Martinsville Man Takes Third in National Sheep Shearing
C. Vv. Southard of Martinsville earned third place in the United States National Sheep Shearing contest at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis. Fifteen contestants competed. average five sheep sheared in two minutes. scoring based on time fleece condition handling second cuts wool cuts and appearance of shorn sheep.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Vv. Southard
Martinsville
United States
Home Adviser for Clark County Named
The new Home Adviser for Clark County is Mrs. Marjorie Houghland who begins tomorrow. She is a Paris high school graduate with a B S in Home Economics from Eastern at Charleston and has experience as an outstanding 4 H member and a teacher in Southern Illinois. She will live with her parents in Edgar county and commute. her husband serves in foreign service and they have two children.
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Clark ‘County
Marjorie Houghland
Houghland
Clark Center
Joseph Burkett
Edgar County
Paris High
Eastern
Charleston
Illinois
Mt Pleasant Church Homecoming Planned for Sept 9
The Mt Pleasant church holds its thirty sixth annual homecoming on Sunday September 9 with morning worship a basket dinner at noon and a program at 1 30. All are invited. On September 8 1912 Golden Buckle and Maude M Cline wed at the bride's mother's home in Marshall.
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Mt.” Pleasant Church
Golden Buckle
Maude M. Cline
Ida Cline
Neal McLain
Buckles
Jesse
Lock Haven
Pennsylvania
Rosalie
Joe Ryan
Marshall
Richard
Jane Buckle
Jose Lee
Lila
Rose Ryan
Marshal
Buckle
Miss Nancy Young Awarded Local Scholarship
Miss Nancy Young daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard Young of 402 Hickory Street Marshall has been awarded the local Ps re 2 scholarship for 1962. The scholarship is given yearly to a Marshall Community School graduating student. Miss Young plans to enter DePauw University in September.
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TMH
Nancy, Young
Howard Young
Hickory Street
Marshall
Marshall Community School
Young
DePauw University
Engagement announced for Suzanne Sokovich
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Sokovich of Girard Illinois announce the engagement of their daughter Suzanne K to John F. Bush son of Mr and Mrs Charles Bush of Marshall. A wedding date has not been set.
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Alex Sokovich
Girard, Ilinois
Suzanne K
John F. Bush
Charles Bush
Marshall
Local Marriage Licenses Listed for Martinsville and Marshall Couples
A list of marriage licenses approved includes several couples: Larry Cooper, 21, Martinsville, with Nancy Mott, 18, Marshall. John Gard, 20, Casey, with Nancy Tharp, 18, Casey. Bryce Drake, 19, Martinsville, with Eva Helt, 20, Martinsville. Delbert Schafer, 45, Marshall, with Virginia Starling, 24, Marshall. Ralph Higginbotham, 23, Martinsville, with Judy Blankenbeker, 20, Martinsville. Robert Ingram, 19, Charleston, with Carolyn Hutson, 18, Westfield.
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Robert Alexander Ingram
Charleston
Illinois
Carolyn Jean Hutson
Westfield
Larry Alfred Cooper
Martinsville
Nancy Lou Mott
Marshall John Franklin Gard
Casey
Nancy Low Tharp
Byrce Duane Drake
Eva Belle Helt
Delbert Ellsworth Schafer
Marshall
Virginia Anna Starling
Ralph Gene Higginbotham
Judy Rae’ Blankenbeker
Accordion Winners at Illinois State Fair
Three Marshall Accordion School of Music students competed at the Illinois State Fair on Saturday August 18. Paul Allan Hoggatt placed third in the 11-year-old class Marilyn Hoggatt took second in the 10-year-old division and Robert Clark Bennett won first in the 9-year-old class. All are children of Elmer Hoggatt Jr of Marshall and Robert Bennett of Clark Center. The group received an invitation to perform at the Fall Festival in Marshall next Friday and Saturday.
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Marshall Accordion’ School of Music
Ilinois
Paul Allan Hoggatt
Marilyn Hoggatt
Elmer Hoggatt, Jr
Marshall
Robert’ ‘Clark Bennett
Robert Bennett
Clark Center
Martinsville 4-H Beef Barbecue Harvest Festival Planned
Clark County 4-H plans a September 1 barbecue at the American Legion and Fire House in Martinsville with 2000 meals. Frank's Restaurant crew will barbecue beef. proceeds support county 4-H programs. Free square dance and Illinois Ramblers band join the evening fun starts at 8:30.
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Clark County Agriculture
Clubyj
American Legion and Fire House
Martinaville
Warren Bundy
Clark Service Co
Formalite
Marshall Co-op
Frank Martin
Frank
Terre Haute
Gene Schiver
Bob Stephen
Max Stephen
Martinsville
Illiana Ramblers
Jim Davis
Ledermann Morecraft Wedding at West Union Church
Kathryn Louise Ledermann and Larry Levi Morecraft wed at West Union Christian Church on August 17 in a ceremony attended by immediate family. The couple, both 1962 Marshall Community High School graduates, will reside in Joplin Missouri to study at Ozark Bible College after August 28.
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West Union Christian Church
Kathryn Louise Ledermann
Fenton G. Ledermann
West Union
Ilinois
Larry Levi Morecraft
Claude Morecraft
Marshall
Millard Brown
The
Christian Church
James Bennett
Howard Utterback
Charlotte Leasure
Robert Morecraft
Robert Ledermann
James Morecraft
Hazel Wright
Charlotte Morecraft
Lou Morecraft
Sherry Rae Mehler
Diane Shverly
North Joplin
Joplin
Missouri
Ozark Bible College
Farewell Meeting Honors Titus Family at Armstrong Church
The Armstrong Methodist church hosted a farewell program and fellowship hour for Mr. and Mrs. Kester Titus and their family as they prepare to move to Toledo Illinois. Rev. E C Ham led the program with Ruth Farris directing the fellowship hour and the Titus Sunday school class supervising a smorgasbord dessert. Over one hundred neighbors attended to express gratitude for twenty five years of faithful church service et al. visitors from Florida joined the couple and Joe Milton hosted out of town relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong Methodist Church
Kester Titus
Toledo
Illinois
Armstrong Church
Woman’s Society
Titus
E. C. Ham
Ruth Farris
Lives Remembered in Clark County Obituary Notice
Obituaries list deaths of John Brandenstein 71 of Marshall with services at Moore Funeral Home and graves at Marshall Cemetery. Agnes L Haslitt 67 of Orange California. Ruth Johnson 63 of Marshall. James Thomas Davis 89 of Marshall. Robert L Carpenter 61 of Marshall. Mrs Brooks Harrison of Paris. Residences, relatives, and funeral details noted.
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John Brandenstein
Moore Funeral Home
J. Arnold Olsen
Marshall Cemetery
Clark County Post 90
American Legion
Brandenstein
Veterans Administration Hospital
Indianapolis
Adah Landau
Glendale
California
Anna Moore
Sacramento
George
Flint
Michigan
John
Charles
Archer Avenue
Agnes L. Haslitt
Orange
Orville
Clark County
Terre Haute
Haslitt
Eleanor Taylor
Dennison
Clora Weaver
Marshall
Florence Heages
Grace Weaver
Paris
Ruth Johnson
Lester H Johnson, Sr
Lila Milbourn
Mary Frances Milbourn
Helen Hensley
Camp Polk
Louisiana
Lester, Jr
H. J. Kemp
Casey Cemetery
Lester H., Sr
Lila Milbourne
Mary Frances Milborne
H. J Kemp
James Thomas Davis
Christian Hotel
Clara
Leota Hutchens
Denver Sims F
Clarksville
Levicia. Benjamin
H. A. Davis
Shepherdsville
Kentucky
Marrs Funeral Home
Ira Murphy
Greenmoss Cemetery
Robert L. Carpenter
Methodist Hospital
Gary
Indiana
Pearl
John H. Carpenter
Frank Carpenter
Chicago
Charles Carpenter
Greenup
Illinois
Bessie Shaw
Rhoda Carpenter
Emma Carpenter
Mary Carpenter
Glen Park Christian Church
Carpenters Union
Marrs
Robert Luse
Edgar
Brooks Harrison
Lakeview Hospital
Danville
Edgar Cemetery
Milo Prust
Irene Cline
Moore Ferris wedding held in home August twenty fourth
Miss Charlotte Anne Ferris and Willie Moore wed in a candlelight ceremony at 5 30 p m in the Ferris home in West Union Illinois. Rev Millard M Brown officiated with Darrell Kirby and Helen Crumlin providing music. A reception followed at Paris Country Club for family and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Anne Ferris
Willie Moore
Forrest Ferris
West Union
Illinois
Moore
William M. Moore
Alma
Georgia
Millard M. Brown
Darrell Kirby
Robinson
Helen Crumlin
Phyllis Ferris
James R Ferris
Robert Highsmith
Decatur
Illnois
Orvil Bauman
Paris Country Club
Paris
Violet Bercaw
Virginia O'Hair
Winona Burnam
Pat Ann Nichols
Will
Cocoa Beach
Florida
Pan American World Airways
Florida Commission of Highways
Westfield Baptist Association Plans 100th Anniversary
The Westfield Baptist Association marks its centennial with meetings at Westfield Baptist Church on September 5 and 6. Twenty-two cooperating churches across Clark Coles Cumberland and Edgar counties participate. Herschel Gardner will moderate the sessions and the evening pageant Faith of Our Fathers recounts a century of Baptist work in central Illinois. Former members pastors and media representatives are invited to attend.
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Westfield Baptist Association
Westfield Baptist Church
Clark
Coles
Cumberland
Edgar Counties
Herschel Gardner
Illinois
Willmann Reunion Attendees Gather at Local Home
The Willmann reunion was held Sunday at Mr and Mrs Harry Willmann home with attendees including the Zimmerman family of Indianapolis and Terre Haute, the Mattis, Willmann, Low, and Wernz families of Martinsville and surrounding areas. Afternoon desserts featured ice cream strawberries and cake. Next year’s gathering will be at Mr and Mrs Zimmerman home in Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willmann
Harry Willmann
Robert Zimmerman
Johnny
Tommy
Marjorie Zimmerman
Indianapolis
Henry Zimmerman
Terre Haute
Marshall Mattis
Donald
Richard
Margaret Ann
Stephen
Martinsville
Martin Willmann
Eugene Low
Warren
Robert
Duane
Harold Wernz
Carl
James
Jane Diane
Martha Denise
Zimmerman
Terre’ Haute
Finkbiners Tour Florida and Tennessee Visit family sites
Mr and Mrs Sam Finkbiner Sr and daughters Amy and Anne returned from Pensacola to Florida where they visited their son and wife in Pensacola and stopped at St Augustine Cypress Gardens Silver Springs and Nocatee to see Frank Finkbiner They also traveled to Lookout Mountain Tennessee Russell Stahl is a patient at St Anthonys Hospital.
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Sam Finkbiner
Amy
Anne
Pensacola
Florida
St. Augustine
Cypress Gardens
Silver Springs
Nocatee
Mr. Finkbiner
Frank Finkbiner
Lookout Mountain
Tennessee
Births at Benton Harbor and Nearby Cities
Mr and Mrs Robert C Johns Jr of Benton Harbor Michigan announce a baby girl Sara Lou born Saturday August 25 weighing 6 pounds 9 ounces. Grandparents Leon Jackson Nina Johns and five great grandparents welcome Sara Lou. Jerry Brown and Barbara Poorman announce Troy Montgomery born August 20 at St Anthony Hospital weighing 7 pounds 3 ounces. Leland K Shirely announce second child Lora Ellen born August 25 weighing 8 pounds 13 ounces to Marjorie Tryon. Darrell Kirby and Kay Greenlee announce son Edward born August 20 at Union Hospital weighing 7 pounds 10 ounces. Joe Macke and Carolyn Smitley announce son David Arnold born August 23 at Union Hospital weighing 7 pounds 13 ounces. Herbert Dill and Lois Dickson announce Randall Eugene born August 18 weighing 6 pounds.
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Robert C. Johns, Jr
Benton Harbor
Michigan
Sara Lou
Johns
Phyllis Jackson
Leon Jackson
Nina Johns
Sara Low
Jerry Brown
Terre Haute
St Anthony Hospital
Troy Montgomery
Barbara Poorman
Henry Poorman
Leland K Shirely
Lora Ellen
Marjorie Tryon
Raymond Tryon
Marshall
Darrell Kirby
Union Hospital
Edward
Joe Macke
West Union
David Arnold
Carolyn Smitley
Herbert Dill
Huntington
Indiana
Randall Eugene
Lois Dickson
Local Girl Scout Trip To Chicago Includes The Minute Man
Mr and Mrs Fred Blundell and Mrs George Mitchell joined the senior Girl Scout group for a weekend in Chicago They visited several places of interest and saw the show The Minute Man Making the trip were Cindy Hubbard Cheryl Harlow Linda King Michelle Blundell Dutchess Leitch and Doris Gentry
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Fred Blundell
George Mitchell
Chicago
The
Minute Man
Cindy Hubbard
Cheryl Harlow
Linda King
Michelle Blundell
Dutchess Leitch
Doris Gentry
Also Mentioned on This Page
MT. Pleasant
Nancy Young
Suzanne K. Sokovich
Vada Tillman
Winter Haven
Mary Ann Finkbiner
Haines City
Fla
May Shepherd
Bushville
Joe Milton
Ralph Goekler
Elaine
Frank Barkley
Jim, Allen
Lewis Goekler
Allen Goeckler
Riley Allen
Covington
Lewis Allen
Tyler
Texas
George W. Schumaker
Bessie O'Neal
Schumaker
Indianapolis Star News
Finkbiners
Russell Stahl
St. Anthoney’s Hospital
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