Clark County Fair Plans Improvements and Talent Show
The Clark County Fair Board held a June 12 meeting outlining summer upgrades before the August 4 to 9 fair. Projects include a roof over the stage, road improvements, a new water line, a sheep barn under construction, and rewiring. A $250 prize talent show open to all ages will award 100 for first, 0 for second, 50 for third, and 25 for fourth, judged by an applause meter. The fair also sponsors the Clark County Fair queen contest. contact Marthann Bush for participation and box seats are available through Norma Cline.
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Clark County Fair Board
Fair Board
Board
Celty
Burnside
Parns
Clark County
Marthann Bush
North 6Th Street
Marshall
Norma Cline
Mill of Justice Recounts in Marshall Precinct Three
The case Kile MacWherter versus Harold Turner in the recent election saw a third ballot count in precinct three Marshall with Judge Sunderman presiding. Recount results remained substantially the same as the second recount, renewing hopes for movement in the stalled process.
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Kile MacWherter
Harold Turner
Marshall
Sunderman
South School Money Drawer Theft
A person with a key to South School in Marshall entered the building Monday night and accessed compartments in the rooms. The thief collected about $60 in cash before leaving the premises.
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South ‘ ‘School
Marshall
Band Concert June 21 Features Sousa Selections
The Crosley March Filmore leads the program with Around The Town Henderson and Yellowstone Trail King in a joint concert. Songs include Liberty Bell Sousa and Star Spangled Banner with performances by Petersen Rio and others across Mason City Canova and Wilson.
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Crosley
Filmore
Henderson
Rio
Petersen
Yellowstone
Marshall Young Man Enters University of Illinois
Franklin Elishoff has entered graduate school at the University of Illinois. He will study and hold an assistantship teaching in the geography department for the coming school year. He traveled to Champaign Monday and will join a Metropolis field camp with a geography department class for six weeks. Mrs. Elishoff is enrolled in graduate school at Indiana State this summer.
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Franklin Elishoff
University Ofllinois
Champaign
Metropolis
Ilinois
Monks Return Home From Florida Vacation
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Monk and two sons Gerald and Earnest Marvin returned Sunday from a week in Florida. They visited Harlan Burns and family and Jerry Ruschac’s family at Lake Wales and toured Cyprus Gardens Silver Springs The Great Master Piece Singing Tower and passed through Tampa and St Petersburg.
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Arthur Monk
Gerald
Earnest Marvin
Florida
Harlan Burns
Jerry Ruschac
Lake Wales
Cyprus Gardens
Silver Springs
Tampa
St. Petersburg
Marriage Licenses Granted in Several Indiana and Illinois cities
Wayne Daugherty and Mary Tatham, both 18, apply in West York and Chicago Heights respectively. Rodney Mason and Judy Johnson, ages 21 and 18, life together in Paris and Marshall. Fred Conrad 27 and Myrna Show 20, Terre Haute. James Calvert 21 Greenup and Neva Henry 18 Greenup. Jack Lesier 18 Terre Haute with Leslie Dean 18, and Merle Elliott 55 Farmersburg Indiana with Wilma Geisert 53 Marshall. Mrs Wayne Macke remains hospitalized for observation.
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Wayne Leroy Daugherty
West York
Mary Louise Tatham
Chicago Heights
Rodney Loren Mason
Paris
Judy Kay Johnson
Marshall
Fred Dean Conrad
Terre Haute
Myrna Elaine Show
James William Calvert
Greenup
Neva Sue Henry
Jack Dean Lesier
Leslie Ann Dean
Merle Elliott
Farmersburg
Indiana
Wilma Geisert
Miss Carol Woodard Faces Thirty Day Rotary Tour
Miss Carol Woodard a Marshall High School 1960 graduate participates in a thirty day international student fellowship tour sponsored by Rotary District 649. Fellows from fifteen foreign countries join students from many US colleges visiting landmarks from Hannibal to Yellowstone and Grand Canyon before returning to Illinois on July 10.
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Carol Woodard
Marshall _High School
Rae" Woodard
Marshall
Rotary District 649
Mark Twain
Hannibal
Missouri
Denver
Colorado
Boulder
Colorado Springs
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Grand Canyon
Las Vegas
Nevada
Los Angeles
California
Salt Lake City
Utah
Yellowstone National Park
Grand Teton National Park
Cody
Wyoming
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
University of Illinois
Rotary International
Elizabeth Heckler to wed Robert Hilgediek on September 2
Mr and Mrs Floyd Wayne Heckler of Marshal announce the engagement of their daughter Elizabeth to Robert Hilgediek son of Mr and Mrs Carl Hilgediek of Sullivan Indiana The wedding date is set for September 2 next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Wayne Heckler
North Sixth Street
Marshal
Elizabeth Heckler
Robert Hilgediek
Carl Hilgediek
North Main
Sullivan
Indiana
Wabash Valley Delegation Pushes for 1964 Budget Increase
Gordon Coryell Lyman Shawler and Temple Lovett met in Washington DC last week representing the Wabash Valley Association the Chamber of Commerce and the Marshall Lions Club They urged the Senate appropriations committee to raise the 1964 Wabash budget from 15 million to 20 million No new taxes were sought and delegates from 51 counties pledged bipartisan support The association plans a July dinner meeting in Casey to report back and guide the year’s work
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Gordon Coryell
Lyman Shawler
Temple Lovett
Washington, D. C
Wabash Valley Association
Chamber of Commerce
Marshall Lions Club
Shawler
Lovett
Department of Agriculture
Senate Appropriations Committee
Wilfred Shaw
Clark County
WVA
Casey
Rose Polytechnic Names Evan H. Johnson Class President
Evan H. Johnson of Hutsonville Route 1 has been elected president of Rose Polytechnic Institute incoming junior class in Terre Haute Indiana. He serves as managing editor of 1964 Modules and news editor for Rose Poly. He majors in chemical engineering and belongs to Alpha Tau Omega.
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Evan H. Johnson
Guy Johnson
Route 1
Hutsonville
Rose Polytechnic Institute
Terre Haute
Indiana
Rose Poly
Alpha Tau Omega
Evan
Freda L. Duke
Marshall
Fish Pond Day Demonstration at Syd Yargus Farm
A fish pond demonstration is set for Friday June 21 at 1 30 p m at the Syd Yargus Farm three miles northeast of Martinsville on Grandview road Watch for a Route 40 sign two miles east of Martinsville Local resident Dave Starkey reports an 8 year old Whiteface cow birthed a 169 pound heifer calf Mrs Rex W King has returned home from Union Hospital after knee surgery from a Decatur Illinois auto accident.
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Syd Yargus
Yargus
Martinsville
Grandview Road
Dave Starkey
Maple Street
Marshall
Rex W. King
Union Hospital
Decatur
Illinois
Births reported for several families in Marshall area
Pat and Larry King announce a daughter Lisa born June 19 weighing 7 pounds 6 ounces. Larry King’s family roots trace to Rex W. King. The Wallace and Mosangkay families welcome Teresa Lynn born June 11 at Union Hospital weighing 5 pounds 15 ounces. Harold Owens and Forest Owens families announce Lorie Lynn born May 27. Tom Stepp and Nancy Barrett welcome Jeffrey Donald born June 11 weighing 6 pounds 12 ounces. Norman Siverly and spouse announce Joyce June born at Union Hospital Terre Haute on Tuesday.
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Larry King
Bal[ston, Spa
New York
Lisa
Larry
Rex W. King
Marshall House Hotel
Larry Wallace
Union Hospital
Teresa Lynn
Wallace
Beatrice Mosangkay
Pan Gasinance
Philippine Islands
Harold Owens
Rockford, Ilinois
Lorie Lynn
Owens
Forest Owens
Marshall
Forest Owen
Myrtle Owens
Tom Stepp
Jeffrey Donald
Norman Siverly
Joyce June
Terre Haute
Quick spouses celebrate 25th wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs John F Quick mark twenty fifth anniversary with an open house Sunday June 30 from 3 to 5 pm at 106 South 10th Street Marshall Illinois Guests include daughter in law Mrs Ronald E Higginbotham Ellington Connecticut son Fenton Bradley Quick Marshall and Marilyn Sue and Stephen Howard at home All friends and relatives invited.
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John F. Quick
South 10Th Street
Marshall
Illinois
Ronald E. Higginbotham
Ellington
Connecticut
Fenton Bradley Quick
Marilyn Sue
Stephen Howard
Deer Seen In Mrs Pierce's Yard Near Rocky Branch
Mrs Dorothy Pierce of north Marshall reports spotting a large fat doe in her back yard in Rocky Branch territory on Wednesday Startled, the deer walked up a hill and paused to look back at her as she observed from her back door.
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Dorothy Pierce
Marshall
Rocky Branch
Jehovah's Witnesses delegates plan world tour from Marshall couple
Mr and Mrs Joseph Dular of Marshall will attend an eight day Jehovah's Witnesses convention in New York City July 8 to 14 as part of a summer tour visiting Milwaukee Chicago and 18 countries. Delegates travel via chartered staffdine from New York on July 14 and end with Pasadena Rose Bowl Assembly September 1 to 8.
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Joseph Dular
S. 3Rd Street
Marshall
New York City
Jehovah’s ‘Witnesses
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
London
England
Sweden
West Germany
Italy
Greece
Jordan
Lebanon
Far East
United States
California
Pasadena
Rose Bowl Stadium
Dular
Jehovah's Witnesses
LaSalle
Illinois
Chicago
Wel
Jerusalem
Delhi
India
Seoul
Korea
Hong Kong
Formosa
New York
Future Homemakers delegate chosen for state leadership conference
Connie Sue Beltz daughter of Mr and Mrs Dudley Beltz Route 4 Marshall is elected by Marshall Chapter to attend the eighteenth state leadership conference June 20 to 22 at Illinois State Normal University Normal Illinois She is a junior at Marshall High School and is president of her FITA Chapter Her role includes serving as a committee member for the national organization of home economics students in junior and senior high schools The Illinois Association has 29745 members in 6598 high schools about 625 delegates will attend the conference The three day event aims to develop leadership and strengthen education for future home living roles Catherine A Carter Springfield is state adviser and Mrs Mary Alice Huntoon Monmouth is the state sponsor.
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Connie Sue Beltz
Dudley Beltz
Route 4
Marshall
Future Homemakers of America
Illinois State Normal University
Normal
Illinois
Connie
Marshall High School
FITA
Ft & National Organization
Illinois Association
Catherine A. Carter
Springfield
Mary Alice Huntoon
Warren High School
Monmouth
New Divorce Case in Circuit Court Ballard vs Ballard
Juanita J Ballard brings divorce action against Paul E Ballard in circuit court. The filing seeks a dissolution of marriage and related relief for the parties.
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Juanita J. Ballard
Paul E. Ballard
Mother of Mrs Olsen Passes Away in Massachusetts
The Marshall office reports the death of Mrs William Nordos of Lexington Massachusetts mother of Mrs J Arnold Olsen. Surviving are her husband the Rev W R Nordos two daughters Mrs Allan Moore of Weston and Mrs Olsen and son William Nordos of Lynbrook New York. Born in Racine Wisconsin she previously lived in Nebraska Minnesota New York and Massachusetts as the wife of a Methodist minister.
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Marshall
William Nordos
Lexington
Mass
J. Arnold Olsen
Nordos
W. R. Nordos
First Methodist Church
Nebraska
Minnesota
New York
Massachusetts
Olsen
Allan Moore
Weston
Lynbrook
Swimming pool lessons revised schedule and details
The notice outlines four day a week swimming lessons for two weeks with 175 registered. It notes separate beginner intermediate and swimmer sessions starting Monday, increased teacher availability, and 30 students in synchronized swimming led by Miss Marthann Bush and assistants. The pool closes at 6 pm Monday to Saturday, but remains open 6 to 8 pm Sundays for two weeks to test demand. Adults are invited to use the Sunday evening hours.
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Marthann Bush
Nancy Young
Mary K. Mitchell
Christine Bennett
Sweet 50th Wedding Anniversary Reception
Honoring Mr and Mrs Robert Sweet on their 50th anniversary with a reception at their home near Marshall on Sunday June 80 from 2 to 5 pm hosted by their daughters and families. Friends are invited and gifts are requested to be omitted. Several relatives and friends from Paducah, Huntington, Bellaire, Terre Haute, Martinsville and Indianapolis called on the couple recently.
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Robert Sweet
Marshall
Dwight Horn
Huntington West Virginia
Liloyd Laubaugh
Bellaire Mich
Burnside Home Names John Kondziela as Administrator
The Burnside Home Board appoints John T Kondziela as administrator starting June 17. He comes from Walloon Lake Michigan and is a 1963 Indiana State College graduate in business administration. Residents can apply from July 15 and employment applications begin August 1. Dedication planned for Sunday August 25.
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Burnside Home
John T. Kondziiela
Fis Ithe
Kondziela
Walloon Lake
Michigan
Indiana State College
Blodgett Memorial Hospital
Grand Rapids
Terre Haute Laboratory
Terre Haute
Marshall
Mulberry
Konziela
Burnside
Rose family heads to Berkeley after UC graduation
Ralph E. Rose son of Mr and Mrs Harold Rose of Marshall earned a bachelor of science in Ceramic Engineering from the University of Timeis. He will join his wife Dorothy Reedy of Livingston in Berkeley where he takes a research assistantship and pursues a master of science at the University of California. The Covered Bridge Scout Day Camp at Lincoln Trail State Park runs June 24 and 25 from 9 30 AM to 2 30 PM daily with activities, crafts, outdoor cooking, games and hikes. The $2 50 per girl fee covers lunches beverages and materials. Day camp organizers include Mrs Geneva Craig Mrs Arnold Olsen Mrs Kenneth Little and Mrs Charlote Coleman.
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Ralph E. Rose
Harold Rose
Marshall
University of Timeis
Dorothy Reedy
Livingston
Berkeley
California
Ralph
University of California, Berkeley
Covered Bridge
Lincoln Trail State Park
Geneva Craig
Arnold Olsen
Kenneth Little
Charlote Coleman
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Katherine Pease
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