4 H Show Winners at Marshall Fair Grounds
Results from the Marshall Fair Grounds 4-H Show list beef dairy and sheep champions. Aber ties include grand champion David Bennett and reserve Flore Ketner, with best dairy showmanship by Paul Stephen and Clark County Queen Judy Kirchner crowned at the Grand Ole Opry intermission.
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Marshall Fair Grounds
Angus
Dickie Lamb
Keith Burton
Hereford
Larry Macey
Richard Bennett
Gene Burns
David Bennett
Flore Ketner
Ion
Jersey
Buddy Reed
Leslie Mullen
John Boyer
Christine Gockler
Guernseys
Champlion
Paul Stephens
Larry Comer
Brown
Shirley Miller
Gary Miller
Paul Stephen
Leslie Claypool
Robert Webster
Ronald Claypool
Poland
China
Sherry Bennett
Brenda Bennett
Judy Kirchner
Hampshire
Donald Wetherholt
Larry Smith
Chester White
Robert Millis
Joe Boyer
Duroc
Mike Spittler
Jean Ramsey
Grand Ole Opry
Clark County
Juddy Kirchner
Pikes Peak Patriots
Clark County Agriculture
Cindy Clark
Junior
Linda Behner
Jolly Frolickers
Sharon Parcel
Jolly Juniors
Kay Washburn
Willow Creek
Diana Kline
Donnetta Bland
Hustlers
Carolyn McConchie
Triple T
Piken Peak Patriots
The
Oliver-Go-Getters
State-wide trucking check enforces Illinois Motor Carrier Act
Illinois Commerce Commission field investigators conduct a state-wide check at the Route 40 weight station east of Marshall to enforce the Motor Carrier of Property Act. They verify carrier authority, vehicle markings, and current franchise plates with warnings and escalating fines for non compliance. Investigators also educate carriers on the 1956 requirement for photostatic copies in power units.
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Illinois Commerce Commission
Marshall
Illinois
Timothy Bennett Obituary Highlights Family Man and Deputy Sheriff
Timothy Bennett born March 2 1904 died June 30 1956 at age 52 years 3 months 28 days. Son of Thomas and Ellen Bennett he married Pearl Wallace and had five children. He served as deputy sheriff in Clark County eight years before moving to a farm near Marshall Illinois. Survived by wife four sons one daughter six grandchildren two brothers and three sisters. The notice closes with a mournful verse.
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Timothy Bennett
Thomas
Ellen Bennett
Miss Pearl Wallace
Marshall
Ill
Timothy
Tim
Clark County
Woodman Lodge of America
Pearl
Joseph
James
Victor
Tuscola
Alfred
Robinson
Rose Mary Bates
Champaign
Thurman
Marshall, Ill
Sheila
Farmersburg
Ind
Lillie Reedy
Rosa Shade
Kansas
Hazel Irwin
Gary
Selection of Clark County election board announced
E C Secor announced the appointment of Robert Hollensbe as chairman of the Clark County ACS election board. He will be aided by Don Maulding Farm Bureau president Don Pretzsch Vernon D Evans Noble Lowry to ensure a representative agricultural group to form community election boards by August 14.
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E. C. Secor
Illinois State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Robert Hollensbe
Clark County
ACS County
Hollensbe
Don Maulding
Farm Bureau
Don_Pretzsch
Vernon D. Evans
Farmer's Home
Noble Lowry
Farmer's Union
West Union Tent Meeting Revivals Begin August 20
Revival services by the Church of the Nazarene start August 20 at 7 30 evenings in West Union. Keith and Ramona Sheridan of Willow Hill Illinois will lead the singing each night. The general public is invited to attend.
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Church of the Nazarene
West Union
Keith and
Ramona Sheridan
Willow Hill
Illinois
Clark County ASC selects community election boards
Clark County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee named the 1956 community election boards with members from Anderson Casey Douglas Marshall Martinsville Auburn Dolson Darwin Johnson Melrose Orange Wabash Parker Westfield and York townships. Elections take place September 11 by meeting. offices begin October 1. Eligibility requires farm interest or price support participation. O R Stanfield announced. A revival at Millcreek Church led by Rev Sparling starts August 20 at 7 30 p m.
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Robert Hollenslee
Clark County
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Anderson
Harry Kammacher
Donald Abel
Gus Birchfield
Casey
Vernon Ramsey
Fred Geisert
John Schiver
Douglas and Marshall
Marion McConchité
Earl Weaver
Harold Imle
Martinsville
Wayne Stephenson
Robert Stephens
Lester Maxwell
Euburn
Dolson
Lawrence Lucan
Kenneth Kinneman
Bill Davidson
Darwin
Robert Maurer
Frank Gard
Charley Hilbert
Johnson
Dale Richardson
Edgar Blankenbeker
Guy Neal
Melrose
Chauncey Crow
Fenton Lederman
True Thompson
Orange
Glenn Atkins
Lowell Shanks
Harry Leatherman
Wabash
Howard Murphy
Charles Kibler
Roy Welsh
Parker
Dallas Miller
Bill Ferguson
Olen Pence
Westfield
R. E. Shawver
Lloyd Ross
Clayton Barber
York
Neal Bumpus
Arnold Macke
Boyd Nichols
O. R. Stanfield
Mgr
ASC Com
Five Points Social Notes From Mrs. Glenn Wilholt
Oakland City resident A C Northcutt visits in the area Monday and Tuesday. Opal Higginbotham visits her mother Carrie Alexander near Marshall and sees brother Garnet in Terre Haute hospital. The Blakelys host a Sunday dinner with the Morgans. Sunday school holds a monthly social at the Higginbothams. Local families and relatives gather for visits and carpentry, with Charlie and Len Beachout in town for a few days. Bert Fiscus leaves Paris Hospital for home near Charleston after treatment. Anita Long from Paris visits grandparents Forrest and Mrs Baker. The community notes conclude with a housing add and local ads urging readers to advertise.
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A. C. Northcutt
Oakland City
Indiana
Opal Higginbotham
Carrie Alexander
Marshall
Garnet
Terre Haute
Given Blakely
Sylvan Morgan
Glenn Wilbolt
Joyce
Len Beachout
Newton Brosman
Billie Morgan
Eugene Thompson
West Terre Haute
Bert Fiscus
Paris
Paul Brown
Charleston
Anita Long
Zion Emanuel U B Church Services and Meetings
Zion Emanuel U B Church at 706 Poplar St announces church school at 9 30 with William Ting ley and Sept 10 00 worship service with pastor message Christ s Gifts to His Church Tuesday 8 00 prayer meeting and Bible study church school 9 00 John Doug las Sept 10 00 prayer meeting 7 00 Adult fellowship to meet with Mrs Gene Maurer as leader
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William Tingley
John Douglas
Gene
Maurer
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Bob) Hollensbe
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Jerry Joab
Gerald Robinson
Ronnie Murphy
Dave Bennett
Carolyn Martin
Carolyn Smith
Phyllis McConchie
Choctaw Indians
Shirley O’rourke
Prairie Ramblers
Golden Star
Boosters
4-H Club
Weight
Dad
County Election Board
West Union Tent Meeting
Rev. Vernone
Hammond
John Barrick Evangelist
ASC . Community Election Boards
Millcreek Revival
Millcreek Church
F. M. Sparling
Watson, Ilinois
Frank Ammons
California
Mrs
Glenn Wilholt
Herald
Zion-Emmanuel E. U. B
Poplar St
Wilbur C. Payne
Zion
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