Double Twins to Celebrate 25th Anniversary
Harry and Hobart Burkybile of Route 4 Casey celebrate a silver wedding with open house May 12 from 2 to 5 PM in their new home. Relatives include Louise and Harry Burkybile and Eloise and Hobart Burkybile, plus four children each. Parents Ray Burkybile and Jennie Cole will be honored as Mothers Day marks the anniversary.
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Harry
Hobart Burkyblile
Route 4
Casey
Harry Burkybile
Louise
Gerald Grieser
Norfolk
Virginia
Pie Dale Burkybile
Fort Meyer
Max
Mary
Eloise
Hobart
Robert Thibert
Palatine
Illinois
Carl
University of Ilinois
Walter
Casey High School
Earl
Manning
Ray Burkybile
Marshall
Jennie Cole
Marshall Junior Sports Jamboree Set for May 18
The Marshall high school athletic field hosts the annual Junior Sports Jamboree at 1 00 p m on Saturday May 18 open to boys and girls ages 10 to 15. Winners advance to sectional and state meets with expense paid trips. Sponsored by the Illinois Youth Commission and Illinois Jaycees. No entry fee. Divisions: Midgets Juniors Intermediates based on age August 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Marshall High School
Tlinois Youth Commission
Ilinois Jaycees
Boy Scout Fun Fair set for Vigo Fair Grounds
Officials of the Wabash Valley Council announce the 1968 Boy Scout Fun Fair on May 11 at Vigo Fair Grounds from 1 to 9 pm with 100 plus posts, live action booths, and demonstrations from Cubs to Explorers. Special events include competitive Cubs and Scouts, a 3 to 5 pm program, and an 8 to 9 pm grand stand with parachute jump and fireworks.
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Wabash Valley Council
Boy Scouts of America
Vigo Fair
Fun Fair
Charley Morris
Morris
Dave Lee
Mother Daughter Banquet by Marshall Civic Club
The Marshall Woman's Civic Club hosts a Mother-Daughter Banquet on Monday May 6 at 6:00 p.m. in Tom's Dining Room. Priscilla Wreck will present the program. Chairwomen are Mrs. Owen Flowers Mrs. Dale Murphy Mrs. Antone Murphy Mrs. Fred Morecraft and Mrs. Bud Bloodsworth. Attendees are encouraged to bring mothers and daughters.
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Marshall Woman's Civic Club
Tom
Priscilla Wreck
Owen Flowers
Dale Murphy
Antone Murphy
Fred Morecraft
Bud Bloodsworth
Class 1943 Picnic Set for July at Lincoln Trail Park
The class of 1943 will gather July 14 at 12:30 PM for a picnic at Lincoln Trail State Park in Marshall. Bring your family and join classmates for an informal reunion and food.
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Lincoln Trail State Park
Marshall
Death notices for Richard W Schaffer and Ollie Bell Lee
Richard Wesley Schaffer 55 of 404 East Georgia Street Oblong Michigan died 11 15 am Monday from an apparent heart attack while mushroom hunting in Anderson township. Survived by wife Lucy two stepsons Dean and Dale Siverly brother Edwin Schaffer Beulah Grubb Ethel Brown Nellie Sheets and seven grandchildren. Funeral at Zion Church 2 00 pm Wednesday with graveside services by Marshall American Legion Post 90. Ollie Bell Lee 79 of Westfield Illinois died 2 00 am Monday at Charleston Memorial Hospital. Survived by daughters Beulah Steagall and Dema Sawyer sons Frazier Garland and Hal Lee nine grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Funeral at Westfield RE U B Church 1 00 pm Wednesday with interment Richwoods Cemetery.
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Richard Wesley Schaffer
East
Georgia Street
Oblong
Schaffer
Anderson Township
Lucy
Dean
Dale Siverly
Illlinois
Edwin Schaffer
Darwin
Beulah Grubb
Ethel Brown
Nellie Sheets
Terre Haute
Marrs
Marshall Funeral Home
Illinois
Zion Church
Zion
Calvin Smith
Ilinois
Marshall American Legion Post 90
Ollie Bell Lee
Westfield
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Charleston Ilinois
Beulah Steagall
Dema Sawyer
Mattoon
Frazier Lee
Garland Lee
Kansas
Hal Lee
Westfield RE. U. B
Allen Morgan
Richwoods Cemetery
James H. Pine 77 Marshall man dies at home
James H. Pine 77 of Pine Street Apt 1 B died at 5 15 a m Friday at his residence. He was a Marshall Baptist Church member. Surviving wife Nettie, son Leon Pine of Phoenix, stepson Fred Blundell of Marshall, sisters Maude Soughers Terre Haute and Bertha Wolverton Dayton. Funeral Sunday 4 p m at Marrs Funeral Home with Dr Gilbert Waud officiating. Interment in Marshall.
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James H. Pine
Pine Street
Apt
Marshall Baptist Church
Nettie
Leon Pine
Phoenix
Arizona
Fred Blundell
Marshall
Maude Soughers
Terre Haute
Bertha Wolverton
Dayton
Ohio
Marrs
Gilbert Waud
Marshall Cemetery
Late West Union native Jake Sheets 78 dies in Gary
Jake E. Sheets age 78 longtime Gary resident and former West Union, Illinois native died Saturday April 27. Funeral services were held May 1 at Geesin Funeral Home Glen Park. He is survived by wife Mabel Forsythe Sheets a brother Wesley of Hobart Indiana and sisters Amanda Bledsoe Effie Dancey and Martha Bush of Marshall Indiana.
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Jake E. Sheets
West Union
Ilinois
Gary
Indiana
Geesin
Glen Park
Mabel Forsythe Sheets
Wesley
Hobart
Amanda Bledsoe
Winamac
Effie Dancey
Martha Bush
Marshall
Local Board 94 Inductees Report May First
Three registrants for Clark county will report for induction into the armed forces on May 1. They are Gary Lee Eiloxson Casey Melvin A Striegel Dennis on Harold D Freeman Martinsville. Six registrants will report for their armed forces physical examination May 1.
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Clark County
Gary Lee Eiloxson
Casey
Melvin A. Striegel
Dennison
Harold D. Freeman
Martinsville
Open House for Nursing Home Week at Burnside Home
Burnside Nursing Home invites the community to an Open House on Sunday May 12 from two to four pm to observe National Nursing Home Week. Coffee and donuts will be served and visitors encouraged to spend time with patients, many of whom have limited contact with the outside world.
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Burnside Nursing Home
Burnside Home
National Nursing Home
American Nursing Home Association
Burnside Guild
Martinsville Soldier Killed in Vietnam
Cpl. James L. Wallace 21 of Martinsville died after being drowned near a combat mission in Vietnam. He had been missing in action April 23 and was officially reported dead April 28. Wallace was a 1966 Martinsville High School graduate and had served in the U S Army since June 1967. He is the fourth Clark County native lost in the Vietnam War. He is survived by his parents Warren and Marjorie Wallace and three brothers Frank Dean and Henry, with further relatives. His body will be returned to Greenwell Funeral Home in Martinsville.
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Martinsville
Vietnam
James L. Wallace
Warren Wallace
Wallace
Clark County
Don Stepp
Marshall
Danny Bolin
Casey
Rhondal Claypool
Claypool
Cpl
Martinsville High School
U S. A
Paris
Warren
Marjorie (Washburn) Wallace
Frank
Dean
Henry
Dorothy M. Steer
South 11Th Street
Greenwell Funeral Home
Goodwill and Boy Scouts Aid Wa Bash Valley Bag Drive
Troop 81 of the Boy Scouts distributed Goodwill bags on May 1 with sponsor Lewis Myles and Mrs Myles guiding 11 to 13 year olds. A Goodwill truck will collect the bags on May 4. residents are urged to place bags on porches visible to drivers in a Rotary Club sponsored Wa bash Valley wide effort.
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Troop 81
Boy Scouts
Lewis Myles
Myles
Goodwill
Rotary Club
Wabash Valley
Historical Society to Meet in Marshall May Meeting
The Clark County Historical Society will meet Thursday May 9 at 7 30 p m in the city council room in Marshall. Mrs Grover Hartman of Marshall will speak on vanishing species. All interested persons are cordially invited.
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Clark County Historical Society
Marshall
Grover Hartman
Marshall Artist Wins Awards at Town and Country Show
One hundred twenty eight entries by 89 artists were shown in Paris on Tuesday April 23. Seven blue ribbons were awarded with Marshall artists taking three. First place winners advance to the regional show in Charleston July 8 to 20 and then to the state wide show at the University of Illinois from September 23 to October 2.
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Paris
Marshall
Juanita Blankenship
Blizzard Ford
Anneliese Davis
Eleanor Harrison
Bitersweet
Wanda Spittler
Katherine
Phyllis Moore
Edith Hise
Griffin
Rita Tarble
Doris Ennis
Ray Stapp
Eastern Ilinois University
Chrisman
Hume, Marshall
Martinsville
Charleston
University of Ilinois
Olen Jones Family Benefit Party at Moose Lodge
Local citizens and civic groups sponsor a benefit for Olen Jones on Saturday May 17 at the Moose Lodge upstairs. A 6 30 fish dinner leads to entertainment with tickets available at the Moose Home American Legion Home Quinn Cline Agency Chester Irwin Barber Shop Marshall and from Dick Lake Martinsville. Contributions of services or donations are invited through Mrs Wayne Turner or P O Box 68 Marshall Illinois 62441.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olen Jones
Moose Lodge
Moose Home
American Legion
Quinn-Cline
Chester
Irwin
Marshall
Dick Lake
Martinsville
Wayne
Andy) Turner
P O. Box
Tlinois
Dr Baughman to Speak at NHS Banquet and Program
Dr Dale Baughman professor of education at Indiana State University will address the National Honor Society Banquet on Tuesday May 7 at 630 pm in the high school cafeteria. He has taught at Indiana University and the University of Illinois and has served as teacher principal athletic director and director of guidance. He has traveled in 45 states and ten foreign countries.
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Dale Baughman
Indiana State University
Baughman
Indiana University
University of Illinois
Taylor Family Visit Led by Fairchild AFB Officers
Lt and Mrs William R Taylor and their son Mark from Fairchild AFB Spokane arrived in Marshall on April 15 to visit Mr and Mrs Bill Taylor. Lt Taylor, assistant chief of Wing Logistic Division, began advanced training at Wright Patterson AFB on April 29. In May Mrs Taylor and Mark will stay with her parents Mr and Mrs Joe Fetters and return to Fairchild in early June.
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William R Taylor
Mark
Fairchild Afb
Washington
Marshall
Bill
Fairchild
Taylor
Wright-Paterson Afb
Ohio
Joe Fetters
Gun registration sweep grips Chicago by May deadline
By May 15, all privately owned firearms in Chicago must be registered under a new law passed earlier this year. Violators face a $500 fine. the measure covers rifles shotguns and handguns.
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Chicago
Clark County
Wild Driving Warns Youth After High School Day
Community figures Lahanna Rinard Donna Davis Phyllis Liggett Linda Beltz John Turner Ray Joe Stone and others attended high school days at St Louis Bible College in Flossant Missouri on Friday urging police help to curb speeding and reckless driving amid rising fatalities.
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Lahanna Rinard
Donna Davis
Phyllis Liggett
Linda Beltz
John Turner
Ray
Joe Stone
Joy Barrett
Charles Stone
St. Louis Bible College
Flossant
Missouri
Garner and Son Do Catch Bass in Local Pond
Lloyd Garner and his son John of Marshall caught eight bass weighing from 2 to 52 pounds on Wednesday April 17 in a Clark county farm pond. The total weight was 23 pounds and the fish were taken with artificial bait. Garner called it the best catch he had ever made and praised his son as possibly the better fisherman. The location remains undisclosed and they plan to return.
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Lloyd Garner
John
Marshall
Altogther
Clark County
Bill Thorp
Garner
Outdoor Living Show in Marshall May 10 11 12
Marshall hosts the Outdoor Living Show featuring new boats and motors campers trailers and lawn equipment. A sidewalk sale runs through the event with many spring summer and winter items on sale. WKZI Radio broadcasts from Marshall. A free western dance on May 11 features Farmer Stults. Sponsored by Marshall Jaycees and Marshall Chamber of Commerce.
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Marshall
WKZI
the Jaycees
Farmer Stults
Marshall Jaycees
Marshall Chamber of Commerce
Clark County Sesquicentennial Art Competition Set
The Marshall Art League and Casey Paint Box co sponsor an oil art contest open to Clark County residents. Entries in two categories will be judged at Marshall library May 9 to May 19, with prizes of 15, 10 and 5 dollars donated by local veterans groups.
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Marshall Art League
Casey Paint Box
Clark County
Indiana Couples Receive Marriage Licenses
Robert Freeh Anderson and Betty Parsack of Terre Haute obtain a marriage license. Robbert Princes of Preton and Camilla Mathoon of Clinton, Indiana, are licensed. John Howard Gray of Evansville and Mary Gray of Evansville also receive licenses.
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Robert Freeh Anderson
Betty Parsack
Terre Haute
Preton
Camilla Math Oon
Struffer to Speak at Athletic Banquet
The Mothers Club of Marshall High School sponsors the annual spring athletic banquet on Monday May 6 at 6 30 p m in the high school cafeteria. Gordon Stauffer Indiana State University basketball coach will be the principal speaker. He is completing his first year at ISU after joining from Washburn University and is a Fort Wayne native and Michigan State alumnus.
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Mothers Club of
Marshall High School
Gordon Stauffer
Indiana State University
Stauffer
ISU
Indiana State
Washburn University
Topeka
Kansas
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Michigan State University
MSU Spartans
Washburn
Oklahoma
Roverton High School
Muncie
Calvary Division Artillery
Norma
Terre Haute
Culvettes Host Social With Volleyball and Fry Dinner
The Clark County Culverettes and families gathered at Gene and (Mrs) Higginbotham’s home on Saturday afternoon April 27 for volleyball and softball. Charles Kemp fried a thick fry that was enjoyed by Jackie Dickey, Dean Baird and family, Davey Snider and family, James Nestleroad and family, Kathy Alrey, Gene Doran and family, Janie Smith, Irene Hibschman and family, Becky and Larry, and the Higginbothams. The Clark County Metal Products Company supplied the deep fryer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County
Gene Doran
Janie Smith
Irene Hibschman
Becky
Larry
Gene Higginbotham
County seeks pioneer dress for outdoor living show
The Wark County Sesqui-centennial committee urges all residents of Wark County and Marshall to wear pioneer costumes for the Jaycee Outdoor Living Show on May 10. The event promotes local heritage and community participation.
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Wark County
County
Marshall
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DR. Baughman
Son
Bill Thorp Photo
Floyd Robbard
Struffer
Clark County Metal Products Company
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