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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1961
Page
5
John Rehkemper of Highland was elected president of the Illinois Health Improvement Association at its annual meeting in Springfield. He has served as vice president and has been active in HSA projects in his community for years.
An Ol Timer from Chicago reads I Remember in a weekly hometown paper, recalling early life on a farm. He left as a youth, cherishes family a bearded grandfather and a hardworking mother, and longs for simple farm days and neighborly social gatherings.
LYN CONNELLY praises the new Andy Griffith Show highlighting the father son dynamic between Andy Taylor and Opie. The review notes the show’s warmth and absence of a deceitful wife, calling this debut welcome and well suited for family viewing.
Chalk Nidey entered St. Anthony Hospital Terre Haute for treatment. Elsa Paddock of Santa Ana California visited relatives here. A. R. Rader and family from Berryville Arkansas were in town en route home from Chicago. Merle McCrory returned from Farmersburg and Fairbanks visits. Edward Evans bought and moved into Milo Prust house. Maggie Clatfelter hosted a sewing club with a pot luck. Margaret Miller hosted Past Matron's Club with pot luck. Omar Shawler and Frank Meehling families visited L. A. Shawler. Warren Mehler and Sherry joined Harnett Wright for Sunday dinner.
Mrs Grant Hollenbeck reports weekend meals and visits across the community. Guests from Anchorage Alaska and West Union join Sunday supper at George Marvin home. Local club members meet at Maggie Clatfelter’s with eleven members and a guest. Various families host and visit others through Friday to Sunday in Marshall Robinson Sullivan and nearby towns.
A teen columnist advises teens on dating confidence. An eight teen reader asks how to ask a girl out and fears rejection. The guidance urges polite conversation first, then a direct request, noting rejection is not a catastrophe and that most girls appreciate the gesture.
Anchorage sources record Friday evening visits by Mr and Mrs George and a Sunday evening call by Marvin with Mr and Mrs James Blankenbeker and children.
Mrs. Russell Dennison hosted dinner with Rev Maurice Stevens and others from Wilmore Kentucky and Marshall. Neighbors and relatives visited in Robinson Terre Haute Brazil and Terre Haute as Mrs. Charity Cooper and Mrs. Florence McCulley hosted breakfast and dinners. Russell Taylor Diane and Tommy visited grandparents. Paul Stroud and Tom Jones traveled to Indianapolis. The Herald price is $2 per year.
Mrs. Maude Miller hosts and visits recount a string of Sunday and Friday gatherings. Guests include Hitler and Mrs. Robert Phillips of Willow Hill, Hulda Shotts, Tommy and Sandra, John and Golda Blizzard, Miss Grace Blizzard, Mrs. Martha Booker in Marshall, Kay Kirchner, Woodford Williams and family, Russell Crumlin Gary, Hershel Cline, and the Medsker family of Melrose.
Miss Frances Drake reports visits among neighbors including Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Graham and Mrs. Lena Artman. A quilting event at Mrs. Ruth Wells and visits by Doyle Artman and family are noted. Illinois swine specialists reduced back fat by 0.2 inch and improved average daily gain in boars. Illinois winter short course in agriculture February 6 to March 17 offers 21 courses from arithmetic to animal hygiene.
The Clark County Soil Conservation district approved four new cooperators at the January meeting. Richard Howe owns and operates a farm in Johnson township. Mrs. Ethel Atkins owns the second farm operated by Darrell Atkins in Orange township. Zeddie Hammond owns the third farm in Dolgon township. Mrs. Norma Hammond and Dwight Maxwell own the fourth farm operated by Zeddie Hammond in Martinsville township. The district also reports a busy year with fifty four new cooperators and forty basic plans plus seven revisions, and twenty farmers stocked ponds with fish from the U S Fish and Wildlife service.
The district notes eight and one half miles of diversions and forty seven and nine tenths miles of open drainage ditches built last year. Farmers completed thirty two grade stabilizing structures and twenty seven farm ponds. Grass waterways decreased from prior years with seventeen and four tenths acres assisted. ACP signup runs through January 31 with funds risk if late.
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