Martinsville Fair Opens Monday with Moonlit Racing and Events
The 18th annual Martinsville Agricultural Fair begins Monday July 15 offering 102 in purses and premiums across six days. Illinois and Indiana Day celebrations feature state officials and celebrities, with major racing programs including 386000 in premiums across harness and quarter horse events, and nightly programs from Kitty Wells to rodeo acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
Charles B. Taggart
Clark County
Marshall
Casey
Westfield
West Union
Robert M Schneider
Department of Agriculture
State of
Ilinois
Illinois
Indiana
Victor Comptometer Corporation
Barrington
Warren W_ Bundy
Nina Lee Weddell
Midwest
Illinois Thoroughbred Association
States
Canada
Kitty Wells
Grand Ole Opry
Miss Wells
Johnnie Wright
Tennessee Mountain Boys
Bill Phillips
Decca Recording Star Rodeo Towers
Rpm
Decatur
Wally Ryan
International Organization of Sweet Adelines, Inc
AQHA
IQHA
Johnny King
Coons Descendants Gather for Annual Reunion at Marshall Fairground
Descendants of J M Coons reunited Sunday at the Marshall fairground with over 100 relatives and friends. The three living sons of J M and Julia Coons attended along with numerous extended family members from Indiana Illinois and Ohio. A noon dinner followed with thanks given by John Coons and plans announced to hold the event again next year at the same venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J M Coons
Marshall Fairground
J M
Julia Coons
Sone
Decatur
Shelton Davis
Richard
Hammond
Ind
Joe Burkett
Hardy Williams
Marjorie Houghland
Terri
Tammy
Charles Burkett
Ben Duran
Paris
Jesse Bradley
Maumee
Ohio
Ollie LaHayne
Russell Bradley
Hobart
Indiana
Frank Bradley
Gary
Julius Barker
David
Griffith
Carl Love Crown
Hix
Crawfordsville
Lester Coons
Janet
William King
West Terre Haute
Sarah Hix
Martinssville
Owen Hendrix
Sylvan Morgan
Dean Morgan
George
Harry
Julie
Edward Ellington
Carrol
Ronnie
Randy
Anita
Stanley Davis
Darrell
Cheryl
Glenn Wilhoit
Rex
Wilhoit
Alan
Rhonda
Rosalyn
Maurice
Eddie
Terry
Gina
Elston Batey
Leslie
Chester McNary
Alice Reedy
Martha Hutchens
May Shade
David Silverberg
Jane Hutchens
James
Davis
Audrey Ko
Martinsville 4-H Livestock Auction Set for July 17
The 4 H livestock auction at Martinsville fairgrounds on July 17 at 4 00 p m will offer twelve to fifteen thousand dollars worth of market steers hogs and lambs. WTHI TV will tape and broadcast highlights the following day and local chambers back the event with ongoing sponsor opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville Fairgrounds
Warren Bunday
Wthi TV
Chamber of Commerce of
Casey
Martinsville
Marshall
Burton Cline
Don Elliott
Lee Greenwell
Owen Flowers
WEIC
Charleston
Wthitv
Channel 10
Marshall, Martinsville and
Casey Chambers of Commerce
Martinsville Fairground
Sherry Bennett
Miss Bennett
Phyllis E. Conley
Fifty Years Ago 1913 Obituary and Notices
Edward J. Hughes died Monday at his North Seventh Street home. A marriage license was issued to Ernest H. Scott of York township and Nora E Miller of Terre Haute. Emery Dodd and Ragan Hedges burned faces from powder mishap. Dr Ralph A Goodner of Nashville Illinois named superintendent of Anna Hospital for the insane succeeding Dr W L Athon who resigned after twelve years. Athon family expected to return to Marshall soon. Bert Bryan Frank Cole and Louis Doll to tour the Great Lakes for two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Hughes
North Seventh Street
Ernest H. Scott
York Township
Nora E.miller
Terre Haute
Emery Dodd
Ragan Hedges
Ralph A. Goodner
Nashville
Illinois
Anna Hospital
W. L. Athon
Forty Years Ago 1923 Marriage Licenses Noted
Perry Hires aged 39 and Nellie May Coleman 16, both in Johnson township, listed for marriage licensing alongside William E. Hardesty 19 and Esther Guyer 16 Martinsville, Neal Barkalow 71 and Vic Roberts 61 Martinsville, with Robert Dulaney’s tour from Ro bert Dulaney starting through London and Europe. Mr and Mrs W L Mallory announce Mary Mallory’s marriage to James Cunningham on Tuesday July 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Hires
Johnson Township
Nellie May Coleman
William E. Hardesty
Westfield
Esther Guyer
Martinsville
Neal Barkalow
Vic Roberts
Robert Dulaney
Harry Dulaney
Robert
London
France
Italy
Germany
West Point
W L. Mallory
Mary
James Cunningham
Bank Robbery in Martinsville Nets 2800 Dollars
Thirty years ago in 1933 three masked bandits entered the Martinsville Bank on a Wednesday afternoon and, with drawn revolvers, forced cashier Roy Hammond and customer Mrs. Elvira Lowry to lie down. They collected about 2800 dollars and fled. Floyd McClaskey of West Terre Haute, jailed since April 22 in Clark county for chicken theft from Leander Wright of Anderson township and others, escaped about 9:00 yesterday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
Roy Hammond
Elvira Lowry
Floyd McClaskey
West Terre Haute
Clark County
Leander Wright
Anderson Township
Births and weather note a busy month in Marshall area
Twenty Years Ago 1943 births include Shirley Joan Pennington Danville Betty Marie Lewis Wabash township and Mollie Frances Humphries Marshall born at Paris Hospital June rain measured 1.13 inches. Twins Henry Harry and Harriet May to Hargis, June 29. Don Abel and Mrs Abel of St Louis spent weekend with Marshall families. Genevieve Perkins of Marshall will teach next winter at Martinsville Community High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Pennington
Danville
Shirley Joan
Frederick Lewis
Wabash Township
Betty Marie
Harry Hargis
Henry Harry
Harriet May
Norman Humphries
Marshall
Mollie Frances
Paris Hospital
Don Abel
Sparks Move From Kirksville To Cleveland
Ten years ago in 1953 Mr and Mrs Harold Sparks formerly Eloise Dickerson daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Dickerson Dar win moved from Kirksville Missouri to Cleveland Ohio. Marriage licenses Chester D Higginbotham 21 Martinsville and Beverly Jean Hendrix 17 Marshall. Mr and Mrs C W Hornbrook and Max left Monday for California en route they will visit their daughters in Kansas City Kansas and Boise Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Sparks
Eloise Dickerson
Roy Dickerson
Darwin
Kirksville
Missouri
Cleveland
Ohio
Chester D. Higginbotham
Martinsville
Beverly Jean Hendrix
Marshall
C. W. Hornbrook
Max
California
Kansas City
Kansas
Boise
Idaho
Jehovah Witnesses Gather for Milwaukees Everlasting Good News Assembly
The Marshall delegation of Jehovah's Witnesses completed its role as delegates on July 7 at the county stadium in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Delegates came from 49 states and 15 other countries with peak attendance of 57055 as N H Knorr delivered a public Bible talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Jehovah's Witnesses
County Stadium
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
J. Dular
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
God
Dular
Knorr
Mil
Jehovah’s Witnesses hold largest Milwaukee assembly to date
The Milwaukee assembly drew 90 minutes of mass immersion with 50 baptisms as the New World Translation was released in multiple languages. Knorr announced Bible aids and a six language NT release while organizers hailed the event as a successful start to a 1963 world tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukee
Watchtower Society
Knorr
Babylon the Great
Jehovah's Witnesses
Assembly
Milwaukee
Central
United States
International Assembly of Jehovah's Wittnesses
New York
Yankee Stadium
Europe
Asia
Pacific
Rose Bowl
Pasadena
California
Deaths Lauretta Prewett 76 Marshall resident
Mrs Lauretta Prewett age 76 died at home in Rural Route 3 Marshall Illinois early Saturday morning last week She is survived by three sons Robert Prewett Jr Maryville Tennessee George and Roy Prewett Marshall one daughter Mrs Sue Leaveck Detroit Michigan one step son Clarence Prewett Lutz Florida and seven grandchildren She belonged to the Eastern Star Marshall and the Christian church Funeral services were held Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lauretta Prewett
Marshall
Ilinois
Robert
Prewett
Maryville
Tennessee
George
Roy Prewett
Sue
Leaveck
Detroit
Michigan
Clarence Prewett
Lutz
Florida
Eastern Star of Marshall
The
Christian Church
Obituary notices from Marshall area mourn several residents
An obituary roundup notes John Strine 85 of West Union died Saturday at Crawford County Memorial Hospital Robinson with burial in Harrison Cemetery after services at West Union Baptist Church. Other notices include Otto Nichols 74 of West Union with burial in York Cemetery and Hope Dailey 77 formerly of Marshall with service at Moore Funeral Home and burial in Marshall Cemetery. George H. Sweitzer 74 of Route 4 Marshall also reported as having passed away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Strine
West Union
Crawford County Memorial Hospital
Robinson
Bertha
Sylvia Bellis
Gary
Indiana
Otto Strine
East Gary
Dean Strine
Leroy
Prust- Horsch Funeral Chapel
West Union Baptist Church
William Parker
Harrison Cemetery
George H. Sweitzer
Route 4
Marshall
Sweitzer Heirship Noted in Obituary Details
The deceased is survived by daughter Betty Sweitzer of Marshall and son Fred of Hobart Indiana, plus sisters Estella Galladay of Westfield and Rose Sweitzer of Chicago. The body was moved to Moore Funeral Home. Services were at Pilgrim Holiness Church with Rev L A Williams officiating. Burial followed in Zion Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Sweitzer
Marshall
Fred
Hobart
Indiana
Estella Galladay
Westfield
Rose Sweitzer
Chicago
Moore Funeral Home
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Rev
L. A.williams
Zion Cemetery
Mrs. Lou Crum 90, dies in West Union
Mrs Lou Crum aged ninety died Saturday in West Union. Funeral services were held Monday at 3:00 p m from West Union Baptist Church with Rev William Parker officiating and Prust Hosch Funeral Chapel in charge. Burial followed at Harrison Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Crum
West Union
West Union Baptist Church
William Parker
Prust-Hosch
Harrison Cemetery
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Tom Mick
Oliver Mudd
Avate
United Kennel Club
COONS
Dick Lake
Eleanor Stifal
Jehovah Witnesses
Danny Jackson
Danny Ray
Donnie
Adam Imle
William Knott
Marrs
John Gharst
Marshall Cemetery
Otto Nichols
Grace
Dean Nichols
Graysville
Jack Nichols
Tucson
Arizona
Boyd Nichols
Ruby Holmes
Fairbanks
Percy Nichols
Prust-Hosch Funeral Chapel
Millard Brown
York Cemetery
Weic Radio
Fairgrounds
A-1
Harry Clem
Cherry, Marshall
Woodmen Accident and Life Company
Herman Lowe
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