Crowned G A Queen at Marshall Missionary Baptist Church
Miss Phyllis Jackson was crowned G A Queen at a formal coronation service at the Missionary Baptist Church in Marshall. Mrs. Evelyn Milam and Mrs. R C Flenner Casey spoke on the G A Watchword and Allegiance, with Janet Bennett and Susie Jackson as flower girls and Rickie Perry as crown bearer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis. Jackson
Missionary,Baptist‘Church
Marshall
Anna ‘Marie Simpson
Creta- Lon Morgan
Wanda Morecraft
Carma’ Wilkinson
Linds
Milam
Wanda Howe
Phyllis
Martin
Ruth
Dorothy Freeman
Theag
Janet
Bennett
Susie Jackson
Rickie Perry
Bobby ‘Lamb
Cueel
Woman's Missionary Union of the Church
Evelyn Milam
G. A
Mrs Ed Powers Injured In Fall Near Livingston
Mrs Ed Powers living north of Livingston fell in her yard on Wednesday afternoon and broke her right leg just above the knee. She was taken to Union Hospital Terre Haute in the Marrs Ambulance for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Powers
Livingston
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Marrs
Attending Pastors School At University Of Illinois
Rev. Swain of First Methodist attends a five day pastors school at the University of Illinois August 27 to 31. The College of Christian Life serves about 1400 Illinois Methodist ministers with Bishop Charles W. Brashares present for full sessions and daily chapel. Faculty includes Dr. Elmer A. Leake and Dr. G. Ernest Thomas. Dr. Howard Grimes from Dallas will teach. Dr. Eugene L. Smith of New York City will speak on Missions and World Order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swain
First Methodist Church
University of Tlinois
College of Christian Life
Illinois
Charles W. Brashares
Chicago
Elmer A. Leake
Boston University School of Theology
G. Ernest Thomas
Nashville
Tennessee
Howard Grimes
Perkins School of ‘Theology
Dallas
Texas
Eugene L. Smith
New York City
Division of
New Case8 in Circuit Court Divorce Proceedings Noted
Fay Carrell sues John H Carrell for divorce in circuit court. In Marshall on Tuesday, the Holwicks of Meridos Illinois, Mr and Mrs Fred J Holwick, visited on business and expect to move to Marshall to reside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred J. Holwick
Meridos In
Illinois
Marshall
Subscriptions expire notices for Marshall Herald
Subscribers are warned that the Marshall Herald subscription marked September 11 expires on that date. The notice urges renewal and specifies expiration aligns with the first of the month in which the subscriber resides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Herald
Chenoweth Accepts Lake Shore Public School Supervisor Post
R W Chenoweth principal of Momence High School for six years accepts an administrative post as supervisor of junior and senior high schools for Lake Shore Public Schools in St Clair Shores Michigan. The district near Detroit has rapid growth and an active building program. Chenoweth holds degrees from the University of Minnesota and has served in multiple educational roles and associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Momence Progress Reporter
Momence, Ill
R. W. Chenoweth
Moménce High School
Theake Shore Public School
St. Clair Shores
Michigan
Detroit
Lake Shore
Momencé Hia
Marshall
Hoyleton
Chenoweth
Lions and Rotary Clubs
Franklin County
American Red Cross
Southern Illinois School Master Club
Egyptain
North Suburban
Wilrobee
Ilinois High School Association
Boy. Scout
Boya
Springfield
Mt Pleasant Church Plans 30th Homecoming
Mt Pleasant church observes its 30th homecoming on Sunday September 9 with a full day of activity. Following morning worship a basket dinner will be served at noon and a program is set for 1 30. Everyone is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant Church
Marshall Chamber of Commerce Directors Meet at Mecca Cafe
The Marshall Chamber of Commerce Directors met Tuesday morning August 28 at the Mecca Cafe with President Joe Macey presiding. They set a tentative budget for the coming year pending membership consolidation and noted the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce meeting in Chicago on October 4 and 5 with noted speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Chamber of Commerce—Directors
Mecca Cafe
Joe Macey
Illinois State Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
Ae Macey
Marriage Licenses for Walter Garner and Wonnona Wilson
Walter Garner aged 23 of route 1 Marshall and Wonnona Wilson aged 31 of Casey obtained marriage licenses. The brief notice lists their names and ages and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Garner
Route 1
Marshall and
Wonnona
Marshall Community Unit announces 1956 57 staff assignments
The board outlines 67 regularly employed teachers along with a long list of principals supervisors and coordinators for the 1956 57 school year. Appointments include C A Bueh as superintendent of schools and E J Herrington as junior and senior high principal. The district also notes pool usage for junior and senior physical education classes and expresses thanks to the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Community Unit
Robert Maurer
Board of Education
C. A. “‘Bueh
A.J. Tyler
Bertha Kannimacher
Don ‘MceNary
Doris Lovecall
Elizabeth Bevington
Olivia, Turk
Ann Kile
Alice Titus
Prudence
Jennie, Brown
Livingston
Orpha Murphy
Ohio
Doris Shawler
Ruth Fredenberger
Cecile Buckner
Ann Kuhn
Irene Manhart
Violet Baker
Mary Curran
LaFern Adams
Mertie Melton
Florence Bubeck
Grover Hartman
Ora Beard
Charles Crumlin
Martha Hixon
Genevieve Perkins
Gertrude Kelley
Mavis Kile
Stanley Leasure
Mildred Hutchens
Mildred Bust
Nicol Flowers
Helen Melchior
Carolyn Low
J. KE. Hinney
Martha Noyes
Laura Junker
Hugh Hutchens
Leota Hutchings
Quimba Norton
Eiverett Robinson
Wayne Cassidy
Herman Carroll
North School
Mard Heleine
South School
Porter Casteel
South
Ray Baggs
Luther Morris
Fred Boyll
Hubert Richey
Martha Bush
Mary Hornbrook
Ellen Coale
Willella Morton
Anna Davidson
Maxine Davidson
Harold Hixon
Coodinator
Virgil Woods
Roy Drum
Dayton Irwin
Rob Simpson
Dean Spittler
Don Cline
Bill Goodwin
Clifford Morgan
Harold Elishoff
Ed Tumney
Ralph Marrs
Ed Drake
Maxine Baughman
Ed Zimmerly
Harvey Swinford
Charles Ingram
Bernard Heleine
Orville Brock
Jake Miller
Garland Eagles
Wilma Burkybile
Arnold Macke
Patchen Withdraws From Governor Race
Herbert C. Patchen of Chicago, Democratic nominee for governor of Illinois, withdrew from the race. Democrats have until Wednesday to select a candidate to fill the vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert. C. Patchen
Chicago
Minois
Real Estate Transfers Across Casey and Marshall Areas
A long list of warranty and quitclaim deeds dated August 1956 records transfers among Gustave Ritter, F. and Martha Robey, Rexford and Ethel Sweet, and many others. Properties include Parker's addition to Casey, Pleasant View Annex in Martinsville, Collins addition to Westfield, Woodford Dulaney's addition to Marshall, and Perry's additions to Landis, with prices often at $1 or $2, and several parcels described by land sections, townships, and ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustave Ritter
Oval’ ‘F
Martha S. Robey
Parker
Casey
Oval F
Martha Robey
John R
Bernyce B. Brian
Rexford FE
Ethel E. Sweet
Lottie Garver
Pleasant View
Martinsville
C. E
Ada D. Rupert
Maxine Sh. Carsen
Collins
Westfield
Victor Paul Briggs
Audrey Briggs
Clarence
Lester Briggs
Clarence Briggs
Lena Briggs
F F
Lenora Clem Slusser
Dean
Margaret Rogers
Ferguson
F. F
Leona Slusser
A. W
Marie Rinsinger
Perry
Landis
Myrtle Dell
Robert W
Marjorie A. Baldwin
Harold C
Evelyn Wright
Myrtle B. Payn
Eai
Katie Wallace
Caslon K Bennett
Woodford
Richard W
Ruth Ann Bennett
F. C. Rider
Nellie Stark
John L. Hardesty
Vere E. Thompson
Marshall High School 1956 Football Practice Draws 70
Seventy boys turn out for the Marshall high school football practice as J. O. Jackson and Don McNary express satisfaction. Preparations for the first game with St Elmo include moving the field to the Clark County Fairground and installing lights with city and school officials coordinating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Community Unit
C-2
Marshall High School
J. O. Jackson
Don McNary
St. Elmo
Marshall
Clark County Fairground
Marriage Note in York Township Fifty Years Ago
Fifty years ago on a Sunday morning at 11:00 Arthur Cline married Ada Bohn in York township at the bride’s parents home James and wife. Also reported are local real estate and marriage license notices including Wellington Murphy selling 95 acres at Auburn township for $40 per acre, and licenses for Wm. F. Taylor with Pearl L. Batson, Martin L. Medley with Stella Morgan, James C. Walters with Hattie Downey, and George F. Hutchens with Lucy R. Burkybile. Alberta peaches from Marshall area measured 10 inches in circumference and Martinsville tanks now handle 35,000 barrels, with five ready to receive oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Cline
Ada Bohn
York Township
James Bohn
Wellington Murphy
Brocton
Marshall
Auburn Township
S. A. Arturburn
Kansas
Murphy
Oilfield
Auburn
Wm. F. Taylor
Pearl L. Batson
Dennison
Martin L. Medley
Wabash
Stella Morgan
James C. Walters
Hattie Downey
George F. Hutchens
Lucy R. Burkybile
Anderson Township
Charles Berner
Alberta
Martinsville
Glory the Brick Laying Begins on West Main Street
Forty years after the 1870s, brick laying on West Main Street starts with about thirty workers. Marriage licenses issued to Vern Seaton I and Bessie Lacy of Orange Town. Raymond L. Tichenor and Kate M. Tichenor of Westfield. County Clerk Morton names John D. Shoemaker deputy after James Gallagher’s death. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Harry Trigley last Friday. Carpenter Homer Roush, working on John Rademaker’s bungalow, fell from a scaffold and suffered cuts and bruises. Miss Gladys Hanley among ten nurses graduating from Fletcher’s Sanatorium in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Main Street
Vern Seaton l
Bessie Lacy
Orange Town
Raymond L. Tichenor
Gladys Hanley
Fletcher
Indianapolis
Local Bride and Auto Firm Changes Mark 1926 News
Reports from Indianapolis announce the marriage of Miss Lowney Turner to Harry Handy. A fatal street accident claims Elizabeth Baker at the square. Marshall Auto Sales transfers ownership to Sam R. Prevo after Perry S. Lewis sells his stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Lowney Turner
Sheriff
J M Turner
Harry Handy
Sol Handy
Elizabeth Baker
Marshall Auto Sales
Sam R. Prevo
Perry S. Lewis
Prevo
Births and marriage notices from Marshall area
Twenty years ago births include a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hinkle on August 19 weighing 7 34 pounds and a son to Mr. and Mrs. Otis Williams on August 24. Josephine Spittler became the bride of Elmer Fawley on Friday afternoon August 21. A S Coryell of West Union irrigates 40 acres of corn with a 6 inch rotary pump and notes cleaner growth though Mill Creek drops about six inches after a day of pumping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Hinkle
Otis Williams
Josephine Spittler
Dan Spittler
Marshall
Elmer Fawley
Herman Fawley
A. S. Coryell
West Union
Mill Creek
Ten Years Ago 1946 Marriage Licenses and Births
Ten years ago two Martinsville couples received marriage licenses Victor Delane Napier 23 and Luella Mae Phipps 18 Roy William Orndorff 30 and Margaret Bline 22 Arthur Eugene Mitchell 25 Norma Joy Lambdin 22 Paul E Monk 19 Thelma Pinkston 17 Charles E Hills 25 Jeannette Arney 17 Also births include Susan Lynn daughter of Wayne Turnear Marshall and Martha Jane weighing eight and a half pounds at Paris Hospital Glenna Kay daughter of Glenn Stepp born August 14 weighing ten pounds
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Delane' Napier
Martinsville
Luella Mae Phipps
Roy William Orndorff
Casey
Margaret Bline
Arthur Eugene Mitchell
Terre Haute
Norma Joy Lambdin
Marshall
Paul E. Monk
West Union
Thelma Pinkston
Charles E. Hills
Jeannette Arney
Wayne Turnear
Susan Lynn
St. Anthony Hospital
Lloyd Pearce
Paris Hospital
Martha Jane
Glenn Stepp
Glenna Kay
Free Horse Show Near Annapolis Promised Sunday
A free horse show is set for Sunday September 9 at 1 36 p m at the home of Vere Knecht located three miles southeast of Annapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Vere Knecht
Barn roof fall injures man near Marshall
Vern Stogshill, 66, fell from a barn roof while painting at George Cork's farm east of Marshall about 11:00 Thursday. He suffered a broken left leg above the ankle and was taken by Marrs ambulance to St. Anthony Hospital in Terre Haute for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern Stogshill
George Cork
Marshall
St. Anthony Hospital
Terre Haute
Marrs
Combs Family Return From Western Vacation
Mr and Mrs Pearl Combs of Marshall route 2 return home August 16 after a July 30 trip visiting Missouri Coffeyville Tulsa Oklahoma City Lawton Amarillo Albuquerque Actez Mesilla Verde Wen Colorado Denver Cheyenne North Platte Independence St Louis and Clark County. They toured Fort Sill Crater Lake Park and the Million Dollar Highway observing Indian ceremonies and meeting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Combs
Marshall
Missouri
Coffeyville
Kansas
Wick Hornbrook
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Lawton
Oklahoma
Kenneth Clapp
Fort Sill
Craterville Park
Amarillo
Texas
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Actez
Joan
Messe Verde State Park
Colorado
Durango
Gallup
Jean
Denver
Cheyenne
Wyoming
North Platte
Nebraska
Buffalo Bill
Abilene
Kangag
Independence
Harry S. Truman
St.Louis Zoo
Clark County
Births announce two daughters with named parents
M/Sgt and Mrs Charles Altmeyer of Alaska announce a daughter born August 18 weighing six pounds fourteen ounces. This is their second child. Mr and Mrs Wayne Hendrix welcome a girl born August 22 at Union Hospital, weighing six pounds one ounce and named Jill Annette. Mrs Hendrix is the former Norma Tingley of Darwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Altmeyer
Alaska
Altmeyer
Dorothy Smitley
Wayne Hendrix
Union Hospital
Jill Annette
Hendrix
Norma Tingley
Darwin
Illinois Veterans' Commission Offices Closed Saturday
In observance of Labor Day all offices of the Illinois Veterans' Commission will be closed on Saturday September 1 and Monday September 3. The Edgar county office at Hotel France Paris will be closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Veterans’ Commission
Edgar County
Hotel France
Paris
Sunshine Club Meeting and a Surgery Notice
The Sunshine Club met August 22 at Mrs. Lawrence Scott’s home with a noon pot-luck and afternoon prayer. Readings and a 45 cent collection were noted. attendees included Mattie Hurst and Elizabeth Ferris among others. Judy Pearce had an emergency appendectomy at Union Hospital in Terre Haute last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Club
Lawrence Scott
Gertie Scott
Elizabeth Ferris
Addie Hurst
Belle Garver
Helen Hurst
Mattie Hurst
Josie Montgomery
Ella Birch
Mary Clatfelter
Bellie Garver
Delia Bohn
Rosa Bohn
Judy Pearce
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Also Mentioned on This Page
Baptist Church
Fay Carrell
John H. Carrell
Mark, Stewart
Carlos Stewart
A. H. Simpson
Joseph
Malloy
Bert J. Curry
Homer Newman
Collect
C. OF. C. Meeting
Patchen
Margaret E. Kallansa
Gladys Buser
Malcolm K
Helen K. Badger
F. R
Sarah J. Marshall
J. E. Clatfelter
J. Edward Clatfelter, Sr
Sylvia Ritter
Jerome H. Millhouse
Grover C
Goldie I. Morehead
Martha A
Charles H. Moore
Paul
Helen Crumlin
Combs
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