Deaths Helm Dies Age 78 Friday Rites Held
Aged 78, Azzle Lee Helm died Tuesday afternoon. Funeral at 2:00 p.m. Friday at Corinthian Berne church with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation Thursday 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. at Camp and Parker Funeral Home. Born March 4, 1879 in LaCenter, Ky, she married Richard Helm in 1921. She leaves husband, three sons James, Winfred, Raymond. four daughters Lillian Lemee, Louise Grooms, Odelia Wesley, Lilly Walden. 11 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. three brothers Will, Ray, Barron. one sister Pearl Hudgens.
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UO Ali Ree Lee
Helm
Gavohnaon
Oakwood Tery
Mds
Campnd Parker Funeral Home
Fursday
LaCenter
Harrison
Dora Herron
Mitchell
St. Louis
Richard ‘Melm
Corinthian Berne Church
Missionary Circle No.1
James
Buffalo
N.Y
Winfred
Springfield
Raymond
Detroit
Mich
Lillian Lemee
Louise Grooms
Odelia Wesley
Champaign
Ill
Lilly Walden
Will
Carrier Mills
Ray
Indianpolis
Ind
Barron Mitchell
Metropolis, Ill
Mrs
Pearl Hudgens
Cen‘tralia
Willa Mae Allen Dies At 61 Funeral Friday
Willa Mae Allen 61 of 1719 North Street died 5 50 pm yesterday at Good Samaritan Hospital Funeral services will be at 11 am Friday at Corinthian Baptist Church with Rev William Fuqua officiating Burial will be in Bethel Memorial Cemetery The body lies in state at Campbell and Parker Funeral Home after 6 pm Thursday She was born July 11 1896 in Trenton Tennessee daughter of Anthony and Mary Wade Blackwood married Claude Son Allen January 5 1915 in Mt Vernon He was predeceased She was a member of Corinthian Baptist Church She is survived by brother Lawrence Blackwood Plainfield Wis and sisters Dora Jones and Bessie Armstrong Mt Vernon
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Willa Mae Allen
North Street
Good Samaritan Ospital
Corinthian Baptist Church
William Fuqua
Bethel Memorial Cemetery
Campbell and Parker Funeral Home
Allen
Trenton
Tenn
Anthony
Mary
Wade) Blackwood
Mt. Vernon
Claude
Ee Eieen D. Sherrod Federated Ub
Lawrence Blackwood
Plainfield
Wis
Dora Jones
Bessie Armstrong
Two Cars Headed For Same Place Crash Head-On
Two cars traveling to a Millstadt area wedding collided head on near Paderborn Road killing a 19 year old Valmeyer mother and her infant son. injuries included multiple fractures for the Dammermann family and a broken collarbone for Rich Teard. Kenneth Schaefer a 17 year old New Athens driver was listed in critical condition.
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Millstadt
Ill
Valmeyer
Beda Mae Dammermann
Ronald
Dammermann
Gittlerman
Richteard
Kenneth
Schaefer
New Athens
Hammermann
Paderborn Rd
Esouth
East St. Louis
Births: two new babies in local families
Mr and Mrs Gene Brookman of 111 South Sixth Street welcomed a son, Michael Dean, born yesterday at 3 51 PM at Good Samaritan Hospital, weighing eight pounds eight ounces. Mr and Mrs Gale Galloway of Indianapolis welcomed a daughter, Elaine Gay, born yesterday at 7 30 PM, weighing six pounds seven ounces. Grandparents listed as Debbie Galloway of Belle Rive, Max Galloway of Bonnie, and Roger C Neal and Mrs Neal of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Brookman
South Sixth Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Michael Dean
Gale Galloway
Indianapolis
Elaine Gay
Bergrey Neal
Debbie Galloaway
Belle Rive
Max Galloaway
Bonnie
Roger C. Neal
This City
Police Court Fines Johnson For Improper Turn
Aurline Johnson was fined five dollars and costs before Police Magistrate J R Thomas on a charge of making an improper turn in Frattic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auline Johnson
J. R. Thomas
Livestock judging draws 100000 at Illinois State Fair
At Springfield Illinois State Fair 100000 spectators expected for livestock judging as champions emerge. Open grand championships awarded to J C Piper Sons Jersey cow Suner and McMarshall Farms red polled female Washington. Aber deen Angus bull J Gar Tet Tolan Pleasant Plains and Jersey bull Irwin W Myers Lake Ivy Flora win top titles. Junior champions include Jersey Earl Smith Clinton Holstein Aud rey Matthews Humtley Guernsey Kathleen Dennis Amboy and milking Shorthorn Mary Ann Beck Elk art. Harness racing, milking derby lead events with Stan fors Dennis Stubblefield 14 Stanford 52 points ahead in junior milking derby. Grand champion boar awards to Griffith Farms Greenville Chester White. Anglo Nubian goats won by C L H Wells Springfield. Illinois Bantam grand champion pullet J W Springer Morton. Bantam cockerel goes to R W Bruce Sharkes Florida. Cheriot ram and ewe display by Alvie Helms Belleville. Junior exhibitors include Kathy Gustafson Lake Zurich Southdown Bob Bane Leroy Cheviot Norman Malone Aledo Corriedale Barry Mann Morris Suffolk Larry Winditt Yates City Oxford Julia Allen Lake Zurich Light and Larry Durham Walnut Oxford. Opal Hayes Franklin named cook of today.
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Springfield
Ilinois
Dennis Stubblefield
Stanford
Ohio
Chester White
Griffith Farms
Greenville
C. L.H. Wells
J.W. Springer
Morton
R.W. Bruce
Sharkes
Fla
Alvie Helms
Donald
Belleville
Kathy Gustafson
Lake Zurich
Southdown
Bob Bane
Leroy
Cheviot
Norman Malone
Aledo
Corriedale
Barry Mann
Morris
Suffolk
Larry Winditt
Yates City
Shropshire
Julia Allen
Ighit
Larry Durham
Walnut
Oxford
Opal Hayes
Franklin
Joliet Workman Killed In Blast At Chemical Plant
A Stepan Chemical Co plant near Joliet experienced an acetylene torch ignition of solvent fumes during tank maintenance. One worker, William De Board of Wilmington, 30, died. Two others, Michael Tordai of Elwood and Anthony Beck of Joliet, were injured. The plant makes synthetic detergents.
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Joliet, Tl
Stepan Chemical Co
Joliet
William de Board
Wilmington
Michael Tordai
Elwood
Anthony Beck
Clerks' Vice-Proxy Addresses Mt Vernon Union Meeting
Murray Plopper international vice president of the Retail Clerks union spoke to Mt. Vernon Local 806 members at a courthouse meeting presiding Edwin Arnold. About 200 members attended as Arnold said the vice president promised full financial support in current disputes and future negotiations with an unaffiliated Mt. Vernon union.
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Murray Plopper
Retail Clerks Union
Mt. Vernon
Release 185 of Ship's Patients
New York report notes 15 of about 200 aboard the Arosa Sky still ill after a transatlantic flu outbreak. Most were foreign exchange students, with 29 remaining sick at docking and 15 by today. Stephen Galatti of the American Field Service expects full recovery by weekend as shipboard illness is described as mild but widespread.
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New York
Arosa Sky
Stephen Galatti
American Field Service
United States
Netherlands
Illinois Five Day Weather Forecast Details
Illinois forecast shows near normal temperatures with north cooler, south warmer. Normal highs range 81-85 north and 85-89 south, lows 59-64 north and 63-70 south. Thundershowers expected Friday and Sunday or Monday, more in the south. Missouri partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers, cooler in northwest to northeast tonight, highs in the upper 80s to upper 90s today.
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Missouri
Driver Fined 250 On Cruelty Charge
A 31 year old Pana Illinois truck driver was fined 250 on cruelty to animals charges. Bill Lee Crocker was arrested in St. Louis County after police found 60 dogs on his truck. He was transporting dogs purchased in Kentucky and Tennessee from Pana to Kansas City for use in a medical laboratory. An Animal Protective Assn official testified several dogs died after the trip and others were destroyed or sick. Crocker said he would appeal.
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St, Louis
Pana
Ill
Bill Lee Crocker
St. Louis
Crocker
Kentucky
Tennessee
Kansas City
Jennings
Norman Anderson Heeft
Animal Protective Assn
Inon Union Votes Cast for Hoffa Amid Labor War
Testimony details Dio group tactics to gain recognition for fake Teamsters locals. Delegates allegedly voted for O Rourke while not voting themselves. Anthony Doria faces possible prosecution. transcript ordered to Justice Department. Doria, former AIW secretary treasurer, denies charges of fund mishandling and bringing Dio into organized labor.
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Dio
Teamsters
Kennedy
Council
O’rourke
Anthony Doria
McClellan
Justice Department
Pleasant Grove Community News and Visits
A Pleasant Grove school enrollment notice asks all children to register Monday August 19 between 9 and 12. The page also lists visits, travels, church events, and community notices including relatives from Bloomington and Mount Vernon, a Homecoming program in Union Chapel, and local marriages and announcements. Silent City trips, air force homecomings, and police chatter appear among many social notes and travelings.
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Pleasant Grove
Carl Schultz
Bloomington
Kendall Hobbs
Chas. Green
Rade Bean
Donoho Prairie Church
Shiloh Township
Cranston Smith
Miriam and
Paul
Marion, Ill
Chattanooga
Tenn
Wm. Kirkpatrick
Cranston
George Pettit
Harry Coleman
Gertrude Cherry
Mt. Vernon
Charles Pettit
Milburn Smith
St. Jacob
Earl Smith
Forest Park
St. Louis
Harry Jacobs
Fannie Wallace
Chester Donoho
Earl Harmon
Centralia
Roy Hoyt Jr
Air Force
Decatur
Roy Hoyt
Estle Watson
Marion and
Heriin
Lawrence Spangler
Earl Spangler
Estelle Watson
Mary Moss
Leo Revis
Woodlawn
Bro. Willis
J. E. Keele
Schoonover
Watsons
Yvonne Throgmorton
Kansas City
George Roy Weingartner
Lewis Kincheloe
Richard Kincheloe
Oklahoma City
Okla
Becky Dodson
Fred Dodson
George Milo
Harvey Scherbarth
Milo
Ralph Murphy
Champaign
Roy Weingartner
Clayton Johnson Edsel Agency to Sell Ford Edsel
Clayton Johnson Agency announces Mt. Vernon Illinois as an authorized Edsel dealership. Edsel, Ford’s medium priced car, to be introduced this fall with a grand opening planned. The dealership will include a showroom, service department, and used car lot under Johnson Edsel Sales.
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Edsel
Ford Motor Company
Johnson Edsel
Ninth
Harrison Streets
Mt. Vernon
Ill
A. E. Jacobsen
St. Louis
Clayton L. Johnson
Johnson Edsel Sales
Johnson
Mahwah
N. J
Somerville
Mass
Wayne
Ranger
Edsel Division
Harold N. Johnson
Local Soil Conservation Group Tours Watershed Projects
Soil Conservation Service personnel from ten southeastern Illinois counties visited watershed projects in northwestern Illinois last week to learn how locally designed plans address flood control drainage and water conservation with Federal support. The Old Tom Creek and Hadley Creek watersheds illustrated varied problems and solutions showing collaboration among local communities state and federal agencies. Gorham Pigg Jr aided in the Old Tom Creek tour. SCS staff included Don Johnson Roy Pigg Harvey Longbons Howard Barlow Lee Austin E. P. Mitchell Lonnie Kroener Glynn Shubert Jack Stacey Dallas Tucker Charles Rankin Gerald Walker and Henry Daily.
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Soil Conservation Service
Illinois
Congress
Old Tom Creek
Henderson County
Hadley Creek
Pike County
Gorham Pigg, Jr
Pigg
Mt. Vernon
SCS
Don Johnson
Roy Pigg
Harvey Longbons
Conservation Aid
Howard Barlow
Lee Austin
Fairfield
E. P. Mitchell
McLeansboro
Lonnie Kroener
Glynn Shubert
Nashville
Jack Stacey
Carlyle
Dallas Tucker
Harrisburg
Charles Rankin
Carmi
Gerald Walker
Salem
Henry Daily
Ridgway
Herter Warns Against Travel to Communist China
Secretary of State James Herter urged U S citizens to avoid visiting Communist China, calling such travel a tool of propaganda and linking it to violations of the Trading With the Enemy Act. He warned passports could be forfeited and referenced a de facto state of war with China.
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America
Herter
China
United States
Fire Damages Conger Avenue Home In Belle Rive
A fire at 7:50 last night heavily damaged a four room home at 612 Conger Avenue, Dorothy Zagar absent at the time. Fire crews arrived quickly and limited water use to under 250 gallons, with cause suspected defective wiring. Earlier, firefighters monitored a controlled burn of old lumber near 19th and Herbert to prevent spread.
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Dorothy Zagar
David Edmison
Mt. Vernon
19Th
Herbert
Mt Vernon city sales tax June receipts total 9872.40
State revenue department announced June sales tax collections in Mt Vernon and nearby communities. Other area towns reported varied totals such as McLeansboro 2268.59 Lesser 927.54 and Wayne City 517.55, while southern Illinois totals included Carbondale 6845.98 Centralia 9996.62 Harrisburg 5840.45 Herrin 5479.64 and Marion 6237.69 with numerous others listed.
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Mt Vernon
State Revenue Department
Ashley
Belle Rive
Dahlgren
Ina
Irvington
Kell
McLeansboro
Lesser
Sims
Wayne City
Illinois
Anna
Benton
Buckner
Cairo
Carbondale
Carlyle
Carmi
Carrier Mills
Centralia
Chester
Christopher
Clay City
DuQuoin
Eldorado
Enfield
Flora
Harrisburg
Herrin
Johnston City
Kinmundy
Marion
Mount Carmel
Springerton
Zeigler
Armed Troops End Strike in Lodz Poland
Armed troops and officials moved to end a transport strike in Lodz Poland after negotiations between the Communist Party Central Committee and a strike delegation. About 1,000 military and civil trucks replaced streetcars as officials resumed limited service in the 700,000-population city while wage talks continued.
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Communist Party Central Committee
Poland
Hospital Notes from Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan
Jefferson Memorial admits Velma Davenport J O Allen Dahlgren and Joe Kennedy. Discharges Edward Beckmeyer Irvington, Anna Meisner, Clara Alice Morgan, Lofton Pate, I B Morgan and John C Millspaugh Carrier Mills. Good Samaritan admits Leah Yanaway Earl Somers Ellen Davis Frank Sonsini Minnie Hopper William Mayo Lawton Spangler Rodney Panzier Master Rodney Panzier. Discharges Otillia Kesinger Katie Talbert Lulu Layman Florence Jay Betty Young Beulah Atkinson Rachael Hayes Martha Stratton.
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Jefferson Memorial
Velma Davenport
J. O. Allen
Dahlgren
Joe Kennedy
Edward Beckmeyer
Irvington
Anna Meisner
Clara Alice Morgan
Lofton Pate
I. B. Morgan
John C. Millspaugh
Carrier Mills
Good Samaritan
Leah Yanaway
Earl Somers
Ellen Davis
Frank Sonsini
Mini Hopper
William Mayo
Lawton Spangler
Rodney Panzier
Otillia Kessinger
Katie Talbert
Lulu Layman
Florence Jay
Betty Young
Beulah Atkinson
Rachael Hayes
Martha Straton
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South Side Drug Store
Aehd
Tilengis
Peoria
Rantoul
Vandalia
Scott Air Base
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Ore
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Inon-Union
HOFFA
Hong Kong
Red
Mao Tze-tung
Broughton
C.S.T
Moore
Woodrow
Dale Advantol
H. H. R. Modest
Arthur Coontz & Son
W. A. Anderson & Sons
Glenn Sutton
L. Card
Lloyd E
THURS
Baling
Malaya
Clayton Johnson Agency
Ford Co
Henry Mossberger
Studebaker - Packard
Studebaker
Service Department
Harrison St
Salem Road
Jack Johnson
Mgr
Conger Avenue
Lodz
Roy Taylor
Mt, Vernon
Frank B. Frank H. Neal Morgan
Mt. Vernon, Olinois
Knox Hirons
Waltonville
Broadway
Whitaker
First National Bank
Aed
Manion Appliance
South 9Th Street
Cummins Orchards
Dix
Cummins
Ward
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