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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1961
Page
2
The Wabash Valley Printing Co publishes every Friday in Marshall Illinois. Editor Mark Stewart and Carios Stewart oversee operations at 124 S 5th Street. Subscription is 2.00 per year local ads 35c per column inch reader ads 20c per line.
Martinsville Fair hosts a 4-H program July 17 to 19 with dairy sheep beef swine dogs poultry rabbits gardens and a 4-H pony show at 1 00 pm Thursday. The 4-H auction for steers market hogs and market lambs is July 19 at 4 00 pm. Updated schedules posted at the 4-H barn Monday.
The note lists farmers completing grass waterways and related earth moving works with cooperators in Johnson Marshall Orange Casey and Dolso townships. It cites the Agricultural Conservation program offering up to sixty percent cost sharing for waterways and brush removal with ideal seeding time late July to early August.
The June report shows Clark-Edgar County dairy herd data with 27 herds 741 cows 112 dry cows and an average milk yield plus 28.4 pounds fat. The piece also lists numerous Sunday dinners and visits among local residents including the Macke Wilhoit Veach Towell Buzzard and Miller families with gatherings in Paris Marshall and Fontana California.
Glen Funk Johnson township and Frank Tingley Anderson township have built outlet and W shaped drainage ditches. Tim Keys Marshall township installed a drainage system. Mack Strohm Melrose township completed a diversion to reduce slope erosion and improve crop rotation. William Emrich Casey township and Dan Neibarger Jr. Auburn township finished turnstrip and wet outlet ditches along with a W ditch.
County fairs spark exhibit planning tips with a focus on arousing interest, triggering thought, and prompting action. Key guidance covers message focus, contrasts, lighting, motion, and clear one idea per exhibit, plus layout and lettering rules for effective display. Also notes about two more handbook units and summer steer protein needs.
Mrs Rosa Statesman and families frequent Lincoln Trail State Park outings last Tuesday. Neighbors and kin visited across West Liberty and Terre Haute including the Gilberts, Coxes, Marrs, Lashbrooks, Fitzgarralds, Oakleys, Davises, and Connelly. Family guests include Newlin Gilbert and sons, Walter Cox and Ivan, and Carl Connelly at St. Anthony Hospital.
Bible school attendance last Sunday was 94. Miss Jane Hutchens visits Camp Miliana this week. Several local families hosted guests from Paris Illinois and Fontana California visiting relatives here. Mrs Roy Myers returns home from Union Hospital Terre Haute with Priscilla Siverly and Mark of Aurora visiting.
Donna Blankenship was baptized Sunday afternoon by Elder Robert Phillips near the Mill Creek bridge. Woodford Williams and family attended a 4-H gathering after church. John and Golda Blizzard had dinner with Mrs. Maude Miller. Elder Phillips and Mary Leder smann dined with Mr and Mrs Hershel Cline. Mrs Gladys Hewitt of Marshall and Mrs Rosalie Bohn of Snyder visited Mrs Maude Miller. Mrs Maude Miller spent the 4th with Mrs Imogene Norton.
The note indicates 2 4 D was discovered soon after World War II, marking a development in agricultural chemistry and herbicide use following the conflict.
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