Eva R Combs Dies at 73 in Wayne City
Eva R Combs 73 longtime Wayne City resident died at Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services set for Sunday at 2 PM at First Baptist Church Wayne City with Rev Everett Lemay officiating burial in Thomason Cemetery. Her body to lie in state at the family home until funeral hour. She was born June 18 1904 in Cottonwood Ill to John M and Stella Sanders and married J Fuls in 1926. She was a member of Eastern Star White Shrine charter member of Wayne City Be God and survived by her husband two sisters Beatrice Moye Naomi Bell Florence Hands and a brother Moody Holland. She had been associated with ipaiwb and operated the Oe Funeral gems. Call Myers Chapel after 7 PM today for visitation.
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Eva R. Combs
I Paiwband
Wayne Gray
Memorial Hospital
First Baptist
Wayne City
Everett. Lemay
Thomason Cemetery
Myers Chapel
Mrs. Combs
Cottonwood, Ill
John M
Stella (Sanders
Holland
McLeansboro
J. Fulbs
Eastern Star and White Shrine
God
Wilkerson Widow Della May Dies At Benton
Mrs Della May Wilkerson 70 of Benton died at her son Charlie Wilkerson s farm home at Benton at 8 a m yesterday She was preceded in death by husband Oscar in 1945 and a daughter Ruby Gibbs in 1941 Survived by daughter Lester Huffstuttler step daughter Patsy Louise Gibbs Wilkerson and son Charlie Wilkerson all of Benton two sisters Mrs Maude Genen and Mrs Carlie Nye Roseburg Oreana and Mrs Marie Bright Mulkeytown a step sister Mrs Allie Dawson of near Du Quoin one brother Mera also eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren Funeral services Sunday at 2 p m at Whitington Nezaren church Rev D E Winemiller officiating Burial in Frank Yin cemetery north of Benton Body taken from Inn Funeral Home to the Home of the deceased on Palestine Road for calling hours
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Della May Wilkerson
Benton
Charlie Wilkerson
RFD
Benton, &T
Oscar Wilkerson
Ruby Gibbs
Lester Huffstuttler
Patsy
Louise Gibbs
Wilkerson
Chariie “Wilkerson
Bentons
Maude Geneen
Arlie Nye
Roseburg
Tegonialfsis
Graters
Vronda
Oreana
Atother
Whittington
Inn Funeral
Palsestine Road
Funeral services for Dewey Arnold Monday at 2 p.m.
Funeral services for Dewey Arnold will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Logan Street Baptist Church with Rev. Otho Williams officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens. The body will lie in state at Myers Chapel after 10 a.m. Friends may call. Mr. Arnold, 59, of 15 South 28th Street, died at 3 a.m. yesterday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital.
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Dewey “Arnold
Logan Street ‘Baptist Church
Otho Williams
Memorial Gardens
Myers Chapel
Sund
Arnold
South 28Rd Street
Jefferson Memorial Ospital
Births At Jefferson Memorial Hospital And Nearby Homes
Mr. and Mrs. Orval Austin welcome a daughter born at 8:55 AM at Jefferson Memorial Hospital weighing six pounds twelve and a half ounces. Mr. and Mrs. William Beasley at Shaw Air Force Base announce a son born August 1 weighing seven pounds three ounces named Stanley Alan. Kelly Arthur Mumbower was born August 7 in Albuquerque weighing six pounds fifteen and a half ounces to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mumbower. Diana Lynn joins Mr. and Mrs Cleatus Snow born at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing seven pounds five ounces. Grandparents listed include Everett Curlock, Eloise Beasley, Arthur Mumbower, and Dallas Phillips.
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Orval Austin
North Ninth Street
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
William Beasley
Shaw Air Force Base
South Carolina
Stanley Alan
Everett Curlock
Belle Rive
Eloise Beasley
Milan
Ason
Harold Mumbower
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Kelly Arthur
Arthur’ Mumbower
Dallas Phillips
Hospital Notes List Admissions and Patient Names
In a hospital notes fragment several patients are listed by name such as Olivia Stock ton Charles Andrew Howard Lena McMahon Lena Leslie Shehorn Elvira Compton Katherine Deborah Pre eres Howard Wilson Browner Carl Wallace Aloa Marie Gentle Loraine Theresa Lou Greer Mia Ermn Ruby Bechtel and Victor Bru m2. The text appears as a hospital admission log with scattered surnames and given names.
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Olivia Stockton
Charles Andrew “Howard
Riley
White Boar on Tolle Road Terrorizes Anderson Farm
In Jefferson County a dominant white Chester White hog on Col. Anderson’s farm on Tolle Road terrorized workers and neighbors. A pair of youths witnessed a beef slaughter aftermath as cattle roared through the woods. John and Jim Anderson chased the hog with a fork and a dog, eventually subduing it near the corncrib. The hog disappeared after a final chase.
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Jefferson CO
Col. Anderson
Tolle Rd
Addison Hapeman
Jefferson County
Tolle Road
Chester White
Jim
John
Anderson
Anderson Place
Shep
Colonels
Union Claims Dio Cost 16000 To Quit Auto Work
A debated union article alleges a figure of 16000 dollars associated with Dio Cot and an auto industry dispute. The text remains fragmentary with unclear attributions and names.
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Dio Cot
Auto. Union
Mt Vernon Scouts Head to Camp Joy Next Week
Seventeen members of Boy Scout Troop 104 Mt. Vernon will travel to Camp Joy near Carlyle for a camping period August 11 to 17. Local scouts Keith Markey Sammy Hicks Richard Barlow Thomas Courtney Terrell Sharp Jimmie Frakes James Hunt Kendall Hunt Hamilton McCowen Terry Johnson Ronald Derry Mehi Derry Bill Engelmann Michael Murphy James Leek Patrick Mossholder join Scouts from Fairfield Centralia and Salem for the trip.
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Boy Scout Troop 104
Mt. Vernon
Camp Joy
Carlyle
Keith Markey
Sammy Hicks
Richard Barlow
Thomas Courtney
Terrell Sharp
Jimmie Frakes
James Hunt
Kendall Hunt
Hamilton _McCowen
Terry Johnson
Ronald Derry
Mehi Derry
Bill Engelmann
Michael Murphy
James Leeck
Patrick Mossholder
Farmers Union Picnic Set for Game Farm Sunday
Plans are complete for the Illinois state Farmers Union picnic to be held this Sunday, August 11, at Mt. Vernon State Game Farm. Angus McDonald of Washington DC, national Farmers Union legislative secretary, will be the principal speaker with state officers on the program. A basket dinner is planned at noon followed by afternoon entertainment by the Sunset Ramblers. Jefferson County farm families are invited and Illinois farmers are expected to attend the second annual event.
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Illinois
Farmers Union
Mt. Vernon State
Angus McDonald
Washington D. C
National Farmers Union
Jefferson County
Jefferson ‘County
Will Return Man Here For Theft Of Minister's Auto
Deputy Sheriff Bob Ruddick left Effingham today after a prisoner charged with stealing a minister's car. A larceny of a motor vehicle warrant is filed against Dewey Gene Mills, 23, of Centralia, accused of breaking into Waite's Fast Car Wash on south Tenth Street and stealing a 1957 model owned by Rev. Bayne Wil, a local resident. Mills was arrested north of Effingham yesterday following a car crash and police gunfire.
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Bob Ruddick
Effingham
Mt. Vernon
Dewey Gene Mills
Centralia
Mills
Waite
South Tenth Street
Bayne Wil
Bloodmobile collects 48 pints in Mt Vernon drive
Forty eight pints of blood were collected during the Red Cross Bloodmobile visit in Mt Vernon yesterday. The Bloodmobile returns to the Moose Lodge today with donor hours until 6 PM. Walk in donors welcome.
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Red Cross
Mt. Vernon
Moose Lodge
City Truck Collides With Car at 20th and Broadway
A Mt. Vernon city truck driven by Glenn Thomas and a car driven by Darrell Davis collided at 20th and Broadway yesterday. No injuries reported. Davis cited for following too closely. A second minor crash occurred at Tenth and Conger between Margaret Downes and Maxey Milner.
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20Th
Broadway
City of
Margaret Downes
RFD 4
Mt. Vernon
Maxey Milner
Perkins Avenue
Tenth
Conger
Police Court Fines From Drunk and Car Violations
Fines assessed before J. R. Thomas, police magistrate, include Gordon Sechrest 35 dollars plus costs on a drunk charge, Hil lery Troutt 15 dollars for a drunk charge, Charles A. Turner 10 dollars for a drunk charge, May Jay Kelley 15 dollars for careless driving, Larry Wayne Wilson 15 dollars for careless driving, George E. Puckett 5 dollars for illegal mufflers, Harold L. Jones 5 dollars for a single headlight.
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J. R. Thomas
Gordon Sechrest
Hillery Troutt
Charles A. Turner
May Jay Kelley
Larry Wayne Wilson
cGorge E. Puckett
Harold L. Jones
Marriage License for Ray E Smith and Mabel Storckman
Ray E Smith aged 49 of Gray ville NL and Mabel Storckman aged 44 of Mt. Carmel IL appear to obtain a marriage license as listed in the notice. The record notes their names and ages with city and state origins.
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Ray E. Smith
Grayville, NL
Mabel Storckman
Mt. Carmel, Il
Illinois Weather Forecast and City Temperatures
An August sun returns as Chicago reports near ninety with scattered showers in northern Illinois predicting cooler weather by Saturday. Across the state, highs reached the low to mid nineties in Peoria Rockford Moline and Springfield with Vandalia the coolest at 60.
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Chicago
Illinois
Moline
Pe‘oria
Rockford
Vandalia
Peoria
Springfield
Scott Air
Spectators witness Mt Vernon skating tournament crowd
More than 1,000 spectators watched 128 Mt Vernon youths compete at the city park roller rink. Mt Vernon Moose Lodge No 55 sponsored the event with plans for an annual show. Prizes awarded across many races and dance skates, with winners named in each division.
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Jack Barbe
City Park
Mt. Vernon
Moose Lodge
Moose
Delo
Moose Lodge No
Jim McElwain
Jerry McQueen
John Dale
Wayne Arnold
John Harris
Billy Filberth
Ivan Shields
Jerry Keele
Janice: Moore
Harry Coberly
Becky Strattan
Jim
McElvain
Joyce Davison
Bob Stewart
Carolyn Boster
Sharon Adams
Karen Jones
Jerry Skinner
Marvin Leathers
Sandra Anne Sanders
Dorothy Leevy
Janet Filberth
iBarbara Winemiller
Roger Barr
Rodney Isaac
Lernea Gavette
Cathy Ellis
Carolyn Arnold
Vaughn Hess
Becky [Moore
Sue Arnold
Brenda Lay
Johnnie Pickins
Bill Moore
Joyce Grant
Linda Cowen
Good Lord Calls Shots Sals Pilot
Tyson piloted the plane to a safe landing at Hilo after the No 1 propeller flew off and damaged No 2, jamming the wheel brake. The craft landed smoothly on two engines despite yaw. passengers and crew, drenched in sweat, endured nearly seven hours of tense flight and balancing shifts.
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Utes
Tyson
Hilo
Navy
William M. Lowry
Coronado
Calif
Meeting Notice of White Shrine Courtesy Visit
White Shrine of Jerusalem Salem Shrine No 97 invites Mt Vernon White Shrine of Jerusalem members to a courtesy visit for Marguerite Dutsch Supreme Worthy High Priestess at Salem Masonic Temple Monday August 12. Dinner at 6 30 and meeting at 8 00. Lola Booth W H P Margaret Pigg Worthy Scribe
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White Shrine of Jerusalem
Salem Shrine No. 97
Mt. Vernon White ‘Shrine of Jerusalem
Marguerite Dutsch
Salem Masonic Temple
Lola Booth
W.H.P
Margaret Pigg
Catholics Appeal to Pope Over Segregation at New Orleans
Archbishops Joseph F. Rummel recognizes a Catholic lay group may appeal to Pope Pius XII to stop racial integration in the church. The Assn of Catholic Laymen asked the Pope to decree segregation is not morally wrong and to halt further steps toward integration in schools pending a papal pronouncement. The archbishop has ended segregation in churches but not set a school integration date. The laymen seek to keep schools segregated. the church announced no stance on whether segregation should be restored in churches.
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New Orleans
Joseph F. Rummel
Assn
Holy See
Three Spies for Soviet Union Sentenced in New York
Jacob Albam a 34 year old farmer and Brooklyn tea and spice dealer and Myra Sobel 52 were each sentenced to five years in prison for spying for the Soviet Union. Her husband Jack Sobel 54 awaited sentencing later. All pleaded guilty. Court officials noted tense scenes as the defendants stood before Judge Richard H Levet.
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New York
Jacob Albam
Brooklyn
Myra. Sobel
Soviet Union
Jack
Albam
Soble
Richard H. Levet
Mt. V. Officers At State Fair
The State Fair opened in Springfield today with three Mt. Vernon area law officers on special duty. Officers Andy Mazzarelli Ronald Collins from Mt. Vernon and Dallas Shelton from Dahlgren were among the guards assisting during the fair week.
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Springfield
Mt.Vernon
Andy Mazzarelli
Ronald Collins
Mt. Vernon
Dallas Shelton
Dahlgren
Association forms in spring 1956 with thousand strong
Jackson G. Ricau, association executive secretary, said the letter closed with an assurance that the association would accept, as final any papal decree. Attorney Emile Wagner Jr., president of the association, said the group was formed in spring 1956. He estimated membership at 2,000 to 3,000.
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Jackson G. Ricau
Association
Emile Wagner Jr
Foreign aid bill advanced with $3.366 billion program
Congress unveiled a $3.366 billion foreign aid plan billed as a first step to a long range international assistance program. President Eisenhower supported the effort as conferees cut $498.41 million from the $3.86441 billion request, trimming military economic and technical aid abroad.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Notable 1960s Song Titles List May Reflect Pop Hits
A fragmented list of popular songs and artists including the Everly Brothers Billy Williams Jimmy Dorsey Johnny Mathis Don Cherry Patti Page Ricky Nelson Marty Robbins and The Coasters among others. It appears as a miscellaneous catalog of titles and performers rather than a cohesive article.
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Everly Bros
Billy Williams
Jimmy . Dorsey
Johnny Mathis
Don “Rondo
Dell-Vikings
Victor Young
The
Coasters
Larry Williams
Andy Williams
Patti Page
Bonnie
Ricky Nelson
Marty Rob
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