Pioneering mower inventor recalls Yazoo Master tie to Centralia
In Southern Illinois Pete Brown profiles Morris Ghere, creator of a groundbreaking gas powered mower later branded as the Yazoo Master. He recalls 1945 46 production in Centralia and the Mississippi plant deal that expanded the line before market pressure and fires forced a sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Brown
Morris Ghere
Centralia
Tdeas
Ghere
John Barker
Nashville
Ernie Williamson
A. W. Hutchings
Jackson
Mississippi
Morris
Ernie
I. C. Depot
Yazoo County
Yazoo
Marshall Jaycees Junior Sports Jamboree
The Junior Sports Jamboree at Marshall High School athletic field included 47 participants aged 10 to 13. Winners across events such as long jump high jump baseball throw and sprints were named with many named participants and future sectional meet hopes at Centralia Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Jaycees
Marshall High School
Rose Callahan
Mary Kile
Donna Burnam
Randy Strohm
David Batson
Greg Athey
Steve Fulford
Susan McManus
Jo Cline
Phil Martz
Bill Meehling
Tom Meehling
John McNanus
Connie Siverly
Mannette Cline
Debbie Zellers
Joe Kile
Fred Eitel
Bill Maurer
Daryl Ray
Centralia
Illinois
Junior Bowling News luncheon honors Bantam squads
Wayne Maurer Marshall Bowl manager hosts a Junior Boys Bantam Boys and Bantam Girls league luncheon Saturday at Tom's Cafe. Seventy nine bowlers attend with thirteen adults and three guests. awards go to Bantam Girls and Bantam Boys with doubles and singles events won by Dawnelle Brown and Mike Craig respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I Can Legion
James Harper
Donald Ferris
Steve Bennett
Dolores Stout
Maxine Volk
Bantam Girls
Tamie Stout Mose
Dawnelle Brown
Beulah Crocker
American Legion
John Allen
John Spangler
Bantam Boys
Mike Volk
Bradley Melton
Sue Norton
Norma Lewis
Norma Wilhoit
Ralph Delph
Max Melton
Dale Crumlin
Fern Waight
Mike Moschenrose
Steve Turner
Opal Murphy
Walter Crocker
Rollo Simpson
Dennis Row
Wayne Maurer
Marshall Bowl
Tom’s Cafe
Dan's DX
Marshall Golf Course
Chet
Oscar’s
Kirchner Lumber
Union
Marshall Grocery
Kent Crumlin
Mike Delp
Mike Craig
Ameri
Art and Paint Show Highlights in Marshall
Marshall hosts an Art and Paint Show on May 10 by the Marshall Art League and Casey Paint Box with two categories general and sesquicentennial. Floyd Bombard of Terre Haute judged 71 entries with three prizes per category. top winners include Mrs. Ruby Kronk Mrs. Audrey Davidson and Mrs. Doris Ennis in general and Mrs. Rita Tarble Mrs. Anneliese Davis and Mrs. Wanda Spittler in the sesquicentennial. Prize money donated by American Legion of Marshall and VF W of Casey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Art League
Casey Paint Box
Marshall
American Legion of Marshall
VFW of
Casey
Floyd Bombard
Terre Haute
Ruby Kronk
Martingville
Luau
Audrey Davidson
Stickler’s Farm
Doris Ennis
Lobster Bay L
Rita Tarble
Anneliese Davis
Griffith
Wanda Spittler
Ohio Chapel social notes recount steady spring rains
The report lists local visits and gatherings across Ohio including Anna Shotwell Ruth Boyer at Annapolis, Mary Sue Wells graduation in Hutsonville, Hazel Dell and Centralia Robinson Iris Garden trips, numerous neighbors dropping by, birthday surprise for Evelyn Knowles, and visits by Mike Bumpus, the Gals & Roll Club, and craft display attendance in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Shotwell
Ruth Boyer
Hazel Nichols
Annapolis
Pato Dehl
Pleasie Bartlett
Mary Sue Wells
Hutsonville
Wells
Alicia Moore
Lucille Vanfleet
Hazel Dell
Virginia Lindley
Mabel Gard
Iris Garden
Centralia
Robinson-lest
Grant Hollenbeck
Delphia Hewitt
Cleona Gard
Harold Graham
John Heleine
Charles H. Moore
Fern Wernz
Neal Bumpus
Quimba Norton
Richard and
Rex
Darrell Graham
Margaret DuVall
Earl Anderson
Edith Ledermann
Mike Bumpus
True Thompson
Evelyn Knowles
Carroll Gard
R. H. Gard
Wm Imle
Ada McDaniel
Adah Gray
Jeanne Buckner
Dorothy Wernz
Bernard Marvin
Florida
Ohio State
Gals & Roll Club
Barbara
Mary Crumlin
Percy Nichols
Tom Fulton
Dorothy
Robert White
Grace Starkey
Paris
Elder Chester Chilton Visits Mill Creek Church
Local report notes several residents visiting church and attending social hours in Marshall and nearby towns. Families from Ernest Cedar Lake Old York and West York share dinners and calls at the Marrs Funeral Home, Marshall cemetery visits, and graduations. Hutsonville FFA to receive charter at Illinois State Convention June 11 13 with 34 members in 1967 68.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Chilton
Marshall
Mill Creek
Herman Carpenter
Cedar Lake
Indiana
Grace Higginbotham
Everett
Ben Strohm
Ernest
John Blizzard
Maude Miller
Marrs
Anna Pulver
Marshall Cemetery
Winona Garner
Dorothy Jean Riggs and
Mary Carpenter
Harry
Woodford Williams and
Stansley Miller
Annapolis
Robert Jackson
Brad Daughery
Old York
Henry Nash
West York
Sentinel
Zion Home Bureau May Breakfast at Lincoln Trail Park
The Zion Home Bureau held a May breakfast at Lincoln Trail Park on May 8 at 9 30 p m. Attendees included Mrs. Freda Tingley Mrs. Edith Tingley Mrs. Norma Seidel Mrs. Violet Beard Mrs. Virginia Myles Mrs. Corrina Tingley Mrs. Violet Miller Mrs. Mary Lou Wrents Mrs. Pat Schafer Mrs. Bar Ts Ora Bear Alice Manning Mrs. Helen Tarman Mrs. Delores Stout Mrs. Beverly Berner Mrs. Mary Schaefer Miss Jane Evans Karen Wertz Eric Berner Thessa Schafer Darren Schaefer and Janney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion Home
Lincoln Trail Park
Freda Tingley
Edith Tingley
Norma Seidel
Violet Beard
Virginia Myles
Corrina Tingley
Violet Miller
Mary Lou Wrents
Pat Schafer
Bar- Ts
Ora Bear
Alice Manning
Helen Tarman
Delores Stout
Beverly Berner
Mary Schaefer
Jane Evans
Karen Wertz
Eric Berner
Thessa Schafer
Darren Schaefer
Janney
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Aya
Ma Junior Bowling News
Plymouth
Ralph Prevo
Ohio Chapel
Everett Shoemaker
True Thomp
Mrs. Maudeville
FFA Chapter
FFA
PAT & Herb
Plum
Spires
Claypool Auto Supply
Clarksville, Ill
Fred Murphy
United States
First National Bank
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