Big Buick Car Theft Suspects Captured Near Mattoon
E A Billman’s large Buick stolen April 1 from Sullivan was found Sunday night on a Mattoon area farm. Two men, Harvey Hayes and Dan L Hayes, gave names Ramsey and Heath but admitted Mattoon, Illinois roots and ownership of missing vehicle. Police traced them after surveillance and a chase that led to the Elliott farm and recovery of the car.
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Henry Ramsey
Mattoon
D. L. Heath
E. A. Billman
Bis City
George Elliott
Ill
Mr. Billman
Sullivan
Willis
Miesenhelder Mill
East Jackson Street
West Washington Street
Section Street
Coffman Hotel
Toney
Kelley
Hale
Harvey Hayes
Dan L. Slayes
Dan L. Hayes
I Harry E. Ramsey
Dan. L. Hayes
Billman
3Illman
Matteon
G. D. Scott
Rich
Murray
Harry Ramsey
Paris
Ramsey
Elliott
Hillott
Retiring County Organizer’s Car Returns to Spotlight
Elliott says he bought a green painted car for 360 dollars in April at Mattoon from a stranger and did not try to keep it after Billman iden tified it as stolen. The serial number was replaced from 105020 to 21314, wheels red, lap robe missing, and authorities link the arrested men to broader car theft rings in Sullivan. Both men have bad reputations at Mattoon and one may have a prison record.
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Elliott
Mattoon
Billman
Sullivan
Sullivan County Sunday School Sees Record Enrollment and Growth
The Sullivan County Sunday School reports its best year in history with the largest enrollment 7 968 and highest average attendance 5 314 plus 588 new members. Delegates to the state convention, institute achievements, and a county contest boosted participation.
Shelburne Divorce Restores Lucy Marley Name in Court
Lucy A Shelburne won a divorce in Superior Court and had her maiden name Lucy Marley restored. She alleged Arthur Shelburne loved another woman and treated their home as a boarding house, naming North Fourth street as the other home. The husband was a Buettner Shelburne Machines officer and stockholder. $20,000 alimony was settled out of court. The couple, formerly of Sullivan, are well known in Terre Haute.
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Lucy A. Shelburne
Lucy Marley
Superior Court
Arthur Shelburne
North Fourth Street
Shelburne
Buettner-Shelburne Machines Company
Resources of Sullivan banks reach nearly three million
The May reports show five Sullivan financial institutions with total resources of 2 743 507 47 dollars. Sullivan State Bank Citizens Trust Co National Bank Peoples State Bank and Sullivan Co Loan & Trust Co list individual resources ranging from 58 432 61 to 804 564 52 dollars, illustrating strength and stability.
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Sullivan
Sullivan State Bank
Citizens Trust Co
National Bank
Peoples State Bank
Sull. Co. Loan & T Co
Hospital Board Deliberates Site For New County Hospital
Sullivan county hospital board met to decide the site for the proposed county hospital. The group plans rapid action and will visit Paris Illinois Madison Indiana and Indianapolis to study facilities. Evansville hospitals were inspected last week.
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Sullivan County Hospital Board
Paris
Ill
Madison
Ind
Indianapolis
Evansville
Howe Murder Trial Set to Open Monday
James Korby Howe faces murder charges in the Willfred killings of Arlie Duckworth and Charles Irwin. Trial scheduled to begin Monday in Sullivan circuit court.
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Howe
James “Korby
Arlie Duckworth
Charles Irwin
Willfred
Sullivan Circuit Court
Sullivan County Church Growth Highlights and School Additions
The county reports Jefferson township led with a 425 average attendance in the contest and 322 on August 1, plus a 97 gain. A banner was presented at a October 24 convention. Additions to the church reached 614 this year from the Sunday school, compared with 263 last year. Sullivan M. E. church and Sullivan Presbyterian lead, with Baptist likely to reach standard by convention. The report notes new schools in Gill township and Indian Prairie Mission School, with extensive classes and departments and an overall enrollment rise of 3,100 and attendance up 2,000 and additions to church up 1,850.
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Sullivan County
Logansport
State
Sullivan
G. G. Billman
County Association
Hamilton Township
Shepard
Haddon Township
Benson Friends Sunday School
Curry Township
Jefferson Township
Pleasantville
Gill Township
Merom
Turman Township
Graysville
Fairbanks Township
Drake Church
Shelburn
Farmersburg
Turman
Jefferson
Cass
Fairbanks
Merom Chautauqua Association
Chautauqua
Curry North
Cass Township
Hymera
Jackson
Curry South
Jackson Township
Sullivan M. E. Church
Sullivan Presbyterian
Sullivan Baptist
Indian Prairie Mission School
Republicans Prepare For Speaking Campaign In Indiana
Indiana voters face a two senator election this year prompting the Republican National Committee to dispatch a large slate of national figures. Promised speakers include U S senators William Alden Smith Charles E Townsend Lawrence Sherman Charles Curtis Warren G Harding and James R Mann along with congressmen Fess Campbell Anthony Dowell and others. Also possible are former judge Peter S Grosseup and Ohio figures Ralph D Cole D D Woodmansee and Harry M Daugherty who seek the Republican nomination for the United States Senate.
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Indiana
United States
Republican National Committee
William Alden Smith
Charles E. Townsend
Michigan
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Illinois
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Warren G Harding
Ohio
W. A. Rodenburg
George E. Fess
Joseph G. Cannon
James R. Mann
Fess
Campbell and Anthony
Dowell
Town
Peter S. Grosseup
Ralph D. Cole
D. D. Woodmansee
Cincinnati
Harry M. Daugherty
Columbus, O
Unite States Senate
Surprise Dinner For Matherlys Draws Wide Circle
Last Sunday a surprise dinner honored M. and Mrs. F. M. Matherly of near Jasonville with many friends and relatives attending. Guests included Rebecca Gordon, Mary Badders, M. B. and J. C. Badders, Mrs. Gammill and two granddaughters, A. J. Steele and family, Roy Pugh, Porter, Nellie and Mamie Shepard, and numerous other locals, weaving a large community gathering at their home.
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F. M. Matherly
Jasonville
Rebecca Gordon
Mary Badders
M. B
J. C. Badders
Gambill
A. J. Steele
Roy Pugh
Porter
Nellie
Mamie Shepard
Eli Payne
Will Wright
Riley Cunningham
Reuben Worth
Paxton
John Wambaugh
Mary Simmers
Hymera
Ida Pugh
Ethel
Orville Payne
Lewtie
Ona Steele
George Jordan
Reed Jordan
William Case
Hilla Sills
Floyd
Cecil Case
Willis Harrison
Sullivan county school age totals show 9711 children
County Superintendent Park releases finalized enumeration figures for Sullivan county showing 9711 school age children. The report details by township and town including numbers of males and females in each, with colored students totaling 33 in Gill Hadon and Sullivan city, and a countywide decrease from last year.
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Park
Sullivan County
Gill
Haddon
Sullivan
Cass
Curry
Fairbanks
Hamilton
Jackson
Jefferson
Turman
Carlisle
Dugger
Farmersburg
Shelburn
Local Boy Fights Two Huge Snakes in Brush Fight
William Thurber son of A B Thurber rural mail carrier faced two seven foot nine inch rattlers west of Terre Haute. He killed the first with a club and fled the second as his pony broke free. The horse toppled the second snake and Thurber finished it. Both snakes contained four chickens and two large mud turtles in their stomachs.
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Terre Naute
Sullivan
William Thurber
A. B. Thurber
Wagon Upset On Square Injures Two Farmers
William Lund and Frank Pirtle, farmers southeast of town, escaped serious harm when a loaded wagon they rode overturned Friday afternoon near the Batey Walters drug store. Lund was scratched by pavement and a heavy sack struck him. Pirtle, recovering from a broken limb, sustained a minor injury.
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William Lund
Frank Pirtle
Mr. Lund
Batey & Walters Drug Store
Mr. Lung
Mr. Pirtle
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Oseph Christiaens
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Mrs. Shelburne
Sullivan Banks
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