Local notices and marriage licenses in scattered counties
The record lists marriage licenses for Otis W Gross and Grace Spivey of Johnson township. J Everett Robinson 18 and Flossie Brandenberg 17 of Casey. Mason Horsley 21 of Wabash township and Evelyn Finkbiner 18 of Marshall township. and James Scott Griffith 28 of Chicago with Jessie B Lee 21 of Marshall. It reports a fire at a large oil gusher near St Francisville killing one person and destroying eight 1000-barrel tanks with the rig burned but the well controlled, plus fifteen drills in the area. Also noted: a Kansas and Westfield railway sale at Paris for 6000 to Price and Cowley of Brocton, and a Ku Klux Klan meeting in the court room headlined by Bob Evans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis W. Gross
Grace Spivey
Johnson Township
St. Francisville
Harry Martin
Marshall
Utah
Vera Cruz
Jane Nidey
Matthias Nidey
West York
Colorado
J. Everett Robinson
Casey
Flossie
Brandenberg
Mason Horsley
Wabash Township
Evelyn Finkbiner
Marshall Township
Kansas and Westfield
Edgar and
Clark Counties
Paris
Price
Cowley
Brocton
Coles County
James Scott Griffith
Chicago
Jessie B. Lee
Harry B. Downey
Orange Township
Grace Blankenbeker
Bob Evans
East St. Louis
Births and murder case update from 1934 era
Thirty years ago in 1934 births announced for Mr. and Mrs. Lester Pine of Wabash township a boy born Sunday April 21 and Mr. and Mrs. Aden Redman northwest of Marshall a son Harvey Aden born Thursday April 19. Judge Platt of Danville denied a change of venue in the Hubert C Moor murder case and set trial for Monday May 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Pine
Wabash Township
Aden Redman
Marshall
Harvey Aden
Platt
Danville
Hubert C. Moor
Local Patrolman to resign leave Marshall for Sea Isle City
Twenty Years Ago 1944 Wilbur Clark, a patrolman on the Illinois State Highway for two and a half years, will resign and leave Marshall about May 10. He will move to Sea Isle City New Jersey to work as an editorial assistant with Garden State Publishing Co. Births: Mr and Mrs Ray Kammacher Par is announce Karen Lee born at Union Hospital Terre Haute. Capt and Mrs David Illyes Lake Wales Florida announce birth of a son Tuesday. Pfc Billie Forrest Marrs 20 gunner and ten others died Monday afternoon when their ship crashed near Ardmore Oklahoma. Marriage license: William D Hills 25 and Betty Dean Kelley 16 Martinsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Clark
Marshall
Clarks
Sea Isle City
New Jersey
Garden State Publishing Co
Ray Kammacher
Paris
Karen Lee
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
David Illyes
Lake Wales
Florida
Billie Forrest Marrs
Ardmore
Oklahoma
William D. Hills
Betty Dean Kelley
Martinsville
Ten Years Ago Fatalities and Births Highlight Local Notices
Ten years ago Michael Wallace a 7 year old of Walnut Prairie was struck by a truck suffering a broken arm a broken leg and a deep cut to the head. Omar Blankenship announces the birth of a daughter at Union Hospital Terre Haute weighing 6 pounds 3 ounces. Dale Veach found 187 mush rooms near two ash trees and brought them to the Herald. Marriage licenses issued for Charles Finney and Marcella Anderson both of Casey and Bill Finley with Wanda Slagley of Martinsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Wallace
Willard Wallace
Walnut Prairie
Omar Blankenship
Blankenship
Marshall
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Dale Veach
Clark Center
North Center Club Meeting With The Villagers
The North Center Community Club will meet Friday April 24 at 7 30 pm The Villagers from Martinsville will entertain Refreshments will be as usual Mrs C A Dixon was a Sunday dinner guest of Mr and Mrs William Dixon and children
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Center Community Club
Martinsville
C. A. Dixon
William Dixon
How to Choose a Range for Spring Cooking
Extension advice helps compare ranges by family needs and cooking habits. Consider price, frequency of use, built in versus free standing, eye level or drop in models, and available space to avoid waste and better fit plans and moves.
Births announce three new Anchorage area babies
Mr and Mrs John W Tumey of Anchorage welcome daughter Katherine Midori born April 13 at 3 49 pm at Presbyterian Hospital weighing 6 4 with brother Michael Kenji. Grandparents Edward Tumey Sr of Marshall and a Yokosuka Japan mother Mari Schmizu. Mr and Mrs Allen Boyer welcome son John Allen born April 15 at Union Hospital weighing 6 11 mother Susan Coleman. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Whitkanack welcome daughter Gwyn Lynette born April 12 at Union Hospital weighing 7 pounds mother Beverly Scott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Tumey
Anchorage
Alaska
Katherine Midori
Presbyterian Hospital
Michael Kenji
Edward Tumey
Marshall
Mari Schmizu
Yokosuka
Japan
Allen Boyer
Union Hospital
John Allen
Kenneth Whitkanack
Gwyn Lynette
Beverly Scott
Missionary to Head Hunters to Show Slides at Trinity
The Rev. Paul B. Schwarze, the area’s only white Protestant missionary, will present colored slides of pioneer work in western Borneo at Trinity Church Marshall on April 29 at 7 30 p m. He will return to Borneo in August to continue work among the Dyaks. Judy Beltz underwent surgery at Union Hospital Friday. room 422.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul B. Schwarze
Skyam River
Borneo
Trinity Church
Evangelical United Brethren
Marshall
Schwarze
Westmont College
Santa Barbara
California
School of Missionary Medicine
Los Angeles
Wheaton Graduate School
Wheaton
Illinois
Willis O. Simpson
Trinity
Judy Beltz
Union Hospital
Watershed Tour Schedules In Sullivan Indiana
The Clark County Soil and Water Conservation District and the Mill Creek Watershed steering committee sponsor a Bus seron Watershed tour at Sullivan Indiana. Meet at the Farm Advisor's office in Marshall at 12 gon Friday April 24. The tour will view flood retention dams under construction some completed with a return to Marshall by 5 00 p m. Open to interested attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County Soil and Water Conservation District
Mill Creek
Thompson earns nursing cap at Lake View Memorial School
Miss Janet Thompson daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Thompson Rural Route 1 Danville Illinois recently capped at Lake View Memorial School of Nursing Danville marking completion of the first six months of a three year nursing program She is a 1963 graduate of Marshall High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Thompson
Ray Thompson
Lake View Memorial School of Nursing
Danville
Illinois
Thompson
Marshall High School
Meyrl Braynard announces Sharon Braynard James Hilbert engagement
Mr and Mrs Meyrl Braynard announce the engagement of their daughter Sharon to James Hilbert son of Mr and Mrs Vern Hilbert. The couple plan a May 17 wedding at the First Congregational Church Marshall at 3 00 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyrl Braynard
Sharon
James Hilbert
Vern Hilbert
First Congregational Church
Marshall
Republican Luncheon at Paris Features Phyllis Schlafly
Edgar County Women's Republican Club plans an area luncheon at 12 30 p m Wednesday April 29 in Paris Moose ballroom. The program will include Phyllis Schlafly Jr of Alton Illinois Federation of Republican Women president. Reservations arranged through Mrs. Douglas Dewey in Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar County Women’s Republican Club
Paris
Paris Moose
Phyllis Schlafly Jr
Alton
Ilinois Federation of Republican Women
Schlafly
Washington
U. S. Senate
Congress
St. Louis
Douglas Dewey
Marshall
MODEL MISSES 4 H CLUB MEETING REPORTS TALKS AND BAKE DEMONSTRATION
The Model Misses 4 H club met Thursday April 16 at Sharon Burkybile s home with fourteen members and two guests present. Karen Koutsoumpass spoke on Hem Finishing Debby Francis spoke on Choosing Your Pattern and Sharon Burkybile demonstrated How to Make Banana Bread. Meeting adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Model Misses 4-H
Sharon Burkybile
Karen Koutsoumpass
Debby Francis
Lincoln Trail 7 Library Assistants elect officers
Miss Mary Robinson and Miss Patty Fetters of Marshall elected secretary and reporter for the Lincoln Trail 7 division of the Illinois Student Library Assistants Association. Officers include President Evelyn Goodrich, Arthur vice-president Mike Enderbradee Dieterich and treasurer Gene Finley Westfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Robinson
Patty Fetters
Marshall
Lincoln Trail-7
Illinois Student Library Assistants Association
Marshall High School
Evelyn Goodrich
Arthur
Mike Enderbradee
Dieterich
Gene Finley
Westfield
Clark
Coles
Cumberland
Douglas
Edgar
Effingham
Moultrie
Mary Amadi
Port Harcourt
Nigeria
Africa
Miss Amadi
Indiana State College
Mildred Frazier
Barbara Lashbrook
High School Library Club
Lincoln Trail 7
Mary Reoking
Kay Dunn
Linda Dandeman
Janice Morton
Mary Jane O'Rourke
Cindy Smitley
Kay Fetters
Ins
Marsha Gilbert
Judy Prather
Virginia Miller
Beverly Sloan
Next _row
Mildred C Frazier
Helen Andrews
Barbara Juna Kirkland Dieterich
Lola Sistler
Elizabeth Bevington
James R Haskett
Sullivan
Martha KE. Noyes
Mary C Amadi
Allegra Wilber
Neoga
Steve Bender
Gerald Waters
Mike Endebrack
Danny Richardson
Michael Dean Bernard
Marshall family in Anchorage earthquake
Mr and Mrs Edward Tumey of Marshall report that their son John Wie Tumey and family Kenji and Midori are safe after the Good Friday quake in Anchorage Alaska on March 27. Ground upheavals opened a forty foot gap under their trailer and cracks spread across streets and buildings but the Tumeys suffered no injuries and hope to repair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Tumey
Marshall
John
Tumey
Kenji
Midori
Anchorage
Alaska
4Th Avenue
Shore
J. C. Penny
L Street
McKinley
Cordéua
Clark County Scholarship Winners Named for 1963 64
Clark county awarded two four year tuition exemptions at Illinois state universities based on ACT scores from November 9, 1963 and February 15, 1964. Winners are Dixie D Morgan Rural Route 5 Marshall and Michael McClellan 409 North Washington Street Martinsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County
Tlinois
Myron R. Tedrick
Ilinois
Dixie D Morgan
Marshall
Michael McClellan
Washington Street
Martinsville
Deaths and funerals in Terre Haute and Marshall
Obituary notices report Ben H Stockwell 75 died Sunday at Union Hospital Terre Haute survived by wife Florence son evangelist Chelsea Stockwell brother Zearn Stockwell of Pueblo Colorado sister Jennie Taylor West York three grandchildren three great grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday Moore Funeral Home 200 pm Rev Leon Finney officiating burial Black Cemetery. John W Thompson 70 Rural Marshall died Thursday night at Union Hospital retired seven years from Pennsylvania railroad rights of way maintenance. Survived by wife Anna sister Mrs Della Scoggins Los Angeles nephew Charles R Sullivan Terre Haute. Funeral Monday 2 00 o clock Moore Funeral Home Rev H J Kemp officiating burial Marshall Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben H. Stockwell
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Florence
Evangelist Chelsea Stockwell
Zearn Stockwell
Pobeblo
Colorado
Jennie Taylor
West York
Moore Funeral Home
Leon Finney
Black Cemetery
John W .Thompson
Marshall
Pennsylvania Railroad
Anna
Della Scoggins
Los Angeles
Charles R. Sullivan
Moore Funeral
H J Kemp
Marshall Cemetery
My Redeemer Liveth Cantata by Marshall Methodists Choir
The Marshall Methodist Choir performed the cantata My Redeemer Liveth on Palm Sunday afternoon with members from area churches. Front row includes Mary Kay Mitchell and director. second row lists organist and pianist. third row features Harold Fellshoff and several Goodwins among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
My Redeemer
Palm
Mary Kay Mitchell
Lisa Smitley
Eben Wetzel
Priscilla Wick
Kathy Coldren
Also Mentioned on This Page
North Center School
Indiana
Sharon Braynard
Library Assistants Association
Marshall Methodist Choir
Vaughn Arney
Carol Sullivan
Marthann Bush
Anne Zschau
Susan Moore
Diane Simpson
Berniece Brosman
Janet Hillis
Carol Coldren
Diane Gentry
Lola Ann Goodwin
Michele Blundell
Jane Dyes
Judy , Olsen
Connie Claypool
Janice Gagen
Jane Pearce
Chris Bennett
Janet Huffington
Helen Moore
Harold Fellshoff
William Coldren
William Goodwin
Terry Howad
Herman Seldel
James Goodwin
Ronnie Eitel
Larry Miller
John Hancock
Doit Lichtenberger
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