Contested Race in Minnesota Delayed Again to December 28
The election contest between Republican Kile MacWherter and Democrat Harold Turner, after a prior ruling declaring MacWherter elected, has been postponed again from December 13 to December 28. The case contrasts with Minnesota Governor decisions settled in about ninety days, while Clark county faces a second year of delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kile MacWherter
Harold Turner
MacWherter
Minnesota
Clark County
Richey Couple Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Sylvan Richey observe their golden anniversary with an open house December 22 from 2 to 5 pm at 115 North Elm Martinsville. Married December 25 1913 at the bride's Dolson township home they have four children Elden Clement Robert and Marjorie Kammacher along with eight grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Gifts are requested to be omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvan Richey
North Elm Street
Martinsville
Sylvan
Grace Hutchings Richey
Dolson Township
Elden
Gary
Indiana
Clement
Tipp City
Ohio
Robert
Lynchburg
Virginia
John
Marjorie) Kammacher
Tee
Christmas parade prizes and Mill Creek projects update
The Christmas parade awarded first prize of 50 dollars to the PTA second prize of 25 dollars to the Methodist Church 8 M Class and third prize of 15 dollars to the Woman's Civic Club. At a Board meeting Gene Marrs reported on angle parking and Joe Kemp on the Mill Creek Water Shed project with a vote to assist in promoting recreational facilities at the reservoir site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firat
PTA
Methodist Church
Woman’s Civic Club
Board of Directors
Gene Marrs
Joe Kemp
Mill Creek
Tor
Union Belles 4-H Club Holds December Meeting
The Union Belles 4-H club met December 7 at leader Mrs. Lyman Shawler's home. Janice Morton opened the meeting. Jeanenne Ellis led the pledges. Officers elected were Ann Shawler president Patty Stanfield vice president Brenda Chapman secretary treasurer Peggy Newlin recreation chairman Janice Morton publicity chairman and Leslie Stepp song leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Belles 4-H Club
Lyman Shawler
Janice Morton
Jeanenne Ellis
Ann Shawler
Patty Stanfield
Brenda Chapman
Peggy Newlin
Leslie Stepp
Marshall JC Petition Wins City Support for Angle Parking
Marshall Junior Chamber of Commerce with Chamber support presented a merchants petition seeking angle parking between Fifth and Seventh Streets on Archer Avenue. City Council voted unanimously to back the project and will now seek State approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Junior Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Marshall
Fifth
Seventh Streets
Archer Avenue
Jc's
Marshall P T A Plans Parade Float And Tree Giving
The Marshall P T A board met December 5 at the Colonial Kitchen with fourteen members present. A float for the Christmas parade was approved and trees will be purchased for Ohio North South and Junior High Schools. A December 16 general meeting at Marshall High Gym will feature Rev. Arnold Olsen on Its Time to Observe Christmas Reverendy, with sixth grade carolers directed by Carol Curran. Ross Kuhn remains a patient at St Anthony Hospital.
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Marshall P. T. A
Colonial Kitchen
Helen Lindley
Ohio
North
South
Verniece Tingley
Marshall High School
Arnold J. Olsen
Marshall First Methodist Church
Carol Curran
Miss Carol Woodard Rotary Ann speaker for Christmas event
Miss Carol Woodard daughter of Rae Woodard Marshall will speak at the Marshall Rotary Club Christmas meeting in The Colonial Kitchen at 7 00 p m next Tuesday December 17. She will share a thirty day international student fellowship tour with Rotary District 649 participants from the United States and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Woodard
Marshall High School
Rae Woodard
Marshall
Marshall Rotary Club
Colonial Kitchen
Miss Woodard
University of Illinois
Decatur Macon County Hospital
United States
Marshall Club
Carol
J. C
Ivan Palle
Frances Snyder
Frank Shonk
Richard Ewbank
Clara Norton
Jesus
Roger C. Wilson
S Burnsides Nursing Home
Ship Hour
Debbie Turner
Virginia Miller
Virginia Mixon
Clara
Lois
Sue Norton
Casey Group
Leo Vanatta
Lerna
Illinois
Floyd Moore
Two Young Men Injured In Tuesday Night Crash Near State Line
Darrell Martin age 22 and John McGee about 22 were involved in a car crash Tuesday night near the State Line east of Marshall. Martin was not seriously hurt while McGee appeared more seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrell Martin
John McGee
State Line
Marshall
Martin
McGee
Martinsville Retired Teachers Elect New Officers
Retired teachers met December 7 in Martinsville High School cafeteria for routine business and officer elections. Homer Hendrix was named president, Sylvan Richey treasurer, and Myrtle Perisho secretary. Next meeting scheduled for February 29 at 1 15 p m in Martinsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
Homer Hendrix
Sylvan Richey
Myrtle Perisho
Marshall Community Schools review college readiness efforts
Administrators and guidance staff met with 18 Indiana State College attendees to discuss college preparation. The program included student interviews on prep gaps, curriculum improvements, and Indiana State College impressions. Meetings included Indiana State Educational Development Council and a WCIA reading program broadcast. School closes for holidays December 20 at 2 PM and resumes January 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Indiana State College
Dean Atkins
University of Illinois
Marshall Community Schools
Indiana State Educational Development Council
Marshall Community School
WCIA
Champaign
Cerebral Palsy Christmas Party Set for Paris Event
Junior Woman's Club of Paris hosts a cerebral palsy Christmas party at the Methodist Church in Paris tomorrow Saturday December 14 at 2 00 pm for children in Edgar Clark and Coles counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Woman's Club of
Paris
Methodist
Edgar, Clark
Coles
New Divorce Petitions Filed in Circuit Court
Angela Munyon and Emmett Munyon seek divorce. Patty Brosman and Elmer Brosman seek divorce. Mr and Mrs Dick Perry and Miss Anne Kuhn visited Ross Kuhn at St Anthony Hospital Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angela Munyon
Emmett Munyon
Patty J. Brosman
Elmer Alfred
Brosman
Dick Perry
Anne Kuhn
Ross Kuhn
St. Anthony Hospital
Marriage Licenses and Local Electric Plans in Martinsville
Larista B Fox and Priscilla Turner, both of Dol Bon township, and Charlie Setzer with Lou trell Kuykendall of Wabash township, along with W M Barker and Vee Trieg of Casey, are noted in marriage license records. Martinsville is negotiating with G C Hallauer to install an electric light system, proposing to supply city and street lighting from Hallauer’s plant. Stephen Quick died last Saturday on West Main Street from apoplexy. funeral was at the family home and burial at the city cemetery. Mrs William Taylor died suddenly at her daughter’s home in Rossville. funeral arrangements set at Ohio cemetery. John Brosman and family moved to Long Beach California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larista B. Fox
Marshall
Priscilla Turner
Dol- Bon
Charlie Setzer
Loutrell Kuykendall
Wabash Township
W. M. Barker
Vee' Trieg
Casey
Martinsville
Jvith
G. C. Hallauer
Mr. Hallauer
Stephen Quick
West Main Street
William Taylor
Austin Jackson
Rossville
Ohio Cemetery
John Brosman
Long Beach
California
Marshall Area News In Briefs From 1923
Forty years ago marriage licenses issued include Charles Thorns burg to Lucille Cork and Frank E. Phillips to Faye Wineinger. Local football prep, a Casey Marshall game on tap, fires at the telephone office, and multiple obituaries and births mark a busy period with services in Darwin Oliver Linton and Marshall area communities.
80 Years Old Today Ovie Draper to Celebrate
Ovie Draper of Marshall area turns 80 today. His daughter Mia, Daisy Collier, and Olen Collier will host an open house at their south Marshall home on Sunday December 15 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Friends and relatives are invited. no gifts requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovie Draper
Marshall
Mia
Daisy Collier
Olen
Ovle
Daisy
Spelling Contest Winners and Local Medical Update
Miss Wilda Davis age 13 of Martinsville won first in the Clark County spelling contest held in Marshall Saturday. George Renner, formerly at Paris hospital, with his right leg amputated last week, showed slight improvement reported yesterday.
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Charleston
Wilda Davis
Martinsville
Clark County
Marshall
Ethel Hutchinson
George Renner
Paris Hospital
Highlights From Extension and Community Notices
Marriage licenses noted for Ben McMillian and Esther Mae Perkins with War Department notification about S/Sgt Harry H Scott missing his wife in England. Obituary for Martha Mae Jones and infant Doris Lynn at Paris hospital. Pfc. Charles Haugh and Kenneth Little promotions and furloughs. Extension column warns against silverfish in stored items and offers control tips. orchid award to Casey South Extension Unit with 16 members and officers named. County 4 H chairman Bernice Sharp highlighted.
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Ben McMillian
Greenup
Esther Mae Perkins
Casey
Ray Scott
West of
West Union
War Department
Washington
Harry H Scott
Wfe
Air Force
England
Martha Mae Jones
Doris Lynn
Paris
Moore Funeral Home
Charles Haugh
Shaw Field
Sunter
South Carolina
Kenneth Little
Marshall
Mississippi Ordnance Plant
Jackson
Mississippi
Casey South
Sharon Ramsey
Ozeta Brown
Janice Richardson
Flossie Buckner
Our
County 4-H
Bernice Sharp
Ten Years Ago 1953 Marriage Licenses and Local News
The column lists marriage licenses for William C Duff and Katherine Eckhart of Columbus Ohio and Roy Chapman and Jean Chapman of St Elmo and Montrose. Rae Woodard broke a leg last Thursday, treated at Tinton Hospital, and home Wednesday. Leon Koppler welcomed twins Jerry Dean and Terry Gene at the Paris hospital. Lucinda Higgins 86 died Sunday in Wabash township. service at Dunlap church. Lewis Warner announces son Randall Lewis born December 8 at Union Hospital Terre Haute. Cliff Etcinson remains a patient at Union Hospital.
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William C Duff
Columbus
Ohio
Katherine Eckhart
Roy Chapman
St Elmo
Jean Chapman
Montrose
Rae Woodard
Tinton Hospital
Leon Koppler
Paris Hospital
Jerry Dean
Terry Gene Lucinda Higgins
Roy
Wabash Township
Marrs
Dunlap Church
H J Kemp
Lewis Warner
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Randall Lewis
Births and Community Notice Highlights
Mr and Mrs William Downs announce a daughter Kammy Leanna born Sunday December 8 at Union Hospital weighing 7 pounds 7 ounces. Parents: former Mary Walters. First child. Mr and Mrs Olen Duran of Ashmore, formerly of Marshall, announce a son Bradley Ray born November 28 at Paris Hospital, their third child. Christmas Family Night at American Legion Home December 23 at 6 30 pm includes pot luck and Santa. Mrs Myrtle Shade broke a leg in a fall, admitted Union Hospital room 2305.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antone Wernz
Jeff Goekler
Mrs. Bush
Velda Clatfelter
Ralph Goekler
Ethel Nightlinger
James Williams
Sue Stages
Myra Kirby
Elsie Bloodworth
Edith Gard
Robert Garwood
Harriett Garwood
Cartha Renner
Ada
Ruth Stogsdill
Ruth
Ida Mae Williams
Esther
Marilyn Hewitt
Martha
Lurlyne Goekler
Electa
Emma Renner
Mary Miller
Sentinel
Florence Etcinson
Herman Seidel
Garwood
Vernimont
Christian Church
William Downs
Union Hospital
Kammy Leanna
Mary Walters
Olen Duran
Ashmore
Marshall
Paris Hospital
Bradley Ray
American Legion
Legion
Santa
Auxiliary
Myrtle Shade
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Union Belles Organize
T. A. News
Rotary Ann
Earl Elliott
Nancy Cooper
Laurie Cooper
Rom Cooper
Connie Beltz
Effie Irwin
Duches Leitch
Gene Smitley
Gwyn Wiet
Hazel Yeley
E. O. Jones
Charlotte Bierbaum
Mabel Thompson
Marlene Morris
Ethel Baughman
W. E. Morris
Ann Huey
Esther Huey
Judy Martin
Nancy Cline
Ivan Cline
Lew Wernz
Ruthie Wernz
Freda Eirhart
Peggy Eirhart
Kathryn Garrard
Fenton Hutchens
Homemaker of America
Ann Shotts
Connie Betts
Evelyn Martin
Duchess Leitch
RF. H. A
Ellen Wetzel
Blake Py
Charles Thornsburg
Lucille Cork
Frank E. Phillips
Faye Wineinger
Jacob Jeffs
Mary M McDaniel
Lee Oxendine
Darwin
Mary Ann Smith
Floyd Smith
Linton
Ernest Nickles
Anna Mae Wond
Orville Knecht
Zella Lowry
Marjorie M. Houghland
Natural Resources
University of Ilnois
Urbana
Er Cliff Etcinson
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