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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1949
Page
2
The post office entry in Marshall Illinois frames the paper as a public service. It quotes Calvin Coolidge on protecting human rights and outlines Herald subscription at 2000 dollars a year and advertising rates of 35 cents per inch display and 10 cents per line.
Sunday school attendance 89 and collection $86.79. Pastor Rev. Robert Farris returns after illness. News of illnesses, visitors, moves, and local social updates follows with names including Mrs. Kathryn Walker Mrs. Ruby Spires Mrs. Goldin Harbor and others. Rev. Kemp to preach March 13 at 11 AM. Sunday school at 10 AM.
Eld C D Newsome closed his work at the Freedom church Sunday night. Millcreek residents attended the preaching service and visited with local families including the Wallace, Babcock, Allen, Sanders and Gard households. A birthday gathering for Lura Smith occurred Monday at the home of Warren Smith and family.
Mrs. Etta Shaffner hosts guests including Mr and Mrs Clyde Blagg with sons Ronald and Ricky from Ypsilanti Michigan. nearby visitors come from Clarksville Westfield Martinsville Casey Auburn and Marshall as Bethel school families host and share meals and moves.
Multiple households report weekend and Sunday visits among Marrs, Edington, Ewbank, Behner, Ross, Hammond, Buckner, Hinkle, Stutesman, Fox, Fitzgarrald and related families in West Liberty. Neighbors shared meals and gatherings at several homes including Lafe Marrs and Clayton Marrs events.
Mrs. Raymond Low and family share updates on son Cpl Ralph Troxel arriving safely in Hanau Germany and calm seas on the voyage. Many local residents visit relatives, attend sales, and discuss moving plans while church gatherings and community prayer meetings continue.
Mrs Maude Miller Jr and Mrs Ted Bradford announce a new son born in the past week in Choctaw.
Mill Creek Church regulars attend services while neighbors share Sunday visits with Hollenbeck Miller and Blizzard families. Measles and chicken pox affect Warren Norton and Earl Black children. A young people meeting and W M A event fill community life amid hospitalities and family gatherings across Terre Haute and nearby towns.
East Liberty residents and guests gather for Sunday meals and visits. Mrs. Emil Clapp and Mrs. W. F. Clapp host at their home with extended family including the Murphy, Hornbrook, Fields, and Meloy households. Additional gatherings include the Combs, Wright, Fox, Harris, and Clapp families.
Mrs Susie A Johns reports a Sunday 11 00 a m religious appointment in Armstrong and Dennison. Cecile Bradbury and son visited Lola Wolkers over the weekend. John Wilson on sick list. O E Taylor and J A Johns visited Joe Taylor who remains poorly. Dorothea Bland and Donnetta stayed with J H Johns. Herman Waller visited Alva Newell. Bert Joy Lucille Mann and son visited Nettle Hollenbeck. O E Taylor spent Sunday with their daughter Foster Thompson in West Terre Haute.
Clarksville Baptist Church led by Robert Johnson Farris to host State Brotherhood events with Carmi First Church. Activities include Thursday and Friday sessions, associational conference on March 17 at Martinsville Church, with A. G. Rednour as missionary speaker. Also Wednesday night prayer, senior and chapel choirs practice. Sunday school at 9 30 with Lawrence Lyecan and W Paul Be ner as superintendents.
Church announces schedule changes for Sunday services. Morning worship and sermon begin at 10:30 a.m. Training for church membership groups B T U meets at 6:30 p.m. Evangelistic service on Lord’s Day evening now at 7:30 p.m.
Mrs Van Shields reports Jean St John visiting Miss Rosalie Bonesteel in West Union. Several calls and visits among neighbors occur including Ogle, Blockinger, and Hammond households. Weekend gatherings and store outings tie together local residents from West Union and nearby towns.
Mrs. Commodore Frakes reports Darwin church events with guests from Paris Snyder Hutton and Martinsville. The M Y F group held its first meeting at Norma and Carrol Tingley home electing officers and setting monthly Second Monday gatherings.
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