Band Program Thursday June 17 Opens Summer Concert Series
The junior band of fifty five members kicks off a ten concert season on Thursday night at 8 00. The program includes marches overtures and popular numbers with Betty Plank as soloist and the combined bands closing with Semper Fidelis and the Star Spangled Banner.
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Southern Cross
Yoder
Radio Pioneer
Seitz
Sousa
Alweyb
Marshall Men’s Chorus
Spirit of the
Ring-Hager
Cloth of Gold
Jewell
Miner
Rosenkraus
Star Spangled
Banner
War Bond Auction Set For Tomorrow Night in Marshall
Public sale planned at Kroger Market with Pet Milk Company sponsor and Bob Bushouse master of ceremonies. Auctions feature war bonds sold on site at 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm with baskets of groceries for top bidders. Victor Miller notes Clark county lags quota and urges community groups to join parade and events led by American Legion and Auxiliary.
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Kroger
Marshall
Walter ‘Church
Kroger Company
Pet Milk Company
Bob Bushouse
Bushouse
Pet
Victor Miller
Clark County
Themerican Legion and Auxiliary
Legion
Auxiliary
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Marshall Township High School
Auto use tax stamps go on sale June 10
Collector of Internal Revenue V. Dallman announced that five dollar auto use tax stamps will be sold at all post offices and IRS offices on Thursday June 10. The stamps cover the fiscal year beginning July 1 1943 and must be bought by that date. Each stamp is serially numbered and gummed on the face with space on the back for vehicle quake model serial and State license number.
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Internal Revenue
V. Dallman
Collectors of
New Divorce Case and Revival Judgment in Circuit Court
Walter Bess seeks divorce from Lucille Bess while Clennie Connelly pursues a revival of judgment against Frank Connelly. Mrs. Tom Madden, 70, suffered a Sunday fall at home, breaking her left leg above the knee and was hospitalized at St. Anthony in Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Bess
Lucille Bess
Clennie Connelly
Frank Connelly
Tom Madden
St. Anthony Hospital
Terre Haute
Funeral services set for Representative Strohm this afternoon
Funeral services for Representative Chas G Strohm will be held at his home near West Union this afternoon at 2:00. Burial will be in Marshall Cemetery. Strohm died Wednesday morning in St Luke Hospital Chicago after weeks of illness. He was 66. Survived by widow one daughter Mrs Ruth Foley and four sons Richard Dean Strohm West Union John Strohm Chicago Max Strohm Richmond Va one sister Miss Margaret Strohm Marshall and one brother JS Strohm Lovington Ill. He was a long time farmer and serving his third term as Illinois representative.
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Chas. G. Strohm
West Union
Marshall Cemetery
St. Luke Hospital
Cone
Ruth Foley
California
Richard
Dean Strohm
John Strohm
Chicago
Max Strohm
Richmond
Virginia
Margaret Strohm
Marshall
JS. Strohm
Lovington
Illinois
Strohm
Dlinois
Death notices for Ottis Bell and James Brydon
Ottis Bell age 59 of Spike town vicinity died at Schmidt Clinic Robinson after twelve days illness. Survived by Daisy widow two daughters Rudolph Bell Marshall twin Otis Bell Marshall sister Laura Bain Terre Haute three grandchildren. Body to Marrs Funeral Home Marshall then Zion church Marshall burial Zion cemetery. James Brydon age 29 formerly of Martinsville died in Pittsburgh hospital last Monday. Son of Carol Brydon Chicago, formerly Mattie Walker Marshall. wife in Pittsburgh Hospital on maternity ward gave birth to a girl Monday evening. Burial pending Mrs Brydon’s return.
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Ottis Bell
Spiketown
Schmidt
Robinson
Daisy
Kenneth Wilhoit
Paris
Wayne Patchett
Marshall
Rudolph Bell
Otis Bell
Laura Bain
Terre Haute
Marrs
Zion Church
Hasewinkel
Zion Cemetery
James Brydon
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Carol Brydon
Chicago
Martinsville
Mattie Walker
Lottie Lafferty
Walter Burdick
Daughters of the American Revolution
Good Citizenship Club
Casey
Pauline Phillippe
Vineta Shaffer
Westfield
Mae Warner
Betty Amacher
Dorothy
Partlow
Johnny Richart
Rosemary Pendell
North Side
Thomas Craig
South Side
Isabelle Crumlin
Lorene Lawence
Miss Lafferty
Mae James
le Grande Cannon, Jr
Worick
Joanne Worick
W. T Hollenbeck
Tempie Deaner
W. A. Vaughan
O. A. Keiser
Funeral services set for Frank Stewart in Marshall
Frank Stewart age 67 of Marshall died at his son Harry Stewarts home in Robinson at 5 45 am Thursday. He leaves a son, a daughter Mrs Walter Eaton of Kokomo, a stepdaughter Rosemary Murphy of Marshall, a sister Mrs Katie Newman of Marshall, and three brothers Ross Stewart of Marshall Clyde and Arthur Stewart of Danville Illinois. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 00 pm at the Marshall Funeral Home with burial in Marshall Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Stewart
Marshall
Harry Stewart
Robinson
Walter Eaton
Kokomo
Indiana
Rosemary Murphy
Katie Newman
Ross Stewart
Clyde
Arthur Stewart
Danville
Tinois
Marrs
Velsiccol Plant Fire Reported Near Marshall
A fire at the Velsicol Corporation plant north of Marshall broke out Monday just before 3 a.m. distress alarms were sounded, drawing the Marshall fire department to a blaze near the loading area by the Pennsylvania tracks causing damage.
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Velsicol Corporation
Marshall
Marshall Fire Department
Pennsylvania Tracks
Service members' furloughs and transfers across states
Seaman 2/c DeWayne Huey returns to Marshall for a week of furlough with family. Local servicemen and families note promotions, arrivals, and moves including Pvt Joseph L. Lutz in India, Cpl Grover D. McCleary at Dodge City, and Lt Casson Bennett en route via Savannah to Denver.
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Seaman
DeWayne‘Huey
Wesley’ Huey
Ates
Cpl
Grover,d
McCleary
Army’ Air-Service
Sheppard Field
Texas
Dodge City
Kansas
Dodge Field
China
Africa
Grover D. McCleary
G. D.C
Casson K. Bennett
Norman Bennett
Marshall
Savannah
Georgia
Denver
Colorado
Mrs. Ella Hanks Dead at 85 in Chicago
Mrs. Ella Hanks aged 85 years and 5 months died at the home of her daughter in Chicago at 3 30 p m on Wednesday. She leaves three daughters Mrs Claypool Mrs Mabel Battler and Mrs Tess Shepherd one son Melvin Lambdin eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren plus a brother Riley Rhoads of Paris Ill Her funeral was held at the Brough Funeral Home in Marshall with Rev Thos W Bass officiating and burial in Marshall cemetery Attendees included relatives from Chicago Bay City Michigan Paris and Indianapolis.
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Ella Hanks
Roy Claypool
Chicago
Claypool
Mabel Ba&tler
Detroit
Michigan
Tess Shepherd
Paris
Illinois
Melvin G. Lambdin
West Palm Beach
Florida
Riley Rhoads
Ill
Marshall
Ithe Brough Funeral
Thos
W. Bass
Marshall Cemetery
Garland Butler
Bay City
Henry Rhoads
Harry
Funeral for Charles Shawver Attended by Casey Residents
Charles Shawver’s funeral was held Sunday afternoon in Casey attended by Harry T. Dreyfus Jr Barbara Jean Sharp and several local families including Beliza Ashley Raymond Millhouse William Shawver Russell Perisho and William Smitley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry T. Dreyfus, Jr
Casey
Barbara Jean Sharp
Beliza Ashley
Raymond
Millhouse
William Shawver
Russel Perisho
William Smitley
Charles Shawver
Mundy proposes education rule for lawmakers in Springfield
Representative J. S. Mundy of Marshall introduces a bill in the Springfield House on June 2 to require General Assembly members to be grammar school graduates or have an equivalent education from a recognized institution. The Citizens Tribune ran an eight column streamer on Mundy’s bill the next day.
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J. S. Mundy
Marshall
Springfield
General Assembly
Citizens Tribune
Mundy
Real Estate Transfers Lead Martinsville Area Deeds
A long list of warranty and quit claim deeds dated 1941 to 1948 covers transfers in Martinsville and surrounding townships. Parties include D R Lenox, Oscar Shawver, W G Jones, Ruth Tippy, Grace McClintock, Orion McDaniel, Martisville State Bank, Claude McDaniel, Bert Majors, J J Slusser, J D Lenex, Wesley Carpenter, Jey Claypool, A O Eliott, Lutra Densmore, Carrie Easton, Bessie Densmore, Arthur Briggs, and others across sections 3 6 12 15 18 26 28 29 33 and townships 9 10 11 12 13 14. Deeds record property values mostly at $1 to $10 with a $500 designation for Casey transfers.
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D. R. Lenox
Oscar Shawver
Martinsville
Ewe. Howard
W. G. Jones
Ip. D. Cassidy
Wm. Howard
Grace McClintock
Ruth Tippy
E.A. Prim
Ruth
BAD/ McDaniel
Ruth Sippy
Daniel
Martinsville State Bank
Layle Cunningham
John Richart
Ola O. Spittler
Sheila Bennett
Thurman Bennett
Auburn
Lillie Reedy
Howard J. Kuhn
Clarence
Eva M. Moore
Anna John
Gladys Mundorf
Gustave Ritter
M. L. Behner
Archers
Marshall
Roy Lingafelter
Claude McDaniel
Bert Majors
Frank Cole
Clayton Buckner
J. J. Slusser
B. J. Odell
Casey
J. D. Lenex
Wm. Lenex
Wesley Carpenter
Mary R. Harris
Jey Claypool
J. S. Claypool
A. O. Eliott
Bernice Snodgrass
Lutra Densmore
Atha Hires
Carrie Easton
Bessie Densmore
Arthur Briggs
Mischievous Boys Given Probation
Charles William Moore and Richard Gideon confessed in county court to entering Lindley’s pool room in West Union and received three years probation, with release to Sheriff Willie Shawver. Orville Leroy Combs, charged with delinquency, also got probation, and his mother Bertha Buckner of Terre Haute must ensure he follows orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles William Moore
Richard Gideon
Lindley
West Union
Willie Shawver
Orville Leroy Combs
Bertha Buckner
Terre Haute
Rural Illinois schools may not open this fall
Illinois rural schools face a teacher shortage with about half expected to be without instructors this fall. Vernon L. Nickell, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, warns that transportation and district consolidations worsen the problem as many teachers join the armed forces or war industries. He urges qualified teachers to contact local officials to help sustain education statewide.
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Illinois
Vernon L. Nickell
State of Illinois
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Nickell
Sted
Pennsylvania Wreck disrupts morning freight trains
A freight train blocked near Marshall, Pennsylvania was hit from the rear by another freight at about 2:30 AM, derailing the caboose eight cars and a large type engine. No serious injuries reported and service restored by noon.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Marshall
Administrators Named in County Court Estates
Carrie Stepp was appointed administrator of the estate of Thomas Stepp in county court this week. Fenton B. Cole was appointed administrator of the estate of William T. Low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Stepp
Thomas
Fenton B. Cole
Will ‘Iam T Low
Martinsville Village Trustees Meet in Regular Session
The Martinsville village trustees chaired by S Hi Fasig met June 4 at B H Welsh’s office. Members Delashmutt Randall Dahl Cooper Sallee approved last minutes and discussed a 30 cent per hundred tax on personal property and real estate. Levi Williams found a large potato and carp weighed 2.4 pounds was caught at Cooper pond. A carp banquet followed at Hammerlys. An Eclipse ground baseball game in Marshall between lawyers and doctors begins at 3 pm with no gate fee and five innings. Players listed for both teams. George Hammerly visiting from Hume IL attended. A dance at J Gorham’s home occurred Friday night.
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Martinsville
Board of ‘Trustees
B. H. Welsh
S. Hi Fasig
W. G. Delashmutt
W. H. Randall
John Dahl
G. W. Cooper
T. M. Sallee
Levi Williams
Cooper Pond
Hammerly’s
Hammerly
Marshall
Esculapius
William Campbell
Jim Drake
W L. Athon
W. G. McCann
William Green
O Mitchell
Simon Jumper
C. A. Purdum
John Tierney
George Hammerly
Hume
Inl
Si Dence
Marshall Camp Modern Woodmen Meeting Report
Fifty years ago report notes a strong meeting of the Marshall Camp Modern Woodmen with one candidate learning wood sawing. Several social visits are listed including Mrs Charles Cole in Rhindmundy and Mrs Harrison Cork visiting relatives, plus Ed Howell and family hosting Ira May and family. A thunderstorm struck Prof L A Wallace’s barn with no fire, though lightning hit the structure and his horse stayed unharmed.
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Danville
L. A. Wallace
Wallace
Forty Years Ago Class Banquet Marks 1903 In Marshall
The Pythian Temple banquet hall hosted the Marshall high school graduates with eleven from the class of 1903, plus members from 21 other classes. Notable absentees included the 82 class member Lizzie Martin Foster who died years ago. O L Kilborn of 81 led the toast School Days of Auld Lang Syne while Frank Brosman spoke on The Turn of the Road. Professor Wallace read the roll of graduates revealing many already deceased.
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Pythian Temple
B. A. Sweet
Lizzie Martin Foster
Marshall
Gertrude Shaw
Frank Devol Lutz
Mary Devol
Corey Briscoe Bryan
Nellie Stephenson
O L. Kilborn
Lizzie Riley
Martha Shaw Cole
Seattle
Washington
Will Swern
Chicago
O. L. Kilborn
Auld Lang Syne
College
Frank Brosman
Wallace
Fred J. Bartlett
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Fulton
Frang Kiser
Betty Plank
Holmes
Bagley
HyMin
Fillmore
BOND
Charles G. Strohm
Walter Spittler
Anderson
North Dakota
A. S
Walter’ Spittler
University of North: Dakota
Grand Forks
Vern c. White
Sam White
Pfc
Vern Cc
John A. Staggs
Camp Swift
Leon Cooper
Marines
New York
South America
Dorother
Anne
New ‘York
Joe Turman
Fort Knox
W. R. Turman
Hattie Cushman
Turmdan
Findiny
Ohio
Anna Lutz
Joseph L. Lutz
Merly of
India
His
Robert Rupt Haddin
Woodrow Gunder
Jefferson Barracks
Missouri
Joe Gunder
Fred Bender
Dean Spires
Mrs. Ella
Hanks
Marrage .Licenses
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