Elegant six oclock dinner honors Grace Moore in town
Miss Pearl Orndorff hosted a Monday evening dinner for guest Grace Moore of Frankfort Indiana. Attending were Misses Mary Ramsey Mabel Breneman Flossie Mollie Stella Smith Lizzie Spotts Pearl Garwood Lillian Clark and Master Russell Orndorf. Regrets came from Nelle Casteel Nannie Nusbaum and Idell Adams. Ben T Baird and wife celebrate the arrival of a baby girl born Monday morning. mother and child are doing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Orndorff
Grace Moore
Frankfort
Ind
Mary Ramsey
Mabel Breneman
Flossie
Mollie
Stella Smith
Lizzie Spotts
Pearl Garwood
Lillian Clark
Russell Orndorf
Nelle Casteel
Nannie Nusbaum
Idell Adams
Ben T. Baird
Local social notes and town change of hands
The report lists Sunday dinners hosted by Miss Mabel Fawley and William Shirley with guests including the Stoetlings, Setzers, and Eliotts. Birthday observance for Mr. Pulver and visits by the Kuykendalls and Kirby are noted, plus Ben Forsythe trading his Walnut Prairie store for a 10 acre Indiana farm and Joshua Foster taking over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Stoelting
Lyman Kuykendall
Margaret Kirby
West Union
Ben Forsythe
Walnut Prairie
Brazil
Ind
Joshua Foster
Forsythe
Foster
Local Postmaster's Office Opens in Marshall
John W. Lewis assumed duties as Marshall postmaster after receiving official papers this morning. Guests at his parents home included Mr. and Mrs. Lu Holler who honeymooned after a Chicago wedding and plan to reside in Detroit where Holler will work for Blue Valley Dream Co. Further items note travels and visits among local residents and relatives including a trip to Chicago for the Royal Arch Masons and a planned move for George Beuhler's Studebaker business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Lewis
Marshall
Lu Holler
Ross Holler
Charles Fairgrief
Ravilla
Wilella
McKeen
Anna Sweitzer
Tillie Allison
Arthur Deaner
Chicago
Grand
The
Royal Arch Masons
George Beuhler
Studebaker
Bill Roach
Main Street
Roach
Carl Jones
Near Oliver
Edith Davison
James Albert
Joe Lutz
Shelby
Montana
Social Round of Visits and Moves in Local Families
Melrose residents Mr. and Mrs. William Chamness and daughter visited relatives in Decatur and Marshall while others enjoyed gatherings in Terre Haute and Westfield. Edgar Brosman from San Antonio is on furlough with his parents, and the community notes a school enrollment rise as the Wells family moves southeast of Marshall and Enrolls three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Chamness
Olin Wells
Melrose
Harry Conrad
Wandalee Strohm
Jean Strohm
Marshall
Decatur
Ann Prust
Mary Frances
Julia Cartwell
Edgar Brosman
San Antonio
Texas
Will Brosman
Will Martin
Paris
and Hirs
Thomas Sanders
Alice Bennett
Westfield
Boyer
Bennett
Ruth Brosman
Anne Pearson
Casey
Terre Haute
Harry Davis
Harvey Woods
Princeton
Indiana
Roy Woods
Clyde Wait
Kansas
Robinson
Bert Wait
Harry Romoser
Franklin Walsh
Womens Society of Christian Service
Romoser
Elmer Jenkins
Dephia Hewitt
Charles Hollenbeck
Clarence Collier
Hllen
Toledo
Palmer Cornwell
Ola Collier
Cornwell
Local families share Sunday gatherings and visits
Sunday diners included Mr and Mrs Will McKee hosting Mrs Richey and Asa Richey visiting from out of town. Nephew Claud Batts funeral in Oblong last Tuesday. Various trips and visits noted among Fern and Helen Tingly, Opal Kelley, Daisy Sinclair, Lee Kelley, Marylu and Betty, Wandalee Strohm, Orion Wiser, Rolla Burger, Frank Burger, Ora Cline, Wayne, Lawrence Bennett, Jess Shaffner, Hartford Shaffner, Bert McFarland, and others visiting in Paris and Martinsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will McKee
Richey
McKee
Asa Richey
Mary Harner
Martinsville
Fern
Helen Tingly
Lee Kelley
Marylu
Betty
Wandalee Strohm
Opal Kelley
Daisy Sinclair
Orion Wiser
Rolla Burger
Snyder Social News Highlights Local Visits and Guests
A dense item lists numerous Princeton Indiana residents and relatives visiting kin across towns. It notes dinners, weekend trips to Gary and Effingham, furloughs, and contributions from Mrs. Ola Collier and other families, with multiple household visitations and guest details.
Revival Services Begin At Methodist Church With Furlough Visitor
Revival services start Monday night November 1 at the Methodist church. Corp George Clements from Camp Stewart Georgia visited for a ten day furlough with his mother Mrs Estella Clements. Several local residents and visitors are noted in church and social events including family visits and weekend guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
The
Methodist Church, Corp
George Clements
Camp Stewart
Estella Clements
Clarence Mount
Michigan City
Mich
John Mount
Lelia Evans
Ira Seigel
Herbert Seigel
Harvey Glover
Louisville
Raymond Steele
George Lewis
la Motte Prairie
W. C. VanTassel
Ralph Leasure J
John Seymour
Palestine
Isaac Seymour
Carrol Ryerson
Pecos
Texas
Byron Ryerson
Hubert Seigel
Lowell Bell
Milwaukee
Wis
J. G. Harrington
Harold Bush
Gary
Ind
Chas
Bush
Floyd
Lewis Life
Mack Bruner
Greencastle
Indiana
Leola Dllott
Maurice Lwwere
Terre Haute
Henry Winters
Donald Winters
Ruth
South Carolina
Soya and Peanut Products Expand for Civilian Use
The War Food Administration outlined a sharp expansion in soy and peanut product production for civilians next year. Soybeans will base substitutes for meats dairy and eggs, with soya used in bread soups macaronis cereals and mixes. The agency projects total soya product output at 1.35 billion pounds by next July, with significant allocations domestically and for foreign relief and lend-lease programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War: Food Administration
WFA
Food Agency
Phony Baronets Trick Wealthy Women Abroad
London reports dozens of fake baronets exploiting wartime bachelor shortages by wooing and marrying wealthy heiresses. C F J Hankinson, editor of a peerage directory, says impostors pose as knights and baronets and wed every two or three weeks, noting no law violation unless the title is registered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
C. F. J. Hankinson
Hankinson
Three Children Share June 16 Birthday in Salt Lake City
Mrs. Raymond K. Bartholomew has three children born on June 16. Raymond 11, Dextra Jean 10, and Rayola Jeanine 1. She plans three separate cakes plus one for the baby, while a math expert muses on the odds of three siblings sharing the same birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Raymond K. Bartholomew
Raymond
Dextra Jean
Rayola Jeanine
Brother and Sister Are Captains in U.S. Army
LUBBOCK TEXAS Two 1937 graduates of Texas Technological College in Lubbock, siblings, are captains in the Army. Miss Vada Cole serves as a first officer of the IWAC stationed at the Fifth WAC training center in Ruston Louisiana. Her brother Clifton Cole is an assistant operations officer at Sioux City Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Lubbock
Texas
Texas Technological College
Army
Vada Cole
IWAC
Fifth
WAC
Ruston
Clifton_Cole
Sioux City
Towa
Unearth Ancient La Venta Mecca in Southern Mexico
Archaeologists tracing missing lines uncover La Venta as a major religious center flourishing 1000 years before Columbus. They describe a hundred foot mound, lines of smaller mounds, giant basalt heads, jade works, and elevated stone altars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mecca
la Venta
Mexico
Canterbury
eThis
Mo‘hammed
England
America
Army engineers unveil demountable airfield hangar design
The corps of engineers and Army Air Force pilots developed a transportable hangar that can be airlifted to front areas and erected in 12 to 18 hours. It features a steel frame with hinged joints canvas walls and a pulley based assembly system for rapid setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corps of Engineers
Army-4
Air
Crate Like Home for Glider Bases at Sheppard Field
Army air forces technical training command glider mechanics school at Sheppard Field Texas trains students in shipping combat crates for gliders. Fuselages travel in five sections inside crates up to 25 feet long eight feet high and seven feet wide. Crates include insulation and double as pilot and crew barracks at new glider bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army ‘Air Forces Technical Training Command
Sheppard Field
Texas
Motorleas
RAF
Jade Mystery: Eighth Century Jade Objects Unearthed in La Venta
Jade works found at La Venta Mexico include a striking emerald green gem jade piece rivaling Burma's best. The artifacts highlight a puzzling origin for jade ornaments common among early Americans, as no jade deposits are known in Middle America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Venta
Mexico
Burma
Middle America
New World
Civil War Era Progress in Railroads and Industry
The text notes rapid postwar growth with vast railroad expansion between 1870 and 1880 and again in the following decade. It cites coal, iron, copper, silver, and steel output increases, highlighting rail connectivity and industrial gains across the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenit
Homecoming at West Union Christian Church
A large crowd attended a West Union First Christian Church homecoming on Sunday with morning services a noon basket dinner and an afternoon program of recitations duets and a sermon by Brother Ney of Grayville Duchois. Visitors from Marshall Hutsonville and local members greeted their former pastor and renewed old ties. No service next Lord's day but communion and Bible school will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
West Union
Brother Ney
Grayville Duchois
Marshall
Hutsonville
Door Open, Boys Return Home in Time of Trial
Fragmentary note recalls a church doorway message about boys coming home soon. It hints at faith, longing, and a community trusting in God during hard times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gery
Congregational News from Gwylyn Isaac Minister
Sunday school at 9 30 morning worship at 10 40 with choir rehearsal Wednesday October 27 at 7 30 led by Mrs E D Morton Beech Streets Alter Committee members Mrs Temple Lovett and Mrs Ayer Plank partner to the church notes follow ups from the Gwylyn Congregational Church lead minister Isaac Gwylyn conduct details and committee names provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tne
E.D Morton
Beech- ‘Streets
Company seeks man for farm product service work
Large company seeks a man in this locality to perform essential service work among farmers. Duties include parasite control and balancing of feed rations to save feed supplies and increase livestock and poultry food production for war. Previous sales or farm experience desirable but not required. Extra gas for this work. Write to Box 150, this newspaper.
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Homer
Mrs. Etta Shaffner
Miss Ola Collier
Ray
West York Y
Elsa Miller
WEST
Union Christian ‘Church
Harry “G., Kaye
Gwylyn
Isaac
Clark County Loan & Finance Co
Archer Avenue
Raise and Vantassell
Mae Ve
Drew Tall Brand
Jb. Dar
Crackers ‘Country Club
Hoosier Brand
TOKAY
Idaho
Emer Ig
Kroger
California
Uuls
Rome
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