Grandstand Ready for Clark County Fair in Marshall
The Clark County Fairgrounds in Marshall, Indiana unveils a new 75,000 capacity grandstand seating about 2300, with 864 in 144 box seats and 10 booths. Builders include Tom Findley, Clayton Rhoads, Roy Mathews, Terre Haute iron workers, and the Marshall Lions Club. The roof provides shade for afternoon programs and fair runs August 8 to 13.
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Clark, County, Fairgrounds
Marshall
Clark County
Tom Findley
Clayton Rhoads
Roy Mathews
Terre Haute
Marshall Lions Club
Clark County Fair Association
Iron Workers
Clark County Shrine Club
Clark County 4-H Barn Opens For 1954 Fair
The Clark County Fair Association completed a new 4-H barn to host a large 4-H showing with more than 165 beef and dairy cattle entries, 40 swine, 11 sheep plus poultry and garden entries. Judging is set for Tuesday and Wednesday with the 4-H auction midweek. thanks are extended to contributors.
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Clark
County Fair ‘Association
Clark County
Clark County Fair Association
Bern
Local Official Vanscoyk Pleads Not Guilty to DUI Charges
E B Vanscoyk Clark County Republican county chairman and state parole officer entered a not guilty plea in County Court to driving under the influence, intoxicating liquor, and reckless driving after his car collided with Ben Setzer Jr at the Route 1 and Highway 40 intersection in Marshall two weeks ago injuring Setzer and his family.
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E. B. Vans¢oyk
Republican Party
Clark County
Vanscoyk
Ben Setzer, Jr
Marshall
Finkbiner couple returns from East Coast tour
John Finkbiner of Marshall and his wife recently traveled to the East Coast visiting his son Fenton in Boston and Providence for two days. Dr M E Lojlar, the 34th district representative from Tuscola, was in Marshall Friday and attended the Martinsville agricultural fair in the afternoon.
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John Finkbiner
Route 1
Marshall
Atlantic
Finkbiner
M. E. Lojlar
Thia
Tuscola
Martinsville
Clark County Fair Announces Week of Afternoon Shows
Cooperation with the community brings a roofed grandstand and a diverse lineup. Sunday features the WSM show with the Duke of Paducah and Tennessee Mountain Boys. Tuesday highlights pony races with age and height classes. Wednesday presents Ken Griffin and Columbia Records acts. Thursday offers the Simpson Super Circus. Friday showcases the Hollywood Western Revue with Keene Duncan and a western cast.
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Clark County Fair Association
WSM
Ken ‘Griffen
Ken
Columbia
Simpson Super Circus
WUYV
Hollywood
Marriage License and Divorce Complaint Summary
Marriage license issued for Marion Dale Poorman 21 of West Union and Carolyn Rae Gurley 17 of Hutsonville Illinois. Also listed are Owen Dee Sweitzer 18 Marshall and Roberta Louise Johns 18 Dennington Tit and John O Shoemaker 40 Decatur and Thelma Constant 45 Decatur Illinois. Divorce suit filed July 7 Ethel Stout versus Louis Eugene Stout. Complaint for divorce.
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Marion Dale Poorman
West Union
Carolyn Rae Gurley
Hutsonville
Owen Dee Sweitzer
Marshall
Roberta Louise Johns
Dennigon
Tit
John O. Shoemaker
Decatur
Thelma Constant
Ethel Stout
Louis Eugene Stout
Three Local Women Die. Obituaries Appearing In Marshall Area
Miss Clara Davidson 71 died at home on route 4 Marshall. Funeral held at Moore Funeral Home with Rev Wilbur Payne. burial in Marshall cemetery. Mrs E L Taylor 80 died at Christian Nursing Home. services at Moore Funeral Home with Rev George E Mitchell. D A R memorials at Clark County chapter. burial in Marshall cemetery. Mrs Eula Inez Allen 47 died at home Kansas Indiana route 2. funeral at Grandview Presbyterian Church Grandview with Rev C J Grimes and Rev Carl Sherer. burial in Fairview Cemetery.
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Clara Davidson
Route 4
Marshall
Will
Frorza Berner
Ruby Wernz
Anna C. Davidson
Allen Dean
Alfred Seidel
Moore Funeral
Wilbur Payne
Marshall Cemetery
E. L. Taylor
Christain
C. L. Forcum
Denver
Colorado
Mex E. Cork
Terre Haute
Harold
Jacsonville
Illinois
James M
Tulsa
Oklahoma
George KE
Evanaville
Indiana
Burt M. King
Marshall Congregational Church
Moore Funeral Home
George E. Mitchell
Clark County
Eula Inez Allen
Kansas
Mac
Frank E. Waite
Helen Helvie
Witchita
Mildred Hornbrook
Coffesville
Audrey Stepp
Louisburg
Wayne Waite
Murra
Grandview Presbyterian Church
Grandview
C. J. Grimes
Carl Sherer
Fairview Cemetery
Fifty Years Ago in Sythe City Marriages and Notices
A 1904 reminiscence notes Jennie’s marriage to Dr. Gould Smith in Sythe with ceremonies at a home. Goodman Forsythe hosts Otto’s birthday dinner with about thirty guests. Local license records list Milton Snider Kaufman West Union age 22, Prevo West Union age 22, Kiger Wabash age 22, Ida Clough Maude Hewitt, and others. The Hewitt family and Big Creek residents visit Lun a. Funeral of Bé is recorded at Marshall cemetery with two children.
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Aunday
Sythe
Jennie
Gould Smith
Olss
Kiger
Wabash
Ida
George Walls
Maude Clough
Obituaries and relocations touch York township residents
A fragmentary notice records deaths and family movements around York township. It notes the death of Eversole Knox at 49, a Marion, Indiana couple Coryell and Wesley Jones of York, and tributes from Rockville and Ithaca. Also mentions Lewis dying at 80 and Mary and Nellie Forsythe visiting Walnut Prairie after a visit with Charles Martin.
Marshall City Council Warns of Water Cutbacks
The Citizens of Marshall report voluntary conservation efforts with mixed cooperation as the city studies options to lower high water use. The well has fallen 144 feet in four days and sits about 10 feet below last year’s level. If needed, penalties may be enacted and a second well could cost about 16000 dollars, with rate adjustments likely.
Woman Dies After Auto Crash Near Marshall
Mrs. Gertrude Guess, 82, and her son Harry, 48, both of Martinsville, sustained injuries in an automobile accident four miles west of Marshall on Highway 40. Mrs. Guess died Wednesday afternoon at Paris Hospital, after suffering deep facial and forearm lacerations.
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Gertrude Guess
Harry
Martinsville
Paris Hospital
Marrs
Marshall
Guess
Westfield Youth Arrested for Break-ins at Local Stores
Billy Hills, 19, of Westfield, admitted breaking into Kenneth Stevens Poultry and Feed Store and confessed to entering Leon Parker’s Store and the Westfield grade school. He was bound over to the November term of the grand jury.
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Billy Hills
Sage
Weatfield
Kenneth Stevens
Remains Serious at Union Hospital Terre Haute
Zollie Marrs father of Benton Marrs remains in serious condition at Union Hospital Terre Haute. Mrs Walter Volkers recovering well after operation at Union Hospital and may return home early next week. Mark Stewart Marshall Herald editor hospitalized Tuesday evening. improving and expected home today.
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Zollie Marrs
Benton Marrs
Marrs
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Walter Volkers
Mark Stewart
The
Marshall Herald
Local Families Engage in Travel and News
Mr and Mrs Ben T Baird leave Tuesday with children to Camp Custer Michigan where son Roy will enter. Mr and Mrs Joe Cark announce birth of baby Virginia Dean on Monday. Temple Lovett starts eastward trip visiting Gettysburg Washington D C Niagara Falls and more. Frank Meehling welcomed a baby girl Tuesday. Mrs Wiley Griffin returns from Paris after visit with Mr and Mrs John McCauley. Owen McGee Paul Travoli attend Paris races Sunday. Dorothy Rose and Mrs Fred Evans host picnic Tuesday. Guests include Alma Hes ter Shipe Jessie LeSeure and Elizabeth Hagist. Elizabeth Rhoades Kathryn Mayer stay weekend with Douglas Merkle in Paris.
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Ben T. Baird
Custer
Michigan
Roy
Virginia Dean
Temple Lovett
Gettysburg
Washington, D. C
Niagara Falls
Frank Meehling
Wiley Griffin
Paris
John McCauley
Owen McGee
Paul Travoli
Dorothy Rose
Fred Evans
Alma
Hester Shipe
Jessie LeSeure
Elizabeth Hagist
Elizabeth Rhoades
Kathryn Mayer
Mrs. Douglas, Merkle
Record Heat Affects Two Cities and Nation’s Losses
Keeping records, St. Louis shows 110.2 degrees with both cities above 100. News services estimate the country has suffered about 600 deaths.
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St. Louis
Twenty Years Ago News Some Local Affairs
Obituary notes Virginia Ogle dies at 75 in Marshall. Marriage news for Gerald Thompson and Margaret Walute. Swope couple mark golden anniversary near Annapolis after 45 years. Frank Bohn sustains burns from tractor steam. Hunt and Craig wed at Robinson. Mrs. George Abel visits Norton family amid weather bureau readings of high temperatures in Chicago and St Louis areas.
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Virginia Ogle
Benjamin Ogle
Marshall
Gerald Thompson
Ed Nay
Margaret Walute
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Annapolis
Malvern Swope
Frank Bohn
Wayne Hunt
Clarence Hunt
Margaret Craig
Ohio
Robinson
George Abel
Chicago
Jesse Norton
St. Louis
Ten Years Ago News Briefs From Terre Haute Area
Births marriages and family notices including the birth of Carole Elaine Smitley at Union Hospital July 21, Ernest Black and Jennie Conrad marriage license details, Crumrin and Newman new births, Mayor Burns Hurst 43rd anniversary, Mildred Hutchens visit, and other social notes from West Union Clarksville and Edinburg area families.
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William Smitley
Carole Elaine
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Ernest E. Black
Jennie Conrad
Martinsville
Vernon L. Hollenbeck
Rose Earline Prewett
West Union
Lyman Crumrin
Geneva Crumrin
Marshall
Homer H. Newman
Chas. Benny
Edinburg
Texas
Emma Brandenstein
Priesthood Jubilee Celebrated at St Marys Marshall
Rev. Erick W. Meehling, retired Navy chaplain, marked 25 years as a priest with a Solemn High Mass at St Marys Church Marshall on Sunday July 25. Local clergy and guests attended, followed by a parish picnic dinner at the fairgrounds hosted by the Altar Society.
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Derick W. Meehling
United States Navy
St. Mary's Church
Marshall
Lawrence Reddington
Sacred Heart Church
Warsaw
Indiana
Patrick Gauchat
St. Rocco’s Church
Chicago Heights
Ill
Fairgrounds
St. Mary's Parish
Altar Society
Births in Casey and Pensacola Families Welcome Sons
Mr and Mrs Hobart Burkybile of Casey announce the birth of a son Earl Lee born July 27 at Union Hospital Terre Haute weight 9 pounds 12 ounces This is their fourth child and grandfather Ray Burkybile is pleased Mr and Mrs David R Nash of Pensacola Florida are the proud parents of a 6 pound 13 ounce boy born Sunday July 25 at the Naval Hospital He is named David Allen Mrs Nash is the former Norma McClarey
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Hobart Burkybile
Casey
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Earl Lee
Ray Burkybile
David R. Nash
Pensacola
Florida
The
Naval Hospital
David Allen
Nash
Norma McClarey
Johns-Sweitzer Nuptials Tie Denison to Marshall
Miss Roberta Johns daughter of Mrs Nina Johns and the late Robert C Johns of Denison Illinois married Owen Dee Sweitzer son of Mr and Mrs Everett Sweitzer of route 4 Marshall Alabama Friday morning July 23 at the home of Reverend and Mrs H J Kemp in the presence of immediate families The bride wore a blue silk Princess style ballerina length dress with white accessories and a carnation corsage Both are Marshall High School graduates and reside in Marshall Alabama
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Roberta Johns
Nina Johns
Robert C. Johns
Dennison, IH
Owen Dee Sweitzer
Everett Sweitzer
Route 4
Marshall, al
Rey
H. J. Kemp
Mrs. Sweitzer
Marshall High School
Marshall, Dl
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Clark County Fair News
Circuit Court News
Hewitt
Charles
Harry Horner
Thomas Hewitt
Big Creek
Luna
Frank Krua Avin
Sur- Bé
the Citizens OF
Estfield Youth Arres
Sion
Don Meehling
Thurifer
Joseph Smitley
Harvey Hurst
St. Patrick’s Church
Knights of Columbus
Paris Council
Herbert Winterhalter
St. Patrick's Church
Ind
Henry
Frederick W. Meehling
Farm Bureau
Clark County Farm Bureau
Casey Park
Church OF Christ
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Pine Street
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