Hereford Cattle Sale Planned at Martinsville Fairgrounds
Clark County Hereford Breeders hold the 26th semi annual sale at Martinsville Illinois Fairgrounds next Wednesday March 18. The event features 32 bulls and 37 cows with 9 polled bulls and 15 polled cows. Consignors include Hawks Creek Ranch Harold Cooper & Sons Childress Herefords and others. Show begins 9:00 am and sale at 12:00 noon. Emerson Marting is auctioneer.
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Clark County
Martinsville
Illinois
Hawks Creek Ranch
West Terre Haute
Harold Cooper & Sons
Childress Herefords
Lawrenceville
Harry Barnam
Marshall
Kile MacWherter
John A. Macey & Sons
Miller Hereford Farms
Toledo
McKinney Farms
Neoga
Warren McKinney
Larry
Malone
Rockville
Indiana
Leary
Murphy
Harry A. Nave
Annapolis
Renners Herefords
Eugene D. Craig
John C. Thompson
William Roll, Jr
Brocton
Roy Sidwell & Sons
Greenup
Claude Stone & Sons
Sullivan
Merl Rincker & Sons
Strasburgh
Ivan Rincker & Sons
Medford Wilson & Sons
Yale
Sam Robinson
Oblong
J. W. Wiyatt & Son
Newton
D. L. van Gilder
Flat Rock
Tinois
Emerson Marting
Lions Fall to Paris Tigers in Tight 54 49 Bout
Marshall Lions dropped a 54 49 decision to Paris Tigers on Friday night March 6 ending the 1968 64 basketball season with 16 wins and nine losses Gardner led Marshall with 14 points while McNary Wetzel each scored 18 Paris regional champion will face Centralia at Bridgeport Illinois on March 12.
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Marshall Lions
Paris Tigers
Paris
Marshall
Gardner
Lions
McNary
Wetzel
Mike Shonk
Centralia
Bridgeport
Illinois
American Legion Auxiliary March Meeting Planned
The March meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary is set for Tuesday March 17 at 8 00 p m in the American Legion Home auditorium A Girl Scout Troop 174 led by Mrs Howard Young will present the program Everyone is urged to attend.
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American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion
Howard Young
Gerald Pine Wins Job At Burnside Research Lab
Gerald Pine, runner up for Heart Scholarship, will join Burnside Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois this summer to work with Dr. Fred A. Kummerow on enzyme chemistry, physics, and plant pathology. Vicki Cameron of Ogden receives a $300 summer science scholarship from the Illinois Heart Association announced by Dr. John P. Madden, Champaign County Heart Unit chair.
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Gerald Pine
Burnside Research Laboratory
U. of I
Gerald
Fred A. Kummeron
Vicki Cameron
Warren Cameron
Ogden
Illinois Heart Association
John P. Madden
Champaign County Heart Unit
Fred A. Kummerow
Births At Union Hospital Highlight March Neonatal Entries
Mr and Mrs Dennis Claypool welcome son Brian Mac born March 4 weighing 7 pounds 11 ounces with mother Merl Fash. Mr and Mrs Danny Wernz greet daughter Terri Julia born March 9 weighing 8 pounds 12 ounces with mother Faith Kos from Terre Haute. Mr and Mrs William Wilson celebrate a daughter born March 5 weighing 7 pounds 2 ounces named Ka Young Alessandra. Billy Langston, son of Harvey Langston, is a patient in Union Hospital.
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Dennis Claypool
the Union Hospital
Brian Mac
Merl Fash
Danny Wernz
Union Hospital
Terri Julia
Faith Kos
Terre Haute
Antone, Wernz
William Wilson
Ka- Young Alessandra
Billy Langston
Mrs
Harvey Langston
McNary Wins Medal for Good Citizenship at Marshall
John McNary son of Mr and Mrs Don McNary 812 North 8th Street Marshall was chosen senior boy at Marshall Community High School to receive the Good Citizenship medal from the Illinois Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. He holds multiple offices in clubs and earned four letters in football. A milking barn fire south of Marshall caused partial dairy loss but was contained with insurance coverage.
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John McNary
Don McNary
North 8Th Street
Marshall
Marshall Community High School
Illinois Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
John
National Honor Society
Lions Club
Future Teachers Club
Marshall Fire Department
Douglas ranks first in Clark County Heart Sunday drive
Mrs. Ralph Martin led the county among chairmen with an average of 1.16 dollars per family. Judge Arbogast notes this is the second year this has occurred. York township placed second thanks to the 4-H club work under Mrs. Lyman Shawler and Mrs. Arnold Macke. The American Heart Association reports an 8 percent drop in deaths from heart disease among men over fifty, citing community education and diet research, with most funds going to scientific research.
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Ralph Martin
Working Heart
Arbogast
York Township
Lyman Shawler
Working West Union
Fine Township
Arnold Macke
American Heart Association
Easter Services at Bald Knob Illinois
The twenty seventh annual Easter Sunrise service will be held atop Bald Knob near Alto Pass on Easter Sunday March 29 at 6 00 a m. The event lasts about an hour with enlarged parking and forty floodlights around the cross base. A pre Easter dinner honoring R G Le Tourneau and Dr Laurence G C Jones occurs March 28 at 6 30 p m in the University Center Carbondale followed by a preview drive to the cross base. The cross is to be dedicated the next morning as The Cross of Peace.
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Bald Knob
Alto Pass
Illinois
R. G le Tourneau
Laurence GC. Jones
University Center
Ilinois Unversity
March PTA Meeting Set At Marshall High School
The Marshall P T A and P T A hold their March meeting March 16 at 7 30 p m in the high school cafeteria. Election of officers will occur. Dr Lonzo Jones will speak on Its Time to Build Character with a second grade playlet and a sixth grade Spanish presentation. Refreshments follow. A TV viewing area will be available for youngsters. The Marshall Woman's Club funded a shower at South Side School for school nurse use.
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Marshall P. T. A
Lonzo Jones
Indiana State College
Doris Shawler
Beals
Good Friday Service At First Methodist Marshall
Ministers plan annual Good Friday service at First Methodist Church Marshall next Friday March 27 from 1 to 3 00 p m The service theme is The Way of The Cross Rev Clyde Campbell Rev Harold Kemp Reverend Whitkanack and Reverend Hale will speak with four others and the congregation participating in prayer
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Marshall
First Methodist
Clyde ' Campbell
Harold Kemp
Stames
Engagement announced for Margaret Louise Robinson
Mr and Mrs Robnet C al Robinson of Kansas announce the engagement of their daughter Margaret Louise to William D Murphy son of Mr and Mrs Truman Murphy Route 5 Paris Illinois Margaret Robinson is a seedBttigrade teacher at Bennett School Mattoon Illinois Mr Murphy farms near Glarks ville Illinois A June fourteenth wedding is planned in the Methodist Church Kansas Illinois
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Robnet C ‘al 'Robinson
Kansas
Ilrnots
Nouince
Margaret Louise
William
D Murphy
Deaths: Beckwith Mason Cannady obituaries in Illinois and Indiana
Obituaries report Darrell E. Beckwith age 46 dying at St. Anthony Hospital Terre Haute with wife Doris and daughter Candace. service at Marrs Funeral Home. Also William M. Mason 78 die Alton Illinois area with foster daughter. funeral at Prust-Hosch Chapel. John Cannady 68 dies Route 2 West Union with large survivor list and burial at York Cemetery. Military rites noted for Beckwith by Clark County Post 90.
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Darrell E. Beckwith
St. Anthony Hospital
Terre Haute
Doris M
Candace Sue
Eschel
Beckwith
Casey
Illinois
Marrs
Kemp
Casey Cemetery
Clark County Post 90
American Legion
Marshall
Stilesman
Versicol Chemical Corporation
William M. Mason
Alton
Tlinois
Mary
Gertrude Hudson
Prust-Hosch
Millard Brown
Clarksville Cemetery
Cannady
West Union
Jessie
Rachel Thornsburg
Audrey Drum
Brookings
Oregon
Leon
Auburn
Indiana
William Cannady
West York
Pearl Medsker
Ruby Graham
Route 1
Maggie White
Joy Skelly
Prust-Hosch ‘Funeral Chapel
Hubert Johnson
York Cemetery
1963 64 High School Basketball Cheerleaders
The Marshall Pep Club led by Judy Turner Lauren Turner and Susan Turnergan organized pep meetings and coordinated transportation to games. Cheerleaders included Chris Bennett Ellen Sabre and others who fostered enthusiasm loyalty and patriotism.
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Susan
Chris Bennett
Ellen Sabre
Turner
Judy Turner
Lauren Turner
Marshall
Pep Club
Fire destroys several Mattoon businesses
A half block in Mattoon business center burned Saturday causing about 125000 dollars in losses. The flames consumed a storage company a saloon a wholesale grocery and a feed store. A separate Charleston fire that day wrecked several hundred tons of broom corn.
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Mattoon
Charleston
Board of Education
Ayatem
Schooi
Florence Whitlock
Volney Willams
Joseph Williams
Alma
William Cline
Anderson Township
J C Craig
Mr Craig
Anderson
Highlights From Extension and Local News Tidbits
Obituary notes for Edith Welsh age 13 near Dennison. Community events include Woodmen dinner, Hilaries Candy Kitchen fountain upgrade, and a school of instruction for Marshall Eastern Star. Robbery confession tied to Terre Haute case and a Findlay Ohio contest prize for Mrs Winterrowd. Also school exchanges planned with Casey Martinsville and Marshall High, plus church and club meetings. Birth announcement from Kraft Cheese employee Stover family. March grand jury reports no true bills. Extension article reviews calcium in milk, osteoporosis, and bone protection. West Union coop unit spotlight and Clark County draft induction details.
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Woodmen's Club
Woodman Hall
Hilaries Candy Kitchen
Grace Simmons
Oak Park
Astern Star
Marshall
Earl Powers
Terre Haute Court
Don Winterrowd
Findlay
Ohio
Tell Taylor
Findlay Thia
Legion
Bill Gard
W F E Smith
Pat Smith
Ash Street
Rollson
Chester McNary
Pennsylvania Depot
Kraft Cheese Company
Harold Stover
Alton
Measles Strikes Marshall Schools In 1934 Outbreak
Thirty Years Ago report notes a severe measles wave in Marshall. At South Side School on Monday 76 pupils were absent due to illness, with similar impacts reported at North Side and Marshall High School influencing attendance and operations.
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Marshall
South Side
North Side
Marshall High School
Marriage Licenses Granted in Terre Haute and Paris Areas
Several couples secured marriage licenses including Bully Phelps 27 and Jo Ann Jacobs 24 both of Terre Haute. Ronald Earl Duerlinger 35 and June Ellen Thomas 28 of Terre Haute. Robert Dale Kendall 20 and Carol Jane Grisham 20 of Paris. William Ray Orndorff 21 and Anna Darlene Weger 23 of Terre Haute. Daniel Ronald Hill 20 and Carol Ann Maurer 18 of Marshall.
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Bully Max Phelps
Terre Haute
Jo Ann Jacobs
Ronald Earl Duerlinger
June Ellen Thomas
Robert Dale Kendall
Marshall
Carol Jane Grisham
Paris
William Ray Orndorff
Anna Darlene Weger
Daniel Ronald Hill
Carol Ann Maurer
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American Legion Auxiliary Meeting
Burns
Douglas
Ill
Republican
Clark County Federated Republican Club
Young Republican Club
Central Committee
Monroe School
Canmanl
Ateomy
Edith Marie Welsh
Hurley Welsh
Dennison
Martinsville High School
Association of Woman's Club
Methodist Church
Marshall Club
Garver Frazier
University Ofllinois
G O Fraiier
Woman's Club
Frank Saiter
Claude Fox
Frank Walsh
Mcfillary
Sandborn
H. J Kemp
Wayne Clatfelter
Robert Martin
Marjorie M. Houghland
Olive Strohm
Esther Wright
Mabel Gard
Louise Ciatfelter
Our County
Hazel Wright
Clark Selective Service Board
Army
St Loui
Everett L. Wright
James FE. Linton
Dick Leachary
Henry Helman
Dawn
Carl Helman
Larry Helman
Troy
Scottsburg
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