Air Force Seeks Pilots and Observers for Cadet Training
Air Force recruitment announces urgent aviation cadet openings with 1,200 applicants sought by April. Training begins May with a six week cycle, including flying, academics, and military studies. Applicants aged 19 to 26 with two years of college, unmarried, physically qualified, and able to pass an aptitude test may apply at the Mt. Vernon recruiting station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
George McElroy
USA & Usaf
Mt. Vernon
Four Collisions Reported In Mt Vernon Weekend
Four minor automobile accidents occurred in Mt. Vernon over the weekend including a hit-and-run. A parked car owned by Clarence C. Mays was struck in the 1200 block of south Ninth street. Dell Caldwell and Clyde W. Ellis collided at 5th and Main. Maurice F. McDonald and Freddie Lampp collided at Tenth and Casey. D F Cowan and Spiro Hassakis collided in the 100 block of north Ninth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Clarence C. Mays
South 11Th Street
South Ninth Street
Dell Caldwell
RFD
Clyde W. Ellis
Maurice F. McDonald
Odin
Freddie Lampp
Casey
D. F. Cowan
Spiro Hassakis
North Ninth
Don't Dump Grass Weeds in Streets
Harold Waite Mt Vernon public works superintendent urged residents to stop raking rubbish leaves grass and weeds into city streets. He said rain washes debris into catch basins clogging sewers and asked residents to burn or haul material away. The piece also outlines Illinois political contests for governor attorney general and other offices with multiple Republican candidates and incumbent Democrats in various races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Waite
Mt. Vernon
Waite
GOP
William G. Stratton
Park Livingston
University of Illinois
Richard Yates Rowe
Eia
Cook County
John S. Boyle
John Gutknecht
Latham Castle
Sandwich
DeKalb
Edward P. Saltiel
Chicago
J. Roy Browning
Evanston
Williamson County
Barrett
Edward J. Barrett
Carles F. Carpentier
East Moline
Warren E. Wright
Park Ridge
George H. Hedges
Harold R. Collier
Berwyn
Sherwood Dixon
John D. Biggs
Greenville
Illinois Commerce Commission
John William Chapman
Springfield
Dwight H. Green
Patrick S. Clary
James E. Hill
Streator
Orville E. Hodge
Granite City
Louis E. Nelson
Maywood
Richard J. Oglesby
Elkhart
Arthur E. Larson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
William H. Brown
Benjamin O. Cooper
Elmer. J. Hoffman
Wheaton
William E. Wayland
Eens
Leslie J. South Ke
Marriage Licenses for Smith and O Bry an in McLeansboro
Robert O. Smith and Barbara Jean O Bryant both of McLeansboro. Nolan C. Warren of Sims and Verna Dean Wolfe of Wayne City obtain marriage licenses.
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Robert O. Smith
Barbara Jean O'Bryan
McLeansboro
Nolan C. Warren, Sims
Verna Dean Wolfe
Wayne City
Mt Vernon Firemen Respond to Three Weekend Alarms
Mt Vernon city firemen answered three alarms over the weekend and this morning. A grass fire was controlled in the 2800 block of Cherry on Saturday. At 6 55 a m a furnace popping at Fashion Cleaners caused a scare but no damage. At 9 a m grease on a stove ignited at Mom s Cafe 223 south Tenth with no damage.
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Mt. Vernon City
Cherry
Fashion Cleaners
Mom's Cafe
South Tenth
Boys Shoot Arrows Prompt Police Reported Incident
Youngsters playing Indian with bows and arrows triggered a police call yesterday. An arrow struck the roof of a home before parents promised to stop the activity in the area.
Missionaries Johnston to Speak at Nazarene Church Tonight
The Rev and Mrs Lester Johnston will address members of the Church of the Nazarene this evening at 7 30 p m The mission program continues through the week and ends on Good Friday under the pastor’s guidance with services nightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina
Lester Johnston
Church of the Nazarene
Easter Sunrise Service Planned at Richardson Hill Church
The fourth annual Easter Sunrise Service will be held Sunday at Richardson Hill Church three miles south of Dahlgren in Hamilton County under the Richardson Hill Cemetery Association. The Rev Ace Summers of Bethel Tabernacle Mt Vernon will deliver the message with music by the Fellowship Quartet Mt Vernon and Lionel C Harshbarger Mt Vernon directing singing. A complete program will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richardson Hill Church
Dahlgren
Hamilton County
Richardson Hill Cemetery Association
Hamilton
Jefferson Counties
Ace Summers
Bethel Tabernacle
Mt. Vernon
Fellowship Quartet
Lionel C. Harshbarger
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admits and Discharges
Admissions include Mrs Agnes Starkey Mrs June Esmon Miss Ophelia Crathird and several others listed by surname with miscellaneous locations. Discharges include Mrs Edna Hooper Mrs Marie Dalton and Mrs Anna Compton among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Starkey
June Esmon
Ophelia Crathird
Maude Hays
Dorothy Frances MckKoennis
Clyde Bateman
Joy Tatum
Arminus Dodson
RFD
Louis Berthold
Helen Tedford
Mary Walden
Dahlgren
Edna Hooper
Fairfield
Marie Dalton
Bluford
Anna Compton
Belle Five
Notable Admits and Discharges at Belle Rive and Nearby
Admitted: Clyde BEB Malin Clarence Mays Benjamin F Bourland Woodlawn Mrs Ruby Pearl McRill. Discharged: Russell Pickett Norman Thomason Bluford Bluford Frank J Ratayssok Scheller Mrs Jennie Braddy Miss Trava Jo Strain Kathy Jo Cooper Howard Wilkey. Belle Rive Elia Tepovich Nason Mrs Fannie Fisher Mrs Julia Wood worth Bluford Mrs Eliza Irvin Dahlgren Irvin Brookman Op dyke Mrs June Mannen Walton ville infant Laurel Lee Mrs Charlene Joyce Allen infant Kenneth Ray.
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Clyde Beb. Malin
Clarence Mays
Benjamin F. Bourland
Woodlawn
Ruby Pearl McRill
Russell Pickett
Norman Thomason
Bluford
Frank J. Ratayssok
Scheller
Jennie Braddy
Trava Jo Strain
Kathy Jo Cooper
Howard Wilkey
Belle Rive
Elia Tepovich
Nason
Fannie Fisher
Julia Woodworth
Eliza Irvin
Dahlgren
Irvin Brookman
Opdyke
June Mannen
Waltonville
Laurel Lee
Charlene Joyce Allen
Kenneth Ray
Eastern Star meeting and D. A. V assembly schedule
A stated Rome Chapter No 1014 Eastern Star meeting is in the Masonic Hall Dix on Monday April 7 at 8 00 p m with four candidates to be initiated Visitors welcome Genita Osborn W M Allie Rollinson Sec y D A V meets at the American Legion hall this evening with Joe Boyle Adjutant
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Dix
Gus Medders Dies at 82 in Mt Vernon
Gus Medders 82 of RFD 4 Mr. Vernon died at 12 10 am Sunday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Mt Vernon He retired farmer in failing health two years and critically ill two months Funeral Tuesday 2 pm Pulley Funeral Home officiated by Revs Bird Green and Ray Wilker Burial Medders cemetery He born March 11 1870 Jefferson County son of Samuel and Sarah Yearwood Medders Married in Dahlgren to Maggie Arlena Pasley who preceded him in death Survived by three sons Mellville A Chester Tr and William B and George K Mt Vernon one daughter Mrs Mabel Higginson Mt Vernon a brother Norrill Mt Vernon 11 grandchildren eight great grandchildren Preceded in death by parents wife a daughter three brothers and three sisters.
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Medders
Pulley Funeral Home
Bird Green
Ray Wilker
Medders Cemetery
Mr. Medders
Jefferson County
Samuel and
Sarah
Yearwood) Medders
Dahlgren
Maggie Arlena Pasley
The
Baptist Church
Mellville A
Chester, Tr
William B
George K
Mt. Vernon
Mabel Higginson
Norrill
Funeral for Lizzie Foland Dies at 77
Lizzie Ann Foland died Saturday at 708 South 12th Street at age 77 years ten months and 19 days. Funeral Tuesday at 10 30 a m Myers Chapel with Rev Bird Green officiating burial in Bethel Memorial cemetery. She was born May 16 1874 in Jefferson county daughter of Newton and Martha Braddy. Survived by two sisters Myrtle Wheeler Labelle Missouri and Martha Humphrey Winfield Tl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Ann Foland
South 12Th Street
Myers Chapel
Bird Green
Bethel Memorial Cemetery
Foland
Jefferson County
Newton and
Martha (Gregory) Braddy
Charles Foland
Myrtle Wheeler
Labelle
Martha Humphrey
Winfield, Tl
Walter C Mathus of Mt V Dies at Vets Hospital
Walter Clinton Mathus of RFD 4 Mt Vernon died at 5 45 am today at the Veterans Hospital Marion Indiana. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 00 pm at the Pulley Funeral Home and burial will be in East Salem cemetery. The body will lie in state at the home of James Baxter in Holt s addition from 10 am Tuesday to noon Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Clinton Mathus
RFD 4
Mt. Vernon
Veterans Hospital
Marion
Pulley
East Salem
James Baxter
Holt
Births in Jefferson Memorial and area hospitals
Mr and Mrs Robert Tatum 2118 Jones street welcomed a daughter born at Jefferson Memorial Hospital Sunday at 2 47 am weighing five pounds three quarters ounces and unnamed. Mr and Mrs Louis D Mandrell Lesser welcomed a daughter weighing six pounds twelve ounces born at Good Samaritan Hospital Saturday at 4 16 pm named Teresa Lynn. Mr and Mrs Everett Tedford 909 south 7th street welcomed a son weighing seven pounds five ounces born at Jefferson Memorial Hospital today named Terry Lee. Mr and Mrs Allen Sayler of Maunee Illinois welcomed a daughter weighing six pounds eleven ounces born April 2 at Fairfield Memorial Hospital named Lou Ellen. Mrs Sayler formerly Helen Garrison daughter of Mr and Mrs Dave Garrison of Dahlgren and a former Jefferson County Youth Advisor.
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Robert Tatum
Jones Street
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Louis D. Mandrell
Lesser
Good Samaritan Hospital
Teresa Lynn
Everett Tedford
South 7Th Street
Terry Lee
Allen Sayler
Maunee
Ill
Fairfield Memorial Hospital
Lou Ellen
Sayler
Helen Garrison
Dave Garrison
Dahlgren
Jefferson County
Labor to Sponsor Party Wednesday For Cancer Funds
Labor groups in Mt. Vernon will host a public party at 8:00 p m in Labor Hall at 22714 south Ninth street to raise funds for the Cancer Crusade. Roy Rash and George Harris of the Central Trades and Labor Council co chair the 1952 fund drive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Labor Hall
South Ninth Street
Roy Rash
George Harris
The
Central Trades and Labor Council
Labor Organization Group
Tongariro Volcano Steam Rises in New Zealand
Associated Press reports steam rising from Mount Tongariro in New Zealand's North Island. The volcano last showed activity ten years ago, and Tongariro is one of three central region volcanos monitored for eruptions.
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Associated Press
Aucklan
New Zealand
Mount Tongariro
North Island
Tongariro
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Louis Harkins
E. H. Durham
Omer O. Rice
Mr. Boner
ABC
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Pavle
Mt. V
First Church OF the Nazarene
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Obborn Pit
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Guy J. Kerley
Paul W. Broyles
Senate Journal
Broyles
Senate
Senator Broyles
House
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B. L. Rucker
Leghorn City, Inc
Mt. Vernon Furnace & Mfg. Co
Walter Duncan
Vincent Duncan
C. B. Holder Supply
Starr Bros. Creamery Co
Glenn E. Cole
Shamrock Drilling Co
Southern Illinois Equipment Co
Harlow Moving & Storage Service
C. S. Ward
Nelson Concrete Co
Master Baking Co
Shell Oil Dist
Clarence E. Brehm
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R. W. Munger
Electric Auto Lite Co
Joe Slivka
Reasor-Slivka Drilling Co
Paul G. Rollinson Lumber Co
Clyde Schuster
Charles J. DeWitt
Bryan Dycus
Richard P. Roth
Jefferson Memorial
Samaritan
Genita Osborn, W. M, Allie Rollinson, Sec’y
American Legion Hall
Joe Boyle
Gus Medders
Gus” Medders
Mr. Vernon
Lizzie Foland
Walter C. Mathus
Mt.v
Vets’ Hospital
Fred Wlecke
College
Durward Rogers
Wlecke
Jewel Tea Company
Fergis T. Bailey, Inc
Labor
Laird Jewelers
Broadway
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