Deaths of John T Hall a former Mt Vernon resident
Death notices report John T Hall age 77 died last week at the Gary Indiana home of his son Donald Hall. He previously lived in Mt Vernon with his daughter Hazel Skaggs who has since moved to Phoenix Arizona. Hall also leaves son John Hammond Indiana and daughter Mabel Abrahamson Little Falls Minnesota. Mrs Skaggs visited Mt Vernon before traveling to Chicago Heights then back to Phoenix.
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John T. Hall
Mt. Vernon
Donald
Gary
Ind
Hall
Hazel Skaggs
Skaggs
Phoenix
Ariz
John
Hammond
Mabel Abrahamson
Little Falls
Minn
Donald Bullock
Chicago Heights
Draper Sr. Wayne City resident dies at 65
Charles Clinton Draper Sr. 65 of Wayne City died of a heart attack last night at 9 near Fairfield Memorial Hospital. Funeral set Sunday at Olive Branch Church with Rev. Bernard Isle. burial in Olive Branch cemetery. The body lies in state at Richardson Chapel after 7 tonight. He was born January 19, 1894 in Hamilton County and married Leeta Hands January 10, 1920. He retired from Marlow Coil Co. and was WWI veteran. survived by wife, three sons, three daughters, 13 grandchildren, two brothers.
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Charles Clinton Draper, Sr
Wayne City
Fairfield Memorial Hospital
Olive Branch Church
Bernard Isle
Olive Branch
Richardson Chapel
Draper
Hamilton County
Charles Isaac
Rebecca Ann (Ballard) Draper
Leeta Hands
Marlow Coil Co
St. Louis
Mary Ellis 81 Dies in Wayne County Hospital
Mary Ellis 81 of Hickory Hill township Wayne county died at 1 05 a m today at Jefferson Memorial Hospital Mt Vernon She was a member of Garrison Temple Church funeral services Monday at 2 00 p m Rev Bucky Jordan will officiate with burial in Garrison Temple cemetery Friends may call after 2 00 p m Saturday She born Feb 14 1878 to James A Vaughn and Hester Holleman On Aug 6 1905 she married James Ellis who died Apr 18 1959 Survived by sons Arthur Mt Vernon and Hubert Keenes four daughters Susie Duncan Mt Vernon Elsie Garrison Keenes Florence White Springfield and Laura McCormick Wayne Cuy 22 grandchildren 23 step grandchildren 18 great grandchildren two stepsons Everett Mt Vernon and Fred St Louis two stepdaughters Minnie Reiling Mt Vernon and Lara Stepp Rockford a brother Arthur Vaughn California and sisters Ollie Forth Orchardville and Martha Bradham Centralia
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Mary Ellis
Hickory Hill Township
Wayne County
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Mt. Vernon
Garrison Temple Church
Bucky Jordan
Garrison Temple Cemetery
Richardson Chapel
Wayne City
Ellis
James A
Hester (Holleman) Vaughn
James Ellis
Everett Ellis
Fred Ellis
St. Louis
Minnie Reiling
Lara Stepp
Rockford
Arthur Vaughn
California
Ollie Forth
Orchardville
Martha Bradham
Centralia
Deaths Across Nations Reported By Associated Press
SANTA MONICA CALIF. William V. O Connor 48 former chief deputy attorney general of California died of acute coronary occlusion. He served seven years in the attorney general s office and resigned in 1958 to practice law in Los Angeles. CONCORD CALIF. Fred Flanders 76 retired managing editor of the Aurora Beacon News died at home in Concord. MUNICH GERMANY Olaf Iversen 57 editor and publisher of Simplicissi mus died after a long illness. NASHVILLE TENN Claude Jonnard 61 pitcher with the Jonnard twin battery of the 20s died after an operation. Claude and twin Clarence were major leaguers with Giants and Phillies respectively.
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Santa Monica
Calif
William V. O'Connor
California
O'Connor
Los Angeles
Concord
Fred Flanders
The
Aurora
Beacon- News
Munich
Germany
Olaf Iversen
Simplicissimus
Nashvile
Tenn
Claude Jonnard
Jonnard
Claude
Clarence
New York Giants
Philadelphia Phils
D A V Auxiliary Sets Meeting at City Park Shelter
The D A V Auxiliary will meet Monday August 31 at 6 30 p m at the New Shelter House City Park Members should bring a covered dish and table service Meat course will be furnished Adjutant Esther Kai notes the details
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D.A.V
Esther Kai
Evangelistic Services Planned At Mt W Church
Rev Bill Ellis national evangelist and youth leader leads week long evangelistic meetings at First Church of God 1116 south 15th street from August 30 to September 6 at 730 p m nightly. Ellis brings twelve years in ministry and roles with Youth For Christ International Crusade Staff and Church of God youth groups. Kitty Ellis guest soloist with a touring history in choir and radio and travels with slides from Europe and the Caribbean. Pastor Rev David Lynch invites public attendance.
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First Church of God
South 15Th Street
Bill Ellis
Eis
National Youth Fellowship
Church of God
United States
Ellis
Crusade
Youth For Christ International
Rev
Anderson College
Anderson
Indiana
Anderson School of Theology
Christian Brotherhood Hour
Ellises
Europe
British Isles
Panama
British Guiana
Isle of Curacao
Trinidad
Barbados
Jamaica
Holy Land
Essen
Germany
David Lynch
Duke of Windsor named among best dressed in Britain
London AP observed that the Duke of Windsor, once a fashion leader, is slipping as a clothes horse, while Harold Macmillan is also named in the magazine Man About Town’s annual best dressed list. The piece notes Nixon also earns a place among the stylish, with comment on his style balance.
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London
Man About Town
Duke of Windsor
Harold Macmillan
John Taylor
Taylor
Macmillan
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
U.S
Birth of son to Mr and Mrs Dale Greene Stephen Dale
Mr and Mrs Dale Greene of Hillside Drive No 11 welcomed a son born yesterday at 8 48 p m at Good Samaritan Hospital. The child has been named Stephen Dale.
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Dale Greene
No. 11
Hillside Drive
Good Samaritan Hospital
Stephen Dale
Hospital Notes Good Samaritan Admissions and Discharges
Admitted: Mervyn Dean Gar ren William Patton Jones Wil ma Ruth Lynn. Discharged: Inez Rachel Capps and baby son Andy Clyde Della Marie Thomas and baby son Michael John Frank George Rutter Cecil Campbell. Admitted: Baby Betty Jean Taylor of Dahlgren. Discharged: Ronald Dean Hawkins Ina Mrs Barbara Pauline Neal and infant Owen David Mrs Etta Richardson William Franklin Hicks Gay E Wells and Miss Betty Marie Purdue Kell
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Good Samaritan
Mervyn Dean Garren
William Patton Jones
Wilma Ruth Lynn
Inez Rachel Capps
Andy Clyde
Della Marie Thomas
Michael John
Frank George Rutter
Cecil Campbell
Betty Jean Taylor
Dahlgren
Ronald Dean ‘Hawkins
Ina
Barbara
Pauline Neal
Owen David
Etta Richardso
William Franklin
Hicks
Gay E. Wells
Betty Marie Purdue
Kell
East Europeans urge coexistence with communism at WCC session
East European delegates at the World Council of Churches nine day gathering in Rhodes Greece urged Western churches to learn to live with communism to ensure survival in the Red world. Hungarian Lutheran Bishop Olian Kaldy warned against defending a Middle Ages social system in Tibet while criticizing untruths about Communist China.
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Rhodes
Greece
Eastern Europe
Central Committee
World Council of Churches
Olian Kaldy
China
Tibet
Mt Vernon men attend water supply conference
Five Mt. Vernon men returned from Springfield where they attended a water supply conference sponsored by the state Chamber of Commerce. Attending from Mt. Vernon were City Manager Harlow Richardson, Sewer Dept. Supt. Arch Whitlock, J. Covington, Joe Winfrey, Chamber of Commerce manager, and Clifford Fore, manager of the local water company, Howard Mendenhall of Benton, superintendent of the Bend Lake ve and District, also attended.
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Mt. Vernon
Springfield
State Chamber of Commerce
Harlow Richardson
Sewer Dept
Arch Whitlock
J. Covington
Joe Winfrey
Chamber of Commerce
Clifford Fore
Howard Mendenhall
Benton
Bend Lake Ve
Port er Held as Fugitive in Armed Robbery Case
Des Moines AP report says Gilbert Edward Porter, 28, was held for Springfield authorities on a federal charge of armed robbery. FBI Special Agent Thomas Gearty said Porter was arrested as a fugitive from Illinois.
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Des Moines
Gilbert Edward Porter
Springfield
Thomas Gearty
FBI
Porter
Inois
Tragic gang deaths stun New York church service
In Trinity Church on Wall Street a 15-year-old Negro girl, Theresa Gee, lay in a white casket as Rev. Dr. C Kilmer Myers led 500 mourners in a plea for urban peace after her shooting in a Sunday gang fight. Also killed was 14-year-old Julio Rosario with six others wounded. grand jury indictments charged John Curr and Miguel Castro with first‑degree murder.
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New York
Trinity Church
Wall Street
Lower East Side
Kilmer Myers
Theresa Gee
Theresa
Julio Rosario
John Curr
Miguel
Gypsy) Castro
Rosario
Volunteers Keep Hospitals Open Despite Pickets
In Chicago two hospitals Mount Sinai and Home for Incurables operated normally during a strike by non professional workers. Volunteers filled in crossing picket lines, with disputed strike headcounts. Union says about 300 at Mount Sinai and 100 at Home for Incurables refused to work. Both hospitals claim nonprofit status exempts them from bargaining.
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Chicago
Mount Sinai Hospital
American Federation of State
Marvin N. Stone
Mount Sinai
Victor Gotbaum
Senator Engle calls for U S forces overhaul
Sen Clair Engle of California proposed dismantling separate Army Navy Air Force and Marine Corps to form unified commands. He urged a retaliatory striking force a limited war force continental defense and a logistic command while stressing the missile race to check communist global dominance.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Clair Engle
D-Calif
Engle
Senate
Senate Armed Services Committee
Weather Outlook for Illinois Heat and Rain Expected
Temperatures will run about 12 degrees above normal with highs near 77 to 86 and lows around 58 to 68. The pattern remains hot with small daily changes and rainfall generally under a quarter inch, though scattered afternoon or evening thundershowers may bring higher amounts in some locales.
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Ilinois
Admits Killing In Steak House Near Belleville
Police said Paul Forest Hammett age 28 admitted gunning down Lorenz 24 operator of Busch's Steak House near Belleville. Two companions Tony Pitts 30 and Patricia Kilgore 19 were arrested after admitting to being with Hammett. Lloyd Hughes of St. Louis was wounded. Hammett was shot last November in a tavern fight over a girl.
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ST. Louis
Paul Forest Hammett
Belleville
Hammett
St. Clair County
Ill
Lorenz
Tony Pitts
Jennings
Patricia Kilgore
Chatterbox
Lloyd
Spanky) Hughes
Hughes
Mayor's son linked to Edwardsville burglary arrest
Edwardsville police nabbed Marvin Dale Berry an ex convict near a closed filling station and three men fled with him one was the Caseyville mayor’s son Richard P. Hudson also named in the warrant. Berry and Clarence Barthelemy were arrested in Edwardsville Hudson injured from a fall but alive. Berry faces a prior 10 to 20 year sentence for a Granite City tavern hold up. Meanwhile in Washington Sen Paul Douglas sparred with Wisconsin and Michigan senators over a Lake Michigan water bill as Chicago seeks more water for sewage work.
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Edwardsville
Marvin Dale Berry
St. Louis
Raymond Perry
Barry
Caseyville
Berry
Richard P. Hudson
George Hudson
Clarence Barthelemy
Barthelemy
Penny
Perry
Hudson
Granite City, Tavern
Washington
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
Wisconsin
Chicago
Lake Michhgian
Douglas
Senate
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Pat McNamara
D-Mich
Great Lakes
Oratory
McNamara
Canada
St. Lawrence
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Wiley
Chicago River
Sanitary Canal
Ilinois Waterway
Gets Chair For Slaying Wife Of Her Lover
Edy the Klumpp was sentenced to death in Ohio for killing her lover William Bergen's wife Louise in Clinton County after being convicted in Hamilton County. Bergen was accused of killing his estranged wife. Klumpp claimed Bergen poured gasoline and burned the body at Lake Cowan.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Edythe Klumpp
Ohio
Hamilton County
Klumpp
William Bergen
Nets million on fraudulent auto policies
An ex-convict who ran motor clubs in Chicago and Kansas City pleaded guilty to mail fraud. Raymond Nelson Standefer, 45, operated the Union Automobile Club in Kansas City from 1947 to 1957 and later the American Motorist Assn in Chicago. He offered a $49.50 two-year policy to low income groups in seven Midwest states, but most claims were refused and only those who pressured him collected.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Raymond Nelson Standefer
U. S
Albert A. Ridge
J. Taylor
Standefer
Union Automobile Club
American Motorist Assn
Taylor
Midwest
Gunboats clash Formosa Strait clash with Red forces
In the Formosa Strait a Nationalist Chinese warship engaged four Red Chinese gunboats, striking one and setting it on fire according to the Defense Ministry.
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Taipei
Formosa
Formosa Strait
Defense Ministry
Believe U S To Try Moon Shot
Washington reports a planned U S lunar probe mission may launch a 37 pound craft toward the moon with possible orbital insertion. Pioneer IV last March reached 37 000 miles past the moon before orbiting the sun. The moon’s closest approach to Earth is about 220 000 miles on Oct 4, making a Oct 2 or 3 launch possible.
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Washington
API
U.S
Dinner Tonight For Chief Pigg
Police Chief Verner Pigg will be honored at a dinner this evening hosted by the Chamber of Commerce and the police department. The event starts at 7:00 p m at the Moose Lodge to honor his retirement September 21 after 22 years as Mt. Vernon police chief.
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Verner Pigg
Chamber of Commerce
Police Department
Moose Lodge
Pigg
Mt. Vernon
New West Salem Teacher Norma Jean Crane Named
Mrs Norma Jean Crane of 0414 Herbert Street will teach this year at West Salem grade school. She previously taught two years in Jefferson county at Summersville and at Rome Consolidated. A Woodlawn High School graduate class of 1951 she attended Southern Illinois University 1951 53.
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Norma Jean Crane
Herbert Street
West Salem
Recess For Steel Talks Recess For Steel Talks
Negotiations in the nationwide steel strike are in recess for a few days to allow leaders on both sides to rethink positions. The half million workers’ strike is 50 days old as talks pause and resume Wednesday with FMCS director Joseph F. Finnegan citing joint need to reevaluate positions. Union President David J. McDonald and industry negotiator R. Conrad Cooper said a temporary adjournment is necessary to review problems and assess efforts to date.
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New York
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
United Steelworkers Union of America
David J. McDonald
R. Conrad Cooper
Boy Drowns In St. Louis Pool
A 15 year old boy named Willie Loggins drowned at a municipal pool in St. Louis the first such death in 19 years. Lifeguard John Wilson pulled him from 12 feet of water and performed CPR until police arrived. Officers aided with mouth to mouth resuscitation en route to Homer G. Phillips Hospital but the boy died.
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ST. Louis
Willie Loggins
John Wilson
Fairgrounds Park
Wilson
Homer G. Phillips Hospital
Elizabeth Welcomes President at Balmoral Gates
Half a million Britons cheered and gathered as Eisenhower and Macmillan arrived in London after Bonn. A loudspeaker truck taunted Macmillan over Suez and US ties. The welcome at Balmoral marked the era’s largest ovation since the Queen’s coronations.
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Eisenhower
Macmillan
Whitney
Harold Macmillan
London
Victor
Suez
League of British Empire Loyalists
United States
U.S
Anthony Eden
Bonn
Britain
Lao Rebels Hit Military Post Near Vientiane
Unofficial reports say Lao rebels struck a government post 16 miles from Vientiane with rifles and grenades, causing no casualties. The post sits on the Vientiane to South Laos road as U.S. officials meet Prime Minister Phoui Sananikone over fresh aid.
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Vientiane
Laos
Pathet Lao
U.S
Phoui Sananikone
Washington
Stan the Tire Man promotes lessons by sleep gadget
An ad style column touts a recording device placed under a pillow to teach languages history or algebra while sleeping. It claims painless learning and promises future global bragging rights if adopted, then shifts to a local Miss Peanut contest and Khrushchev musings before returning to tire safety and Stan the Tire Man in Mt Vernon Illinois.
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Vernon
Peanut
Mary Margaret Scagnelli
James Scagnelli
Apple Street
Mr. Vernon
Chicago
Presbyterian Church
Kiwanis
Khrushchev
Russia
National Safety Council
Stan
12Th & Broadway
Mt. Vernon
Illinois
U. S. Royals
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