Ontonagon Bets Big on 57 Million RFC Mine Boom
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation approves a 57 million dollar loan to White Pine Copper Co for a new mine near Ontonagon Michigan, triggering plans for a 5000 person company town with a power plant, smelter, mill, railroad, harbor upgrades, and extensive construction over three years. Local merchants anticipate rapid growth yet warn of housing and labor strain while many residents hold real estate as they watch the venture.
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Ontonagon
Mich
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Ontonagon County
White Pine Copper Co
Tme
C. J. Crocker
Local Communities Asked to Back Two Global Projects
Local communities and especially small towns will hear about two interdenominational efforts led by Rev. Stanley I. Stuber. One Great Hour of Sharing seeks a multi million dollar offering on March 23 for war relief and reconstruction. The International Christian University of Japan plans to open in April 1952 and relies on small church support.
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New York
N. Y
United Appeal For War
Internatiional
Christian University of Japan
ICU
Stanley I. Stuber
International Christian University of Japan
California Village Has Record Building Requests
Vista California saw record building activity in October with total permits of 219854 dollars. The month included 21 single family homes 47 additions or alterations 16 private garages 12 barns or storage sheds 27 commercial structures 3 commercial repairs and 5 duplexes.
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Vista
Calif
Legume-Grass Winter Show Promises Profits and Education
Clark County hosts a Legume-Grass Winter Show on January 16 at the Marshall American Legion Home from 10 am to 3 pm. Exhibits demonstrate acre gains in corn, protein, grain, hay, silage and soil fertility, plus contests, quizzes and weed samples.
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Clark County
William Gard
University
H. H. Bousley
Marshall American Legion
Mill Creek
Choctaw Notes on Local Visits and Sick Patients
Mrs Maude Miller and Alvin T Miller and Mrs Imogene Norton have been very sick. Elder and Mrs Jesse Gettings visited the Millers and John and Golda Blizzard shared meals with them. The Blizzard family also spent New Years with Henry Bohn and others in Marshall.
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Alvin T. Miller
Imogene Norton
Elder
Jesse Gettings
Darwin
Woodford Williams and Sons
Terre Haute
John
Golda Blizzard
Hurley Nicol
Marilyn
Allright
John Nicol
Earl Black
John and
Golds
Blizzard
Jeff Booker
Walnut Prairie
Maude Miller
Henry Bohn
Marshall
Golda
March of Dimes drives polio fight in Clark county
County and township chiefs outline 1952 goal of 8150 dollars for Clark county and five million nationwide. Campaign uses miniature Iron Lungs in stores, school cards with dimes, and house to house solicitations led by Leon Fitzgerald and township chairs. Community groups including Lions, Rotary, churches, and scouts urged to participate and meet quotas.
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Clark
County
Clark County
U. S
National Foundation For
National Foundation
Marshall
Boy Scouts
Lions
Rotary Clubs
Leon Fitzgerald
Westfield
L. S. Baker
Parker
Glen Hawkins
Casey
W. H. Turner
Johnson
Don Montgomery
Dolson
Harry Murphy
Auburn
Anna Cline
Martinsville
Harlan Bennett
Orange
Virgil Arney
Douglas
Harry Reynolds
Ed Parker
Anderson
Dean Kammacher
Melrose
Dean Thompson
Wabash
Fenton Shirly
Darwin
Fred Schaefer
York
Henry Wilson
Pollo
Cicero F Bussard Obituary Passes at 91 in Clark County
Cicero F Bussard born April 8 1860 son of Samuel and Elizabeth Bussard died December 27 1951 at age 91 years 9 months and 19 days He married Alma Redifer in 1884 who survives with their daughter and son in law Mrs James Grimes Pendleton Indiana where they winteredand where he died He was among Clark County s oldest residents and long served as a traveling representative of the Farmers Guild He also leaves a wife a daughter and son in law a grandson and four others
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Cicero F. Bussard
Samuel
Elizabeth Bussard
Alma Redifer
James Grimes
Pendleton
Indiana
Cicero
Clark County
The
Farmers Guild
Obituary snippet notes loss of a longtime Loveland resident
Great grandsons and a great granddaughter survive along with two sisters Mrs Amy Gaines and Mrs Cora Norton both of Loveland Colorado and several nieces nephews and many friends. Though illness lingered ten years he enjoyed visits and will be greatly missed by all.
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Amy Gaines
Cora Norton
Loveland
Colorado
Notice of Claim Day in Winkler Estate Illinois
The estate of Raleigh E. Winkler deceased in Clark County Illinois sets Monday February 4 1952 as the claims date. Creditors may file against the estate before that date without summons. Floris W. Winkler is administrator and Claude W. McDaniel is attorney adv.
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Raleigh E. Winkler
Clark County
Illinois
Floris W. Winkler
Claude W. McDaniel
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Wilma Burkybile
Verne Morgan
Edith Amstot
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Katie Ziegler
Lucille
Herald Advertising
Prevo Farm
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Massey-Harris Combine
Chevrolet
International
Fairbanks-Morse
Maytag
Harlan E. Griffith
Gene Hammond
D. A. Macklin
John Lewis
Glen Footy
Kenneth Swope
Ladies Aids
Pitt
J. L. Manwaring
Optometrist
National Dixie Hotel
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Marshall, Ill
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