This Atomic World Presented at Marshall High School
Jesse Nance Jr a qualified science teacher with nuclear training gave an assembly titled This Atomic World for Marshall high and Junior High on February 19. Sponsored by the United States Atomic Energy Commission the program aimed to increase understanding of atomic energy and its peace time uses. Nance later talked to science classes while the pictured group includes Robert Morris Dave Encoff Emma Gardner J R Hornbrook and Theodore Kallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Nance, Jr
Marshall High
United States Atomic Energy Commission
Mr. Nance
Robert Morris
Dave Encoff
Jesse Nance
Emma Gardner
J R. Hornbrook
Theodore Kallas
Open House for Earl and Hannah Brown Silver Anniversary
An open house for Mr and Mrs Earl Brown will be held at Rural Route 1 West Terre Haute on March 10 from 2 to 5 D S T. They were married March 11 1943 at Rev Kemp's home in Marshall. Mrs Brown is Hannah Mae Holmes. They have four children and three grandchildren. Mr Brown has worked for the Pennsylvania railroad twenty four years. Relatives and friends are invited. no formal invitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Brown
Route 1
West
Terre Haute
Brown
Rev
Kemp
Marshall
Hannah Mae Holmes
John
Oakland
Sandra Harris
Norma Savant
Mary Jo Brown
Pennsylvania Railroad
March Sesquicentennial Calendar Highlights and Events
Towns schedule March events for the sesquicentennial season. Spelling bees for 6th graders at Monroe and Westfield schools, sponsored by local clubs. city bowling tournament on March 2 and 3. Lincoln State Band festival at Marshall High School gym with county bands. Martinsville features an art contest and a civic club program titled A Look at Martinsville Sesquicentennial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey
Monroe School
Business & Professional Women’s Club
Marshall
William Wieck
Garver Frazier
Lincoln
Marshall High School
Westfield
Martinsville
South Center School
Woman's Civic Club
Paris Regional Tournament Opens With Eight Teams
The Illinois high school Association regional tournament starts Tuesday March 5 at Paris high school with eight teams from Paris Martinsville Marshall Charleston Newman Oakland Casey and Chrisman. Marshall meets the district winner at 8 30 p m Tuesday. The Paris winner advances to Bridgeport sectional March 13 to 15. Games run 7 and 8 30 p m except Friday when the final starts at 8 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois High School Association
Paris High School
Paris
Martinsville
Marshall
Charleston
Newman
Oakland
Casey
Chrisman
Kansas
Brocton
Scottland
Westfield
Young America
Bridgeport
Bridgeport High School
Marriage Licenses Reported In Casey And Surrounding Areas
Dale Allyn Owen and Patsy Lee Trout obtain a marriage license in Casey Illinois. Dwight Verlin Shore and Marce Joyce Markwell also pair up in Casey. Richard Lee Orndorff and Barbara Jean Spisak listed in Casey. Fred Hinton Sloan of Marshall Indiana weds Ruth Marie Casey of New Castle Indiana. Percy May of Marshall with Ada Viola Lindsay of West Terre Haute. Rev Leonard Martz with Mr and Mrs Robert Lashbrook noted as guests. Continued social visits include Herman Corks family and Lloyd Corks of West Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Allyn Owen
Casey
Illinois
Patsy Lee Trout
Dwight Verlin Shore
Marce
Joyce Markwell
Richard Lee Orndorff
Barbara Jean Spisak
Fred Hinton Sloan
Marshall
Mis
Ruth Marie Casey
New Castle
Indiana
Percy May
Ada Viola Lindsay
West Terre Haute
Leonard Martz
Robert Lashbrook
Nancy
Robert
Herman Cork
Lloyd Cork
Tim
White Hat Award honors Dr Hubert English for 50 years in medicine
Gary area tribute notes Dr Hubert M English marks 50 years in the medical field with 45 years in Gary. The feature cites his leadership roles with Lake County Medical Society Gary Board of Health and First Methodist Church plus service in World War I and his career path from Marshall, Illinois to Gary via University of Illinois Harvard Medical School and Augustana Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Post-Tribune
Hubert M English
Gary
English
Lake County Medical Society
American College of Physicians
Marshall Farmer
University of Illinois
Harvard Medical School
United States Army
West Virginia
Augustana Hospital
Chicago
Births in Danville and Monticello Families
Mr and Mrs Darrell Rankins Jf announce Penny Regene Rankins born February 22 at St Elizabeth Hospital Danville weight six pounds two ounces mother Pearl Kirchner. Brother Darrell Lee four. Mr and Mrs Michael Coleman of Tempe Arizona announce their second child an eight pound boy Ronald Zee born February 25 mother Carolyn Sue Sumption. Mr and Mrs Michael Stover of Monticello Illinois announce Sara Lynn seven pounds born February 16 at St Anthony Hospital Terre Haute mother Penny Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrell Rankins
Oliver
Penny Regene
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Danville
Pearl Kirchner
Darrell Lee
Michael Coleman
Tempe
Arizona
Ronald Zee
Carolyn Sue Sumption
Earl Sumption
Michael Stover
Monticello
Illinois
Sara Lynn
St. Anthony Hospital
Terre Haute
Penny Clark
Gene Clark
Indiana student awarded NIH research fellowship
William Morgan of Route 1 Marshall Indiana, a graduate student in anatomy and physiology at Indiana University, received a National Institute of General Medical Sciences research fellowship. The award places him among 2,300 fellows supported by NIH institutes through pre doctoral and research career programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Morgan
Marshall
Indiana University
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institutes of Health
Morgan
Westfield Baptist Associational Joint Program Notice
The Westfield Baptist Associational meeting will be Tuesday March 5 at 7 30 p m at Martinsville Baptist Church Martinsville. Rev H C Croslin stewardship secretary of Illinois Baptists will speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westfield Baptist Associational
Martinsville Baptist Church
Martinsville
H. C. Croslin
Illinois Baptists
Marshall Brothers in French Army Truck Company
Max Zschau of Marshall writes from France where his two brothers William and Carl serve in a motor truck unit. William thanks him for tobacco and chocolates as seven months of active prep pass. Carl survived a shell impact that crushed part of his truck and left a minor wound. Both report bitter winter and icy roads but good health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Zschau
Marshall
William
Carl
France
Martinsville corn club honors top producers at Father-Son Banquet
Forty years ago the Martinsville Community High School corn club announced the five top corn producers from last year: Calvert 86 bushels per acre, Johnson 84, Bell 79, Hill 78, and Deahl 75. The event also noted several marriage licenses listed with ages and hometowns including Blackmore Collum Mullis Newberry Hannods Jennings Arman Smock Kemper Simpson Conrad Webb Buckley Smith Certain and others from Terre Haute Casey Oilfield Dennison West Terre Haute and Newberry Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clave Calvert
Kenneth Johnson
Rudolph Bell
Bernell Hill
Wm. Deahl
Martinsville Community High School
Corn Club
Martinsville High School
Calvert
Johnson
Bell
Hill
Deahl
Lloyd Blackmore
Collum
Velma Stalls
Ralph Mullis
Newberry
Indiana
Mary Hannods
Elnora
H. Jennings
Terre Haute
Reba Arman
Leo Smock
Kansas
Lodema Kemper
Oilfield
Wayne Edward Simpson
Virginia Conrad
Terre Frente
George W. Webb
Casey
Ethel Buckley
Glen Smith
Dennison
Wilma
West Terre Haute
Keyston Cafe Change Hands in Marshall Sale
Thirty years ago in 1998 Mrs. Lucille Rolison bought the Keyston Cafe in Marshall from C. W. Hornbrook and took possession Tuesday morning. Mr. Rolison will remain in the insurance business while Mrs. Rolison runs the restaurant. Births: Elden Adams and wife of Albany California announce daughter Barbara Alice born January 31 weighing five pounds. Virginia Payne wed Lester Simmons February 5 at 3231 Buffalo Drive Huston Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Rolison
Keyston
Marshall
C. W. Hornbrook
Rolison
Mr. Rolison
Hornbrook
Elden Adams
Albany
California
Barbara Alice
Elden
Ernest Adams
Twenty Years Ago Farm Purchase Near Marshall
The 121 acre farm eight miles south of Marshall in Ander son township was bought by H J Kemp from Bill Norton, with Norton's sons to work the land. Frank M Drake of Marshall report killed a large chicken hawk in his chicken yard last Sunday. Births include a son for Mr and Mrs Berley Morris born February 19 at Paris Hospital, and a son for Mr and Mrs Kenneth Bridwell born February 19 at Paris Hospital. Marriage licenses issued for Darrell Hammond and Betty Towell, and for Lionel Allen Monroe and Geneva Elaine Zinke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Kemp
Bill Norton
Marshall
Mill Creek Bottoms
Anderson Township
Frank M. Drake
North Third Street
Berley Morris
Chas. Lee
Paris Hospital
Morris
Norma Shade
Auburn
Kenneth Bridwell
Borned
Paris
Bridwell
Louise Louise ‘White
Darrell Hammond
Martinsville
Tilnois
Betty Towell
Lional Alen Monroe
Neoga
Mlinois
Geneva Elaine Zinke
Ten Years Ago 1958 Mrs Kallansa Near 101st Birthday
Aged 100 year old Mrs Margaret Kallansa of Marshall will turn 101 next Tuesday March 4 at the Christian Nursing Home. Daniel Reedy son of Ralph and Margaret Reedy of Marshall won a Rotary Foundation Fellowship for study abroad. He is a Marshall High School graduate class of 1958 and pursues a master’s at the University of Illinois after earning a bachelor’s at Eastern Illinois University. The fellowship covers all expenses and averages 2600 dollars. Mr and Mrs Gene Bohn welcome their first child a girl born at Union Hospital Terre Haute weighing eight pounds five ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Kallansa
Christian Nursing Home
South Sixth Street
Marshall
Daniel Reedy
Ralph Reedy
Rotary Foundation
Dan
Marshall High School
University Illinois
Eastern Ilinois University
Charleston
Gene Bohn
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Woman's Club Essay Contest Winner Named
Beverly Roberts, a sophomore at Marshall high school, won the essay contest sponsored by Marshall Woman's Club. Students from all four grades wrote on My Community Responsibilities, aligning with the General Federation of Women's Clubs Build With Youth for a Better World theme. Beverly is the daughter of W D Roberts, residing at 615 N Sixth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Roberts
Marshall High School
Marshall Woman’s Club
General Federation of Women's Clubs
My Community Responsibility in Marshall
A citizen urges duties for all ages in Marshall including keeping streets clean voting, helping the elderly, and supporting youth leadership. The piece emphasizes community care, youth involvement, and role modeling as vital for a strong, well cared for town with recreation facilities.
Trail Blazers Host Third Annual Supper
The Clark County Trail Blazers Saddle Club invites all to their third annual supper on March 16 at the Den. Members welcome newcomers and families for a community gathering and meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County Trail Blazers
Saddle Club
Annison
Den
Bride Named Alissa Diane in County Ceremony
The announcement notes the marriage of Alissa Diane, born February 22, to Mrs. Bohn formerly Frances Kuchner, in a county ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alissa Diane
Bohn
Frances Kuchner
Local Bowlers Lead Illinois State Championship in Joliet
Marshall Bowl sponsored team takes first with 3135 pins total. Evelyn Moschenrose cards two 200s including a 246 and earns a 600 series recognition as teammates Vickie Taylor Joann King Doris Gard Joyce Tharp contribute to the 2556 scratch and overall score. If kept atop through March 31, they win 825 dollars plus trophies and gain an invitation to next year’s state convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Vickie Taylor
Joann King
Doris Gard
Joyce Tharp
Evelyn Moschenrose
Illinois Woman's Bowling Association
Evelyn
Tv.a
Marshall
Illinois
Death notices outline families of several West Union area residents
Clifford Daugherty age 70 died in Crawford Memorial Hospital Robinson. Survived by widow Helen. six sons Fred Don Earl George Route 1 West Union Gene Hutsonville Ronald Bossier City. six daughters Mary Crumlin Flint Michigan Bertha Sanders Demia Nethery Patricia Weir all West Union Dorothy Henenig Elsie Shotts Marshall. two sisters Marie Wetherell Margie Pinkston West Union. forty grandchildren eleven great grandchildren. Services 2:00 ineral Chapel Rev Catt. burial York Cemetery. John R. Meloy 84 Route 2 Marshall died at St Anthony Hospital Terre Haute. Survived by wife Rose. three daughters Marguerite Dillon Terre Haute Mary Agnes Morrison Findlay Ohio Roselyn Keller Buena Park California. sister Sophia Beachout Paris. brother Emmett Meloy Paris. eleven grandchildren fourteen great grandchildren. Requiem mass St Marys Church 10:00 Monday. burial St Marys Cemetery. Rosary Moore Chapel. Vance McCrory 54 died of apparent heart attack at 10:30 p.m. Sunday. Survived by stepmother Amanda McCrory West Union. sister Katherine Niders West York. Service Prust-Hosch Funeral Chapel West Union. burial Walnut Prairie Cemetery with American Legion Post 90 rites. Mrs Bertha Shawver 78 died 10:30 a.m. Monday at Kan-Rest Nursing Home Kansas Illinois. Survived by daughter Myrna Kirkman Kansas Tu. son Robert E Stub Charleston Illinois. sister Ethel Flenner Martinsville Illinois. four grandchildren. Services Markwell Chapel Westfield 2:00 p.m. Wednesday Rev Grover Seafier. burial Maple Hill Mausoleum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford
Jack Daugherty
Crawford Memorial Hospital
Robinson
Helen
Fred
Don
Earl
George
West Union
Gene
Hutsonville
Ronald
Bossier City
Louisiana
Mary Crumlin
Flint
Michigan
Bertha Sanders
Demia Nethery
Patricia Weir
Dorothy Henenig
Elsie Shotts
Marshall
Marie Wetherell
Margie Pinkston
Route 1
Eral Chapel
Rev Catt
York Cemetery
John R. Meloy
St. Anthony Hospital
Terre Haute
Rose
Marguerite Dillon
Mary ‘Agnes Morrison
Findlay
Ohio
Roselyn Keller
Buena Park
California
Sophia ‘Beachout
Paris
Emmett Meloy
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Moore Chapel
Vance McCrory
Amanda ‘McCrory
Katherleen Niders
West York
Prust-Hosch
Stanley Teenopie
Americaas Post 90
Will
Walnut Prairie
Bertha Shawver
Kan-Rest
Kansas Ilinois
Myrna Kirkman
Kansas
Robert E
Stub
Charleston
Tllinois
Ethel Flenner
Martinsville
Til
Markwell Chapel
Westfield
Grover Seafier
Maple Hill Mausoleum
Sesquicentennial plans advance with county pageant set
Planning committee for the county sesquicentennial pageant met at Mrs Warl Turner Plins home to discuss rehearsals for the June event. The loan of 250 dollars from the Clark County Historical Society has been repaid by the committee. Mr and Mrs Darrell Harlow owners of Dog n Suds Drive In Restaurant recently returned from the coast to coast organization’s national convention in New Orleans February 8 to 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warl Turner
Clark County Historical Society
Darrell Harlow
Roosevelt Hotel
New Orleans
Louisiana
Hamilton in Thailand
Sgt Gene F Hamilton, Marshall boy in Thailand, serves at U Tapao Air Base in Thailand. His address is Sgt Gene F Hamilton 635 SPC Journey The winner of the 245 game Francisco 96330.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene F Hamilton
Marshall
Thailand
U-Tapao Air Base
Journey
Francisco
Marshall Community Schools face valuation drop amid 1967 shift
School board notes 1967 assessed valuation fell to 23 090 094 from 24 003 911 a 94 817 decrease mostly due to land and personal property shifts. Other districts saw gains Casey up 993 230 Martinsville up 295 366 Westfield up 160 568.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Community Schools
Casey
Martinsville
Westfield
Marshall Community
Old License Plates Display Seeks Owners in Illinois
Citizens with valid Illinois license plates in good condition are urged to contact Grover Hertman at 6291 to reclaim plates to be displayed. Plates for the years 1945 1953 1954 1956 1960 1965 1966 and AT are available. Mrs Cecil Vaught of Chrisman is hospitalized in Paris after a stroke. Lori Lea Boyll admitted to Union Hospital for tonsillectomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tillinois
Grover Hertman
Cecil Vaught
Chrisman
Paris Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
WM. Morgan
Westfield Baptist Ass'n
Woman's Club
Trail Blazers
Sesquicentennial News
Hamilton IN
Martin Tarble
Willard Stoelting
Board of Education
Marshall Community School System
Aires
Ruth Kemp
Gladys Mitchell
Philadelphia
Doman Delacato
Sehanl
Dean Murphy
Hieh Sehanl
Don McNary
Seb Mincinels
Marth Central Association
Chienra
Bansnet
Banavet
Trenta McMillan
St Louis
Honior High Hat
Tadtansta
Sampions
Oak Green Sohanl
Barthville
Trinnie Moreh
Vandalia
Ney
Ngain
Lori Lea Boyll
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