Homecoming Week Festivities at Local High School
Queen Bernadine Johns will reign at the 19872 Homecoming tonight with a parade at 2:00 from the high school led by the marching band. The football game versus Martinsville features a halftime crown ceremony and attendants Ginny Cornwell Doris Kay Pearce Judy Livvix and Marilyn Sue Quick. The Homecoming Dance follows at 9:30 in the new gym with Six Men of Note providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernadine
Johns
Martinsville
Ginny Cornwell
Doris Kay Pearce
Judy Livvix
Marilyn Sue Quick
Donny Stanfield
Johnny Bush
Fenton Macke
Bill Livvix
Founder of Velsicol Chemical Corp Dies in Chicago
Joseph Regenstein founder and chairman of Velsicol Chemical Corp died Monday evening October 14 at Chicago. His death ends a brilliant industrial career and brings deep loss to employees at the Marshall plant and those who knew him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Joseph Regenstein
Chicago
Legion Auxiliary Choir Performs Twice for Regional Meeting
The Legion Auxiliary choir will perform two appearances at the regional meeting. The events are scheduled for Sunday with the Tau Sorority and Marshall Kappe Signa l district involvement. The afternoon program includes a rain for the 718th district meeting of the American Legion in Christian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Auxiliary Choir
Legion
Kappe
Marshall
Tau
American’ “Legion
Chrisman
Real estate transfers list multiple warranty deeds
Charles and Minnie Dettro transfer lot 5 on North Jasper Avenue Place Casey to L H Johnson for 75 dollars dated March 14 1924. Marion and Mildred Garner transfer land in section 31 township 11 range 10 to Clara Lucille Garner for 1 dollar dated October 12 1957. Jane and Clay Montgomery transfer lots 4 and 5 block 28 original town of Marshall to Robert and Frances Flowers for 1 dollar dated October 4 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Minnie Dettro
L. H. Johnson
Jasper Avenue Place
Casey
Marion
Mildred Garner
Clara Lucille Garner
Jane and
Clay Montgomery
Robert and
Frances Flowers
Marshall
Clark County ASC Election Results and Local Visits
Clark County ASC elected Frank Hardway as chairman Marion McConchie as vice chairman Robert Statesman as member Clayton Barbee as first alternate Boyd Crow as second alternate at the County Convention held September 24 1957 at the Clark County ASC office. Mr and Mrs Harry Findley visited Dean Findley and family in town Thursday morning then traveled to Marion to see Mr and Mrs Fred Shoemaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASC
Clark County
Frank Hardway
Marion McConchie
Robert Statesman
Clayton Barbee
Boyd Crow
Harry Findley
Town
Dean
Marion
Fred Shoemaker
Penitentiary Terms, Divorce Granted In Circuit Court
Ralph Short, parolee from Terre Haute, arraigned for gas station robbery near Westfield and sentenced to one to two years at Menard penitentiary. Sheriff Milo Pearce escorted him to Menard on Tuesday. Phyllis Jean Doucett was granted a divorce from Hillard M. Doucett on cruelty grounds. Court ordered child support of no less than 50 dollars monthly by allotment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Short
Terre Haute
Westfield
Menard Penitentiary
Milo Pearce
Menard
Phyllis Jean Doucett
Hillard M. Doucett
Miss Phyllis Baker Receives Indiana University Degree
Miss Phyllis Baker a Robinson high school and Methodist Hospital School of Nursing graduate earned a Bachelor of Science in general nursing from Indiana University. While a student she joined the Cresset Club Nursing Education Club and Pi Lambda Theta and earned scholastic honors on founders day. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul H Baker and now serves as assistant supervisor and clinical instructor of pediatrics at Methodist Hospital Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Baker
Robinson High School
Methodist Hospital School of Nursing
School of Education
Indiana University
Cresset Club
Nursing Education Club
Pi-Lambda Theta
Miss Baker
Paul H. Baker
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Library adjusts Saturday hours starting October 19
At a Library Board meeting the trustees voted to shift Saturday hours to open at 1:00 PM and close at 6:00 PM beginning October 19. They cited low Saturday evening patronage and aim to better serve the public needs. Weekday hours remain 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM.
Twins Born to Mr and Mrs Phil Ensor of Cleve Ohio
Mr and Mrs Phil Ensor of Cleveland Ohio announce the birth of twins named Stuart Alan and Susan Lynn. The mother Patricia Maurer is daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Maurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Ensor
Cleveand
Ohio
Stuart Alan
Susan Lynn
Patricia Maurer
Robert Maurer
Sixth Seabees Battalion Fete Marks Long War Bond
Jerome H. Millhouse attends the eleventh annual convention of the sixth Seabees Battalion at the Saint Nicholas Hotel in Springfield, Illinois, Oct 11–13, with about 250 alumni and families. The unit served in World War II in the Southwest Pacific, including Guadalcanal landings on Sept 1, 1942, and built Henderson Field and many bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome H
Barney” _Millhouse
Last Sounds
Springfield
Tinois
Sixth Seabees Battalion
St” Nicholas
Seabees
Pacific
Guadal Canal
Henderson Field
Guadalcanal
Jim Trainer
Pensylvania
Trainer
Bridgea
Marshall Old Barney
Busy Bee Cafe
6Th Seabees
Eth
Indianapolis
Deaths of Samuel H Sheets and George E Smith listed
Samuel H Sheets 76 of West Union died Wednesday morning at Union Hospital Terre Haute. Survived by widow daughter three sons in Indiana two brothers nine grandchildren and retired mail carrier. Funeral 2:00 Friday at West Union Christian church Rev Paul Hazeltine officiating burial Walnut Prairie. George E Smith 28 of Marshall route 5 died Saturday at home. Survived by father Earl one brother John H Smith and grandmother Mrs Gina Dulaney. Funeral at Moore Funeral Home Tuesday 2:00 with Rev H J Kemp. burial Livingston Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel H. Sheets
West Union
Union Hospital
Terre' Haute
Iter
Winimac
Indiana
Wesley
Jake Sheets
Gary
Sheets
Prust-Hosch
George E. Smith
Marshall
Earl Smith
John H. Smith
Dennison
Gina Dulaney
Moore Funeral Home
H. J. Kemp
Livingston
Wabash Valley Association forms large planning project
Mt Carmel mayor J Roy Dee elected president of the Wabash Valley Association Inc at its first board meeting in Robinson Illinois. Officers include Charles Schenk Vincennes Ray Koehler Graysville and Charles Hedde Lawrenceville with David Day Terre Haute as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Roy Dee
Mt. Carmel
Til
Wabash Valley Association, Inc
Robinson, Ill
Charles Schenk
Vincennes
Ind
Ray Koehler
Graysville
Nil
Charles Hedde
Lawrenceville
Mdc
David I. Day
Terre
John Mitchell
Robinson
Joseph L. Quinn, Jr
Terre Haute
Lafayette
Danville
Association
Wabash Valley
Ohio River
Wabash River
Indiana
Purdue
University” of
Iinois
Joseph Russell
Department of Geography
University of Illinois
Indhe-Valley
Dee
Ghosts of Halloween Aid UNICEF in Marshall
Marshall children plan Halloween trick or treating on October 29 while collecting pennies and nickels for UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund. The Angels In Disguise group will meet at the Methodist church at 6 30 PM to receive collection cartons and begin visits, returning to the church basement for a party after 8 00 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Unicef
United Nations Children’s Fund
Methodist Church
Martinsville and Marshall Clash on Marshall Football Field
Martinsville meets Marshall in a high school football showdown on the Marshall field tonight. The article lists the 1960s era squad with head coach J O Jackson and assistant John Kirby among the coaches and a large roster of players including Larry Rasner and Jerry Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
Marshall
Larry Rasner
Danny Fitzgarald
Steve Connelly
Billy Livinx
Jerry Robinson
Jerry Titus
Dwight Wilson
Jim Tyler
Car
John Bush
Bill Garver
Robert Jones
Kent Knapp
Nicky Johnston
Max Hutchens
Jim Wyrick
Don Outright
Irvin Johnson
Rex Bonsteel
J O. Jackson
Jon McGee
Darrell Martin
Jerry Adams
James
Fifty Years Ago 1907 Marriages and Farm Purchases Highlight Local News
Robert Mitchell and wife welcomed a son as mother and babe recover. Ohio DIL Co buys two more farms near Martinsville adding Linn 120 acres and Wood 60 acres for tanks. Local weddings include Charles Bennett with Rosa Phillippi and Clark Bennett with Minnie Cox. Clara Poorman with Frederick A Baker. George Pulver with Inez Martin. Marriage licenses list several couples with ages and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Mitchell
Babe
Bob
Ohio Dil Co
Martinsville
Linn
Wood
Charles Bennett
Rosa Phillipps
Clark Bennett
Minnie Cox
Orange Township
Benson Martin
Clara Alice Poorman
Ben Poorman
West Union
Frederick A. Baker
George Pulver
Inez Martin
Frederick Baker
Marshall
Clara A. Poorman
George C. Pulver
Rosa Phillippi
Minnie M Cox
Local marriages and wartime notes from area towns
The report records multiple marriages including Margaret Estella Saiter to Russell G. Haddix and Fayette G. O Neal to George W Kasserman, with licenses listed for Schreech Downs Nelbarger Skipper Buehler Finkbiner and Clements. It notes military updates, a resident enlisting, a newborn, and a bankers estimate that the war costs the U S six and a half million dollars per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Saiter
Ernst
Margaret Estella
Russell G. Haddix
Snyder
George W. Kasserman
John W Kasserman
Newton
Fayette G. O'Neal
J. S. O’neal
Marshall
George Walter Schreech
Kansas
Illinois
Elma O. Downs
Douglas Township
Glenn S. Nelbarger
Johnson Township
Jennie May Skipper
Casey
William B. Buehler
Grace E. Finkbiner
Wabash Township
Margaret Estella Saiter
Darwin
Ernest Wallace Anderson
Rosella Phillips
Auburn
Olen R. Clements
Charles Curran
Paris
Camp Logan
Houston
Texas
Chester LeMay
Great Lakes Training Camp
United States
Haenig Engagement Announcement with Morris
Thirty years ago in 1927 an engagement was announced between Miss Nellie Haenig, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Haenig, and Ralph Morris of Los Angeles California. The notice notes the upcoming wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Haenig
Frank Haenig
Ralph Morris
Los Angeles
California
Hospital News Notes From Union Hospital
Fred Abel returned home Monday from Union Hospital Terre Haute. M Jennings entered Union Hospital Wednesday evening of last week and returned home Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Ruth Morgan is a patient in room 311. Mrs Lucille Thornsburg returned home Sunday from Union Hospital Terre Haute. Mrs Everett Seed entered Union Hospital last week for observation and treatment, room 225. Clayton Plank is visiting his daughter Betty Davis and husband in Rialto California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Abel
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
M Jennings
Ruth Morgan
Lucille Thornsburg
Terre’ Haute
Everett Seed
Clayton Plank
Mrs
Betty Davis
Realto, California
Marriage Links Margaret Clay to Burns Dixon in Paris
Miss Margaret Clay daughter of Mr and Mrs G W Clay of Byng Inlet Ontario Canada and Burns Dixon of Marshall were married at the bride's aunt Mrs J R Power home in Paris on a Saturday evening with close relatives present. Marriage licenses listed Everett Owen 22 Casey to Myrtle Garrett 22 Casey and Everett Newton 22 Farmersburg Indiana to Erma Tharp 17 Darwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Clay
G. W Clay
Byng Inlet
Ontario
Canada
Burns
Dixon of Marshall
J R. Power
Paris
Everett Owen
Casey
Myrtle Garrett
Casey Everett Newton
Farmersburg
Indiana
Erma Tharp
Darwin
Local Weddings and a Fatality Reported in Marshall Area
Miss Lorene Snyder and Lloyd Pearce wed in Princeton Indiana after eloping. W C Anderson and Miss Jean Mack drove to Valparaiso Indiana for a marriage. Donald Lee Riley, 16, died at his Marshall home Sunday night. Lester McCrory sustained a partial finger amputation in a corn picker accident near West Union. Miss Erma Shaffner and Charles Woody married in Terre Haute at Arch Connelly residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorene Snyder
Lloyd
Doc) Pearce
Princeton
Indiana
W C. Anderson
Marshall Hatchery
Jean Mack
Toulon
Illinois
Valparaiso
Donald Lee Riley
Russell Riley
Marshall
Lester McCrory
West Union
Erma . Shaffner of
Charles Woody
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Arch Connelly
Ten Years Ago in Marshall A-1947 Accidents and Notices
Ten years ago Bert Mayer of Marshall fractured a leg in a fall from a combine west of Marshall with Bill Davidson. Kenneth Eddy of Terre Haute arrested in Lower Wabash on raccoon possession out of season. fine and costs total 53 dollars. Mrs Eliza Ashley died at her daughter’s residence on North Third Street in Marshall at 84. Local buyers purchased 30000 bushels of soybeans in Marshall for just over 3 dollars per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Mayer
Marshall
Bill Davidson
Kenneth Eddy
Terre Haute
Lower Wabash
Eliza Ashley
Raymond Millhouse
North Third Street
Marshal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Velsicol Chemical Corp
U. S
Ibrary
ST Ade Eee
Charles H. Killian
Fof
Waukegan
Charles Rolla
Victory Memorial Hospital
Killian
Mary Jo Voorhies
Harvey A. Redman
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Harvey Alan
Mary Westenfeld
6Th Seabees Battalion
Floretta Ann Frizzelle
Moses LaVern Frizzelle
Ghosts OF
Hallowe'en
Roll Ellington
Dennis Nickles
Tommy Wernz
Max Manhart
Jim Lance
Sammy Finkbiner
George Gaddis
Dale Sweitzer
Don Stanfield
Terry Stepp
John Jibrby
Burton Bennett
Larry Wella
Lois Stansbury
W . of Marshall
University of Maine
Ivan N. McDaniel
Orono
Maine
Ivan
Claude
Oures
Hospital News
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