Old Graveyard Beauty Project Under Way In Carmi
White County Board of Supervisors resumes cleanup of the eight acre old City Cemetery at Main Cross and Robinson streets in preparation for the Sesquicentennial. The Old Graveyard Association led by Ivan A Elliott and Maren Stinson Elliott finances the effort with bonds and endowment funds.
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White County Board of Supervisors
Old City
Eight Acre
Main Cross
Robinson Streets
Robert J. Williams
Donald Hon
Charles Schneider
Harry Phil Pearce
Maren Stinson Elliott
Miss Stewart
Don Burris
Filliott
Carmi Native Victoria Davis Hits 103 In Orlando Lifestyle
Carmi born Victoria Davis celebrated her 103rd birthday at her Orlando home. Born January 10 1863 in Carmi she sang in Trinity Methodist Church and remains active in piano and daily long car rides. Her family once operated a general store near Burnt Prairie and her father owned farms shipping grain to New Orleans.
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Carmi Times
Victoria Davis
Concord Street
Orlando
Florida
Miss Davis
Grahan Hotel
Main Street
Carmi
Appel and
Griffith Hardware
Graham's
B. F. Davis
Burnt Prairie
New Orleans
Louisiana
Sue
Evansville
Indiana
Trinity Methodist Church
Meansville
Carmi Plans Yearlong Sesquicentennial Celebrations
White County residents map a four season observance for Carmi's 150th birthday with a February 26 bands concert at Carmi Township High School gym. The program features a Lincoln Heritage Trail march and joint high school bands under Paul W. Shahan. A Sesquicentennial queen contest follows on March 5 at Washington Gym, with a Queen and court to rule the year. The Messiah will be sung March 27, and May 13-15 brings the State Historical Society convention with tours and banquets.
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White County
Carmi
Carmi Township High School
Paul W. Shahan
Murray State College
Murray
Kentucky
Washington Gym
Beta Nu
Beta Sigma Phi
Washington Cym
State Historical Society
Recollections of Emma Shaw from Carmi to Richmond
Emma Graham Shaw born 1874 in Carmi recalls early White County life and her family’s business history. She and husband Charles Elbert Shaw worked in photography, lived in several western cities before settling in Berkeley and later Richmond. The narrative covers Graham family roots from 1817, the Central House hotel, and the Graham Manufacturing Company with its move to Main Cross and First Streets and efforts rebuilding after a 1888 fire.
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Leo A
Florence FE
Viano
Emma Graham Shaw
Carmi Times
Emma Graham Sitaw
Carmi
Theodore Roosevelt
Daniel and
Florence Scott Graham
Carmi High
Denver
Colorado
Charles Elbert Shaw
Terre Haute
Indiana
Shaws
Salt Lake City
Utah
Boise
Idaho
Spokane
Tacoma
Washington
Portland
Oregon
California
Berkeley
Shaw
CARMS
Charles Elbert
Emma Graham) Shaw
Nathaniel Parker Graham
White County
Uniontown
Kentucky
Graham
Daniel Horace Graham
Florence Scott
John J
Louisa
Holmes Scott
Scottsville
Wayne County
Illinois
Wabash
Staley Mill
George S. Staley
Imma
Dr. Dixon
Third Street
Stewart
Miss Tuma
Main Street
Susannah Fraser Graham
Issn's
Byrd Patrick
Walnut
Walnut St
Cherry Street
Viskniskki
Mr. Viskniskki
Main Cross
First Streets
Smith and
Eighth Streets
Graham Manufacturing Company
Elis
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White County Fairgrounds
Progressive
Florence Shaw Viano
Dan H. Graham
Florence) Viano
Dan Graham
Scotsman Ice Machine
Hobart
Homer
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