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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1952
Page
4
A Chicago Wisconsin survey notes small town business during the last Christmas season was about 10 percent higher than last year. Hardware and electrical appliances sold well while sporting goods and furniture stayed steady. Cash purchases dominated with minimal credit use and clerks report shoppers favored practical gifts.
In Brule Wisconsin a new wreath making industry formed using balsam boughs under N H Adams from Minong. About 24 women plus men gathered daily in the village hall to craft and load wreaths for shipment to markets including a large grocery chain. The operation produced over 12 000 wreaths last season and offered flexible hours while boosting local income and social life. Cones were wired in clusters and sourced from Arkansas and Missouri.
AUDUBON IOWA A banker's plan to showcase local cattle led to 50 carloads sent to Chicago on the Audubon Beef Special The venture drew wide publicity and a financial return with 32 Audubon cattlemen supplying steers and the First State Bank of Audubon financing meals a chef and a 60 person party for the trip.
Reports from Snyder recount numerous visits and sightings as Mrs. J W Woods enters St Anthony hospital in Terre Haute for medical care. Many relatives and friends travel between Snyder Marshall Toledo and Charleston for family gatherings and church events including a Mother Daughter banquet and a Toledo LT L youth group planning.
A Mother's Day program is set for Sunday at 8 00 PM at the church with an open invitation to all. Attendees included Mrs Glenn Wilhoit Mr and Mrs Glen Wilhoit Maurice Donna Joyce and Herbert Hutchens at a dinner honoring Earle Sutton and Sharon Lynn of Escajon California hosted by Mrs Jennie Wilhoit near Paris. Newt Brosman and family visited Harley and family in Paris. Pearle Tingley visited her ill mother Jennie Sweet last week. Fenton Macke and children shared Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs Chester Linton and family.
Rosetta B Luckhaupt born November 2, 1860, died May 1952 at 91. She was active in the Methodist church and Eastern Star, taught Sunday school, and was interred at Marshall Cemetery with Eastern Star rites. Surviving: daughter Fannie M Luckhaupt, son Frank W Luckhaupt, sister Susan Hammerl, brother Morton Biggs, six grandchildren, six great grandchildren, and seventeen nieces and nephews. Preceded by husband George W Luckhaupt, son Harry C Luckhaupt, sisters Violet Garwood and Narcissus Hunter, brothers John and Milton Biggs. Funeral by Rev. Lewis D Hopper. White Shrine flowers. True Seekers class member. Songs: Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus and In the Garden.
A dramatic poem-like passage decries government seizure and encroachment on pay and freedoms. It echoes worries about losing liberties if authority tightens control under dictatorships and calls Americans to awakening. Also brief agricultural tips mention training dairy animals and treating lambs. A note on corn crop predicting hog-corn ratio for 1952-53.
A fragmented puzzle page with horizontal and vertical clues. The list includes pastry meaning and lever, despite garbled OCR. Readers encounter many misread words and stray letters across numbers and entries.
Sunday dinners and visits fill West Union activity as Clara Shroyer hosts for her birth anniversary and many families attend church day at West Union Christian, with numerous neighbors and relatives listed. A student picnic for perfect attendance is noted along with PTA planning for September after summer break.
In 1951 a total of 192 foreign farmers visited the Illinois College of Agriculture under the United States technical aid program for foreign countries.
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