Grand jury names released for March panel
The Clark County Board of Supervisors announced the regular and supplemental grand jury panels selected for March. Named jurors include Anderson Donald F Abell Auburn John O Thompson Casey Walter Re Giver and Russell C Flenner and others from Martinsville Melrose Orange Parker Wabash Westeld and York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Donald F.abel
Auburn
John O. Thompson
Casey
Walter Re Giver
Russel C. Flenner
Roe ‘Darwin
Carl “Beard
Dolson—Truman
Morgan Douglas
Joe McManus Johnson
Woodrow W. Simpson
Marshall
Gwen B. Haughton
George Ellington
Jean Butcher
Martinsville
Thomas J.bridgett
Melrose
George Heleine
Orange
Vern Seaton
Parker
Ray Cline
Wabash
Ray A. Farris
Westeld
Willis W. Drake
York
Frank Jones
Drilling Oil Well Moves To Eck May Farm
Rotary oil well drilling rig was moved to the Eck May farm in Lower Wabash township. Several named individuals from Indiana and Ohio are listed, with Rae Woodard 90 of Cedar Street Marshall sustaining a broken left leg last Thursday and later staying at Union Hospital before returning home.
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Wabash
Rae Woodard
Cedar St
Marshall
Union Hospital
North Center Meeting Tonight at 7:30
North Center Community Club gathers at the school this Friday December 18 at 7 30 PM. Attendees bring a pound of food to share while enjoying a Christmas program as entertainment.
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North Center Community Club
Mrs Homer Roush Breaks Left Wrist in Fall
Mrs Homer Roush of Marshall slipped on a rug at home Tuesday morning and fell, breaking her left wrist.
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Homer Roush
Marshall
Births in Marshall and Nearby Areas Grow Families
Mr and Mrs Teddy Witt of San Diego announce the arrival of Michael Allen 7 lb 4.4 oz 21 inches at Naval Hospital San Diego on December 9. Mrs Witt is Jane Ann Jennings, granddaughter of M Jennings of Marshall now in Newcastle Indiana. Mr and Mrs Leon Koppler of Marshall report twin boys Jerry Dean and Terry Gene born Monday at Paris hospital weighing 5 lb 8 oz and 7 lb 6 oz. Mr and Mrs Lewis Warner of Martinsville formerly Marshall announce son Randall Lewis born December 8 at Union Hospital Terre Haute weighing 8 lb 2 oz. they also have a 3.5 year old daughter. Mrs Warner was Beverly Morrill.
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Teddy Witt
San Diego
California
Michael Allen
Naval Hospital
Witt
Jane Ann Jennings
Wayne Jennings
Marshall
Newcastle
Indiana
M. Jennings
Leon Koppler
Paris Hospital
Jerry Dean
Terry Gene
Lewis Warner
Martinsville
Union Hospital
Terre Hauté
Randall Lewis
Warner
Beverly Morrill
Community Christmas Drive Seeks Help for Families
American Legion Auxiliary appeals for donations of food canned goods staples and cash to fund 19 food baskets for 36 listed families with gifts toys and doll carriages welcome. Donations accepted at The Fashion Shop or Parker Motor Supply by 5 PM Saturday December 19. Call 2476 or 697 for pick up.
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American * Legion
Auxilary
American Legion Auxilary
Parker Motor Supply
Midnight Divine Worship Congregational Church Christmas Eve Service
Christmas Eve at the Congregational Church features a candlelight service at 11 15 p m with a 14 boy choir aged eight to thirteen and a girls choir aged six to eight along with robes new chorister outfits. Rev Alvin Pevehouse conducts a meditation as musical selections include Bach Nevin Gounod Adam Handel Saintier Old English settings and Mozart postlude with community attendance invited.
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Gertrude Shaw
Alvin Pevehouse
eHark
Herald Angeles
Bach
Nevin
Adam
Hallelujah
Handel
Stainer
Niles
Don Smitley
Mozart
Herald Announces Early Press Before Christmas
The Herald will go to press on Wednesday next week to reach readers before Christmas and asks contributors to submit items early. West Union Home Bureau members heard a lesson by Mrs Beulah Dickey on time for personal pursuits and enjoyed a talk titled A Spirit of Christmas by Mrs Imma Manhart.
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Herald
West Union Home Bureau
Beulah Dickey
Imma Manhart
California visitors to spend Christmas with McClures
Mrs. R. C. Mull and children James Michael and Jane Ann of Woodland Hills California are due this week for a Christmas visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McClure. Mr. Mull, recently in Holland, is expected to arrive about next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Mull
James
Michael
Jane Ann
Woodland Hills
California
Thomas McClure
Mr. Mull
Holland
Local notes of marriages and weather amid crowded Darwin area
Marriage licenses listed for Jacob Horton and Mary Grady in Darwin and others in Marshall and Anderson areas. Sunday temps near four degrees with a severe snow storm noted as one of the worst in the region. Miss Grace Tingley hosts a Castlefin school box supper. Reba Ashworth voted prettiest girl, Nellie Bohn dies at nineteen. Obituaries for Nellie Bohn and Ella Simpson referenced with interment in Darwin cemetery. James Wright shows a new knife and corn display at farmers institute. six bushels from five hundred grains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Horton
Mary E. Grady
Darwin
James McIntyre
Libby Wesnitzer
Marshall
Philip Spittler
Core Freeman
Anderson
Grace Tingley
Castlefin
Reba
Ashworth
Nellie
James
Hannah Bohn
James Wright
Farmers Institute
Ella Simpson
Ella Simpson Died’at Her. Ho E
Sydney
Chase
Auburn
Marshall Lodge officers elected for coming year
George Purdunn W Hogue W S Roy Lieyd J W Homer Quick Burns Smith secretary Joseph Wells longtime Melrose resident died Saturday aged 83 The city was busy with shoppers last Saturday Marriage licenses issued John R Kelly Rosa Shonk Wesley Hughes Carrie Harbor James Marr Cecile Hurst families traveled to Terre Haute for holidays Dr Stephen Bradley Fern Ruth Fredenberger top nursing exam nurse graduates of Union Hospital Terre Haute Josiah Snedeker passed state civil service exam for institutional chief clerk
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John‘ R.’ Kelly
Martingville
Rosa “Shonk
Marshall
Wesley ‘Hughes
Carrie Harbor
Dolson’ Township
James C. Marrs
Cecile Hurst
Dolson Township
Emmett Payne
T. W. Shipe
Missy Alma Shipe
Terre Haute
Stephen Bradley
Delaware
Ohio
Bradley
Ruth Fredenberger
Indianapolis
Union Hospital Training School
Josiah Quincy Snedeker
Wabash Township
Supposed December Meeting Of Clark County Supervisors
The Clark County Board of Supervisors met in Marshall last Monday for the regular December session. The meeting was reported as tame with all members on good behavior. Losses from the past three months were approved and routine business was conducted. The March grand jury was selected, to be detailed elsewhere in the Herald.
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Clark County
Board of Supervisors
Clark County Board of Supervisors
Marshall
the Herald
Santa Live Toys Bring Yuletide Exhibit to Marshall Streets
A Marshall event by the Chamber of Commerce and merchants features an outdoor wild animal exhibit with Lions Deer Llama and a South American Camel in cages. The show runs Saturday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm with a free kids’ show and a post show treat by the Knights of Pythias. Santa visits daily through Christmas as stores extend hours starting Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Chamber of Commerce and Merchants
Marshall Man Died After Stroke In His Home
The report notes slight improvement earlier, then JB Robert Thompson aged 65 died Friday afternoon at his Lum Street home after a stroke. Thompson had been active in Marshall business and politics. Also listed are marriage licenses for Ernest Nickle and Anna Mae Wood in Martinsville, and Orville Knecht and Zella Lowery in Casey. Wilda Davis, 13, of Marley City, won first in Clark County spelling contest.
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Robert Thompson
Lum Street
Marshall
Ralph Gockie
Lewis Eugene
Davis
Marle
Clark
Sea Marshall
Ethel Litchinson
Pele
Ernest’ Nickle
Anna Mae Wood
Martinsville
Orville Knecht
Casey
Zella Lowery
Death notices from Marshall area list multiple survivors
Obituaries report Mrs. Mary Ann Ryan 92 of Marshall died in Peoria with sons Michael and William and daughters Mary Rose Kate Schaack Helen Theresa and Sister Catherine Sienna among survivors. Other notices include Lucinda Higgins 86 died at a son Roy's home with four sons and a daughter. burial at Dunlap church. Norman Richey 76 died at Alton State Hospital with several relatives and a funeral at the Christian church in Marshall.
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Mary Ann Ryan
Marshall
Peoria
Michael Ryan
Gary
Indiana
William Ryan
Detroit
Michigan
Mary Rose
Chicago
Katie Schaack
Terre Haute
Helen
Theresa Ryan
Catherine Sienna
Paris
Moore Funeral Home
St Mary's’ “Church
Mary's Cemetery
Lucinda Higgins
Roy
Wabash
Maude Ramsey
Walter Higgins
Elza
Fred Higgins
Dennison
Lester Higgins
Marrs
Dunlap Church
H. J Kemp
Norman Richey
Alton State Hospital
Everett Hunt
Oakland
Ill
Harvey Richey
Casey
Allen
Floyd Richey
Ashmore
Jacob Richey
Iowa
Harvey
Ind
Glen
Elisha Beach
Ann Axe
California
Marrs Funeral Home
Christian Church
Rev
G. W. Gibson
Marshall Cemetery
Gases Threaten Home as Fireless Night Near Miss
Thirty years ago in 1923 Friday night gases from a heating stove nearly overtook Lloyd Pulver’s home but were contained after hours of medical effort. Obits note Henry Wesnitzer dies at 70 near Vandalia station leaving a wife and five children. Mrs. Eb D Morton dies at 53 on West Main Street with burial in Edgar Cemetery Paris. Miss Eleanor Snavely, daughter of Judge Snavely, finishes Bach recital and earns praise from Terre Haute writers. E M Dewey and E E B Howell go duck hunting on the Illinois River. Fred Fawley of Findlay arrives to visit his wife and child with the Scholfields.
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Lloyd Pulver
Henry Wesnitzer
Vandalia Station
EB. D. Morton
West Main Street
Edgar
Paris
Eula
June Edmundson
Chicago
Eleanor Snavely
H. R. Snavely
L. Evan Alden
Vee Haute
Bach
Terre Haute
Snavely
E. M. Dewey
E. E B. Howell
Ilnois River
Fred Fawley
Findlay
Ohio
S. M. Scholfield
Ten Years Ago Obituary and Military Death Notices
Ten years ago Martha Mae Jones aged 22 and infant Doris Lynn of Dennison R1 died at Paris hospital. S Sgt. Harry H. Scott was reported killed on duty with the air force in England, the Scott family notified by the War Department. Various local residents and visitors from Chicago Washington Martinsville Nederland and Tuscola are noted in short visits and travel mentions.
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Martha Mae Jones
Doris Lynn
Dennison, R. 1
Paris Hospital
Roy Scott
West of West’ Union
War Department
Washington
Harry H. Scott
Air Force
England
Charles Strohm
Chicago
Virgil Hurst
Plum Street
Roy Mathew
Nederland
Texas
William Mathew
North
Michigan Avenue
Mathew
Tuscola
Birthday surprise for Mrs. Prevo noted in 1933 party
Friday marked Mrs. Ralph Prevo’s birth anniversary with a planned euchre surprise hosted by her children. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Kelley, Mr. and Mrs. James Millhouse, and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Harper. George Renner underwent leg amputation above the knee.
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Ralph Prevo
C. W. Kelley
James Millhouse
Howard Harper
George Renner
Reader letter from Patricia Maynard on recovery and thanks
Patricia Curry Maynard writes from Tecumseh Michigan thanking Marshall Herald readers for cards and prayers during hospitalization. She describes wearing a Taylor collar and chair back brace, healing neck, and plans for hand surgery in Tecumseh on January 9 with fingers straightened. She wishes happy holidays to all.
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Marshall Herald
Marshall, II
Maynard
Marshall
Tecumseh
Patricia (Curry) Maynard
Russell Road
Tecumseh, Mich
Christmas Services at Armstrong Church
Next Sunday December 20 at 7 30 p m the annual Christmas services will be held at Armstrong Methodist church. The service will commemorate the birthday of Jesus Christ with the beauty of Christmas memory in a small country church.
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Armstrong Methodist Church
Jesus Christ
City Plans Major Curb and Walk Repairs
The City Council announces plans for extensive curb and sidewalk repairs to begin next spring. Pfc. Harold Dean Myers, stationed at Fort Baker, California, has arrived home to spend the holidays with his parents Mr and Mrs Clarence Myers Wilma and other relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Dean Myers
Fort Baker
California
Clarence Myers
Wilma
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Fea
Keith Allen Brown
Laura Effie Buchanan
William C. Duff
Columbus
Katherine Eckhart
Roy Chapman
St. Elmo
Illinois
Jean Chapman
Montrose
North Center Meeting
Midnight Divine Wordship Congregational ‘Church
Santa’s Live Toys
Alumna Association Officers
Alumna Association of the Marshall High School
Alice Little
Rita Tarble
Don McNary
Bill Meehling
Armstrong
Marshall Community Unit
Buechler
Volk
Berner
Pine
Keyes
Knapp
Fields
Winkler
Bush
Bennett
Murphy
Rhoads
Forsythe
Wilkinson
Manhart
Wyrick
Weger
Stanfield
Washburn
Carl Washburn
Bartram
Floski
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