City council grills telephone service and overtime issues
At a regular meeting Marshall council members Bennett Brandenstein and Metz reported on talks with Manager Snyder about metallic circuit conversion and cheaper rates. Brandenstein warned poorer service may follow lower prices while Bennett asked utilities to consider the move. the chamber of commerce gained street sign rights and overtime pay questions at the crater and light plants dominated discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Bennett
Brandenstein
Metz
Snyder
Hayes
Chamber of Commerce
Michigan
Avenue
Main Street
Cross
Trania
Frank’ “Wilcox
School Board Agrees To Adopt New Civics Textbook
A meeting of the board of education was held Wednesday night to discuss grade schools. The major item on the agenda was the civics textbook, and members decided to adopt a later edition than the one currently in use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Short Session Delays Tom Tingley Sentencing
County court met Monday to sentence Tom Tingley after a January bootlegging conviction. He is seriously ill at home in Casey with pneumonia, and Judge Pearce could not proceed. Court adjourned to February 20. probate business completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Tingley
Casey
Pearce
Car Collision Near Weaver Injures Several Passengers
John Stepp of Terre Haute driving a large touring car and H B McCart of Paris collide about a mile west of Weaver Sunday afternoon. Three other passengers in the second car and several in the first car are injured. An ambulance from Terre Haute transported the injured for medical aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stepp
Terre Haute
H. B. McCart
Paris
Weaver
Marshall Defeats Effingham 25 to 12 in Johnson Hall
Marshall wins 25 to 12 over Effingham High School in Marshall. The game was fast and well matched with Marshall showing superior basket work. Lineup details not provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Effingham High’ ‘School
Johnson
Hall
Effingham
Purdum
Fredenberger
Burnett
Ferris
Wernz
Chrisman
Vermillion Academy
Johnsons Hall
F.G. Edwards
Lillian Higgs
Sylvia Wright
Ruth Green
Irene Carpenter
Vaughn O'neal
Mrs Lydia Volkers Dies in Wabash Township
Mrs Lydia Sweitzer Volkers aged 81 died at her nephew Charles Sweitzer's home in Wabash township after about two weeks illness. She leaves two sons John M of Terre Haute and Charles B of Pittsburgh and two brothers George Sweitzer of Wabash township and Daniel of Darwin township. Funeral at the German church in Wabash township Saturday at 2 PM, conducted by Rev O H Sweitzer of Odin, with interment in the local cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Sweitzer Volkers
Charles Sweitzer
Wabash Township
Jill
John M
Terre Haute
Charles B
Pittsburgh
George Sweitzer
Daniel
Darwin Township
O H. Sweitzer
Odin
Students with perfect attendance and fall sports report
The article lists students with perfect attendance for the first semester and notes 4 boys and 50 girls were neither absent nor tardy over six weeks. It covers second semester enrollment at 225, honors in six and four studies, and mentions upcoming annual work, debating club selections, and basketball results including Marshall High School's 25 12 victory over Effingham and upcoming games.
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Aardy
Alice’ Adams
Mabel Anacher
Marguerite, Brady
Zelda Claypool
Florence Forbeck
Edna Ox
Mahala Forsythe
Alice Horner
Joy’ Lichtenberger
Dorothy ' “Miller
Charlene Montgomery
Dorothy Moore
Tris Routledge
Tris Routledge,, . ‘Neva Sloan, Mildred Spotts, Wilma’ Stepp, Ethel,Stockwell
Lorene
Tumey
Faye Willams
Esther ’ Wright
James Buckner
Manford Buckner
Creal Clark
Ernest Cropp
Crum
Léster Honderich
Homer Hurst
Robert Mathews
Paul Miller
Elmer ‘Renner
Leland
Routledge
Duncan Schwanecke
Doyle
Tibbs
Glenn‘ Wright
Neva Sloan
Edne Foxswith
Roy Baird
Louise
Stout
Mildred ‘Washburn
Mildred . Bell
Liehtenberger
Credit as a World Ally Endangers and Enables Trade
An analysis by J. H. Tregoe, treasurer of the National Association of Credit Men, argues credit drives modern commerce more than cash. It details credit’s rise with the industrial revolution, its role in global trade, and risks from overextension and inflation in wartime financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Tregoe
National Association of Credit ‘Men
H. Tregoe
Russia
Senior class committee names for city grade schools
The Senior Class A committee selected to organize play for the senior class includes Rosanna Wallis Edna Mundorf Henry Wallis Ted Perdue and George Taylors. City grade schools report 406 pupils split 198 north side and 208 south side with two classes A and Be. B classes average two thirds the size of A classes. Largest rooms are fifth and eighth grades north side and third grade south side. Average enrollment is 25 per room, ranging 15 to 32.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosanna Wallis
Edna
Mundorf
Henry
Wallis
Ted. Perdue
George
Taylors
Boy Scout Week Observances Plan Activities In Terre Haute
Terre Haute troops prepare events for Boy Scout Week February 8 to 14 including a shared church service. Marshall troop lists 24 scouts and ranks fourth in the Terre Haute council. A Tuscola convention of Advertising Clubs features leaders and Lowe trophy awards with special trains from Terre Haute and Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Organization
Terre Haute
Marshall
Associated Advertising Clubs
Wabash Valley Empire
Tuscola
EH. BH. Stacy
Chamber of Commerce of
F. L. Swinehart
Clinton
Wabash Valley
Frank McClure
Chicago
Chicago Advertising Club
FR. A. Russell
Urbana
Fred W. HofMann
Greater
Taxes and elections shift and week of song announced
Harold Bright reports legislative changes on school election timing and paid election officials. He advises 1:00 to 3:00 pm polling with a dollar to two dollars per vote, notes tax authority for elections, and highlights Green Moss and other schools adopting continuous terms. The seventh annual national week of song runs February 19 to 25 to inspire community singing and uplift American spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Bright
Green Moss
H. F. Johnson
Woodlawn
Raymond Martin
East McDaniel
Fay Clements
Ohio
O. C. Shotwell
All America
Jou
Old Fiddlers Contest Delights Pythian Theatre Crowd
The old fiddlers contest at the Pythian Theatre drew a full house. Prizes included inner tubes, coffee, syrup, dough, and various toys and hardware items awarded to participants such as Ralph Bartlett, Joe Ellington, Frank Gordon, and Doug Bishop among others. A closing quip notes no youth is hopeless unless he thinks he is a genius.
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Pythian
Randall
Clay Montgomery
Mart. Price
Booth & Handy
Wm. Bishop
Charles Claypool
Meehling
John Brandenstein
Frank Gordon
Bubeck
Randall & Stephenson
Butler Myles
Machlan
Q. A. Keiser
Joe Ellington
Arkansas ‘Traveler
M. Grabenheimer’s,, Sons
Walter McCleary
Marshall Candy- Kitchen
Doug Bishop
Harold Cunningham
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Utilities ‘Commission
Lydia Volkers
Jean, McCormick
Niuste
Electa. Davis
Edna Mundorf
Loral "Mathews
Robert Clements
Frances Paddock
Frances Chenoweth
Nova Sloan
Lulu Black
Frederick Lewis
Marion Miller
Margaret Eulenstein
Marion ‘Miller
Lucille Sockler
Jerome Pellum
Potomac
Illinois
Carson Purdum
Bill Maloy
Bill Maloy, ‘James Burnett, Joe Turman, Glenn Ritter, and Richard Cole
Gladys Brown
Helen Black
Mary ‘Perdue
Catherine J . Gurran
Louise Deane
Alma Davison
Nellie Wright
Mabel Robertson
Virginia Davis
Walter Clatfelter
Burns Dixon
John Scholfield
Augusta O'Neal
Milton Dickens
H. ‘R. Snavely
U. S
Migffred
Washburn
Eugene Dow
Duane Prast
Mahlon Harvey
Will
Louise Plasters
Lowney
Turner
Ralph Knipe
Mildred Washburn
Duane Prost
Lawrencevills
Bie
Raymond Lambdin
Anderson Township
Anna Shotts
Vern H. Dix
Melrose Township
Fern Nidey
Marshall Markets
Wadley & Co
Cox & Renner
Cape St
Acanssernseserenaseres
Abe Timothy Hay
Mickie
OLD Fiddlers
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