Deaths and Funerals Joseph Ziarnek Dies at 86
Joseph Jacob Ziarnek 86 of Scheller died at 4:00 p.m. Sunday at his home. Funeral services will be 9:00 a.m. Wednesday at St. Barbara's Catholic Church Scheller with Rev. Fr. Joseph Wieczorek presiding. Burial in St. Barbara's Cemetery. Body in state at Fry Funeral Home Wal tonville after 6:00 p.m. today. rosary at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday. He was born December 20, 1876, in Scheller, married November 9, 1904 to Mary Clara Bonach. Survivors: three sons Totpil Ziarnek La Porte Ind Maximilian Ziarnek Chicago Frank Ziarnek Mt. Vernon. three daughters Sister M. Adolphine Bestrop La Louise Lewinski La Porte Ind Catherine Jankiewicz La Porte Ind. one sister Mrs. Martha Buretta Oakdale Ill.. 18 grandchildren 12 great grandchildren. Preceded by parents, one son, five daughters.
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Joseph Jacob Ziarnek
Scheller
St. Barbara's Catholic Church
Joseph Wieczorek
St. Barbara’s
Fry
Waltonville
Mr. Zianick
Bonifacy and
Cycila (Wunuk) Ziarnek
Mary Clara Bonach
Totpil Ziarnek
la Porte
Ind
Maximilian Ziarnek
Chicago
Frank Ziarnek
Mt. Vernon
M. Adolphine
Bestrop
Louise Lewinski
Catherine Jankiewicz
Martha Buretta
Oak Dale
Nels T Nelson Dies At Age 78 Wayne City Rites
Nels Theodore Nelson 78 died at 12 30 pm Saturday at his Wayne City home. Services set for 2 pm Tuesday at Richardson Chapel Wayne City with Rev Thomas Richards officiating. Burial in Thomason cemetery. He was born May 27 1884 in Ford County son of Nicholas and Christine Laton Nelson. Survived by wife Helen Lewis married April 15 1931 two daughters Martha Davis Salem and Betty Clutter Wayne City a son Wendell Nelson Paxton IL a brother Enoch Nelson Paxton and four grandchildren. He belonged to the Lutheran church at Rankin.
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Nels Theodore Nelson
Wayne City
Richardson Apel
Thomas Richards
Thomason Cemetery
Richardson Chapel
Mr. Nelson
Ford County
Nicholas
Christine
Helen Lewis
Wendell Nelson
Paxton, Il
Martha Davis
Salem
Betty Clutter
Enoch Nelson
Paxton
Nelson
Rankin
Henry McDonald Dies At Joliet
Henry McDonald 65 died suddenly Sunday morning at his Joliet home. A former McLeansboro resident, he was born in Hamilton County to J. H. and Della McDonald. Survived by wife Valyn three brothers Paul Clarence and Herman and three sisters Lucille Golda and Ruth.
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Henry McDonald
Lucille Laughmiller
Mt. Vernon
Joliet
McLeansboro
Jolet
Mr. McDonald
Hamilton County
J. H
Della McDonald
Valyn
Paul
Medical Lake
Wash
Clarence
Herman
Fairfield
Golda Barrett
Peoria
Ruth Schickedanz
Anaheim
Calif
Ralph Atwell of Ewing Dies Funeral Tuesday
Ralph R. Atwell, 68, of Ewing, died Saturday in Franklin County Hospital at Benton. Funeral services set for 1 30 p m Tuesday at Johnston Funeral Home in Whittington with burial in Shiloh Cemetery near Whittington. He was born January 18, 1895, in Brookport, Illinois, son of George and Elizabeth Atwell. Survived by wife Jessie Harris, one daughter Mrs Wilson R Schwenk of St Louis, a stepdaughter Mrs Orval Jones Jr of Whittington, two brothers and two sisters, and five grandchildren. Funeral home will receive callers after 6 p.m. today.
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Ralph R. Atwell
Ewing
Franklin County Hospital
Benton
Johnston Funeral Home
Whittington
Shiloh
Mr. Atwell
Brookport, Ill
George and
Elizabeth (Ogle
Belle Lee Smith Dies At 94 In Letzekorn Nursing Home
Belle Lee Smith of 911 Welkins died at 3 20 p m Sunday at Letzekorn Nursing Home aged 94 1 28 Funeral services set for 2 00 p m Tuesday at Myers Chapel with Rev Melvin Larson officiating Burial in West Salem cemetery She was born April 16 1868 in Jefferson County daughter of Hezekiah and Marion Smith Grandchildren noted. services to follow.
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Belle Lee Smith
Welkins
Letzekorn
Myers Chapel
Melvin Larson
West Salem
Smith
Boe
Jefferson County
Hezekiah and
Marion
Graveside rites for Hickie infant held today
Graveside rites were set for 2:00 p.m. today at Memorial Gardens for Rance Rodney Hickle nine month old son of Rance Rodney and Sandra Sue Hickie of RFD 1 Mt. Vernon The Rev Jess Risley to officiate The baby died at 2:00 a.m Sunday at the family home Born June 18 1962 in Mt Vernon survivors include the parents and grandparents Gilbert Hickle and Jess Risley all of Mt Vernon
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Memorial Gardens
Rance Rodney Hickle
Rance Rodney Hickie
RFD 1
Jess Risley
Mt. Vernon
Rance Rodney
Sandra Sue (Risley) Hickle
Gilbert Hickle
Fuhrer Dickey Dies At Fairfield
Fairfield Illinois funeral services were held Sunday for Fuhrer Dickey a 59 year old Fairfield lumber yard owner who died Friday after a brief illness He was one of Wayne counties best known men and was well known in Mt Vernon and Jefferson county
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Fairfield
Ill
Fuhrer Dickey
Dickey
Wayne County
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Thresher Tragedy Details At Naval Inquiry
Debris and radio transcripts shape the Thresher submarine loss inquiry at Portsmouth. Lt James D. Watson testified the final exchange and a ship breaking up sound followed by a muffled thud. Widows from New London and Mystic planned memorials and wreath ceremonies at sea for the Thresher.
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Fireman
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Navy
James D. Watson
Skylark
Thresher
Watson
John Wesley Harvey
New London
Waite Re elected Chairman Of Jefferson County Board
Co W Waite was named chairman for the fifth consecutive year at the Jefferson County Board organization meeting in the courthouse. Waite, 829 North Street, marked the milestone as he begins his 12th year as Mt. Vernon township assistant supervisor and has never missed more than one meeting. Calvin Kirk, reelected April 2, was chosen vice chairman. he was absent due to illness. The panel for the grand jury was approved after disqualifications by Waite, Kirk, and another assistant supervisor amid election law violation cases under States Attorney Jay B Stringer. The board adjourned to May 6.
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Court House
Waite
North Street
Jefferson County
Mt. Vernon Township
Kirk
Calvin Kirk
Mt. Vernon
Wood
Jay B. Stringer
Mt Vernon Shrine Meeting Set for April Sixteen
Mt Vernon Shrine No 66 White Shrine for Jerusalem holds a stated meeting at the Masonic Temple on Tuesday April 16 at 730 pm Emily Goodin W IH P Naomi R Bogan W 5 Rome COES Rome Chapter 1014 observes Friends Night at the Masonic Temple in Dix with Mabel Riley guest of honor Marvene Rollinson W M Nellie Hawkins Sec
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Mt. Vernon Shrine
Jerusalem
Masonic Temple
Emily Goodin
Naomi R. Bogan
Rome Co.e.s. Rome
Order of Eastern Star
Dix
Mabel Riley
Marvene Rollinson
W. M
Nellie Hawkins
Sec
Market prices rise on local investor market report
Prices paid on the local investor market rose 15¢. Top hog figures reached 13.65 per 190 to 220 lb range. Sows at 300 lb and under 12.00, over 11.50. Boars at 8.00 and 9.00. In Mt. Vernon this afternoon, Wheat 2.05, Soybeans 2.49, Corn 1.16.
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Mt. Vernon
Egg and poultry price report from St Louis AP data
St Louis AP lists egg and poultry prices with consumer grades and weights. The report shows varied prices for large medium and small eggs, wholesale grades, farm run, checks, and live poultry including hens and broilers.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Produce Butter Steady Amid Wholesale Prices
Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports butter prices steady with wholesale buying unchanged across grades AA to C and car lots. Live poultry receipts show no activity due to Jewish holiday as markets pause in Chicago.
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Chicago (Ap
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago
USDA
Easter collection theft hits Sacred Heart church
Two armed men wearing white masks robbed the Easter collection at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Rochelle Park New Jersey. They forced Pastor Rev Roland Burke and assistant Rev Jerome Gallagher to a basement safe, bound them, and escaped through a rear door. Amount stolen not disclosed.
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Rochelle Park
Sacred Heart
Roland Burke
Jerome Gallagher
Wheat and soybean sales absent in Chicago grain report
Chicago AP notes no sales for wheat or soybeans while corn prices listed for several grades. Prices shown include No 2 yellow at 1.20, No 3 yellow 1.194, No 4 yellow 1.144, and various white barley and soybean oil figures with speculative ranges.
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Chicago
Livestock Prices at National Stockyards Reported by AP USDA
National Stockyards Illinois hog and cattle market bids and price ranges show hogs at 150 to 290 pounds trading from 9.75 to 14.85 per hundredweight. sows and boars listed up to 13.25. Cattle and calves totals include 5,000 cattle and 100 calves with slaughter steers around 24.00 per hundredweight for near 1,000 pounds. Feeder and heifer lots, cows, bulls, and sheep prices span 13.00 to 31.00 per hundredweight with varied weight classes and quality grades.
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National Stockyards, II
USDA
Barrows and Gills
Wall Street Steels Drive Higher Amid Price Rises
Wall Street trading stayed up late with steels leading gains after Lukens and Republic Steel announced price increases. Major stocks rose from fractions to gains, while a round of profit taking trimmed some top performers. Chrysler advanced to a new high though Ford and American Motors slipped.
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Lukens Steel
Wheeling
Republic
Chrysler
Ford
American Motors
General Motors
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Texaco
Royal Dutch
Standard of Indiana
Phillips Petroleum
Sunray DX Oil
Superior Oil
Xerox
Quaker Oats
U.S
IBM
Lorillard
Pfizer
American Stock Exchange
Births in Carbondale and nearby towns
Mr and Mrs Theodore Lund of 211 East Freeman Carbondale welcome a daughter Adriene Kristine born 9 45 Sunday at Jefferson Memorial weighing six pounds ten ounces. Grandparents Jack Sullivan Mt Vernon Harold Lund Rockford and Kenneth Whaley Benton. Delbert Pierce of RFD 3 Bluford and wife greet daughter Lisa Dawn born 5 01 Saturday at Good Samaritan weighing six pounds fourteen ounces. John Arthur Kluck 508 South 21st Street and wife announce daughter Lisa Dawn born 10 19 Sunday at Good Samaritan. Marion Johnson Woodlawn and wife announce daughter born 8 08 morning at Good Samaritan weighing seven pounds eight ounces.
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Theodore Lunds
East Freeman
Carbondale
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Adriene Kristine
Jack Sullivan
Mt. Vernon
Harold Lund
Rockford
Kenneth Whaley
Benton
Delbert Pierce
RFD
Bluford
Good Samaritan Hospital
Hospital Notes and Lukens Steel Hike News
Hospital notes list admitted and discharged patients at Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan facilities with numerous names. JFK Lukens Steel approves 3 percent price hikes on two production items, prompting mixed industry responses and no comment from Kaiser or US Steel representatives.
Stated Meeting of Mt Vernon Lodge No 31
Af asm Mt Vernon Lodge No 31 A F and A M holds a stated meeting Monday April 15 at 7 30 p m All members urged to attend Visiting brethren welcome C Kip Carpenter W M James Apgar Sec’y
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Mt. Vernon
A.F
A.M
Sergeant York In Critical Condition In Nashville
Sergeant Alvin C. York, the World War I hero from Pall Mall, Tenn., was listed in critical condition with heart trouble, possible pneumonia, and circulatory disturbances. He was rushed to St. Thomas Hospital after his condition worsened on Saturday, with his wife and seven children at his bedside. Despite resting well on Sunday, his status remained unsettled as attendants reported he was conscious and talking with doctors and family. York earned the Medal of Honor for a legendary single engagement that killed 25 German soldiers and captured 132 others, then returned to farm life on the Cumberland Plateau before health issues forced retirement.
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Nashville
John J. Pershing
York
Cumberland Mountains
Tries To Clean Out City Hall
SAN FRANCISCO AP Mail carrier Noel Volz 32 broke into City Hall Sunday and released firehoses on four floors creating four inch rivers. He damaged windows overturned displays stripped trees and dumped branches into the fountain. He told reporters he chose Easter as a proper time saying City Hall needed a flushing out. He was booked on burglary resisting arrest assaulting a police officer and malicious mischief charges.
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Noel Volz
City Hall
City Hall Plaza
Volz
Boettcher Dies at 62 After 1933 Kidnaping
Charles Boettcher II, heir to a Colorado business family, died in sleep at 62 in San Francisco after a heart illness. He survived a 1933 Denver garage kidnapping for a $60,100 ransom, later freed as captors received long prison terms. his grandfather founded major Colorado industries.
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San Francisco
Charles Boettcher II
Colorado
Boettcher
Plush Nob Hill
Hawaii
Denver
Weather Roundup for Illinois Regions
Detailed five day forecast for Northern and Southern Illinois with temperatures well above normals. Northern Illinois expects highs around 59 to 63 and lows 38 to 42, warming into Tuesday then cooling midweek with showers and scattered thunderstorms Wednesday to Friday totaling 0.5 to 0.75 inches. Southern Illinois shows 8 to 12 degrees above normals, warm through Wednesday, little change thereafter, with 0.25 to 0.5 inches in extreme southern Illinois and scattered showers elsewhere through Saturday. Northern sunrise 6 22 and notable high and low ranges provided.
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MT. Vernon
Illinois
Illinois Weather Forecast Bright Weekend Warmth Expected
A light south wind and bright sun warmed Illinois with highs near 70. Forecasters expect a continued warming trend Tuesday amid increasing clouds and a system bringing showers and thundershowers Wednesday. Week temperatures may run 8 to 12 degrees above normal, with normal highs 59 to 70 and lows 38 to 52.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Moline
Springfield
Chicago
Vandalia
St. Louis
Cease Fire Promised In Laos Again
VIENTIANE Laos AP Premier Prince Souvanna Phouma doubted cease fire pledges would hold among neutralist and pro Communist forces in Plaine des Jarres after talks with Kong Le Sinkapo and Deuane. Pathet Lao under Gen Sinkapo has bottled up Kong Le on the Plaine amid two weeks of sporadic clashes.
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Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Plaine Des Jarres
Pathet Lao
Sinkapo
Kong le
Plaine
Col. Deuane
Parents Turn In 3 Boys Who Stole Secret Cash
Scarsdale police captured three 15 year old boys and a 16 year old, after their parents turned them in following a theft of about 63 000 dollars from Mario Lalli of New Rochelle. Investigators say the teens admitted taking money from wedding gifts and winnings at Yonkers Raceway. Police recovered 56 250 dollars. one suspect faces first degree grand larceny charges, others are juveniles.
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Scarsdale
N.Y
New York City
Sia
Mario Lalli
New Rocholo
Talli
William
Wiliam Lalli
Yonkers Raceway
John
y'Connor Scarsdale
Tohn
J. Radlew Herald
Million in Easter Parade on Fifth Avenue
About one million people lined Fifth Avenue as colorful spring attire filled the Easter parade. Police called the event the most orderly and dignified they had ever seen.
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Fifth Avenue
Income Tax Chief Beats The Deadline
Washington AP Mortimer M Caplin head of the IRS beat the tax deadline by filing Form 1040 at a Northwest Washington letterbox. He jokes about dilly-dallying while stressing the aim of early filing for refunding taxpayers. Caplin, 46, receives auto tags showing 1040 as a constant reminder of his role.
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Washington
Mortimer M. Caplin
Caplin
Internal Revenue Service
Civil Air Patrol To Meet Here
The Illinois Civil Air Patrol leader will visit Mt. Vernon for a Group 22 meeting at the American Legion Hall on Wednesday April 17 at 730 p.m. Lt Col Phil Pearce of Carmi commands Group 22. Col Shangraw and Major Walsh will join. Cadets from Mt Vernon say the event will acquaint locals with CAP aims and its youth program.
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CAP
Mt. Vernon
John Kinnaird
Mt. Vernon Cs
Terry Sandusky
Terry Groothuis
Richard Robinson
Illinois
Civil Air Patrol
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Carmi
Col. Shangraw
Illinois Cap
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Scott Air Force Base
Aurora
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O'Hare Field
Chicago
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Ill
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Lawrenceville
Belleville
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Duane Hast
William Bitner
Terry Groothius
Drowns in cave near Woodbury Tennessee explorer dies
Martin M. DeLong 41 of Highland Indiana a salesman led a spelunking party of teenagers into a large cave he discovered describing it as the most beautiful cave he had seen He drowned in an underground pool during the ascent in Woodbury Tennessee authorities reported AP
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Martin M. DeLong
Highland
Ind
Comedy writer Howard Snyder dies in West Hollywood crash
Howard Snyder a 53 year old comedy writer for Jack Benny and currently working on My Three Sons was killed when his car struck an abutment in West Hollywood on Sunday. The AP reports the long time writer contributed to American television comedy for years.
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Los Angeles
Howard Snyder
Jack Benny
West Hollywood
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Hickie
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