Fish Fry at Curran Home Honors Ronny Martin Visit
A family dinner Sunday at Mr and Mrs Pat Curran celebrated Ronny Martin visiting from Alaska. Ronny, wife Gayle and daughter Diana live at 815 North Fifth Street. He has worked on an oil rig near Anchorage since last October and will fly back today. Attendees included Darrell and Larry Martin, Lori, Carolyn Parsley, Marion and Randall Cochran, Flora Jones and Ronny and Dianna Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Curran
Ronny Martin
Ronny
Gayle
Diana
North Fifth Street
Ronday
Alaska
Anchorage
Darrell Martin
Larry
Lori
Carolyn Parsley
Marion Jones
Randall Cochran
Steve
Flora Jones
Dianna
Engagement notice for Becky Remlinger and Garry Tharp
Mrs. Clifford Remlinger announces the engagement of Becky to Garry Dean Tharp son of Mr and Mrs Richard Tharp. Garry a 1966 Marshall high school graduate attended Olney Junior College and works at Commercial Solvents Terre Haute Becky is a Marshall high school senior A July wedding is planned. Historical Society dessert meeting May 8 7 30 pm White Barn Route 40 east Casey Violet Davis presenter. J O Low injured in tractor accident April 29 Paris hospital fractured rib internal bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Remlinger
Becky
Garry Dean Tharp
Garry
Richard Tharp
Mamie Troxel
Marshall High School
Olney Junior College
Commercial Solvents
Terre Haute
County Historical Sociey
Route 40
Violet Davis
Casey
J O. Low
Paris
Junior High Open House Draws 400 Plus Attendees
Marshall Community Schools PTA held its annual Junior High School Open House on Monday April 21 with the event starting in the boys gym and ending in classrooms. Officers were installed by district PTA director Verniece Tingley and music from Miss Martha Dobson and Libby Wells accompanied tours led by Principal Ralph Hooker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
Marshall Community Schools
Pt.a.j
Joan Emert
Verniece Tingley
Dolls in News Displayed in Vigo County Library
Dried apple dolls and related furnishings from the Ti nois Sesqui centennial at the old McCann House in Marshall are on display during National Library Week at the West Terre Haute Branch. Librarian Fletcher W. Gates arranged the loan of the collection. The dolls were crafted by Mrs. Mack Liggett of Rural Route 5, Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texre Haute
McCann House
Marshall
National Library
West Terre Haute
Vigo County
Fletcher W. Gates
Mack Liggett
Route 5
Births and family notices from Indianapolis and Marshall
Mr and Mrs Floyd Rinard announce a first child a sixth 4 oz boy named James Adams born April 25 at St Vincent's Hospital Indianapolis mother Susan Milbourn paternal grandparents Dale Rinard Marshall. Mr and Mrs Charles O Combs announce a son born April 26 at Paris Hospital weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces mother Beverly Ai Jwardt. Mr and Mrs Rich and Satskaers Ann Arbor Michigan parents of a son Brett Mathew weighing 7 pounds 1 half ounce mother Cindy Smitley. Don Medsker returns from Barns Hospital St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Rinard
Indianapolis
Indiana
St. Vincent's Hospital
James Adams
Susan Milbourn
Lila Milbourn
Marshall
Charles Milbourn
West Union
Dale Rinard
Charles O. Combs
Paris Hospital
Beverly Ai Jwardt
Rich and Satskaers
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Brett Mathew
Cindy Smitley
West York man sets world hog shipment weight record
Lawrence Newlin of West York broke the world record for hog shipments with 35 hogs averaging 532 pounds, netting $102 per head in a recent Indiana shipment. Also noted are marriage licenses for Milton Shawer and Virginia McNary, and a Chicago corn price drop linked to grain administration policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Newlin
West York
Indianapolis
Indianaapolis
Milton Shawer
Parker Township
Virginia McNary
Chicago Board of Trade
Julius Barnes
Grain Corporation of the Food Administration
Indiana State Teachers College to Hold June Graduation
President L N Hines announced general graduation arrangements for Terre Haute based Indiana State Teachers College. Dr Elmer B Bryan of Ohio University will be principal speaker for exercises in the physical education building on Friday June 14 at 9 30 AM. Clark county graduates include Mildred Spotts Ralph Foster and Blanche McDaniel from Martinsville Casey. A marriage license was issued in Terre Haute to Alva Boone and Mayme McCash of Casey Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. N Hines
Indiana State Teachers College
Terre ‘Haute
Elmer B. Bryan
Ohio University
Terre Haute
Clark County
Mildred Spotts
Ralph &. Foster
Casey
Blanche McDaniel
Martinsville
Alva Boone
Illinois
Mayme McCash
Thirty Years Ago News in Marshall Area 1939
Thirty years ago in 1939 Marshall area records show purchases of the Marshall House by B W Mikesell and wife from Mrs Rena Thompson. Marriages include Mary Jane Smitley and Robert Mott at St Marys Rectory with Father Walsh. Barbara Marguerite Lutz Morgan wed to George E Morgan in Terre Haute Locust Street parsonage. A birth announced: Nancy Ann Kendal nine pounds at St Vincent. Kenneth Pattman and Dorabelle Claypool welcomed a seven and a half pound boy at Union Hospital in Terre Haute.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Marshall House
Rena M. Thompson
Mary Jane Smitley
Robert Smitley
Robert Mott
Marion Mott
Father Walsh
St. Mary’s
Bert Lutz
Terre Haute
Barbara Marguerite
Milo Claypool
Kenneth Pattman
Union Hospital
Miss Augusta O'Neal Listed in Who's Who in South West
Twenty years ago in 1949 Miss Augusta O Neal a Marshall resident for over thirty years was listed in Who s Who in South and Southwestern districts She attended South Side School Marshall township high school earned a BS at Indiana State Teachers College studied at Colorado and Cincinnati universities and earned a 1940 masters in education from Harvard University She is the youngest child of the late Rev and Mrs J O Neal long time Marshall residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta O’neal
Marshall
South Side
Marshall Township
Indiana State Teachers College
Colorado
Cincinnati
Harvard University
O’neal
J. O'Neal
West Union youth earns two top news awards
John Strohm son of Mrs Nelle Strohm of West Union receives two high honors tied to his role as a correspondent. The report notes his fear of being first authorized American news correspondent to enter Red China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Strohm
Nelle Strohm
West Union
Red
China
Philburt Elledge
Terre Haute
Kimberly Kaye
Union Hospital
Elledge
Kathryn Bumpus
Paul Wallace
Ablilene
Texas
Petty Joan
Wallace
Charles Perris
Willford Nelson
Whittier
California
Willam Thomas
Nelson
Hats Offs to a Tough Judge Edward Green in Long Island
A letter praising Edward Green the Long Island judge for jailing 21 Stony Brook University students for 15 days after they led a library takeover. The writer credits Green with restoring order and criticizes university administrators for seeking to drop charges. The piece urges more judges like Green to curb campus unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Green
Long Island
New York
Shaggy
Judge Green
State University
Stony Brook
Green
America
Board of Education to Meet on May 8 in Central Admin Building
The Board of Education convenes May 8 at 8 pm at the Central Administration Building to review bids on gasoline oil tires and propane gas and discuss summer maintenance redecorating and junior college arrangements. The district faces a 3 cent tax levy to cover tuition payments and a roughly $10 000 deficit in current funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
South Sixth Street
Jerry Evola
Superintendent of Schools
Indiana State University Educational Development Council
Marshall High to stage I Remember Mama this May
Curtain Callers at Marshall High present I Remember Mama on May 9 and 10 at 7:30 PM in the American Legion Home. Connie Kirchner stars as Mama with Patty Turner as Kathryn and Terry Pancake as Papa in a Norwegian immigrant family tale set with humor and flashbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patty Turner
Katryn Hansen
Mama
American Legion
Marilyn Stoelting
Cathy Macey
Colleen Gagen
Kim Warrner
Marshall High School
Connie Kirchner
Kathryn
Papa
Terry Pancake
Mark Bennett
Ellen Wright
LaDonna Rinard
Anne Finkbiner
Darrell McConchie
Chris
Lynn Macke
Barry Mr Cammon
John McIntosh
Jenny Ramsey
Carol Finkbiner
Collen Gagen
Kim Warren
Jenny McIntosh
Karen Arbuckle
Bill Downey
Harold Clouse
Historical marker notes Margaretta Post Office era 1840 1861
Clark County Historical Society and Illinois State Historical Society unveil a marker at the Melvin Behner farm between Clarksville and Westfield on the Lincoln Memorial Highway. The post office served northwestern Clark County from 1840 to 1861 and was named for Margaret, wife of postmaster William B Marrs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County
Deaths of John Mullen and Hubert Bennett in Martinsville area
Obituary notices detail John D Mullen 77 Robinson died at Crawford Memorial Hospital founder of Mullen Salad Dressing Co and former American Legion Post 90 commander with survivors widow Clara two nieces and a Martinsville sister. Hubert Bennett 47 Martinsville died last Saturday with services at Greenwell Funeral Home and burial at Ridge Lawn Cemetery. The clipping lists multiple local arrests and a Springfield meeting attendance plus a Jobs Daughters promotion and church event at Auburn Methodist Church on May 4.
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John D Mullen
North Allen Street
Robinson
Crawford Memorial Hospital
Mullen Salad Dressing Co
American Legion
The
Elks Lodge
Clara
Opal Carlin
Martinsville
John Finkdiner
Marshall
Mildred Carlin
Robinson New Cemetery
Hubert Bennett
Greenwell Feneral
George Nina
Ridge Lawn
Dean Jones to Speak at Honor Society Banquet
Members of the National Honor Society will gather for a dinner and program at 6 30 pm Monday May 5 in the high school cafeteria Marshall Community Schools Board hosts NHS members and their parents Dean W Jones a 1931 Marshall High School graduate and JWT executive will be the principal speaker Jones built a career in food marketing with Kroger Gerber Batten Barton This Week Magazine and JWT He has addressed major industry groups and contributed to college seminars He chairs committees in Stephens Missouri and serves on a college highway task force Restoration work at the club building progresses as volunteers care for grounds and interiors
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education of the
Marshall Community Schools
Dean W Jones
Marshall High School
Marshall Hitnets
Dean
Chicago
J Walter Thompson Company
Marshall
Kroger
University of Illinois
Spartan
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Gerber Products Company
Toner
Gerber Ag
New York
J Walter Thompson
Tones
Laser Market Institute
American Federation of Advertisers
National Aswrathon
Podoging Institute
National Dairs Cereal of Canada
Agricultural Policy Mcartee Institute of North
Stephens C
Columbia Missouri
College Highlughter
Till
Stephens
Irk County Historical Society
Scout Trap
St of Mare
Marshall couple announce arrival of son
Former Marshall residents former Donna Jean Robson and Mr and Mrs Clifford H Reed of Liscomb Iowa announce the birth of a son born Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Jean Robson
Marshall
Clifford H Reed
Liscomb
Iowa
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GOP
D. V. Watson
Charleston
Illinois Federation of Republican Women
William Spring
Washington, DC
Springer
Capitol Steps
Mary Sherrick
Greenup
Watson
Douglas Dewey
Kepp
Mattoon
Curran
J. O. Low
DOLLS
Don Medsker
Barns Hospital
St. Louis
OUR
Was
Hawaii
Judy Crumlin
Honolulu
Gary Crumrin
Russell Crumrin
Ilikai Hotel
Gary
Cu Chi
Vietnam
Sheriff
Hobart Littoral
Dennis Clatfelter
Policf
Gary Getz
Douglas Hutchens
Mitchel Mines
Denzil
Sharon Hollingsworth
Jess Johnson
Intox
Gerald Waller
Orland Calloway
Trerry Jones
Harold Henry
Doris Johns
Richard Wallace Stan
Thomas Martin
Springfield
Liman Shinler
Joe Kemp
Ris Buechler
Charles Perry
Tilinets
Shawler
Clark County Park District
Auburn Methodist Church
Dean Jones
Wolcum Trak
Teteensa Hana
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