Draft calls expand Clark County enlistments to forty six
Clark County is asked to send 46 more men to military camps with 41 to Camp Mc Clellan in Alabama and 5 to Camp Dix in New Jersey between October 7 and 11. Names like Clarence Smith of Marshall and Jesse Strohm of West Union are noted as examples of recent dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County
Camp McClellan
Anniston
Ala
Camp Dix
Wrightstown
N. J
Clarence Smith
Marshall
Camp Grant
Jesse Strohm
West Union
Mooseheart
Ill
Focal Board
Danville
County School Notes From Harold Bright Weekly Bulletin
Westfield high school faculty includes Benham West Ima Ritzen thaller and Helen Williams. Marshall high school lists Evans Stelford Roscoe Osborn Archer Sass Bohannan Langlier Laufman. Clarksville section heads Sept 27 with programs by Hutchinson Murphy Davis Findley. Marshall section Oct 5 covers chapters and school topics. Reading Circle work praised. superintendent asks section secretaries for meeting dates. Martinsville Casey football opener 7 6 Martinsville. Casey High open to public. equipment arriving. enrollment exceeds expectations. Commissioner of Education letter urges deferment classification for men supervising large rural schools. President commends schools for maintaining efficiency after war. All schools well supplied. some counties face teacher shortages but are maintaining competence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Bright
Westfield High School
Prof Benham
Vera West
Ima. Ritzenthaller
Helen* Williams
Marshall High School
Evan Evans
Norma Stelford
Elma ‘Roscoe
Mabel Osborn
Metta Archer
Clara J. Sass
McKinley Bohannan
Ruth Langlier
Florence Laufman
Clarksville
Clark County Teachers’ Association
Illinois
Etta Hutchinson
Edith Murphy
Efe Davis
Harry Findley
Marshall
Ethel Low
Leela Kuhn
Charlotte Sehad
Margaret Forbeck
Golda Thompson
Sylvia Wallace
Rosa Bokn
BE. K. Arford
Bertha R Batson
Lola Kile
Rosa Batson
Elizabeth O’rourk
Vada Veach
Martinsville
Casey High School
Commissioner of Education
Clay
Judge Connelly to Join Liberty Loan War Exhibit Tour
In response to a Chicago telegraphic request Judge Connelly will join a war exhibit train with two or three other speakers for a ten day tour of Illinois in behalf of the Fourth Liberty Loan starting at LaHarpe on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Open Loan Campaign Kicks Off in Marshall with Speaker Todebush
The Fourth Liberty Loan drive begins Saturday in Marshall at the Pythian Theater at 2 p.m. Charles A. White announces a noted speaker, Charles D Todebush, formerly with the U S Embassy in Petrograd, will address attendees. Clark county quota is 881000, with allocations to townships. campaign to close by Oct 3.
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Marshall
Pythian Theater
Charles A. White
Charles D Todebush
United States
Petrograd
Todebush
Clark County
Anderson
Auburn
Casey
Darwin
Dolson
Douglas
Johnson
Martinsville
Melrose
Orange
Parker
Wabash
Westfield
York
Marriage Licenses for Finkbiner and Schafer
Harry Finkbiner and Freda L Schafer, both of Darwin township, granted marriage licenses in the local records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Finkbiner and
Freda L. Schafer
Darwin Township
Rural Carrier Examination set for Clark County
The United States Civil Service Commission announced a rural carrier exam for Clark County to be held at Casey and Marshall on October 26 1918 to fill rural carrier positions at Casey and future vacancies on county routes. During wartime the Commission will admit women to rural carrier examinations on the same conditions as men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Clark
Casey
Marshall
Post oMce Department
Kimball Young Die in California on West Coast
Former Chicago attorney Kimball Young dies in Long Beach California after years of ill health. He will be buried in Marshall where he grew up, with sister Nellis and relatives from the Booth and Greenough families assisting. Relatives Mollie Greenough Alice Harlan Nellie Young prepare to accompany the body to Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimball Young
Chicago
Long Beach
Calif
Marshall
Mr Young
Timothy Young
Ann Arbor
Red Cross Appeals for Belgium Clothing Donations
The Red Cross asks households to donate spare worn or outgrown clothing for Belgian destitute. The Red Cross store will open afternoons this week through next Monday for donations, with comfort kits organized by Mrs Purddun. The York committee shipped 188 pairs of socks and other items last week, plus funds and memberships listed for several local residents.
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Belgium
Red Cross
Purdunn
Geo. F. Taubeneck
O. A. Keiger
Marshall
Aaron Schafer
West Union
John O. Sockler
John
O. Sockler
U. G. Barnes
U. G. .Barnes
Great War Exhibit Train to Visit Marshall Next Wednesday
Part of the national war trophies display arrives in Marshall on October 2 at 8 45 p m. The two flat cars and a box car plus Pullman travel via Vandalia track guarded by 12 Camp Grant soldiers and 12 Great Lakes sailors. Notable speakers will deliver addresses and the show is free to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Chicago
Marshall
Vandalia
Camp Grant
Great Lakes
Pershing
France
Venice
Casey
Martinsville
No More Building War Notice in Illinois
The State Council of Defense bans building outside five war essential classes without Non-War Construction Bureau approval. Permits required before any project. until county reps are appointed, apply to the State Council of Defense in Chicago. Also reports James M Gard, 16, arriving in France to join the engineer corps building roads and bridges toward Berlin.
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State Council of Defense
Construction Bureau of
Ilinois
West Adams St
Chicago
Will Gard
Darwin
James M
France
Jim
Engineer Corps
Berlin
Volunteer Immediately for Bonds Drive
Heman Giff ord, director of gates for Illinois, argues men should act now to buy bonds on the first day of the drive, not wait three weeks, as a man has only one day to vote and one day to register for the draft, while 15,000,600 men are needed for service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heman Gifford
Gates
Illinois
Citation Honors Roy Claypool in France Safer Bravery
A World War I note reveals Roy Claypool of the signal corps sent a bravery citation to his father James Claypool from France. The extract shows the August 14 1918 General Order honoring officers and men for distinguished conduct near Soissons July 18 22 1918 and credits Leroy Claypool of the 2nd Field Battalion for maintaining radio communications amid heavy shellfire. The Clark County Liberty Loan Committee forms and leaders are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Claypool
Roy
France
Signal Corps
American Expeditionary Forces
Soissons
Leroy Claypool
Co. A
8. C
Summerall
Roland B
Clark
National Army
Methodist Appointments Conference Notices Hamand Sick in Quincy
Rev C W Hamand fell ill with the grip in Quincy while attending the conference last week and has not returned. Hamand is transferred to Chrisman and Rev P T Bowers moves to Marshall from DeWitt. EF G Sandmeyer stays at Charleston. FE I Pletcher named superintendent of the Jacksonville district. ME English remains with the Decatur district. Rev W D Fairchild continues as Matteon district superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C W Hamand
Quincy
Hamand
Chrisman
P T Bowers
Marshall
DeWitt
EF G Sandmeyer
Charleston
FE I. Pletcher
Jacksonville
English
Decatur
W D Fairchild
Death of Marshall Resident Robert Crawford
Robert Crawford a longtime Marshall resident died Sunday of tuberculosis at age 69 years and 6 months. Funeral services were held Monday at the home of Frank Jeffers. He is survived by a son and a daughter. Temple Lovett has been commissioned as second lieutenant in the U S Tank Corps at Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Only 37 of 640 candidates received commissions. Bob Lovett is a military instructor at the University of Hunots and expects to receive his commission soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Crawford
Marshall
Frank Jeffers
Temple Lovett
U. S Tank Corps
Gettysburg
Bob Lovett
University of Hunots
Catholics Acquire Casey Church Building
Members of the Casey Catholic congregation have formally deeded a small Casey church from a Protestant group. Father Wilson delivered the deed to Bishop Ryan in Alton after the transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey
Father Wilson
Ryan
Alton
Save the Peach Seeds For Gas Mask Carbon
Marshall public schools children urge citizens to save peach pits prune pits and apricot pits for carbon to fill gas masks for boys in trenches. They ask households to dry and store pits and to give them to a neighbor if no children in the home. 200 peach stones or 7 pounds of nuts make one mask carbon. Supt of Schools Melissa Yelick was declared insane and sent to the state hospital at Anna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Public
Melissa Yelick
Anna
High School Get Together With Swiss Bell Ringers
A community gathering hosted by the high school athletic association will take place on October 1 at the Pythian Theater. The Swiss Bell Ringers lead the main program with singing by students and audience members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High School Athletic Association
Pythian Theater
W. W Hukill Reported Missing in Action Then Killed in World War I
Warren W Hukill appeared as missing in action in the casualty list last Saturday. Later reports confirm he was killed in action. He was son of the late William Hukill who lived north of Marshall and left Sept 19 1917 for Camp Taylor. Roy Tyhurst of Annapolis was also listed as severely wounded.
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Warren W Hukill
William Hukill
Marshall
Camp Taylor
Roy Tyhurst
Annapolis
Letters From the Atlantic Navy Voyage Home
An electrician named Ralph Tibbs aboard the SoS Northern Pacific writes from mid Atlantic waters about rough seas and storms en route to New York. He describes quarantine in Brest France amid a cholera scare and spy blame, illness among soldiers, and his hoped for first class promotion by Christmas.
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Ralph Tibbs
France
Isabel
Atlantic
New York
Brest
Gulf Stream
New York Harbor
Liberty Day Proclaimed by Wilson for October 12 1918
President Wilson proclaims October 12, 1918 as Liberty Day to commemorate the discovery of America and to boost public support for the Fourth Liberty Loan. He urges nationwide demonstrations and community events under Treasury and Liberty Loan Committee guidance. The proclamation is signed by Woodrow Wilson and Secretary of State Robert Lansing.
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Wilson
America
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Liberty Loan Committee
United States Bureau of Education
High School Notes and Activities Highlighted
Miss Osborne state eld secretary of the a tee Association spoke to the school Tuesday morning urging counties to back the tax law to aid consumptives and save soldiers. The first football game of the season will be played here Saturday at 2:30 with Castynent. Miss Roscoe organized a girls tennis club. Ohio Oil Co has granted access to their courts for the time being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osborne
A Tee Association
Seaon
Casty
Roscoe
Ohio Oil Co
Real Estate Transfers From Marshall to Casey and Beyond
Property deeds show multiple transfers across Marshall and Martinsville areas. Transactions include Black to Archer for lot 7 block 27 and part lot 4d block 9, and price 277 dollars. W T Lacy to Wm Lacy for lot 95 Dulaney's Bath Casey at 1 dollar. Richards to Scott for northwest quarter of section 7 township 9 range 11 at 1950 dollars.
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Black
Ardelia Archer
G. Marshall
W T Lacy
Lacy
Dulaney
Casey
Jno W Richards
Homer Scott
John A Walter
James Rush
Duncan
Martinsville
Casey L
B. Assn
Eliza N. Johnson
Emily E Baker
D C Reed
Stella Brenner
Same
M R Adkisson
Martin Nutt
S Ad. Casey
W G Thompson
J W Howe
Robert Black
Wm Williford
Meckteen
John Claypool
F M Rhoads
Marshall
Elsie Schlosser
Earl Jackson
F Johnson
John Garver
W. B. Archer
Ad. Marshall
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Also Mentioned on This Page
County School Notes
Will
Liberty Loan
Russia
Wii
Marshall Roy
Woman's Liberty Loan Committee
Jayne B Kerr
Ishall Township
Marshill
Nellie Stephenson
Charles Prevo
Zola Evans
Upper Wabash
Oliver Hall
R. A. Young
Ernest Junker
Lower Wabash
Lyman Kuykendall
Virgil Hurst
Harry Reynolds
State Hospital
High School Entertainment
Robert Lansing
Secretary of State
Real Estate Transfere
Abbie K. Stafford
Frank Cole
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