Indiana couple wed after license in Marshall office
Bruce Torrence known as Bruce Torrence and Frances Jones of Plainfield Indiana obtained a marriage license from County Clerk H J Kemp then married in Associate Circuit Judge Zollie Arbogast Jr s office. The couple will live in Plainfield. Also noted is a P T A chili supper set for February 20 at the high school cafeteria with donation requests from various classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buttler Bittick
Bruce Torrence
Frances Jones
Plainfield
Indiana
H. J. Kemp
Marshall
Zollie O. Arbogast, Jr
Giles County
Tennessee
Mooresville
Indianapolis
Jacob Cox
Indianapolis Times
Mountain
Deaths of local residents note multiple passings
Obituaries report the deaths of Tom Daugherty of West Union Indiana Grace Matteson of Terre Haute M a Matteson Mack Ligget and Lulu Cox. Details include ages birthplaces spouses survivors and funeral arrangements with locations and dates. Graveside and church services were held in West Union and Marshall cemeteries with local ministers officiating and military rites noted for one veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu M. Cox
North Tenth Street
Terre Haute
Indiana
St. Anthony Hospital
Locust Street UB Church
Riley A. Cox
John &L. Cox
Indianapolis
Gwendolyd J. Sanders
Corry Stricker
Marshall
Edna
World Day of Prayer events planned in Marshall
The World Day of Prayer observance by United Church Women will be held Friday February 14 at Marshall Congregational Church. Rev David Palmer will speak on The Church of This Generation, with a noon sack lunch and an afternoon program at 1 16 led by Marshall School music department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Church Women
Women of Marshall Community Churches
Marshall Congregational Church
Marshall School
United Prayer
Congregational Church
Births in Floyds Knobs Paris and ChicagoFamilies welcome five newborns
Mr and Mrs William Shirely of Route 2 Floyds Knobs Indiana greet a son William Allen born January 80 to grandparents Mr and Mrs Robert Morecraft and Mr and Mrs Frenton Shirely. Robert Powers and Carolyn Hood welcome a son Robert John born Feb 3 at Paris hospital weighing 8 pounds 6% ounces. Fred Lux and Jeannette Vanfleet welcome a daughter Leslie Lucile born January 27 weighing seven pounds twelve ounces. John Bach and Sharon Stout welcome a daughter Debra Jo born February 1 in Chicago weighing five pounds ten ounces. Arnold Dean Wilson and Mary Lou Woods welcome a daughter Rhonda Sue born January 80 at Paris Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Shirely
Route 2
Floyds Knobs
Indiana
William Allen
Robert Morecraft
Frenton Shirely
Robert Powers
Marshall
Paris Hospital
Robert John
Carolyn Hood
Fred Lux
Leslie Lucile
Jeannette Vanfleet
John Vanfleet
West Union
John Bach
Chicago
Debra Jo
Sharon Stout
Bach
Bess Bach
Arnold Dean Wilson
Paris
Illinois
Rhonda Sue
Mary Lou Woods
Norman Woods
Marriage Licenses Reported for Four Couples
The list records marriage licenses issued to two pairs in Marshall and Chicago areas. Robert Sullivan and Paula Stepp, both in their early twenties, were joined by Shumaker and White, Gideon and Boehm, English and Garner, Batson and Prulett, Funk and Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Stanford Sullivan
Terre Haute
Paula Joann Stepp
Marshall
Leland Arthur Shumaker
Myrtle Irene White
Robert Eugene Gideon
Chicago
Christine Marie Boehm
Harry Jean English
Virginia Lee Garner
Marshall Marion Lawrence Batson, Jr
Joyce Kay Prulett
Ronnie LeRoy Funk
Casey
Peggy Louise Young
Rotary Tuesday Night Highlights Exchange Teacher Visit
Miss Sirwart Edens of Montevideo Uruguay addressed the Marshall Rotary Club on February 4 about the US Department of Health Education and Welfare sponsored teacher exchange. Miss Koujoumdjian praised the program and noted the strong impact of the American dollar on her country’s economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sirwart Edens
Ites
Montevideo
Uruguay
Besfore
Marshall Rotary Club
Koujoumdjian
United States Department
of Health, Education and Welfare
United
I Thé l
United States
StSet
Extension highlights feature Illinois Homemakers federation meeting
Home Adviser Hazel Wright and other officers attended the Illinois Homemakers Extension Federation annual meeting in Urbana. Tim Nugent of the University of Illinois Rehabilitation Center spoke on accessibility advances such as lower water fountains and chair friendly facilities. Spotlighted are Martinsville Day Unit officers led by Kathryn Patchett with long time Handy Maidens leader Katherine Slater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Wright
County First
Ruth Boyer
County
Illinois Homemakers Extension Federation
Urbana
Tim Nugent
University of Illinois
Martinsville
Kathryn Patchett
Lena Stricklett
Edna Benner
Ethel Hainley
Wanda Walker
Our County
Mark Cooper
Katherine Slater
Handy Maidens Club
Father of R. E. Laird Dies in Ohio at 97
G. A. Laird, who would have turned 98 on March 1, died in Eaton Ohio on February 5. He is survived by his wife Margie two sons R E Laird of Marshall and Jason and a daughter Mrs. Florence Smith of Dayton Ohio. Services scheduled for February 8 at 2 00 p m in New Paris Ohio with burial in New Paris cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack Ligget
Marshall
Wabash Township
Susie
Samuel
Terre Haute
William
Laura Matheny
Moore Funeral Home
Paul Lawson
Marshall Cemetery
G. A. Laird
Eaton
Ohio
Margie
Jason
R. E. Laird
Florence Smith
Ton
Eastern Standard
New Paris
Miss Koujoumdjian Speaker for Marshall Lions Club
International English teacher Miss Sirvart Koujoumdjian from Montevideo Uruguay spoke to the Marshall Lions Club on January 29 as part of a Fulbright program. She studied at the University of Texas and was assigned to Marshall Community Schools for two and a half weeks. Charter members Russell Junker Harry Bamesberger Robert Flowers and J E Malloy attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russel Junker
Harry Bamesberger
Flowers
J. E. Malloy
Miss Koujoumdjian
Herbert Shaffner
Club
Sirvart Koujoumdjian
Montevideo
Uruguay
Marshall Lions Club
Koujoumdjian
University of Texas
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
State Department of Public Instruction
Illinois
Marshall
Russell Junker
Robert Flowers
J E. Malloy
Natural gas for Marshall sparks municipal ownership debate
An injunction filed by C I P may keep Marshall Martinsville and Case from municipal gas ownership, risking the original franchise. The dispute centers on state regulated rates and potential private control while industry observers note growing concern over government ownership of utilities and a proposed inter-industry committee to oppose it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Martinsville
Case
State Commerce Commission
Gas Industries Magazine
John E. Heyke, Jr
Brooklyn, Union Gas Co
Boy Scout Week Exhibit Near Court House Lawn
A week long Boy Scout exhibit runs February 7 through February 13 on the courthouse lawn. Scouts will feature camping Indian dancing a teepee and other activities during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Sparkettes of Terre Haute to perform at Marshall game
The Indiana State College Sparkettes will appear at halftime of the Marshall High School Charleston basketball game on Tuesday February 11. They are college students from Indiana State University under Miss Martham Bush and connected with physical education and the music department. The Marshall Lions host games February 14 Kansas February 21 Oblong and end the season February 25 Martinsville with a regional round on March 4 at Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana State College Sparkettes
Marshall
Kansas
Martinsville
Lions
Paris
Municipal gas utilities limit national share
AG A notes municipally owned gas utilities serve only seven percent of the nation’s consumers. The article suggests private entrants might have sped gas availability and allowed cities to tax and relieve themselves of a major duty. Willie Kesler reports selling a beef hide for 65 cents and paying 1200 for shoes. Ginger Gard and Kimberly Hutchings return home from Union Hospital after eye surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AGA
Willie Kesler
Herald Office
Ginger Gard
Kimberly Hutchings
Union Hospital
Marshall FFA Club Members Meet College Alumni
Marshall Community Schools sponsor a Guidance Department program where former University of Illinois students John Macke and James Brown spoke to FFA and Scimatics students. Macke discussed university course choices finances housing and self discipline while Brown described first year engineering work and distributed university materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.e Maurice Miller
Scimatics
Larry Wells
Scimatics Club
Jim White
BEA
Jerry Tarble
Loren Cannady
FFA
Robert Morris
Truman Spittler
John Macke
University of Illinois
Theodore Kallas
James Waugh
James Brown
Marshall Community Schools
Arnold Macke
Marshall Ffa Club
FFA Club
John
College of Agriculture
James
Guidance Department
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Robert Guinnip
Fores Richardson
Tom Daugherty
Mary Sherman Hospital
Sullivan
Prust- Hosch Funeral
Maud
Arlene Dambacher
Marie Wetherell
Margie Pinkston
Jack Daugherty
R. 1
Grace Matteson
J. Arnold Olsen
David Palmer
Wesley ‘Foundation
Indiana State College
Rose Polytechnic Institute
Palmer
Rantoul
University of
Rotary Ee
America
Marjorie M. Houghland
R. E. Laid
MISS
Sirvart Koujomdjian Lions
BOY Scout
Kennth Snedeker
Dee Ann Snedeker
Zona Alexander
Russell Alexander
Sam Finkbiner
Walter M Turner
Chanute Air Force Base
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