Engagement of Jeanne Buechler to Stephen Drum
Mr and Mrs Raymond J Buechler of Marshall announce the engagement of their daughter Jeanne to Stephen L Drum son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence E Drum formerly of Indianapolis now in Danville California The bride elect attended Patricia Stevens Career College and the groom elect attended Ball State University The wedding date is set for May 20 in Indianapolis
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond J. Buechler
Marshall
Jeanne
Stephen L. Drum
Lawrence E. Drum
Indianapolis
Danville
California
Patricia Stevens Career College
Ball State University
Armstrong Church Revival at Armstrong Methodist
A revival will be held at Armstrong Methodist church six miles east of Marshall on Route 40 from Thursday evening February 2 to February 10. Evening services start at 7:00 with a Sunday morning evangelistic service February 5 at 10:30 after the 9:30 church school hour. Evangelist Rev Taff Thrasmer serves Cecelia Kentucky Methodist charge. local pastor is Rev M W Daugherty. Ray Farris is church school superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong Methodist Church
Marshall
U. S. Route 40
Taff Thrasmer
Cecelia
Kentucky
M. W. Daugherty
Ray Farris
Class of 1942 Organizes 25-Year Reunion Planning
The 1942 class plans its 25th anniversary events with a steering committee from the 20-year reunion including Joe Welsh Betty Simpson Abel and Agnes Staub Miller. A meeting to invite participation is set for Monday January 30 at 7 30 PM at Agnes Miller's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Welsh
Betty Simpson Abel
Agnes Staub Miller
Agnes Miller
Engagement Notice for Susan Lymn and Philip Halt
Mr and Mrs Wayne A Turner of Marshall announce the engagement of their daughter Susan Lymn to Philip H Halt son of Mr and Mrs Howard Halt of St Louis Missouri The groom is a 1865 graduate of Rose Polytechnic Institute and a project engineer for National Starch and Chemical in Indianapolis Susan a 1964 Marshall High School graduate and senior at St Anthony Hospital School of Nursing Terre Haute She is president of her senior class and first vice president of the Indiana Association of Nursing Students She is to graduate in June
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne A. Turner
Marshall
Susan Lymn
Philip H. Halt
Howard Halt
St. Louis
Missouri
Halt
Rose Polytechnic Institute
Lamda Chi Alpha
National Starch and Chemical Corporation
Indianapolis
Susan
Marshall High School
St. Anthony Hospital School of Nursing
Terre Haute
Indiana Association of Nursing Students
Bellaires Quartette to Perform on Pat Boone Show
The Bellaires Quartette of Nashville Tennessee will appear on the Pat Boone Show tonight January 27 and Monday January 30. They have made several appearances nearby and promise a TV watchable performance. Gladys Carpenter of Marshall is an aunt of a member of the quartet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellaires
Nashville Tennessee
Pat Boone
Gladys Carpenter
Marshall
Installations by Knights of Khorasan Officers in Mattoon
Dramatic Order Knights of Khorasan installs officers January 20 at the Shusham Temple Knights of Pythias Hall. Royal Vizer Wayne Pennell Grand Emir Rex King Sheik Richard Poorman Mahedi Warren Strohm Secretary Robert Ogle Treasurer H E King Satrap John Hanley Sahib Bill Rhoads Trustee Emory Bohn Installing Officer John W Lewis. Sam Wolf of Mattoon elected Imperial Representative to 1967 Imperial Palace Convention in Miami Beach Florida Harlan Thompson elected alternate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dramatic Order
Knights of Khorassan
Shusham Temple
Knights of Pythias
Illinois
Miami Beach
Florida
Harlan Thompson
County panel weighs single center for USDA agencies
Clark County ASC Committee considers building a unified facility to house ASCS SCS FHA and Extension Service. The aim is enhanced inter agency cooperation and better service to farmers, with many counties already consolidating facilities for efficiency and convenience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department
ASC
Clark County
ASCS
SCS
FHA
Tinois
Local Couples Granted Marriage Licenses
Richard Lee Wilson 22 of Bloomington Indiana and Teresa Ann Thompson 19 of Bloomington Indiana receive licenses. Michael Lynn Pierson 18 of Casey Illinois and Dorothea May Hickox 16 of Casey Illinois receive licenses. Paul Richard Seddon 36 of West Terre Haute Indiana and Gertrude Olive Kester 40 of West Terre Haute Indiana obtain licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Lee Wilson
Bloomington
Indiana
Teresa Ann Thompson
Michael Lynn Pierson
Casey
Tlinois
Dorothea May Hickox
Til
Paul Richard Seddon
West Terre Haute
Gertrude Olive Kester
Marshall Chamber of Commerce Holds Early Morning Meeting
A regular Marshall Chamber of Commerce meeting convened at 7:00 am Wednesday at the Colonial Kitchen. Members discussed a plan to house federal offices in Marshall, potential lake developments, and possible changes in store hours. Treasurer Mr Fields reported the accounts balanced and checks approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Chamber of Commerce
Colonial Kitchen
Marshall Area
New Lake
Fields
Public Library Plans Expansion in Marshall
Marshall Public Library trustees invite friends to a 7 30 p m meeting at the library over City Hall. They seek to purchase a large downtown building for a ground floor location and expanded facilities. The project aims to be a community effort with representatives from several Marshall organizations attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Marshall Public Library
Friends of the Library
Marshall
Job's Daughters Hold Weekend Visits Across City
Becky Remlinger, honor queen of Bethel 85 Marshall, led a group to Mount Carmel DHnois for an official visit. Afterward eight Chicago Job's Daughters joined Robinson Titinois Daughters at the Masonic Temple for a slumber party with food and fun. On Sunday they attended church with Robinson Daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becky Remlinger
Bethel
Marshall
Mount Carmel
Dh- Nois
Becky
Job
Chicago
Robinson, Titinois Job
Masonic Temple
Robinson Job
Singspiration service at Potters Ball church
Singspiration at Potters Ball church Sunday night January 29 at 7 p.m. Everyone invited to attend the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potters Ball Church
Clark County Fair Officials Set 1967 Dates At Springfield Meeting
Clark County Fair officials met in Springfield for the annual fair gathering and set official 1967 dates from July 1 to July 7. Contracts were signed for carnival Grande Ole Opry and other entertainment. The racing program launches Sunday night and ends Thursday night with tractor pulling Friday night. Miss Susan Welsh, daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Welsh, represented Clark County Fair in the queen contest. Sixty seven entries were received for Miss Illinois State Fair 1967.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County Fair
Springfield
Clark County
Pall Board
Susan Welsh
Arthur Welsh
Mrs Dean's 90th Birthday Celebration Attended by Many Friends
Mrs. Dean celebrated her 90th birthday with over three hundred guests from Marshall Evanston Chicago Kenosha Madison Floyds Knobs and Urbana. Hosts included Felicia Lowry Robert Maurer Fenton Shirley and other family members with decorations in red white and rose, flowers candles and oil lamps enhancing the affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felicia Lowry
Robert Maurer
Fenton Shirley
Myr
Floyds Knobs
Indiana
Leland Shirely
Kimbra
Lora Shirely
Urbana
Grooming and Showing Horses 4-H Club Meeting
Clark County 4-H members are invited to join the 5-H activity club to learn grooming showing and handling horses. A meeting is set for February 8 at 7 p m in Casey agriculture shop with details from the Farm Adviser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County
Casey Agriculture Shop
4-H
Births in Gary and San Francisco reveal two new arrivals
Mr and Mrs Frank Varela of East Gary Indiana announce a daughter born January 21 1967 weighing six pounds fifteen ounces. Rosemary Chambers is the mother prior to marriage. Grandmothers Mary Washburn and Lucy Chambers are named. Mr and Mrs Robert Morecraft Junior announce a son born January 1 in San Francisco weighing seven pounds two ounces named Shawn Keith. Paternal grandparents Robert Moorecraft Sr and Mrs Vanoven are referenced with maternal grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Varela
East Gary
Indiana
Varela
Rosemary Chambers
Silas D. Chambers
Portage
Mary Washburn
West Terre Haute
Lucy Chambers
Marshall
Route 1
Robert Morecraft
San Francisco
California
Shawn Keith
Robert Moorecraft
Maternl
Frank Vanoven
Man Struck by Vandalia Train at Auburn. Injuries Serious
Pearl Garver was struck by a westbound Vandalia train at Auburn Monday evening while at the station waiting for the train. His dog ran onto the track and Garver leaped to save it, being struck by the locomotive’s pilot. He suffers a broken collar bone and several ribs, plus a badly cut head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Garver
Auburn
Mr. Garver
Lyman Thompson
Clara Belle Freeman
Anderson Township
Fred Smith
Gladys Stewart
Marshall H D . Higginbotham
Bertha Ledermann
Wm. M. Abraham
Lula Funk
Casey
Laura Arbuckle
Merritt
Iditarod
Alaska
John Brosman
Floodwood
Minnesota
Forty Years Ago 1927 County News Briefs
Deputy Sheriff Roy Cropp and Hazel Horner of Marshall wed by Rev. D. T. Black at the Black Hotel on Saturday night. Emmett Tharp and wife announce a baby boy Donald Elvin in St Louis after leaving Ohio Chapel. A Ford snow ride picture shows Drucilla Deaner Virginia Prevo Bertha Maurer Edith Short aboard amid icy sidewalks and frigid Friday conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Cropp
Hazel Horner
Marshall
D. T. Black
Black Hotel
Ohio Chapel
Emmett Tharp
St Louis
Donald Elvin
Herald
Ford
Drucilla Deaner
Virginia Prevo
Bertha Maurer
Edith Short
Marriage Licenses for Ralph Morgan and Myrtle Chan Cellor
Thirty years ago in 1937 Ralph Morgan thirty of Martinsville and Myrtle Chan cellor thirty of Terre Haute obtained marriage licenses. Ben Wallis of Marshall died Wednesday afternoon at Union Hospital Terre Haute after a weeklong major operation. Herman Fawley of Marshall and Tim Paddock of West Union were ordered by the State Highway Department to take a truck to Carbondale to assist flood work this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Morgan
Martinsville
Myrtle Chancellor
Terre Haute
Ben Wallis
Marshall
Union Hospital
Herman Fawley
Tim Paddock
West Union
State Highway Department
Carbondale
80 Acre Maurer Farm Sold At Public Auction
The 80 acre Harry Maurer farm near Marshall sold at public auction to H G Griswold for 150 dollars per acre. The list also names discharge recipients and marriage licenses for several local couples and the birth of Linda Sue Finkbiner at St Anthony Hospital in Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Maurer
Marshall
H G Griswold
Leslie Milam
Jim Goble
Clarence Monral
Darrell Ruffiner
Alvis Ferguson
Morris F Paden
Charles Morris
Donald Duvail
Harold Sparks
Charleston
Tlinois
Eloise Dickerson
West Union
Clifford E. Walters
Bernadine Perisho
Joseph M. Hayek
Ruth E. Isbell
Chester Finkbiner
St. Anthony Hospital
Terre Haute
Linda Sue
Ten Years Ago Marriage and Births in Martinsville
Ten years ago in 1957 E. E. Howell and Opal Scholfield wed at Opal’s home with Rev. Robert Swain officiating. Births include a daughter Rebecca to Mr. and Mrs. Hayward Harrison, a son Kurt Alan to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hampton on January 12, and a daughter Beth Virginia to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Morrison on January 15. Also noted is the death of Guy H. Miller, longtime Martinsville businessman, just before noon Monday at age 80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Howell
Opal Scholfield
Robert S Swain
Hayward Harrison
Rebecca
Eugene Hampton
Kurt Alan
Mary Bubeck
Jack Morrison
Beth Virginia
Guy H. Miller
Martinsville
VATIONING IN SOUTH AMERICA Visit Notes From Marshall Couple
A card received at the Herald Office from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dular of Marshall reports their visit to South America. They describe the weather as warm and pleasant during their trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald Office
Joseph Dular
Marshall
Ae South
Marshall Jaycees Honor Dr. Mitchell at January Banquet
Dr George Mitchell received the Distinguished Service Award from the Marshall Jaycees at Tom's Cafe on January 19. Jaycee president Lewis O'Dell presented the award amid remarks by speaker Duane Hanley. Mitchell, a longtime Marshall physician and local leader, heads the Marshall Community Unit C-2 school board and serves in multiple civic roles. Also honored were Skip Fields and Ron West for Jaycee activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Mitchell
Tom’s Cafe
Marshall Jaycees
Jaycee
Lewis O'Dell
The
Jaycees
Jaycee Week
Mitchell
Marshall
Skip Fields
Ron West
Duane Hanley
Effingham Jaycees
the Jaycees
Hanley
School Board Talks and Semester Dates
The first semester ended January 13 and the second begins now with Eighth Grade Promotion on May 25 and High School Graduation on May 26. Parents will review report cards and should contact teachers about progress. The Board of Education meets February 9 at 7:00 pm in the Central Administration Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Clark County
Martinsville
Boards of Education
Safety Improvement Course Offered in County
The Farm Bureau Women's Committee with the Home Extension Council and Country Companies sponsor a Drivers Improvement course at the Colonial Kitchen in Marshall February 21 and 22 from 9 30 am to 2 30 pm with a lunch break. Reservations due by February 10, send to Mrs Stella Martin Marshall Route 2 889-2239 or Mrs Mary Lou Prewett Home Adviser’s Office 2171 Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau Women's Committee
Home Extension Council
Country Companies
Colonial Kitchen
Marshall
Stella Martin
Clarksville
Mary Lou Prewett
Home Adevisor
Death notices and society items from Marshall area
Deaths include Mrs Bertha Evans 84 of Robinson Nursing Home died Sunday. Survivors: husband Cyrus son Millard Martin. step son Edward Evans. brothers Frank and Steve Martin. seven grandchildren. Funeral service Tuesday at Prust Hosch West Union. Burial in Robinson Cemetery. Other obituaries: Frank Todd Route 1 Dennison, Illinois. George H Todd Route 1 Dennison. Ruth Huddleston Veolia Illinois. Sarah Reeley Mira Loma California. Walter Brimer Marshall aged 82. Funeral services at Marrs Funeral Home and St Marys Church with Rev Msgr Michael Donahue officiating. Also notices of Clark County Historical Society meeting February 2 at 7:30 pm in Marshall City Hall council room. Mrs William Wieck presents Pioneer Women program. society officers met January 25 to plan 1968 trials. Updates on hospital stays: Mrs Jemima Houk, Mrs William Koutsoumpas, Sy and Lester Veach returned from Union Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Evans
Robinson
Cyrus
Millard Martin
Marshall
Edward Evans
West Union
Frank Martin
Steve Martin
Flat Rock
Prust- Hosch
F M Sparling
Robinson New Cemetery
Frank Todd
Dennison
Hlinots
Paris Hospital
George H. Todd
Illinois
Ruth Huddleston
Veolia
Ulinois
Sarah Reeley
Mira Loma California
Marrs
St Mary's Church
Michael Donahue
St Mary's Cemetery
Clark County Historical Society
Marshall City Hall
William Wieck
Also Mentioned on This Page
Armstrong Church
Bellaires Quartet
Possible County Agricultural Center
Chamber OF Commerce
Fa Public Librar
Job’s
Fair Officials Annual Meeting
John F. Galey
Annetta Galey
David W. Blaker
Belinda J.blaker
Ronald Eugene Howe
Billie Lynne Howe
South America
Marshall Community Unit C-2
Methodist Church
Historical Society
American Legion
White Shrine
Scottish Rite
First National Bank
Walter Brimer
Burnside
Gertrude Bruner
Fort Lauderdale
Bessie Bruner
H. J. Kemp
Black Cemetery
Jemima Houk
William Koutsoumpas
Lester Veach
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