Local residents visit kin and travel notices in Mt Vernon area
A sequence of personal notes records visits and travel. Mr and Mrs R T Chapman of Alto Pass Ill spend days here visiting daughter Mrs Everett Ferrill of Muncie Ind and patient at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Several residents, including Bill Tom McGehee and Dale Gifford, plan a two week Miami Fla vacation. Capt and Mrs N L Galligar and son Bobby arrive in New York from Bremerhaven on the General Patch. Galligar on leave and reassigned to Offutt Field Omaha Neb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. T. Chapman
Alto Pass
Ill
Everett Ferrill
Muncie
Ind
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Russell Dale
Danny Fowler
Gladys Bird
Grace Fowler
Bald Knob
Sampson Aldrich
Poseyville
Elmer Campbell
Bennie Murphy
Leona Rainey
Janie Murphy
Rainey
Murphy
Aldrich
Carl Morgan
Goreville
Mt. Vernon
Bonnie
Eva Durham
Conrad Schul
Kansas City
Lon .Cox
Alice Lynn
Frank H. Walker
Salem
Salem Business and Professional Women's Club
Bill Tom McGehee
Dale Gifford
West Frankfort
Miami
Fla
Marjories Powers
St. Louis
Andrew Simpson
Taylorville
Eugene Ham
Opdyke
Bessie Polen
Pearl Wagoner
Bill Perry
Havana
Hillary Perry
Millie Youngblood
Keenes
W. W. DeMik
Jimmy
Tom
Centralia
Russell Griffith
Robert Stevenson
Wayne City
Frank Baker
Belle Rive
N. L. Galligar
Bobby
New York
Bremerhaven
U. S
Galligar
France
Germany
Offutt Field
Omaha
Neb
Local flights include Rolla and Indianapolis visits
Bill Neimiller of Rolla Missouri flew to the local field today. Bowles of Indianapolis Indiana landed at the Mt. Vernon Airport today. Mr and Mrs Earl Outland flew to St Louis Missouri on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Neimiller
Rolla
Bowles
Indianapolis
Ind
Mt. Vernon
Earl Outland
St. Louis
Local Births Report Three New Babies
Mr and Mrs Willis B Porter welcome a daughter Judith Eileen born this morning at Good Samaritan Hospital. Fred B Fleener and wife greet son Fred Byford Fleener Jr born 10 40 p m Monday at Roy Douglas home Benton Road. Roy D Ragsdale and wife announce a son Gary Lee born Holden Hospital Carbondale Monday afternoon April 19. Mrs Ragsdale is Myrna Driggers daughter of E A Driggers Mt Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis B. Porter
Good Samaritan Hospital
Judith Eileen
Fred B. Fleener
Roy Douglas
Benton Road
Fred Byford Fleener, Jr
Roy D. Ragsdale
Carbondale
Holden Hospital
City
Gary Lee
Ragsdale
Myrna Driggers
E. A. Driggers
Mt. Vernon
University Opera features Miss Jeanne Clark in Figaro role
Society notes from Illinois Wesleyan University Blooming ton detail Miss Jeanne Clark daughter of Mr and Mrs Roland F Clark performing as Marcel lina in Mozart The Marriage of Figaro in Presser Hall April 13 with excerpts from Aida La Boheme and Hansel and Gretel. Also covers Home Bureau meeting and upcoming play practice. Includes wedding notices for Jean Riley and Robert Simmons with full ceremony details and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne Clark
Roland F. Clark
Vernon
Marcellina
Mozart
Opera and Oratorio Workshop
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Presser Hall
Verdi
Puccini
Humperdinck
Yandell Hostress Meeting At Epworth Church Group
Mrs Yandell will host a Missionary Group gathering at 124 North Sixth Street Thursday afternoon at two o'clock. Mrs Joe Anderson serves as meeting director and a good attendance is hoped for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yandell
Epworth Church
L. L. Yandell
North Sixth Street
Joe Anderson
Damages Sought in Car Collision Suit on Broadway
A $156 damage suit filed in circuit court seeks damages from H. M. Irwin and S. B. Hall after a May 31 1947 collision on West Broadway. Plaintiffs are Warner H. Ellis and The Western Fire Insurance Co. represented by DeWitt and Chapriatt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Broadway
Yesteray
Warner H. Ellis and
the Western Fire Insurance Co
H. M. Irwin
S. B. Hall
DeWitt and Chapriatt
Free Operation For Kathy Hero
In Pasadena California on April 19 Homer Whitey Blickensderfer aged 42 offered to perform a free hernia operation for Kathy Fiscus heroism. He collapsed during the rescue attempt while trying to free the child from a well in San Marino and receives medical help from a physician who read about the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
Kathy Fiscus
Homer
Whitey" Blickensderfer
San Marino
Pleasant Hill Hi-Lights Name Officers in April Meeting
The Pleasant Hill Hi-Lights elected Glory Ann Guerrant as president Dorothy Gaston as vice president Nadine Hill as secretary Arlene Benard as reporter Helen Roper as federation member Coleene Mullinax as program chairman Yvonne Moore as recreation leader. Six members and two visitors attended. Next meeting set for May 14 at Mrs Flawn Roper's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Hill
Hi-Lights
Dorothy Gaston
Glory Ann Guerrant
Nadine Hill
Arlene Benard
Helen “Roper
Coleene Mullinax
Yvonne Moore
Flawn Roper
Dix
Glenda Stewart
Wilma Milliner
Governor Seeks Record Spending on Buildings and Roads
Governor outlines large construction outlays totaling hundreds of millions for TB hospitals universities mental institutions prisons and the Chicago medical center plus tuberculosis sanitariums while canceling a $15 million township road program and proposing to fund roads from motor fuel tax revenues with a stronger state role and note that $40.9 million in federal grants cannot be matched this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Illinois
Chicago Medical Center
Stevenson
Dwight H. Green
Funeral Here for Mrs. Elsie Miller
Mrs Elsie Wheat Miller of Evansville Indiana a former Mt Vernon resident died this morning in Columbus Ohio The body will reach Mt Vernon Wednesday morning and be taken to Pulley Funeral Home Christian Science services are planned Thursday afternoon with burial at Oakwood cemetery Friends may call after 6 00 p m at Pulley Funeral Home Mrs Miller widow of Edward Miller son of the late B S and Amelia Watson Miller whose family home stood on the site of the current Wielt Apartments Survived by two children Love Miller editor Knoxville News Sentinel and Dorothy Miller of Indianapolis
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Wheat Miller
Evansville
Ind
Mt. Vernon
Columbus
Ohio
Pulley Funeral Home
Christian Science
Oakwood Cemetery
Miller
Edward Miller
B. S
All-Day Tricycle Spin Captures Medford Child
Two-year-old Stephen Bandoian of Medford is seen spinning his tricycle all day in his yard and later near Winchester. Police identify the child as Steve and notify parents as darkness sets in after he reportedly watched a steam shovel operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Medford
Mass
Stephen Bandoian
Steve
Winchester
Mt Vernon Country Club names year committees
Mt. Vernon Country Club president Luty Hawkins announced this year's committee appointments. Chairmen include House Douglas Sapper Membership Luty Hawkins Tournament Local D A Whitlock Out of town Laverne Phemister Grievance Paul Broyles Social Functions C E Brehm Mrs C E Brehm Exhibitions C Little Publicity Jack Thatcher. Three membership classes were created Family Junior Special with details in local stores for applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luty Hawkins
Mt. Vernon Country Club
Douglas Sapper
D. A. Whitlock
Laverne Phemister
Paul Broyles
C. E. Brehm
Wdimen
Little
Jack Thatcher
Hawkins
Douglas Drug Store
Little’s
Little’s Stationery Store
Mother and Sons Admit Serious Incident Two
The mother and her son confessed to a grisly crime involving coercion to kill Schultz at a chicken farm near Epson. They disposed of the body in a 50 gallon drum, sold Schultz’s property at auction, and later moved the remains after a sheriff’s attachment halted their truck. Schultz was buried and later exhumed and burned, with remains placed in a dump in Dover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epson
Schultz
Delaware
Concord
Dover
Barnes
Wooldridge
Hospital Notes from Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan
Admission and discharge records list patients at Jefferson Memorial including Mrs. Della Barnfield and Dr Everett Ferrill of Muncie Indiana. At Good Samaritan names Albert Bird Sue Harvill Raymond Ervin Eva Bain Betty Wilkins and Betty Purdue of Kell are admitted. several patients including Elmer Bolerjack Almeda Runnels Janet Lynn Dewey Carol Eller Rolla Buehling Doris Ozburn are discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Memorial
Della Barnfield
Everett Ferrill
Muncie
Ind
Warren Howard
Bonnie
Helen Berkner
Norma Kite
Julia Mathis
Good Samaritan
Albert Bird
Bluford
Sue Harvill
Raymond Eugene Ervin
Eva Louise Bain
Betty Wilkins
Betty Purdue
Kell
Elmer Bolerjack
Almeda Runnels
Janet Lynn Dewey
Carol Eller
Rolla Buehling
Doris Ozburn
Wayne City Rites For Susan Holman
Funeral services were held at Combs Chapel in Wayne City for Susan E. Holman who died Sunday at her son’s home. She was 94 years old and survived by three sons Tra of Wayne City Mark of Independence Mo and Lyle of Grayville. Burial was in Powers cemetery near Xenia. She was born October 9 1854 in Marion county to John R. and Mrs Jarvis and was married to Lafe Holman who preceded her in death. She was a member of Brush Creek church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne City
Combs Chapel
Susan E. Holman
Tia Holman
John R. Jarvis
Lafe Holman
Brush Creek Church
Tra
Mark
Independence
Lyle
Grayville
Funeral for Mrs. Ruby Hardy at Mt Zion Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruby Esther Hardy 32 will be held Wednesday at 3 30 p m at Mt Zion church with the Rev Bird Green officiating and burial in Mt Zion cemetery The body will remain at Myers Chapel until 2 45 p m Wednesday then be taken to the church Mrs Hardy the wife of Everett Hardy was born in Jefferson county and daughter of W J and Ethel Sledge She died Saturday in Norton Kansas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Esther Hardy
Mt. Zion Church
Bird Green
Mt. Zion Cemetery
Myerg Chapel
Hardy
Everett Hardy
Jefferson County
W. J
Ethel McConnaughay Sledge
Norton
Kansas
Stillborn Twin Buried At Good Samaritan Hospital
Twin sons born to Mr and Mrs John J Tobin on Tolle Road at Good Samaritan Hospital Sunday evening. One twin Paschal was stillborn and buried in St Marys cemetery yesterday. The surviving Jerome Paul weighed five pounds three ounces at birth and is reported to be doing well by hospital attendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Tobin
Tolle Road
Good Samaritan Hospital
Paschal
St. Mary's Cemetery
Jerome Paul
Jerome Pat
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Airport News
Moose Lodge No
Eagles Hall
Moss Pigg
American Legion
Jefferson Post
OY Holder
Roger E. Webb
Block Home Bureau
Home Bureau
Martha Stephens
Anna Betty Huck
Berdie Arnold
Simmons-Riley
Pleasant
Claude Riley
Jean Riley
Robert C. Simmons
Henry Simmons
Byron Bruce
Fort Worth
Texas
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Bill Kibler
Billy Ellis
Betty Reynolds
White Hall
Barbara Thiebaud
Greenfield
Dee Ann Carter
Miss Carter
Art Stefanski
Jerseyville
Paul Marion
Champaign
Jeanne Wilkins
Manteno
Inl
Vetter Place
Pine Lawn
Simmons
University of
United States Navy
Phyllis Applegate
Atlanta
Doris Laible
Washburn
Marilyn Brische
Chicago
Shirley Smith
Springfield
Phyllis Jones
Danville
Beverly Kuhat
Joan Gardner
Dave Weaver
Dave Wise
Arthur
Hil
Tom Young
Urbana
Bill Ransom
Jess Hopkins
Mattoon
Garnat Staley
Glen Kessinger
Lynn Kessinger
Pete Kessinger
Cleatus Reynolds
Phyllis Reynolds
Ed Moehle
Okanyville
Bob Rash
Lee Riley
Jimmy Riley
Harrisburg
Judy Nash
Irene Riley
John Carter
Loyal Women
Central Church of Christ
Bethel Home Bureau
Mamie Ortmann
Camp Ground
Gary Badgett
Centralia Road
Robert Fisher
Danny
Greenup
Russell Huffstutter
Barbara
Benton
Mildred Fisher
Sydney Hall
Bluford Home Bureau
Baptist Church
Jewell Butler
Lincoln P. T. A
Lincoln Parent-Teacher Association
Georgi Dimitrov
Russia
Cominform
Dimitrov
Tito
Balkan
Robert C. Sinsions
Pleasant Hill Church
Kathy Hero
Elsie Miller
Mott Warren
Nehar School
Mrs. Mott Warren
Clamive
Susan Holman
Amvet Club
AMVET
Paradise Club
King City Federal Savings and Loan Association
Guy A. Wood
Broadway Telephone
Granada
Marrjorie Main
Percy Kilbride
PA Kettle
Stadiun
Joel McCrea
Lou
Bud Abbott
Alexis Smith
ST. LO
Technicolor
Zachary Scoti
Uss
Laza
Lou Costello
Meet Frankenstein
M-G-M
Ani
William Gargan
Virginia Welles
Machograim Pictures
Omaen
East Side
WEATH
Rooklyn Bridge
Ee Gorcey
Jordan Bray Hall
A Noah Buery, Ja
Ann Oillis
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