IGA Introduces Red Carpet Service in Central Illinois Stores
Richard J. Jones announces the Red Carpet Service rollout in 46 states with IGA stores in central Illinois and western Indiana ready to offer extras and conveniences to female shoppers. Staff will wear red executive style coats, red ties, and red blouses while checkout and carry out crews adopt red caps, creating a formal shopping experience. Don R Grimes calls the program one of the largest in IGA's 35 year history.
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IGA
Richard J. Jones
Jones
Illinois
Indiana
IGA Red
Don R. Grimes
Hi Y Installation Set for Next Sunday
The Hi Y junior branch at the Congregational church will install new members next Sunday afternoon at 4 o clock and award gold pins. Rev David Hamm will conduct the service and present pins, while Rev Ronald Allin of the Presbyterian church of Paris will deliver the sermon. The new members are Donald Baggs Victor Boyer James Brown Ronald Buckner Stephen Eitel Troy Harmon Warren LeFever Michael Macey Larry Macke Larry Miller James Mitchell Eugene Pantle Jr Charles Renner James Reynolds James M Stepp Michael Stover and Larry Woodard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
Hi-Y
David Hamm
Ronald Allin
Presbyterian‘church-of-Paris
Donald Baggs
Victor Boyer
James Brown
Ronald Buckner
Stephen Eitel
Troy Harmon
Warren’ LeFever
Michael Macey
Larry Macke
Larry Miller
James Mitchell
Eugene Pantle, Jr
Charles Renner
James Reynolds
James M. Stepp
Michael Stover
Larry Woodard
Lyric Theater in Casey Burned During Storm
Fire at the Lyric Theatre in Casey Saturday morning around 10 o clock destroyed the building and damaged two adjacent structures. Officials believe lightning started the blaze.
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Lyric Theater
Casey
Lyric Theatre
Divorce Granted in Circuit Court
Sally B. Taylor was granted a divorce from James H. Taylor in circuit court. Mrs. Taylor received custody of the minor children. He was ordered to pay $50 alimony per month and $150 per month for child support.
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Sally B. Taylor
James H. Taylor
Celebrated 85th Birthday of Will Davidson
Will Davidson celebrated his 85th birthday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Berner route 4 last Sunday. Dinner was attended by Arch Davidson Dick Davidson Antone Wernz Jack Bill Berner Dusty Strohm Nelle Strohm Polly Dean Felicia Lowry Tommy Wernz Albert Wernz Billy Sweitzer and other family guests.
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Will Davidson
Edgar Berner
Route 4
Arch Davidson
Dick Davidson
Antone Wernz
Jack
Bill Berner
Dusty
Richard Strohm
Nelle Strohm
Polly Dean
Felicia Lowry
Tommy Wernz
Albert Wernz
Billy Sweitzer
Turnip Raiser Melvin Behner Delivers Three-Pound Harvest
Melvin Behner, aged 18, of northwest of Marshall, is noted as a turnip producer. He brought to the Herald office Monday morning an unusually large turnip that weighed three pounds.
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Melvin Behner
Marshall
Herald Office
Radish A Whopper Grows Near Martinsville
Doyle Mills of Marshall reports a six and one half pound radish raised by Harry Brown south of Martinsville. The find was brought to the Herald Office on Friday.
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Doyle Mills
South Sixth St
Marshall
Herald Office
Harry Brown
Martinsville
Football Banquet Set for November 18 in New Gym
The annual banquet will be held Monday November 18 at 6 30 P M in the new gymnasium. Attendees are asked to bring well filled baskets and their own service. Drinks will be furnished.
Chicago Stock Show to Open Nov 24
The 62nd International Live Stock Exposition, Horse Show and Rodeo opens November 24 in Chicago, running to December 2. About 10 000 farm animals from 39 breeds will compete for 135000 in prizes with 47 judges from 14 states Canada and Argentina. The grand champion steer will be chosen November 27 before 10 000 attendees.
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United States
Canada
States
Argentina
International Amphitheatre
Interstate Cowboys Association
Chicago’ Stock Yards
Layman's Revival at Marshall Baptist Church November 6 to 10
Revival services at the Marshall Baptist Church run November 6 through 10 with church men delivering messages. Each evening starts at 7 30 and features a music leader devotional and a sermon. Pastor Clyde C Campbell invites the public to attend.
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the Baptist Church
Marshall
Warren Smith
Robert Kintz
Don Morgan
Harold Kintz
Russel Stogsdill
Richard Perry
Floyd White
Paul Walker
Armstrong Party Brightens Hallo we'en at church
Sixteen Armstrong Methodist church children gathered at the Shirley home for a Hallo we'en supper hosted by Armstrong kindergarten Sun day school teachers Mrs. Fenton Shirley and Dick Wallace with junior leaders Kay Engles and Hyla Kuhn assisting. Guests included mothers Mrs. Darrell Randolph Mrs. Robert Milton Mrs. Carl Mulvihill and Mrs. Jeannette E Ferris. Dressed in costumes the children named Kent Sweitzer Larry Sweitzer Marlen Kuhn Donna Barnam Buddy Davidson Keith Welsh Bruce Welsh Carol Elliott Gregg Mulvihill Timmy Mulvihill Annette Ferris Anita Ferris Janice Randolph Sharrell Milton and Barbara Milton. Mrs Thelma DeBaum of Tampa Florida traveled here due to her father Bert Walls’s death.
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Jack O
Armstrong Methodist Church
Shirely
Armstrong
Fenton Shirely
Dick Wallace
Kay Engles
Hyla Kuhn
Darrell Randolph
Robert Milton
Carl Mulvihill
Jeannette E. Ferris
Kent Sweitzer
Larry Sweitzer
Marlen Kuhn
Donna Barnam
Buddy Davidson
Keith Welsh
Bruce Welsh
Carol Elliott
Gregg Mulvihill
Timmy Mulvihill
Annette Ferris
Anita Ferris
Janice Randolph
Sharrell Milton
Barbara Milton
Community Meeting With Sears-Roebuck Foundation Leader
Norman Davis of the Sears Roebuck Foundation will speak at an Martinsville community meeting at 8:00 PM in the city elementary school on Tuesday November 7. The foundation aims to aid American communities, with a medical program assisting physicians in underserved areas. The Martinsville Community Council sponsors the event and urges attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Davis
Midwest
Sears-Roebuck Foundation
Chicago
Martinsville
Roebuck Foundation
Sears, Roebuck and Co
United Church Women Plan World Community Day Meeting
The United Church Women of Marshall announce World Community Day observing Freedom to Know at Emmanuel Evangelical United Brethren Church. The 1:30 p.m. program led by Mrs. Ollie Tibbs supports Latin America education, clothing drives, and school supplies with a 8 cent per pound transportation surcharge via Church World Service.
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Freedom To Know
Emmanuel Evangelical United Brethren Church
Marshall
United Church
Ollie Tibbs
Marshall Ucw
United Church Women
Latin Americas
Tibbs
WCD
Church World Service
Saint Louis
Missouri
Marshall Council
Sunshine Club Meeting Notes At Mrs Milton's Home
Mrs Bertha Milton hosted the Sunshine Club at her home with a pot luck and noon service assisted by Mrs Norma Milton. Hattie Irwin called the meeting to order at 2 pm and the theme song Where is Sunshine was sung.
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Bertha Milton
Sunshine Club
Norma Milton
Blanche Taylor
Hattie Irwin
Sunshine
Ellen Shonk
Jessie Peace
Mattie Hurst
Ruth Tingley
Clara Kesler
Rose Bohn
Lizzie Ferris
Daisy Cole
Della Bohn
Effie Irwin
Anna Veach
Grace Jones
Michel Carrol Frazier
Marshall High School Lions Roar Staff Photo
Marshall community high school staff members are pictured with editors and sponsors named. The Lions Roar is a monthly student produced paper funded by a local publisher and distributed to junior and senior students with plans to widen access.
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The
Marshall High School
Lions Roar
Priscilla Weick
Norma Barstow
Marriage Licenses Granted in Terre Haute and Area
Andrew Elikofer and Mary A. Stewart of Marshall, William Clark of Wabash township and Catherine Strader of Terre Haute, plus Leroy Dill and Grace Doughty of Casey received marriage licenses in Terre Haute yesterday. Birth announced: Mr and Mrs Charles Veach welcomed a son born Friday.
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Andrew Elikofer
Mary A. Stewart
Marshall
William Clark
Wabash Township
Catherine Strader
Terre Haute
Leroy Dill
Grace Doughty
Casey
Charles Veach
Birth of a daughter to Rev and Mrs J E McCoy
Forty years ago in 1921 a 9 pound baby girl was born to Rev. and Mrs J E McCoy, noted as the proud parents of a daughter born on a Thursday. A wedding followed at St Edmunds Church in Chicago on October 22 as Catherine Jane Handwerker married Ernest Lockard Rea at 5 p m with Rev John N Pickels officiating.
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J. E. McCoy
St. Edmunds Episcopal Church
Chicago
Catherine Jane
Peter J. Handwerker
Ernest Lockard Rea
John N. Pickels
Thirty Years Ago 1931 Marriage Licenses Listed
A list of 1931 marriage licenses includes Richard Reed 21 Clinton Indiana with Louise Stewart 18 Clinton. Vincent Johnson 23 Terre Haute with Helen McLaughlin 18 Terre Haute. Carl McGowan 24 Indianapolis with Joel Steffy 26 Indianapolis. Darrel E Walker 21 Noblesville with Marjoria N Neiman 18 Fisher. John F Carpenter 24 Melrose with Genevieve Haddix 19 York. Paul P Lee 21 Humboldt with Mae F Knight 19 Mattoon. Also plans by Marshall men to widen Route 1 north from Marshall to Chicago were discussed at the National Dixie Hotel last week.
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Richard Reed
Clinton
Indiana
Louise Stewart
Vincent Johnson
Terre Haute
Helen McLaughlin
Carl McGowan
Indianapolis
Joel Steffy
Darrel E. Walker
Noblesville
Marjoria N Neiman
Fisher
John F Carpenter
Melrose
Genevieve Haddix
York
Paul P. Lee
Humbolt
Mae F. Knight
Mattoon
Marshall
Chicago
National Dixie Hotel
Births and a farm contest noted in local columns
Twenty Years Ago items report the birth of John Milton Helsenbeck at St. Anthony Hospital Terre Haute to Mr. and Mrs. John H. Helsenbeck. Births include a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. H E Swinford at Union Hospital and a daughter Carolyn Lucile for Mr. and Mrs. Everett Smithey at Union Hospital. Dale Gobb of Westfield wins the Clark county corn husking contest on the Paul Behner farm with 42.45 bushels husked in time.
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John H. Holsenbeck
John Milton
St. Anthony Hospital
Terre Haute
H. E. Swinford
Union Hospital
Casey
Everett Smitley
Carolyn Lucile
Dale Gobb
Westfield
Clark County
Paul Behner
Ten Years Ago 1951 Marriage Licenses and Births
Marriage licenses listed for James Edwin Baldwin and Ethel N Pot ter, William J F Meehling and Anna Katherine Scholfield, John D Davis and Cathryn Bedwell. Lucille Ferris to Winton W Werner announced by O C Ferris and family. Births note Dale Veach’s son Allen Dale at St Anthony Hospital. Birth: Joseph Clark and spouse a birth recorded.
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James Edwin Baldwin
Paris
Ethel N. Potter
William JF. Meehling
Marshall
Anna Katherine Scholfield
John D. Davis
Cathryn Bedwell
O. C. Ferris
West Union
Lucille
Winton W. Werner
Oak Ridge
Tennessee
William F. Werner
Grand Rapids
Minnesota
Dale Veach
St Anthony Hospital
Allen Dale
Joseph Clark
Robinson Defeats Marshall in E I Conference Game
The Robinson Maroons shut out the Marshall Lions 19 to 2 in an E I conference clash last Friday. Robinson halfback Allison intercepted a Marshall pass for a two point safety. The Lions, 4 3 overall, honor parents in a pre game ceremony and schedule two remaining games.
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Marshall Lions
Robinson Maroons
E. I
Allison
Robinson
Marshall
Lions
Terry Stepp
Panthers
Martinsville
Prust Hastings Wedding in Terre Haute Saturday
The marriage of Burton Prust of West Union and Mrs. Ann Forsythe Hastings of Terre Haute took place last Saturday at Centenary Methodist Church in Terre Haute. They left on an eastern trip and will reside in Terre Haute after returning.
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Burton Prust
West Union
Ann Forsythe Hastings
Terre Haute
Centenary Methodist Church
Indianapolis pair obtain marriage licenses
Gerald Herbert Otto aged 23 of Indianapolis wed Mary E. Jones 19 also of Indianapolis. James Russell Showalter 35 of Terre Haute married Jean Kendall 37 of Terre Haute.
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Gerald Herbert Otto
Indianapolis
Mary E. Jones
James Russell Showalter
Terre Haute
Jean Kendall
Birth and marriage notices from Janesville and Marshall
A Janesville birth at Mercy Hospital reports a daughter born Wednesday morning weighing 6 pounds 12 ounces to the Clark family of Marshall. On Saturday morning October 27 Katherine Scholfield wed William F. Meehling, son of the Meehling family of Marshall.
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Janesville
Wisconsin
Mercy Hospital
Joe
C. C. Clark
Marshall
Katherine Scholfield
John Scholfield
William F. Meehling
Frank Meehling, Marshall
Ogden Area Obituaries and Birth Notice Highlights
Mr and Mrs Virgil Maurer of Vandalia announce the birth of son Gerald Alan on October 25 weighing eight pounds fifteen ounces. W B Walls, 80, died last Saturday at his home in the south part. survived by widow Clara, daughter Thelma DeBaun, granddaughter Irma Barnett, two great grandchildren, all of Tampa. Funeral Monday at 2:00 p.m. at Moore Funeral Home, Marshall Christian Church minister Robert Luse. burial in Marshall Cemetery. Bertha Dolson, 69, of West Union died Tuesday at St. Anthony Hospital Terre Haute. survived by husband Rush, daughter Esther Dolson, sons Fenton and Gene Dolson, sisters Hallie Randolph Oblong IL, Ellen Pittman, Flossie Harrison both of Marshall, Fiona Forbes Terre Haute, brother James Drake Franklin IN, eight grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 2:00 p.m. from Prust-Hosch Funeral Chapel West Union with Rev Harold Neal. burial York Cemetery.
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Bert W Walls
Marshall
Clara
Thelma DeBaun
Irma Barnett
Tampa
Florida
Moore Funeral
Robert Luse
Marshall Christian Church
Marshall Cemetery
Bertha Dolson
West Union
St. Anthony Hospital
Terre Haute
Rush
Esther Dolson
Indianapolis
Fenton
Gene Dolson
Hallie Randolph
Oblong
Tlinois
Ellen Pittman
Flossie Harrison
Fiona Forbes
James Drake
Franklin
Indiana
Prust-Hosch
Harold Neal
York Cemetery
Marshall Woman's Club Meets November 13
The Marshall Woman's Club will meet on November 13 at 2 00 pm in the Methodist Church. The program includes prayer and current events presented by Marshall High School Debate students. Hostesses named: Mrs H F Schmalhaus en, Mrs Walter Edens, Mrs Omar Blankenship, Mrs Dick Davidson, and Mrs Charles Crumlin.
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Marshall Woman's Club
Methodist Church
Douglas Dewey Marshall
H F Schmalhausen
Walter Edens
Omar Blankenship
Dick Davidson
Charles Crumlin
Former student contributes to Marshall library
Pfc. Floyd A. Heckler, former Marshall High School graduate class of 1960, donates thirty volumes of The Americans ten volumes of The Book of Popular Science one unabridged dictionary seven Lands and People volumes and a Hammond Atlas to the Marshall school library. Elizabeth Bevington and Harry Huffinton view the collection as the district expresses thanks.
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Elizabeth Bevington
Marshall School
Harry Dean Huffington
Floyd Heckler
Marshall High School
Bevington
Harry Huffington
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Armstrong Party
Thelma DeBaum
Bert Walls
Now
Frank Gunder
Benton Marrs
Harry Bamesberger
Victor Miller
Gene Schmalhausen
John McCauley
Grendel Bennett
T. 5. Findlay
Decatur
William Burnside
Marshall Community High School
Jim Mitchell
Pat Mesrs
Nancy Young
Brice Miller
Judy Miller
Mrs. Weick
Carole Maurer
Garry Macke
Judy Turner
Dick Murphy
Cheryl Thompson
Bobby Joab
Martha Rose
Sue Macke
Trudy Lerner
Gary Miller
Vance Snedeker
Carole Cork
Mike Shonk
Cidy Clark
Linda Hunt
Don Maurer
Ana Maria Simpson
Ron Buckfer
Tony Cork
Cafeamek Tite
Virgil Maurer
Vandalia
Gerald Alaney
Pfc
Floyd A. Heckler
Armed Forces
Fort Louis
Washington
Board of Education
Marshall Community School
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