Reunion of Fenton Thornsburg families near Marshall
The seventh annual reunion gathered at Arch Thornsburg’s country home north of Marshall. Attendees included Arch Thornsburg and family, Alice Doll, Pickens and Marrs families from Marshall, Fenton relatives from Prairie Creek, Terre Haute, Farmersburg, and Pensacola, plus many others. The next gathering is set for the second Sunday in August at Pearl Fenton’s home north of Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenton-Thornsburg
Arch Thornsburg
Marshall
Harry
Alice Doll
James B. Pickens
Clara Marrs
John
Kathryn
Fenton
Eben Paddock
Clara
Job McClanahan
Deloris
Betty
Mary Ruth
Granville Johnson
Lucille
George
Doris Fenton
Pete Marrs
Darline
Annabelle
Ladean
Jack
Wilma
Prairie Creek
Ind
Pearl
Ina
Mary Cathryn
Ira Pickens
Owen
Clifford Pickens
Farrel
Elizabeth
Clifford Jr
Grover Lewis
Alice
Otto Marrs
Jessie
Marcella
Ira Drake
Emerson
John Bohannan
Vera
Jane
Allo
Terre Haute
Cassius Fenton
Haseline, Clarence
Wayne
Farmersburg
James G. Pickens
Duane
Ruth
Vern Pickens
Eugene
Charles Thornsburg
Paul Allen
Louis Hawker
James
Ella Mae Cork
Pearl Fenton
Social notes from West Union and North Judson visits
Mrs. Ann Pratt returned home Monday after visiting relatives and friends in West Union. Mr and Mrs Charles P Roney of North Judson Indiana were guests Friday of Rev John Mundorf and his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Pratt
West Union
Charles P. Roney
North Judson, Ind
John Mundorf
Classified Money Loan Notice and Local Ads
Classified column lists money to loan on real estate and farm lands at low rates by Cole and Cole Loans and Insurance in Marshall Minnesota. Also ads for coal delivery, sale of used furniture, farm rental requests, hunting restrictions, vehicle sales, and small loans on property by B F Johness and H M Dewey and Co. Other notices include farm rental requests by John Newkirk Yale Ill and a floor polisher rental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole & Cole Loans and Insurance
Marshall, Minneis
B.f.johness
Stas Nagee
Mrs. R. E. Claypool Injured in Auto Accident Near Marshall
Mrs. R. E. Claypool of Chicago is convalescing after being thrown from a moving automobile north of Marshall. While traveling with her son Richard and sister-in-law C. G. Claypool, a door opened and she fell into a ditch. She was treated at a Paris hospital before staying with her sister Mrs. James Sheppard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Claypool
Chicago
Marshall
Claypool
C. G. Claypool
Richard
Paris
James Sheppard
Family Trip Near Brazil Ind Inspires Scout Group
Mr and Mrs Will Beuhler and daughter Erlene and Mr and Mrs T W F Clark traveled to Camp Krietenstein southeast of Brazil Indiana on the Eel River. They returned with Miss Jane Clark who had spent two weeks with 48 Terre Haute girls under five scout officers supervised by Miss Dorothy Duddleson and assisted by Miss Ruth Mereke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Beuhler
Erlene
T. W. F. Clark
Camp Krietenstein
Brazil
Ind
Eel River
Jane Clark
Terre Haute
Dorothy Duddleson
Ruth Mereke
Dinner guests tour oil fields near Martinsville
Mr and Mrs J L May hosted a Sunday dinner with guests including Mr and Mrs Frank E May and Vera. Mr and Mrs Otto E May and sons Joe and Lauren. Mr and Mrs Frank Canutt of Lafayette Ind. Mr and Mrs Henry Brutus. Mr and Mrs Walter Brutus. and Mrs Melissa Ellis of Attica Ind. In the afternoon the group toured the oil fields and the tank farm near Martinsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. May
Frank E. May
Vera
Otto E. May
Joe
Lauren
Frank Canutt
LaFayette
Ind
Henry Brutus
Walter Brutus
Melissa Ellis
Attica
Tank Farm
Martinsville
Miss Esther Wright and John Black Visit at Tower Hill Camp
Miss Esther Wright and John Black were guests of Rev. and Mrs. R. G. Bristol at Tower Hill Camp Sawyer Michigan along Lake Michigan for a week. The party spent Monday and Monday night in Chicago and then Wright and Black returned home Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Bristol plan to visit Mrs. Bristol’s home near Quincy and return the last of August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Wright
John Black
R. G. Bristol
Tower Hill Camp
Sawyer
Mich
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Miss Wright
Mr. Black
Mrs. Bristol
Quincy
Mitchellville area social notes and visits
Houston visitors Mrs. R E Smith and Mrs Clifford Norris travel to Marshall to visit relatives and friends for weeks. A Zion Sunday school picnic is planned for August 29 at Will Abels grove south of Marshall. Several families from Marshall and nearby towns attend reunions and family gatherings across Indiana and Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Smith
Clifford Norris
Houston
Texas
Marshall
Norris
C. E. Clatfelter
Mrs. Smith
Charles Veach
Auburn
Zion Sunday School
Will Abel's Grove
Mrs C E McMorris Family Return From Cleveland Visit
Mrs C E McMorris and her daughter Martha and son Charles E Jr will arrive home tomorrow. They have spent several weeks in Cleveland Ohio visiting her mother Mrs Barney Metsch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. McMorris
Martha
Charles E. Jr
Cleveland
Ohio
Barney Metsch
Leah Adams Visits Shelbyville Friends Return
Miss Leah Adams of Shelbyville is a guest of Miss Catherine Allen. Miss Adams came home with Mr. and Mrs. O K Allen and family Sunday after visiting friends in Shelbyville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leah Adams
Shelbyville
Catherine Allen
Miss Adams
O. K. Allen
Births and social notes from Oakwood Park gathering
Miss Mildred Seldel and Miss Hannah Hawker attended the Oakwood Park Assembly at Lake Wawasee near Syracuse Indiana last week and returned home Sunday. Word has been received here of the birth of a daughter Mary Emma to Mr and Mrs Harry Yettes at Atlanta Georgia. Mrs Fettes was formerly Miss Mary Miller of Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Seldel
Hannah Hawker
Oakwood Park
Lake Wawasee
Syracuse
Ind
Mary Emma
Harry Yettes
Atlanta
Georgia
Fettes
Mary Miller
Marshall
Notable Sunday Outing to The Shades and Turkey Run
Miss Blanche Craig Miss Odelia Staub Harry Miller and Homer Finkbiner motored to The Shades and Turkey Run Sunday and spent the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Craig
Odelia Staub
Harry Miller
Homer Finkbiner
Shades
Turkey Run
Local visitors travel with families across Indiana
Mrs. Stella Warner Mrs. Lillian Chase and Miss Sue Montgomery visited near Indianapolis on Tuesday and Wednesday with Mr and Mrs Allen Wallis. Mrs. Harry Black and daughters Aileen and Maxine of Terre Haute spent last week with her brothers and family Wm Higginbotham of Fishback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Warner
Lillian Chase
Sue Montgomery
Indianapolis
Allen Wallis
Harry Black
Aileen and
Maxine
Terre Haute
Wm. Higginbotham
Fishback
Ladies from Houston visit in Friday outing
Mrs. Charles Veach Mrs. Fannie Norris and her guest Mrs. R E Smith of Houston Texas spent Friday in the company of local acquaintances enjoying a day of socializing and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Smith
Houston
Texas
Charles Veach
Fanny Norris
Smith
Fannie Norris
Terre Haute
Miss Virginia Forbeck Returns Home From Visit
Miss Virginia Forbeck of Terre Haute returns home after a 10 day visit with her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Ben Wallis. Several locals host and visit relatives with friends in Paris Olney Olney Indianapolis South Bend and Champaign. Robert H Snyder buys Mitchell shoe repair shop and plans to move family to Marshall next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
LaRue
Ben Wallis
Marguerite
Virginia Smith
Harvey Smith
Olney
Virginia Forbeck
Terre Haute
Ben’ Wallis
Virginia Smith of
Mrs. Ward LaRue
Mitchell
Robert H. Snyder
Hymera
Ind
F. L. Mitchell
Marshall
Snyder
Tractors collide injuring William Houk on North Eighth
William Houk son of Mr and Mrs Dean Houk suffered a large gash in his right leg when two tractors collided on North Eighth street Friday. He was driving a Carnine Construction Company tractor paving the street and was thrown between the machines. He is recovering nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Houk
Dean Houk
North Eighth Street
William
Carnine Constriction Company
Former Marshall Man to Help Entertain Legion
Dr. P. P. Haslitt of Dallas has been named to the state entertainment committee for the American Legion national convention in San Antonio from October 8 to 12. Haslitt helped organize Radio Post in Dallas and served on its membership and executive committees. He is a former Marshall doctor, with Mrs Haslitt and the children spending the summer in Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. P .Haslitt
Dallas
Texas
National American Legion
San Antonio
Dallas Dispatch
Haslitt
Veterans Bureau
Radio Post
Marshall
Marriage Licenses List From Indiana Couples
A list of marriage licenses shows multiple couples from Indiana towns including Greencastle Brazil Hudson Oblong Terre Haute West Terre Haute Marshall Yale and St Francesville. Ages range from teens to sixties with partners ages 17 to 63.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Baron
Greencastle
Ind
Ellen Denham
Brazil
H. R.stuart
Hudson
Mabel C. Littlejohn
Claude ‘St. John
West Union
Ruby Bonesteel
West York
Fred Fuson
Terre Haute
Ella Wilson
West Terre Haute
Floyd Huey
Nellie Carpenter
John R. Cottom
Dorothy Spencer
Jesse E. Loughers
Fereal Baillett
Wesley Easterday
Marshall
Alice Lambdin
Fred Trigg
Bellair
Thelma Hunsaker
Yale
Ann Hamilton
Almira Wolf
St. Francesville
Edgar Vestal
St. Marys Ind
Mildred Phillips
Holscher selects two for Boys State at Illinois Fair
B F Holscher, county superintendent of schools, selected Vern Stewart a sophomore and Russell Myles a junior from Marshall township high school to attend the Boys State Fair School at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield from August 18 to 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Holscher
Vern Stewart
Russell Myles
Marshall Township
Springfield
Also Mentioned on This Page
James Mundy
Cozy
Guy Murphy
Louisville
Abraham Lincoln
Lorene Kalmey
George Robertson
Pensacola
Florida
Casey
Robertson
Claude St. John
Squire Thomas Craig
Craig
Cecilia Neale
Maude
Harry Maurer
AETNA
al Aetna
Mark
West End
Judd Harlan
C. D. Gardner
Newt Wilson
John Newkirk
Yale, Ill
Michael Golden
Lester Henderich
Johnson
H. M. Dewey & Co
Harry Manrer
J. S. O'Neal
J. C. Shoemaker
Baker
Hal O’neal
Carlyle, Ind
Walter O’neal
Fort Benjamin Harrison
C. D. Mitchell
R. A. Mitchell
Emma Mitchell
Joe Hutchinson
E. H. Mitchell
Middletown
Mitchellsville
George Waldron Jr
Chenoa
G. M. Waldron
Genevieve
South Bend
South
Perry Williams
Roscoe Williams
Joe Williams
Avon
Carrol, Gard
Ohio ‘Vicinity
John’ Seigel
Shirley
Isabel
C.B. Williams
Giles Bartlett
Cleone
Clarence Reed
Roger
Earl Scholfield
Columbus
Rosa Thompson
Elizabeth Peyton
Terre
Haute
C. O. Thornsburg
Orville Murphy
Harvey
Syra Murphy
John Layton
Catherine: Layton
Ralph Gregory
Edith Cole
Fred ‘Baker
Charles Kelley
Fannie Criswell
Maurer Apent
Martin R. Mundorf
Pittsburgh, Pa
Freda Hagist
Washington, D. C
Flora Hagist
R. H. Gard
Weat Union
Evelyn Gard
Walter Downing
Everett German
LaGrange
Geo. German
Hugh Hansen
Ward LaRue
Marie McDaniel
Farmersburg, Ind
C. L. Lash
Ralph Chenoweth
Champaign
Jay Swern
Mrs
Frank Lotzen
Virginia Allen
Sylvia Short
Edith Short
Augusta O'Neal
South Bend, Ind
W. H. Hastings
Louis Lawrence
Doris Eileen
Pat Rose
George Farris
Carrolly Gard
George Seeberger
Terry Haute
Harold Luse
Alice Spotts
Victor Miller
Holscher
Herald
Marshall Maid Bread
Elite Bakery
Marshall, Ill
By Kesler
Kesler Motor Co
Claypool Exchange _ Building
George O’brien
Virginia Valli
J. Farrel MacDonald
Buck Jones
Clara Bow
Kirchner
Chas. Kirchner
LeSeure’s Cash Store
Booth & Handy
Country Club
Krogers
Graham
Pork & Beatis
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