Clark County Fair Board Elects Officers and Directors
The Clark County Fair board met in Martinsville Monday to organize for the year and set an August fair. Elected president S. H. Elledge, vice president Walter Briscoe, secretary G C Cunningham, and treasurer J C Brydon. Directors named Temple Lovett Frank Kettering Oscar Shawver and Alfred Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple Lovett
Frank Kettering
Oscar Shawver
Alfred Bennett
Clark County
S. H. Biledge
Walter Briscoe
G.C Cunningham
J C Brydon
Frank Kattering
Marshall Shipping Association reports soybean and livestock shipments
At its regular monthly meeting in Marshall, manager T. R. Lovett presented a quarterly report showing four carloads of soybeans and thirteen cars of livestock shipped, with a total value of 31 380 dollars.
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Marshall Shipping Association
Marshall
T. R. Lovett
Tourists Dine At To Rest Park In Marshall
Five cars from Ob long picnickers visited To Rest Park in Marshall for dinner. They toured Terre Haute in the afternoon and returned to Marshall for supper at the park on Sunday. The same group visited the park twice last year.
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Marshall
Terre Haute
Daily Vacation Bible School Planned in Marshall
All Sunday schools in Marshall unite to plan a June Daily Vacation Bible School. The movement, about 25 years in age, emphasizes morning sessions during vacation and Bible study. Success depends on church backing, parental cooperation, and a capable, available teaching staff.
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Marshall
Gift Shop Front Painted Green for Display Update
Harold Lasse owner of The Gift Shop plans to add large display lettering above the awning reading Diamonds Clocks Silverware Gifts. The note also lists several marriages and social items from Marshall and nearby towns, including people from Terre Haute Danville Oblong and Mattoon.
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Harold Lasse
Edward Allen Whithire
Monrovia
Ind
Mary Ellen Peed
Morrovia
James McGeachie Bogle
Bicknell
Winifred Patrick
Fred L. Madlin
Terre Haute
Kathryn Hale
Chester McClaine
Danville
Gladys Berry
Otto H. Bollinger
Lola M. Harris
John H. Leach
Sadie Pettijohn
Aaron E. Hoggatt
Mabel J Boyll
Ernest Paul Geheb
Anderson Township
Margaret Agnes Meehling
Marshall
Jesse James Maxey
Charleston
Flora Ethel Biggs
Westfield
Farmer Markets Twenty Heifers From Own Breeding
Sperry Claypool of Dolson township marketed 20 Hereford heifers last week, all of his own breeding. They sold for 10 35 each through the Producers' Commission Association at Indianapolis. A study shows good breeding stock pays big dividends, as cattle fed by the same farmer in different classes vary in price, with better bred stock commanding higher prices.
Hire Grade School Teachers Thursday
At the city school board meeting Thursday night the district rehired teachers for the next term including Mrs Louise Curk Fannie Luckhaupt Zelda Claypool Helen Dickerson Lona Kile Cora Church Eunice Gilbert Carrie Behner Mary Washburn Nora Kannamacher Irene Cline on the north and south sides. Janitors Adolph Huppert and Dan Stover were retained. Eula Morton hired to replace Helen Strockbine north side. J R Colbert rehired as superintendent. Winona Hughes hired full time as music teacher at both schools and for north side departmental work while J T Connelly becomes drawing teacher and south side departmental work.
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Louise Curk
Fannie Luckhaupt
Zelda Claypool
Helen Dickerson
Lona ‘Kile
Cora Church
Eunice Gilbert
Carrie Behner
Mary Washburn
Nola Kannamacher
Irene Cline
Adolph Huppert
Dan Stover
Mss
Eula Morton
Helen Strockbine
J R Colbert
Winona Hughes
J T Connelly
Shoe Doctor Relocates Into New Block Space
The Marshall Shoe Doctor, Max Foreman, has moved from the building between Hanley and Moye's and Harry McDaniel's grocery stores to one-half of the next block's building now used by Home Tire and Battery Co.
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Marshall
Max Foreman
Hanley and Moye’s
Harry McDaniel's
Home Tire and Battery Co
Royal Arch Masons Banquet Set at Local Church
The Royal Arch Masons will hold a banquet at the Christian church per invitations. Community members are invited to attend and participate in the event hosted by the masonic group.
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Royal Arch Masons
The
Christian Church
Cairo Division to ballast Paris to Marshall line
Bert Mathews reports the Cairo Division of the Big Four will ballast the Paris to Marshall route with new gravel this year. He also says a new spur track at Ernst will be installed.
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Cairo
Big Four
Paris
Marshall
Bert Mathews
Mathews
Ernst
Last Ministerial Meeting Set For Martinsville Next Monday
The Clark County Ministerial Association will hold its final spring meeting in Martinsville next Monday afternoon. The program includes devotions by R. F. Perdue, Dennison, a community schedules segment by A. A. Heinlein, Casey, a book review, and a talk on Christianity and the Race Problem by Oldham J. E. Evans of Marshall.
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Clark County Ministerial Association
Martinsville
R. F Perdue
Dennison
A A_ Heinlein
Casey Book Review
Oldham J E Evans
Marshall
Booth Family Visits Town In Weekend Tour
Ex governor and US senator Newton Booth spent Saturday and Sunday in town with his mother Mrs Beebe Booth of Terre Haute and Mrs Woodworth of Chicago visiting Lyman Booth. Miss Mollie Lemon returned from St Louis. John Jones and Mary Wright were married Monday at Rev J G Burroughs residence.
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Newton Booth
California
Beebe Booth
Terre Haute
Woodworth
Chicago
Lyman Booth
Mollie Lemon
St Louis
John Jones
Mary Wright
J. G Burroughs
Town Paper Read Thoroughly Then Tossed Aside
A casual note emphasizes the local paper contains much material yet is often skimmed read briefly and left on the library table to be picked up again later.
Forty Years Ago City Election Winners and Building Updates
The report lists successful candidates from last Tuesday including May or Edward Emerson Police Magistrate Archer Bartlett Aldermen John Montgomery John Patton Hubert Benedict. It notes rapid progress on new buildings with Pat Smith Dr Jame s and Prevo's fronts and walls described as largely erected.
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Edward Emerson
Archer Bartlett
John Montgomery
John Patton
Hubert Benedict
Pat Smith
Dr. Jame
Prevo’s
Prevo
John R Archer
Charley Baisley
Fos Martin
Harry Wilkin
Ed Montgomery
Vasey
Local society notes record lodge degrees and marriages
Twenty years ago L Blundell Robt Warriner Harvey Noakes C IF Behner Grant Pritchard Buell Morris Wm Hartzler Ed Clapper Ed Gilmer Howard Craig Carl Taubeneck and Adam Honkerich attended a Vigo I O O F encampment meeting in Terre Haute where Hartzler Clapper Gilmer Craig Taubeneck and Honderich received Golden Rule and Royal Purple degrees. Roy Ross and Emma Vance were wed. they reside in Crawfordsville with a railroad job. Judge Connelly names John Iwalt and A J Garver to the board of review for the year.
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L. Blundell
Robt Warriner
Harvey Noakes
C IF Behner
Grant Pritchard
Buell Morris
Wm. Hartzler
Ed Clapper
Ed Gilmer
Howard Craig
Carl Taubeneck
Adam Honkerich
Terre Haute
Hartzler
Clapper
Gilmer
Craig
Taubeneck
Honderich
Capitol Theatre Opens Transforming Auburn Park Chicago
In Chicago column from March 30 the Capitol Theatre opening on March 9 boosts Auburn Park district growth. The 3000-seat, two million dollar venue features sky blue ceiling with twinkling stars, changing lighting, and urban access as fires dominate nearby Stock Yards with a $300000 blaze and other incidents along Halsted and 63rd streets.
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Chicago
Chicas
Child Severely Scalded by Boiling Water at Home
The Bradley family child, about 18 months old, pulled a pot of boiling water from the stove and scalded head and neck. Dr R A Mitchell reports the burns are serious but not considered fatal.
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Sam Bradley
R A Mitchell
Selection of the Poultry Flock Essay by Glenn Tapscott
Glenn Tapscott, a Marshall high school freshman, wrote the best essay in J T Connelly's agricultural class contest. The piece details selecting breeding stock, ideal Leghorn traits for egg producers, meat type needs, and core essentials: good breeding, proper feeding and care, and good housing and marketing.
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J T Connelly
the Marshall High School
Glenn Tapscott
Death notices from Marshall area with funerals
Mrs Minnie B Irwin of De ton Irwin died Friday at their home west of Marshall at 36. Funeral was Sunday at Spiketown church at 10 oclock with Rev W A Wortman officiating, interment in Marshall cemetery. She leaves a husband and four children. Walter Reynolds age ? died. Suchas died at his daughter's Mrs Katty Finks home in east Marshall. Funeral Tuesday at 2 39 with Rev J E Evans officiating. Burial in Forsythe cemetery. He leaves three daughters Mrs Kittie Fawley Mrs Al Hemphill of Paris and Mrs Curtis Burns of Douglas township and one son Victor Reynolds.
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Minnie B Irwin Ware
Deton Irwin
Marshall
Spiketown
W A Wortman
Walter Reynolds
Katty Finks
J E Evans
Forsythe
Kittie Fawley
al Hemphill
Paris
Curtis Burns
Douglas Township
Victor Reynolds
Acetylene Tank Explosion Tires Up Ridgefarm Farm
Ten years ago Fred Wooderd and Will Smith suffered burns when an acetylene gas tank exploded at the Woodyard farm three miles southwest of Ridgefarm while they filled the tank with carbide around 9 AM. A unit of Greek workers from Effingham leased the Crescent theater building on East Main Street to open a candy kitchen soon.
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Fred Wooderd
Will Smith
Woodyard Farm
Ridgefarm
Effingham
Crescent Theater
East Main Street
Harry Casteel
South Sixth Street
B. F. Johnson
George P. Sherman
Melrose Township
Kansas City
Medsker Cemetery
Minister's Daughter Weds at Home in Iowa
Miss Ellen Drew daughter of Rev William J Drew and Mrs Drew of Hampton Iowa married Horace C Greensmith a Congregational minister on April 15. They plan to be at home in Wauseon Ohio after May 15 where Greensmith has a pastorate. Rev Drew formerly led Marshall Congregational Church.
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Ellen Drew
William J. Drew
Hampton
Iowa
Horace C Greensmith
Wauseon
Ohio
Greensmith
Drew
Marshall Congregational Church
Marshall
Marshall Man Goes to South Bend for Coal Company Work
Edgar Schumaker has gone to South Bend Indiana to work for the Bledsoe Coal Company as sales and fuel engineer. His territory covers northern Indiana and southern Michigan with headquarters in South Bend.
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Marshall
South Bend
Edgar Schumaker
Indiana
The
Bledsoe Coal Company
Michigan
Fire Destroys Main Part of Church in Tuesday Blaze
Fire devoured the church Tuesday, leaving only back walls as the new section suffered smoke and water damage. Wm Wallace and Bert Bush spotted the blaze near Dr Mitchells, prompting alarms from Miss Alice Spotts. Insurance stands at 4000 with total loss around 3000. rebuilding likely to start soon.
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Christian Church
Wm. Wallace
Bert Bush
Marshall Fire Department
Sam Prevo
Christian Institute at Martinsville Successful Event
The Christian Institute held at Martinsville last week drew many from Marshall. Speakers included B L Allen Burl H Chandler R O Rogers and Victor Dorris. An organization was formed to continue the work in Douglas Coles Edgar Cumberland Clark Jasper Crawford and surrounding counties. The secretary Prue Roberts of Hindsvore Illinois oversees the membership list.
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Christian Institute
Martinsville
Marshall
The
Christian Church
B. L. Allen
Burl H. Candler
R O Rogers
Victor Dorris
Douglas Coles
Edgar
Cumpbrland
Clark Jasper
Crawford
Tlinow
Vige and
Sullivan
Indi
Johnson Bakery Ready to Move Soon
A new bakery under Mr Johnson plans to relocate to a storefront formerly vacated by Warshall Shoe Doctor. The proprietor is remodeling the building, paving, and installing a show window and other attractions to attract customers.
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Sen Propriator
Johnson
Warshall
Heath of Martinsville Kills Cow on North Road
Jack Heath of Martinsville struck a cow on the pavement a few miles north of Marshall on Wednesday evening. The collision left the car heavily damaged and brought to Sockler's garage for repairs.
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Heath
Martinsville
Jack Heath
Anay
Marshall
Sockler
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Clark County Fair Board
S. H. Elledge
Misit
Marshall Boy
Mattoon
University of Holinois
Terre Jlaute
Oral Mathews of
E J. Giffel
Childrey
Michael J Duffy
Casey
Bill Booster
Uyernizen
Mickie
Auburn Park
City of
Capitol Theatre
F M. Hurst
Marshall Field Store
Englewood
Auburn Walk
Halsted
79Th Street
63Rd
la Salle
Armour Plant
Morris & Co
Schntents
Christian Institute AT
Ana
Prue Roberts
Hindsvoro
Ilinois
Hst
Bakers «Or
the Herald
Frances Lutz
Dick Davidson
Minnie Smith
Edwin Clapper
Nora Nichols
Frank Kadeski
Mae Spraker
G. M Waldron
J. E. Millhouse
Clyde H. Knowles
Arch Davidson
Cora A. Hishe I B. NcCullough
James Sharkey
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