Thanksgiving gatherings highlighted by club meetings in Martinsville
The Marshall Herald reports an all day November gathering at Pansy Weger’s home with Trila Gilbert assisting. A turkey for Christmas dinner was voted. Multiple church and community groups held meetings and dinners across Martinsville with members listed and upcoming December events noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolly Homemakers
Pansy Weger
Martinsville
Trila Gilbert
Lee Kelley
Mona Kelley
Martha Hutchens
Anna Veach
Vada Shaffmer
Hazel Hurst
Della Payne
Mabel Lowry
Nettie Beachout
Dorothy Davidson
Ethel, Fraker
Clara Bierbaum
Martha Jane Williams
Lillian Burkybile
Vandalie Veach
Tri
Dinner Guests Revisit School Days Across Towns
Mr and Mrs Pearl hosted Sunday dinner with old schoolmates and teachers including Mrs Mattie Curts of Terre Haute Mrs Blanche Baker of Hutsonville Mrs Bertha Buckner of Clarksville Miss Bessie Gillum and Miss Luckhaupt of Paris. Mrs Baker stayed until Monday. Joe Cork and Newton Cork attended a retired railroaders dinner in Terre Haute last Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl
Joe Cork
Newton Cork
Terre Haute
Dress patterns and needlework notices from Audrey Lane Bureau
Vintage sewing patterns advertise No. 1326 with multiple sizes and busts, plus No. 319 simple stitches and No. 313 iron transfer designs. Patterns cost 35 cents each for dresses and 25 cents for needlework, sent to Audrey Lane Bureau in Chicago Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrey Lane Bureau
MWNS
West Adams Stree
Chicago
Ill
Mar-Do-Wa Home Bureau entertains neighboring clubs
The Mar-Do-Wa Home Bureau hosted North Marshall and Marshall Day clubs at the home of Mrs. Marle Cacran on Friday November 19. Guests included Mrs. Ethel Nightlinger and others. meeting featured songs, readings, business sessions, and a major lesson on emotions and health. North Marshall invited Mar-Do-Wa to visit in 1961. A pot-luck dinner is planned for December 14 with Mrs. Nightlinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mar-Do-Wa
Home Bureau Club
North Marshall Club
Marshall Day Club
Marle_Cacran
Ethel Nightlinger
Sue Jones
Margaret Hamm
Home Bureau
Mia
Evelyn Knowles
North Marshall
Hazel Moore
Emma Geisert
Ravilla Fairgrief
Ada Hendrix
Laura van Ness
Norma Hendrix
Nee
W C T U Meeting In Danville Hospital Carpet Rag Project
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union held an all day session in the Christian church dining room to cut and sew carpet rags for disabled veterans at Danville Hospital. Mrs Nina Smith and Emma Carenter led devotions after a short program and covered dish luncheon. Vera Hight reported on the state convention. The next Christmas gathering will be at the Carpenter home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womens Christian- Telerance Union
Christian Church
Danville Hospital
Nina Smith
Emma Carenter
Vera Hight
Carpenter Ofafers
Prompted reflections on post victory pride and gender bias
After a major win, many feel a letdown while trials and tributes you expect from mothers are often attributed to their sons. The question explores why unproven acts of pride and love are ascribed to male offspring, highlighting persistent gender bias in praise and attribution.
Marshall High Opens 1960 61 Basketball Season At Home
Marshall High School begins the 1960 61 basketball season with a Tuesday home game against the Chrisman Cardinals and JV at 6 45 p m varsity at 8 p m The season schedule lists dates and opponents for varsity wrestling junior high basketball and other meetups through February including games against Hutsonvilles Cumberland Honey Creek Glenn Newton Van Buren Paris Casey Palestine Westfield Martinsville Robinson Charleston Scotland Kansas Oblong and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall High School
Chrisman Cardinals
Chrisman
Hutsonvilles
Cumberland
Honey Creek
Ind
Glenn
Newton
van Buren
Paris
Casey
Palestine
Westfield
Martinsville
Hier Creek
Robinson
Charleston
Scotland
Kansas
Oblong
Greencastle
Mattoon
Danville
Brazil
Schulte
Hutsonville
Toledo
Greenup
Concannon
Pilgrim Holiness L A Revival and Christmas Canteen Drive
The Pilgrim Holiness Church in L A reports a revival with altar responses and renewed faith, notes a December 15 fundraiser at 1 30 pm to support hospital canteen books for veterans, lists attending members, and closes with a quip about modern garages replacing street drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilgrim Holi Ness
Linda Breese Named 1961 March of Dimes Poster Child
Linda Gail Breese of Columbus Ohio, a four year old with an open spine and hydrocephalus, was chosen as the 1961 National Poster Child for the March of Dimes. Her parents Dean and Dorothy Breese describe surgeries to correct spine defects and fluid drainage, her use of crutches, and her hopeful steps without spectacles or leg braces as the family advocates for birth defect research and polio funding.
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Linda Gail Breese
Columbus
Ohio
New March of Dimes
Basil O’connor
National Foundation
Health Organization
Linda
Dean E. Breese
Dorothy Lohr Breese
Susan
Ronnie
Terry
Breese
Arch of Dimes
United States
Children’s Hospital
March of Dimes
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Girl Scouts of America
Effingham
Wanda Simpson
Kenneth Lttle
Don Abel
Mary Kay Mitchell
Ellen Sabre
Christine Bennett
Ann Little
Hillschau
Mary Ann Prulett
Jole Lee
Ryan
Janice Gagen
Pam Daily
Patty Fetters
Sandra Burkett
Deana Gentry
Connie Claypool
Donnia Abel
Brenda Pancake
Mary Lou Simpson
Dorcas
the Baptist Church
Ardith Perry
Lois Smith
Eric
Lara Wilson
Joan Gamm
Ruth Ann Lockhart
Bennett
Mary Jo Stogsdill
Phyllis Bennett
Carolyn Siverly
Greg
Julia
Alberta Siverly
Marjorie Thompson
Josephine Carr
Long
David R. Nash and Sons
Mulberry Street
Gustave Ritter
H. G. Ritter, Sr
Madison, Clinots
Jerome H. Millhouse
Karen E. Ritter
Donald Wheeler
Porter Casteel
Wm. Munshower
Betty
Howard Long
Frank Flaski
Stella Clem
Irene Walker
Laura Dill
Darlene
Gale LeVan
Sunnyvale
California
Chas. Dill
Arcola
Russell Dill
Joy Barret
Harry Barrett
Harold Barrett
Earl Lackey
Binson
Frank Gunder
Bolivia
Joe Harrington
Frank Saiter
Walter Fawley
Raymond Low
T. E. Findley
Dale Veach
Alan
Otto Lee
Lee Kelsey
Leslie Montgomey
Brenda
Gary
Mark
Terry Leonard
Keith Hainley
Sarah Peneton
Jack Bierbaum
Mike
Charlotte Ann
Patty
Rose
Shirley
Russell Hout
R. E. Bishop
Norman Macke
Douglas Wilson
Judy Claypool
Herman Cork
Ben Salter
Raymond Hills
David Nash
Art McCarty
Jule Gore
Gertrude McClory
West Terre Haute
Ralph Montgomery
Mitchel
W. D. Hogue
Emery Bloodworth
Ed Zimmerly
Tom Vickery
Cayuga, Indiana
Frank Adams
Edith Beal
John Adams
S. & O. Club
Nettle-Dawson
Helen Spotts
Tillie Wallace
Ruth Drake
Woman's Fellowship
Congregational Church
Ollie Tibbs
Joe Bennett
Margaret Hogue
Temple Lovett
George Murphy
George Farris
David Spittle
Flossie Huffington
Hurley Nicol
James McKittrick
J. P. Hite
Douglas Dewey
Fred Bush
Elmer Renner
Agnes, Nicol
Fenton Cole
Raville Fairgrief
E. D. Morton
Fred Estes
Howard Brown
Alta Gilbert
David Hamm
C. E. Thompson
Happy Couple
Danny Taylor
Dwight Beltz
Clark Liggett
Alice Marie Liverly
Clifford Walters
Jack Warner
Charles Stone
Gene Marrs
Wayne Macke
Robert Luse
Irene Cline
Westend Birthday Club
CG. C. Pack
John, Rademaker
John McCauley
Wm. Lackey
John Rademaker
W. B. Craddy
Aaron Kammacher
Ralph George
Sam Bradley
Nettie Dawson
Dean Houk
Helen Hurst
Mary Barrett
Fenton Macke
Walker Spotts
Fred Wilfond
Velda Clatfelter
Fred Woll
Alice Profant
DuQuoin
Eugene Craig
Tom Andrews
Craig Home
Paul Baker
Findlay
Lowell Rice
Teresa
Harry Ferris
Marshall
St. Mary’s Club
Colonial Kitchen
Raymond Lindley
Aaron Kannmacher
Eamer Haugh
Donald Ferris
Martin Tarble
Joe Macey
Don Beard
Kannmacher
Maurice Staub
Hickory Street
Madison, T Illinois
David R. Nash
David and
Steven
John Hollenbeck
Bridge Club
Neal Hollenbeck
Wilson Keyes
Wayne Hise
J. R. Wetzleis
Fred Hitel
Leon Fitzgarrald
Percy Seld
Joy Barrett
Ben Saiter
Lola Ann
O. L. Gurley
Floyd Moore
Anna Davidson
Paula Davidson
Chris Imle
Zisi Teammaire
Taurrey Lane
W. C. T. U. Meeting
Pilgrim Holiness
L. A
Cabineer
Nora Greever
Maude Brown
Aruna Mott
Nettie-Dawson
Clara Walls
Lillian Burky
Bite
Cora Bartram
Ruth Farris
Blanche Taylor
Clara Routledge
Agnes Smith
Minnie Klineman
Tillie Pruitt
Bessie Shaw
Mabel Bierbaum
Rhoda
Mary
Emma Carpenter
Linda Breese
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