Fourth Annual Fall Festival in Marshall Illinois
The fourth annual community sponsored fall festival unfolds in Marshall Illinois September 7 and 8 1962 with a parade Marshall high school band and a large student body, a carnival by the courthouse square, an auction and cake walk, the Ken Griffin show, sales days by merchants, a Saturday lineup including the Jackson Township Band and a chicken barbecue, a grand parade with bands horses and antiques, fiddlers contest finals, various entertainments in front of the courthouse, a festival drawing and a TV set drawing, and a street dance led by Jim Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Illinois
Marshall High School
Marshall Community School
Court House Square
Marshall Lions Club
Ken Griffin
Marshall Merchants
Jackson Township
Brazil
Indiana
Court House
Jim Davis
Farewell party for Clark County Home Adviser Ella Fikuart
Mrs Ella Welsh and Mrs Jessie Welsh hosted a farewell for Ella Fikuart, Home Adviser for fourteen and a half years. She resigns to move to Cape Girardeau Missouri. Readings and songs were enjoyed, with gifts and a Q and A about her life and plans. Next week the Morgan family reunion advertises a basket dinner at Bishop Sales Barn in Marshall, inviting relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Welsh
Jessie Welsh
Ella Fikuart
Clark County
Miss Fikuart
Cape Girardeau
Missouri
Rosa Smith
Home Bureau
Beverly Welsh
Helen Tingley
Delane S. Cleaver
Jack Shedlebower
Vernon Hildebrand
Newton
David Henry
Mattoon
Illinois
Carl Hall of
Oblong
Basil Moore
David W. Volkers
Sandra McCord
Randy Hume
W P. Tennell
Bloomington
Indiana
Vicki Volkers
Marshall
4 H Members at Illinois State Fair Be judged on livestock shows
Illinois 4 H members receive ratings for dairy cattle beef sheep hog poultry and demonstrations at Springfield fair. Gary Miller and Ronnie Miller top Brown Swiss awards while Donnetta Bland shows strong Poland China and Shropshire results. Junior and senior classes rank across calves yearlings heifers gilts boars and pens with multiple champion and reserve placements noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Stevens
Guernsey
Gary Miller
Ronnie Miller
Ronald Pine
Hampshire
Joe Boyer
Tamsworth
Brenda Bennett
Poland
China
Barrow
David Francis
Duroc
Jeanette Francis
Ronnie Carr
Chester White
Donnetta Bland
Shropshire
West Union Family Returns From Eastern Trip
Mr and Mrs Don Hosch and Greg and Diane returned to West Union after a ten day eastern tour visiting Erie Pennsylvania and Niagara Falls. They stayed in Baltimore with D D Trust and cruised Chesapeake Bay aboard the Marietta guest yacht of C D Manhert. On return they stopped in Washington where Greg Hosch met Senator Dirksen and saw the Senate in session. Allen Kile and family moved from Gary Indiana to a new Archer Avenue home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Hosch
Greg
Diane
West Union
D. D. Whitlocke
Erie
Pennsylvania
Niagara Falls
Baltimore
Maryland
D—D Trust
Chesapeake Bay
C. D. Manhert
Marietta
Washington
Hosch
Dirksen
Senate
Polls Set Up For Wheat Quota Referendum in August
Ralph Martin, chairman of the local ASC committee, announced polling places for the August referendum on the 1963 wheat quota. Ballots may be cast from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 30, at Marsh House, including Spanderson, Auburn, Darwin, D Marshall, Wabash, and York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Martin
ASC
Marsh House
Spanderson
Auburn
Darwin
D Marshall
Wabash
York
Refresher English course offered at high school
A refresher English course for students entering college will be offered at the high school in room 111. The course begins Monday Aug 27 at 9 00 am with sessions through September 4 and the week of Sep tember 4 in the evenings. American Legion Auxiliary holds Aug 21 meeting and announces new officers. Carpet rags are requested for veteran projects at Danville Hospital. call Betty Francis. Dues due. contact Ruth Fetters for cards. Membership open to wives children and sisters of WWI and WWII service members. meetings are the third Tuesday each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Betty Francis
Ruth Fetters
Alice Little
Dale Parker
Dorothy Clark
Flo Reed
Ina Faye Miller
Danville Hospital
Deaths and court case from Marshall area noted
Obituaries for Gay Cunningham 61 of Colorado Springs and Robert Woods 47 of Terre Haute. Burial details given. Also circuit court session in Marshall with Sally B. Taylor v James H. Taylor, defendant ordered to pay 120 dollars monthly for child care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Zollie O Arbogast
Marshall
Sally B. Taylor
James H. Taylor
Washington School Pupils 1906 7 Darwin Township
Washington school pupils in Darwin township for 1906 7 are listed in three rows with teacher Myrtle Coldren. Front row includes Russell Myles Rose Geheb Lyman Willfond Bonnie Day Clara Schaefer Carrie Heleine Lambert Hammond Marie Schaefer Altha Hix Ruth Willfond Ocie Hix Aaron Blockir Pupils also named Electa Burkybile Freda Schaefer Myrtle fer Lavinia Hammond. Back row lists Myrtle Coldren teacher Dan Schaefer John Willfond Leitha Hix Edward Geheb Carrie Saiter Anna Timmerman Anna Geheb Minnie Schaefer Etta Eaton Marie Heleine John Sockler Bert Timmerman Tracy Willfond Aaron Schaefer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Myles
Rose Geheb
Lyman Willfond
Bonnie Day
Clara Schaefer
Carrie Heleine
Lambert Hammond
Marie Schaefer
Altha Hix
Ruth Willfond
John Imle
Ocie Hix
Aaron Blockir
Washington School
Ger
Electa Burkybile
Freda Schae
Earl Myles
Carl Albrecht
Herman Day
Myrtle Coldren
Dan Schaefer
John Willfond
Leitha Hix
Edward Geheb
Carrie Saiter
Anna Timmerman
Anna Geheb
Minnie Schaefer
Etta Eaton
Marie Heleine
John Sockler
Bert Timmerman
Tracy Willfond
Aaron Schaefer
Home Adviser Fikuart Ends Clark County Extension Service tenure
After fourteen and a half years with the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension, Home Adviser Miss J. Fikuart concludes her Clark county tenure August 31 1962. The article notes progress in 4 H and home economics programs and commends her administrative and financial work. She plans retirement in Cape Girardeau Missouri and invites visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooperative Extension Service
University of Illinois
A J. Fikuart
Clar County
Clark County
Benjamin Franklin
Fikuart
Renavaca
N. Ellis
Cape Girardeau
Missouri
Lveryone
Welsh Farms to Host State Tour August 30
Welsh Farms in Clark County Illinois will host a state tour on August 30. The program runs 10 a.m. to noon with stops at poultry feed and grain swine and crops. An afternoon session will cover operation details and adaptation for other farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County
Illinois
Marshall
Ray, Robert
Joe Welsh
Warren Bundy
Clark County Farm Advisor
Illinois Farm Bureau Farm Management
Illinois Cooperative Extension Service
D. F. Wilken
Mumford Hall
University of Illinois
Urbana
Young Angler Reels 7 Pound Bass In Local Pond
Fisherman Kimmy Cork twelve year old son of Mr and Mrs Rex Cork of Cedar Street caught a seven pound two ounce bass from a pond south of town Timmy Cork twelve year old son shows his catch and is in line for gifts from the Wabash Valley Sportsman Club
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimmy Cork
Rex Cork
Cedar Street
Timmy Cork
Wabash Valley Sportsman Club
Renewal Notice With Expiry Date
A notice explains the date shown marks when your time expires for renewal. If the date is Sept 1, 1962, that is the deadline. It thanks readers for renewing.
Zoar Homecoming to Be Held at Zoar Church
Homecoming set for next Sunday August 26 at Zoar Church twelve miles south of Martinsville with a basket dinner at noon Dr Robert Castlewood district superintendent of the Methodist Church will be the speaker Singers from Annapolis will perform Everyone welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zoar Church
Martinsville
Robert Castlewood
The
Methodist Church
Annapolis
Clark County Picnic for Former Residents Set at Wicker Park
Annual reunion for Clark County former residents on September 9 1962 at Wicker Park Highland Indiana. Park lies at the intersection of U S routes 6 and 41. Basket dinner at 1 00 p m with business at 3 00 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County
Wicker Park
Highland
Indiana
New Cases in Circuit Court
Willard Milam sues Otis Tracy in a complaint at law. Harold Newberry obtains judgment by confession against Dean Fowler and Clara June Fowler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Milam
Otis Tracy
Harold Newberry
Dean Fowler
Clara June Fowler
Births Report for Three Newborns in Midwest Homes
Mr and Mrs Paul Lee Wyrick of West Terre Haute welcomed a baby girl named Paula Kaye born Sunday August 19 at Union Hospital Terre Haute weighing 7 pounds 15 ounces. Mrs Wyrick is formerly Barbara Kay Spencer daughter of Walter Spencer of Marshall. Byron Stepp announces birth of a boy Todd Alan born August 15 to his wife Eleanor Rhoads. Jon Robert Black and his wife Marjorie Barnett of Paris announce a son Jon William born August 3 in Augsburg Germany weighing 6 pounds 14 ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Lee Wyrick
West Terre Haute
Union Hospital, Terre Haute
Paula Kaye
Barbara Kay Spencer
Walter Spencer
Marshall
Byron Stepp
Todd Alan
Eleanor Rhoads
Sp 5
Jon Robert Black
Augsburg
Germany
Jon William
Black
Marjorie Barnett
Frank Barnett
Paris
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. B. Morgan
Bishop Sales Barn
South Ninth Street
Springfield
Mary Lou Burton
Angus
Rose Ann Bennett
Allen Kile
Gary
Archer Ave
HIGH
Nees
Gay Cunningham
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Altay
Marigny
Ina Goldburg
Miami
Florida
Lulu Raisner
Mabel Raisner
Marshall, Ill
Eilene Habegger
Muncie
Pearl Terrell
Tucson
Arizona
Warren Cunningham
Charles Cunningham, Jr
Nellie Amacher
Our Chapel of Memories
Robert Woods
South Sixth Street
Terre Haute
Elizabeth
Norman Woods
Marrs
Leonard Fletcher
Marshall Cemetery
Darwin Township
Ruth Nadine Volkers
Cloud D Hume
First Methodist Church
W . Volkers
North Third Street
Mr Hume
Virgil R. Hume
Lloyd G Hume
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Ralph L. Hume
Newston
Everett Lawrence
Vince Betz
Eric Thomas
Warren Wells
Johnnie Wyrick
William Elledge
Allan Stoffers
Jean Melkxee
Mary Jane Carey
Joan Wolkers
Norma West
Delane Cleaver
Polly Cork
Norman Cork
Hume
Marshall Community High School
Eastern Illinois University
Robinson Junior High School
People’s State Bank
Newton Community High School
Lockyear’s
Business College
United States Army
Ea- Welsh Farms
Zoar Homecoming
NEW Cases Circuit Court
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