Clark County Fair Board updates and safety notice
The Clark County Fair Board met May 8 and announced box seats on sale until July 18. They plan track fencing, a new canvas, and appoint John Van Fleet and Joe Kemp as dairy cattle staff with upgrades to beef supervision. Safety concerns rise over boys firing rifles on fairground and lake areas. parents urged to stop this. A running horse starting gate was purchased for joint use by four fairs. Frances Myles reports ads for the fair book near completion. contact her to place ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Cline
Clark County Fair Association
John van Fleet
Joe Kemp
Hugar McConchie
Harold Dean Myers
Fair Board
Pearate
Greenup
Martinsville
Newton
Frances Myles
Fair Association
Mrs. Myles
Small Boys Fire Rifles Endangering Town
Readable text recounts two boys aged 13 and 14 firing rifles with bullets traveling far, one bullet striking North Seventh Street in Marshall. They did not grasp the danger of the weapon. The incident highlights reckless handling of firearms by youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mar“cartria
North Seventh Street
Marshall
Martinsville Student Wins Soil Judging Contest
Martinsville student James Hammond placed third in the inexperienced division of the soil judging contest at the University of Illinois. He is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture majoring in agronomy and received a pen set as his award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hammond
Martinsville
University of Illinois
Labert Hammond
Jim
College of Agriculture
Soil Conservation Service
Field and Furrow Club
James
Births Report at Union Hospital and Fort Leonard Wood
Rome couple Mr and Mrs Omar Shawler welcomed a son Sunday night weighing 7 pounds 11 ounces named Donald mother is Virginia Meehling third child Sgt and Mrs Clyde L Pine of Waynesville Missouri announce a daughter Karen Ann born May 5 at Ft Leonard Wood they have two other children Kevin and Janice Marshall couple Mr and Mrs Ray Welsh route 5 Marshall are proud parents of a daughter Janet Sue born May 5 at Union Hospital Terre Haute she weighed 8 pounds
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omar Shawler
Union Hospital
Donald
Virginia Meéhling
Clyde L. Pine
Waynesville
Missouri
Karen Ann
Sgt. Pine
Ft. Leonard Wood
Kevin
Janice
Ray Welsh
Route 5
Marshall
Terre Haute
Janet Sue
Local Marriage Licenses Released for Several Couples
John C. Meadows 34 of East St. Louis Illinois and Billie Jean Ryan 26 of East St. Louis Illinois. Harry Leroy Lewis 20 of Marshall and Mary Irene Thompson 16 of Marshall. James R. Kelley 44 of Terre Haute Indiana and Mabel I Rodgers 51 of Terre Haute Indiana. John Lt Head 21 of Columbus Indiana and Anne M Brown 19 of Columbus Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Meadows
East St. Louis
Engagement of Beverly Ann Pine to Donald Crawford
Mr and Mrs Alvin Pine of Huntley Illinois announce the engagement of their daughter Beverly Ann to Donald Crawford son of Mr and Mrs Howard Crawford of Genoa Illinois Beverly Ann is granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Pine of Annapolis Illinois The wedding is planned for this fall
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Alvin Pine
Huntley
Illinois
Marshall
Beverly Ann
Donald Crawford
Howard Crawford
Genoa
Ilinois
Fred Pine
Annapolis
Dr Martha Dunlap to Speak at Marshall
The Clark County Home Bureau annual meeting is set for Monday May 22 at 1 30 in the Congregational Church in Marshall Registration begins at 1 00 Miss Ella Fikuart Home Adviser and the committee have planned a half day event with new officers to be installed Special music is planned and Dr Martha Dunlap assistant director of the Dunota Extension service will speak on Are You Ready For The Future This will be a classy and informative talk The Friendly Bureau meeting on May 5 counts attendance for units
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County Home Bureau
Congregational Church
Marshall
Ella Fikuart
Clark County
Martha
Dunlap
Dlinota Extension Service
Springtime in Arizona
Elsie Hutchinson, a former Clark County resident, renews the Herald for another year while noting marvelous spring and early summer weather in Phoenix. She reports temperatures around 96 degrees during the day with cool evenings and Phoenix’s rapid growth continuing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Hutchinson
Clark County
The
Herald
Phoenix
Arizona
Funeral Services for Ruth Serwise Held at Moore
Ruth Serwise age 62 died Friday at Union Hospital Terre Haute after an eight day illness. Funeral services were Sunday at 2 30 pm at Moore Funeral Home with Rev Jesse Davis officiating. Burial followed in Marshall Cemetery. Survived by sister Mary Serwise of Marshall and several nieces.
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Ruth Serwise
Tall Mushroom Story From Auburn Township
Ralph Burkett reports a mushroom discovery in Auburn township, noting a 15 inch tall specimen with 10 inch circumference and seven specimens large enough to fill a two by one foot plastic bag. The text also lists several divorce praecipe cases in circuit court including Norma Jean Davidson vs Fred A Davidson Beulah L Edwards vs Ralph H Edwards Katherine R Woods vs Frederick J Woods and Patricia Wieland vs Charles E Wieland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Burkett
Auburn Township
Norma Jean Davidson
Fred A
Mushroom find reported near Rocky Branch by Dorothy Pierce
Dorothy Pierce of Route 3 Marshall reported to the Herald on Wednesday a yellow motel mushroom nine inches tall and 14 inches in circumference weighing a half pound, found in Rocky Branch, along with 13 other mushrooms observed on the same outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Pierce
Marshall
Herald
Rocky Branch
Mrs Rush Dolson Is Patient at Terre Haute Hospital
Mrs Dolson of West Union is a patient in St Anthony Hospital Terre Haute in room 474.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush Dolson
West Union
St. Anthony Hospital
Terre Haute
Brick Home Bureau Installs New Officers
The Brick Home Bureau unit met May 9 at Mrs. Catherine Harper’s West Union home. Mrs. Gertrude Strohm installed new officers for the year, with Margaret Hunt as chairwoman and Mildred Bumpus, Ros Alle Huffington as vice chairs, Neema Arbuckle as secretary treasurer, and Florence Etcinson as executive board member. The next meeting is June 18 at Lincoln Trail State Park with outdoor cooking and lessons planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Bureau
Catherine Harper
West Union
Harper
Rosalie Huffington
Ruth Bubeck
Gertrude Strohm
Margaret-Hunt
Mildred Bumpus
Ros
Florence Etcinson
Lincoln Trail State Park
Kathy Wells
Mary Lou Strohm
Wnt
Lions Club pool project debt reduction update
The Marshall Lions Club reports a five year pool program totaling 61 677 46 with 43 407 paid off from contributions and only 19 250 remaining. The pool was not funded by bonds or public taxes and has been financed entirely by community generosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Lions Club
Gage Acame
Marshall High School track team shines at Wabash Valley meet
Marshall high school's track squad finished seventh at the Wabash Valley meet held at Rose Poly Field in Terre Haute on May 6. Jerry Titus placed third in high jump 5 ft 10 in, Danny Wernz fourth in broad jump 19 ft 8 in, Fred Downs fifth in the half mile, Manny Stover fifth in the 220.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Rose Poly
Terre Haute
Wiley
Jerry Titus
Danny Wernz
Fred Downs
Manny Stover
National Honor Society
Memorial Day Harness Meet at Martinsville Fairgrounds
The first annual Memorial Day Horse racing meet is set for Martinsville New Jersey Fairgrounds. The program includes 2 year old ice and trot races 3 year old pace and trot with 26 eligible horses plus two running races and one quarter horse race. Time trials for Harness ponies run 8:30 to 11. Post time is 1 30 p m with charting by the United States Trotting Association and lunch on grounds by Westfield American Legion Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
NJ Fairgrounds
America
United States Trotting Association
Westfield American Legion Post
Mothers Day Services at Marshall Baptist Church
Marshall Baptist Church announces Sunday school at 9 30 a m and worship at 10 30 a m with the theme Faith of our Mothers A flower will be presented to every mother. Evening service is at 1 30 p m. Week announcements list community activities and meetings through the week.
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Mothers Day Services
Marshall Baptist Church
Policeman Pvt Harry R Irwin Wins Cal 45 Trophy at Fort Gordon
Pvt Harry R Irwin of Marshall Illinois won the Cal 45 pistol marksman trophy at the Provost Marshal General School Fort Gordon Georgia competing with fellow Military Police Trainees of Company EF PMG School. He received the trophy from Brig Gen Patrick H Devine at graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry R. Irwin
Marshall, Til
Provost Marshal General's School
Ft. Gordon
Georgia
PMG
Patrick H. Devine
Provost Marshal General Center
United Nations
Korea
Eighth
US Army
Devine
Fort Gordon
Irwin
Marshall High School
Mary L. Irwin
North 14Th St. Marshall
Army
Ft. Leonard Wood
Provost Marshal General’s School
Marshall
Mothers Day Program at Auburn Church
A M Y F Mothers Day program will be held Sunday May 14 at 7 30 pm in Auburn church. The oldest and youngest mother present will receive a flower, and all are welcome to support the youths involved in the program led by James Douglas M Y F president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn Church
James ‘Douglas
Newborn Son Reported in Marshalltown Community
Relatives in Marshalltown Iowa announce the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs John Col dren Jr at Marshalltown. The baby was named John D IV and weighed 6 pounds 14 ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
John Coldren, Jr
Marshalltown
Iowa
John D. IV
Casey Quartette at Mill Creek Church
Finney Brothers quartet from Casey will perform at Mill Creek Baptist church next Sunday night May 14 at 7 30 D S T. N A Brown route 4 Marshall delivered two White Rock hen eggs to the Herald office. One egg measured 8 5/8 inches long and 6 5/8 inches around the other 8 1/4 inches long and 6 inches around both eggs resembled turkey eggs more than hen eggs.
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N. A. Brown
Route 4
Marshall
Herald Office
Skating Party Sponsored by Clark County 4-H Federation
Clark County 4-H Federation sponsors a skating party on May 16 from 6 00 to 8 00 p m. All 4 H members are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County
4-H Federation
4-H
Kannmacher Twins Win Honors In College Commencement
Judith Ann and Linda Kay Kannmacher of Marshall prepare to graduate from the College of Commerce and Business Administration at Illinois with top honors. Both carry 4.6 GPAs, are Phi Kappa Phi and Beta Gamma Sigma members, and will join the Bronze Tablet list. They plan full-time secretarial careers after June 17 graduation.
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Kannmacher
Marshall
Judith Ann
Linda Kay
Ray Kann-macher
College of Commerce and Business Administration
Linda
Judy
Phi Kappa Phi
University
Alpha Lamda Delta
Beta Gamma Sigma
Sigma Iota Epsilon
All Independent Women
Illinois
Twins Ave
McKinley Hall
YWCA
Illini Union
Linda Also Is Going To Work As A Secretary, Possibly On the West Coast
Karen Lee
Marshall High School
Radio Indusries
Judith Ann Kannmacher
Ray Kannmacher
N. 2Nd St
Denon Paul M.greven
University of Illinois College of Commerce and Business Administration
Commerce
Marriage on the National Road Ends a Long Romance
A century long romance culminated Saturday with the marriage of Daniel Renner 67 and Susan Tague 69 between Marshall and Terre Haute along the National Road. Also noted: J L McKibbin and Cora Olive Cochonour wed in Casey. Bruce Spires and Hattie Spangenburg listed for licenses. Emma C. Lockard sold 80 acres near Marshall to Hector B. Dulaney for 7500 dollars. Government engineers begin Wabash river survey later this month, building a 120 by 25 foot boat at Terre Haute for the project, crew to live aboard.
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J. W. Lewis
Marshall House
G. M. Waldron
Cherry Point
Illinois
Daniel Renner
Susan Tague
Marshall
Terre Haute
Wabash River
Bruce Spires
Dolson
Hattie Spangenburg
Darwin
John L. McKibbin
Evergreen
Colorado
Cora Olive Cochonour
Casey
Stacy G. Bradbury
West Union
Ola G. Murphy
York
Clarence L. Bradbury
Marion
Indiana
Grace M. Hale
Emma C. Lockard
Hector B. Dulaney
Forty Years Ago 1921 Marriage Licenses
Marriage licenses list Glenn Smitley 20 of Wabash township and Edith Burkholder 19 of Wabash township. Mr and Mrs Frank Hornbrook of Clarksville returned from church to a home dinner set for their 20th wedding anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Smitley
Wabash Township
Edith Burkholder
Frank Hornbrook
Clarksville
Byrd Here En Route To Dayton After Stop At W National Dixie
Admiral Richard E. Byrd of the U S Navy, with Leo Mc Donald and a Pathe News representative, stopped at the W National Dixie Hotel for a few hours Friday morning before boarding a Pennsylvania train in Marshall for Dayton, Ohio. A marriage license was issued in Paris last Friday to James Nickles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E. Byrd
U S. Navy
Leo McDonald
Pathe News
W National Dixie Hotel
Byrd
Peoria
Marshall
Pennsylvania
Dayton
Ohio
Paris
James Nickles
Marshall Lions Club House to House Pool Fund Drive
Members of the Marshall Lions Club will conduct a house to house drive for funds on Tuesday evening May 16. The drive aims to retire the remaining $19,250 owed on the pool as the community has already paid $61,677.46. Interest totaling $6,132.50 has been met, though no payments have yet been made to landowners for interest or principal. Your continued support is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Lions Club
Cleaning shop changes in Marshall and Flora
Basil Moore of Flora takes over Bliss Cleaning Shop in Marshall from M. D. Bliss. Moore previously managed a Marshall cleaning shop for B. M. Flenner of Martinsville. Maggie Wilson, 33, and 52 year old, both of Marshall, are mentioned in connection with the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Wilson
Marshall
Basil Moore
Flora
Bliss
M. D. Bliss
Mr. Moore
B. M. Flenner
Martinsville
Local Marriage Licenses and Births Reported
Twenty years ago in 1941 marriage licenses were issued to Leland Gabel and Marjorie Hacker, both young Illinois residents, and Boyd Nichols and Eloise Williams, West Union. Births include Robert Vincent to Mr and Mrs Robert Smith in Washington DC and a daughter to Mr and Mrs E J Ullemeyer of Rock Island. Seven year old Jack Strohm of West Union was seriously hurt while riding in his uncle’s lap during corn planting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Gabel
Greenup
Illinois
Marjorie Hawker
Hazel Dell
Boyd Nichols
West Union
Eloise Williams
Robert Smitley
Washington, D. C
Robert Vincent
E. J. Ullemeyer
Rock Island
Jack Strohm
Dean Strohm
Max Strohm
Pamela Susan Jones Born in Long Beach California
Ten years ago in 1951 Mr and Mrs Dale Jones of Long Beach California welcomed a daughter Pamela Susan weighing 7 pounds 6 ounces born May 5 Dale is the son of Mrs Susan Jacobs of Marshall In other notes Mrs Walter Sanders found a motel mushroom weighing 214 pounds 11 inches tall with a 19 inch circumference Also listed are marriage licenses Lloyd Harold Hendrix 21 Marshall and Virginia Louise Kraemer 16 Marshall John Brandenstein who wintered in Fort Bayard NM arrived in Marshall and plans to stay Breeders of Hereford cattle in Clark County held a Martinsville High School meeting forming the Clark County Hereford Breeders Association
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Jones
Long Beach
California
Pamela Susan
Dale
Susan Jacobs
Marshall
Walter Sanders
Lloyd Harold Hendrix
Virginia Louise Kraemer
Marshall John Brandenstein
Fort Bayard
New Mexico
Clark County
Martinsville High School
Hereford Breeders Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clark County Fair Board
Sale Rome
Beverly Ann Pine
Martha Dunlap
Terre Haute Hospital
Brick Home Bureau
South Side School
Sam Hewitt
Westfield Baptist Associational Mission Board
First Baptist Church
Ill
Women's Missionary Society
Sunbeams
Girla
Mill Creek Church
Fromoma
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