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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1925
Page
13
Residents and relatives from South Dolson and nearby towns spread Sunday through visits at Clarksville and Green Moss. Families including Hamiltons Babcocks Spires Hutchens Harbor Marrs Tingley and Newman shared hours, church services, and meals across multiple days and locations.
Local families and relatives gathered at various homes over the weekend and Sunday afternoon. Attendees included the Carneys, Lawless, Myers, Wallaces, Michaels, and Beauchamps with several households hosting lunches picnics and visits.
Dolson Fred Shade and Audrey Claypool visited Terre Haute Saturday evening. Will Hendrix and family stayed with John and Mrs Boesiger near Auburn Sunday. John Bolen of Paris conducted business this month. George R Bueshmeyer and son from nearby Kansas visited Jerry and Mrs Claypool. Robert Findley of Marshall spent Sunday with Julia Claypool. Russell Hutchings from Arthur visited his parents J W B Hutchings. Alpha Claypool entertained relatives for dinner Sunday. Thomas Murphy and wife were Sunday guests of Harry Murphy.
Mrs Minnie Cline and daughters of Choctaw visited Mrs Lillie White and daughters. Miss Marie Davison of Ohio Chapel spent Sunday with Helen Cooper. Chas Freeman and family attended a baptism at Choctaw. Ike Thompson and family entertained friends for dinner. Miss Goldie Williamson of Gary Indiana arrived to spend the summer. Fred Koppler and family of Avon spent Sunday afternoon at Chas Freeman's.
Sunday visits include Thompson with Hellie Carner and family. Win Zornes reunites with sister, hires John Motenes and family. Lawrencia Garner and West Terre Haute kin spend Saturday with Pity Garner family. Mrs Jamie Machlan of Marshal stays with brother Broadburet and wife.
R Dickerson will teach the next term of school at No. 2. Gus Thompson motored to Marshal Saturday afternoon. Chas Zornes took dinner with Chas Hewitt Sunday. Levi Hewitt and son Delpha were at Terre Haute Monday. J R Lee and wife were Marshall visitors last week. Mrs Chas Hewitt and Mrs L Sears visited Mrs Amos Beltz of Hall last Thursday.
Leon Sackrider and grandparents Will Sackrider host a family gathering. Wallace Elliott visits from near Olive Branch with his family. J W Seymour and wife visit their daughter Mrs Alva Wells in Martinsville. Cecil Wells family and Mrs Mabel Melton visit Martinsville on business. Mrs Angeline Nidey hosts Arthur Steers visiting from Terre Haute as sick mother receives care. Will Medsker and Jesse Spraker travel to Annapolis and Portersville on business. Ray Drake and Jesse Spraker do business in Annapolis. Aden Reynolds visits Annapolis on business. Sackrider couple drive to Robinson. Isaac Hoskinson and family spend Sunday with his mother Mrs Martha Hoskinson. Mrs Ethel Elliott and children of East Orange visit Virgie Wells family. A E Francis and family attend Mt Olive church and Sunday school.
Mrs Em ma Meehling hosts a weekend with extended relatives including Maurer Bier baum Wright and Brannin families. A surprise dinner honors Mrs Lucinda Brannin on her birthday with many relatives and friends from Prairie Creek Marshall Terre Haute Pimento and South Prairie town attending. Margaret Meehling and Ernest Geheb wed at St Marys church and will begin housekeeping on a farm southwest of Marshall.
Friends and relatives met at the home of Mr and Mrs Olin Sweet to celebrate and greet guests. Attendees included Reuben Tingley and family, W Sweet, Frank Noyse, Wal Chaney from Kansas, Steve Shade and Preston, Jennie Sweet and Austin, Clarence Adkinson and Lucille, and John Adkinson’s illness noted as measles.
Freedom Will Zarnes of Lower Wabash spent Monday with his sister Mrs. Alva Leggett in a family visit documenting local social activity between relatives.
Mrs Will Petters spent Monday afternoon with Mrs Alex Scott. Mrs Alva Leggett stayed a few days with Mrs Leary Muphy. John Davis Jr spent Sunday evening with the Dacey brothers. Mr and Mrs Jesse Walker and children and Miss Myrtle Leggett attended a baptism at Choctaw by Rev Gilbert. Mrs Jesse Walker and three children and Miss Myrtle Leggett dined with Mr and Mrs Dick Jackson and children. Jesse Walker and son Gene dined with his mother Mrs Ruth Walker.
CLEONE Luther Hall from a Newman area farm spent Sunday with relatives. John Ennis and W Henley of Martinsville visited friends in Salt Lake. Mr and Mrs S McNary and child of Parker Centre spent Sunday afternoon here. C A Garver injured his back unloading poles near home and is under osteopathic care. Edgar Connelly of West Parker visited his mother here. R L Mosher from near Martinsville visited Friday. Perry Black plans a new home on his farm. Evan Morrill of Kinmundy visited relatives here Sunday. Peter Postlewaite of West Main Street was a Sunday visitor with John Connelly of Salt Lake.
Choctaw notes list Frank Miller and family visiting Hnock W rick and wife in Kansas Station. Elder Gilbert of Casey visited David Walker. Winfield Wyrick of Allright Jess. Walker and family and Myrtle Legett of Freedom visited Perry Jackson and family. George Ledermann and family Walnut Prairie and Mrs Phoebe Leutermann and children. Andy Sander and family and Mrs Jane Sweet visited Joh Ledermann. Carl Carpenter and Louise Beade of Avon visited Wilma Cline. Opal Alexander of Ohio and Wilma Carpenter visited Orma Higginbotham. Gerald Gard spent the week with grandparents Mr and Mrs Henry Miller. John Blizzard visited William Norton. Clara Norton returned from Terre Haute. Alva Hamilton of Martinsville works for David Walker. Mrs Mollie Thompson visited her mother, Ruth Walker.
SPIKETOWN mentions Mr and Mrs Phillip Spittler and family spending Sunday with Frank Hoenig and family, and Albert Buser with Marcus Norton visiting Melvin Norton’s family. Numerous other relatives Dan, Mason, and Norton households are listed visiting, with a note of a Sunday school convention at Dunday.
Clarksville residents share Sunday visits with relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Dave Montgomery and family with the Clapps and Fusons. outings include dinners and funerals as neighbors from Terre Haute Casey and Marshall stop by.
West York and Hutsonville residents shared a busy weekend with visits from neighbors and relatives. Amanda Lindley returned home after a minor operation at Robinson hospital while Gideon Dehl and Patience Cooper wed in Marshall. Sanford Bryce Emison arrived April 6 from San Diego with his mother Mae Weldon. Various families hosted guests from Palestine North Platte Annapolis and Marshall to dinners and gatherings.
Mr and Mrs Harry C Ferriman and Dulcine of Chicago visited Mrs Ferriman's parents. Will Holaday and Thurston Ferris of Washington DC returned home. Mrs B Lindley and husband to Terre Haute for a visit. A S Johnson Lelia Evans Samie Treadway Hershel Hagar and others attended the Terre Haute circus. Aunt Mahala Ralston marked her 82nd birthday with family from Indianapolis Hutsonville West Union and Robinson. Webb Tuttle Rosa Lindley and others hosted callers from Martinsville Fairbanks and Farmersburg. Eld Isaac Lamb of Marshall area visited kin and church.
Residents of Possum Ridge and nearby areas visited relatives including Rita Hedges Mrs Ernest Shotts and family at Levada Staggs Tim Cunningham Forest Washburn and Mary Cunningham James Cunningham and family visited, while Grandma Cunningham and Grandma Bishop were mentioned as staying or dying in the week. Pearl Cunningham spent the weekend with relatives in Terre Haute.
Several from the vicinity attended the funeral of Mrs Joe Bishop Friday. James Burkett and daughters Lillie and Marie, Sylvan Morgan and family, Glenn and Kenneth Wilboit, and Mildred Bell spent Sunday with Joe Burkett and family of Paris.
The text lists numerous Marshall area families visiting relatives and friends on Sunday. Names include Clark Sergett Morgan Hutchings Bishop Morgan Murphy Fein Withem Veach Wilboit Linton Hendrix and others, with varied travel and visits noted across the region.
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