Marshall Herald notices and obituaries roundup
Mrs. Everett Smitley returned from Takoma Park to join her husband abroad as his family travels via Pantuxent River to Port Lyautey. Multiple Thanksgiving visits and travel plans are noted for locals including the Moore, Bush, Weaver, Kesler, Quinn, Kile, Setzer, Bennett, Prust, Thornsburg, Saiter, Hedges, Simpson, and other households. Obituaries: Mary Dickson Gaultney, 76, Paris Hospital. Carrie Tobias, 90, East Chicago, with services in Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Smitley
Takoma Park
Maryland
Glen D. Smitley
Harry Coldren
Robert Williams
Pantuxent River
Port Lyautey
French Morocco
Africa
Smitleys
Harold Moore
Fort Riley
Kansas
Floyd Moore
Ivan Hornbrook
Seattle
Wash
Far East
Korea
Japan
Eugene Weaver
Chicago
John Kesler
Terre Haute
Fenton Quinn
Ruth Kile
Russell Weaver
Ben Setzer, Jr
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Robert Blank
Henry Bohn
Emma Holwick
Nellie Newlin
West York
Wilbur Renshaw
Darwin
Harry Irwin
Foster Blizzard
Lily Wolcott
Elsie Bloodworth
Leah May Guthrie
J. L. Scott
Morton, Ill
Caslon Bennett
Christine
Tarquin Bennett
Howard Harper
Grendel Bennett
Duane Prust
Baltimore
Burton Prust
West Union
Paul Thornsburg
Charles Thornsburg
John Saiter
Martinsville
Donna Claypool
Dean Finkbiner
Dale
Hazel Hix
Findley
Ohio
Gene Hasten
Peoria
Frank Hedges
David Roach, Sr
A. H. Simpson
Joe Fetters
Hubert English
Elizabeth McDaniel
St. Louis
Marshall
Hubert Titus
Henry Stone
Watseka
I. E. Vanney
Carl Vanney
West Frankfort
Nellie
Richard
Russell O. Bohn
Gary
Walter F. Hutchinson
Wm. B. Mason
Fred Pennington
Allen Jones
Lewis
Indiana
Joseph Cork
Fred White
J. B. Pendell
Westfield
J. R. Hornbrook
Irene Huston
Carl Jones
Dennison
Lys Davison
Harriet
Robert Brock
Mary Dickson Gaultney
Paris
John
Gardner Gaultney
Bismark
North Dakota
Irene Perisho
Nellie Keitel
Arnold
Missouri
Marrs
G. W. Gibson
Marshall Cemetery
Carrie Tobias
East Chicago
Herbert Tobias
Moore Funeral Home
Alex Portaus
Marshall Community Unit highlights and ballgames schedule
Teachers will attend an educational workshop in Charleston on December 9. The Board of Education meets December 14 with architect Cletus Foley invited to discuss school buildings and future needs. Players from Marshall High School face West Terre Haute November 9 and Palestine on December 11, with junior high teams hosting Martinsville on December 4. An alumna banquet on November 25 saw 220 attendees and Officers for 1954–55 elected. New G A A members were initiated with a pot-luck supper and ceremony featuring twenty-six first year members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Community Unit
Charleston
Board of Education
Cletus Foley
Foley, Hackler, Thompson and Lee
Peoria
Ill
P. T. A. Board
Foley
Illinois Association of School Boards
Chicago
Henry
Til
Yorkville
Ilinois
Billé Island
Marshall High School
West Terre Haute
Palestine
Martinsville
Westfield
Marshall
Edna Mayer Bubeck
Frank M. Brosman
Maude Walker Munshower
Grace Tingley Stitch
Fred H. Gorham
Alice Little
Don McNary
Rita Tarble
Bill Meehling
Miss Griffiths
Judy Casteel
Doris Ferris
Charlotte Ferris
Linda Greenlea
Carolyn Collins
Judy Kannmacher
Linda Kannmacher
Martha Morecraft
Dee Ann Murphy
Marjorie Tryon
Phyllis Quick
Linda Reely
Judy Shonk
Judy Kirchner
Dorothy Reedy
Sue Sumption
Judy Sweitzer
Patty Beltz
Joan Uhler
Leda Renner
Shirley O'Rourke
Rose McCarty
Joy Flenner
Daisy Drum
Sharon Murphy
Carolyn Low
Winter drought prompts Clark County farming plans and seed talks
Winter lingers but Clark County seeks rain to refill water with wheat rye and pastures. 4-H leaders invite input on a barn at Martinsville Fairgrounds for county members while trips to Rushville and Paris show new 4-H buildings. Seed supplies favor red clover and ladino but lespedeza will be short. fescue and brome look plentiful. Sheep markets ease costs and the Illinois Pure Bred Sheep Breeders Sale is set for December 12 at Urbana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County
Martinsville Fairgrounds
Rushville
Indiana
Paris
Kelly Shawver
Kelly Spitzier
John Macey
Fred Crandal
Illinois
University of Ilinois
Urbana
Syellan Ee
Sunshine Club Meeting At Polly Linton Home
The Sunshine Club gathered at Mrs Polly Linton's home on Wednesday November 25 with sixteen members and six guests sharing a noon dinner and quilting. President Mrs Edith Bruner led the 2:00 pm session as the group sang Sunshine in My Soul and read Psalm 91.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Club
Polly Linton
Edith Bruner
Jessie Claypool
Ella Birchfield
Mabel Black
Mary Clatfelter
Elizabeth Ferris Lorene Garwood
Leota Gibson
Addie Hurst
Ella McNary
Josh Montgomery
Anna Mott
Gertie Scott
Tillie Prusett
Audrian Hendrix
Mary Linton
Hattie Hurst
Hazel Hedges
Rev. G. W. Gibson
Lon Linton
Zion Ladies Aid Met with New Officers Elected
The Zion Ladies Aid met at Mrs. Norma Seidel’s home on Wednesday November 17. Mrs. Vivian Maurer led a brief business session and new officers for the coming year were chosen. A Christmas party for the church family was planned. Refreshments were served to a long list of attendees. Also noted is a commercial survey reporting over 27,000,050 Americans moved to new homes in 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion
Aid
Norma Seidel
Ruth Berner
Frozzie Berner
Kunce
Una Boyer
Maxine Davidson
Vivian Maurer
Martin
Kance
Mary Finkbiner
Alice Tingley
Mary McGee
Terry Sue
Jerry
Selda Junker
Helen Finkbiner
Wanda Finkbiner
Carol
Susanna Pumphrey
Verna Finkbiner
Emma Gelsert
Clara Davidson
Amelia Sweitzer
Corinna Tingley
Golda Seidel
Thanksgiving Dinner Guests Mentioned in Marshall Herald
Dr and Spirs David F Ilyes and family hosted Thanksgiving dinner with Max Zschau Jr and family Jamey Fritcher and sons Ben Setzer Jr and sons Robert Geisert and Wilma Rosamond Coldren Everett Smitley and Janice Carolyn. Roy Riker joined Mrs Martha Bush and Charles Bush family for turkey. Mrs J L Pellum hosted four o clock dinner with Leo Pellum and daughters Herman Cork visit from Bloomington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spirs
David F. Ilyes
Max Zschau, Jr
Jamey Fritcher
Ben Setzer, Jr
Robert Geisert
Wilma
Rosamond Coldren
Everett Smitley
Janice
Carolyn
Robert Davidson
Martha Bush
Roy Riker
Charles Bush
J. L. Pellum
Leo Pellum
Herman Cork
Eugene Taylor
Bloomington
Robert Taylor
Dinner at Everett Hedges Honors A2c Robert Weaver
Orange California hosts Mr and Mrs Everett Hedges for a Sunday dinner honoring A2c Robert Weaver en route to Parks Air Force Base then Japan. Christmas dance set for December 17 at the high school gym with Wayne Hollenbeck on Hammond organ and student body electing Queen Kathryn Bumpuy and King Benny Daly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Hedges
Orange
California
Orville ‘Haslitt
Jack Meadows
Sharon
Mia
Glenn Stafford
Linda
Janice
Erol Lynn
Bernie McClenden
Roger
Aaron “Weaver
Robert Lashbrook
Robert Weaver
Marshall
Rich‘ard _Haalitt
Janet
Sandy
Mary Robinson
Jerry
Lou
Patty Weaver
Costa Mesa
Calif
Welville Haslitt
Debby
Compton
Marion Weaver
Jon Butch
Sacramento
Parks Air Force Base
Oakland
Japan
Wayne. Hollenbeck
Kathryn Bumpuy
Benny
Daly
Lois Fox
Patsy
Washburn
Carol Curran
Karen Tingley
Carroll Liffick
Kenny Snedeker
Phil
Haddix
Leland
Shirely
Petition and Notice of Special Meeting of Clark County Board
One third of the Clark county board signs a petition calling a special meeting at 9:00 a.m. at the Marshall Court House on December 14 1953 to consider claims and other business. The notice directs township supervisors to attend as per the petition and is signed by H J Kemp Clark County Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Clark County
Court House
Marshall
Roy Wells
Anderson Township
Fred W. Schaefer
Darwin
Casimer Trefz
Dolson
Guy Neal
Johnson
Hugh Smith
Casey
Francis’ Staub
Douglas
H. J. Kemp
County
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