Clark County Fair Board Sets Yearly Improvements
The Clark County Fair Board met to approve major improvements at the fairground before the fair. Plans include painting the grandstand and two horse barns, adding a fence section along the north side of the race track, and other pre fair work. Box seats.
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Clark County Fair Board
Fair Board
Marshall__Lions_Club
Harry Macke
Mike Reeley
Robinson
WPRS
Paris
Wthi-Tv
Terre Haute
Marshall Band Opens 1961 Concert Season June to August
The Marshall Municipal Band starts its 1961 concert season Friday night June 16 and runs through August 11. Officers include president Donald Miller and vice president Swing Low Sweet Chariot. program excerpts feature Lohengrin, Flower Drum Song, The Gypsy Baron, Star Spangled Banner.
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Marshall Municipal Band
Donald Miller
Sweet ‘Chariot
Rogers & Hammerstein
Band of the Land
Shepard
Osterling
Johann Strauss
McEmber
Moose Lodge 1708 beats Brazil B F W 5 4 in Staunton
Marshall Moose Lodge 1708 defeats Brazil B F W 5 to 4 in Staunton in Western Indiana Conference play. Larry Pennell homered with two on in the ninth to turn a 4 2 deficit into a Moose win. Next games include Blanford at 3 00 p m Saturday and Saline City at 3 00 p m Sunday May 18.
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Marshall Moose Lodge
Brazil
Staunton
Moose
Indiana
Larry Pennell
Marshall
Brest
Moose Lodge
Blanford
Saline City
Marshall Diamond
Clark County Post No. el
Brazil Legion Club
Fenton Macke
Post No. 90
Marshall Field
Effingham
Births in Danville and Terre Haute families welcomed
Mr and Mrs Charles Wright of Danville announce the arrival of a 6 lb 2 oz daughter Pamela Ann born June 1 at Lakeview Hospital Danville mother is the former Ann Bartley. Mr and Mrs John Kyle of Marshall report daughter Lucinda Lynn weighing 8 lb 4 oz Kyle is the former Dora Belle Stover is daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman Stover Terre Haute The Kyles also have a son Johnny.
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Vicki Myles
Louis Myles
Clarksville
Childrens Memorial Hospital
Chicago
Lillie Myles
Marshall
Charles Wright
Danville
Mdlinois
Pamela Ann
Lakeview Hospital
Ann Bartley
John Kyle
Lucinda Lynn
Kyle
Dora
Belle Stover
Herman Stover
Terre Haute
Kyles
Johnny
Gene Wilson named Marshall high head football coach for fall
Gene Wilson will replace Don Mitchell as head football coach at Marshall High, teaching social studies and driver training and assisting in basketball and track. A Terre Haute Garfield alum and Indiana State teacher college graduate, Wilson earned multiple honors including Zimmerman award and All-American mentions. George Gattas becomes athletic director and head track coach, coordinating all high school sports and junior high programs.
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Gene Wilson
Marshall
Mr. Wilson
Don Mitchell
Wilson
Garfield High School
Terre Haute
Zimmerman
Indiana State Teachers College
Indiana State
Marshall High School
Wilsons
George Gattas
Methodist Appointments In Central Illinois Area
The 138th annual conference of the central Illinois Methodist Church held in Rock Island from June 6 to 9 assigned ministers to the area. Marshall Circuit includes Brick Darwin Snyder. Martinsville includes James W. Danny. Martinsville Circuit lists Shiloh St. Paul Wesley Chapel Zoar Harold J. Kemp. Dennison Armstrong Dunlap Patton E C Ham. Livingston Asbury Auburn Harry Duke Jr. York Ohio Chapel Vernon Prulett. Casey Darrell R Williams.
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Central Minois Methodist Church
Rock Island
Marshall
Robert S. Swain
Brick
Darwin
Snyder
James Whitkanack
Martinsville
James W. Danny
Shiloh
St. Paul
Wesley Chapel
Zoar
Harold J. Kemp
Dennison
Armstrong
Dunlap
Patton
E. C. Ham
Livingston
Asbury
Auburn
Harry Duke, Jr
York
Ohio Chapel
Vernon Prulett
Casey
Darrell R. Williams
Deaths Wesley J Williams dies by self inflicted rifle shot
Wesley J Williams age 60 died from a self inflicted rifle shot at his rural Route 2 home in Marshall. Surviving are four daughters one son two sons and 11 grandchildren. Funeral held Sunday at Marrs Funeral Home with Rev C E Stierwalt officiating burial at Mt Zion Cemetery New Lebanon Indiana.
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Wesley J. Williams
Route 2
Marshall
Betty Ryan
Grandview
Clinois
Wanda Boyer
Paris
Carolyn McKinney
Barbara Frank
Lansing
Michigan
Stanley Nelson Willams
Brocton
Ilinois
Blaine Williams
Westover
Massachusetts
Lois Williams
Esther_Bosman
Ivan Williams
Wayne Williams
Shelburn
Indiana
Chester Williams
Kankakee
Eddie Williams
Quincy
Tinois
Marrs
C. E. Stierwalt
Mt. Zion Cemetery
New Lebanon
Clark County Home Bureau Elects New Executive Board
The Clark County Home Bureau held its first meeting since May 22 induction with all 19 members present. They reviewed roles, the University of Illinois extension framework, finances, and the flow of pennies for the World Federation, ensuring each unit receives updates.
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Clark County
Burea
U. of I
Home Bureau
Compact Incorporated
County Home Bureau
Clark County Home Bureau
Ilinois Home Bureau Federation
Association Country Women of the World
London
England
Home Bureau Organization
Stove Explosion Injures Marshall Woman
Friday last week Mrs. Jack Huffington of Marshall area lit a gas stove after detecting gas in the oven. She opened the door to vent the gas and lit a match. an explosion burned her right arm to the shoulder.
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Jack Huffington
Marshall
Chamber of Commerce to Elect Officers at June 26 Meeting
The Marshall Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual end of fiscal year meeting at Marshall High School Monday June 26 at 8 p m. Officers for 61 62 will be elected and three directors replaced with the board choosing a president from nine members. Members and local businessmen are urged to attend. the industrial committee will report on progress toward a Lincoln Trail Nursing Home for Marshall and the surrounding area. Also note a dedication ceremony for the new West Union Illinois Post Office on Saturday June 17 1961 at 4 p m with a speech by a Post Office department official, Hutsonville School Band and parade followed by refreshments.
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Chamber of Commerce
Marshall High School
Chamber
Lincoln Trail Nursing Home Incorporated
West Union
Ill
Hutsonville
Lyman K. Shawler
Western horse show benefits Cerebral Palsy unit
A charity western horse show is set for Sunday June 18 at 1 30 p m at the Edgar county fairground to raise funds for the Eastern Min nots Cerebral Palsy unit. Clay Prairie and Twilight Riders Saddle Clubs of Paris Oliver and Marshall sponsor the event with no admission and donated services. Twelve contests and other entertainment will please both children and adults. Fifteen Cerebral Palsy therapy cases are being treated in Paris with operations ongoing since February 18.
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Edgar County Fairground
Eastern Minnots
Clay Prairie and
Twilight Riders Saddle Clubs
Paris
Oliver, and
Marshall
Partici
Paris School For the
Charleston
A M A 4 H Club Plans Tour of Member Projects
The A M A 4 H club met June 10 at Cheryl and Sharon Mason’s home. President Steve Tingley led the meeting. A tour of member projects is planned for June 25 with a Lincoln Trail State Park picnic lunch. Talks on Insects Training a Calf to Lead Swine Care were presented by Marijon Goekler Virginia Goekler and Joe McManus. Refreshments for 59 members and guests followed.
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Cheryl
Sharon Mason
Steve Tingley
Lincoln Trail State Park
Marijon Goekler
Virginia Goekler
Joe McManus
Dolson marks 50 years of safe driving and outlook
Rush Dolson of West Union recounts a 50 year streak without a traffic violation. He recalls his father buying a Ford from R L Hunt Agency in Marshall a half century ago and notes his Deere tractor bought 26 years ago remains in service.
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Rush Dolson
West Union
Herald Office
R. L. Hunt Agency
Marshall
Mr. Dolson
Birthday tribute dinner planned for Mrs Ruth Tarman
A July 3 6 30 p m event at Martinsville High School honors Ruth Tarman for years of music teaching in the community. Former students families and friends invited. Tickets available at Mauk Drug Store in Martinaville with a June reservation deadline.
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Ruth Tarman
Martinsville High School
Mauk Drug Store
Mar- Itinavatte
Marshall man named clerk in Springfield audit office
Earl D. Smitley of Marshall has received an appointment as clerk in the microfilm division in the office of Michael J. Howlett auditor of public accounts at Springfield.
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Earl D. Smitley of
Marshall
Michael J. Howlett
Springfield
Johns Jackson Wedding at Marshall Baptist Church
Miss Phyllis Jackson wed Robert C Johns Jr in a June ceremony at Marshall Baptist Church. The couple received two hundred guests as Rev Glenn Arbuckle officiated, with gowns in blue and white, a reception in the church basement, and plans to relocate to Elizabethtown Kentucky after Fort Knox training.
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Marshall Baptist Church
Phyllis. Jackson
Robert C. Johns, Jr
Leon Jackson
Marshall
Mr. Johns
Nina Johns
Robert C. Johns
Glenn Arbuckle
Darrell Kirby
James Bennett
Margaret Ann McGee
Brenda Sue Jackson
Ted Arena
St. Louis
Dale Kirby
Tom Jones
Carolyn Morecraft
Miss McGee
Miss Jackson
R. E. Laird
Orval Burnam
Steve Ship
Linda” Kile
Dorothy Becker
Elizabethtown
Kentucky
Johns
Fort Knox
Breese and Roberts Families Welcome Five New Babies
Mrs. Miriam Cole announces daughter Amy Denise Breese born in Endicott weighing 8 pounds 7 ounces with sister Lisa Jean. In Sandwich Illinois Mr. and Mrs. Richard Roberts welcomed Ricky Leon born June 4 weighing 8 pounds 2 ounces, grandparents Leland Walters and Forest Roberts. In Terre Haute twins Jack and Jill born June 4 at Union Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Myles, weights 4 pounds 15 ounces and 4 pounds 7 ounces, mother former Nila Fern Spencer. In Hanau Germany Corporal James H. Stephens and wife Zelda Buckner welcomed James Eugene born June 8, first child, weight not stated.
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Robert F. Breese
Endicott
New York
Amy Denise
Lisa Jean
Miriam Cole
Fenton Cole
Richard Roberts
Sandwich
Illinois
Sandwich Hospital
Ricky Leon
Leland ‘Walters
Forest Roberts
Marshall
Richard Myles
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Jack
Jill
Nila Fern Spencer
James H. Stephens
Hanau
Germany
U. S. Army Hospital
Frankfort
James Eugene
Stephens
Zelda Buckner
Eugene Buckner
Route 2
Nursing Scholarships Available Visit by State Official
Myron R. Tedrick of Clark County schools announces William E. Skadden of the Illinois Department of Public Welfare will be in the Marshall courthouse on Thursday June 29 from 1 to 4 PM to explain the state nursing scholarship program to interested students and parents.
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Myron R. Tedrick
Clark County
William E. Skadden
Ilinois Department of Public Welfare
Court House
Marshall
Greetings from Union City precinct weighs Nixon support
Marshall Herald notes Precinct 4 in Union City Tennessee had only three registered Republicans yet voted Nixon by three votes last November. The writer questions Kennedy’s prestige and Texas influence, pointing to Texas’ 4 to 1 GOP majority and moneyed candidates as a factor.
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Union City
Tenn
Nixon
Texas
Kennedy
Sam
Marriages Listed in Dallas Weekly License Totals
Dallas Grindle and Marilyn Elliott wed as licenses issued along with several other pairs from Ohio Indiana and Illinois. The notice records ages and hometowns for each couple and notes two individuals traveling for family reasons after a mother’s death.
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Baseball News
Marshall - High
Mia
Manhart
Marshall ‘Field of Chicago
University of Illinois
College of Agriculture
University of
JURES
United States Post Office
West Union, Ill
Mrs. Tarman
Marshall Herald
Dallas M. Grindle
Marilyn L. Elliott
West York
Andrew Dale Legg
Ohio
Beverly Sue Baxter
West Jefferson
James Allen
Bessie Hearn
Martin Add Zachary
Bessie Coelman
Clinton
Thomas Henry McGuigan
Carbond
Frances Lorene Morris
William R. Baker
Sharon E. Gentry
Charles E. Connelly
E. Joan Floyd
Randal Eugene Lindley
Jacqueline Nichols
Max V. Finney
Elaine Nash
Mattoon
Jon Kentison Vanatta
Janice Kay Brewer
Westfield
John, Montgomery
Denver
Colorado
Mary White
Whittier
California
C. B. Montgomery
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