Miles Lowry contests supervisor race in Douglas county
Miles Lowry files a contest against opponent Charles Madden amid election irregularities in Douglas county. The contested race reflects four votes allegedly affecting the Douglas supervisor position, with Martinsville and surrounding counties referenced in the fragmented report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nois
Crawford
Clark
Cumberland
Martinsville
Miles Lowry
Douglas
Charles Madden
Aiseane
Hereford Breeders Sale Draws Crowd at Martinsville Fairgrounds
The semi annual Hereford sale at Martinsville fair grounds attracted buyers for 31 females and 30 bulls. Champion bull, a Feb 1958 calf owned by Rhoden Herefords, Ashmore Illinois, sold for 10. Top female went to Pax ton Mark Hanner Kansas for 400. Rincker Hereford Farms. reserve honors went to John C Thompson Martinsville. Total sales reached 20 910 with next sale set for October 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark, County Hereford
Martinsville Fair Ground
Rhoden Herefords
Ashmore
Whitlock Farm
Champion
C. J. Willingham
Allin
Paxton Mark Hanner
Kansas
Rincker Hereford Farms
Strausburg
Illinois
John C. Thompson
Martinsville
Renners Herefords
Marshall
Bull
Longwood Ferms
Lake Villa
Ilinois
Martinsvilla
Victor Arnold
Casey
Bill Woolever
Toledo
Marshall Community Unit Schools shakeup and bids approved
Dean Murphy, Industrial Arts teacher, resigns to join the Welfare Department effective April 16. Lewis Goekler hired to teach Industrial Arts for the rest of this year and 1959 60. Board to solicit bids on gasoline oil seal oil coal and tires with responses due by May 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Murphy
Marshall Community Unit Schools
Murphy
Welfare Department
Lewis Goekler
Harold Howard
Superintendent of Schools
Cancer Crusade Opens In Clark County
Charles Crumlin, chairman of the Clark County chapter, announces the American Cancer Society campaign opened April 8. He says increased funding boosts cures with early detection and prompt treatment, noting about a third of patients are cured now and could rise by fifty percent with public support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Cancer Society
Charles Crumlin
Clark County
Crumlin
Former Darwin Woman Maude Paddock Dies in Findlay Ohio
Maude Paddock aged 80 a former Darwin resident died at her daughter Frances Turman’s Findlay Ohio home early Saturday. She is survived by two granddaughters. The body lay in Prust Hosch Funeral Chapel West Union Saturday night. Funeral services were held Monday at 2 30 with Rev H J Kemp, burial in Darwin cemetery. Mr and Mrs Arthur Morgan of Plainfield Indiana visited his sisters and other relatives last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Paddock
Darwin
Frances Turman
Findlay
Ohio
Prust- Hosch
Weat Union
H. J. Kemp
Darwin Cemetery
Arthur Morgan
Plainfield
Indiana
Fred Jeter
Leone Irne
Velsicol Plans Safety Meeting in Marshall
A semi annual Plant Wide Safety meeting is announced at the Marshall plant for Tuesday April 21 at 8:00 p m in the American Legion auditorium. Clyde Powell will present Don't Bet Your Life with card tricks and safety lessons aimed at industry. Powell is a safety psychologist and hypnotist and public relations director for Lahigh Safety Shoe Company division of Endicott Johnson Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velsicol
Marshall
American Legion Auditorium
Clyde Powell
Powell
Sherper
Amaiteny
Lahigh Safety Shoe Company
Endicott Johnson’ S Corproration
Endicott
New York
Deaths: Mrs. Charles Cole and Pearson Owen McCarty
Mrs. Charles Cole of Marshall died Friday at age ninety at her home 414 N Sixth Street Longtime resident. Survived by two sons four grandchildren and one great grandchild Private funeral services were held at Moore Funeral Home with Rev H J Kemp officiating and burial in Marshall Cemetery Pearson Owen McCarty 58 of rural Paris died Wednesday at home Survived by wife Velma two sons Paul and Lee three daughters and three brothers and one sister Burial in Marshall Cemetery after services at Marra Funeral Home Friday at 2 00 p m led by Rev H J Kemp
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Cole
Marshall
N. Sixth Street
Fenton
Harry
Lakeland
Florida
Moore Funeral Home
H. J. Kemp
Marshall Cemetery
Pearson Owen McCarty
Paris
Velma
Paul
Rockville
Indiana
Lee
Velda Mae
Beverly K
Maxine Kirby
Fred
Cleo
Stevens Point
Wisconsin
Albert
Torrence
California
Goldie Amione
Hawthorne
Marra Funeral Home
Clark Center Home Bureau Holds April Meeting
Clark Center Home Bureau unit met at Mona Kelley’s home. Letta Walker presided as chairwoman with officers elected for the coming year. The major lesson was Household Aid Defense Kit by Ella Fikuart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Center
Ella Fikuart
Letta Walker
Ada Goble
Dorothy Davison
Grace Richey
Charice Gard
Thelma Stephen
Ethel Fraker
Alta Cook
Vada Shaffner
Nettie E Babout
Pansy Weger
Frieda Morgan
Mable Burkett
Clara Bertram
Miss Fikuart
Fragmentary Local Notes on Individuals and a Liquor Case
The text lists multiple people with surnames Cooley Kuykendall Pine Dewey Bloodworth and mentions a pipeline accident near a place, a stray steel fragment damaging an organ, and a Terre Haute report where Figg was acquitted of a liquor law charge after officials raided a place and found whiskey claimed for medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fern A. Cooley
Wm. C. Kuykendall Grace Pine
Wabash
H. M. Dewey
Yor
Thf
Marshall
Ag William Bloodworth
Terre Haute
Figg
Obituary of Mrs Siddibemeck at 45 in Marshall
Mrs Siddibemeck wife of Siddibemeck died at her Marshall home Friday evening aged 45. The obituary notes her marriage and family connections with district residents. Funeral arrangements were not included in the readable portion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E ‘“Siddibemeck
Taal
Marriage Licenses Filed for Four Couples in Marshall and Robinson
Gene Schmalhausen 46 of Robinson and Genevieve McCauley 36 of Marshall applied for marriage licenses. Donald C Albers 24 of Marshall and Natalie Hubbard 23 of Casper Wyoming also listed. In circuit court Tuesday William Pompy Dixon received a 1 to 20 year sentence at Menard for the January 13 robbery of Mrs Matt de Spencer near Marshall after his motion for a new trial was denied. Kaja Sales received the same sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Schmalhausen
Robinson
Genevieve McCauley
Marshall
Donald C. Albers
Natalie Hubberd
Casper
Wyoming
William Pompy Dixon
Matt de Spencer
Menard Penitentiary
Kaja Sales
Martinsville Tragedy Claims 4 Year Old Drowning
Four year old Alice Jeanette Craig daughter of Ralph and Mrs. Craig drowned Saturday afternoon at the family home southeast of Martinsville. Also in Marshall, 75 year old John E. Cole owner of Cole Cigar Store since 1941 died at his Marshall residence Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Jeanette Craig
Ralph Craig
Martinsville
John E. Cole
Cole Cigar
Marshall
Three Clark County youths enlist in U S Army in Paris
Three local youths join the U S Army this month through the Paris recruiting station. Clifford Edington, Kenneth Mason and Edwin Hall enlist for three years. Edington and Mason are at Fort Leonard Wood for processing before basic training. Hall, with prior artillery service, will be assigned to an artillery unit at Fort Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County
U. S. Army
Army
Paris
Clyde Mc Kern
Clifford Alien Edington
Orla G. Edington
North Fourth Street
Casey
Kenneth Paul Mason
Richard P. Mason
Hickory Street
Marshall
Edwin Lee Hall
Route 4
Martinsville
Edna Hall
Barton
Clifford Edington
Kenneth Mason
Fort Leonard Wood
Missouri
Edwin Hall
Army Artillery
Fort Wood
Williams enters Mayo Hospital for serious checkup
Roscoe Williams of West Terre Haute entered Mayo Hospital Rochester Minnesota this week for a check up his condition is very serious Mr Williams is a brother to Mrs Grace Gard West Union
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Roscoe Williams
West Terre Haute
Mayo Hospital
Rochester
Minnesota
Mr. Williams
Grace Gard
West Union
Wedding Ceremony at West Union Church Features Lace Jubilee
A Saturday wedding at a Marshall church featured a lace gown with a chapel train and sequin neckline. The bride, cousin Carol Curran maid of honor, and bridesmaids Patti and Suzie Mitchell wore yellow organdy gowns. The groom’s brother Larry Wells served as best man, with ushers Gene Lindley and James Curran. A reception followed at the American Legion Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wees
Marshall
Son
Kenneth
Carol Curran
St. Mary's of the Woods College
Pies Patti
Suzie Mitchell
Hoopeston
Ill
Sally Guinnip
Larry Wells
Gene Lindley
James Curran
American Legion Home
Jeannie Stepp
Martha Duran
Betty Gore
Bernadine Johns
Wadine Volkers
Carolyn McConachie
West Union
Peter F. Mack
Washington,d. C
Frank Pertit
Debbie
Patricia
James
James McKeever
Joe
Jack Rickell
Jay Mitchell
Erma Rae Madden
Barbara
Indianapolis
Lowell Mitchell
Suzie
Patti
P J Anholt
Gay Mitchell
Hoopeston, Ll
Lillian Luddon
Rita
St Louis
Harold T. Craig
Charleston
Attend Junior High School Conference at University of Illinois
The Junior High School Conference met at the University of Illinois on April 3 with 600 teachers and administrators attending. Ro bert S. Gilchrist spoke on the junior high role amid new scientific developments and curriculum changes. Eight discussion groups explored topics for teachers and administrators from Marshall included Mildred Frazier, Margaret Ferris, Florence Bubeck, and Priscilla Wieck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Ilinois
Robert S. Gilchrist
University City
Missouri
Culum
Marshall
Mildred Frazier
Margaret Ferris
Florence Bubeck
Priscilla Wieck
Mrs. Lucas Named County Chairman for 1960 Conference
Mrs Myron Lucas of Marshall named Clark County chairman for the 1960 White House Conference on Children and Youth called by President Eisenhower for March 1960. Local committee members from Marshall Casey Martinsville West Union and Westfield areas join to prepare surveys and recommendations guiding the national event.
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Myron Lucas
Marshall
Clark County
White House
Lucas
Robert Schwartz
Herman Seidel
Ella J. Fikuart
Marie Johnson
Public Aid
Felicia Lowry
Dorothy Shirely
C. A. Bush
Kemp County
Virginia Medsker
Parents Teachers Association Unit IT
Betty Abel
George Mitchell
Coy Harmon
Mary Ann Moore
Unit TV
All of
Ruth Hanners
Tedrick
Eugene Johnson
Mildred Tyler
Casey
Dorothy Ferguson
Warren Bundy
William Camp
Dale Sinclair
Citizens Education Committee
Olen Wells
Martinsville
Local Births Report From Illinois and California
Hatake and Kay Staub family announce the birth of Annette Marie a 6 pound 12 ounce daughter born Saturday in Palestine Illinois The couple also has a son Charles Jr Vernon Kile and Marie Rile are tied to a seven pound 11 ounce son Michael Aaron born April 13 in El Segundo California Danny Taylor and spouse welcome Sally Jo a seven pound four ounce daughter born at Union hospital on April 9
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Miller
Palestine
Illinois
Annette Marie
Charles, Jr
Kay Staub
Joe Staub
Vernon Kile
el Segundo
California
Michael Aaron
Vernon
Marie Rile
Marshall
Danny Taylor
Sally Jo
Union Hospital
Auxiliary Pot Luck Supper Before April Legion Meeting
The American Legion Auxiliary invites members to a 6 30 p m pot luck supper at the Legion Home before the regular meeting on Tuesday evening April 21 Each member should bring a covered dish as meat and drinks are provided by the committee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Home
Golden Age Club Hosts Ladies of Baptist Church
The Golden Age Club will be hosted by the Ladies of the Baptist church on Saturday April 1 at 2 00 pm. Transportation can be arranged by calling 8356 6654 5237 4923 or 4296.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of the Baptist Church
Marriage License for Swengel and Jines in Indiana
Ralph H Swengel aged 47 of Elizabeth Town Indiana and Ruth Jines aged 42 of Columbus Indiana are issued a marriage license. The license confirms their intent to wed in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph H Swengel
Elizabethtown
Indiana
Ruth Jines
Columbus
Marshall High School Science Club Announces District Fair Plans
The Bi-Phy-Chem Science Club at Marshall High School aims to increase scientific knowledge and community service. Officers include President Carole Lewis and Treasurer Joyce Miller. On April 18 the group will take projects to the district science fair in Charleston showcasing physical and biological works.
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Science
Marshall High School
Ite
Spire
Club
Carole Lewis
Christine Goekler
Jeanne Stepp
Joyce Miller
John Bush
Charleston
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Acme
Hereford
At- High
Cancer Society
Findlay, Ohio
Clyde R. Powell
Clark Center Home Bureau
Frank Finkbiner
Nocatee
Don Hackett
Westfield
Mack Strohm
Olivia Turk
Hatake
Ra — Golden Age Club
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