Fifty Years Ago 1913 Local Notices Chronicle
A crowded 1913 snapshot notes a well drilled six feet wide at base and up to 40 feet at top, flood levee work, and a string of marriages births and deaths. It lists marriage licenses including Robson Coons and Patchett Claypool Gray Fort, plus Hill Kurts Lindsey Nay, and Coryell Hutchison. Also reports births to Tally Norton Norton Davison Hollenbeck Stone Spires and others, a church move, a Marshall pastor, a cafe fire, and local obituaries for Renner and Davidson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Robson
Minnie Coons
Dolson Township
Jonathan Oo. Patchett
Martinsville
Ruth M. Claypool
Branch
Michigan
Jesse Gray
Laura Fort
Casey
Clace Thompson
Melrose Township
Opal
James W. Graham
Marshall
Lloyd Beachout
Auburn
Ruth Murphy
Willard Leon Lindsey
Selah Jane Nay
William Grisham
Lewis Gresham
Chicago Heights
I Tally
Anna Sbernadine
M@lvin Norton
Thomas Norton
Ross Davison
Loren Hill
Nina Kurts
William H. Logue
Florence Cooper
A. S. Coryell
West Union
Maureen
Jack Hutchison
Indianapolis
Charles Bush
Orval Burnain
Centralia
Virgil Fox
South Dolson
Gerald Leon
Henry Funk
Henry, Jr
Funk
Joy Crowe
Wayne Hollenbeck
William Daniel
Thomas Stone
Joaquin
Texas
Stone
Mae Blair
West York
Howard Oborn
Ten Years Ago 1953 Local News Snapshot
A 15 year old Warren Wells of West Union lost his right arm below the elbow after a corn picker accident near Paris. In Oklahoma City a marriage unites Sylvia Ritter Nash and Jerome H. Millhouse. A baby boy is born at Union Hospital Terre Haute to Clayton Kuhn and spouse. Two marriage licenses issued: Don Statesman and Bernice Brandenberg. Walter Eugene Green and Peggy Pauline Martin. Harold L Moore and Phyllis Rae Hornbrook. Illinois drought raises poisonous gas risk in upright silos, says University of Illinois dairy specialist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Wells
Kenneth Wells
West Union
Paris Hospital
Sylvia Ritter Nash
Jerome H. Millhouse
Marshall
John D. Arbuckle
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Clayton Kuhn
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Don
Statesman
Martinsville
Bernice Brandenberg
Casey
Walter Eugene Green
Peggy Pauline Martin
Harold L. Moore
Phyllis Rae Hornbrook
Dennison Area Announces Wide Family Visits and fifty year celebration
Local social notes list visits among Dennison residents with West Terre Haute Marshall and Paris connections. Open house Saturday marks the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Harold R Taylor and his California spouse. A Bible verse closes the column amid community updates. A final question asks if high school boys will run the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Ham
William Kennedy
West Terre Haute
Harold R. Taylor
Laura Cram
Tustin
California
Albert Coveleski
Harold Morecraft
Marshall
Dean Holmes
David Bland
Donnetta
William Parsons
Mabel Parsons
Beulah
Dale Mason
Orville Taylor
Foster Thompson
Augusta Homles
Maggie Bland
B. C. Ham
Russell Taylor
Robert Weeks
Dennison Recreation
Hall
Annetta Green
West’ Terre Haute
Winford Taylor
Nell Coffin
Wayne
Michigan
Herbert
Hunt
Terre Haute
Don Jones
Caffin
Jones
Danny ‘Taylor
Tom Jones
Indianapolis
E. O. Jones
Teresa
Cheryl Bowling
Metcalf
Gust Thompson
Edmond Bowling
Carson
Nancy Lewis
Frank Doll
Basil Moore
Joe Ramsey
A. E. Doll
West Liberty Social News Recaps House Visits
Mrs Rosa Statesman reports a series of local visits in West Liberty. Families including Coxs, Stevens, Lashbrook, Anderson, Fitzjarrald, Sweitzer, Morgan, Welsh and others were seen at homes or nursing facilities. Intermittent notes mention a doctor’s visit and weekend stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Cox
Ivan
Ben Cox
Joe Stevens
Charleston
James Lashbrook
Bertha Davis
Oblong
M. L. Behner
Clyde Anderson
Irene Starks
Bathel Fitzjarrald
Dr Weaver
Charley Fitzjarrald
Also Mentioned on This Page
Archer Avenue
Marshall City Hall
Raymond Spires
Chicago
Lillian Marie
George Frederick Renner
William Robert Davidson, Sr
Robert Jr
Illinois
University of Tilinois
Elsie Cash
St. Louis
God
Ethel Fitzgarrald
Ethel Marrs
Rosa Statesman
Wilma Parker
Homer Geffs
Olen Lee
Beulah Stegal
Hal Lee
Dema Kay
Don Sawyer
Mattoon
Stegal
University of Ilinois
West Liberty
Mrs. Rosa Statesman
THE
Wtay Robinson
EMGE
Wieners
Blessee
Wisconsin
Jonathon
Ste. Ads
Cartolis
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