This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1961
Page
8
Local church and club calendars overflow with gatherings. Women’s groups hosted a session at the remodeled parsonage with a Salvation Army nurse slide show tied to South India outreach. Volunteers and families shared meals, honors, and birthday celebrations across Terre Haute Danville Marshall and surrounding towns.
Mrs Omar Blankenship presided at a business meeting of the past matrons club of the O E S Tuesday night with Rosa Smith assisting and Rev Swain of the Methodist church giving a talk on the origin of the church. Refreshments were served to a list of members. A surprise birthday cookout for Christine Staggs was hosted by Mrs John Staggs with several guests attending. Bolivia Club met Thursday afternoon with members including Mrs Frank Gunder and others.
Mrs. Fenton Shirely writes on a decade as leader of the Marshall Blue Ribbons Home Economics 4 H Club in Clark County. She recalls organizing beginnings in Wa bash township in 1944, leadership shifts through 1956, and her belief in service to community, personal growth from state to county meetings, and the rewards of helping youth.
The speaker reflects on a decade of 4-H leadership and urges promoting a program that offers girls diverse growth opportunities. Clark County Home Economics 4-H donors are thanked as September contributions support member pins, with a $45 gift from Marshall Mutual County Fire Insurance Company to fund lender pins to be awarded at the Martinsville Methodist church recognition program on November 4 at 1 30 p m.
A new booklet available in farm adviser offices presents sketches of 26 Illinois mechanized feeding installations. It aims to guide farmers in designing and building their own working feeding systems.
George Wood of Eastern Illinois University coordinates student teaching in foreign language with Carolyn Neal of Marshall High School and Gordon Norman from EIU. The twelve station lab lets each student listen to native Spanish and imitate it, increasing daily speaking practice beyond the traditional classroom. The system uses wired earphones and a monitor for teacher guidance, with tapes and a new conversational text. Students may record their voices to improve pronunciation while sessions run alongside conventional teaching. The program aims for fluent spoken Spanish within two to three years of high school study.
Three 4 H dress revue entries are pictured and described as examples of how girls sew their own clothing. Patricia Clickener displays a colorful sports outfit at the Illinois state fair, Marovene Byrd from North Carolina made both coat and dress, and Claudia Stembridge wears a white chiffon dance frock with a gold satin evening coat. The program is sponsored by Simplicity Pattern Company with support from the Cooperative Extension Service and National 4H Service Committee. More than 1800 delegates will attend the National 4H Congress in Chicago to see outfits from all 50 states and Puerto Rico.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.