Community News Highlights From Marshall Social Calendar
The Marsha Lay area reports a busy week with the Friendly class of the Methodist church hosting at Mrs. Earl Ellshoff’s home. Numerous guests attended dinners, picnics, and Bible school at Livingston. The W C T U plans a July 28 picnic at Clark County Fairground with transport by call. The 4 H Merry Maidens club members attended McCormick Creek State Park activities and a birthday dinner honor for Mrs Kemp.
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Methodist Church
Earl Ellshoff
Edith Beal
Foster Hornbrook
Alice Manning
Irene Cline
Leroy McNary
Hubert Ferris
Walter Craig
T. E. Findley
Everett Smitley
William Buehler
M. H. Matteson
Ralph Prevo
Paul Arney
Theodore Sharp
Ernest Kile
Felicia Lowry
Virginia Davis
W.C.T. U
Clark County Fairground
Marshall
Nettie Dawson
Bible
Livingston
Merry Maidens 4-H Club
McCormick Creek State Park
Indiana
Cartha
Ruth Ann Renner
Sharolyn
Paula Volk
Carolyn Smitley
Carol Maurer
Janicd
Farris
Jennifer Koppler
Diana Murphy
Phyllis Quick
Shirley Bartran
Carole Lewis
Mary Lou Gunder
Alice Bauman
Connie Beltz
Jeanie Buchler
Doris Kay Pearce
Virgie Pearce
Lucille Barrett
Juanita Bauman
Smith Arford Reunion Remembers An Indiana Lineage
The thirty sixth annual Smith Arford reunion met Sunday July 7 1957 at F E Smith’s home west of Marshall Indiana. Thirty nine members and friends attended including E H Alford Joliet PA O O Kock Butler PA Haynes McMullen Bloomington IN A E Smith McLean VA H A Smith Huntington IN and many Arford kin from Odoh Middletown New Castle and Marshall plus the Smiths.
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A. W. Arford
Odin
Indiana
Alvan Smith
Marshall
F. E. Smith
E. H. Alford
Joliet
Edwin O. Kock
Butler
Pennsylvania
Haynes McMullen
David and
Joel
Bloomington
A. E. Smith
Janet
Cathy Jean
Rickey
McLean, Va
H. A. Smith
Jay
Susie
Huntington
E. C. Arford
Raymond Arford
Sharon
Carl
Shirley
Sheila
Odoh
R. D. Arford
Fleming Arford
Marbara
Cindy
Beverly
Hollenbeck Reunion Held at Twins Lakes Park
The 15th Hollenbeck reunion gathered July 7 at Twins Lakes Park in Paris Illinois with a noon basket dinner for 24 attendees. A 2:00 PM business meeting planned the next reunion for next July at the same location.
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Hollenbeck
Twins Lakes Park
Paris
Ilinois
Amma Young
Gladys Hewitt
Elsie Hollenbeck Hutchison
Phoenix
Arizona
Lena Holwick Glass
Elk City
Kansas
Illinois
Robert Sandy
Effie Alabaugh
Mildred, Miller
Georgetown
Tknois
Bugene
Duvall
Hobart
Wayne
Nebuchadnezzar studied anew from rediscovered tablets
Five cuneiform tablets in the British Museum, largely ignored, reveal details of Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and Judah's last days. J D Wiseman recovered four in 1956, shedding light on 627 to 555 B C. Hyatts says Nebuchadnezzar faced Egyptian forces in 601, with heavy losses on both sides before retreat to Babylon.
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Nebuchadnezzar
J. Philip Hyatt
Journal of Biblical Li
Nebuchadnezzar Mus
Hyatt
Vanderbilt
University
Akkad
Babylon
Treating Addicts Medically, Bowman Says
Dr Karl M Bowman professor of psychiatry at the University of California Medical Center argues addicts should be treated as medical cases not criminals He cites Britain’s narcotics control and favors medical prescriptions for addicts while urging narcotic law reform to reduce illicit trade and crime.
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Karl M. Bowmafessor
University of Californi
Bowman
American Psychopathological Association
Terminology shifts in medical naming of common conditions
The excerpt notes doctors may label athlete's foot as dermatophytosis and file it under a formal code. It highlights a push toward Standard Nomenclature of Disease and Operations used by most U S hospitals, reducing patient confusion.
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Chicago
Guinness Book of Superlatives Highlights Global Records
New York reports showcase the Guinness Book of Superlatives listing the world’s largest drum at over 25 feet in circumference towed by a tractor and the oldest living at about 3,000 years. It notes best selling songs and UK cinema attendance, with over 188,008 copies noted in the noted release.
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New York
United Kingdom
Ancient Brachiopods Dominate Ordovician Sea Floors
Washington report explains 350000 years ago shallow seas teemed with brachiopods, shelled worms that clung to sea bottoms and later formed fossils in rock. The shells, often silicified, help geologists date rock sequences and survive hydrochloric acid tests.
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Washington
Earth
Car Crash Project Seeks Safety Aids
A University of California study backed by the U S Air Force plans 25 deliberate head on crash tests at 50 mph to obtain engineering and physiological data to reduce auto injuries. The project aims to save thousands of lives each year from car accidents and assess safety measures already developed and under study.
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Los Angeles
University of California
Institute of Transportation and Traffic Engineering
Air Research and Development Command
U. S. Air Force
From Despair to Hope after a Tragic Life Turn
Humphrey Gratton of Carlisle Drive Detroit faced the loss of his wife and a long awaited son, then a factory fire and an auto crash that left him ruined. In deep despair his health and interest faded as he reeled from financial and emotional blows, until a billboard question spurred reflection: What have you to be thankful for.
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Humphrey
Carlisle Drive
Detroit
Michigan
Sevenfold Rise of Humphrey Graton After Dark
A man reflects on life improving through optimism health intellect and experience. He gains a fourth asset a junior partner after reuniting with family and supporting his sister and her child. Five years later he advances financially and his partner helps a new mother.
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Humphrey Gratton
Government overreach and price history prompt debate
The Tallassee Tribune questions the Gwinn amendment proposing a federal ban on government business and notes centralization of power as a threat. It cites Ravensweed News on nostalgia and explores meat prices versus wages from 1919 to 1957, showing rising prices outpaced by wage gains.
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Tallassee
Tribune
Alabama
Gwinn
Elephant Seals Reach Record Population At Guadalupe Island
Elephant seal numbers on Guadalupe Island near Baja California have risen to a preliminary near six thousand, a comeback from near extinction. UC Scripps biologist Carl Hubbs notes the 1900 count under one hundred and a 1950 estimate of four and a half thousand. Final tally awaits photo study, and a 1 920 pound male and 660 pound female were captured for the San Diego Zoo.
First Class From Unique University
New York report notes the International Christian University near Tokyo graduated its first class. The project is a joint effort by Christians in Japan and North America underwritten by fourteen Protestant denominations in the United States and Canada. Since 1949 these religious bodies have contributed about 5 million dollars. Their combined church membership exceeds 25 million.
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New York
Japan
North America
International Christian University
Tokyo
United States
Canada
Cooperation
Century Hands Meet: Netherlands Tops Longevity Claims
Fragmentary text notes a comparison of nations with centenarians, claiming the Netherlands has the highest average longevity. The snippet suggests a discussion on countries’ aging populations and the brag of longevity records.
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Washington
Netherlands
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