Champions Named in County 4 H Show
Top winners in the Clark county 4 H show held with the Martinsville fair include grand champion steer Jim Cline and reserve Jack Crumlin. Other champions span Hereford Shorthorn Angus and livestock categories with multiple named individuals and reserve titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County
Martinsville
Jim Cline
Jack Crumlin
Chris Hurt
Doug Athey
Cheryl Mason
Charlotte Bright
Terry Bright
Doug Kline
Patricia Macey
Hereford
Larry Weaver
Rose Anne Bennett
Don Verne
Donnie Drake
Ann Little
Kent Hardway
Annie Whitehurst
Gloria Stephen
Sue Kemp
Mary Ellen Medsker
Ronnie Martin
Kent Hudson
Scott Bennett
Harold Freeman
Mary Alice Kenp
Charles Kemp
Mike Gustafson
Wendy Harris
Former Marshall Residents Relocate to Frankfurt Germany
Mr and Mrs Paul H Baker of Findlay Ohio former Marshall residents accepted a transfer to Frankfurt Germany He is an engineer with Marathon International Oil Co They visited Mrs Elizabeth Ferris in Marshall and expect to arrive in Frankfurt in the first week of August Mail may be addressed to Paul H Baker Deutsche GMBH Oeder WEG 151 Frankfurt/Main Germany
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul H. Baker
Findlay
Ohio
Marshall
Frankfurt
Germany
Baker
Marathon International Oil Co
Elizabeth Ferris
Deutsche Gmbh Oeder Weg 151
Frankfurt/Main
Richard Seidel Receives Indiana Central College Scholarship
Richard Seidel son of Mr and Mrs Herman Seidel Route 4 Marshall is among 97 high school seniors awarded general scholarships to Indiana Central College Indianapolis He is a Marshall High School graduate and one of 20 receiving special EUB Church sponsored scholarships on a competitive basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Seidel
Herman Seidel
Route 4
Marshall
Indiana Central College
Indianapolis
Indiana
Richard
Marshall High School
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Indiana Central
Birth of Kevin Eric Snedeker at St Anthony Hospital
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Snedeker welcomed a son named Kevin Eric born July 21 at St Anthony Hospital weighing 7 pounds 6 ounces The mother is Sue Amacher Antone Wernz remains a patient at St Marys Hospital Rochester Minnesota for about three more weeks with Mrs Wernz by his side in room 1109
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Snedeker
St. Anthony Hospital
Kevin Eric
Sue Amacher
Antone Wernz
St. Mary’s Hospital
Rochester
Minnesota
Clark County Fair Opens August 8 With Roy Orbison & The Newbeats
The Clark County Fair Association announces the 1960 fair with a new look. Youth night features Roy Orbison and The Newbeats on Thursday August 12 as grandstand headliners for the exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County Fair Association
Marshall
Roy Orbison, Newbeats to headline Clark County Fair show
Roy Orbison and his band The Candy Men will perform at the Clark County Fair in Marshall on Thursday August 12 with The Newbeats. Advance tickets are at local Marshall retailers and by mail to Jill Zschau at 902 Walnut Marshall. No admission after 4:00 p.m. on August 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Orbison
Candymen
Clark County Fair
Marshall
Orbison
Newbeats
Sam Phillips
Elvis Presley
Johnny Cash
Kiss
Sica
Bread and Butter
America
Tastee Freeze
Martin Drug Store
Blankenship Drug Store
Quinn-Cline Insurance Agency
Jill Zschau
Walnut
Fairground
New Case in Circuit Court Baker Versus Baker Divorce
In circuit court Fred F. Baker sues Mabel J. Baker for divorce. The complaint also seeks sale of real estate against known owners and other named parties Mildred Misner Shirley Veach Ly man Veach and David Veach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred F. Baker
Mabel J. Baker
Mildred Misner
Shirley Veach
Lyman Veach
David Veach
Sumptions and Junkers Return From Butterfield Camp
Mr and Mrs Earl Sumption and Mr and Mrs Russell Junker have returned from a vacation at Butterfield Camp near Shafer Lake Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Sumption
Russell Junker
Butterfield Camp
Shafer Lake
Indiana
Route 40 survey adds passing zones across multiple segments
Springfield public works reports a complete Route 40 survey from the Indiana line to the Effingham county line. Four passing zones will be added between Indiana line and Marshall, seven between Marshall and Martinsville, and a few more between Martinsville and Montrose. Orders were issued to the Paris office to mark these locations as passing zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Work and Building
Springfield
Indiana State Line
Effingham County
Indiana State Lin
Marshall
Martinsville
Montrose
Paris
State Curfew Law Enforced by Marshall Police
The Marshall Police advise parents and children of state curfew laws. No one under 18 may be on city streets after 11:00 PM Sunday through Friday and after midnight on Saturday. Fines for violation range from 10 to 100 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Martinsville Couple Announce Engagement of Christine Craig
Mr and Mrs Don Craig of Martinsville announce the engagement of their daughter Christine to Leon Washburn son of Mr and Mrs Gerald Washburn of rural Martinsville. Leon is employed by Magnavox in Urbana Illinois. No wedding date has been set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Craig
Martinsville
Christine
Leon Washburn
Gerald Washburn
Leon
Magnavox Company
Urbana
Illinois
Ice Cream Social at Courthouse Lawn in Marshall
The Burnside Home Guild hosts an ice cream social on Friday July 30 from 7 30 to 9 30 p m on the Courthouse Lawn in Marshall in conjunction with the City Band Concert. Proceeds help Burnside Home. Rain date is July 31 at the game site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Burnside Home Guild
City Band
Burnside
Walter Hipple
Frank Mitchell
Frank Pearce
Truman Spittler
Named dean of Evening Division at Metropolitan College
Dr. Helen Hilleary is named dean of the Evening Division at Los Angeles Metropolitan College. She previously served seven years at the school as instructor coordinator and assistant dean, then as assistant dean at Los Angeles Valley College. She authored Handbook for School Secretaries and has led California and Los Angeles junior college associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
Helen Hilleary
Los Angeles Metropolitan College
Los Angeles Valley College
Hilleary
California Business Education Association
Los Angeles Junior College Administrative Association
Harry Wesser
Route 4
Marshall
Craig Receives National Merit Scholarship at Glendale High
Russ Craig son of Mr and Mrs Stanley Craig of Glendale California was honored at the Glendale High School awards assembly on June 14 He will enter the California Institute of Technology this fall and was the sole Glendale finalist to receive the national merit scholarship Mrs Craig is the former Margaret Ann Bubeck of Marshall and Russ is the grandson of Edna Bubeck of Marshall and Harry M Craig of Martinsville Illinois
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russ Craig
Stanley Craig
Glendale
California
Russ
California Institute of Technology
Craig
Margaret Ann Bubeck
Marshall
Edna Bubeck
Harry M. Craig
Martinsville
Illinois
Marriage Licenses Issued In Mar shall and Nearby
John Byron Remlinger 26 and Vickie Lynn Pellum 19 wed in Marshall. Richard Eugene Wallace 18 and Anita Jill Nelson 18, Marshall. Robert Daniel Thomas 20 Greenup and Evelyn Ann Young 18 Westfield. John Henry Tyler 41 Mattoon and Grace Marie Dean 47 Mattoon. Estel Warren Williams 32 Terre Haute and Nancy Jane McCalister 23 West Terre Haute. Leo Wernz and grandson Albert return from Rochester Minnesota where son Antone is a patient at St Marys Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Byron Remlinger
Marshall
Vickie Lynn Pellum
Richard Eugene Wallace
Anita Jill Nelson
Robert Daniel Thomas
Greenup
Illinois
Evelyn Ann Young
Westfield
Ilinois
John Henry Tyler
Mattoon
Dilinois
Grace Marie Dean
Estel Warren Williams
Terre Haute
Nancy Jane McCalister
West Terre Haute
Fifty Years Ago 1915 Marriages and Local Notes
James Liggett 21 of Marshall married Nellie Taylor 18 of Dennison in Paris on Wednesday morning. Forty eight men took the rural mail carrier civil service exam last Saturday, Earl Perdue conducted it in the high school assembly room. Judge Hollenbeck’s Darwin farm yielded the largest small grain crop with 88 bushels per acre wheat and 78 bushels oats. M H Mount formerly of West Union, brother of Volney Mount of Marshall, will wed Blanche Marian Webb in Los Angeles tomorrow afternoon and they will establish a home there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Liggett
Marshall
Nellie Taylor
Dennison
Paris
Civil Service
Earl Perdue
Judge Hollenbeck
Darwin
M. H. Mount
West Union
Volney Mount
Los Angeles
California
Blanche Marian Webb
Local lawyer forms partnership with Chicago judge
Spt Arthur Poorman of the Clark County Bar forms an 18 partner alliance with Hon Robert A Meier of Chicago Heights Illinois and plans to relocate with his family next month. Also in Clarksville a girl sustains a broken right wrist from a rope swing and a barn housing Will Saiter is destroyed by fire near Marshall. Marriage licenses issued in Marshall and West Union for several couples including Frank Gilbert Catherine Geisert Ferrell Haddock Helen Cox Thomas Little Mabel Kraemer Eugene Baker Rachel Cline Charles Sanders Elizabeth Mumford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Poorman
Clark County
Robert ‘A. Meier
Chicago Heights
Ilinois
Wes Millhouse
Clarksville
Will Saiter
Marshall
Frank Gilbert
Catherine Geisert
Ferrell G Haddock
Parker Township
Helen D. Cox
Thomas E. Little
Terre Haute
Mabel A. Kraemer
West Union
Eugene Scott Baker
York
Rachel Cline
Charles Sanders
Casey
Elizabeth Mumford
Engineer Selected to Help Install Terre Haute Police Radio
Thirty years ago in 1935 Frank Casteel an engineer at WBOW Terre Haute was chosen to assist in installing and operating the radio division of the Terre Haute police department. E L Allison notes about four inches of rain since Saturday. A Snyder general store owner Ralph Jackson was robbed of about $100 Friday night around 9 30. Marriage licenses issued include W W Toner 23 Casey and Lanoris Wells 18 Martinsville Harold Davis 24 Westfield and Willya Turman 18 Westfield Earl Whitman 21 Hoopeston and Elsie Cline 18 Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Casteel
WBOW
Terre Haute
E. L. Allison
Ralph Jackson
Snyder
Toner
Casey
Lanoris Wells
Martinsville
Harold Davis
Westfield
Willya Turman
Earl Whitman
Hoopeston
Elsie Cline
Marshall
Forgery Case Ties to Paroled Felon in Indiana
In Marshall on June 22 a man signed as Wm Carr and wrote two $15 checks on an Indianapolis bank to Arthur Lowry and Glen Martin. The sheriff learned Carr, paroled from Indiana Michigan City penitentiary, was returned there and was also wanted in Ohio on forgery. A marriage license was issued to Paul Sebree and Elmaleen Glendenning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Arthur Lowry
Glen Martin
Wm. Carr
Indianapolis
Carr
Michigan City
Indiana
Ohio
Paul Alfred Sebree
Anawalt
West Virginia
Elmaleen Glendenning
Decker Sells Marshall House to Hilbert for August Possession
Ten years ago in 1955 Mrs. Alvin Decker sold the Marshall House to Frank Hilbert with possession set for August 1. Lake Construction Co. of Shelbyville Illinois moved some machinery onto the lake site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Decker
Marshall House
Frank Hilbert
Lake Construction Co
Shelbyville
Illinois
Clark County 4-H Livestock Auction Totals and Fair Racing Preview
At Martinsville a Clark County 4-H livestock sale drew buyers for fifty-two steers seventy-nine hogs and nine lambs totaling 19470.02 with steers averaging 30.24 per cwt hogs 28.82 and lambs 25.73. Grand champions included Jim Clines steer and Debbie Francis lamb. top barrow bid 41 per cwt for Scott Bennett. The 1965 fair program runs August 8–11 featuring night horse racing and a schedule of multiple events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County
Martinsville Fair
Warren Bundy
Jim Cline
Ed Hodge
Paris Livestock Sales Co
Debbie Francis
Illinois Auction Commission Co
Paris
Mike Gustafson
Shropshire Lamb
Don Neal
Barrow
Frank Pearce
Marshall Matural Insurance Co
Scott Bennett
TRW Electronic Components
Tom Cline
Martinsville State Bank
Jack Crumlin
Clark Service
Doug Kline
Martinsville
Stera
McDaniel
Casey
Leon
Fitzgarrald
Joe ‘Hardway
Bank of ’Casey
David Schiver
Bob Flowers
Turner Thc
Buick
Buick, ‘Huisinga Grain’ Co
Biggs Farm Store
Best Feed Store
Biggs and Richards
John W. Lewis
Westfield State Bank
Casey Red & White Food
Marshall Red' White
Marshall Red & White
Coburn Endsley
Marshall Soil Testing Lab
Denzil Bennett
Glen Keeney
Charleston
Kirchner Lumber Co
Marshall Dan Davis
Rowe Foundry
Terre Haute Producers Marketing
Clark County Fair
Garwoods Host Open House for 35th Anniversary
Mr and Mrs True Garwood of 814 Chestnut Marshall will welcome guests from 2:00 to 5:00 p m Sunday August 1 to mark their thirty fifth wedding anniversary. Also noted is an announced October wedding for Miss LaQuita Jackelyn Snider and Stephen W Inge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. and
Mrs. True Garwood
True Garwood
Chestnut
Marshall
LaQuita Jackelyn Snider
Stephen W. Inge
Charles Inge
Paris
Katherine B. Snider
Inge
L. L. Parks
Ward LaRue
Local births update from Martinsville area
Birth notices report Roger David Wilhoit born Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. Rex Wilhoit Martinsville. Thomas Lee Xnsemeyer born Saturday to Mr. and Mrs Norman Xnsemeyer. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs Will Wallace born Saturday. Richard Kenyon born Monday to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Hunt. Stephen Harry Mattis born July 23 to Mr. and Mrs Marshall Mattis. Southwest of Marshall work in progress this week.
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Marshall
Rex Wilhoit
Martinsville
Roger David
Norman Xnsemeyer
Thomas Lee
Will Wallace
Ronald Hunt
Richard Kenyon
Marshall Mattis
Stephen Harry
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Leo Wernz
Albert
Antone
OURI
State of Illinois
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Mra Myrtle Shade
Merle Jones
Chicopee
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Statue of Liberty
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Maine
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Connecticut
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Hawthorne
Commons
Pioneer Village
Plymouth Rock
Boeing Aircraft Company
Don Davidson
Don Mitchell
Elkhart
Mitchell
Lilly Brady
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