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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1943
Page
2
Plans outline a county wide drive urging every family to participate through the Civilian Defense Corps. Schools will host programs, theaters show slides, and banks assist in bond purchases. Volunteers guide the effort with no pay as county leaders stress supporting soldiers with loans, not gifts.
A large barn on the Dora Brown farm east of the Block Schoolhouse in York township was destroyed by fire about 2:30 yesterday morning. Mr and Mrs Leon Myles resided there and lost harness and sixty bales of hay. The barn carried little insurance and the fire origin remains a mystery.
Mrs. Ella Lycan of West Archer Avenue Marshall fell at home last Friday night and broke her hip. At about 82 she has broken a limb in a fall before in recent years. She was taken to Paris hospital for treatment.
Charles A Thornsburg, purchaser of the George Beuhler farm in Dolson township, brought two stalks of soybeans to the Herald office on Wednesday morning. He said the beans were sown early, explaining a large crop, while later plantings show poor yields.
F Walls of South Fourth Street Marshall brought a raspberry stem to the Herald office Wednesday morning. The stem carried twenty six black raspberries that were mostly ripe and of medium size.
Earl J. Turner of Marshall has earned the Navy wings of gold at Pensacola and is commissioned an Ensign in the Naval Reserve. He will report for active duty at an air training center before assignment to a combat zone.
Clark County Board of Review chaired by Otto Veach with Wm Morgan Ralph Gilbert and clerk Ben Netzley finished 1943 assessments. Total valuation fell to 8,532,698 from 9,237,977 last year as many business sites from 1942 closed or cut stock, contributing to the drop.
Judge Bristow presided a York township liquor trial hearing scheduled for 19:00 a m Wednesday September 22. Home Owners Loan Corp v Guy Estes et al was dismissed with costs paid. Hills v Newberry set for Friday September 24. Goben et al awarded 66.60 against Stricker. Lindley v Lindley reached agreement with maintenance ordered.
Miss Ethel Hurst a Marshall schools teacher wed Fred Gorham of Marshall Saturday afternoon at 2 in the bride’s South Fifth Street home. Rev Leslie C Archer of the Methodist church officiated. Only a few relatives attended.
Game-Warden Vern Davison arrested Fred Hoopengarner of Terre Haute last Monday on Abner Cooper’s Wabash Township farm for hunting without a license. He was brought before a justice, fined 25 dollars plus costs, paid, and released.
Benton Marrs will travel to Terre Haute this afternoon to bring his mother Mrs Zollie Marrs home from Union Hospital to their residence west of Clarksville. Mrs Marrs underwent a major operation on August 6.
A lengthy roster lists soldiers sailors and airmen from Marshall and nearby areas deployed or stationed nationwide. Names include Claude Beltz C W Babcock Robert Horner Harold Hamilton Ferris Highsmith and Arthur Welsh among others with postings at Great Lakes Camp Howze Camp Santa Anita Alameda San Antonio Scott Field Camp Livingston and more.
Marshall Public Library adds selections from the Junior Literary Guild board led by Helen Ferris and Mrs. Roosevelt. Notable titles include Sammi's Army Mischief in Fez The House Between Ski Patrol People Who Work in the City Jenny's Island This Rich World Vast Horizons.
Welsh received his Silver Pilot Wings last week at Pampa Army Air Field in Texas. He is a Marshall Township High School graduate of 1938 and was assigned to a combat crew or an instructor's school after graduation.
Marshall Township High School reports 330 enrollment with 63 seniors 92 juniors 77 sophomores and 106 freshmen. The five three plan schedules classes from 8 30 a m to 3 10 p m and marks accreditation by North Central Association University of Illinois and State Department of Public Instruction. The football schedule lists nine games with Oblong Paris Charleston High and others awaiting dates and locations.
Roy Copher aged 58 died suddenly Friday morning about 5 o'clock while repairing his truck at the H. B. O'Hair filling station in Marshall. An inquest was held by H. E. Swinford at Marrs Funeral Home. Death caused by heart attack. Body taken to his St. Louis home Friday night.
A library feature discusses an ongoing series showcasing a variety of works including a Mongol song a Mohammedan Call to Prayer a Portuguese folk song a Gold Coast melody and many illustrations. The piece notes this is the third installment in the series contributed by a reader.
A large party of Marshall girls seized train No 52 on the Wabash last Friday and spent the day at Sylvan Oliver, enjoying sports and a concert show. They returned home at midnight after a three hour stop while track repairs were checked. Separately, Harry W Frost and Miss Nellie McCord plan to marry in Minneapolis tomorrow and Tom Whitlock leaves C Prevo's Trade Palace due to ill health. Martinsville Baptist church relocates to a new site on York Street with completion expected by November.
1893 summary lists couples issued marriage licenses including Chas O Green to Lillie Cooper of West York and Wm Baggs to Emma Wesnicter of Darwin. Report notes Cherokee Strip trip returns, Jim Cork locating a claim then selling for 25 dollars, and local fruit harvests with Craig’s peaches and Baker’s sixty bushels.
1903 itemization of local social life from Sassafras includes Sunday visits by C. T. English and Charlie English Jr. to Tessie Hall's and Mrs. Mary Ann Forsy at Mel Fawley's. Several small gatherings at homes of Rhoads sisters and Pleasant home of John Ashworth are recorded along with a August 31 marriage of Charles Anacker to Miss Margaret Walls by Judge Connelly of Marshall and various local visits through the week.
Thirty years ago Eison of Marshall visited Marshall many years ago and is currently visiting relatives in the city and vicinity. Emmett Payne has returned to Blount Springs Alabama on Friday to resume railway work with the L and N. Mr and Mrs Walter Hutchinson and Mrs Frank Lupher attended the Terre Haute fair last Thursday. Continues on page 4.
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