Death Notice for Charlie J Wilkerson at 51 in Benton
Charlie J Wilkerson, 51, of Benton died Tuesday at Franklin Hospital. Funeral Friday at 1:00 p.m. at Westine Freewill Baptist Church with Unarl Funeral Home in charge. burial in Rankin Cemetery. He is survived by wife Lola Miller. sons Marvin and Clyde. daughters Steve Gostowski and Violet. one grandson. sister Grace Huffstutler.
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Charlie ‘J. Wilkerson
Benton
Franklin Hospital
Innuneral
Hlestine Freewill Baptist Church
W. R. Burton
Clyde Gulley
Ranksin
Mir. Wilkerson
Lola Miller
Marvin
Glyde
Germany
HS. Air Force
Steve Gostowski
Springeld
Violet Wilkerson
Sis& Grace Huffstutler
Ben
Mrs Burnett Turner Dies At Age 83 In Mt Vernon
Mrs. Burnett Turner died at 3 40 this morning at 4818 South Ninth Street aged 83 years eight months and 16 days. Funeral services set for Saturday 2:00 PM at Pulley Funeral Chapel with Rev Lester Breeze. burial in Hopewell cemetery Wayne County. She was born December 10 1875 in Salem daughter of Jeptha and Mary Jane Ray. Survived by two sons Orval and Dana Turner Mt Vernon two daughters Mary Bailey Wayne City and Grace Liptrap Mt Vernon nine grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. She was a Church of God member. Her parents husband one son two brothers and five sisters preceded her in death.
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Burnett Turner
South Ninth Street
Pulley Funeral Chapel
Lester Breeze
Hopewell Cemetery
Wayne County
Pulley Funeral Home
Turner
Salem
Jeptha
Mary Jane (Simms) Ray
Nathan Turner
Reed Dies at 73 Rites Set for Thursday
George W. Reed died at 4 20 am Tuesday at his home 503 south 15th street aged 73 years 11 months 13 days He was a longtime employee at the Mt Vernon car shops He will be buried in Smith cemetery Hamilton county The body lies in state at Myers Chapel until 4 pm today Reed was born September 12 1885 in Hamilton county He married Hannah Russell in 1916 at Mc Veansboro He was a deacon at Second Baptist Church He is survived by his wife two sons Coy Reed Mt Vernon and Clayton Reed Cinan City Ky two sisters Nettie Raturn McLeansboro and Elza Salterfield Mt Vernon Four grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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George W. Reed
South 15Th Street
Reed
Mt. Vernon
New Salem Church
Carl Whittington
Smith Cemetery
Amilton County
Myers Chapel
Nettieratum
McLeansboro
Elza Salterfield
Mt. Vervion
Ben S. Martin Rites Thursday at Logan Street Baptist Church
Funeral services for Ben S. Martin of 2227 Casey Avenue will be held Thursday at 2:00 PM at Logan Street Baptist Church, with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. The body lies in state at the church from noon. Mr. Martin, 73, died Tuesday morning at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. Friends may call at Myers Chapel after 4:00 PM today.
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Ben S. Martin
Casey Avenue
Logan Street Baptist Church
James Franks
Otho Williams
Oakwood Cemetery
Myers Chapel
Mr. Martin
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Jimmie Costley of Bluford Dies at 35
Jimmie M. Costley died at 4 50 am at his Bluford home aged 35 years eight months and 16 days. Born December 10 1923 at Moundsill he was the son of Frank J and Orpha Purnell Costley. Funeral arrangements were incomplete with the body at Myers Chapel. He is survived by his parents and two half brothers H E Roby of Gary Indiana and Roby of Santa Barbara.
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Jimmie M. Costley
Bluford
Mr. Costley
Moundsill
Frank J
Orpha (Purnell) Costley
Myers Chapel
rMr. Costley
Gary
Ind
Ot . Roby
Santa Barbara
Meetings REBEKAHS TO MEET
Varnell Rebekah Lodge No 296 will meet in regular session in the T0.0.F. hall Thursday evening August 27 at eight oclock. Each member is requested to bring a white elephant. NAQMIR BOGAN secretary.
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Varnell Rebekah Lodge No. 296
Naqmir Bogan
D He
Sec
Jefferson County 4-Hers Win State Fair Awards
Jefferson County 4-Hers earned top ratings at the State Fair in Springfield with 20 plus participants selected from county contests. Linda Lehman won an A for her speech Now Is The Time, Mary Kay Shultes received an A for Ribbon Sand Sandwiches, clothing exhibits earned multiple B and A ratings, and groups from Harmony Girls and Belle Rive Prairie Wranglers also attained high marks for demonstrations and handwork.
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Jefferson County
Springfield
Linda Lehman
The
Loyal Cooperators
Mary Kay Shultes
Belle Rive Busy Belles
Judy Cross
Sylvia Hamilton
Glenda Byars
Harmony Girls
Dorothy Leevy
Northtown Helpful Workers
Red River Rose
Byerry Cross
Clark Shultes
Belle Rive Prairie Wranglers
Marshall Highsmith
Camp Ground Golden Rule
Heat Wave Lingers Across Illinois Weekend
The Weather Bureau forecasts a weekend with temperatures 7 to 12 degrees above normal across Illinois, highs in the 90s and lows in the 60s. Chicago marks a seventh straight day with 90 plus temps, peaking at 95, tying a 1953 record as 90s sweep the state from Belleville to Moline.
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Illinois
Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Belleville
Moline
Violence Grows In Washington Crisis Prompts Talked Measures
Washington legislators fear rising crime on city streets with a 10 to 18 percent jump in serious offenses this year. Senator Alan Bible calls for strong steps while Representative Omar Burleson proposes deploying two Marine companies to patrol Washington streets.
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Washington
Congress
Alan Bible
D-Nev
Senate District Committee
Omar Burleson
D-Tex
Rockwell's Wife Mary Barstow Rockwell Dies at 51
Mary Barstow Rockwell wife of artist Norman Rockwell died Tuesday in Stockbridge Massachusetts. She was 51 and born in Wheat On Northampt on. The report notes her marriage to the famed illustrator and her role in their household.
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Stockbridge
Mass
Mary Barstow Rockwell
Norman Rockwell
Wheaton
T. Northampton
Ernst E. Mensel
Hampton Co
Hampton Spinning Mills
Miami Beach
Fla
James Alger Fee
U.S. Court of Appeals
San Francisco
American Bar Assn
Charles R. Blyth
Blyth & Co
Ashtabula
Ohio
Crown Zellerbach Corp
Pacific Gas Transmission Co
Hewlett-Packard Co
Sanford Research Institute
Chicago Mob Financier Frederick Evans Slain in West Side Parking Lot
Frederick Evans, 60, once a key financial figure for the Capone syndicate, was killed by two gunmen in a West Side parking lot. Reports say he spoke with FBI agents about syndicate business involving Joey Glimco Murray Humphreys and Louis Campagna. The FBI had no comment.
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Chicago (Ap
Frederick Evans
Capone
Evans
FBI
The
Chicago Tribune
Joey Glimco
Chicago Taxicab Drivers Union
Murray Humphreys
Louis
Lefty) Campagna
Tribune
Chicago
West Side
Postpone Start Of Schools In Front Royal Va
Warren County public schools including the new combined elementary high school for Negroes will delay opening from August 31 to September 8. The closed meeting of the school board and county supervisors approved the shift to ensure the facility is fully equipped. At present 336 white pupils and 18 Negroes have registered to attend the high school.
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Front Royal
Warren County
Q. D. Gasque
Gasque
Tte
Stamp collection left to Smithsonian from San Francisco contractor
San Francisco contractor August H. Wilhelm, past president of the American Philatelic Society, died December 8. An estate inventory disclosed he left a stamp collection valued at $100,000 to the Smithsonian Institution.
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San Francisco
August H. Wilhelm
Smithsonian Institution
American Philatelic Society
Hospital Notes Good Samaritan Admissions and Discharges
Good Samaritan reports admissions including Nolta Kamper Luhn Denny Dalton Berry Richards Fargher Frick Reid Moore Morrison and others. Discharges list Flack Meza Shell Wood Fellinger Firebaugh Boler Ward. Jefferson Memorial lists admissions Smith Hargrove Lowery Keele Neal and discharges Peggy Dean Smith with baby Jeffrey, Patsy Hicks with baby Mark Anthony.
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Good Samaritan
Nueriel
Elizabeth Nolta
Russell Fisher Kamper
Muriel Gertrude Luhn
James Alfred Denny
George Dalton
Manuel Berry
Pearl Richards
Joyce Norma Fargher
Carol Ann Frick
Mary Ann Reid
Charles Moore
Thelma Cox Morrison
Oleta Elizabeth Flack
Norma Lou Meza
Bernie Spencer Shell
Velma Ruth Wood
Pauline Fellinger Firebaugh
Elmer Marshall Bolerjack
Wanda Jane Ward
Jefferson Memorial
Randall Smith
Wiliam L. Hargrove
Raymond Everett Lowery
James Willis Keele
Barbara Pauline Neal
Peggy Dean Smith
Jeffrey Dean
Wayne City
Patsy Irene Hicks
Mark Anthony
Maywood
Birth of Owen David Neal at Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs William Walter Neal Sr of 712 White Avenue welcomed a son born this morning at 6 21 at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. The baby weighed 8 pounds 6 14 ounces and has been named Owen David.
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William Walter Neal, Sr
White Avenue
Efferson Memorial Hospital
Owen David
Draft Mitchell for Governor Drive Launches in Illinois
A statewide Draft Mitchell for Governor committee asks Democrats to consider Stephen A. Mitchell as a future Illinois governor candidate. The Chicago lawyer, former Adlai Stevenson campaign manager, is praised as a winner who can unite downstate and Cook County Democrats and attract independent votes. The group, led by Paul Simon John White and Robert Swartz, cites Mitchells respect for all Democrats and desire to empower party participation.
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Chicago
Stephen A. Mitchell
Illinois
Mitchell
Stratton
Sta
Paul Simon
Troy
John White
Cook County
Robert Swartz
Knox County
Adlai E. Stevenson
Upstate
Downstate
Commies Aiming Too High in 1959 Targets
In Tokyo AP reports China’s Central Committee concedes 1959 targets for grain and cotton were set too high based on 1958 figures. It also abandons backyard steel programs, acknowledging DIY furnaces produced about three million tons of poor quality steel. The revisions followed a secret Aug 16 meeting, per New China News Agency.
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Tokyo
China
Chinese Communist Party
Central Committee
Peiping
New China News Agency
Twins Born Aboard Pan Am Flight Over Atlantic
Twin girls were born aboard a Pan American World Airways plane flying from London to New York via Gander. The mother Mrs. William B. Stivers and the newborns were reported to be healthy at Banting Hospital in Gander. A doctor passenger and two stewardesses aided the delivery.
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New York
Atlantic
William B. Stivers
Bethlehem
U.S
England
Pan American World Airways
London
Gander
Mid
Roland A. Bell
Massapequa
N.Y
Banting Hospital
Pan American
Clarence Ing
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Ellen Mandzik
Yolanda Sisto
Manhattan
Jet trip to Bonn in 912 hours
Ike journeys mark firsts as he flies in a jet airliner for the Bonn visit. The trip sets a precedent with the Air Force craft used by Nixon to the Soviet Union. Queen Elizabeth II plans a Balmoral ceremony welcoming the President.
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Bonn
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Soviet Union
Queen Elizabeth II
Britain
Balmoral Castle
Scottish Highlands
Macmillan
London
British See Ike’s Flight as Crusade
British observers view President Eisenhower's airborne mission as a crusade over nuclear weapons. They aim to preserve Germany’s ties with NATO after Chancellor Adenauer steps back, while not blocking possible talks with the Soviet Union.
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Ike
Germany
NATO
Adenauer
Soviet Union
Steelworkers seek restart in bitter U S steel strike
In New York AP report A F Rogers proposes exchanges between U S and Soviet lawyers as part of a broader push for dialogue. The steel strike widens with McDonald returning to negotiations amid Taft Hartley tensions while industry cites inflation risk from wage raises. The ABA debates reflect Cold War era legal tensions.
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New York
David J. McDonald
Eisenhower
R. Conrad Cooper
McDonald
Didn’t Like The People Reveal Firebugs Motive
Oklahoma City AP reports 13 year old John Wayne Woods confessed to starting a Monday night fire at Cato Oil and Grease Co. Seven firefighters were injured and over a million dollars in damage occurred to storage tanks warehouses and tank cars. Police say he was picked up after a relative reported him missing and has a history of mental illness.
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Oklahoma City
John Wayne Woods
G.L. Emmett
Cato Oil and Grease Co
Emmett
John
Wayne County Plans 100 Bed Nursing Home
Wayne County officials discussed building a 100 bed nursing home costing $900000. The project, proposed by Fairfield's Community Development Assn, would need a referendum on general obligation bonds. The county would cover 75 percent of costs with the federal government supplying 25 percent under Hill Burton aid.
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Fairfield, Lll
Wayne County
County Board of Supervisors
Fairfield
Community Development Assn
Record Peak Electricity Demand Across Illinois Plants
Demand for electricity reached a new all time high between 11 and 12 noon on Monday August 24 totaling 757000 kilowatts. The surge followed a week of temperatures above ninety degrees with heavy use of fans and air conditioners. Neighboring utilities also set new peak records indicating widespread demand while Millinois Power Company notes its generating capacity exceeds a million kilowatts.
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Power Company
Mercury
Illinois Power Company
Commonwealth Edison Company
Union Electric Company
Central Illinois Public Service Company
Tlinois Power Company
Millnois Power Company
Hitler’s Poland Aggression Ignited by Appeasement Failure
The article recalls Eduard Benes yielding border areas under pressure from Germany and Poland, Britain and France failing to aid, and Chamberlain’s peace aim fading as Prague faced threat. It notes Benes resigning, Hacha summoned to Berlin, and Czechoslovakia becoming a German protectorate, followed by Soviet neutrality pact and the 10-day attack on Poland.
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Eduard Benes
Benes
Chamberlain
Bense
Germany
Poland
Emil Hacha
Berlin
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Britain
France
Moscow
Soviet Union
Hitler
U.S. Offers 1800 Items to Soviets on Trade Gesture
The United States proposes selling about 1800 American made items to the Soviet Union as a goodwill trade gesture. The list includes a house, a $200000 color TV unit, prefab housing, tools, radios, cars, office equipment, farm machinery, and fashion clothing. Some items would need export licenses, and it is unclear which goods are available without a license or advance Soviet approval.
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Washington
United States
Moscow
Frederick H. Mueller
Uncle Sam
Richard M. Nixon
Nikita Khrushchev
Mueller
Soviet Union
Commerce Department
U.S
Civil War Vet Is Eating Regularly
The last Civil War army survivor Walter Williams aged 116 is said to be eating regularly and improving, according to his daughter Willie Mae Bowles. He had been critically ill for about two weeks after a pneumonia bout but began to recover over the weekend in Houston, Texas.
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Houston
Tex
Walter Williams
Willie Mae Bowles
Cars Collide At 13th And Herbert
Property damage exceeded 200 dollars after a 12 25 p m Tuesday collision at 13th and Herbert involving cars driven by Lee M Bollinger 806 South 21st and Ben G Fryer 729 Harrison Each car sustained over 100 dollars in damage Bollinger was fined five dollars and costs before Police Magistrate J R Thomas for failure to yield right of way.
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Herbert
Lee M. Bollinger
South 21St
Ben G. Fryer
Harrison
Bollinger
J. R. Thomas
Police court fine for speeding on state route 37
Leslie J. Hayes of Centralia was fined 20 dollars plus costs by Police Magistrate J. R. Thomas for speeding 85 miles per hour on state route 37 a mile north of Mount Vernon. State police filed the charge.
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Leslie J. Hayes
Centralia
J. R. Thomas
Mt. Vernon
Daughter of Dix Couple Is Student Nurse Of Year
Harriet Mooney, daughter of Mr and Mrs Gale Mooney of Dix and a student at Alton Memorial Hospital, has been chosen student nurse of the year. She will represent the Tenth District Nurses Association in the state contest in Chicago this fall. Selection was based on personal assets, academic rating, nursing ability, leadership, and an essay on What Nursing Means To Me. Judges included a registered nurse a professional model a doctor and a personnel director.
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Harriet Mooney
Gale Mooney
Dix
Alton Memorial Hospital
Tenth District Nurses Association
Chicago
Candidee
Apply Here Now For Jobs In Northern Illinois
The Illinois State Employment Service is taking applications for field and cannery workers in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. Residents of the area should report at the local office, 225 South Ninth Street.
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Illinois State Employment Service
Illinois
Wisconsin
South Ninth Street
Dinner for Verner Pigg Retirement Event Set
Reservations are open for Friday’s 7 pm dinner honoring Verner Pigg Mt. Vernon police chief retiring September 1 after 22 years. The event at Moose Lodge is hosted by the Chamber of Commerce with tickets available at the Chamber office or police department.
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Verner Pigg
Mt. Vernon
Chamber of Commerce
Moose Lodge
Chamber
Police Department
Pigg
Mrt. Vernon
Kenton Daughter Leslie Kenton Marries Peter Day
Leslie Brookie Kenton, 18, daughter of orchestra leader Stan Kenton, wed Peter Caine Day, 20, in Beverly Hills. Both newlyweds are Stanford University students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Calif
Stan Kenton
Leslie Brookie Kenton
Peter Caine Day
Fresno
Stanford University
Capt Dalby Attends Illinois Policemen Meeting
Everett Dalby of the Mt. Vernon police will drive to Springfield tonight for the executive committee meeting of the state Policemen's Benevolent and Protective Association. He serves on the association's legislative committee. An all day session is set for tomorrow at the St Nicholas Hotel to discuss a 40 hour work week proposal for Illinois police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Dalby
Mt. Vernon
Springfield
State Policemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association
Dalby
St. Nicholas Hotel
Illinois
Guns Money Stolen At Home On Route 5
County officers investigate theft at Harvey Mulvaney home Route 5 Mr. Vernon. Between two shotguns a double barrel 12 gauge and a 16 gauge automatic, plus $3 to $4 in change and school bus keys were taken after entry reported at 3 15 Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Mulvaney
Vernon
Mulvaney
Sheriff's Office
Tuesady
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