Clark County Fair Harness Racing Dates Moved to Two Programs
Weather forced postponements at Marshall Illinois. The Clark County Fair will combine three remaining programs into two: Saturday night September 17 and Sunday afternoon September 18 1949. Events include pace and trot classes with purses of 300 dollars, plus running races and free for all divisions. Five horses to start in all races with standard entry fees apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Fair Board
Clark County Fair Barns
Ccscese
Fenton Cooper Well Nearing Completion In Indiana Field
The Devonian formation reached at 2030 feet on the Fenton Cooper farm Lower Wabash township Marshall field. A spudder will be moved this week to finish the well for production. A second rotary rig moves to Fred Hewitt land section 86 and drilling continues two miles south of the Cox well. The Melroné township well completed at about 2800 feet shows no oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenton Cooper
Wabash Township
Marshall Field
Fred Hewitt
Clift Pine
Wabash
Land sale nets strong bids near Marshall
Auction day near Marshall sees two Bledsoe tracts selling well. The 129 acre parcel brings 81 dollars per acre to Stanley Steel, and the 21 acre tract goes for 117 dollars per acre to Lafe Crane. Knowles and Macklin of Marshall serve as auctioneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Bledsoe
Marshall
Stanley Steel
Lafe Crane
Knowles & Macklin
Sold Home On Plum Street In Wednesday Transaction
Mrs. Nelle Demberger sold her Plum Street residence on a Wednesday afternoon to Mrs. Essie Claypool. Demberger plans to move to Terre Haute to buy another home and is employed at Union Hospital. Also noted are two divorce and maintenance actions and a minor estate guardianship petition, plus a Baton Rouge visit by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stevens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelle Demberger
Plum Street
Essie Claypool
Demberger
Terre Haute
Union Hospital
Marshall Battles Oakland Tonight
Marshall High School football opens season with 55 players, including several lettermen, aiming to develop a strong team for the matchup against Oakland tonight. The article also notes the formal opening of the Prust Funeral Chapel on September 11 with a dedication ceremony and local clergy in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Prust
Ofzth
Louisa
Ed S. Hargrave
Robert
Jane Lindley
Harry Craig
Births in Marshall Area Add Susan Marie and Diana Irene
Mr and Mrs Arthur J Welsh of Stateline road announce the birth of their first child a daughter Susan Marie born Thursday Sept 1 at St Anthony hospital Terre Haute Mr and Mrs Melvin McCartney of Clermont Indiana announce the arrival of a daughter Diana Irene on Sept 12 at the hospital in Lebanon Indiana This is their first child Mrs McCartney was formerly Miss Frances Hennessee of Marshall aunt of Mr and Mrs Charles Bierbaum S O Tibbs of Bedford Indiana was in Marshall this week visiting returning home from Los Angeles where he had been on a visit the past four months He had been ill but improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Welsh
Stateline Road
Susan Marie
St. Anthony Hospital
Terre Haute
Melvin McCartney
Clermont
Indiana
Diana Irene
Lebanon
McCartney
Frances Hennessee
Marshall
Charles Bierbaum
S. O. Tibbs
Bedford
Los Angeles
California
Home Bureau speaker discusses relationships in Marshall
Mrs A W Dickey state Home Bureau director for East Central Illinois spoke on Building a Strong Effective Organization to a 66 member Clark County unit meeting at the Marshall Christian church. She outlined 20 program values and listed units with full executive attendance including Casey South Millcreek West Union Eckle Clarksville Martinsville Night and DayClark Center Zion Westfield and Casey Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
A. W. Dicky
State Home Bureau
East Central District of
Illinois
Clark County ‘Home Bureau Board
Home Bureau
Marshall
The
Christian Church
Casey
South
Millcreek
Dayton Couple, Oakland Man Marry in Licenses List
Marriage licenses show Delbert C Fulton 30 of Dayton Ohio and Pauline Nelson 23 of Dayton Ohio. Charles F Dean 23 of Oakland Illinois and Betty Jean Veach 20 of Martinsville. John P Griffin 26 of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and Mary Frances Fox 124 of Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert C. Fulton
Dayton
Ohio
Pauline Nelson
Charles F. Dean
Oakland
Ilinois
Betty Jean Veach
Martinsville
John P. Griffin
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Mary Frances Fox
Marshall
County Court Arraigns Rosenhower Sentences to 90 Days
Cliff Rosenhower pleaded guilty to vagrancy in county court before Judge Hollenbeck and was sentenced to 90 days at Vandalia penal farm plus costs. On Tuesday Ernie Coffee faced a transporting liquor charge with a broken federal seal. judge fined $50 and costs. Mr and Mrs Harry E Col dren and daughters of Tacoma Park Maryland arrived Monday to visit relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliff Rosenhower
John M. Hollenbeck
Vandalia
Ernie Lee Coffee
Hollenbeck
Harry E
Bill) Coldren
Tacoma Park
Maryland
Marshall High School Football Squad Roster 1949
Front row includes Wallace Freaker Maurer Lee Buckner Keeler Wilson Mylene with Vanarsdale manager and Coach Tyler. Second row lists Tingley Woods Brown Fredenberger Medaker Ferkins Farris Weaver Doty Bays. Third row shows Marvin Pally Santers Crumlin Kesler Hock Biggs Pennington Wright Barnage E Marvin Myers with manager. Fourth row features Baker Kuhn Murphy Nelson Fine Flowers Lowry Kesas Jones Washburn Lobinson Hutchings and coach Bush. Fourth row continues Crumlin Strohm Stogsdill Perkins Koutsounipas Weitg ersld Spencer Bumpas Hackney Bloodworth Shirley Dill and Kirby manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Freaker
Maurer
Lee
Buckner
Keeler
Wilson
Mylene
Vanarsdale
Tyler
Tingley
Woods
Brown
Fredenberger
Medaker
Ferkins
Farris
Weaver
Doty
Bays
Marvin
Pally
Santers
Crumlin
Kesler
Hock
Biggs
Pennington
Wright
Barnage
E. Marvin
Myers
Baker
Kuhn
Murphy
iNelson
Fine
Flowers
Lowry
J. Kesas
Jones
B. Washburn
Jlobinson
Hutchings
Coach Bush
Strohm
Stogsdill
Perkins
Koutsounipas
Weitgersld
Spencer
Bumpas
Holiness Revival Set to Open Tuesday at Pilgrim Church
A holiness revival begins next Tuesday September 20 at the Pilgrim Church. The event, hosted by the Holiness Church of Marshall, aims to renew faith and community involvement through sermons and worship.
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the Pilgrim
Holiness
Church Marshall
Marshall Obituaries Chronicle Local Losses Across Town
Arch Thompson 79 dies at daughter Flora Frakes home near Marshall after 11 15 PM Wednesday. Survived by Grace Lowe and Bessie Pine. son Claude Thompson. Services at 2 PM at Black cemetery. Margaret Reed Thompson 54 dies at her Marshall home, survived by husband Arch three daughters Flora Frakes Grace Lowe Bessie Pine and sister Zella Ault three brothers. Funeral at White Church. John G Snedeker 78 Marshall route 5 dies at St Anthony Hospital. Survived by Robert Maude Minnie. Funeral at Moore Funeral Home. Robert Dawson 69 Marshall route 2 dies at Sunnyfest Sanitorium Colorado Springs. Survived by Ben C C Dawson Lallie and Mrs C D Plank. Funeral at Marshall Cemetery. Etta Taylor 81 dies at home route 5 Marshall. Survived by Cassius husband. Services at Moore Funeral Home. Sharon Diane Alexander infant dies at Union Hospital Terre Haute. Parents Dean and unknown mother. Grandparents Roscoe W Kuhn Carrie Alexander. Funeral at Marrs Funeral Home. Burial in Marshall Cemetery.
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Thompson
Flora Y Frakes
Marshall
Grace Lowe
Bessie
Pine
Terre. Haute
Claude Thompson
Marrs
Maggie
Margaret
Reed
Flora Frakes
Arch
Fiora Frakes
Bessie Pine
Terre Haute
Indiana
Zella Ault
Ind
David
Vern
William Shaffer
Marrs ,Funneral
John G. Snedeker
Route 5
St. Anthony, Hospital
Robert
Maude Snedeker
Minnie Levi
Moore Funeral Home
Eugene Stauffer
Asbury Cemetery
Robert Dawson
Route 2
Sunnyfest
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Ben Dawson
C. C. Dawson
Cincinnati
Ohio
Lallie Dawson
Cc. D. Plank
G. W. Gibson
Marshall Cemetery
Etta Taylor
Cassius
Harold J. Kemp
Livingston
Sharon Diane Alexander
Dean Alexander
Union Hospital
Roscoe W. Kuhn
Carrie Alexander
H. J. Kemp
Perry Poorman and Angie Shawler wed in West Union
Perry Poorman and Miss Angie Shawler of West Union married Tuesday evening at the home of Rev. Miles Martin. They will set up housekeeping on Perry’s farm two miles northeast of West Union. The note also lists local weddings, memberships, moves, and licenses including Clarksville and Marshall connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Poorman
Angie Shawler
West Union
Miles Martin
Perry
Epworth League
Edna Blundell
Bertha Ross
Hester Shipe
Lucille Fisher
Ruth Hurst
Fenton Matthews
Rose Tingley
Lawrence Hurst
Terre Haute
Rose
William Rhodes
John Harmon
Darwin
Harmon
W.T.C.U
Clarksville
Maude Clapp
Lila Combs
Lucy Lucan
Agnes Matthews
John K. Black
C. F. Behner
Lida Crisler
Susan Quick
Paris
Stella Wright
Walter
Martha, Cole
O. Mitchell
Joe
Amelia Grabenheimer
Wages rise for Big Four foreman and local workers
1909 report notes Bert Matthews section foreman on the Lyons to Hutsonville line gets wage increase from 500 a month to 55. Laborers gain from 13 to 15 cents per hour on August 12. Attendees at Indiana state fair include Robert Prewett and his brother George, Fred Shaw, I W English, Harry Casteel, Buel Morris, Allen Tyler, and C A Dixon. Marriage licenses issued to Frank W Davis and Isse Lanham, Nellie Nave, Dan Chesser, Bertha Crumlin, and others. Frank Murphy awards Hurst and Fishback a 12 room house contract in north town. Robert Prewett buys Griffith Grove acreage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Matthews
Lyons
Hutsonville
Robert Prewett
George
Fred Shaw
I. W. English
Harry Casteel
Buel Morris
Allen Tyler
C. A. Dixon
Frank W. Davis
Isse Lanham
Westfield
Daniel Chesser
Nellie iNave
Orange Township
William Medsker
York Township
Bertha E. Crumlin
Melrose
Frank Murphy
Wabash Township
Hurst and Fishback
Imle Family Reunion At William Imle Home
The 1919 gathering at the William Imle country home near Ernest drew the Imle clan with all members except Fred Imle of Dana Texas. Families from Terre Haute Marshall and West York attended, with several pairs driving to the Musgrave home near Terre Haute for the Sunday visit. Bertha Maurer will study in Springfield for the winter with her sister Mrs Marion Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Imle
Ernest
Imle
Fred
Dana
Texas
C. W Kern
Gottlieb Imle
Mollie Myers
Elnora
Minnie Neukom
Adam Richart
Terre Haute
Fred Im
Marriage License Issued in Terre Haute
Twenty years ago this week a marriage license was issued to Walter Morgan of Normal Illinois a dairy tester and Wilma Thompson of Marshall at home. Sheriff Harry Coldren left for Denver to attend the national convention of Spanish war veterans. Mr and Mrs Fred Hawker and Mr and Mrs Frank Hawker and daughters of Hazel Dell Mr and Mrs S C Crandall of Terre Haute Mr and Mrs William Saiter and son John Mr and Mrs Fred Saiter and I daughters and Violet Saiter were
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Terre Haute
Walter Morgan
Normal
Illinois
Wilma Thompson
Marshall
Harry Coldren
Denver
Colorado
Fred Hawker
Frank Hawker
Hazel Dell
S. C. Crandall
William Saiter
John
Fred Saiter
Violet Saiter
Quiet Annual Meeting in Marshall Oversees Routine Actions
Marshall area supervisors held their annual meeting with calm decorum on Tuesday. All claims were allowed except one paid from township funds while no other business advanced. Grand jury panels for the November term were selected across multiple townships including Marshall Martinsville West Union Casey and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Grand Jury
Darwin
Frank Gard
West Union
Ernest Osborn
Dolson
Elza Newman
Kansas
Zollie Marrs
Douglas
George Carver
Earl Weaver
Johnson
Leland Howe
Casey
Clarence Briggs
Mayme Smitley
South 8Th
Mildred Gorby
Martinsville
John Kelley
Lowell Short
Melrose
Harold Moore
Orange
Walter Reed
West York
Parker
Cleve Conley
Wabash
Frank Augustus
Dennison
Martin Fisher
Westfield
Lee Newlin
York
Horace Crumlin
Anderson
William Kile
Auburn
Dan Neighbarger
John Berg
Main
Ed Forrester
Bear hybrid corn ear with 28 grain rows displayed
Charles Bierbaum of the Marshall area presented an unusually large Bear hybrid corn ear at the Herald office this week. The ear features a well developed 28 rows of grains highlighting local agricultural interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bierbaum
Marshall
Herald Office
Eight-Pound Baby Born to Gilbert Family
The eight-pound baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Clarence Gilbert of Wabash township on September 4 has been named Mitchell Eugene Gilbert. Deputy sheriff and Mrs Roy Cropp announce the arrival of a baby boy Roy David born Saturday. Raymond Sockler was burned about the face and chest Wednesday in an accident at the Big Creek Rock Crushing Company north of Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurley Nicol
Clarence Gilbert
Wabash Township
Mitchell Eugene Gilbert
Roy Cropp
Roy David
Raymond Sockler
Big Creek
Marshall
Marriage Licenses and Local News From Dennison and Marshall
Ten years ago Lewis Dean Holmes and Ida May Brown of Dennison obtained a marriage license. Robert Myles of Marshall and Frances Reinbolt of Casey wed in St Louis on July 2. Miss Margaret Louise Rademaker left for Charleston Teachers College for the winter. Peggy Malloy celebrated her sixth birthday with friends Jane Ann Jennings Mary Alice Stout Mariam Cole Polly Ann Lowry Doris Jensen Tattie Malloy. Mack Robson of Marshall suffered a leg injury after falling on his back steps at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Dean Holmes
Ida May Brown
Dennison
Robert Myles
Logan Myles
Marshall
Frances Reinbolt
Casey
St Louis
Margaret Louise Rademaker
Charleston
Charleston Teachers College
Peggy Malloy
J E. Malloy
Jane Ann Jennings
Mary Alice Stout
Mariam Cole
Polly Ann Lowry
Doris Jensen
Tatty
Patty Malloy
A. H. (Mack) Robson
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Fenton
Cooper
Mary Ann Siverly
Harvey Siverly
Gertrude Lair
Russel E. Laird
Harold G. Ashley
Wilford
Maurice Ashley
Walter Stevens
Baton Rouge, la
Will Stevens
Wwe
Pidess Gretta
Norman” “Stephens
He Eaeen
Arthur Tharp
Alfred Tyler
Lloyd Nash
Willis McDaniel
Robert Cormican
Donne Zeigler
Jackson
Reve
HL B. Jackson
tElmer
Golda Wheeldon
Palestine
White Church
Black Cemetery
Ed Madden
Harmes Gross
James Lucan
George Bowen
Ered
Wernz
Roy Barkalow
Dennis Weir
Marltinsville
Henry Hall
Edward D. Collins
Harold Findley
Eugene Bradford
Kansada
Otto Nichols
Jesse Murphy
Lloyd Snearly
Lucy Chambers
Robert Bennett
Jesse Shotts
Russell Jones
Fairy Imle
Clyde Blagg
Marisha
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