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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1948
Page
2
Sunday school attendance reached 27 with next sermon planned for May 9 by Rev J B Norbeck in the morning and Rev Ezekiel Haley from Annapolis delivering the evening message at 7 30. Local residents visit, family outings, and churchgoers are listed among Ohio area families and Shooter mentions.
Regular preaching was held at Mt Olive last Sunday. Visitors included Mrs Julia Sackrider with Edgar Guyer and Ruby. Ed Hiiser of Terre Haute stayed with Mr and Mrs Alva Wells. Lenora Reynolds of Evansville visited with Aden Reynolds and family. Becky Artman spent Wednesday night with Mrs Tena Artman and Doyle. Stanely party hosted by Mrs Vergie Wells featured Mrs Alva Guen of Robinson bringing ice cream cake and iced tea for nineteen guests.
The column lists local movements and visits in Dennison. Rev James Kelley preached at Arm strong and Dennison, families including Taylor Bland Johns and Hollenbeck shared visits, quilting sessions, a Deming Park picnic trip to Terre Haute, and several relatives visited Mrs J H Johns with reports of illness and recovery.
Sunday school attendance rose with a Shration collection of 6.18 dollars. Rev and Mrs Brown preached both services. Local families including Nicholson and Harbor clans gathered, and teacher Mrs Helen Schwartz concluded a successful school term with a woods trip and picnic.
Eld. Wepver of Flat Rock will preach at Mill Creek church next Sunday and Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Booker and others of Black Hawk and West Union visited last Sunday with John and Golda Blizzard.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Higginbotham and Norma of Marshall were Sunday guests of Mrs. Caroline Ledermann and family. Alvin T. Miller and Ferry Shotts families joined relatives, including John Garner and William Kile with their kin, for a social gathering. Kathryn Blankenship and son and Imogene Norton with children attended the Kile school basket dinner. G Hollenbeck is under medical care.
Bible school held every Sunday at 10 00 a m Rev Weaver has a regular appointment next Sunday A Mother's Day program starts at 8 00 p m Residents attend preacher rally at Dean Avenue Terre Haute with the Wabash Valley Men s Fellowship Several local families visit and host relatives in nearby towns and share meals and church events
Voorhees Crow son of Samuel and Nancy Ann Crow born July 29 1863 obituary notice records his birth in the family history.
The deceased died April 25 1948 at age 84 years 8 months 27 days. He married Alice Guyer October 9 1888. A daughter Bertha Ann died in 1899 at age 7. Survived by son Chauncey Crow of West Union IL, three grandchildren and two great grandchildren, and three brothers James Ben and Samuel all of West Union. He lived with his son and family after his companion's death fourteen years earlier.
Clyde Adams eldest son of Walter and Lyla Adams died at his home in Marshall on April 28 1948 aged 65 years 7 months and 16 days following a brief illness. He was survived by one brother James of Marshall and a niece Mrs Ella English of Paris Illinois and nephews Harold Harry Carter and Carl Adams of Terre Haute. Funeral services were held April 30 at Moore Funeral Home with Rev H J Kemp and burial at Livingston Cemetery.
National Geographic notes progress in locating mountain ranges under oceans. CGS scientists report a volcanic range under the Bering Sea with an 11 500 foot peak rising from the north Pacific floor amid many submarine mountains still imperfectly mapped.
The passage explains that sound travels through gases by molecular motion and compresses air waves. An object moving below the speed of sound sends a signal ahead as air moves aside, while at or above this velocity a shock wave forms. The area near the speed of sound and molecular velocity is termed the sonic barrier.
The article traces fence technology from plain iron wire in 1850 to steel barbed wire in 1874 and woven steel wire in 1883. It notes initial high costs, rapid price declines—barbed wire at 18 cents a pound in 1876 dropping to about three cents by the 1880s—and widespread use with advances in manufacturing and steel fence posts simplifying installation and maintenance.
Report notes elephant hide or mange-like condition affecting hog production and cites liquid lime sulphur as a potential treatment to reduce skin and health issues in hogs.
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