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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1957
Page
6
Farm Adviser Warren Bundy reports the first Agronomy Day at the University of Timor agronomy farm on Thursday June 27 with farm tours from 10 a m to 3 p m and attendees from across the state. He warns bag worms threaten evergreens and provides insecticide spray formulas using lead arsenate or malathion with care forCanart juniper to avoid injury.
Clark county designate polling places for the 1958 wheat quota referendum. Eligible voters are farmers with more than 15 acres of wheat in 1958. Quotas pass with two thirds yes. penalties apply for excess production. If disapproved by one third, price support shifts to 50 percent parity. Polling locations listed includes Martinsville, Marshall, and several townships.
Mrs. Tibbs property purchase noted for 2200 dollars east of the north side school building. Marriage licenses list Leroy Dolson and Isabel Collier. John Fowler and Vina Rook. Samuel Prevo and Mary Bradley. Samuel Ramsey and Hannah Bray. Henry Winters and Helen Lacey. Kenneth Black and Lulu Hyler. Black Hawk items mention Elizabeth Bubek and Mrs Dan Lewis visit. Alma Abel’s twelfth birthday celebrated with a party and refreshments for numerous local youths.
Forty years ago in 1917 Charles H. Macke died at his east Marshall home from injuries after stepping on a nail while clearing wreckage from the storm that tore through Livingston. Marriage licenses issued for Virgil Miller and Lilian Shelton. Pearl Taggart and Stella McCrory. Claude Burns and Ruth Durard. Abraham Babcock and Tina Nichols. Vern H. Huston and Bessie Campbell to marry today in Milwaukee. Fred William Dittman and Henrietta Mason wed at Pickens Mississippi.
Thirty years ago in Marshall district many life events appear. James A Irwin and Ruth Smittkamp received a Paris license on June 13 while Karl M Rhoads and Bertha Maurer obtained one in Terre Haute on June 12. Twins born to Mr and Mrs Jack Heatherly near Marshall, and baby boys for J L Milton and Bertha Knight formerly. Louise Deaner wed Earl Elishoff at the Deaner home in Marshall. Licenses issued to Fred Pennington and Lucille Thompson, Dean Miller and Stella Macklin, Earl Elishoff and Mary Deaner, with others including Rev S Coons and Grace Stanfield. Births listed include Bever ly Ann Junker and Billie Washburn. The Brosman 360-acre farm west of Auburn sold for 6000 to Claude Brosman. Additional license: Clement Dean Richey and Rosalie Davis.
Ten years ago in 1947 marriage licenses were issued to Victor M. Bower and Ellanora M. Kimberlin both of Casey William Ligget and Imogene Eaton of Marshall Ralph D. Delp and Mary Frances Wright of Yale. Excavation for the basement under the Marshall Evangelical United Brethren church is complete with concrete walls due by week’s end. Everett Smitley of Marshall announces his daughter Lois’s marriage to Ben F Setzer Jr. near Marshall. Fred Montgomery, 70, died after a tractor accident on his son‑in‑law Chester Moore’s Dennison farm when the tractor toppled while crossing a ditch. All main food classes are present in milk as nutritionists note.
A roll of magnetic tape replaces a 900 page quarterly report for GE employees in Schenectady, speeding Social Security data transmission to Baltimore. GE cites major savings in time, storage, and labor as it expands tape use to more than 280,000 employees nationwide.
Washington report notes that honey bees share nectar and sugar among all members of a hive from a single queen’s offspring, creating a common odor or scent language. Dr. Ronald Ribbands of Cambridge University describes experiments with radioactive sugar tracing how marked bees collect and return labeled syrup, enabling tracking with a Geiger counter.
New York American families bought more new life insurance in 1956 than ever before, with estimated purchases of 55.6 billion dollars. Aggregate life insurance owned reached about 415 billion, rising by 43 billion for the year. Average life insurance per policy holder is over 3,300 dollars, over 9 thousand dollars per insured family.
New York guidance lists three key factors for buyers cost size and equipment and materials. It notes approaching 1500 square feet with at least two bathrooms three to four bedrooms a family room and a functional kitchen with built in appliances and modern fixtures. durable ceramic tile copper plumbing and seasoned lumber are recommended materials.
Man made timbers allow creation of sizes and shapes not possible with natural timber. By gluing seasoned lumber into engineered pieces fabricators can produce timber of virtually any size, limited only by transportable dimensions from plant to site.
Clark County N F I P chapter held its annual meeting June 10 in Marshall. Officers Kenny Cole and Don Davidson re elected for 1957 with Dr Sam T Deahl as vice chair and Jean Davidson as secretary. The group praised local doctors and nurses for supporting Salk vaccine efforts and urged all residents, especially parents under 40, to get the vaccine as 80 percent of county schoolchildren are now protected.
Community notes report Richard Williams returns from hospital with arm reset. Golda Blizzard attends Home Bureau flower show in Marshall with Anna Nicol. Friends visit and supervise for upcoming day camp at the fairgrounds noting a need for more adult helpers to supervise 188 Brownie and Intermediate Girl Scouts from Casey Martinsville and Marshall during June 24 to July 2.
Mrs Dean Huffington expresses gratitude for cards and flowers sent during her hospital stay thanking well wishers for their kindness and support.
The Clark County Illinois Board of Review meets in the courthouse daily from June 17 to September 7 1957 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays. Real estate bought sold or divided in the past year must be changed in assessment books by title. No complaints heard after August 1 1957. Bring deeds to hearings. John Van Fleet Chairman Adv. 26-3
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