Birthday Dinner for Lily Thompson Draws Local Guests
Mrs Freida Thompson hosted a Sunday dinner for Lily Thompson of Martinsville turning 80. Attending were multiple couples from Havland Kansas Decatur Paris Martinsville and Robinson along with local families. Community notes detail club meetings guests and celebratory gatherings through mid October.
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Freida Thompson
Lily Thompson
Martinsville
John Miller
Havland
Kansas
Harold Elliott
Decatur
Ted Frost
Vicki
Martinton
S. R. Taylor
Robinson
James Gillum
James D. Gillum
Sarah Sissel
Paris
G. W. Gibson
Thompson
Arthur Washburn
West Terre Haute
Mr. Washburn
Russell Veach
Earl Veach
I. O. Washburn
Margaret Wells
Richard Lee
Herbert Ellett
Jimmy
Terre Haute
Golden Carpenter
Verner Adams
Wm. Fetters
Marshall
Harry Barnam
A. S. Bush
Santa Ana
Calif
George Cassidy
Cornell
Illinois
Don Gmelich
Tommy Kreitner
Streator
Jesse Locke
Mary Staub
Don Staub
Maurice Staub
David
Kay Staub
Charleston
Bernard Staub
Carolyn Piety
Charles W. Babcock
Sally Jane
Wm. Ferris
John van Weinen
Indiana
Otto Crumlin
Shirley Eldredge
Herbert Orndorff
Mattoon
Lester Butts
Warren Yeley
Hammond
Wayne Crumlin
Whiting
Dean Lawrence
Pearl Craig
Bobby
Ralph Jackson
Danny
Fred Hirsch
Lena Hirsch
Glenn
John Zeigler
Wm. Zeigler
Wm. Norton, Jr
June
Lucille Zeigler
Roscoe Zeigler
John
Hazel Pine
Shirley Craig
Fred Pennington
William Geheb
Wayne
Robert Buenker
Efffingham
October church meeting notes and community gatherings
Reports from Graham Bible class include a $4.50 offering and a Hollywood trip talk by Edna Baker. Obituary note for Bertha Edwards and multiple social visits mark a busy October with birthdays, dinners, and family events among Graham and Trinity church members.
Local social notes highlight club gatherings and birthdays
Mrs Alice Titus hosted a Home Bureau unit night with Margaret Turner and Vernice Etherton. Lessons covered Serving from a Coffee Table and Unusual Vegetables. Guests included Vivian Gentry and many others. Separate entries note Joann Bennett's sixth birthday party and various church and community group meetings last week.
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Alice Titus
Margaret Turner
Vernice ‘Etherton
Home Bureau
Katherine ‘Norton
Clarine Hawker
Helen Tingley
Bertha Jackson
Helen Cork
Elsie Lou Huffington
Bessie O'Neal
Ruth Adams
Leslie Sabre
Emma Gardner
March Snedeker
Betty Payne
Claudia Lowery
Mary Lou Blundell
Katherine Lee
Eisa Cline
Wanda Spittler
Katherine Nor ‘Ton
Joe Bennett
Joann
David Carroll
Doris
Diane
Gentry
Ronnie
Carol Ellington
Dorothy Poorman
Penny Clark
Mike Pat
Timmy Magill
Timmy
Bates
Beverly
James
George Junker
Janet Sue Bennett
Carl
Jerry Helman
Henry Helman
Robert Bates
Walter Magill
Tim Bennett
Virgil Magill
Richard Junker
Herbert Re Lbbe
C. E. Thompson
Clarksville Birthday Club Meets for Autumn Social
The Clarksville Birthday club met with Mrs. Maggie Miller on Thursday. President Lucille Kircher led the session with song and roll call. Minutes were approved, a Salvation Army donation was approved, and a Halloween themed party with weiner roast is set for October 22 at seven.
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Clarksville
Mary Drake
Clara Chilton
Josephine Carr
Alpha Morgan
Jerry Joe
Bertha Buckner
Lucille Kirchner
Emmanuel Ladies Aid Meets at Minnie King Home
Emmanuel Ladies Aid met on Thursday October 8 at Minnie King s home with Mildred Hirschman assisting. Ruth Miller led a devotional on the Lord s Prayer and the program included readings and songs. A short business session closed with Bless be the Tie That Binds and refreshments were served to a large list of members. The November meeting will be at Mrs Alta Imle s home with Wanda Fink biner as slate.
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Emmanuel Ladies Aid
Minnie King
Mildred Hirschman
Blanche Taylor
Ruth Miller
Fairy Inmle
Lena Hirsch
Lucille Ziegler
Homecoming plans and school board notes from Marshall High
Homecoming is set for October 28 1953 with a dance in the gym after the football game. Queen Yvonne Hewitt will be crowned at 10 16 by Student Council President Lois Fox. Attendants include Kathryn Bumpus Marietta Black Carol Stanfield Rosalie Wright. Separate notes cover Eastern Division assembly attendance Clark County Centennial work and a Board of Education regular session October 12 discussing the cafeteria program and lunch statistics for September.
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Marshall High
Guy Winger
Yvonne Hewitt
Lois Fox
Kathryn Bumpus
Cletus Melchior
Arnold Tyler
Florence Bubeck
I. B.A
Eastern Illinois State College
Charleston
Marshall
Clark County
Board of Education
Marshall High School
Illinois
Bertha Kammacher
Marshall Unit Schools
Illinois State Guidance Association
Northern State College
DeKalb
Ralph Ojeman
University of Iowa
Walter Johnson
Michigan State College
Senator Douglas Sees U S Role in Global Defense
Douglas told Clark County teachers that the United States must aid others while preserving freedom at home. He warned Soviet Russia seeks world domination and that free world forces are outnumbered five to one. He urged strong national defense and warned most of the budget funds past wars and preparedness programs.
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Everett M. Dirksen
United States
Illinois
Clark County
Dirksen
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United Nations
America
Paul“Douglas
Russia
Douglas
Dr Cleo Dawson outlines happy balanced self view
Dr Cleo Dawson spoke on Happiness during the Teachers Institute sessions stressing self responsibility and timing. She warned against blaming others and urged emotional balance among fear sex rage and wonder to protect personality.
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Teachers Institute
Cleo Dawson
Dawson
Edna Baker Day Parade Ignites Marshall Friday Oct 16
The American Legion sponsors Edna Baker Day in Marshall with a parade at 7 pm starting from the bandstand led by the Marshall high school band and the Legion Drill Squad. A ceremony at the high school football field precedes the Marshall Charleston game set for 8 pm.
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The
American Legion
Marshall
Marshall High School
Edna
Marshall High
Behal
Carl Holler
Edna Baker
Subscription deadlines in Marshall Herald note monthly expiry
Notice states that subscriptions marked November 1 expire that date and all subscriptions end on the first of each month to which payment has been received. It warns readers to renew before the monthly cutoff.
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Marshall Herald
Maryland Group Buys Key Manuscript of Star Spangled Banner
The Maryland Historical Society purchased Francis Scott Keys original Star Spangled Banner manuscript for $26,400. Written around Sept 14, 1814 in Baltimore, it is a 7 by 9 inch rag paper with two corrections by Key. It inspired the later national anthem adopted officially in 1931.
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Baltimore
Francis_ Scott -Key
Maryland Historical Society
Key
Om. Key
Carroll County
Washington
Fort McHenry
Heaven
Army
Navy
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
Society
Clams Under Study For Farming At Rutgers
A Rutgers University team led by three top scientists reports that clams display sensitivity to water temperature salt content tides air temp moon phases and weather. They propose a fenced clam farm in southern New Jersey noting initial losses but eventual profitability comparable to dairy farming, with clammers contributing about one fifth of a $6 000 000 Atlantic Coast business.
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New Srunswick
Rutgers University
New Jersey
Jaywalking Campaign Warns of Jail in Washington
Posters in the national capital warn that jaywalkers can be jailed as part of a campaign to curb pedestrian deaths. The piece notes historical traffic trends with deaths dropping from 15 500 in 1937 to 8 000 last year and pedestrians forming a large share of fatalities.
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Washington
National Capital
Jersey City Bans Bussing at Bus Stops
Jersey City moves to clear bus zones after husbands kiss farewell to wives at Journal Square stops. Hudson County Boulevard Commission ordered motorists to stay out of bus zones as buses could not pull in, with Police enforcing kissless bus stops.
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Jersey City
Journal Square
Hudson County Boulevard Commission
Louis Grasso
Commission
James P. Clark
Meditative Bird Song Noted By California Biologist
Los Angeles biologist Dr Love Miller notes a so called meditative song in birds common in early autumn. He says the tune signals happiness and physical well being as birds sing while claiming territory and enjoying contentment.
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Los Angeles
California
Love’ Miller
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Edith Wilson
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Elsie Bloodworth
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Wilma Geisert
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