Pythian Building Destroyed After Strand Theatre Fire
Fire swept the Pythian building after Strand Theatre closed, leaving the brick structure a total ruin. Insurance totaled 9000 on the building and 1000 on lodge equipment, with only minor injury to Kenneth Little. Lodge members consider rebuilding a two story lodge at the site with dining and meeting rooms planned. Debris removal began Thursday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strand Theatre
Pythian Theatre
Satory
South Sixth Street
H. E. King
Ash Street
Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Kenneth Little
Lodge
Obituary: Adam Chickadonz Dies in Tulsa at Age 102
Mrs. Ben T. Baird of Marshall learns Saturday night that her brother Adam Chickadonz died just before midnight at his daughter Mrs. William Daley’s home in Tulsa. Burial follows in Chanute, Kansas, where he had long lived. He was 102 years 2 months 1 week old and a Marshall native who moved to Kansas with his younger brother George in early manhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben T. Baird
Marshall
Adam Chickadonz
William Daley
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Chanute
Kansas
George
Pink and Blue Shower Honoring Mrs Brown in Detroit Visit
Mrs James Brown of Detroit was honored Friday night with a pink and blue shower hosted by Mrs Ted Ryan. Guests included several named local society members and gifts came from multiple hostesses. Bunco Club met Monday night with a list of attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferpa
Herbert Shaffner
Kay Newlin
Robert Garwood
Belle Ryan
Max Kops
Terre Haute
Kenneth Snedeker
Paris
Clyde Hawkins
David Cropp
Guy Dean Murphy
Bunco Club
Leon Koppler
Levi Doty
Homer Knapp
Rolland Junker
Walter Spencer
Virgil’ Rhoads
Fred Jeter
Sunday School Picnic at Twin Lakes Paris
Snyder Sunday school picnic set for next Sunday July 28 at Twin Lakes Park Paris with basket dinner at noon. Times listed show daily hours from noon to evening and study sessions Monday through Saturday 9 am to 1 pm plus Monday evening. Adults may swim Wednesday 8 pm to 9 30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Lakes
Paris
Snyder
Twin Lakes Park
Local Marriage Licenses Reported in Casey and Surrounding Areas
Jack K. Shawver age 20 of Casey and Jill Kenlyn Huddleston age 20 of Casey obtained a marriage license. James E. Elledge of Danville CLI NOIS and Frances W. Phillippe of Casey also filed. Laymon Davison age 23 of Martinsville and Sharon Parcel age 18 of West York secured a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack K. Shawver
Casey
Jill Kenlyn Huddleston
James E. Elledge
Danville
Clinois
Frances W. Phillippe
Laymon Davison
Martinsville
Sharon Parcel
West York
Driver License Revoked for George W. Shreve
Secretary of State announces the revocation of driver license for George W. Shreve of 910 Hickory Street Marshall for driving while intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Carpentier
George W. Shreve
Hickory Street
Marshall
Imle Reunion Planned at Gregg Park Vincennes
The Imle family reunion set for Sunday August 4 1957 at Gregg Park Vincennes Indiana invites relatives to attend a basket dinner and join the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imle
Gregg Park
Vincennes
Enjoying Life This Week at Wisconsin Lakes
Tom Drummond takes his daughter Kathleen and Roxanna Wells of Melrose township plus Charles E. McMorris to Sawyer Wisconsin. They plan visits to the Nashs at Boulder Junction and sights on Lake Michigan and the Porcupine Mountains. Tom will return with tall fish stories while the girls share the trip’s details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Drummond
Kathleen
Roxanna Wells
Melrose Township
Charles E. McMorris
Sawyer
Wisconsin
Nashs
Boulder Junction
Lake Michigan
Porcupine Mountains
Lake of the Clouds
Tom
West Union 4-H Club Holds Final Summer Meeting
Members of the Union Belles 4-H club met at Mrs. John Morton’s home on July 17 for the final summer session. Plans for Martinsville show day were set and several talks and demonstrations given including oatmeal cookie mixing, a coffee cake demonstration, table setting, first aid rules, and a speech on Stephen Foster’s Old Black Joe. Guests included Miss Ella Fikuart, county Home Advisor, and others. refreshments featured the demo cookies and iced tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Belles 4-H
John Morton
Martinsville
Janice Coryell
Fawnesl Ellis
Ann Morton
Linda Crumlin
Sharon Lee Wernz
Jean Evans
Stephen Foster
Ella Fikuart
King Family Hosts Casey Picnic Honoring Guests
Mr and Mrs Ernie Gibbons and many others from Brownsburg Paris Vincennes Terre Haute and Glendora gathered at the Casey home of Mr and Mrs Georgia King for a Sunday picnic dinner honoring Mr and Mrs Alien Hamilton and daughters Judy and Janet of Glendora California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernie Gibbons
William Beuhler
Ray Daniels
Brownsburg
Indiana
Bess Bennett
Paris
Arthur Beuhler
Bill Beuhler
Sumner
Mary Roach
Vincennes
John Dickerson
Lynn
Barbara
Robert Stewart
Cindy
William Alig
Marcia
Terre Haute
Georgia King
Casey
Alien Hamilton
Judy
Janet
Glendora
California
Honored with Dinner at Deming Park
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse M. Buckle and Richard and Jane of Lock Haven Pennsylvania were dinner guests of honor Sunday at Deming Park in Terre Haute. Attending were multiple couples from Terre Haute Martinsville Covington Plainsville Marshall and others including Linda Billy Dian Sharon and Donna Marvin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse M. Buckle
Richard
Jane
Lock Haven
Pennsylvania
Deming Park
Terre Haute
William F. Earlywine
James
Jody
Johnny
Linda
Billy
Dian
Martinsville
Raymond Earlywine
Sharon
Donna Marvin
Covington
Indiana
Rex Earlywine
Plainsville
Golden Buckle
Joe Ryan
Jose Lee
Lila Rose
Marshall
Marshall Visitors Travel to Tulsa for Ten Days
Mrs Genevieve Perkins and Mrs Mary Washburn travel with Joseph Perkins of Naperville Illinois to Tulsa Oklahoma for ten days to visit Mr and Mrs Harry Fredenberger They spent Tuesday night in Marion Illinois with Mr and Mrs Fred Shoemaker before continuing their trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genevieve Perkins
Mary Washburn
Joseph Perkins
Naperville
Ilinois
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Harry Fredenberger
Marion
Fred Shoemaker
Lightning kills man crossing field near Hatton
Albert Good age 24 was struck by lightning and killed instantly Friday evening while crossing a field near his Hatton area. Allen Lichtenberger was also struck but not seriously injured as they fled for shelter beneath a barn during a thunderstorm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Good
Hatton
Allen Lichtenberger
Good
Forty Years Ago 1917 Marriage Licenses and Local News
Marriage licenses listed for Robert R. Irwin of Terre Haute with Nancy Brown of York township and Chester Cook of Martinsville township with Alta Stricker of Dolson township. Dr. P P Haslitt commissioned as first lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps and to report to Washington DC for two months of training before overseas duty. Dr. Stephen Bradley awaiting commission from Washington. State Board bulletin notes smallpox and other outbreaks after Charleston and Mattoon cyclone, with 98 deaths and 414 injured, 717 homes destroyed, 370 partially destroyed, and 3,400 left homeless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert R. Irwin
Terre Haute
Nancy Brown
York Township
Chester Cook
Martinsville
Alta Stricker
Dolson
P. P. Haslitt
Medical Reserve Corps
Washington, D. C
Army Medical School
France
Stephen Bradley
Washington
State Board
Eet Health
Charleston
Mattoon
Thirty Years Ago 1927 Local Notices and Marriages
The item lists moves and marriages with licenses for Glen Evans and Cleo Huffman, Raymond Brothers and Ethel Kelly, Floyd Williams and Mary Combs, Ada De Bord and Alta Rvans. It notes Frank J Ophoff engagement to Lucy Buser and the Haddix family welcomes a baby girl in West Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank" Brosman
Indianapolis
Glen S. Evans
Chicago
Cleo Irene Huffman
Casey
Raymond Brothers
Ethel Kelly
Casey Floyd Williams
Charleston
Mary Combs
Marshall
Ada DeBord
Alta Rvans
Hazel Dell
Fred Buser
Lucy
Terre Haute
Frank J Ophoff
George Ophoff
West Union
Russell Haddix
Two Local Moves And Birth Announcements
Mrs. Mary G. Potter has leased a Urbana dwelling and will move there in early August. The Marshall Community Fair returns to the old fair grounds August 16 to 21. Births include Wendell Harrison to Mr. and Mrs. Gene White of Marshall and Rondel Eugene to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Beuhler, born last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary G. Potter
Urbana
Marshall
Gene White
Wendell Harrison
Arthur Beuhler
Rondel Eugene
Ten Years Ago 1947 Marble Marshall Baptist Church Groundbreaking
Ten years earlier at 6:00 a.m. the basement of a new Baptist church in Marshall at 804 Archer avenue began with the first shovelful of dirt. Also listed are marriage licenses for Olen Yennings and Lucille Geheb and Eugene Kelley and Helen Taylor, plus Henry C. Bohn injured loading baled hay near Snyder and Wilfred Pearce opening a new Super Market at Michigan avenue and Hickory street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Baptist Church
Marshall
Archer Avenue
Olen Yennings
Lucille Geheb
Marshhall
Eugene Kelley
Martinsville
Helen Taylor
Tuscola
Henry C. Bohn
Snyder
Wilfred Pearce
Michigan Avenue
Hickory Street
Hutchings Life Saved Aber Back in Jail
Art Baker of York known as the official mower of the courthouse lawn returned to jail after an arrest and was sentenced to six months. Sheriff Pearce ordered his confinement as Baker again took Hutchings place mowing the yard and shoveling snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Baker
York
Court House
Pearce
Art
Hutchings
William Bosstick
J. J
Clark County participates in Share the Fun district show
In Effingham July 18 Clark County 4-H members presented 44 acts from 11 counties. Judge Professor Hunter of Illinois praises talent. nine counties gain a state fair spot. Clark acts include a vocal duet Love Letters in the Sand by Connie Trout and Sherry Hartman and piano solos Hung ary by Pauline Cork and Starlight Whirl by Martha Am is h, with Martha Amish selected to represent Clark at the State Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County
Casey Gymnasium
St. Anthony’s Hall
Effingham
Richland
Crawford
Lawrence
Marion
Jasper
Clay
Fayette
Cumberland
Shelby
Clark
Ella J Fikuart
Hunter
University of Ilinois
Effingham County
Golden Age Club Holds Meeting at Trinity E U Church
The Golden Age Club met last Saturday at Trinity U. B. Church with Mrs Hattie Hurst presiding. Loie Cork gave devotions, Rev Willis Simpson offered prayer, and a varied program featured musical numbers and readings by club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Age Club
Trinity FE U. B
Hattie Hurst
Loie Cork
Willis Simpson
Lola Ann Saiter
Lola Ann
Glenn Simpson
Shirley Hills
Jessie Claypool
Almeda Cash
Nell Smitley
Tillie
Clara Hills
Opal Henderson
Tillie Prusett
Addie Hurst
Ruth Wright
Mary Washburn
Lillian Kuhn
Lillie Walters
Josie Montgomery
Mozette Richardson
Bertha Huff
Daisy Bell
Yessie Switzer
Bessie O'Neal
Nettie Dawson
Bess Norton
Zela Saiter
Genevieve Perkins
Edith Reedy
Elizabeth Norton
Frances Snyder
Florence Saiter
Grace Hills
the Continuation Committee
Ollie Tibbs
Gladys Buser
Lole Cork
Fairgrounds
Quail Release Planned by Marshall Club at Thompson Farm
Marshall Sportsman's Club will release quail next Sunday morning at Gus Thompson's farm north and east of Weaver from 6 00 to 9 30 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Sportsman's Club
Gus Thompson
Weaver
New Divorce Case In Circuit Court Daucet V Daucet
Phyllis Jean Daucet files a praecipe for divorce against Helliard Marie Daucet. The document notes Miss Margie Laird of Toledo Ohio visiting with her father Russell E B Laird and sister family Mr and Mrs Robert E Ogle and daughter Marsha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Jean Daucet
Marie Daucet
Margie Laird
Toledo, Ohio
Russell EB. Laird
Robert E. Ogle
Marsha
Marshall Girl Wins Nursing Scholarship
Nadine Gamm, selected by the Woman's Auxiliary to the Vigo County Medical Society, earns their Scholarship Award for Nurses Training at Union Hospital School of Nursing. Nadine has entered nurses training. Also noted is Airman Jack E Hornbrook, son of Marshall residents, recently starting the aircraft and engine mechanic course at Sheppard AFB Texas after enlisting March 13 1957. Several local deeds convey real estate in Parkers addition to Casey Westfield York and Martinsville with nominal sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Auxiliary
Vigo County Medical Society
Nadine Gamm
Union Hospital School of Nursing
Nadine
Jack E Hornbrook
Foster Hornbrook
10Th Street
Marshall
Sheppard A. FB
Texas
Hornbrook
Marshall High School
Air Force
Lackland A .B
Lester
Helen McSchooler
Hubert
Kathleen Ashley
Parkers
Casey
P Daly
Joe V
Edna L Wyrick
Don
Katherine Fluiott
A G
Ola Vargas
York
Kate Ledbetter
Martha Alice Parker
Schuey
Westfield
Sarah Haslit
UCP_ of the Wabash Valley, Inc
Snyder W S C July Meeting Minutes and Hosts
The Snyder W S C met with Dollie Newport for the July meeting led by President Fairie Shields. Verne Morgan, Fairie Shields, Lola Koppler, Neema Morgan and Joann Morgan conducted the lesson before refreshments were served to Lida Collier Alice Collier Elsie Tingley Blanche Taylor Fairie Shields Lola Koppler Bessie Walsh Vevie Morgan Neema Morgan Florence Newport Sherry Ann Engle Joann Morgan and Dollie Newport the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder W S.C
Dollie Newport
Fairie Shields
Verne Morgan
Lola Koppler
Neema Morgan
Joann Morgan
Lida Collier
Alice Collier
Elsie Tingley
Blanche Taylor
Bessie Walsh
Vevie Morgan
Florence Newport
Sherry Ann Engle
Death of Hans Hammer After Gunshot In Marshall Area
Hans Hammer aged 69 died Sunday at Paris Hospital shortly after arrival following a self inflicted 22 caliber gunshot wound found by his son Forrest at the Marshall home eight miles northwest. Sheriff Milo Pearce investigated with an inquest held in Paris. The body was taken to Oakland Illinois for funeral and burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Hammer
Paris Hospital
Forrest
Marshall
Births Reported at Union and St. Vincent Hospitals
Mr and Mrs. Fred Davison announce the birth of their third child Gail Antonette an 8-lb baby girl at Union Hospital. Mrs. Davison is the former Norma Jean Drummond. Mr and Mrs. Earl Kile announce daughter Mary Elizabeth at Union Hospital. Mrs. Kile is the former Doris Ferrell. Mr and Mrs. Virgil McGill announce fifth child James Walter an 8-lb 3-oz baby boy at St. Anthony Hospital. Mrs. McGill is the former Mary Jean Carl of Paris. Mr and Mrs. Clayton Kuhn announce son Darrell Duane at Union Hospital Terre Haute. Mr and Mrs. William Guenther of Cincinnati announce daughter an 8-pound 10-ounce at St. Vincent Hospital. Mrs. Guenther is the former Mary Jane Pulver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Davison
Gail Antonette
Union Hospital
Davidson
Norma Jean Drummond
Earl Kile
Mary Elizabeth
Kile
Doris Ferrell
Virgil McGill
St. Anthony Hospital
James Walter
McGill
Mary Jean Carl
Paris
Clayton Kuhn
Darrell Duane
Terre Haute
William Guentter
Cincinnati
Ohio
St. Vincent Hospital
Guentter
Mary Jane Pulver
Lloyd Pulver
Marshall
RITTERS ARRIVE IN MARSHALL EN ROUTE TO BETHESDA
Mr and Mrs H Glen Ritter Jr and children of Santa Ana California arrived in Marshall enroute to Bethesda Maryland where Mr Ritter will enter Dental Repair School. They will visit the homes of Gustave Ritter Jeroma Milhouse and David Nash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Glen Riter, Jr
Santa Ana
California
Marshall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ted
Ryan
Imle Reunion
Wisconsin Lakes
King Family
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tehemy Mac
Ben H. Foster
Helen Keyes
Charles Conn
Findlay
Bessie N. Wieland
Bert Lelts
Daisy Silvers
John L. Farris
Mashall
Haudée Craig
Robert H. Gel=sert
Wabash
Emma E. Holzworth
Wesley Easterday
Marion Clouse
Clouse
Shell Davis
Aber
Golden Age
Texas Air Base
Elvin Swope
Lizzie B. Piersall
Richart
Robert A. Fiscus
Leland M
Darlene Weaver
Jack E. Hornbrook
Marie Taylor
Christine Bennett
Barbara Davis
Old McDonald
Debbie Clark
Janice Gagen
Jill Zschau
the Pelican
Robert the Robot
Cindy Smitley
Washington Post
America
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Judy Beltz
Christine
Vera Bennett
Jack Davis
Gene Clark
Don Smitley
Leo Lerner
Max Zschau, Jr
John Gagen
Elsie Jane Marrs
Russell Buckner
Barbara Whitkanack
Rose Mary Buckner
Jesus
Ella Cook
Ritters
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