Marshall High School Graduate Joins Marine Corps
Private Mildred E. Chilton, former Marshall High School student and Class of 1958 graduate, is finishing basic training and stationed at Camp Lejeune North Carolina. She will serve in supplies using business training from Marshall High. She is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Chilton of Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Bush
Mildred Hutchens
Commercial Department
Marshall High School
Mildred E. Chilton
Chilton
Marine Corps
Camp la Jeune
North Carolina
Mildred
Chester Chilton
Marshall
Marshall High School selects 1959 Betty Crocker Homemaker
Bertha Kannmacher announces Vivian Hall as Marshall High School 1959 Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow. Hall scored highest on a fifty minute homemaking exam. She received a Josten's homemaking pin and her paper will enter state competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian Hall
Betty Crocker
Homemaker
Bertha Kannmacher
Marshall Community Schools
Vivian
Marshall High School
Tommorrow
Miss Hall
Josten’s
Christian Church revival services and events report
The Christian Church at 404 Locust St Marshall led by Norman R. Able reports packed Bible school with 275 attendance and worships with 204 in morning service plus 122 in evening service. Upcoming events include Ladies Night next Sunday, a Wabash Valley Youth rally, Ladies Aid, and Explorer Scout meeting with emphasis on generosity and outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church
Locust St
Marshall, St
Norman R. Able
Bible School
LeFever
Dean Avenue Church
Terre Haute
Ladies Aid
Missionary Charles W Leader to Speak at Westfield Church
Rev. Charles W Leader, a missionary to Africa for over twenty years, will appear at Westfield Evangelical United Brethren Church next Monday afternoon and night. Services are at 2 30 p m and 7 30 p m with Mrs Berths Leader sharing. Sponsored by the Casey group of Evangelical United Brethren churches. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Leader
Africa
Westfield Evangelical United Brethren Church
Berths
Casey Group
Evangelical United Brethren Churches
Representative Dave Glenn Named to Multiple Committees
Representative Dave Glenn of the List district was named on committees at Springfield last week. He serves as vice-chairman of Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations and on Agriculture Military and Veterans Affairs License and Miscellany. The Corinth Canal, separating Greece, saves ships 150 miles around the foot of Greece. The canal has been blocked three times in the last decade by retreating Nazis and earthquakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Glenn
Springfield
Corinth
Peloponnesus
Greece
Traffic Accident Toll in Clark County Hits 184 Deaths over Twenty Years
Sheriff Harry F Baker reports Clark County traffic accidents caused 184 deaths over the 20 year span from 1939 through 1968 with a provisional 1988 figure of 10 fatalities. The economic loss totals 16.225 million dollars, calculated by a National Safety Council formula. Officials urge stricter enforcement and safety programs, citing FBI Director Hoover’s labeling of the death driver as Public Enemy No 1 and noting safety assistance from the Illinois Division of Traffic Safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry F. Baker
Clark County
Illinois ‘Division of Traffic Safety
Baker
Illinois
National Safety Council
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Illlinois Division of
Robert A. Campbell
McLean County
A. M. Campbell
Bloomington
Guidance Film Strips Aid Elementary Grade to High School
A series of three guidance film strips shown in the elementary library under Martha Hixon helps sixth graders transition to secondary education. The first strip explains high school readiness and course selection, the second covers basic skills and information finding in sources like World Almanac, atlases, newspapers and magazines, and the third focuses on library use fundamentals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Hixon
Farm Advisers View Clark County Meetings and Dairymen Events
Farm Adviser Warren Bundy notes 4 H members performed at the Clark county Farm Bureau and Clark Service Co annual meeting in Martinsville. Seed orders for dwarf corn seed were placed by Perry Williams and Sydney Vargas for spring planting. Upcoming events include the Southeastern Illinois Dairymen's School in Robinson with Dr. J R Pickard and Prof G W Harpestad as speakers, and the Clark-Edgar Dairy Herd Improvement Association meeting in Marshall with Dr Karl Gardner presenting. The Pierre Haute Producers Marketing Association plans its annual meeting at the Pfizer farm with W R Cummins as featured speaker and dinner arrangements through local committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Burkybile
Lois Burkybile
Jim Brown
Carolyn Smith
June Norton
Carolyn McConchie
Janie Johns
Clark County Farm Bureau and Clark Service Co
Martinsville
Perry Williams
Sydney Vargas
Sidney
Illinois
Dairy Project
American Legion
Robinson
J. R. Pickard
G. W. Harpestad
U. of
Heath Dairy
iThe Clark-Edgar Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Moose Hall
Marshall
Karl Gardner
University of Illinois
Airyman
Turkey
Harold Rose
Ierre Haute Producers Marketing Association
Chas. Pfizer & Co
Pfizer
Vay
Haute
Ad“Committee
Harnett Wright
Robert Welsh
W. R. Cummins
Heart Health Interest Surges in Clark County Meetings
Attendance at Clark County sessions in 1958 shows strong interest in heart health. The American Heart Association joined the County Superintendent Tedrick in a teachers institute with 170 educators impressed. A short film Pump Trouble played to eight groups in Marshall West Union Melrose Martinsville and Casey, led by T R Lovett who distributed literature to 312 participants. On February 23, 1858 over 160 women canvassed neighbors for Heart Sunday funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County
American Heart Association
Tedrick
Theron Elliott
Casey
Clark County Heart Association
Marshall
West Union
Melrose Community
Martinsville
T. R. Lovett
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Westfield
Herald Advertising
Warren Bundy
Tee Marshall
Marshall Township
The
Marshall Herald
Wanda
Chas. Kirchner & Son
Marshall, Illinois
Hillery Road
Bruce Waldorf
Chevrolet
Chevrolet (Co
Archer Ave
Marshall, Ill
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