Clark County Fair Pacers Enter Record Clark County
The Clark County Fair enters a historic racing season with 75 two and three year old pacers and trotters. Owners paid $1 875 in entry fees as stalls reach 60 reserved for horses competing for a $20 000 purse. A new 36 by 200 barn with 40 stalls is under construction to accommodate entrants. For the first time two running races offer $500 purses each. All horses must be Illinois owned and bred. The 63 year history of the fair sees its best racing program yet.
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Clark ‘County
Clark County
Fair Association
Legion Auxiliary Trio Wins State Honors in Chicago Contest
The Marshall American Legion Auxiliary choir and trio of Marthann Bush Carol Curran and Anne Zschau won state honors in a Friday contest in Chicago They performed If I Loved You and Good Night My Someone and were invited to sing next Friday at the State American Legion convention in Springfield appearing on the program with the National Commander
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall_ American Legion Auxilairy
Chicago
Marthann Bush
Carol Curran
Anne Zschau
American Legion
Springfield
Ray Renshaw Returns Home From Iowa Hospital
Ray Renshaw has returned to his home in Darwin from Mercy Hospital Davenport Iowa where he had been a patient for several weeks after an automobile accident.
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Ray Renshaw
Darwin
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
Iowa
Births Announced for Gregory Dee and Terry Thompson
Mr and Mrs Morris Cline announce Gregory Dee born July 9 at Union Hospital weighing six pounds thirteen ounces. Welcome home by brothers Gordon and Greg. mother Winona Beltz. Born on uncle Herman's birthday. Mr and Mrs Dick Thompson of Hutsonville announce a son born July 14 at Union Hospital weighing eight and a half pounds named Terry. Mrs Thompson is Patsy Washburn.
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Morris Cline
Gregory Dee
Union Hospital
Gordon
Greg
Winona Beltz
Herman
Dick Thompson
Hutsonville
Terry
Marriage Licenses Listed for Four Couples
Melvin F Mason Jr 21 of Indianapolis and Judith F Calvert 19 of Indianapolis. Earl G Buckner 20 of Casey and Catherine Elizabeth McReaker 18 of Casey. Walter Homer Monson 25 of Portia Gorda Florida and Norma Caroline Elliott 23 of Casey. Herbert Reynolds Manholt 22 of Casey and Ann Lavery 20 of Lansing Illinois.
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Melvin F. Mason, Jr
Indianapolis
Judith F. Calvert
Earl Gordon Buckner
Casey
Catherine
Elizabeth McReaker
Walter Homer Monson
Porita Gorda
Florida
Norma Caroline Elliott
Herbert Reynolds
Manholt
Ann Lavery
Lansing
Illinois
Clark County ASC Convention Announces New Committee
Results of the Clark County ASC county convention held July 21 at the local office are announced by office manager Robert E. Seed. The slate includes Chairman Aubrey Gregg Vice chairman Marion McConchie and members Robert Statesman Clayton Barbee and William A. Burger. The new committee takes office August 3, 1959.
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Clark County
ASC
Robert E. Seed
Aubrey Gregg
Marion McConchie
Robert Statesman
Clayton Barbee
William A. Burger
Marshall youth to undergo operation at St Vincent
Richard Volk son of Mr and Mrs Lenwood Volk of Marshall entered St Vincent Hospital Indianapolis Tuesday after a serious head injury from being struck by a golf club at Clark County Fairgrounds. He is expected to have an operation Friday at 1 00 oclock with room 103. His birthday falls next Tuesday July 28.
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Richard Volk
Lenwood Volk
Marshall
Clark County Fairgrounds
St. Vincent Hospital
Indianapolis
Mrs Howard Young Improves After Major Operation
Mrs Howard Young entered Union Hospital in Terre Haute on Friday and underwent a major operation on Saturday. By yesterday she was reported to be improving very nicely.
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Howard Young
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Nancy Yeley picked as FHA conference delegate
Nancy Yeley of Marshall High School has been selected by the Marshall FHA to attend the 19th annual State Leadership Conference at East Bay Camp Lake Bloomington Illinois July 27 to 31. She serves as FHA chapter president and will participate in a style show and discussion group.
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Nancy Yeley
John’ Yeley
Marshall
Future ‘Homemakers of America
East Bay Camp
Lake Bloomington
Bloomington
Tllainois
Nancy
Marshall High School
FHA
Future Homemakers of America
Ilinois Association
Illinois
Foundation
Hugh
Muncy
Ilinois
Merchants’ Association
Chicago
Catherine A
Carter
Springfield
Pearl-Sc
Quarter Midget Racers Compete Across Fairs
Quarter midget racers wrapped an eight week run with races at Bubble Gum Track and Newton and Martinsville fairs. Winners include Tommy Parker and David Bardin of Marshall and Coy Green of Robinson in stock 10 lappers at Martinsville, Gary Chapman of West York in modified, and Parker with Marshall teammates in the 20 lap stock feature.
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Newton Fair
Martinsville Fair
Tommy Parker
Marshall
David Bardin
Coy Green
Robinson
Gary Chapman
West York
Bob Lee
Tony Carter
Mike Stallcup
Brazil
Indiana
Marlin Swope
Effie Biesiger
Marlin Brope
Jerry Noyes
Effie Boesiger
Craig Smith
Terre Haute
New Books at Library Offer Broad Read for All Ages
The library adds adult fiction titles including California Street and The Third Choice with others by Busch and Jane Way. Non fiction includes The Years With Ross and The Status Seekers, plus juvenile titles like Fippy’s Falah light and Scavengers in Space. Two hundred reading circle books for K–12.
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California Street
the Ron Mor Skerry
Fry
Holmes
Nourse
Marshall Chamber of Commerce Board Sets Meeting Day Change
The Marshall Chamber of Commerce board met at 7:00 am to approve moving general meetings to the fourth Wednesday from Monday. The session named programs for Civic Affairs with Mildred Willfond and Housing with Basil Moore, plus the new Industrial Committee chaired by Nes Hollenbeck with members Bob Flowers, Joe Moschenrose, and Fred Blundell.
Scouts Celebrate Camp Week at Camp Krietenstein
One hundred thirty eight scouts from Terre Haute Seelyville Sullivan Brazil Marshall and Paris enjoyed a strong fourth week at Camp Krietenstein with a Sunday Vesper service by Rev Don Duggelby. The week featured Troop Camp Fire Night Parents Night Air Force films and a stellar Friday Court of Honor awarding merit badges and Order of the Arrow membership to Hewitt Denny and Ektington.
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Terre Haute
Seelyville
Sullivan
Brazil
Marshall
Paris
Order of the Arrow
Barry da
Terry
Malone
Gene
Hamilton
Dave Fitzgerald
Ronnie Killington
Robert Hewitt
Barry Denny
Carroll Ektington
Real Estate Transfers in Casey and Marshall 1959 Deeds
A sequence of warranty deeds transfers property in Casey Marshall and Weatfield towns. Names include Lowell Shanks to Willow Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Cole to Lillian England, Hardway to Edwin Zackary, Davin to Hendrix, Grant to Evelyn Grant, Standard Life Insurance Co. to Huisinga, Huisinger to Huisinger, Stratton to Cuma Stratton Howard, Spence to Marion Buchanan, White to Mae Barthelemy, and Roy Smith to Eugene Phillips. Dates range May to September 1959 with parcels in sections 25 30 32 etc. Amounts listed mostly $1 or $2 and one $10.
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Lowell and
Marie Shanks
Willow Creek
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Cole & Cole
Lillian
England
John Weir
South Park
Marshall
Frank
Catherine Hardway
Edwin
Mary Ann Zackary
James A
Madge Davin
Harold
Louise Hendrix
Ollie
W. B. Grant
Evelyn Grant
William B. Archer
Marshall Standard Life Insurance Co
Indiana
Herbert
Belva Huisinga
Atkinson
Casey
Paul H
Pauline Spence
Marion
Rosalie Buchanan
Weatfield
Dave M
Mary E. White
Mae Barthelemy
Roy
Mabel Smith
Eugene
Aileene Phillips
Perry
Annual Kentucky Reunion at Boswell Indiana
The Annual Kentucky Reunion will be held at Benton County Fairgrounds Boswell Indiana on Sunday August 2 1959. Mrs Mary Montgomery White of La Puente California is visiting two weeks with her parents and relatives.
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Kentucky
Boswell
Indiana
Benton County Fairgrounds
Mary Montgomery White
LaPuente, California
Mrs. C. B. Montgomery
Two Clark County 4-H Members Attend State Junior Leadership Conference
Two Clark county Home Economics 4-H club members Carolyn Lou Cook and Carole Funk will join more than 350 Illinois 4-H youths at the 4-H State Junior Leadership Conference July 27 to August 1 at the 4-H Memorial Camp near Monticello. The event aims to train 4-H members in leadership through committee work and camp activities with lectures on Keys to Leadership by John Banning and a robust program of sports crafts and tours supervised by Illinois 4-H staff.
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Clark County Home Economics
Monticello
Carolyn Lou Cook
Carole Funk
John Banning
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Illinois 4-H
Keifer Drug Co Formed After Keifer Sale
The J. L. Keifer & Son firm ends as the senior Keifer sells his stake. The business becomes Keifer Drug Co with Fred B. Keifer as president. Bartlett Kuhn & Co sells its 27 grain elevators stake to Mrs. Kuhn, forming Paul Kuhn & Co. Louis Lutz suffers a leg injury in a street accident near the Big Four Station.
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J. L. Keifer & Son
Keifer
Keifer Drug Co
Fred B. Keifer
Bartlett
Marshall
Bartlett, Kuhn & Co
Forty Years Ago Homecoming Notes and Local Marriages
Forty years ago in 1919 Mr and Mrs Charles Cole learned their son Harry had landed in New York and would be home soon. Marriage licenses list John Mendenhall 23 East Chicago and Bessie Faunce 20 Casey. Charles Baker Jr son of Mr and Mrs Charles Baker enlisted in the U S Army and headed to France after three weeks in camp. Vern Huston returned home from six months foreign service in France. Temple Lovett formerly of Marshall has arrived in New York and plans a Marshall stop on the way home.
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Charles Cole
Harry
New York
John Mendenhall
Chicago
Bessie
Faunce
Casey
Martinsville
Charles Baker, Jr
Charles Baker
U. S. Army
France
Vern Huston
Man Killed at Ridgefarm When Porch Opening Gave Way
William Switzer aged 76 died Sunday at his daughter Mrs. Frank Gardner’s Ridgefarm home after stepping into a basement porch opening. Neck broken in fall. Also note crowd at first band concert of season and dedication of new band last Thursday. Dolson item reports death of Mrs. Jayne B. Kerr in Chicago Augustine Hospital. Raymond Claypool announce birth of a son Wednesday.
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William Switzer
Frank Gardner
Ridgefarm
Marshall
Augustine Hospital
Chicago
Dolson
Raymond Claypool
Kentucky Wonder bean wins nine inch measure at Herald office
Twenty years ago in 1939 Cc E Reinoehl brought a nine inch Kentucky Wonder bean to the Herald office. A 1937 Ford V-8 was found Tuesday on North Sixth Street in Marshall. The car had been stolen Monday night from Fairfield Motor in Fairfield Illinois.
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Cc. E. Reinoehl
Herald Office
North Sixth Street
Marshell
Fairfield Motor
Fairfield
Ilinois
Ten Years Ago 1949 Norton seriously hurt in Marshall fall
Wm. Norton age 70 of southeast Marshall fell from a tree at his home Monday morning and suffered a broken back. He was admitted to Union Hospital Terre Haute for treatment after the injury.
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Wm. Norton
Marshall
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Reeley announces engagement in Marshall high school graduate
Mr and Mrs Mike Reeley of Marshall announce the engagement of their daughter Nila Sharon Reeley to Carmen D Reynolds son of Mr and Mrs Clem Reynolds of Indianola The bride to be is a 1959 Marshall High School graduate.
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Mike Reeley
Marshall
Nila Sharon Reeley
Carmen D. Reynolds
Clem Reynolds
Indianola
Miss Reeley
Marshall High School
Marshall district seeks citizen help in building survey
The Marshall community unit school district board voted to hire Illinois School Consulting Service to guide a district wide facilities survey. A citizen Advisory Council will be formed with representation from across the district. Representatives attended a July 23 meeting to begin the process in the secretary of schools office.
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Board of Education
Marshall Community Unit
Inois School Consulting Service
Citizens “Advisory Council
Maginot
Dlinois
Effingham
Paris
Villa Grove
Sullivan
Arcola
Neoga
Illinois School Counciling Service
Secretary of Schools
Corn Club Revived By Marshall Chamber Of Commerce
The Marshall Chamber together with the High School Agriculture Department will revive the Five Acre Corn Club after a lapse last year due to adverse growing conditions. Four districts exist with listed ticket holders in each district and tickets costing two dollars. Tickets may be obtained from the Farm Bureau Office or Truman Spittler, with a August 1 deadline for purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Chamber of Commerce
Agriculture Department
Bob Flowers
Robert Guinnip
Wayne Lucan
Leon Fitzgarrald
Hugar McConchie
Mack Strohm
Jack Hewitt
St. Paul Homecoming at Methodist Church
Homecoming at St. Paul Methodist Church planned for Sunday July 26 features Rev. I. E. B. Vanney as speaker for both morning and afternoon services. A basket dinner will be served at noon. Welcome to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul Methodist Church
I. EB. Vanney
Ail
Marriage License For Brandenburg Newsome Couple
Carl Vincent Brandenburg and Margaret Ruth Newsome, both 18, Casey, obtained a marriage license in Casey. The record notes two places and mentions a fractured clause involving three riba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Vincent’ Brandenburg
Casey
Margaret Ruth Newsome
County 4 H Show Day at Marshall July 17 Highlights
Clark County Home Economics 4 H Club staged a learning day at the high school in Marshall with 275 participants including 156 4 H members and 119 mothers and leaders. The event featured Clothing Food and Room Improvement projects with many activities and a Blue Ribbon list of winners across Clothing Food exhibits and Red Ribbon entries.
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Clark County
Marshall
Tlinois
Trudy Groothuis
Joyce Legg
Elaine Moorehead
Jeanette Francis
Sandy Gard
Vicky Gard
Cindy Hubbard
Judy Tingley
Karen Gasaway
Sue Ann Sherwood
Pamela Cox
Estella Blunk
Norletta Kelly
Martha Newman
Carole Funk
Marilyn Hires
Sue Smith
Eloise Beard
Linda Beard
Becky Miller
Joyce Miller
LaVera Thompson
Sherri Beachout
Lois Burkybile
Nancy Henderson
Beverly Hartman
JoAnn Jones
Linda Pendleton
Grace Ann Stewart
Barbara Bertram
Carolyn Cook
Alice Goble
Patty Greenwell
Janice Kay Nika
Ellen Williams
Connie Beltz
Julene Braynard
Carolyn Morecraft
Martha Sue Blum
Sharon’ Crane
Sue
Judith Ann Wright
Marsha Fasig
June Burger
Lyn Patchett
Barbara K. Patchett
Pamela Downs
Jenifer Kopplier
Jill Nelson
Ruth Ann Renner
Joyce Carpenter
Carolyn Myles
Carol Napier
Kay Bradford
Connie Claypool
Janice Davidson
Patty Fetters
Nadine Gamm
Ruthie Garwood
Janet Junker
Sharon Knapp
Mary Kathryn
Judy Gard
Pat Wieringa
Sharon Crane
Sue Harbor
Bessie Carpenter
Nancy Yeley
Linda Crumlin
Linda Kay Crumlin
Jean
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Legion Auxiliary
A&c
Indianapolis Hospital
Corn Club
ST. Paul
County
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