1934 Parke County Indiana Newspaper Items

These extracted items from various newspapers from Parke and surrounding counties.  Most of these have been contributed by volunteers.  If you have access to an old newspaper and would like to share something, please contact James D. VanDerMark

Marshall News and Parke County Recorder, May 2, 1934 

MARSHALL PERSONAL ITEMS 

• “Mr. and Mrs. Lou Pickard attended the funeral of Louis Boyd at Rockville Monday afternoon. 

• George McMurtry was in Indianapolis Monday serving on the federal grand jury. 

• Mrs. Eva Presslor and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. William Reed of Fairview. 

• Thomas Clay and Mr. and Mrs. William Hedrick of Terre Haute were Thursday afternoon callers of Mr. and Mrs. William Alexander. 

• Mr. and Mrs. Sam Barker, Mr. and Mrs. William Alexander, Miss Lula Beeson, Mrs. Allen Hadley and daughter Dorothy were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred White of Crawfordsville Sunday."

Marshall News and Recorder, October 31, 1934 

MARSHALL           

• “Mr. and Mrs. Vernon DELP and Mrs. Hiram NEWLIN attended the masquerade given in honor of the County Highway men at Bloomingdale Saturday night at the home of Owen NORMAN.
• Jay HANNER spent the weekend with friends in Rosedale.
• Mrs. Norman JARVIS spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Charles TAYLOR.
• Mr. and Mrs. William ALEXANDER enjoyed a trip through Brown County on Sunday of last week and were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Porter CASSADA of Cloverdale.
• Mr. and Mrs. Frank HALL were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. HALL.”