin Rankine Beaumur scales with zero points and key conversions.
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