Honor West York Rural Carrier Herschel Hagar Retires
The West York rural carrier Herschel Hagar was honored on Friday night December 7 for nearly fifty years of service to the West York route. A party at the West York community building featured accordion solos and remarks from Miss Janie Lynn, Larry R. Kieffer, and Mrs. Henry Maddox, followed by a commendation from Acting Postmaster Lelan D. Graham and a certificate from Postmaster General J. Edward Day. Guests included many local friends and families who shared a carry-in buffet and gifts of appreciation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herschel Hagat
West York
West
York
Hagar
Janie Lynn
Larry R. Kieffer
Henry Maddox
Herschel Hagar
Leo Reynolds
Edgar Guyer
Joe McCrory
Charlie Lingafelter
J. W. Reed
Ruth and
del Rey
R. G. Steele
Dorothy Bonesteel
Wayne E. Baker
Walter EB. Guyer
Gladys Miller
Iredell Cooper
Nix Evans
Dee Rains
Leo Guyer
Edna E. Mehler
Warren Mehler
Larry Kelffer
Wayne Maddox
Clinton Angel
Arlie Guyer and
Jay
Forrest Lindley
Rex Cornwell
Earl Bradbury
Ward Evans
Robert Ryerson
Lelan Graham
Oral Frakes
Martinsville People Attend Annual Convention
Mr and Mrs Dale Sinclair of Martinsville attended the sixty third annual convention of the retail Farm equipment Association last week at the Pere Marquette Hotel in Peoria Mr Sinclair was reelected director of Zone nine which includes Champaign Clark Coles Cumberland Douglas Edgar Ford and Vermilion counties There are fifty six implement dealer members in these eight counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale
Hi. Sinclair
Martinsville
Retail Farm Equipment Association
Pere Marquette
Peoria
Sinclair
Champaign
Clark
Coles
Cumberland
Douglas
Edgar
Ford
Vermilion
Implement Dealer
Legion Auxiliary to Entertain Golden Age Club
The Legion Auxiliary will entertain the Golden Age Club tomorrow Saturday December 15 at 2 00 p m in the Legion Home auditorium Transportation can be arranged by calling 5237 8254 or 4296
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The
Legion Auxiliary
Legion Home
California Bound as Rev Sweitzer Reports Move
Rev O H Sweitzer from Marion Illinois reports leaving for California on December 13 with address Route I Box 2489 San Marcos California He promises to write about the flowers and sends a big hello to Herald readers as the thermometer reads 8 above here.
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Herald
O. H. Sweitzer
Marion
Illinois
California
San Marcos
The
Barn Destroyed by Fire on Lindley Farm
A barn on the Lindley farm northeast of West Union burned Monday night around 12 30. The West Union Fire Department responded and prevented other buildings from catching fire. The cause remains unknown.
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Randal Lindley
West Union
Choir to Sing Over WPRS on Week of December Dates
The Marshall high school a capella choir directed by Vaughn Arney will sing over WPRS the week of December 17 to 22 and 33. The group will perform at intervals throughout the day.
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Marshall High School
Sears announce birth of daughter Jani Lea
Mr and Mrs James Sears of Decatur announce the birth of a daughter Jani Lea at St Marys Hospital on December 1 The mother is the former Kathy Mott daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Mott of Marshall Mrs Lulu Bierbaum is a patient in the Paris Hospital.
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James Sears
Decatur
Jani Lea
St. Mary’s Hospital
Kathy Mott
Robert Mott
Marshall
Lulu Bierbaum
Paris Hospital
Orsborne Claims Clark County Corn Shucking Crown
Albert Orsborne claims the Clark county corn shucking championship after a record 153 bushels 40 pounds in 8 hours 20 minutes on Sam Archer’s Redmon farm. Officials Phillips Dar nell Clark and Archer attest the record and invite challengers.
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Albert Orsborne
Clark County
Sam Archer
Redmon
Young Orsborne
Charles Phillips
Lute Darnell
Roy Clark
Herald
Orsborne
S. W. Broadhurst
John Broadhurst
Tuttle
Oklahoma
Myrtle Gard
Cyril
D. H. Snyder
Bartlesville
Forty Years Ago 1922 Local Weddings and Visits
Dolson township groom Johnnie Hutchings weds Miss Mary Burkett in Terre Haute at 4 p m. Witnesses are Mr and Mrs Charles Morgan. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Hickman from Petersburg Tennessee and travel notes on John Brandenstein, the Soderstroh family in Pawhuska, and Louisville residents return from Florida winter plans. A classifed note lists Boarders 25 cents for meals and bed. Anne Burnett and Richard Hunter wed at the Methodist church on December 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnnie M. Hutchings
Dolsons Township
Mary Burkett
Auburn
Terre Haute
C. K. Mahoney
Charles E. Morgan
Hickman
Petersburg
Tenn
The
Baptist Church
John Brandenstein
Texas
Carl Soderstrohm
Pawhusca
Oklahoma
A. W
C. V. Wright
W. L. Stevens
Louisville
Kentucky
Ona
Fairy Wells
A. M. Jones
St. Petersburg
Florida
Anne D. Burnett
Richard Hunter
Methodist Church
Harold Wolf shoots large eagle near Martinsville
Thirty years ago Harold Wolf living 714 miles southeast of Martinsville shot a large eagle Saturday afternoon. The rifle broken a wing and he captured the bird alive. Relatives report deaths of Ella Wright Covault in Wichita Kansas on November 25. Walter Cline died at Paris hospital after emergency operation. Amelia Charland and Anna Strever left for St Petersburg Florida for the winter. Harold Stover returned home from Winona Mississippi after three months away. Doctors Mitchell Simpson and Paul Hill left for St Petersburg Florida on a pleasure trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Wolf
Martinsville
Two Receptions and Incidents Highlight Local News
Twenty years ago Janet Hutson and Donald Davidson exchanged wedding vows at the First Methodist chapel with Dr. Richard N. Merrill officiating. Zelma Ellington and Louise Sebastian wed at Marshall as Rev. C. W. Perkins performed the ceremony. A kerosene stove fire on route one prompted a Marshall fire crew response. Dr. L J Weir was hospitalized in Paris. Mrs. Keith Romick visited Martinsville from Findlay for two weeks. Marie Lewey spent last week in Louisville Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Jean Hutson
Donald Davidson
Richard N. Merrill
Zelma Ellington
Anderson Township
U. S. Army
Camp Pickett
Virginia
Louise Sebastian
Ralph.Sebastian
West Union
United Brethren Parsonage
Marshall
C. W. Perkins
Ernest Cheb
L .J. Weir
Paris Hospital
Keith Romick
Findlay
Ohio
Creal Stout
Martinsville
Marie Lewey
Louisville
Kentucky
Voter Totals Reported Across Townships on Nov 6 Election
Casey township shows 2726 registered with 2154 votescast. Martinsville township lists 1321 registered with ? voted. Marshall township records 2623 registered and 2135 votes. Report notes 19 percent in Casey, 17 percent in Martinsville, 81 percent in Marshall. Voter activity linked to hourly bell signals.
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Casey Township
Martinsville
Towmship
Registérga
Marshall
Casey
Turner moves to strike petition over election of Casey treasurer
Harold Turner filed a motion to strike the petition contesting the election of Harold Turner as treasurer of Clark County. The notice lists multiple deeds dated 1962, including warranty and quit claim transfers in Casey, Perry’s Addition and Dulaney’s additions, with parcels in sections and townships noted and small payments stated.
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Turner
Harold Turner
Clark County
Donald R
Patricia L. Kendall
Walter E
Bernice Ruffner
Perry
Casey
J. E
Less B. Taylor
Paul E. Grove
Luvica Mae Perisho
William H
Dorothy L. Ferguson
Dulaney
City of
Helen Beasley
Alice Marie Beasley
Vern Davison
Lula B. Bierbaum
Martin van Buren
Stephen D. Handy
Death notices of H L Griswold and Hurley Veach in Marshall
H L Griswold 63 died suddenly Monday at his South 9th Street home in Marshall. Survived by wife Alta, daughter Lucille Smith, sons Jack and William A., sisters Harriett Hards and Leona Kaminskey, brother Herman Griswold, five grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday at 2 pm at Marra Funeral Home. burial Marshall Cemetery. Hurley Veach 72 died Monday evening at rural route 2 Marshall. Survived by wife Anna, three daughters, two brothers Otto and Obe, two sisters Vada Shaffner and Hattie Irwin, five grandchildren and one great grandchild. Body moved to Moore Funeral Home. burial Auburn Cemetery. Cc C Pack returned home from Union Hospital Terre Haute after a period as a patient. Mrs Jessie Claypool remaining in Union Hospital.
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H. L. Griswold
South 9Th Street
Marshall
Alta
Lucille Smith
Nokomis
Illinois
Jack
William A. Griswold
Harriett Hards
Leona Kaminskey
Long Island
New York
Herman Griswold
Kirksville
Missouri
Hurley Veach
Route 2
Anna
Eugene Holwick
Winchester
Kentucky
Jerry Robinson
Durango
Colorado
Rex Cork
Otto Veach
Springfield
Obe Veach
Vada Shaffner
Martinsville
Hattie Irwin
Cc. C. Pack
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Births and deaths across states under 1952 notices
Ten years ago Lt J G and Mrs James Horn announce the birth of John Shepardson a son born December 7 at the naval hospital Coronado California. Dr Frank M Garver dies coron ary thrombosis Ivyland Pennsylvania. Cpl Leland Buckner returns to Camp Pendleton after 15 day leave. Frank Guinnip former Marshall township resident dies Englewood California aged 60. Walkin preacher Guy Howard to guest preach in Marshall from December 28 to January 2 during week of prayer services.
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J. G
James Horn- Hornbrook
Chula Vista
California
Naval Hospital
Coronado
John Shepardson
G. O. Frazier
Frank M. Garver
Ivyland
Pennsylvania
Cpl
Leland Buckner
Marines
Camp Joseph
Pendleton
Eugene Buckner
Frank Guinnip
Marshall Township
Englewood
Guy Howard
Arkansas
Missouri
Ozarks
Marshall
Marshall Rotary Members Serve as Vocational Counselors
Nineteen members of the Marshall Rotary Club became vocational education counselors for Marshall high school juniors and seniors. They advised students on occupations including music instructor chemist teacher electronics plant manager and more under guidance director Miss Bertha Kammacher.
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Rotary Club
Marshall High School
Rotary
Bertha Kammacher
Marshall Community Unit
Final Crop Report for Clark County 1836 38 Bushels Value
The carload of corn contained 2089 bushels and was valued at 1903.87 dollars. The county board thanks all contributors and notes gifts from 88 congregations with plans to acknowledge each church. Mrs Wilma Hoggatt returned home from Union Hospital Terre Haute after a five week stay following a Livingston automobile accident and is improving nicely.
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Wilma Hoggatt
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Livingston
Clark County
CR. O. P
Glen Morgan, Sr
Marshall
Morgan
Anderson
Casey
Darwin
Marshall Thanksgiving
Martinsville
Manharts to mark 25th anniversary in West Union
Mr and Mrs Doyle Manhart of West Union celebrate 25 years of marriage on December 25. They wed December 25, 1937 at the home of the late Roscoe Deverick in Hogetown Illinois. They have two sons and a daughter. Garvin and Barbara are stationed in Okinawa with the Air Force. Max helps on the farm. Marilyn is a sophomore at Marshall High School.
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Doyle Manhart
West Union
Doyle
Lois
Roscoe Deverick
Hoguetown
Ilinois
Manharts
Garvin
Barbara
Okinawa
Air Force
Max
Marilyn
Marshall High School
Free Parking Window Announced by City Council
The city grants free parking at meters December 17 to December 24 1962 with normal rules resuming December 26 1962. Authorities caution against abuse and greet residents with season’s wishes from the City Council Mayor and Police Department. In court news Laura Tucker et al vs Russell Tucker et al involves a partition action. Curtis Weaverson was seriously injured Sunday evening when he fell from a car and is hospitalized at Union Hospital.
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Laura Tucker
Russell Tucker
Curtis Weaver
Robert Weaver
Union Hospital
Rotary speaker set for December 18 club meeting
O D Brissenden assistant to the president of the Illinois Agricultural Association will speak at the Rotary Club gathering at the Colonial Kitchen on Tuesday December 18. His talk covers observations from a month long People to People farm tour of the Soviet Union Poland Hungary Belgium France East Germany and West Germany. Brissenden a Flora Illinois native has many friends in Marshall and Clark counties.
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O. D. Brissenden
Illiois ‘Agricultural Association
Rotary Club
Colonial Kitchen
Brissenden
Europe
Soviet Union
U. S
Illinois
Poland
Hungary
Belgium
France
East Germany
West Germany
Erissenden
Flora
Ilinois
Clay County
Marshall and
Clark County
Winners Named in Clark County Better Breakfast Contest
Twenty one Clark County students received awards for posters entered in the Better Breakfast Contest. County winner Cindy Hills of Martinsville Rural Route 2 led the group, with Virginia Miller and Larry Bundy as top age-group winners, while numerous Marshall and Martinsville students earned plaques and blue ribbons at the Americanism Day ceremony in the Marshall high school gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County
Marshall High School
Cindy Hills
Martinsville
Tilmois
Virginia Miller
Marshall
Larry Bundy
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Honor West York Rural Mail Carrier
Fromees Teas Prk
Aegh Gemevncin
Joe
Jessie Claypool
Ae i
Marshall Rotary
Harold Luse
Dale Huttington
Richard Ewbank
Robert Charles
Harry Wann
Vaughn Arney
Charles Clapp
Earl Finney
James Davidson
Bill Meehling
Leon Fitzgarrald
W. O Simpson
Paul Martin
Frank Mitchell
Sam Deahl
Emil Bennett
Truman Spittler
George Mitchell
Police Department
Hubert O.ferris
Ner
Bradley Reed
David Shonk
Hickory Street
Julie Ann Morgan
S. 3Rd Street
Jan Blundell
Randy Staley
Rodney Rue
Linda Beltz
Doris Simpson
South 8Th
Betty Ann Mott
Archer
Jeannetta Morgan
Pam Harrison
Debbie Martin
Paula Marie Turner
South
Second Street
Mar
Shall Marilyn Rankins
Mary Robinson
Dennison
Kay Bradford
Virginia Goekler
Cheryl Wallace
Don Endsley
Bernice Tingley
Shirley Morton
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