Glowing Glendale Memoir Tracks Springtime and Friends
A Glendale letter from May 25, 1927 recalls a remarkable wet season with heavy local rainfall and lush vegetation. The writer travels from Long Beach to Redondo Beach, praising Palos Verdes estates, notes Frank and Mrs. Ream passing through Marshall, and remembers Isaac Pearson and Uncle Joe Cannon associations. The piece reflects on Marshall's nickname and memories of springtime in youth near Marshall, Missouri Illinois and Fayette, Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendale
Calif
California
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Mt. Wilson
Wilmington San Pedro
Palos Verdes Estates
Redondo Beach
Point Finnin
Frank Ream
Marshall
Ohio
Frank
O. L. Kilborn
Isaac Pearson
Fayetts
Springfield
Ilinois
Huntingtons
Ridgelys
Joe Cannon
Wilmington
Fayette
New York
Strange Courtroom Exchange and Dormitory Theft Report
A fragmentary newspaper item notes a courtroom exchange with a judge sentencing seven years and a quip about wed ding presents. It also mentions stolen items including a ukulele and fifty victrola records from a dormitory room at Hartley B Colcmota College, with neighbors Mestadidis involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartley
Colcmota College
Local Social Notes Highlight Indiana Visitors and Weekend Guests
Martinsville hosts Ethel Heimer of Indianapolis and guests from Tuscola Robinson Terre Haute and Chicago. Blanche Shaffner attends a play in Grand View while Rex Moon and family from Terre Haute visit friends. Several families share Sunday dinners and visits across Palistine Anna and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Heimer
Indianapolis
Edge
John Dickerson
Lucille
Tuscola
Welcome Troughton
J. W. Wood
Robinson
Harry Griffin
Blanche Shaffner
Grandview
Rex
Moon
Terre Haute
Roy Cook
Geo Corper
Helen
Frank Lenex
Irvin Morgan
Harmon Catcher
Eunice Lenet
Eleanor Cooper
Frank Bloodworth
Daniel Ramsay
Little Son
Chicago
Lois McClellan
Arnold Fasig
Miss Coleman
Anna
O E. Fasig
Emma Kelley
Lon Miller
Palestine
Westfield W H O Club entertained with contests and treats
Mrs Harry Strader and Mrs Castle Rider hosted the Westfield W H O club last Wednesday. Mrs Harold Williams won the prize in the afternoon contests. Refreshments were served by the hostesses. Additional guests included Emerson Mann, Mike Everhart, L A Rider, Harold Williams, H C Howser and Atkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Strader
Castle Rider
WHO Club
Harold Williams
Emerson Mann
Mike Everhart
L. A. Rider
H C Howser
Atkins
Jesse Watson
H. L. Hutchins
James Snyder
Shelton
Westfield
C G. Hajl
W. D. Walter
Evanston
Mary A. Parker
J. B. Parker
Kansas
Samuel Adams
Springfield
C. A. Adams
Wallace Warnes
Longview
Local residents return from visits around town
Frank Wilhoit of Dubuque Iowa came home Saturday after a three week visit with his parents Mr and Mrs Robert C Wilhoit Mrs Mattie Seneff who had been visiting Granite City relatives returned home here the past week Mrs Rex Hull and her little son of Mattoon visited here with her parents Mr and Mrs C B Parker the past week Leonard Carson and family of Granite City were guests of Mr and Mrs W C Seneff and other relatives over the weekend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wilhoit
Dubuque
Iowa
Robert C. Wilhoit
Mattie Seneff
Granite City
Rex Hull
Little Son
Mattoon
C B Parker
Leonard Carson
W C Seneff
Local residents travel and visit kin across states
Casey and Tex Francis spent Sunday in Olney with Ralph Carel and John McKibbon returned from a week with aunt Mrs. George Luby in Palestine Illinois. Several others returned home from visits in Effingham Bloomington Calumet City St Louis and Cleveland and Elmhurst hospital trips noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tex Francis
Olney
Ralph Carel
John McKibbon
George Luby
Palestine
Illinois
Squire Craig Performs Two Marriages This Weekend
Clyde A. Freeman of Indianapolis and Ona KE Arthur of Worthington Indiana were married Saturday by Squire Tom Craig. Robert Yaw and Ferm Oakley of Woodbury were married Sunday by Squire Craig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde A. Freeman
Indianapolis
Ona KE. Arthur
Worthington
Indiana
Squire Tom Craig
Robert Yaw
Ferm Oakley
Woodbury
Squire Craig
Forsythe Hastings Wedding Near Marshall
Miss Lena Ann Forsythe wed Byron R. Hastings at 8:00 p.m. Thursday in a small ceremony at the Forsythe home north of Marshall. Reverend G. G. Ross officiated with limited guests. a four course dinner followed. The couple will reside at 10 11th Street, Terre Haute, after a motor trip east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Forsythe
Marshall
Lena Ann Forsythe
Byron R. Hastings
Byron C.hastings
Terre Haute
Ind
G. G. Ross
Congregational Church of
Marshall, NL
Byron C. Hastings
P. R. Fowler
John W Lewis
Alva Forsythe
Thelma Hastings
Dove
Lila Forsythe
Elmer
Rae Forsythe
Hastings
11Th St
Indiana
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R. Kilborn
Mr. Newlywed
Pia Corry
Mons
John W. Kircher
Arenzsille
Martinsville
Casey
Florence
Elizabeth Davis
Ben C Waterman
Effingham
William L. Perkins
Bloomington
William J David
J . Clark
R M McFarland
Calumet City
Leo Dill
Akron
Chas Baker
John Gore
St Louis
Olin Gore
Otis Larkin
Frank A. Moore
Mildred Anderson
Chiefts
Fay Burrell
Mansfield
Elmer Umbarger
W. B. Linn
Cleveland
Wm. Bachus
C. W. Shimel
Elmhurst
Forsythe
Miss Forsythe
Marshall High School
Indiana State Normal
Kappa Kappa Sorority
Mr. Hastings
Garfield High School
Rose Polytechnic Institute
T. A. Snider Co
Herald
LeSeure’s
Goodyears
Goodyear
Marshall, Il
En-arco Motor Oils
Paul B. Lauher
Paris
Ill
Edgar County
W. O. Edwards
Danville
City of
T. N. Cofer
Charleston, Tl
Coles County
Ethyl
Longfellow
America
Cumialia
American Legion
Gay Mills
Wisconsin
Kickapoo Valley
Rapid Canyon
Black Hills
South Dakota
Rapid Creek
U. S. 16
Illinois Prairie
John Deere
Dixon
White River
Hollister
Missouri
Pugsts
Weney Hanks Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Bace
Big Sky
Sharon Springs
Little ‘Brown
Vale
W. S. Pitts
Nashua
Tewes State High
Fort Yates
North Dakota
Sitting Bull
Yates
Standing Rock Monument
Standard Oil Company
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