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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1959
Page
2
The Marshall Herald of Marshall Illinois operated by Wabash Valley Printing Co lists editors Mark Stewart and Carlos Stewart. It publishes Fridays with rates including 2 dollars per year for subscriptions local ads 85 cents per column inch and reader ads 20 cents per line.
University of Illinois home economics expert Margueritte Briggs Lynch advises starting an allowance when a child shows interest in money. Begin small, around 5 to 10 cents weekly, with clear rules and consequences. Let the child make purchases, learn budgeting, and share the concept of spending, saving, and sharing.
Mrs Rosa Statesman and Mrs Helen Welsh visited in West Liberty with local families. Linda Behner and Sue Harbor attended a 4 H meeting at the Murphy home. Elsie Jane Marrs hosted Sunday dinner guests including Ollie Lee Clem Marrs and Pearce Marrs. Jeanette Behner, a University of Illinois student, spent the weekend with her parents. Beatrice Cartright brought her father home from a Terre Haute hospital to Casey. The Marrs and Welsh visited Hattie Spires on Monday. Everett Statesman and others are mentioned in gatherings.
The article extols directional signals for reducing crashes by prompting signal use for turns and lane changes. It urges proper use at high speeds and offers a free copy of the new Rules of the Road booklet from Charles F. Carpentier, Secretary of State, Springfield, Illinois.
A birthday dinner was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Marrs in Terre Haute on Sunday. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. James Lucan, Eln Fox of Marshall, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Means, Mr. and Mrs. Burnett of Sullivan, Indiana, Mr. and Mrs. Bridwell, Mr. and Mrs. Malcom Means, Reta and Sue Kyle of Terre Haute, Mrs. Marie Holdaway and Karen of Jeffersville, Indiana, and others who dropped by Sunday afternoon and evening for visits.
Community members invite all to the annual homecoming at the new Dennison Methodist Church this Sunday. Local families and visiting relatives from Terre Haute Indianapolis Paris and Marshall are noted among attendees and gatherings.
A nostalgic outdoor vignette extols the joys of spring through winter in open country. It urges caution and companionship, recommending a buddy system, a compass, and marked trails to avoid getting lost. It cites Daniel Boone humorously about being lost but not truly lost.
53 ee Marshall and her mother Mrs Frank Doll are reported at Union Hospital in Terre Haute after a Tuesday visit. Further details on condition or purpose of the visit are not provided.
A Melrose page lists numerous calls and visits among residents such as Miss June Kenderdine and Mrs. Flossie Kenderdine, with neighbors including the Green family and the Blankenbeker kin. Interspersed are general notes on local shopping patterns and historical facts about shipwrecks and fire fatalities.
A pair of reminiscences from Terre Haute and Springville recall old farm routines. Details include windlass milk storage, ice cutting, a buried perishables box, and family meals watched by a bushy tree limb to deter flies. A threshing season memory describes straw ticks and mattress stuffing.
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