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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1956
Page
5
Church timetable lists Bible school at 9 30 Communion at 10 30 worship at 11 00 with sermon titled Grace Nursing home service at 1 30 Christian home service at 2 00 Christian Endeavor special at 6 30 Evangelistic service at 7 30 Prayerful invitation urges attendance and prayers for all services.
Emmanuel church holds 9:30 church school led by John Douglas and 10:30 worship with communion and officer installation. Youth Fellowship at Tommy and Danny Wern’s home. Wednesday 7:30 prayer and Bible study. Friday Adult Fellowship at Gene Maurer’s home. Zion church hosts 9:30 school with William Tingley, 10:30 prayer meeting led by Robert Finkbiner. Tuesday 7:30 Bible study, Thursday 1:30 WSWS at the parsonage.
Marshall Methodist Circuit lists Rev Delmar Row as minister. Brick church holds school at 9 30 with Roy Dicker as superintendent and evening worship at 7 30. Darwin church morning service 9 30 school 10 30 with Burton He leine as superintendent and prayer meeting 7 00 Tuesday. Snyder church school 9 30 with Herman Thomp superintendent then morning worship and Holy Communion at 10 30. See you in church Sunday.
Morning worship at 10:30 features Chas. Bush with nursery and junior church in the junior chapel. Sermon topic is Vitalizing Our Faith. P. F. group to attend Terre Haute meeting at 6:30, meet at 5:45 at the church for transportation. Junior choir rehearsals weekly at the Bush home at 7:30.
Nazarene Church owner Plum and Fourth Sunday school 9 30 morning worship 10 45 N P 3 700 Prayer meeting Wednesday 730 pm There are no national boundaries when Red Cross is on the job.
In a department store, Miss French faces a sting operation after two money packages are entrusted to safekeeping. FBI official Mr. Carrington confirms counterfeit bills flood registers except the one missed by the two clerks. Accusations target Miss Avery as the gun, but the truth unfolds with a raid on a tobacco shop.
A winter drought threatens pasture and hay seedings in Illinois with seed demand rising as moisture-starved fields jeopardize early plantings. Experts note anticipated higher seed prices due to drought and new farm policies while outlining plans to broadcast lespedeza and other forages in late winter and early spring.
Concordia Lutheran Church and American Legion Hall Le Roy to hold worship at 8:30 a.m. Pastor Muetter leads theme Hannah the Ideal Mother based on 1 Samuel 1 24 28. Sunday school and Bible class at 9 30 a.m. Children’s sermon on The Wedding of Cana John 2 1 11.
Trinity E U B B Church invites worshippers to Sunday school at 9 30 with Raymond Hills as superintendent and a 10 30 preaching service by the pastor. 7 30 evening class led by Floyd Moore. Also notes Illinois farm price outlook and global rail ownership facts.
The piece links the real sailor Alexander Selkirk to Daniel Defoe’s Crusoe and notes Hull England’s claim of Crusoe lineage. It recounts Selkirk’s voyage from Hull to Mas a Tierra and his solitary years, while discussing Defoe’s fictional Caribbean setting and the misaligned map of Crusoe Island.
At University Park 32 grade school children from 3rd to 5th grade enrolled in a six week course teaching Spanish and French. The program aims to provide elementary exposure and help teachers develop methods with hands on aids like dolls houses and puppets. Dr Krauss states children can absorb a foreign language similarly to learning their first language before grammar rules.
Cleveland report notes automobiles are better lit than in the past with the 1955 model passenger car using 22.8 light bulbs on average. It traces bulb counts from 5.5 in 1925 to 135 in 1940, 16.3 in 1946, and 18 in 1950, listing lamps for back up lights and various interior, under hood, and accessory lamps.
CHICAGO A physician notes in the Journal of the American Medical Association that the idea vegetarians are less prone to cancer is unproven. He cites two exceptions: women with Plummer Vinson syndrome linked to iron deficiency and higher liver cancer rates among African Banus who eat little meat.
An automobile driven by salesman Marcel Jr. collided with a 242 pound highway near Welun. The damaged car was towed to a repair shop and then taken to a hospital not for treatment but as an adornment to the patients.
United States fatal accidents from electric current have fallen from nine to seven per million over a quarter century despite about doubling electricity use and more appliances. Summertime peaks from outdoor work and wet conditions raise risks. home accidents involve faulty cords and appliances.
New York firms rate recent high school graduates highly in work habits and personal attributes. A survey of 255 employers found graduates excel in integrity, teamwork, progress, fairness, courtesy and neatness, while reading, writing, arithmetic, grammar and spelling rated lower. Most employers urge more school focus on work habits and social attitudes alongside basic skills.
In El Monte California a moving van unloading 11 slot machines drew neighbors and sheriffs attention. Driver David Diaz claimed he was transporting Mrs Patricia Shedley’s furniture from Bremerton Washington to Tacoma Washington with the devices destined for Las Vegas Nevada. Diaz asked how he could know hauling machines through California was illegal.
Chicago man John Vedeckis aged 72 told friends his wife Anna 75 had fallen into a trunk at a neighborhood candy store. Neighbors rushed to the house and found her stuck with arms and legs protruding. He said he was not strong enough to pull her out and went to sleep. Mrs Vedeckis was hospitalized for examination.
In Humboldt County California about 60 musicians travel 130 miles weekly to rehearse. The Humboldt Little Symphony has performed in the region since 1933. Members include housewives ministers teachers and retirees.
The Red Cross pioneered first aid instruction and issued 680 000 certificates last year to those who completed training.
Estate of Thomas McClure deceased in Clark County Illinois sets Monday March 5 1956 as new claim day. Creditors may file claims with executor Irene H McClure and Snavely Miller Meehling attorneys at Keiser Building Marshall Illinois before the deadline.
Public notice in Clark County Illinois that Victor C. Miller master in chancery will auction the Ralph H Edwards oil and gas leasehold and related personal property on January 27, 1956 at 2 PM at the east door of Clark County Courthouse Marshall. The sale includes land described in Section 32 Township 9 North Range 14 West and 64 acres more or less plus buildings machinery and supplies. Proceeds satisfy the lien foreclosure decree entered October 25, 1955 with bidding to satisfy costs and commissions.
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