State President Speaks at Clark County History Dinner
Robert Smith president of the Illinois State Historical Society spoke at the Clark County Historical Society dinner at Tom's Cafe on April 6. He urged markers at historical sites across the county and noted Abraham Lincoln's 1850 Marshall appearance. He praised attendees and encouraged the young society's future, with plans for state sesquicentennial celebrations.
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Robert Smith
Illinois State Historical Society
Clark County
Clark County Historical Society
Vigo Rock And Gem Show At New State University
The Vigo Rock And Gem Club hosts its third annual show at New State University in rooms 106 and 107 on Sunday April 16 from 1 to 5 PM. Free admission with rocks gems fossils jewelry and artifacts on display. Demonstrations of cutting polishing and tumbling accompany free mineral and fossil specimens while supplies last contact Carl Frerich 117 Barton Avenue Terre Haute 234 7194.
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Vigo Rock and Gem Club
New State University
Carl Frerich
Barton Avenue
Terre Haute
Legion Auxiliary to Hold April Meeting at Legion Home
The American Legion Auxiliary meets Tuesday April 17 at 8 p.m. at the Legion Home with president Dale Parker presiding. Members are urged to attend as tray favors for disabled veterans at Danville VA Hospital will be made. bring scissors pencils and pens.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Home
Dale Parker
Danville VA Hospital
American Legion Essay Contest Winners Named
The American Legion and Auxiliary announce 1967 essay winners by grade level. 11th–12th Mary Kay Pearce first Becky Hartman second. 9th–10th Donald Thompson first Melody Marvin second. 7th–8th LaDonna Rinard first Jon Frazier second. First-place essays advance to district judging and all winners receive medals at May honors assembly.
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The
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Mary Kay Pearce
Becky Hartman
Donald Thompson
Melody Marvin
LaDonna Rinard
Jon Frazier
Fatal tree felling accident near Wabash township
Samuel Stepp of Wabash township died instantly last Friday afternoon while cutting trees on Sam Liffick’s farm. The report notes a dangerous work incident with no further details provided.
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Samuel Stepp
Wabash Township
Sam Liffick
Cairo
Chicago
Danville
Effingham
Walter Nicol
Emma
Craig
Anderson Township
Dorsey Troxer
Olive Davis
Casey
Roye Robert Griffith
Gladys S. Sweet
Martinsville
Don R. Bennett
Ethel A. Goble
Westfield
Christian Hutchings
Dolson Township
Fern Jones
Forty Years Ago 1927 Emanuel Claypool Returns Home
Emanuel Claypool arrived home Sunday from Long Beach California after two years away in Marshall. He traveled both ways by automobile. Mr and Mrs Dan Milburn Lower Wabash announce the arrival of a baby boy Frederick born Wednesday.
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Emanuel Claypool
Long Beach
California
Marshall
Dan Milburn
Lower Wabash
Frederick
Births and visits from regional families
Thirty Years Ago item notes Daniel Joseph Masey born Monday to Mr and Mrs Joe Masey and Donald Dale Pulver born last Monday to Mr and Mrs Fred Pulver of Chicago. James Murphy of Cleveland visited Friday and Saturday with Mr and Mrs Dean Murphy at West Union.
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Joe Masey
Daniel Joseph
Fred Pulver
Chicago
Donald Dale
James Murphy
Cleveland
Ohio
Dean Murphy
West Union
Vietnam Soldier Home on Furlough
Spec. 4 Gordon L. Cannady returns from one year in Vietnam with the 116th Assault Helicopter Company. He spends a 30 day furlough with his mother Mrs. June Cannady and relatives before reporting to Fort Rucker Alabama. He has been awarded the Air Medal and the First Oak Leaf Cluster for meritorious achievement in aerial flight in support of combat ground forces in Vietnam.
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Gordon L. Cannady
June Cannady
Loren
Kenny
Paul
Georgia
Elaine
Judy
Vietnam
116Th
rAssault
Ft. Rucker
Alabama
Canady
Republic of Vietnam
Birthday and birth notices plus marriage licenses listed
Twenty years ago in 1947 Mr and Mrs Ed Gard hosted dinner for Mrs Anna McVick and Mrs William Lickert birthdays. Births include Judith Ann to Mr and Mrs Henry Geheb of Detroit and Diana to Mr and Mrs Robert Swartz of Dolson township. Marriage licenses issued to Nelson Beasley and Lorene Swope Martinsville and John Andrews Casey and Everlyn McNurlin Casey.
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Ed Gard
Anna McVick
William Lickert
Ands
Robert Swartz
Dolson Township
Diana
Nelson Evan Beasley
Lorene Swope
Martinsville
John W Andrews
Casey
Everlyn McNurlin
H I A Quarterly Meeting Elects New Clark County Leader
The Clark County H I A held its regular quarterly meeting March 31 at Ralph Davison’s home in Marshall. Harold Imle chaired as outgoing president after ten years. Olen Wells was elected president for 1967-68 and formed a new board including Doyle Greenwell and Dean Hendrix. Speakers included Frank Barnfield of Altamont on life and disability insurance and James Desper of Olney on Blue Cross Blue Shield enrollment. Hildred Spotts and 15 directors attended.
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Clark County
H.la
Ralph Davison
Marshall
Harold Imle
Olen Wells
Doyle Greenwell
Dean
Hendrix
Ralph
Pix
Sears
Frank Barnfield
Altamont
Illinois
Standard of America
James Desper
Olney
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Hildred Spotts
Ten Years Ago Births and Marriage License in Clark County
Births record from 1957 noting Robert Gerald Stout born April 1 Dale Allen Hollingsworth Cheryl Kay Nelson April 8 and Kenneth Vanarsdalen daughter April 1. Marriage license shows Leland Buckner 26 Marshall and Betty Baker 21 Marshall. County tax totals in Kemp office list $1,282,688.51 to be collected this year in Clark County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Stout
Robert Gerald
Victor Hollingsworth
Dale Allen
Walter Nelson
Cheryl Kay
Kenneth Vanarsdalen
Leland E. Buckner
Marshall
Betty Joan Baker
H. J. Kemp
Clark County
Marshall High Students Shine at District Science Fair
Eight Marshall High students competed in Charleston with projects like Crystal Clear Atom Energy Water and others. John Myles earned first place for Water while Patty Davidson and Sam Jones received high marks and advance to next month’s State Science Fair opportunities.
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Marshall High
Charleston
Becky Hartman
Patty McNary
Jim Davis
Atomic Energy
David Melcho
Tessa Coil
Melody Marvin
John Myles
Patty Davidson
Sam Jones
Wes
Marshall Chamber of Commerce Monthly Meeting Recap
The Marshall Chamber of Commerce met at Colonial Kitchen on Wednesday April 5 at 7:00 a.m. Attendees included Fenton Quick A F Fields Paul Martin Burt Cline Wayne Pennell David Nash Ayres Duran and C D Hammond. President Quick led the session as ticket money from the Comprehensive County Planning dinner was noted. Discussion focused on electing a county park board and a dues drive for the coming year. The meeting adjourned at 8:30 a.m.
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Marshall Chamber of Commerce
Colonial Kitchen
Fenton Quick
A. F. Fields
Paul Martin
Burt Cline
Wayne Pennell
David Nash
Ayres
Duran
C. D. Hammond
Quick
Pennell
Former Local Boy Receives Honors at Wabash Valley College
Jeffry Haugh son of Charles Haugh Jr and Mrs Betty Haugh Mt Carmel IL named to Wabash Valley College Dean and Honor List as one of sixty seven full time students with a B average or better He is grandson of Mrs Chas Haugh Sr Pvt Jerry Helman Fort Polk LA who visited family and flew from Hulman Airport to Fort Lee VA Monday
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Jeffry Haugh
Charles Haugh
Betty Haugh
Mt. Carmel
Illinois
Wabash Valley College
Jeffry
Chas, Haugh
Pvt
Jerry Helman
Fort Polk
Louisiana
Henry Helman
Dawn
Hulman Airport
Fort Lee
Virginia
Marshall Community Unit elects two to school board
In the April 8 election two board members were chosen for Marshall Community Unit Schools. Joe Welsh received 102 votes and William Bubeck 116 with 117 total votes cast and no spoiled ballots. The new board includes Welsh, Bubeck, plus Lucan Guinnip Tarble Stoelting and Macke.
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Board of Education
Marshall Community Unit Schools
Joe Welsh
William Bubeck
Wayne Lucan
Robert Guinnip
Martin Tarble
Willard Stoelting
Arnold Macke
Ohio
Clark Center Extension Officers Elected at April Meeting
The Clark Center unit of the Home Makers Extension Association met at the home of Mrs. Pansy Weger on April 5. Officers for next year were elected: Thelma Stephen chairwoman, Zola Wolfe first vice chair, Iva Stephen second vice chair, Pansy Weger secretary, Neema Mullen treasurer. The minor lesson on washing bed pillows and the major lesson on mental health were presented. A coin collection was taken and several members and guests attended.
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Clark Center
Homemakers Extension Association
Pansy Weger
Thelma Stephen
Zola Wolfe
Iva Stephen
Neema Mullen
Grace Richey
Alice Walker
Kitty Higginbotham
Stella Cox
Virgie Wells
Ruth Brotherton
Ethel Fraker
Mabel Burkett
Fred Morgan
Cecil Staley
Pansy We
Dennison Woman Fetes 50th Anniversary with Family Dinner
Mrs Augusta Holmes of Dennison marks fifty years since her April 8 marriage to Rev Earl Phillips by hosting a large family dinner at her home on April 9. Guests include many Dennison and Marshall residents and distant relatives. she received about 100 cards and numerous gifts. S.M./Sgt. and Mrs C D Howell, visiting relatives, announce retirement plans and posting new duty station at Offut AFB near Omaha after serving in multiple overseas tours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta Holmes
Dennison
Earl Phillips
Earl Kirby
Kathry
Minner
Dean Holmes
Deanie
Route One
Harold Holmes
Earl Brown
Mary Jo
West Terresvoute
David Sweitzer
Marshall
Joan Campbell
Seeleyville
Indiana
Richard Waugh
H. W Daugherty
Joe Ramsey
Daisy Prilett
Harold Morecraft
Donald Martin
Larry
Darrell Savant
West Terre Haute
Jerry ‘Holmes
Becky Strohm
Ella Waugh
Terre Haute
Lester Alexander
Paris
Jerry Waugh
Shannon
Indianapolis
Lottie
Linda Wilt
Holmes
S.M
C D Howell
William Garwood
Howell
Philippine Islands
Taiwan
Thailand
Offut
Omaha
Nebraska
Germany
Japan
Korea
Explaining Taxing Powers of County Park District
Attorney William Mechling will explain the taxing powers of a county park district. Stanley Tyler and Dr Darrel Atkins will discuss needs and future outdoor recreation development. Henry Wallace of the Wabash Valley Association will speak again, with Soil Conservation Service technicians available to answer questions. Candidates for park commissioners will attend.
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Wm. Mechling
Stanley Tyler
Martinsville
IBC Homes
Charleston
Darrel Atkins
Eastern Illinois University
Henry Wallace
Wabash Valley Association
Wallace
Soil Conservation Service
Max Burkybile Attends National Youthpower Congress
Max Burkybile of Casey joined 31 Illinois high school students at the National Youthpower Congress in Chicago at the Sherman Hotel from March 29 to April 1. Nearly 200 delegates from 20 states attended. Clark County Farm Bureau funded his transportation. The congress, held annually in Chicago, aims to educate teenage delegates on nutrition food distribution processing retailing and careers in the food industry, sponsored by the National Food Conference.
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Max Burkybile
Harry Burkybile
Casey
Ilinois
Sherman Hotel
Chicago
Max
Clark County Farm Bureau
National Food Conference
Deaths in Marshall area noted in February obituaries
Miss Louise Kearns 61 of Chicago formerly West Union dies Monday. Homer Swisher 73 Marshall passes away at Paris Hospital. Keith Kinder dine 29 West Union drowns last week at Crawford Sand and Gravel Co. Elmer Hoggatt and Raymond Miller families attend Danville Consistory open house. Local residents visited St Charles Missouri relatives. Ira Murphy hospitalized in Paris Hospital. Surviving family members listed for each obituary.
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Louise Kearns
West Union Dieaq
Chicago
Nelle Kearns
Joliet
Tllinois
Jeanette Lane
Wauconda
Illinnis
Roy
Roanoke
Virginia
Russell
Marshall
Forrest
Martinsville
Prust- Hosch
Stanley Icenogle
Bunal
Marshall Cemetery
Homer I! Swisher
Paris Hospital
Marshall American Legion
Marrs
H J Kemp
New Goshen Cemetery
Keith Kinderdine
Route 1
West Union
Crawford Sand and Gravel Co
Hutsonvile
Potter Hall Church
Wilford Cunningham
John Conover
Warrison
Prust-Hosch
Elmer Hoggatt
Raymond Miller
Joe Kemp
Cliff Etcinson
Dan Gard
Danville
Marshall Classroom Teachers Elect New Officers for 1967 68
At the April meeting of the Marshall Classroom Teachers Association officers were elected for 1967 68. Miss Rachel Griffiths will be succeeded by Don McFall as president with Fred Hayes as vice president and Miss Betty Logan secretary treasurer. Edith Kammacher serves as reporter and Robert Morris on the legislative committee discussed pending state bills affecting teaching.
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Marshall Classroom Teachers Association
Rachel Griffiths
Don McFall
Fred Hayes
Betty Logan
Edith Kammacher
Births announce two new sons in Marshall and Indianapolis
Mr and Mrs Lavon Richey Route 8 Marshall announce the birth of Gary Lee on March 28 at Union Hospital weighing 8 pounds 9 ounces. Mr and Mrs William L Elledge of Indianapolis announce a son born April 5 weighing 7 pounds 14 ounces named Brian Scott. Mrs Elledge is the former DeAnn Kammacher. Mrs Mattie Hurst has returned home from the Burnside Home.
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Lavon Richey
Marshall
Gary Lee
Union Hospital
William L. Elledge
Indianapolis
Brian Scott
Elledge
DeAnn Kammacher
Mrs. Mattie Hurst
Burnside
VTI Open House Event Schedules In Carbondale Area
Southern Illinois University's Vocational-Technical Institute plans its sixth annual Open House on Friday April 28 and Sunday April 30 on campus nine miles east of Carbondale near the Carterville Crossroads. The event features tours demonstrations and program displays for 1500 students across 26 certificates and degrees with sessions for high school groups and general public including a Friday evening cosmetology show and aviation program details at the airport with bus service.
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Southern Illinois University
Vocational-Technical Institute
Carbondale
Route 12
Carterville
VTI
Harry Soderstrom
Open House
Soderstrom
Holineis
VTTI
Southern
Division of Technical and Adult Education
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Vigo
Legion Auxiliary News
H. I. A. Quarterly Meeting
Marshall Chambber
Commerce
Memorial Christian Church
Mello Tones Quintet
Kansas Christian Church
Powers County Park District
National Youthpower Congress
Don Garwood
St. Charles
Missouri
Ira Murphy
Robert Morris
Legislative Committee
Fappa Sigma Society
Fort Wayne
Clatre Zschau
Zeni
Marshall Hiurh Schou
Poenturoa
Macon County School of
Dorothy Clark
Nai Hart
Yetha Edwards
Marshall Lodge
Lloyd Claypool
W. M
L. H. Johnson, Sr
Secy
Mabel Stoelting
Terra Haute
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