Marshall High Enrollment Rises After Start
Marshall high school opened Monday with 211 pupils and by Tuesday enrollment reached 215. Teachers are on duty and work has started nicely. Grade schools report enrollment of 389.
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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1921
Page
8
Marshall high school opened Monday with 211 pupils and by Tuesday enrollment reached 215. Teachers are on duty and work has started nicely. Grade schools report enrollment of 389.
Ed Sucker Montgomery and wife Pearl Morris, formerly Miss Pearl Martin of near Ernst, married August 4. They were in Marshall Monday en route to Champaign after visiting his mother in Martinsville. The Herald had missed announcing the wedding and extends best wishes.
Dr W D Haun a prominent physician of Little Rock Arkansas and cousin of Mrs Nathan Wrightworth Marshall died on a Missouri Pacific train between Little Rock and Sheridan a week ago yesterday. Heart disease is thought to have been the cause of death.
Members of the Board of Review gathered at Thomas Craig’s Locust Street home for a chicken dinner on Friday. Present were chairwoman McDahiel of Martinsville and Wash Funk of Casey along with Thomas Craig. The board finished its work and disbanded Friday.
A large group including Mr. and Mrs. Pettit and children, Mr. and Mrs. Fawley, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson and children, Mr. and Mrs. Robson, Mr. and Mrs. Young, Miss Lavina Diel, and Russell Jones enjoyed a picnic north of town Wednesday evening. Also, Mollie Greenough and Frank Greenough with son Bobbie will return to Whittier California Thursday, with Bilien Dixon accompanying them for a visit. A mishap at the Ford garage left 11 year old James Mitchell with a minor facial cut after being struck by a fender. he was treated at a doctor’s office. Miss Mildred Tibbs hosted a dancing party on South Fifth Street Friday night with many guests.
In a county court session on Wednesday Mrs Sarah Downey was found incompetent to manage her affairs and a petition for a conservator was granted. The defendant appealed to the circuit court, and no conservator was appointed. Social notes recount several campus and social gatherings, including cards for Miss Ellen Dixon before her long visit to Whittier California. Guests included Virginia Shaw Anna Dees Burnett Ellen Dixon Marjorie Lewis Alice Purdum Helen Zeigler Gertrude Cole Louise Booth Kathryn Baird and others. refreshments, dances and brunches marked the rounds of parties hosted by the Misses Virginia Prevo Louise Lickert Alice Malloy and friends.
The executor of the estate of William H. Loser deceased invites all claimants to appear at the Clark County court in Marshall on the first Monday in November to have claims adjusted. Debts should be paid promptly to the undersigned. Dated September 6, 1921.
The sheriff announces a public auction of Ethel V Low’s undivided interest in a Clark County Illinois property. The land includes portions of lots 1 and 3 in section 2, township 9 north range 11 west. Auction set for September 24, 1921 at 2 pm at the Marshall courthouse east door.
Readable items include a Friday night meeting at 8 00 pm with Mrs Maude Peck on Thursday at 230 pm Frances Williams appointed court stenographer for county court proceedings this week Mr and Mrs Fred Norris and Mrs M E Sebree of Terre Haute spent Saturday to Monday with the Castac family Funeral attendance by West Clinton visitors and Gwinnville guests Mrs Wm Ferris funeral attended by O W Moler Jacob Metz property sold at public auction to Christena Renner for 1010. currently occupied by John Quick and his mother.
Sunday notices report tributes for Mrs. Wm Ferris with attendance from Mr and Mrs Virgil Haslitt, Mrs Charlotte Germain, Mrs Mary Whalen and Mr and Mrs Emir Litfick of Terre Haute. Other items include Lincoln highway work by James O Heyworth Construction, William Malloy breaking a left collar bone at school, and L L Club theatre party for Mrs Frank Greenough returning to Whittier California.
Readers note a quip about Sibway's tale and a skeptical Mr. Godspur remarking on truth and speaking acquaintance. The Birmingham Age-Herald cites the Marsks Herald and Terre Haute Daily Star advertising a six day week bundle for five dollars.
Mrs William Ferris died Friday at Union hospital in Terre Haute after an operation on Tuesday for appendicitis. She was taken to the hospital Monday and the funeral was held Sunday afternoon at the house with Rev Bert Eckel officiating. Interment at Marshall cemetery.
Mrs Anna Garner Balsley, 68, died Tuesday afternoon at her son Charles Balsley’s home in Danville after long illness. Born August 23, 1853 in Marshall, she lived in Danville over 39 years and was the widow of William Dudley Balsley. Funeral Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Charles Balsley’s home, burial in Marshall cemetery. Survived by four children Ernest and Clarend of Danville, Albert of Terre Haute, Mrs Hy DL Wood of Raxitous, four grandchildren, three sisters Mrs Amanda Koons, Mrs Sarah Saunders, Miss Margaret Garner, and a brother William Garner.
York and Union Sunday schools planned a day out blocked by rain. Visits spanned Chrisman, Palestine, Terre Haute, Hutsonville, and Patonks as relatives, neighbors, and friends, including Elliott, Barker, Murphy, and Roberts families, converged for gatherings, repairs, and a rock crusher project west of town. The gravel road north of York was completed last week and river levels rose 13 inches Sunday night.
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