Hills Carpenter Wedding Bridges Marshall Family Ties
Miss Janet Hills and Bill Carpenter were married Saturday in Trinity United Methodist Church Marshall. The couple, both residents of Marshall, will reside at 80 Elm Street Marshall. The bride is employed by Eastern Express Terre Haute and the groom by General Telephone Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Hills
Bill Carpenter
Trinity United Methodist Church
Marshall
Raymond Hills
John F Carpenter
Leonard Martz
James Goodwin
Gordon Herrington
Mest Terre Haute
Robert Carpenter
Elm Street
Eastern Express, Inc
Terre Haute
General Telephone Co
Marshall Woman's Club June Display Highlights Service Portraits
The Marshall Woman's Club features June window displays using home furnishings and antique items. Committee members Mrs Drew Casteel Mrs Austin Crocker Mrs Dan Gard and Mrs Clyde Knowles organized the exhibit with portraits of local service members Bill Tharp provided portraits of boys in service Steve Davidson Jerry Pritchard Larry Quinn and Robert Crocker representing the US Air Force Army Marine Corps and Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Woman's Club
Drew Casteel
Austin Crocker
Dan Gard
Clyde Knowles
Bill Tharp
U. S. Air Force
Steve Davidson
U. S. Army
Jerry Pritchard
U. S. Marine Corps
Larry Quinn
Robert Crocker
U. S. Navy
Marshall Womans Club
Civic Womans Club
Sesquicentennial Pageant Opens in Clark County
Clark County's sesquicentennial pageant "150 Years from Yesterday" opens Friday June 7 at 800 p m and runs again Saturday June 8 at 800 p m at Martinsville fair grounds. More than two hundred residents portray Clark County history from 1816 to today with music by local groups and a pre-show by the Marshall City Band. Souvenir books with rare Clark County photos will be sold and the Clark County Historical Society meets June 13 for a Smorgasbord dinner with Dr. Donald F. Tingley of Eastern Illinois University speaking on Early History of Clark County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County
Martinsville Fair Grounds
Illinois
Cumberland Road
Anna Churchill
Casey
Susan
Phill Campbell
Marshall
Martinsville
Eleanor Stofel
Marshall City Band
Harold Ellshoff
Seventh and Eighth Grade Instrumental Meeting
A meeting for all seventh and eighth grade instrumental music students will be held Thursday June 13 at 6:30 p m in the high school band room. The session aims to organize summer programs and invites attendance.
Marshall Lions Burn Mortgage On Community Pool
The Marshall Lions Club celebrated the final mortgage payment for the Marshall Community Swimming Pool completed in 1956. On June 1 1968 about 400 attendees joined a day of free pool admission cake ice cream and music as Joe Staub received the mortgage papers and the pool’s debt was burned with community and organization supporters presenting funds flags and a flagpole donation marked by ceremonies and tributes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Lions Club
Marshall Community
Joe Staub
Staub
Harold Ellshoff
Don McNary
Versicol Chemical Corporation
The
American Legion
Marshall Moose Lodge
Sylvia Millhouse
John Noyes
Marshall High School
Lions Club
George Kile
Max Youmans
University of Illinois scholarships awarded in Clark County
Three scholarships awarded to Clark county students for four years of tuition at the University of Illinois based on ACT scores from May August and October 1967. Winners include Steven A Trout Glenna Dibrell and John D Howard with various eligibility notes and veterans children considerations. Also notes on General County winners and local activities including the Clark County Trail Blazers Saddle Club closed show June 16 at Lester Carnahan's with spectators welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Ofllinois
Clark County
Myron Tedrick
Special County
Steven A Trout
Casey High School
Glenna Dibrell
Casey
John D. Howard
Marshall
University of Mlinots
Clark County Trail Blazers Saddle Club
Lester Carnahan’s
Draft bill seeks raising enlistment age to 55 for noncombatants
Secretary Baker asks Congress to amend the law to lift the voluntary enlistment age from 40 to 55, arguing older men with mechanics and artisan skills can bolster staff corps and free younger troops for line duty. The measure aims to broaden manpower for the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
Congress
Clark
Buffalo hitch to wagon arrives in Marshall from west
Thirty years ago in 1938 a 2200 pound buffalo pulled a covered wagon into Marshall around noon on a Wednesday. The owner said the buffalo, a cross between a bison and a Holstein, was headed to New York City and was the property of the Big Creek Crushed Rock Company. The firm’s 20 acre land along Big Creek north of Marshall and its building and equipment were sold the prior Thursday to Dewey Montgomery and Ralph W Montgomery of Marshall by receiver Victor C Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man
Marshall
West
New York City
Big Creek Crushed Rock Company
Big Creek
Marshal
Dewey Montgomery
Ralph W Montgomery
Victor C Miller
A C Abin
Newman
Radar School Graduate and Marriage Licenses Listed
Twenty years ago in 1948 Ray R. Finkbiner a fireman USN and son of John L. Finkbiner of Route 1 Marshall graduated from radar school in Boston. Marriage licenses issued include Irwin Ferdin andsen Jr 23 and Wilma Rose Pennel 20 both of Marshall Cyce Matters Jr 22 Casey and Grace M 18 Paris and Anna May Davis 15 Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray R. Finkbiner
USN
John L. Finkbiner
Route 1
Marshall
Radar
Boston
Irwin Ferdinandsen Jr
Chicago
Wilma Rose Pennel
Marshall Cyce Matters Jr
Casey and
Grace M
Paris
Anna May Davis
Ten Years Ago 42 Rattle Snake Brought In
Don Neibarger Jr of Mary Carr farm nine miles west of Marshall brought a 42 rattle snake clubbed to death to the Herald Office. Marriage licenses list Harold Biggs 30 Casey and Marion Boyer 31 Casey. Lester Switzer 21 Marshall and Patricia Harris 18 Marshall. Roger McCain 22 Collinsville Illinois and Elizabeth Stover 19 Chicago. Gary Francher 18 Casey and Doris Wilson 19 Casey. Births: Vernon Hollenbeck and wife of Palestine welcomed a son Vern Sylvan born May 20 at 4 30 pm weighing 7 pounds 11 ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert English
Chares F English
Marshall
Kappa Phi Kappa
James Milligan University
Decatur
Robert
Tau Kappa Epsillion
Mislikin
George Taubeneck
Carl V Taubeneck
Carl V Tabeneck
University of Illinois
Skull and Cresent
Guy Cowman
Worthington
Indiana
Helen Clark
Max Russell
Sullivan
Betty Haskett
Raymond Allen
Terre Haute
Ada Rogers
Ira Gross
Casey
Audrey Howe
Don Neibarger Jr
Mary Carr
Herald Office
Harold Biggs
Marion Boyer
Casey Lester Switzer
Patricia Harris
Roger McCain
Collinsvile
Illinois
Elizabeth Stover
Chicago
Gary Francher
Doris Wilson
Vernon Hollenbeck
Palestine
Vern Sylvan
Erba Summer Head Start Program Opens June 10
Harry Ring announces Embaras River Basin Agency for Economic Opportunity will run an eight week summer Head Start program starting June 10 funded by Poverty Program funds. Clark County will enroll forty students at Marshall Community School with medical dental and immunization services, hot meals and snacks, and 3.5 hours of daily class time to raise readiness for public school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Ring
Embaras River Basin Agency For Econoic Opportunity, Inc
Office of Economic Opportunity
Clark County
Marshall Community School
Marshall
Fisher Leaves For Army Farewell Dinner Held At Marshall Fairground
The Crumlin family hosted a basket dinner and farewell for Max Fisher who left Tuesday night for military service. Attendees from Terre Haute and Martinsville, Indiana included Mr and Mrs K E Shaffer, Mr and Mrs John L Crumlin, Sally and Nancy, Mr and Mrs Gary Shacer, Brian, Mr and Mrs Robert Lehman, Bill Livvix with Linda and Bill, Jeanne, Jack, John and Mrs Stella Crumlin, and most notably Mr and Mrs Raymond Fisher and Max. One granddaughter, Mrs Arley Andrews of Pendleton, Indiana, was absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Crumlin
Marshall Fairground
Max Fisher
K. FE. Shaffer
John L. Crumlin
Sally
Nancy
Gary Shacer
Brian
Robert Lehman
Bill Livvix
Linda
Bill
Terre Haute
Keith Younger
Greg
Tim
Kim
Paula
Martinsville
Indiana
Raymond Fisher
Max
Jerry Rachel
William Livvix
Jeanne
Jack
John
Arley Andrews
Pendleton
Local Selective Service Registrants Report for Induction
Eight Clark County registrants from local board No 94 will report for induction into the armed forces on June 5. Names include Charles W Bellew, David D Davis, Franklin E Rayhel, Frerett J Duncan, Max R Fisher, Robert Murphy, James R Taylor, and Wallace Martinsville. They will undergo physical examinations the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County
Births Timothy Wayne Shirely and Timothy Michael
Mr and Mrs William Shirely of Floyd Knobs Indiana announce the birth of their second son Timothy Wayne on May 25 at Floyd County Hospital New Albany. He is welcomed home by his brother William Allen. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Ted Forsythe. Another birth: Mr and Mrs Robert Morecraft and Mr and Mrs Fentor Shirely of Marshall announce a son Timothy Michael born May 26 at Union Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Shirely
Floyd
Knobs
Indiana
Timothy Wayne
Floyd County Hospital
New Albany
William Allen
Robert Morecraft
Fentor Shirely
Marshall
Ted Forsythe
Union Hospital
Timothy Michael
Birth of Debra Gail Sweitzer in Paris
Mr and Mrs Samuel T Sweitzer of 411 West Carfield Paris welcomed daughter Debra Gail born May 16 at Paris Hospital weighing five pounds eleven ounces. Mother Evelyn Rhoads is daughter of Virgil and Mrs Rhoads of Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Dorothy
Beulah
Samuel T Sweitzer
West Carfield Street
Paris
Debra Gail
Paris Hospital
Evelyn Rhoads
Virgil Rhoads
Marshall
Teenage Road-e-O Finals Set for Marshall Event
The 1968 Teenage Road-E-O finals will be held in Marshall on Saturday June 22 at Marshall Community High School. The Marshall Jaycees host with safety officials judging a written test and on course driving. Top local winners advance to state and national finals with $14000 in scholarships and a Mercury Cougar prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Marshall Community High School
Marshall Jaycees
Illinois State Police Safety Department
Ilinois
Jaycee
Ann Arbor
Michigan
The
Jaycees
Lincoln-Mercury
Ford Motor Company
Engagement Notice for Jackie Milburn Williams
Engaged Mr and Mrs Eddie Pine Marshall announce the engagement of their granddaughter Jackie Milburn Williams to Joe Williams son of Mr and Mrs Woodford Williams Rural Route 2 Saint Union Things United States Miss Milburn a 196X Marshall High School graduate and is employed at urnside Nursing Home Mr Williams a 1967 graduate of Meall High School and is employed by Flowers Sales Inc The Clark Fidalgo and Vigo County Rural Youth will hold their annual reunion at Twin Lakes Park Paris Sunday June 9 with a basket dinner at 1230 The Class of 53 reunion at the Colonial Etchen Marshall is July 13 Reservations requested Mrs Darrell Kirby is a patient at St Mary's Hospital Cairo
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira F. Cooper
Anna Malinda
Steven Brent Deem
Billy V Deem
Paris
Malinda
Marshall High School
Brent
Deem Lumber Co
Lakewood Drive
Navy
Paris High School
Eddie Pine
Marshall
Jackie Milburn
Joe Williams
Woodford Williams
Milburn
Marshall High Pool
Urnside Nursing
Lyams
Meall High School
Emmaoye' Flowers Sales, Inc
Clark Fidgar
Vigo County
Twin Lakes Park
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hills-Carpenter
Womans Club
Keith Miller
Keith
Norman
Oklahoma
Marshall Bowl
Francis Hubbard
Joyce Thorp
Doris
Bill Thorp Photo
K. Gard
Vickie Taylor
Jo Ann King
Evelyn Moschenrose
Reno Maurer
Tom's Cafe
ERBA
Fisher
Selective Service News
the Rural Youth Reunion
Darrell Kirby
St. Mary’s Hospital
Cario, mm
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