Half Fast Dancers Celebrate Sesquicentennial Dance
The Half Fast Dancers, a Crawford County square dance club, joined the Robinson Star Prowlers in the Sesquicentennial event on March 17. About 163 couples danced to Farmer Stultz and the Mountaineers with many callers. The club staged a historical hoe-down in 150 year era costumes. Attendees included club officers and members such as Jerry Brosman and Janet, Wilbur Taylor, Emery Shumaker, Al McNary, Lloyd Garner, Warren Arbuckle, Switzer, Jack Holmes, Harold Cooper, Dean Thompson, Leland Buckner, Hugh Tyfe, Robert Pine, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford County
Robinson Star Prowlers
Farmer Stultz
Mountaineers
Jerry Brosman
Janet
Wilbur Taylor
Emery Shumaker
al McNary
Lloyd Garner
Warren Arbuckle
Switzer
William Switzer
Jack Holmes
Harold Cooper
Bob
Dean Thompson
Leland Buckner
Hugh -Tyfé
Robert Pine
Sand
Mra Dennis
Claypool
Arnold Quinr
Nancy
Linda’ Myles
Steve Jones in Hospital After Head Injuries
Steve Jones remains unconscious at Union Hospital after head injuries from an unknown cause. The incident left him hospitalized and in a critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Jones
the Union
Herald Office Closed Friday For Publisher Mark Stewart
The Marshall Herald reports its office will be closed all day Friday due to the death of Mark Stewart publisher of the Herald. People are advised to check for official notices and updates from the Herald staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Herald
Mark Stewart
The
Herald
Essay Contest Winners Announced for Year
The American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary announce winners for the 1968 essay contest titled Why Are Law and Order Necessary to Preserve Freedom. First place go to Linda Tingley Mariann Shawler and Tess Marie Cooper across grade groups with $10 prizes. second place to Joyce Stoelting Camille Stallings and Karen Sutton with $5. Cooper also advances to district and state judging. Clarence Myers and Lucille Wyrick are noted as hospital patients at Union Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zrecen
American “Legion
American ‘Legion Auxiliary
Linda Tingley
Mariann Shawler
Tess Marie Cooper
Joyce Stoelting
Camille Stallings
Karen Sutton
Lions Club Receives Pool Funds In Marshall
The Marshall Lions Club has received several donations totaling 235 dollars for the Swimming Pool Fund since a March 2 sports banquet. Memorial Day May 30 is set as the mortgage burning date, with donations or loans directed to Jesse Lopez, treasurer, 1202 Hickory Street, Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Lions Club
Marshall Lions Club Swimming Pool
Jesse Lopez
Hickory Street
Marshall
Lions Club
I Quit Pin Focuses on Quitting Smoking
The American Cancer Society promotes a gold and black lapel pin with I Q to spark conversation about quitting cigarettes. Milton F. Carr Jr. of LaSalle National Bank in Chicago proposed the idea, likening the pin to joining a life saving health club costing 35 cents with potential yearly savings and healthier lungs. Dr D F Tlyes presents the first pin in Clark County to Fred Blundell of the county unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iican Cancer Society
Milton F. Carr Jr
LaSalle National Bank
Chicago
Tllinois
Carr
Illinois
Clark County
D. F. Tlyes
Fred Blundell
American Cancer Society
Births and marriages listed for Indiana families and relatives
Marriage licenses show James Armstrong and Dorothy Julian both of Terre Haute aged 23 and 22 respectively. Other licenses include William Phillips and Betty Richey of Shelbyville and Morristown, Vern Walker and Judis Boyd of Marshall and Casey. Birth notice: John Thomas Vanfleet born March 4 in St. Helena California to Mr and Mrs John Vanfleet. weight nine pounds four ounces. John Thomas is nephew of Mrs Geheb. Also birth of Jo Ann Webber born March 3 in Bridgeport Indiana to Mr and Mrs Jerry Webber. weight six pounds ten ounces. Jo Ann is sister of Mrs John Garnet of Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Armstrong
Terre Haute
Dorothy Julian
William Phillips
Shelbyville
Indiana
Betty Richey
Morristown
Ind
Vern
Walker
Marshall
Judis Boyd
Casey
Wm. Geheb
John Vanfleet
St. Helena
California
John Thomas
Vanfleet
Geheb
Jerry Webber
Bridgeport
Jo Ann
Webber
John Garnet
Marshall scouts win two firsts in Wabash Valley Merit Badge Exposition
Forty years ago in 1928 Marshall scouts earned two firsts at the Wabash Valley Merit Badge Exposition. Senior outfit 81 won a first for photographs presented by James Ray Helf, David Cropp, and David Nash. Scout troop 81 also won a first in mathematics with Kent McDaniel, Lewis Goekler, David Murphy, Owen Flowers, and Bill Hollenbeck. Marriage licenses issued to Homer C. Ray Jr and Barbara Jeanne Page. Harry Morton Starts and Norma Louis Kite. births announced for Leo J. Geheb of Detroit and Ruth Ann Richardson born near Casey, second child for Bill and Mrs. Richardson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
James Rayhel
David Cropp
David Nash
Kent McDaniel
Lewis Goekler
David Murphy
Owen Flowers
Bill Hollenbeck
Homer C. Ray, Jr
Ft. Wayne
Indiana
Barbara Jeanne Page
Martinsville
Harry Morton
Casey
Norma Louis Kite
Leo J. Geheb
Detroit
Michigan
Mt. Carmel Mercy Hospital
Bill Richardson
Near Casey
Ruth Ann
Thirty Years Ago 1938 Births and Local Notes
Mrs. Dick Newlin announces daughter Barbara Joella born March 11 their first child. Donna Jean Grubb is the former Mrs. Newlin. Dale Jones of Long Beach California reports a son born March 18. he is Susan Jacobs’s grandson. Heber Nash moves Nash Electrical Service to the old Boston Store building. Parker Davison on route 1 Marshall brings in a nine inch by seven and a quarter inch egg with an inner fully formed egg discovered at Marshall Hatchery by W C Anderson. Birth: Walter Volkers and wife announce daughter born March 20 at Union Hospital Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Newlins
Barbara Joella
Newlin
Donna Jean Grubb
Dale Jones
Long Beach
California
Dale
Susan Jacobs
North
Michigan Ave
Heber Nash
Nash Electrical Service Company
Boston
Parker Davison
Route 1
Marshall
Herald Office
Marshall Hatchery
W. C. Anderson
Walter Volkers
South Fifth Street
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Battery station serves Clark county motorists
Twenty years ago in 1948 Charles Brandenstein installed a complete Prestolite Storage Battery Station on east Main Street offering recharging and repairs for all car makes. Military authorities complain mail to troops in France crowds shipments hindering men and supplies, with a recent parcel post load filling 19 French railway cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Brandenstein
East Main Street
Clark County
France
General Pershing
Black Crows Defeat Dresser Plant 29 to 19 in Marshall
Ten years ago in 1958 the Marshall independent basketball team the Black Crows beat the Dresser Plant team 29 to 19 at Marshall Township High School gym. Lohi of Clinton Indiana and George Van Densen, a three year veteran of the University of Iena, played for the Crows. At noon Saturday the Marshall fire department was called to the R C.
DIES MONDAY MORNING MARK STEWART EDITOR DIES
Mark Stewart 84 longtime editor and publisher of the Marshall Herald died at 5 40 a.m. Monday at Union Hospital Terre Haute Indiana. He began in printing in Creal Springs and worked in Marshall from 1910, purchasing the Herald December 1 1936 with his son Carlos. He built a home on North Eighth Street in 1931 and was active in Marshall Clark County civic affairs. Survived by son Carlos and grandson Carl Stewart and brother Ray Stewart. Funeral 1:00 p.m. Friday Marrs Funeral Home Marshall with burial in Marshall cemetery. Visitation after 8:00 p.m. Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Stewart
Union Hospital
Terre Hate
Indiana
Stewart
Marshall Herald
Johnson County
Ilinois
David
Aseneth
Savannah Rumley Stewart
Creal Springs
Marshall
Scott
Vienna
Illinois
Potter & Young
Potter
Carlos
North Eighth Street
Wanda Irene
Clark County
Stuart
Carl Stewart
Ray, Stewart
Faribault
Minnesota
Marrs
H J
Kemp
Marshall Cemetery
County Board to Name Embarras River Basin Agency Rep
The county Board of Supervisors will meet on Monday April 8 1968 to appoint the Embarras River Basin Agency for Economic Opportunity as their representative for federal funds. The action aims to secure funds for Head Start Operation Mainstream and the Neighborhood Youth Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Supervisors
Embarras River Basin Agency For Economic Opportunity
Board of Supervisors
Head Start
Operation Mainstream
Neighborhood Youth Corp
Fires Douse Roof Sparks Hit Two Marshall Homes
A small roof fire at Jacobs barber shop near Black's Hotel on East Archer Ave was extinguished. A second chimney spark caused a roof blaze at James G Moye’s home on North Seventh Street, with chemical extinguishing used. A marriage records list follows in Sullivan Indiana, with many Terre Haute names and ages. Who named the city of Marshall?
Election for Marshall Board of Education set for April 18
Three candidates filed for two seats on the Marshall Township Board of Education. Incumbents Martin Tarble and Willard Stoelting run against Mrs Priscilla Wreck. Polling at Marshall High Gym on April 18 from noon to 7 pm. Absentee ballots deadlines are April 8 by mail and April 10 in person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Martin Tarble
Willard Stoelting
Priscilla Wreck
Marshall Township
Marshall High School
Earl LeFever
Frienda Thompson
Ramona Callahan
Rerks
Ava
Eastern Illinois University
Do. A. Bush
Dale Davis
Virginia Claypool
Embarras River Basin
North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Universities
Chicago
D E Class at State Leadership Conference
Six Marshall high school Distributive Education Club members attended the State Leadership Conference at Pere Marquette Hotel in Peoria March 1 and 2. Tim Duke John Myles Mitchell Myles Robert Parsons Ronald Rayhel and Larry Manship won awards in Sales Demonstration Job Interview Advertising and Layout Display Judging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall High School
Pere Marquette Hotel
Peoria Mar
Tim Duke
John Myles
Mitchell Myles
Robert Parsons
Ronald Rayhel
Larry Manship
Whch
Tinos
Joseph Meek
Tlinnis Retail Merchants Association
Meek
Gov Kerner
Ray Page
John A Beaumont
State of
Tlinois
Births and notices from Marshall area families
A baby weighing six pounds was born to Mrs Shasta Ann Lenges at 1129 a m on March 14, first child for Mr and Mrs Michael Reeley of Marshall. Matthew Wayne Lenges, son of Mr and Mrs Matthew Lenges of West Terre Haute, is a Barbers Point Hawaii resident. Cheryl Lynn Fy-Donald Miller and Eva LeFever are also noted in local birth and visiting notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shasta Ann Lenges
Michael Reeley
Marshall Tit
Michael Farr Lenges
SKI Usn
Nad Westlock
Matthew Lenges
Route 1
West Terre Haute
Indiana
Matthew Wayne Lenges
Barbers Point
Hawaii
Howard Pinkston
York
Mary Sherman Hospital
Sullivan
Cheryl, Lynn
Donald Miller
Blue Island
Llinois
Seattle
Washington
Miller
Marshall Schools
Jacob Miller
Marshall
USAF Sgt Propst Arrives in Thailand for One-Year Duty
Larry Propst of the United States Air Force has been promoted to sergeant and reports to U Tapao Thailand for a year. He serves as a Red Horse heavy equipment operator in the 556th CES PACAF with mailbox listing at APO San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Propst
USAF
U-Tapao
Thialand
Set Propst
Red Horse
Heavy Equipment
Larry Prost
CES
PACAF
Apo San Francisco
California
Deaths George Spitter 85 former farmer
George Spitter 85 died Tuesday at Burnside Home. Native of Anderson Township, retired farmer. Survived by two sons Lloyd Paris Route 3 and Doit Route 1 Brocton Mlines, one sister Mrs Grace Sharp Martinsville, five grandchildren, eight great grandchildren. Funeral Friday 3 p.m. Moore Funeral Home. Dr Eugene Etheridge officiating. Burial Marshall Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Spitter
Burnside
Anderson Township
Lloyd
Paris
Doit
Brocton
Mlines
Grace Sharp
Martinsvile
Moore Funeral Home
Eugene Etheridge
Marshall Cemetery
Private services for Stanley Shaner at Prust-Hosch Chapel
Stanley Shaner died at 10 a m Wednesday in Union Hospital Terre Haute. Funeral 11 a m this morning with Stanley Scenogle officiating at Prust-Hosch Funeral Chapel Burl burial in Walnut Prairie Cemetery. Survived by widow Wanda daughter Sheila at home three sons Robert of New Jersey Phillip of Kankakee Illinois and James of Batavia Illinois and brother Harry Chicago Heights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Shaner
Union Hospital
Terre-Haute
Prust-Hosch
Stanley Scenogle
Burl
Walnut Prairie
Cemete
Wanda
Sheila
Robert
New Jersey
Phillip
Kankakee
Illinois
James
Batavia
Harry
Chicago Heights
Woman's Civic Club celebrates 20th anniversary
The Marshal Woman's Civic Club marks its 20th anniversary with a meeting Monday April 1 at 7 30 pm in the city meeting room. Elections will choose second vice president a corresponding secretary publicity chairman and industrial representative with hosts Mrs John Athev Mrs John Veltri Jackie Sweet Mrs Doris Thompson and Tom Dashiell leading the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Woman's Civic Club
Eveniing
John Athev
John Veltri
Jackie Sweet
Doris Thompson
Tom Dashiell
Martinsville student wins Illinois LPN theme contest
Mrs Lena Zachary of Martinsville and a Lake Land College practical nursing student had the theme Versatily Motivation Loyalty chosen for the Illinois Licensed Practical Nurses Association state contest. Participating schools submitted themes and the state winner will receive an award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Zachary
Martinsville
Lake Land College of Practical Nursing
Licensed Practical Nurses Association of Illinois
Ilinois
Wall
Marriage License Entries From Indiana and Illinois Regions
A clustered notice lists marriage licenses issued in Terre Haute Brazil Paris and nearby areas. Names include Casey Oaks and Cats Twent, Raymond Lo Umphnes, Cheryl Thomas, Barbara Seeley, Warren Carrell, Rose Swearingen, Paul Ballard, and Marsha Stepp among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ldet Folwoord
Casey
Diamond Row
Nher
Winston Indiana
Raymond Lo
Umphnes
Vivest
Terre Haute
Sharon Kay
Trail Blazers Saddle Club Announces Open Horse Show
The Clark County Trail Blazer Saddle Club holds its first open horse show on April 7 at 1:00 PM at Leck Switzer’s Route 7 Marshall. Entry fee is 25 cents per event or 1 dollar for the whole show. Mr and Mrs Ira Jakway have returned home after three months in Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County Trail Blazer Saddle Club
Leck Switzers
Route 7
Marshall
Ira Jakway
Florida
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brothers OF the Brush
Marshall Jaycee
Brush
Jaycees
Paris Jaycee’s
Clarence Myers
Lucille Wyrick
Vere
Na Board OF Supervisor
D. E
State Board of Vocation Education
Rex Heine
Eva LeFever
Oblong Mlnnots
Woman's Civic Club
Trail Blazers
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