Gas Delivery Truck Destroyed by Fire
Fire destroyed a gas delivery truck at the loading tank area near York Central. The driver was loading gas when the blaze started. the 80,000 gallon main tank held gas but one valve could not be closed due to heat. Smaller tanks near the fire contained 2,400 gallons, with several full 100 pound cylinders. The loss included only the delivery truck. other tanks remained intact as crews fought the blaze. Appliance Sales and Service arranged continued gas deliveries for customers and commended Marshall Fire Department for their handling of a difficult fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ny Marshall
York- “Central
Fallrogs
Hollenbeck
Court Notes Brown and Kemp Divorce Hearings
Judge Robert Cotton of Paris opened circuit court in Marshall on Saturday. Cases heard include Mildred I Brown versus Robert N Brown with separate maintenance and partition, orders for $9,001.62, weekly support, and occupancy rights through June 1, 1962. Pearl Barrett versus James Douglas Barrett for divorce with desertion and property settlement. and Harry L Kemp versus Dorothy L Kemp with divorce on desertion, child custody to the man, child support of 7.50 weekly per child, and reasonable visitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Cotton
Paris
Marshall
Mildred
Brown
Robert. N.brown
Pearl Barrett
James Douglas Barrett
Harry L. Kemp
Dorothy L. Kemp
Mrs Flossie Craig Dies in Hawaii
Word reached Marshall relatives of the death of Mrs Flossie Craig widow of William Craig of Marshall. She died in Kailoa Hawaii where she had lived with her daughter Mrs W C Featherston since early June. Funeral arrangements are pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Flossie Craig
William Craig of
Kailoa
Hawaii
W. C. Featherston
Terre Haute and Columbus couples obtain licenses
Marriage licenses issued to Paul F. Lewis 21 and Elizabeth Maxwell 18 both of Terre Haute Indiana. Charles R. Sullivan 21 of Columbus Ohio and Sharon G. Tracy 18 of Columbus Ohio. Robert O. Thompson 20 of Marshall Indiana and Carol M. Chapman 19 of Casey Indiana. Kenneth Wayne Hall 21 of Rockville Indiana and LaWanda Sue Meschen 19 of Montezuma Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul F. Lewis
Terre Haute
Indiana
Elizabeth Maxwell
Charles R. Sullivan
Columbus
Ohio
Sharon G. Tracy
Robert O. Thompson
Marshall
Carol M. Chapman
Casey
Kenneth Wayne Hall
Rockville
LaWanda Sue Meschen
Montezuma
License Renewal Crisis Amid 1962 Plate Deadline
Secretary of State Charles F. Carpentier reports about two million vehicles still lack 1962 plates as the deadline nears. Everett Seed remains hospitalized in Union Hospital awaiting treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Carpentier
Everett Seed
Union Hospital
Illinois election filings and veterans pension reminder
The article lists state and county office filings with multiple candidate names across districts and counties including Clark Edgar and Wabash. It also reports a Veterans' Commission reminder about income questionnaires due by January 31 1962 and pension rules with regional office contacts in Paris and Marshall along with a note on Mrs. George Renner returning from St Anthony Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Veterans’ Commission
Edward B. Akin
Akin
Ilinois
Veterans’ Commission
Edgar County
Millinois Veterans’ Commission
E. Court Street
Paris
Clark County
Marshall
Lincoln Trail State Park Visitor Report Highlights Growth
Visitors and campers from six states and about ten foreign countries have enjoyed the park in its first year. Fishing is improving with seven eight thousand channel cats added last May and a large population in the lake. Ice fishing and sleigh riding occurred but snowfall limited activity. No admission charge this year. tables and boats to be ready by early April weather permitting. Overnight stays require a permit at the gate.
Clark County Soil Conservation District Holds Annual Meeting
The thirteenth annual meeting of the Clark County soil conservation district will be held Monday January 22 at 6 30 p m at the Martinsville American Legion building A banquet at 6 30 p m and the business meeting at 7 30 p m There will be an election of three directors The directors whose terms have expired are John A Macey Eugene Tingley and Wayne D Clapp After the short business meeting there will be an address by William Brown Jr head of natural resources of the Illinois Agricultural Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County Soil Conservation District
Martinsville American Legion
John A. Macey
Eugene Tingley
Wayne D. Clapp
Wiliam Brown, Jr
The
Illinois Agricultural Association
Real Estate Transfers in Casey and Marshall Deeds Filed
Executorship transfers include Pauline James and Victor Miller conveying lots 8 4 5 6 in Dulaney subdivision Casey for 9000 dollars. Evelyn Grant sells lot in Archer addition Marshall for 10 dollars. Cuma Lee transfers land in Casey to city for 2 dollars. Wycoff sells land in section 6 township 11 range 10 for 10. Gallatin family deeds cover land in section 19 township 10 range 13 for 2. Crouch sells Lots 57 and 64 Dulaney fifth addition Casey for 2. Crumlin conveys land in section 10 township 9 range 12 for 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline James
Victor Miller
Nora Etchison
W L. Lindsey
R. L. Dulaney
Casey
Evelyn M. Grant
Lloyd W
Audrian N. Hendrix
William B. Archer
Marshall
Cuma Lee
City of
Leonard Wycoff
John A. Medley
William and
Bessie A. Gallatin
Bessie Gallatin
Trefz Elected President of Clark County Wabash Unit
Herbert Trefz of Marshall was elected president of the Clark county unit of the Wabash Valley Association at the annual meeting in West Union. Lyman Shawler was secretary Temple Lovett and Wilfred Shaw served as directors. Seven members agreed to transport others to a January 25 hearing at Greenup by U S Army Engineers on the Embarrass Watershed. Henry Wallace of Grossville gave an informative talk to the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Trefz
Marshall
Clark County
Wabash Valley Association
West Union
Lyman Shawler
Temple Lovett
Wilfred Shaw
Greenup
U. S. Army Engineers
Embarrass
Henry Wallace
Grossville
Fire Alarm At Joe Smitley Grocery After Chimney Trouble
Marshall fire department rushed to the Joe Smitley Grocery on North Second Street about 6:00 Tuesday evening after chimney trouble. Mr and Mrs Walter Garwood returned from a month visit with their son and family in Fort Worth Texas and Mission Texas. Max Cork of Terre Haute, son of Mr and Mrs Joe Cork of Marshall, was discharged from St Anthony Hospital Terre Haute after several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Fire Department
Joe Smitley
North Second Street
Walter Garwood
Raymond Garwood
Fort Worth
Texas
Mission, Texas
Max Cork
Terre Haute
Joe Cork
Marshall
St. Anthony Hospital
Fifty Years Ago 1912 Local Notes and Marriages
Bert Bryan of the Dulaney Bank sails for the Sandwich Islands and Australia from Los Angeles. Elsa Sheppard wed Fred A. Moffitt at her parents home in a Paris-born alliance. A large ten-inch ice harvest nipped next summer’s scarcity. Mabel Lewis entertained guests Friday. A fire in Erwin & Dickinson poultry house destroyed an entire block in Tuscola. Ross Stewart and wife settled in the city from Fort Worth. Arva Mundorf returned from San Pierre Indiana. Emma Murphy visited Terre Haute friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Bryan
Dulaney Bank
Los Angeles
California
Sandwich Islands
Australia
W. T. Sheppard
Elsa
Fred A. Moffitt
R. B. Moffit
Paris
Mabel Lewis
Erwin & Dickinson
Tuscola
Ross Stewart
Fort Worth
Texas
Arva Mundorf
San Pierre
Ind
Emma Murphy
Terre Haute
Advertising Club Head to Speak at Marshall Chamber Event
Charles Henry Mackintosh, president of the Associated Advertising Club, will speak in Marshall under Chamber auspices on making advertising a more efficient business tool. Police report a minor fire at Rector's transfer barn found by Officer Millard Hedrick. Mrs Doty and sons plan to move to Wapakoneta Ohio, with Mr Doty staying another week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millard Hedrick
Charles Henry Mackintosh
Associated Advertising Club
Marshall Chamber of Commerce
Advertising Association
M. C. Doty
Emmett
James
Wapakoneta
Ohio
Mr. Doty
George Ledermann
Mary Ogden
Miami
Florida
Fred S. Reisner
Terre Haute
Miss Pulver and Paul Behner Wed in Marshall
Thirty years ago in 1932 Miss Mary E. Pulver of Marshall wed Paul Behner of Westfield at the Methodist parsonage. The couple is described as the child of Myles and Irene Pulver and Melvin and a Mrs Behner of Westfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Pulver
Marshall
Paul Behner
Westfield
Methodist
Behner
Myles Pulver
Melvin Behner
Anow Grocery
Ashmore
Murphy Bros. Cash Grocery
Zenas Murphy
Kansas
Como
Auburn
Clarence Brown Sees Flock of Geese Tuesday
Clarence Brown of route 5 Marshall in Lower Wabash township reports a flock of about fifty geese seen Tuesday morning around 8:00 oclock. He observed them flying southeast along Big Creek toward the Wabash River at a reasonable height, a sight the weather man at Station WTHI Terre Haute can note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Brown
Marshall
Lower
Wabash Township
The
Herald
Big Creek
Wabash River
Mr. Brown
WTHI
Terre Haute
March of Dimes Event at North Center School
Tonight at 7 30 p m the annual March of Dimes event is held at North Center school Proceeds go to the March of Dimes fund Entertainment includes the Ruffner Dance Trio Cheryl Rosemary and Bucky Ruffner Cakes donated will be appreciated for the cause
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Center School
March of Dimes Fund
Ruffner
Cheryl
Rosemary
Bucky Ruffner
Wrights visit Illinois Farm Week with Alpha Tau kin
Glen Wright of Marshall attends Farm and Home Week at the University of Illinois in Urbana visiting his brothers Vern and Harold Wright at the Alpha Tau fraternity during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Wright
Marshall
University of Illinois
Urbana
Glenn
Vern
Harold
Alpha Tau Fraternity
Twenty Years Ago Highlights at Marshall Area
In 1942 Margaret L. Rademaker earned high honors at Eastern Illinois State Teachers College Charleston. Farm adviser T Myers and family moved into the Mollie Casteel house near Archer Avenue. Mrs Ben T Baird Sr hosted Mrs Nelson Smith and daughter Sandra of Georgetown. Opal Martin of Indianapolis visited her Marshall hosts, the Snedekers. Miss Bessie I ONeal left for a three week business trip to Vandalia. Dale Jones of St Louis, son of Mrs Susan Jacobs, enlisted in the naval reserve and became a recruiting officer at the federal building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret L. Rademaker
J M. Rademaker
West Archer Avenue
Marshall
Eastern Illinois State Teachers College
Charleston
T. Myers
Mollie Casteel
Archer Avenue
South Second Street St
Ben T Baird
Nelson Smith
Sandra
Georgetown
Opal Martin
Indianapolis
John Snedeker
Bessie I O'Neal
Vandalia
Dale Jones
St. Louis
Susan Jacobs
Naval Reserve
Federal Building
Ten Years Ago 1952 Marriage License and Births
Notice recalls a marriage license for Duane Downey and Ruby Frost, both in their mid-twenties. It also reports births including a son to Mr and Mrs Sidney Rains of Indianapolis, and a son born January 10 at Union Hospital to Mr and Mrs John Hardway, named Reggie Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane Downey
Martinsville
Ruby Frost
Casey
Sidney Rains
Indianapolis
Corpus Christi
Texas
Elmer Goekler
C. A. Dixon
Whittier
California
Hugh E. Kirkwood
Frank W. Greenough
Edwin Greenough
H. A. Wallis
Oak Park
Ward LaRue
Mayme Wallis
Richard Hunter
David
Chicago
Melvin Cork Earns Bonito Champion Fisherman Title
Melvin R Cork of Marshall returns from Fort Lauderdale Florida where he fished near the coast and landed a two foot eight inch Bonito weighing 29 pounds. He received an official citation signed by Captain Bill Spires weighmaster Jim Frazier and festival organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Cork
Marshall
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
Mildred Jared
Melvin
Melvin R. Cork
Fishing Festival Committee
Bill Spires
Jim Frazier
Barry
W. Hardesty
Deaths of local residents listed in Marshall area notices
Obituaries report the deaths of Joseph I. Monroney age 54 of Marshall Cleone Bartlett age 66 of West Union and Ann Brosman age 85 with details of survivors and funeral arrangements. Monroney funeral services set at Hiles Moore Funeral Homes with burial at Harrison cemetery Bartlett services at Prust Hosch Funeral Chapel and burial in Harrison cemetery Brosman survived by eight daughters two sons twenty seven grandchildren and other relatives with services at Marrs Funeral Home and burial in Baird cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph I. Monroney
Archer Avenue
Marshall
Moore Funeral Home
Hiles
Greenup
Vaughn Monroney
Oblong
Dale Monroney
Robinson
Harold Monroney
Paris
Cleone Bartlett
West Union
Prust-Hosch
James Whitkanack
Harrison Cemetery
Flossie Williams
Frances Wolfe
Napa
California
Claude Bartlett
Miles City
Montana
True Bartlett
Cahoma
Texas
Ann Brosman
Union Hospital
Golda Davis
Millie Doughty
Casey
Illinois
Lucy Shotts
Martinsville
Flora Siverly
Dorothy Shotts
Alice Hutchens
Ada Miller
Tllinoiss
Bertha Fantz
Gary
Indiana
Vearis Brosman
Tllinois
Leaton Brosman
Marrs Funeral Home
Fred Carlen
Baird Cemetery
Birth and surgery notes from Indiana hospital report
A baby boy named Kenneth Allen Hut chens was born to Mr and Mrs Donald Hut chens on Friday December 22. He has two brothers Michael and Charles. Mrs J Huffington underwent surgery at Union Hospital Terre Haute on Wednesday morning. Her groom number is 417.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Hutchens
Kenneth Allen
Michael
Charles
3. J. Huffington
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hawaiti
Maurice’ We Coburn
Doula Op
Bettina
Eedports
Ray Page
Springfield
Supreme Court
Earl“B. Searcy
Appellate Court
Robert L. Conn
Victor L. Smith
John W
Lewis, Jr
Edward M.finifield
Arcola
A. Lincoln Stanfield
Chrisman
Harold M. Jones
Zollie O. Arbogast
H. J. Kemp
Kile McWherter
Anderson
Joseph H. Kemp Casey
William, Savage Caney
Ernest A. Donner
Darwin
Wayne Myles Dolson
Everett
Ross Douglas
Lloyd. Hollingsworth Marshall
Raymond Buechler Marshall
Frank Cooper Marshall
Dick Davidson
Lowell Eugene Bennett
Chester Kurts Parker
Jesse Maxey
Wabash
Orville E. Taylor
Weatfield
George’ Rawards
Democrat
Francis 8
Myron
Jim
Tedricle
Caney
County
Wreaker
C. Turner
Walter Starkey
Bobbie Joe Francis
Dale Veach
T. R. Anderson
Vern V. Simpson
Wayne Beard
Earl Sweitzer
Dolson
W. Denver Sims
Chris Curran
William R. Clatfelter
Wayne Andy Turner
Lester Burton
Arthur Fessenbeck
Clyde Rollings
Carl Kirby
Robert H. Flowers
Veteran Information
George Renner
Lincoln Trail State Park
Soil Conservation District
TREFZ
Marshall Girl Scout Chorus
Girl Scout Chorus
Susan
Frank Mitchell
Howard Young
Kenneth Little
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