Various Classifieds and Notices From Martinsville Area
A dense 1940s style classifieds page lists items for sale including a 1953 DeSoto car, coal and hay, seeds and oats, pianos for rent, and a LaSalle seed oats offering. Also shown are rental postings for a six room modular house, a gravel pit production notice, and notices from local dealers and farmers including land plots, bridge gaps in the community economy, and employment openings with The J. R. Watkins distributing office in Danville Indiana.
Card of Thanks and Local Political Notices
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to friends and relatives for support during bereavement. A Democratic political notice from Donald Murphy announces candidacy for Road Commissioner in Marshall Township and criticizes the February 19 convention. John Quick announces candidacy for Supervisor and invites Democratic voters to the February 19 meeting at 2:00 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara’ J. Imle
Marshall Township
Tom
Enffjed
Fairfield Odd Fellow guest to become grand master in 1957
Charles McCoy of Fairfield Illinois grand warden of the Grand Lodge of Illinois Odd Fellows was a Tuesday overnight guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Roth. He attended a Junior Odd Fellows meeting at the Paris lodge and will be grand master in 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles McCoy
Fairfield
Ilinois
Grand Lodge of
Tlinois
The
Odd Fellows
Frank Roth
Paris Lodge
Robert Haddix
Frank Adams
Susie
Chicago
Korea
Donald W. Smitley
Mulberry St
Marshall
Fort Lee
Virginia
Fort Devens
Massachusetts
Newton Corkand
Melvin
Martha Crocker
Wm. Dickey
West Union
Lester Coryell J
Hutsonville
Allie Hamilton
Hdna Baker Nursing Home
North Eighth St
Marriage Licenses and Local Notices From Days Gone By
The column lists several marriage licenses including Presley Meeker and Elizabeth Evans in Melrose, Isiah Osborn and Della May Miller in McKeen, and others in Casey, Darwin, Orange, and Anderson townships. It notes births, deaths, a school term at Lower Union with teacher Wes Mundy, cold weather reports, and upcoming plans such as a grist mill site exploration. Also mentions marriages at home and community events like a valentine party hosted by Lydia Trefz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presley Meeker
West York
Elizabeth Evans
Melrose
Isiah Osborn
Mc- Keen
Della May Miller
Wm. Lickert
Darwin Township
Mamie Fawley
Douglas Township
Zane Arbuckle, Jr
Marshall
Grace Birchfield
Anderson Township
Lower Union
Wes Mundy
B. T
Wm. Poorman
Tennessee
James Homer
Freedom
Phoebe Stricker
H. L. Mattison
Will Lickert
Darwin
Elmer Fawley
Ray
Charles Hewitt
Marriages and obituaries in West Union area note 1925 events
Twenty five listed entries include marriage licenses for Brintnall Hill merchant and John H Williams with multiple brides from Marshall Casey Darwin and Gary Indiana, a fiftieth birthday gathering for Grace Wallace, deaths of William Hartzer and Mrs Reynolds aged 87, a newborn to Owen and Mrs McGee, sale of West Union News plant, a Paris marriage of Paul Clatfelter and Nona Watson, and the death of Nathan A Musgrave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brintnall Hill
Washington
Alice Purdum
Marshall
John H. Willams
Casey
Eliza Schoepfer
Darwin
Harry H. Kuhn
Ruth B. Cummins
Gary
Indiana
Allen Wallace
West Union
Grace Wallace
William Hartzer
Owen McGee
Reynolds
John Reynolds
South Sixth Street
Charles
Ill Funeral and Community Notes From Martinsville Area
After a long illness, age 57, burial planned at Oak Grove cemetery on Lamotte's Prairie. Marriage licenses list Chelsea Liffick and Kathryn Outright, Kenneth Weger and Maxine Peterson, John Beauchamp and Stella Uhl. A newborn daughter Nancy Jean born to Mr. and Mrs. John A. Wear. Local visits include Mrs. Charles Figg and granddaughter Mrs. Charles Groose in Indianapolis. Connections mention Joe Cork’s Firestone promotion and progress of several Marshall area residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Greenscholt
Alma Downs
Dolson Township
Harry
Laroy Lee
Blanche Emrich
Casey
Everett Sharp
Ida Howe
Orange Township
John H. Williams
America Buckner
Johnson Township
James Snyder
Serena A. Wyrick
Livingston Cemetery
Robert 8. Tingley
Cecil V. Pine
L. J. Ehrhardt
Evangelical Parsonage
Otho Tarman
Martinsville
Ill
St Paul
Walter E. Cork
Wimauma
Florida
Minter Thomas
A. P. Fawley
Walter Reynolds
Fred Liggett
James Wyrick
St. Mary's Indiana
Jame Snider
Lydia Trefz
Chelsea Liffick
Kathryn Outright
Kenneth Weger
Flat Rock
Maxine Peterson
Robinson
John Beauchamp
Stella Uhl
John A. Wear
Nancy Jean
Charles Figg
Terre Haute
Charles Groose
Indianapolis
John Paddock
Max Cork
Joe Cork
Marshall
Firestone Rubber Co
Dan Schafer
Fred Strohm
George Paddock
Prairie Creek
Ind
Oleta
Marie Spencer
Ten Years Ago 1945 Marriage Licenses and Local Notices
Ten years ago in 1945 Henry Lucius Wolverton and Imogene Tracy obtained a marriage license. Harold Bright, former Marshall teacher, suffered a heart attack directing the Shrine band in Terre Haute. John Stephen, near Marshall, turned 93 last Monday. Engagement announced for Mary Jane Pulver to William J. Guentzer Jr. Paula Jane Volk born February 12 to Lenwood Volk. Nancy Claypool celebrated her 18th birthday. Mrs Charles Ogle celebrated her birth anniversary with a surprise. Glenn Morgan returned from Union Hospital in Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Parks
Terre Haute
Charles Prueitt
Ward LaRue
Wm. Lickert
Drexel Howard
Robert Martin
Fred Walcott
Mahala
Jule L. Gore
Ralph E. Montgomery
Effingham
Gore
Billie Davidson
Richard Burrell
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Grendell Bennett
Nellie Hilbert
Florida
Alo Walls
Snyder
Ray Miller
Independence
Missouri
Bert Walls
Charlie Ogle
Hattie Walters
Christian Nursing Home
Marshall
Mattie Blockinger
Lucy Draper
Adam Lichtenberger
Dale Norton
Priday
del Rio
Texas
Eugene Allmeyer
Jane
Rock Island
George Butcher
Curtis
Robert
Indianapolis
Amanda Bledsoe
Winamac
Martha Bush
Effie Dancey
J. H. Turner
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Ed Fredenberger
Harold T. Craig
Pearl Craig
Beverly Gibson
Lincoln Bible Institute
Lincoln
Ilinois
G. W. Gibson
Emmett Munyon
Childdren
Central Islip
New York
Joseph Cork
Fred White
Glen Turner
J. B. Cox
Glennlen Jones
Union Hospital
Gus Hammond
Gary
Ind
Hammond
Maude Atkinson
Sam Morgan
Lillian
Ann Kuhn
Lula Davison
Daisy Belle
Jimmy Kuykendall
Lloyd Cork
Henry Lucius Wolverton
Hutsonville
Imogene Tracy
Harold Bright
Indiana State Teachers College
Shrine Temple
John Stephen
Lloyd Pulver
Mary Jane
William J. Guentzer, Jr
U. S. Army
Lenwood Volk
Ash Street
Paula Jane
Charles Claypool
Nancy
Charles Ogle
Glenn Morgan
Real Estate Transfer to Thompson Couple
E O and Della Todd convey land in section 17 township 10 range 14 to Forrest E and Gwendola M Thompson by warranty deed dated January 6 1955 for 3500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. O
Della Todd
Forrest E
Gwendola M. Thompson
Marshall Township Supervisor Candidate Seeks Democratic Convention
The announcement states a candidate for Supervisor of Marshall Township pending the Democratic convention on February 19 at City Hall. It notes the candidate previously supervised courthouse improvements.
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Marshall Township
Court House
Weather swings bemuse buyer as seasons flip in town
A reader describes fluctuating weather from early spring to sudden warmth and back, planning for both winter and summer. The notice lists garden seed onion sets lawn grass seed potatoes at 1.25 per 50 lb bag and apples, plus buckwheat flour and car starting trouble with fuel advice.
Shell Gasoline Claim Prompts Public Roar
An anonymous text claims all Shell gasoline contains T. C. P. and that a government release makes it public. It urges readers to try several tanks and suggests there may be a discoverable product identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shell
Also Mentioned on This Page
GMC
Jay J. Newman
Martinsville, Il
Bercy Stanfield
Marshall House
Rome
Newmar
Walnut Hill Mine
West Terre Haute
Wrexel
LaSalle
E. H. Washburn
Kansas
Rock Hill
DeSoto 2 Dr
Fred Lewis
Stan Sfield Implement Co
Marshall, Il
Jack Bierbaum
Herschel Ctine
Weat Union
Samuel & Hawkkins Music Co
Archer. Inquire
Archer Ave
Derwin
Percy
Tabfield
O. R. Stanfield
Smyedlf
Ines Merrick
Raleigh
F. E. Dunn
P. A. Wavinson
Hampshire
H. Seidel
Lewis Body & Glass Shop
Fender
Timothy
Arthur Monk
Ray Newell
Charleston
Bernard Staub
Route 3
Pontiac
Thad Nash
Bridgeport
Til
Kaiser
Fannie Romoser
Watkins
Meg
Clark County
J. R. Watkins Distributing
P. O. Hox
Danville
University of Ilinois
George Lee
Alexander
Paris
Donald Murphy
John Quick
Abe
Ape A Tescthy
Cart
D ‘Noetom
del’ ‘Rio
Woodrow Hendrix
Jesse Kile
Karen
Beecher City
Ralph Jackson
Fred. Shafer
Newton Cork
Springfield
Mildred Jared
Judy
Dean Houk
Walter Snyder
Annapolis
Merle McCrory
Oak Grove Cemetery
Lamotte’s Prairie
Marshall, Illinois
Ortig Cleo Moore
Hugo Haas
John Agar
Sun
TOM Sawyer
Dan River
M. Grabenheimer
Peter
Lee
Wolverine
South End News
Manford Buckner
Cole & Cole
Harold Luse
North 6Th St
Jim Davis
SCOUT
Junior Woman's Club
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