Co operative annual meeting in Marshall elects two directors
The Marshall Co operative Shipping Association held its annual meeting in the courthouse. Meryl Braynard and Fréd Schaefer were elected as directors. A sale to Clark Service Company was rejected. The elevator proposition failed 81 to 76. Weather kept attendance down slightly, and a second meeting may be scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Co-operative Shipping Association
Court House
Meryl Braynard
Fréd Schaefer
Clark Service Company of
Marshall
Associaton
American Legion Sponsors JR Basketball in Marshall
The American Legion committees sponsor basketball leagues for about 125 boys from February to April. Four teams will represent each of four age groups from 3rd through 12th grade with Legion funding jerseys officials and supervision. Saturday mornings 9 to 12 handle younger children while schools thank the Legion for supporting youth recreation and fire support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Marshall
Legion
The
4-H Officers and Leaders School February 24
Clark County 4-H officers and leaders gather February 24 at Martinsville for training on duties and group recreation. Sessions include separate classes for Presidents Vice Presidents Secretaries Reporters Recreation Chairmen and Song Leaders with participation from leaders junior leaders and 18 clubs. The event begins at 7 00 p m with a motivational film and promotes the motto To Make the Best Better.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County
Martinsville
America
Petitions Filed Seek Vote on Marshall Taverns
Petitions filed with City Clerk Frank Pearce urge a citywide vote on tavern operation in Marshall. The group gathered 525 signatures to place the question on the ballot and let residents decide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Pearce
City of
Marshall
Frances Fox to Wed Herbert Jillson in June
Mr and Mrs Claude Fox of North Michigan Avenue Marshall announce the engagement of their daughter Frances to Herbert A Jillson son of Mr and Mrs B H Jillson of Chicago. A June wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Fox
North Michigan Ave
Marshall
Frances
Herbert A. Jillson
B. H. Jillson
Chicago
Births Mr and Mrs Wm Lowe welcome Cynthia at Columbus Hospital
Mr and Mrs William Lowe announce the birth of a daughter named Cynthia born Sunday at Columbus Hospital Columbus Indiana. Weight 6 pounds 1 ounce. Mrs Lowe formerly Miss Maxine Bloodworth daughter of Mr and Mrs Emery Bloodworth. Mrs Ted Trefz announces birth of daughter Cheryl Ann born Wednesday February 16 at Union Hospital weight 7 pounds 13 ounces Mrs Trefz formerly Dorothy Rhoads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Lowe
Columbus Hospital
Columbus
Indiana
Cynthia
Lowe
Maxine Bloodworth
Emery Bloodworth
Ted Trefz
Union Hospital
Cheryl Ann
Trefz
Dorothy Rhoads
Charles T Sweitzer Injured In Woodcutting Accident
Charles T. Sweitzer of Marshall area sustained a cracked left ankle bone and bruised heel after a rolling log while cutting wood. His foot will be in a cast about six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Sweitzer
Marshall
Marriage License Rexall Sandiford and Roberta Helen Inman
Rexall Sandiford, 32, of Oblong, and Roberta Helen Inman, 18, of Caacy, obtained a marriage license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rexall
Sandiford
Tlinois
Roberta Helen Inman
Caacy
Strohm to Speak at Marshall Banquet Next Monday
John Strohm formerly of West Union and world traveler will be the speaker at the Pather-Son banquet at the Methodist church in Marshall next Monday night. The program lists Basil Moore as toastmaster, Rev. Eugene Stauffer, Russell Junker, Charles Clapp on singing, Claude McDaniel on toast to the Sons, Kent McDaniel on toast to the Dads, and Strohm as the main address. He is also scheduled as the principal speaker at the Norris Electric Cooperative annual meeting in Newton tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
John Strohm
West Union
Europe
Middle East
Pather-Son
Methodist
Marshall
Basil Moore
Eugene E. Stauffer
Russell Junker
Charles Clapp
Claude McDan
Kent McDaniel
Stohm
Mr. Strohm
Norris Electric Cooperative
Newton
Saurday
National 4 H Club Week Set for March 5 13
Clark County urges rural youth to join 4 H clubs during National 4 H Club Week from March 5 to 13. Last year 144 girls were enrolled in 12 clubs. 225 eligible nonmembers remain. The goal is new members and new clubs with volunteer leaders for ages 10 to 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County
Ella J. Mikuart
Deaths Mrs Susan Routh Dies At West Union
Mrs Susan Routh aged 838 years died Tuesday at her daughter's home in West Union. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church at two o clock. Burial followed in Bradbury Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Routh
William Dickey
West Union
Prust
First Baptist Church
Bradbury Cemetery
Agnes Drake
Harry
Walnut Prairie Cemetery
Wilma Geisert
Rose Finkbiner
Isabel Siegel
Clark County
Martinsville
Betty
Junker
North Side
Hickory Street
Donna Jean Rolson
Charlotte Wilson
Barbara, Montgomery
Verneice Etherton
Betty Medsker
Kathryn Prevo
Ruth Finkbiner
Doris Stepp
Phyllis LaRue
Genevieve Wallace
W. C. Schaefer
Mildred
Evelyn
Ernst
Leonard King
Rosamond Coldren
Rose Marie Abel
Harold Hirschman
Abs. Edgar Abel
Terre Haute
Marshall Men's Chorus to Stage Minstrel Show
Rehearsals are underway for the Alabama Jubilee presented by the Marshall Men's Chorus and sponsored by the Knights of Pythias. Vaughn Arney writes and directs the gala, set for Strand Theatre on March 2 and 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Men's Chorus
The
Knights of Pythias
Vaughn Arney
Strand Theatre
Fox Bounty Totals Reported by County Clerk
County Clerk H J Kemp reports bounty paid on 199 foxes up to yesterday afternoon. Ed and Miss Fredenberger and Mrs Washburn with Misses Gilbert and Alta Gilbert traveled to Clinton Indiana to visit Ama Fredenberger at Vermilion Hospital. Fredenberger daughter is getting along fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Kemp
Ed Fredenberger
Sarah Fredenberger
Mary Washburn
Eunice Gilbert
Alta Gilbert
Clinton
Indiana
Ama Fredenberger
Vermilion Hospital
Miss Fredenberger
Marshall to Install Street Names for All Intersections
Alderman E. E. Sumption reports plates for street names have been ordered and will be installed at every intersection in Marshall. The change will aid residents and visitors in locating streets. Weather delays may affect plans to beautify around the light plant with landscaping and cleanup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Sumption
Marshall
The
Herald
Paris Hospital Admissions and Discharges Feb 9–16
Patients admitted include Bobby Lee Murphy West Union for medical treatment and Mrs. William Down Marshall route 4. Discharges include W. J. Moore Martinsville route 4 medical patient and Mrs. Walter Harlow Martinsville surgical patient returning home. Floyd Arthur Jr. and Mrs. Floyd Hamilton Marshall infant and mother discharged. Dean Ikemire Martinsville and George Prewett Marshall route 3 surgical patients discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris Hospital
Bobby Lee Murphy
West Union
William Down
Marshall
Evangelist Meadows At Nazarene Church
Rev Harold Meadows of Olney Illinois preaches at the Marshall Nazarene Church with services each evening at 7:80 until Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Meadows
Olney
Ilinois
Marshall Nazarene Church
Price Protection Loan Program Extends for Clark County Farmers
The price protection loan program offers $1.43 per bushel on 1948 corn through commodity loans or purchase agreements at the local AAA office. Both options run until March 31, 1949, with many inquiries as grain markets break. Wheat oats and soybeans loans ended December 31, 1948, but some producers had already used them. Frank Hardway, AAA chairman, urged interested parties to seek full details at his office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County
AAA
AAA Committee
Frank Hardway
Mothers Study Club and Pre-school Study Club Meet at Legion Home
The Mothers Study Club and the Pre-school Study Club met Wednesday afternoon in the Legion Home. Mrs Hadley and Mrs Young spoke on Character building in the Home, followed by a program with Mariam Fitzgerald and Helen Moore piano duet and Mrs Burrell reading Founders Day. Tea and cookies followed. teachers and past presidents attended. Frank Hurst on South 6th street reports seeing a robin in his yard yesterday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Home
Mothers Study Club
Hadley
Frank Hurst
South 6Th Street
Woman's Club Plans Events At Legion Home Meeting
The Marshall Woman's Club met at the American Legion Memorial Home for February. The program included a Meandering Memories talk by guest La Venia Jones, a valentine tea, and a country chorus performance by a Marshall High School girls quartet and saxophone ensemble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Woman’s Club
American Legion Memorial
Everett Seed
Flem Black
Illinois Federation
Basil Moore
Hurley Welsh
Walter Craig
Martinsville
Marshall Club
Don Weger
Frank Saiter
Home and Garden
Rosamond Coldren
Robert Langlois
Marshall High School
Joan Crawford
Sue LeFever
Phyllis Baker
Mary Lou Leggett
Jeanette Miller
Nancy Newberry
Barbara Lee
Betty Thompson
Landa Volkers
Harry Waight
Vaughn Arney
J. A. Sullivan
J., O. Stewart
Paris
W. A.walker
C. Glenn Hall
Westfield
Joel Eggleston
Brenton Gallaton
Dale Sinclair
Clark
Owen Main
I. W.lee
John Collins
Casey
LaVenia
O. H. Robson
William Lickert
Russell Laird
B. F Holscher
Ernest Kile
Charles Kelley
Herman Tumney
Wayne Hise
Benton Marrs
Bert Alexander
Paul Arney
Norman Bennett
Raymond Lindley
Heber Nash
Dick Davidson
R. A. Mitchell
R. C. Langlois
Neil Hollenbeck
W E. Morris
Eugene Stauffer
Raymond Low
Temple Lovett
Sybil Simpson
Illinois veterans urged to file state WWII bonus by June 30
The Illinois Veterans Commission warns thousands of World War II veterans and next of kin that the June 30 deadline for the state bonus is approaching. Eligible veterans must have Illinois residence at entry, active duty between 1940 and 1945, and honorable separation, with $10 per domestic month and $15 per foreign month. Next of kin of those killed receive $900. Clark county service office meets Wednesdays in Marshall Court House. Maurice Fredenberger attended the Young Republican convention in Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Illinois Veterans Commission
Ilinois
Clark County
Court House
Marshall
Arbuckle Seeks Hospital Treatment After Marrs Ambulance Call
Zane Arbuckle was transported to Union Hospital in Terre Haute by Marrs ambulance Thursday evening for medical treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zane Arbuckle
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Marrs
Community Mourns West York Pioneer Martin Willard
Martin Willard, aged about 80, longtime local resident and devout Christian, died Tuesday morning at 8. Interment followed yesterday in Bailiff cemetery.iebler Over month the piece notes oranges from California, a preaching tour by H P Lowry, a 15th wedding anniversary surprise for Mr and Mrs English, and deaths or obituaries including Elizabeth Hoverman Kile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West York
Martin Willard
Martin
Henry Berner
California
Henry
Herald Office
Forty Years Ago Valentine Party in West Main Street
Miss Fairy Garver hosted a valentine party with guests including Ruth Davison and Ruth Fredenberger. Prize for hidden hearts went to Miss Ruth Davison. refreshments served. Meanwhile new church seats and organ installation progress ahead of March 7 dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairy Garver
West Main Street
Ruth Davison
Eugene Hillman
Archie Deuel
Robert Smitley
Foster Marien
Will Stevens
Ruth Fredenberger
Alvina Nitsche
Bessie Carley
Mary Meehling
M. E. Church
Harry Reynolds
Mae Sullivan
Wabash Township
Heslin
St. Mary's Church
Albert Penn
Marshall
University of Iinois
Harry 0. Newlin
Lawrence Newlin
West York
Dimple Draper
Hutsonville
Newlin
1919 Obituary and Local Notices Highlight Medley Child
Eva Frances Medley, 9, dies of pneumonia after influenza at her lower Wabash township home. Funeral at Dunlap chapel conducted by Rev. Parker. Also announced are a Washington Day entertainment at York M. P. church with Cpl. Raymond Hand, Grendel Bennett’s return from Camp Sherman, and Martinsville notes on sales by Clyde Knowles and attorney Oscar C. Smith’s France service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Frances
John A. Medley
Lower Wabash Township
Dunlap Chapel
Rev. Parker
York M. P
Cpl
Raymond Hand
Grendel Bennett
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Ohio
Martinsville
Clyde Knowles
Oscar C. Smith
West York
Benton
France
Adjutant General's Department
A 1929 basketball win over Charlestown by 38 to 27
Twenty years ago Coach Donning's red and white team traveled to Charlestown Tuesday night and defeated them 38 to 27. Norma Joy Lange of Brocton was badly burned stepping into a pail of boiling water but is recovering. Mrs Lange, formerly Marie Hood of Marshall, is involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donning
Charleston
Norma Joy
Albert Lange
Brocton
Lange
Marie Hood
Marshall
Charles Kemp Dominates Opponent At Great Lakes Boxing
Charles Kemp, son of the county clerk, trains at Great Lakes Naval Training Center Chicago. He reports rough going but enjoys it as two pictures show him delivering a first round knockout. His company also boasts a winning basketball team with him as a member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Kemp
H. J. Kemp
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Chicago
Charles
K. O
Dean Lawrence sells to Chesty Foods
Dean Lawrence, who ran Dean's Potato Chip Co. in Marshall, sells the business to Chesty Foods Inc. of Terre Haute. Equipment will be moved to Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Lawrence
Dean's Potato Chip Co
Marshall
Chesty Foods, Inc
Terre Haute
Valentine and Farewell Party in West Marshall Area
A Saturday evening gathering at Mr and Mrs Charles Veach west of Marshall drew about 60 neighbors and friends who presented Mrs Veach with a painted dish. Refreshments were served and the group shared good will in honor of the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Veach
Harald
West of
Marshall
Lon Linton
Veach
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Huey Hornbrook
Florence Hodge
Dean Manhart
L. A. Manhart
Near West Union
Delta Chi Fraternity
Purdue University
Lafayette
Indiana
Manhart
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Co-Operative Annual Meeting
Strohm
Iel
Paris Hospital News
Woman's Club
Maurice Fredenberger
Springfield
Great Lakes
Big Four
Chesty Foods
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