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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1953
Page
4
The University of Illinois agricultural programs air weekdays 5:30 to 5:45 on WCIA Channel 3 in Champaign featuring 4 H club work soils and beef topics. Dates list January topics such as roughage in winter rations farm buildings and egg marketing.
Aletha Mae Ogle 66 formerly of Marshall died January 7 1954 at Clay County Hospital Brazil Indiana She is survived by two sons Garnet Ogle Marshall Illinois Bill Ogle West Union three daughters Tressie Killion Brazil Fern Manhart Rossville Naomi Wilson Marshall a sister Ruby Holmes Fairbanks two brothers Percy Nichols Sullivan Otto Nichols West Union Her husband died July 2 1937 Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 00 pm at Prust Funeral Chapel West Union Rev G W Gibson officiating Burial York Cemetery.
The Ogle Family expresses sincere appreciation to neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of their mother Mrs. Aletha Ogle.
Illinois Agricultural Association president Charles B. Shuman lauded President Eisenhower's farm program proposals as flexible price supports aligned with Farm Bureau resolutions. He praised the gradual transition to flexible pricing and noted safeguards for large surplus stocks to prevent drastic price swings.
ITAA and AFBF sponsor a 15 city series starting January 18 to explain policy resolutions to Farm Bureau members. Directors chair sessions with 10 am starts in Springfield St Charles Danville Harrisburg Elizabeth Jacksonville Carbondale Pontiac Decatur Salem Monmouth Yorkville Nashville Galesburg Henry.
Secretary of State Charles F. Carpentier reports 1 799 licenses revoked during the first six months of the new Drivers License Act. About 98 percent, 1767, were for driving while intoxicated with some for other charges. Twenty five were for leaving the scene of an accident and five for both offenses.
In 1953, 947 Cook county residents 701 down state and 151 from other states had revocations. From July to December 1953 total revocations fell to 1799 from 2532 in the first half under the old law. Secretary Carpentier credits publicity by his Office via media for greater awareness of penalties and safer driving. A stray line about disease-free poultry appears in the text.
Letter from Claremont Minnesota discusses Secretary Benson and farm price supports, opposing direct livestock price supports and urging Commerce input. Calls for worker hour increases, wage links to production, scrapping seniority, and illegalizing picket lines to boost output and exports. Also endorses Italy News Herald views favoring the Farm Bureau Acreage Retirement Plan as a taxpayer-sparing farmer development.
Stacy Wernz son of Joseph and Elizabeth Wernz was born August 22 1898 and died May 10 1954 at age 55 years 9 months 18 days. He married Fern Green on December 17 1924 and had three sons Robert Harold and Stanley Joe. He is survived by Fern his widow three sons four grandsons and one sister Mrs Mary Crumlin.
A letter from J J Shaffer in Caldwell Idaho recalls childhood in Miller Missouri in 1898 with 13 siblings and homemade coffee. He laments the Mississippi River’s power and praises old days while inviting reader submissions to The Old Timer column in Frankfort Kentucky.
A jumble of crossword clues and partial grid hints appears with numbered across and down entries such as mind of fy, a macaw, goddess of discord, Ireland, cowards, and river of England. The text mixes horizontal and vertical prompts and partial phrases, suggesting a torn puzzle page.
A LYN CONNELLY ATEST survey discusses Arthur Godfrey amid the Bleyer Lia Rosa incident, praising his loyal following despite blunt humor and reading jokes from listeners. It mentions Eddie Canter, Eddie Fisher, Dinah Shore, Deanna Durbin, Bobby Breen, Connie Russell and notes Columbia and Capitol record notes on several artists and songs including Moonlight in Vermont and Mystery Street.
A petition signed by one third of Clark County's Board of Supervisors requests a special meeting at 9:00 a.m. at the Court House on January 19, 1954 to transact any business before the Board. Named signatories include W. C. Stepp, Hugh Smith, Herschel Yoder, Roy Wells, and Fred W. Schaefer. Adv 3-1.
Section 3 details annual appointment of a County Rabies Inspector and deputies by the board with compensation set by the board. Section 5 requires dog inoculation against rabies before June 1, 1954 and yearly thereafter, with inoculation certificates and red tags to be worn at all times. names Dr. Downey and deputies McKellar Simpson Davis listed as county tables inspectors.
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