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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1956
Page
5
Local families and friends gather for weekend visits across Indiana Illinois and Ohio. Relatives from Lafayette Bloomington Terre Haute Vincennes and Santa Ana join Marshall residents for church events travel and extended stays.
A list of new library acquisitions includes All of the Women of the Bible by Deen and Our Vanishing Landscape by Sloane. Also featured are The Scrolls from the Dead Sea by Wilson and The Secret of the Hittites by Ceram, with Doctor Kate by Comamdini and Postmark Murder by Eberhart.
Local couples visited relatives across several towns including Prairie ton and Centralia. A Father’s Day birthday dinner for John honored the long celebration with ten children present and gifts from many relatives. Visits extended to Detroit and California as extended families gathered for church scripture and personal greetings.
Rev and Mrs Owen Candler and daughter moved Friday to Cowden North where Rev Candler will pastor the Methodist church. Mrs B O Ray visited with Ted Ray and family for graduation of granddaughter Miss Ethel Jean Ray. Mr and Mrs J H Johns Harold Johns and Jane were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs David Bland and Donnetta. The Lees and Hurst families were also mentioned in the visit list.
Four year old Tommy Allen Cooper, son of Mr and Mrs Roy Cooper, entered Shriners Hospital in St. Louis on June 12 for further surgery on his left leg and foot. Cards of encouragement may be sent to him at Thomas Allen Cooper Shriners Hospital Ward E St Louis Missouri. Mr and Mrs Robert Milburn family from Colorado Springs are visiting Mr and Mrs Lester Johnson Sr and other relatives.
The Marshall Community Pool will operate daily from 1:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, with Sunday hours 12:00 noon to 10:00 p.m. Monday includes a 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. adult swimming class break, reopening at 7:00 p.m. and closing at 10:00 p.m. This schedule remains in effect for the rest of the summer.
The Coons family will meet Sunday June 24 at the Clark County fair grounds Marshall for their annual reunion. A basket dinner is planned at 12 noon CST.
We thank friends neighbors and relatives for flowers cards and kindness at the death of our son. Rev Campbell and Rev Kemp are named. Signed Mr and Mrs Geo O Duran and a family Mr and Mrs Clifford Turner.
A message of thanks to friends for cards flowers and prayers during a hospital stay from Robert Etchason.
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