Evan Clark and Marjorie Meredith wed in Gardner ceremony
Evan Clark and Marjorie Ann Meredith were married in Gardner at 2 30 by Rev Raymond Assett in a double ring ceremony at the Gardner Methodist parsonage. The bride wore Chantilly lace gown and veil. A reception followed at the bride’s home. The couple will reside in Gardner. Guests came from Morris Wilmington Braceville Coal City South Wilmington and Gardner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner
Marjorie Ann Meredith
S. W. Meredith
Evan Clark
Kenneth Clark
Raymond Assett
Gardner Methodist Parsonage
Chantilly
Sally Lechow
Donald Wiborg
James Stewart
Walter Lawless
Charles Anderson
Wilmington
Braceville
Gardner-South Wilmington Township
Ideal Manufacturing Company
Joliet Arsenal
Smoky Mountains
Mrs. Clark
Morris
Coal City
South Wilmington
Calendar of Fraternal and Civic Meetings
Calendar notes K of C communion at Kenrick hall 6 50 a m Thursday Mothers of World War II meet Legion hall 730 p m J F F club at Mrs Everett Dell 8 p m V F W meeting Vets hall 8 p m Grundy County Legion council Coal City 8 p m Friday Past Matrons at Saratoga Inn 130 p m Methodist Women's Bible class church 1230 p m Cedar Lodge A F and A M open installation Masonic temple 730 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Women’s
Cedar Lodge
Masonic Temple
Miss Heitman Wed in Rites At Minooka
Marilyn Ann Heitman and Peter Kloepell wed in a Minooka Methodist church ceremony at 9 p.m. with Rev. L. J. Fox presiding. The wedding featured blue and white flowers, candle lighters Diane Littlefair and April Heitman, with Barbara Warner as bridesmaid and Don Holt as organist. The couple, both graduates, plan to reside in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minooka
John Max Heitman
Dalton
Marilyn Ann
Peter Kotsch Kloepell
Gertrude Kloepell
Charleston
S. C
Minooka Methodist Church
L. J. Fox
Diane Littlefair
April Heitman
Don Holt
Barbara Warner
Moline
Ben Nettles
Harold Henderson
Chicago
Norwood Cove
Urbana
University of Illinois
College of Liberal Arts and Science
University of South Carolina
Chicago Theological Seminary
Janet Sieg to Graduate From Schurz High School Tonight
Janet Sieg daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Sieg of Chicago and granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Kien of Morris will graduate from Schurz High School in Chicago tonight. Mrs Sieg was formerly Antonia Kien of here. Mrs Edward Pack of Morris, Janet’s aunt, will attend the ceremony. Mrs Mary Krzysciak of Morris underwent surgery this morning at St Josephs hospital Joliet. Her room number is 307.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Sieg
Fred Sieg
Chicago
Thomas Kien
Morris
Schurz High School
Sieg
Antonia Kien
Here
Edward Pack
Janet
Mary Krzysciak
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Joliet
Hospital Notes Admitted and Discharged List
Admitted: William Shelton Marseilles William Collins Morris Donna Hiney 909 Douglas St. Dismissed: Mrs Harold Brown and son 91042 Douglas St Mrs Gordon Massie Rt. Morris Mrs Helen Johnson 882 Armstrong St Mrs Donald Belt and daughter 1032 Hoge St Mrs Jesse Defenbaugh Dwight Mrs Linda Nunez Coal City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Shelton
Marseilles
William Collins
Morris
Donna Hiney
Douglas St
Harold Brown
Gordon Massie
Rt. 3
Helen Johnson
Armstrong St
Donald Belt
Hoge St
Jesse Defenbaugh
Dwight
Linda Nunez
Coal City
Martha Jean Dalziel Kegley wedding announced
Mr and Mrs Ben J Dalziel of Braidwood announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter Martha Jean to John Lawrence Kegley Jr son of Mr and Mrs John Kegley Sr Joliet The ceremony is set for 2 pm July 14 at the Presbyterian Church Braidwood with a reception 3 to 6 pm at the Parish Hall Relatives and friends are invited to both events
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalziel - Kegley
Braidwood
Ben J. Dalziel
Martha Jean
John Lawrence Kegley
John Kegley
Joliet
Presbyterian Church
Reception Honors Rev Raymond Bassett Family at Methodist Church
A reception for the Rev and Mrs Raymond Bassett and their daughter will be held in the Methodist Church parlors Friday evening. A pot luck dinner is scheduled for 6 30 with all church members invited. Morris Night Unit of Home Bureau meets Monday at 745 pm at Mrs Charles Andersons Lisbon Road. 4 H members are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Raymond Bassett
Methodist
Home Bureau
Morris
Charles Anderson
Lisbon Road
4-H
Women Golfers Battle At Local Club and Plano
Morris Country club women participated in events at Plano Country Club and the local course on Wednesday afternoon. Plano winners included Mrs. Frank Connor for low gross Miss Maxine Kussler for low net and Mrs. Ed Black for low putts. On the Morris course the low net winners were Mrs. Louise Troyk first flight Miss Maxine Kussler second flight and Mrs. Kenneth Canaday third flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Country Club
Plano Country Club
Plano
Frank Connor
Maxine Kussler
Ed Black
Louise Troyk
Kenneth Canaday
Farmer Fires On Army Plane After Repeated Buzzing
Robert Lee Bartling, 35, of Lockhart Texas, fired buckshot into an Army liaison plane after it buzzed him for the third time as he walked in his field. He was charged with firing a weapon into an airplane in Justice of the Peace Court. The L-19 aircraft from Camp Gary near San Marcos returned safely with damaged flaps and buckshot embedded in the fuselage. the pilot was unharmed.
Diana Dors files divorce suit in England
Diana Dors, famed British actress, announces she has filed for divorce from her business manager-husband Dennis Hamilton alleging adultery and cruelty. Hamilton says he will also file a similar suit against Dors, promising to bring the same charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maidenhead
England
Diana Dors
Britain
Marilyn Monroe
Jayne Mansfield
Dennis Hamilton
Hamilton
Windsor
Dulles to Address China Policy in San Francisco
Secretary of State Dulles will deliver a major address Friday in San Francisco on U S policy toward Communist China. The State Department declined to preview his views before the Lions International meeting at the Civic Auditorium. The speech is expected to defend the Eisenhower administration’s boycott of the Chinese Red regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dulles
San Francisco
U. S
China
State Department
Lions International
Civic Auditorium
Bum Dulles
Eisenhower
Hurricane toll and damage across Louisiana and Texas
The storm battered Galveston with sea wall breach and widespread flooding while Orange County faced evacuated low areas and a packed courthouse. Naval officers reported the reserve fleet safe. many Orange homes damaged by falling trees and utilities knocked out as business halted.
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Louisiana
Texas
Galveston
Orange
Port Arthur
Chester Holts
Orange County
Scientist Sees Quick Science Building Plan After Ceiling Collapse
In Lexington Kentucky an 800 square feet plaster section fell from an empty lecture hall at the University of Kentucky. Vice President Leo Chamberlain said the incident would accelerate construction of a new science building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
University of Kentucky
Leo Chamberlain
University
Five Dead in Japan Floods and Two Missing
Heavy rains lash much of Japan as a dwindling tropical hurricane skirts Kyushu. Police report five dead and two missing. Nationalist China's official daily notes at least 33 killed on Formosa in floods or landslides. No Americans among casualties.
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Tokyo
Japan
Kyushu
China
Central Daily News
Formosa
Obituary Edward Hughston 84 Braceville
Edward Hughston 84 of Braceville died at 4 30 a m today in St Josephs hospital Joliet. Funeral 2 p m Sunday at Braceville Methodist Church with Rev Kenneth Burres officiating burial in Braceville Gardner Cemetery. Born March 10 1873 in Braceville he was a member of Braceville Methodist Church and the Gardner Masonic Lodge. Surviving wife Anna.
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Edward Hughston
Braceville
St. Joseph's Hospital
Joliet
Patterson Funeral Home
Braidwood
Braceville Methodist Church
Kenneth Burres
Braceville-Gardner Cemetery
Hughston
Gardner Masonic Lodge
Anna
Rescue Reaches Trapped Miners After Long Cave In
Rescue workers battled tons of rock and coal as air seeped from other shafts. Using a mining auger with 21 foot bits, they bored 180 feet to reach a chamber where Kowalski and two others were trapped. Voices were heard on the second deepening and the men signaled their location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kowalski
Boy and Barber Get Clipped
A man asked for the works at Jerry Provitero's barbershop in Union City New Jersey. After his haircut the man told a boy waiting for his turn to stay, then left. The barber finished the boy's cut and learned the boy had no money and no father present. He comforted the child and sent him home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union City
N. J
Jerry Provitero
Provitero
Eligibility Guidelines for Social Security Disability Benefits
The article outlines eligibility for disability benefits under the Social Security Act. It notes required work credits, age bands, and the six month disability duration, plus instructions to contact the local Social Security office before June 30, 1957. It mentions record freezing for under 50 and the need for medical proof of inability to engage in substantial gainful activity.
NAACP Leader Sees Full Civil Rights by 1963
Detroit Dr. Channing H. Tobias states the NAACP can win full civil rights for Negroes by 1963 in the Lincoln centennial year. He warns the 75 year old board chairman that more members and money are needed to fight harassment aimed at crippling the NAACP in the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Channing H. Tobias
National Assn. For
Association
NAACP
Tobias
South
Senate Hikes Salaries for County Judges in Illinois
The Illinois Senate approved a bill raising county and probate judges salaries by about 40 percent. The measure, with House amendments, broadens population brackets for which judges earn 13 500, setting the top bracket at 70 000 to 500 000. Previous scales were narrower with lower pay in smaller counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Illinois Senate
Senate
House
Illinois Attorney General Latham Castle Named NAAG Vice President
SUN VALLEY Idaho officials report Atty Gen Latham Castle of Illinois was chosen as vice president at the National Association of Attorneys General annual meeting held Wednesday in Sun Valley Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun Valley
Idaho
Latham Castle
Illinois
National Assn
Resolution Compromise Marks Inflation Policy Debate
Gov. Hodges reports smooth GOP support for a Resolutions Committee act aimed at inflation control through higher interest rates. Nebraska’s Anderson claims Democrats rewrote his original proposal. Anderson favored a federal guarantee on school bonds to lower rates. Pennsylvania’s Leader backed the Democratic stand against tight money.
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Luther Hodges
North Carolina
GOP
W. E. Anderson
Nebraska
Anderson
George M
Pennsylvania
Marriage Licenses Harold Mahler and Marjorie Malek
Harold G. Mahler, 25, of Gardner and Marjorie D. Malek, 19, of Gardner, obtained marriage licenses. The notice lists their ages and hometown as part of the official record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold G. Mahler
Gardner
Marjorie D. Malek
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Vs. Davises
Morris, Illinois
Ideal
Cannon Towels
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Methodist Church
Plano Club
Farmer
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James H Nicholson
Maria English
Hans
Sten
John Litel
Walt Disney
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Galeel
Carter
Liberty
Stratton
Bermuda
C.h.hynds
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