Clark County 4-H Talent Program Highlights Public Speaking
Clark county Illinois 4 H members from the Agri culture and Home Economics clubs presented a Public Speaking and Share the Fun program at Casey High School. 225 attended. Margaret Ann McGee will represent Clark at the State Public Speaking contest in Springfield August 9. Carolyn Sue Sumption to MC the district Share the Fun in Effingham July 18. Blue ribbons awarded to top participants with green ribbons for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County
Illinois
Casey
Warren Bundy
Ella J. Fikuayst
Susie Setzer
Joyce Miller
Myrtle
Luke
Elaine McConchie
Donnetta Bland
Janie Johns
Florence Stockwell
Hungary
Pauline
Cork
Janice Davidson
Geneerey
Martha Ann Bush
Ann Jensen
Ralph Lee
Robert Cox
Martinsville
John Conerty
Coles County
Margaret Ann McGee
Springfield
Carolyn Sue Sumption
St. Anthony's Hall
Effingham
Pauline Cork
Sand
Connie Trout
Sherry Hartman
Maurice Miller
Jackie Fraker
John Culumback
Marriage Licenses Filed for Four Couples in Marshall
Charles R. Daniels 21 of Marshall and Janet Davis 20 of Marshall. Norman Gilbert Somers 24 of Dennison and Mary Evalyn Staggs 23 of Marshall. Fenton Macke 39 of Marshall and Margaret Jane Spotts 33 of Marshall.
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Charles R. Daniels
Marshall
Janet Davis
Norman Gilbert Somers
Dennison
Mary Evalyn Staggs
Fenton Macke
Margaret Jane Spotts
Tractor accident injures Earl Vargas by side pulley
Earl Vargas was injured Tuesday afternoon after becoming entangled in a tractor side pulley tearing his shirt and undershirt and causing bruising.
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Earl. Vargas
Circuit Court in Marshall Hears Divorce and Turners Condemnation
Judge Robert Cotton opened circuit court in Marshall last Monday. State's Attorney Omar Shawler filed term reports. Jackie Washburn was granted a divorce from Harold Dean Washburn with a property settlement approved and custody awarded to the mother. Harold Washburn ordered to pay ten dollars weekly for each child. In the case Department of Conservation of the State of Illinois vs. Belva and Earl Turner, condemnation was noted. A motion hearing is scheduled for Tuesday July 16 at 9:00 a.m.
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Robert Cotton
Marshall
Omar Shawler
Jackie Washburn
Harold Dean Washburn
Department of Conservation of the State of Illinois
Belva
Earl Turner
Deaths Lillie E Setzer 78 Dennison funeral held
Mrs Lillie E Setzer aged 78 died at her rural Dennison home Friday morning. Survived by son John F Setzer and daughter Mary Cathryn Goekler of Marshall, brothers Harry and Everett Macke, sisters Mrs Herbert Fawley and Mrs Ross Davison, and four grandchildren. Body to Marrs Funeral Home with services Sunday at 3 00 pm Rev E C Kunce officiating burial in Marshall cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Forsythe
Denver
Colorado
James EK. Forsythe
Ponce
Puerto Rico
Ray Forsythe
Marshall
Ann Hastings
Terre Haute
Indiana
John W. Lewis
Dave Whitney
Greencastle
Lila Forsythe
Lucy Hall
Eva Dempster
Moore Funeral Home
William ‘Reed
Lillie E. Setzer
Dennison
John F. Setzer
Mary Cathryn Goekler
Harry Macke
Everett Macke
Herbert Fawley
Ross Davison
Marrs
E. C. Kunce
Marshall Cemetery
Scouts Seek Help to Set Up Camp Am-Wa-Co
Urgent call for fathers and friends to help raise tents at Camp Am-Wa-Co on Sunday July 14 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Bring family picnic lunch. Women may finish cleaning the lodge. Camp Am-Wa-Co is ten miles south of Oblong Illinois, access via blacktop from Oblong center.
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Camp Am-Wa-Co
Camp
Am-Wa-Co
Oblong
Ilinois
Titus Driving Privilege Revoked and Licenses Suspended
Charles F. Carpentier announced Titus of Casey Route 2 had driving privileges revoked for driving while intoxicated. Dennis M. Jones of Archer Avenue Marshall had his driver license suspended. Also noted are travels of E H Adzigan and Frank Drake Jr. family visits and a recent emergency appendectomy for Mrs Paul Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Carpentier
Carol D. Titus
Casey
Dennis M. Jones
Archer Avenue
Marshall
E. H. Adzigan
Stoneham
Massachusetts
Frank Drake
Algonquin
Tilinoia
Frank Drake, Jr
California
Telatoes
Life for a Robber Continues Rough Life
Thanksgiving night 1952 Richard Freeland Pegg then 16 and accomplices targeted the Johnson filling station near Archer avenue. They stole a small safe with about $500, checks, and papers. Pegg later robbed a Terre Haute business, earning a four thousand dollar sentence at Pendleton Reformatory, and upon release was jailed again on parole violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Freeland Pegg
Marat
Terre Haute
Johnson
L. B. Lewis
Archer Avenue
Crystal Lake
Pegg
Clark County
Pendleton Reformatory
Reformatory
Milo Pearce
Baber Leaves Jail as Dill Takes His Place
Art Baber from York, once jailed for drinking, left the county jail after weeks of meals with Sheriff Pearce and mowing the court house lawn. Dill replaced him Wednesday night, but was too drunk for a hearing Thursday morning, likely not to keep Baber’s yard-work role this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Baber
York
Del
Baber
Mrs. George Jackson Dies in Los Angeles at 39
Mrs. George Jackson aged 39 died Wednesday night at 1 08 in a Los Angeles hospital. Survived by husband Ralph two married daughters one son Ralph Jr 12 at home father Edward McDaniel Marshall mother Emma Davenport Terre Haute six sisters and two brothers Ray and Lewis McDaniel both of Marshall.
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George Jackson
Los Angeles
California
Ralph
Ralph, Jr
Edward McDaniel
Marshall
Emma Davenport
Terre Haute
Joe Cork
Dean Huffington
Sam Hewitt
William Bowers
Columbus
Ohio
Mary Shaw
Erma McDaniel
Ray
Lewis McDaniel
Kemp Jerseys Take Ribbons at Illinois Fair
Mr and Mrs Joe Kemp Mr and Mrs Jim Weber Mr and Mrs Harry Kemp Mrs H J Kemp and Lloyd Rousch attended the Browns town fair last Thursday where the H J Kemp and sons jerseys won three blue one red and three white ribbons.
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Kemp
Illinois Fair
Joe Kemp
Jim Weber
Harry Kemp
H. J. Kemp
Lloyd Rousch
Brownstown
Eons
Real estate transfers list with multiple warranty deeds
A series of 1957 land transfers includes May McDaniel to McDaniel spouses for section 27 10 14 land for 1 dollar and more deeds: Benton and Oda Marrs to Clarence Marrs in sections 25 and 30 12 13 14 for 10 500 dollars. John Heleine to Heleine Jr and Eva Dale Heleine for section 19 9 11 for 1 dollar. Bartram to Chenoweth for section 4 11 11 for 1 dollar. Shawver to Edington for section 11 11 14 for 10 dollars. Melichore and Arney to Archer in Marshall addition for 10 dollars. Harold Martin to Norris Lee and Winnie Cline for lot 8 block 52 Archer's addition for 2 dollars. Houk to Hutchens for section 16 11 11 1 dollar.
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May McDaniel
C. E
Lela McDaniel
Benton
Oda Marrs
Clarence Marrs
John
Flo Heleine
John Heleine, Jr
Eva Dale Heleine
Marion A
Cora C. Bartram
Ralph W
Nora Belle Chenoweth
Willie and
Elva Shawver
Orla G
Mae C. Edington
Cletus R
Helen M. Melichore
Donald L
Rita M. Arney
William B. Archer
Marshall
Harold Martin
Norris Lee
Winnie K. Cline
Archer
Dean
Jegima Houk
Lawrence
Mildred Hutchens
Land sales and local notes from Clark County
The estate of David Bales sold land in Darwin Township with 151 acres bought by Harry Drake for 5300. Other parcels in York and Darwin townships sold. Local births, marriages, and government notices noted, including appointments to the normal school board and baby announcements. Wheat harvest and oil wells activity highlighted amid weather and crop yields.
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David Bales
Darwin
Byale
W. .T. Hollenbeck
York
Harry Drake
Ira Graham
4 H Club Plans Highlight Clark County Fair Week
The Clark County 4 H program schedules four major events during Martinsville Fair week including a 4 H show auction sale of market livestock a county tractor drivers contest and a 1957 4 H queen contest with a $100 savings bond prize. Damages in a separate suit against G S Chastain Construction and United Pacific Insurance totaled 2500 for unfinished high school athletic field work.
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Board of Education
Marshall Community Unit School
Circuit Court of
Clark County
G. S Chastain Construction Co
United Pacific Insurance Co
G. S. Chastain Company
Marshall High School
United Pacific Insurance Company
Martinsville
Warren Bundy
John Culumback
Fairgrounds
Illinois
Indiana
Tractor Project
Katherine Irwin and Edward Tumey Wed in Pekin Parish House
Twenty years ago Miss Katherine M Irwin daughter of Mr and Mrs Dayton Irwin of Marshall and Edward G Tumey son of Mr and Mrs John Tumey of Marshall were united in marriage at the parsonage of the first Methodist church in Pekin Illinois Tuesday afternoon at 5:00 oclock The body of Emil Keefer age 20 who was killed in an automobile accident at Phillipsburg Montana last Sunday arrived in Terre Haute yesterday afternoon. He was the son of Gifford C Keefer.
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Katherine M Irwin
Dayton Irwin
Marshall
Edward G. Tumey
John Tumey
First Methodist Church
Pekin
Ilinois
Emil Keefer
Phillipsburg
Montana
Terre Haute
Gifford C. Keefer
Oliver Ross Davis
Shady Rest
Paris Hospital
Marshall Area Births and Local Incidents in 1947
Ten years ago in 1947, the Marshall community reports the birth of Doris Ann Gentry at St. Anthony hospital Terre Haute. Six year old Jackie Lee Green of Melrose township suffered serious burns from a gasoline explosion. Charlene Miller of Marshall becomes engaged to John Bierbaum, son of Charles Bierbaum, Marshall. John Robert Lee, 28, of Laurinburg NC, fell about twenty five feet from a silo near Wea Union Farm of Henry Wilson. License: Vernon Anderson, 23, West Terre Haute. Virginia Parsons, 38, Marshall.
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Ralph Gentry
Marshall
Doris Ann
St. Anthony Hospital
Terre Haute
Jackie Lee Green
Lee Green
Melrose Township
Frank Miller
Charlene
John
Jack) Bierbaum
Charles Bierbaum
John Robert Lee
Laurenburg
North Carolina
Henry Wilson
Weat Uhion
Vernon L. Anderson
Terre
Haute
Virginia Parsona
Births
Mr and Mrs Edgar Maurer Edwardsville Illinois announce a son Stephen Wayne born July 6. Sr and Mrs Rex Wright Fort Ord Monterey California welcome Arnold Scott weighing 7 pounds 6 ounces born July. Woody Ferris couple announce twin daughters Anita Kay and Annette Sue born July 5 at St Anthony hospital. Mr and Mrs Joseph Myrtle Butler Pennsylvania announce a daughter Linda Sue born July 1 in Union Hospital Terre Haute. Mrs Myrtle is the former Mary Jane Beamed daughter of Mr and Mrs rural 2 Marshal.
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Edgar Maurer
Edwardsville
Illinois
Stephen Wayne
Edgar
Reno Maurer
Marshall
Maurer
Mary Jacquot
Murphysboro
Rex Wright
Arnold Scott
Fort Ord
McDermaid
Monterey
California
Woody Ferris
Anita Kay
Annette Sue
St Anthony Hospital
Wallace
Jeanette Engle
Joseph Myrtle
Butler
Pennsylvania
Linda Sue
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Myrtle
Mary Jane
Rural 2
Marshal
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Casey High School
Anna V. Wallace
Burton L Wallace
Mary Jane Grant
Lamont Eugine Grant
Norman Forsythe
Girl Scouts
Paul Martin
Dill
Clark County Swine Improvement Association
Clark Service Company
Roscoe Walker
The
Herald Today
Mina Maude Walker
iMre
Owen Walker
Wl. ‘Wale
Anbar
Audry Burte
Martinaville
Mr and J. Casteel
Hector Ye
Mitchell
Stephenshave
Taubenock
I Myras
Senate
Ritteady
Arthur Lowry
Donald Allen
Harry Bamesberger
Randall
Harold Kintz
Familly
Gladys Buser
Kenneth Clapp
Lawton
Oklahoma
William Clark
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Kintz
Chicago
Cliff Hornbrook
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Salt Lake City
Utah
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