Sesquicentennial Year To Keep J. Robert Smith Busy
Carmi’s Sesquicentennial year rests on J Robert Smith a 60 year old veteran newspaperman and leader of the Carmi Sesquicentennial Commission and White County Historical Society His career spans the Carmi Democrat Tribune Evansville Sun Courier and Press and later feature writing while guiding local observances He is a longtime Carmi resident with deep ties to Betty Lend and a life rooted in history and public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmi
J. Robert Smith
Carmi Sesquicentennial Commission
White County
Smith
Baltimore Sun
Elizabeth Betty Lend
Bob
Carmi Democrat-Tribune
Rob
Evansville Surday Courier & Press
Carmi Sesquicentennial celebrated amid historic notes
Carmi marks 150 years since 1816 founding along Little Wabash river with special editions dated February 8 1966 and December 9 1965. The Carmi Times publicizes limited print runs and mail orders, thanking contributors who supplied articles and images for posterity.
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Carmi
Wabash River
Armi
White County
Carmi Times
Tinois
Carmi Township
Textra
Four Season Celebration Marks Carmi Sesquicentennial
Thousands prepare for a four season festival celebrating Carmi’s 150th birthday with bands choirs exhibits parades and fairs from February 26 to October 15. Highlights include a flag presentation a Queen contest Messiah concert state history convention Fourth of July events threshers reunion and a Kiwanis Cory Day parade ending the year with a fall festival and street activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmi
Carmi Township
Paul W. Shahan
Murray State College
Washington School Gymnasium
Beta Nu
Beta Sigma Phi Sorovity
I Flander
Carmin Tawnship High School
John William Brown
Ilinois
Kiwanis Cory
Birthday Greetings For February 8 1966 Group
Happy Birthday to the many individuals listed including E H Atteberry Duby Howard Brickman Carol Copelin Mrs Grace Cross Mrs Marilyn Duncan Gordon Fanny Edith Files Elizabeth Hertzing Albert Hon L J Kirkpatrick W H Cy Knight Tina McCallister Mrs Betty Muse Alene Page and others celebrating today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. (Duby) Atteberry
Howard Brickman
Carol Copelin
Grace Cross
Marilyn Duncan Gordon
Fanny Edith Files
Elizabeth Ann Hertzing
Albert Hon
L. J. Kirkpatrick
W. H
Cy” Knight
Tina McCallister
Betty Muse
Alene Page
Carmi Name Repeats Across North America
Noble D. Hill notes in Carmi Sesquicentennial year that several places share the name Carmi. He lists Carmi in British Columbia between Midway and Princeton, Carmi in Mississippi County Arkansas near Monette and Manila, and Carmi Kansas once a Missouri Pacific freight station, now not shown on maps.
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Noble D. Hill
Gary
Indiana
Carmi
Canadian Pacific Railway
British Columbia
Canada
Midway
Princeton
Arkansas
Monette
Manila
Mississippi County
St. Lawson
Malden
Missouri
Trumann
Kansas
Missouri Pacific Railway
White Leads WVA Drive At Ninth Annual Meeting
White County dominated the Wabash Valley Association gathering with 19,373 population and 644 members as of 1965, surpassing all other counties at the ninth annual meeting held in Olney. A Fairfield couple noted the wide interest across Illinois and Indiana counties.
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White County
Wabash Valley Association
Olney
Illinois
Indiana
Fairfield
Bill Theofanopoulos
Bob McDaniel
Hoosier State
WVA
Left Turns Now Lawful At East Main Walnut
East Main and Walnut Streets will allow left turns again after city council action Monday night. Signs dating to 1953 will be removed, enabling turns from both directions. Also approved were a 14 foot right of way on Burrell Park’s west side for Parvin Smith and a salary inquiry for Carmi Municipal Airport manager Nancy Eisner.
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East Main, Walnut
East Main
Walnut Streets
Laurence Bochvinger
Parvin Smith
Burrell Park
Nancy Eisner
Carmi
Roy Matsel
Miss Eisner
History and Tradition in the Stewart Name
Judy Jackson recounts Stewart family history in Carmi, detailing ties to Ratcliff Crebs Connell Hay Webb and notable ancestors. It highlights Miss Mary Jane Stewart, her lineage from James Ratcliff founder of Carmi, Generval Robinson senator, and Revolutionary War veteran William Stewart, with notes on kinship and early local figures.
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Stewarts
Robert F
Margaret Ratcliff Robinson) Stewart
Mary Jane
Judy Jackson
Stewart
Ratcliff
Crebs
Conger
Hay
Webbball
James Ratcliff
Our City
White County
Carmi
Robert Franklin Stewart
Robinson Faiies
Margaret
Robert
Former County Woman Killed In Auto Crash
Mrs. Willis McIntosh of Mill Shoals died in a head on collision Monday night in heavy fog on Hingis Route 1 south of Lawrenceville. Her husband Dr. Carmel McIntosh and Russell Conrad of St. Francisville also died. Betty McIntosh and granddaughter Mary Elizabeth were briefly injured. their son-in-law Jack McIntosh reported no injuries. Dr. McIntosh, a 1921 Indianapolis Veterinary College graduate, had practiced in Carmi and Mt. Vernon before moving to Carmi.
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Willis McIntosh
Carmel
Mill Shoals
Lawrenceville
Carmi
Russell Conrad
St. Francisville
McIntosh
Lawrence County Hospital
Associated Press
Betty
Mary Elizabeth
Shreveport
Louisiana
Jack McIntosh
Indianapolis Veterinary
Early Life in Carmi Revealed by 1829 Bible Clippings
A 1829 family Bible once owned by Adolf Aman, now in White County Museum at Carmi, is the focus of clippings from the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society. Dr. Stephen J. Tonsor details Aman life in Carmi and on his Prairie farm, including his marriage to Sarah Rupert, brick making, and building brick houses.
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White County
Carmi
Rautcliff Inn
Adolf Aman
Noble
Aman
Germany
Munich
Tonsor
Ueralds Prairie
Sarah Rupert
George Logan
Benjamin Brockett
Carmi Platted February 8 1816 and Early History Noted
Carmi was platted February 8 1816 and soon served as county seat. Early residents included Daniel Hay James Gray Thomas Gray Asa Ross and others. Isolation from highways delayed incorporation until 1857 when the General Assembly approved an act incorporating the town.
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Carmi
White County
Daniel Hay
James Gray
Grayville
Thomas Gray
Asa Ross
Thomas Shannon
Josiah Stewart
Lowry Hay
John Storms
Little Wabash River
General Assembly
Wabash Talley Association Holds Ninth Annual Meeting
Carmi and White County residents attended the ninth annual Wabash Talley Association meeting in Olney on February 5. Col Willard F E Roper, district engineer of the U S Army Corps of Engineers, spoke on canal possibilities to straighten the lower Wallas River and reviewed basin projects likely to affect river levels by about 50 percent.
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Carmi
White County
Wabash Talley Association
Olney
Willard FE. Roper
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Wallas
WVA
Henry 2. Wallace
Crossville
Lawrence R. Brown
Frank Thackerman
Harry Phil Pearce
Little Wabash
Albert McCallister
Sam Hassan
Carmi marks 150 years of growth and progress
The article celebrates Carmi's sesquicentennial from its 1816 platting and 1816 birth to a modern city. It highlights historic trading posts, Native American surroundings, resurfaced Main Street, rising population, upgraded education with three grade schools a junior high and a modern high school and ongoing plans for a year long celebration.
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West Oak
Carmi
Carmi Grade Schools Board Approves Aid and Claims
In a routine session the Carmi Grade Schools Board approved the 1965-66 State Aid Claim and the Baptist Children's Home Claim. Superintendent Joy W. Jordan was named to the State Legislative Committee of the Hlinosis Association of School Administrators for 1966-67. He was instructed to write Governor Otto Kerner supporting Corps of Engineers flood control projects on the Helm and Louisville Reservoirs along the Skillet Fork and Little Wabash Rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmi Grade Schools Board of Education
Carmi
Baptist Children’s Home
Joy W. Jordan
Hlinosis Association of School Administrators
Board of Education
Jordan
Otto Kerner
Corps of Engineers
Helm
Louisville
Skillet Fork
Little Wabash
License Plate Deadline Nears for 1966 Plates
Secretary of State Paul Powell reminded motorists the deadline to display 1966 license plates is one week away. By midnight Tuesday February 15, vehicles with 1965 plates face arrest. the rule requires plates to be mounted, not merely applied for.
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Paul Powell
Powell
Carmi Township High to Launch Follow-Up Study
Superintendent E. Thomas C. Jones announced Carmi Township High School will hold a February 10 meeting at 7 30 p m to start a follow-up study. Forty two invited participants will be briefed as the group refines a questionnaire to survey graduates and recent attendees from the past five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Thomas C. Jones
Carmi Township
CTHS
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la Pierre
Nashville
Tennessee
Alfred Keeble
Illinois State Historical Society
Twohman, Onin
Cuyler C. Smith
Sara Smith
Carmi Civil Defense
White County Fair
the Fair Association
Happy
White
J. L
Chick) Graves
Graz
Vivor
General Robinson
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