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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1925
Page
4
Sunday gatherings span area families with Opal Anacker and relatives in town. Terre Haute visitors Raymond Bays and family join Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Bays. Nearby residents entertain guests at Shade and Lovell homes.
Mr and Mrs B Michael hosted a Sunday dinner for guests including Mr and Mrs Sam Michael Everett Shumaker and Lillie Lucille Kelly. The day extended with Mrs Harvey Shumaker and Ada Belle joining. Paris visitors stayed with Mrs Gladys Redmon and children at the Collier home.
Clifford Carpenter and family of Charleston spent the weekend with John Snedeker and family. Gus Thompson and family of Cooper and Aaron Weaver and family of Asbury visited Mr. Weaver and wife. John Beltz was badly injured last week after a fall from a load of oats. Roy Beltz and wife visited homefolks over the weekend. Mrs. Loretta Dittman and children visited Geo Cork and family. Charles Sweltzer and wife hosted Rev O Sweltzer and family and Miss Hazel Lambert of Centralia, Louie Trolliett and wife, and Miss Eula Boring of Odin for dinner. Clark Pulver of Indianapolis, Velva Spencer of Dunlap and Mrs. Ira Crumlin also present.
A garbled diary style notice lists numerous visits among residents. Entries mention Mrs Jim Cunningham and Edna Cunningham with Mrs Albert in Huston, plus social calls among the Scott, Thompson, Walker, Miller, Liggett, and Amacker households around Wednesday to Sunday.
Westfield and nearby towns saw many visitors including Mr and Mrs C M Bennett of Terre Haute Mrs Charles Brock Jones in Decatur with Mr and Mrs R L Tichenor A G Epperson of Terre Haute visiting Mr and Mrs Frank White and Robert Endsley of Indianapolis staying with his mother Mrs M S Endsley L W Meyers sold his furniture and left for the East J B Norbeck of Oilfield surprised Mrs Norbeck John Watson and R C Daughtree visited from Terre Haute Mrs H Q Miller and children visit near St Louis He works in oil fields Misses Oda Terrell Maudena Walters attend Charleston Teachers College H A Briscoe of Palestine visited Earl and Everett Stilwell of Indianapolis visited the area Mrs Mary D Shuey widow of John R Shuey died at home Funeral services held at home Ralph Ewing buys half interest in Palmer and Downer battery shop Herbert Luther of Hammond visited his mother over the Fourth Mrs Henry Silence of Ashmore died after long illness Mr and Mrs George Walker of Chicago visited Mrs Dda Weber Mr and Mrs L A Weeden visiting in Gary this week Mr and Mrs Otto Stewart of Charleston visited Mel Strader Sunday
East McDaniel residents Grant Elliott and family visited Cecil Wells and family in East Orange. Fred Stanfield traveled to Hutsonville on business. Barnett Sackrider and family stayed with his parents Will and Mrs Sackrider. James Drake and wife of West York spent the week with son Ray and family. Aden Reynolds and Jesse Spraker called on business in Annapolis Thursday. Mrs Ray Drake attended the funeral of Nora Newlin in Annapolis Wednesday evening. Mrs Angeline Nidey visited Will Elliott family in Annapolis Tuesday. Alva Wells attended Odd Fellows in Annapolis Thursday. Mrs Lib Snavely of Melrose visited daughter Alice Sackrider Saturday night and Sunday. A E Francis and family attended Sunday school at Mt Olive.
Elmer Gilbert of Casey and Wilma Carpenter spent Sunday with Ben Miller and family. Mary Carpenter and son Harry visited Ed Higginbotham and family in Auburn. Hershel Cline and family visited Gar Benoit in West Union. Arch Thompson Clifford Cunningham and Paris couple visited Ed Burger and family. Blizzard and Carpen ter families joined Thos Blizzard. Haddix and Darwin residents visited Charles Hollenbeck. Enoch Wyrick and wife visited Winfield Wyrick. Maude Blizzard stayed with Nellie Williams. Mabel Jackson visited Carpenter sisters. Frank Reed and family and Mrs Reed Sr. visited Charles Clouse and family.
Liberty P F Dodd had a Sunday accident while en route to a ball game near Charles Freeman’s residence. He drove at rap id speed, lost control, and crashed into a ditch. No injuries reported though a baby Overland was wrecked. Wayne Medsker visited Martinsville Sunday. Homer Cooper and family also spent the day with H A White.
Ernest Thompson and family spent Sunday at Paris. True Thompson spent Sunday with Harry and Delmas Cooper. Freda Romoser spent over Sunday with her mother at Avon. Delmas Cooper and Alma Freeman spent Sunday afternoon with Fred Koppler and family of Avon.
Charles Welch called on his grandfather Reuben Tingley Sunday morning. Numerous relatives and friends visited and stayed with Tingley family members in Mt Pleasant including the Tingleys, Sweet, Cline, Huffman, Atkinson, Davison, and Cunningham households. Several trips to Terre Haute and Gary Indiana are noted among these social visits.
Mrs Perry Pennington and child ren and Miss Goldie Preyoof spent Wednesday evening with Mrs H C Bohn and daughter Nelle. Numerous guests visited families including the Romosers, Holwicks, Wells, Colliers, Hutchinsons, and Tharps. Absent locals and traveling relatives gathered for dinners and Sunday visits across several households in the area.
Reta Hedges extended a Sunday visit with aunt Mrs Charley Cornwell of Onton Clarence, Davis, Opal Cunning and Jim Cunning, spending the day with Jim Cunning and family at Possum Ridge.
West York and surrounding towns report visits from families including Miss Verde Bishop and Misses Jean Flannery Nell Owens and Ollie Lindley. A seventeen month old child died after ingesting fly poison. funeral services were held at the M E church with Elder Myers officiating. Will Dix died at 79, buried at Plymouth cemetery. Others noted include relatives visiting, weddings, and community events across Robinson Vincennes Terre Haute and Louisville with multiple family gatherings and Sunday dinners.
Mrs Mary Geckler and three young daughters spent part of the week with Mr and Mrs Robert Babcock of Marshall. Meloy near Paris visited with daughter Mrs Jess Beachout. Clapp and family of Terre Haute were here Sunday. Ray Newman and aunt Homer Hendrix visited relatives in Terre Haute Sunday afternoon. Mrs Sylvan Richey and two children returned home from Martinsville where she had been two weeks with her parents Mr and Mrs Butler.
Seeee ee Jess Beachout and family were seen with relatives near Ridgefarm on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs Tess Meloy and Mrs Harold Claypool spent last week with Marlin Claypool and family.
The community notes multiple visits and illnesses. Diana Linton and her grandson Georgie Church are sick. Several families including the Bishops Morgan Linton Veach Wilhoit Hutchings and Burkett share gatherings and dinners with relatives across Martinsville Yale and Lon Linton’s home.
South Dolson reports social visits among residents including Mr and Mrs Clarence Marrs and Oda Marrs, Joe Spires of Clarksville with Bruce Spires, Chas Hutchens with John Menk family, Faye and Lucille Harbor with Dorothy Phillips, Abe Babcock and son Henry with Frank near Grandview, Harry Harbor and son with Mrs Joe Spires, and Pearly Babcock with Chas at John Babcock’s. Construction has begun on a new concrete bridge. Several locals attended the funeral of Mrs Luther Pine in Clarksville last week.
Mrs. Oda Marrs and Mrs. Fred Wieland hosted Dorothy Phillips and others with Mrs. Liberty Hamilton as Mrs. James Phillips visited her mother Mrs. Timothy Babcock. Families from John Phillips, James Phillips, and Lewis Spratt share weekend and weekday visits in Pleasant Grove.
Mr and Mrs John Osborn and children and Mr and Mrs Tohill of Robinson spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Jake Osborn. Lillard Quinn and children from Paris shared Sunday dinner with Geo Zimmerly and family. Roy Alcorn was in Keen Sunday. Mrs Arho Words aud Philérens dies, Mattias Se ahd. John Ashworth stent.
Mrs. Nix and family hosted visitors including Marguerite and Pears on Thursday. Numerous locals, including Helen Craig, Marvin, L. Nichols and family, and Harry Craig’s kin, spent time with relatives across Evansville, Grand Turin, and Marshall. Several travelers headed to Chicago, Indianapolis, and Oklahoma City for visits or with relatives, while others remained in town for weekend gatherings.
A fragmentary diary entry records Mrs Dan Quirk and Rev J Le Glaypool and family at a Sunday dinner with Cecil Sees, plus mentions of Norman Campbellz and Mr and Mrs Lyman Campbell, with Waldrip visiting and socializing with relatives.
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