Deaths Ethel Rash Leaves 62 Descendants in Local Obit
Ethel Lucinda Rash of 716 Herbert Street died at 12 40 pm Thursday at Good Samaritan Hospital at age 74 5 27. She leaves seven daughters five sons 32 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 10 am at Fifteenth Street Church of God with Rev. William P. Siebert. burial Oakwood Cemetery. Body lies in Myers Chapel after 4 pm Monday and in state again at 9 am Tuesday before funeral. Born March 3 1888 in Gallatin County to Samuel and Matilda Hines. Married Everett Rash in 1906 in Jefferson County. survives with family members in Arkansas Illinois California Kentucky and Missouri.
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Ethel Lucinda Rash
Herbert Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Fifteenth Street Church of God
William P. Siebert
Oakwood Cemetery
Myers Chapel
Rash
Gallatin County
Samuel and
Matilda (van Cleve) Hines
Jefferson County
Everett Rash
Missionary Baptist Church
Junction
Marie Wilson
Harrison
Ark
Ruth Brown
Yellville
Mary Shaffer
Mt. Vernon
Cora Johnston
Burbank
Calif
Helen Teal
la Grange
Ill
Verlene Wallace
Paducah
Wilma Kowalski
Chicago
Roy Rash
Bert Rash
LaGrange
Earl Rash
California
Arthur Rash
el Paso
Tex
Virgil Rash
Urbana
Frank Hines
Shawneetown
Paul Hines
Dexter, Mo
Beulah L Kent Dies At 62 Funeral Sunday
Beulah L. Kent of 602 South 24th Street died at 6 30 am at Good Samaritan Hospital aged 62 3 13. Funeral 2 00 pm Sunday at Myers Chapel with Rev Dale Harmon officiating. Burial in Memorial Gardens. She was born May 18 1900 in Jefferson County. Survived by husband Orville Kent two sons Phillip Kent Arcola and Walter Kent Carbondale a brother Keith Stonemetz a sister Mrs Lyda Belle Byars and three grandchildren. She was a member of First Methodist Church Mt Vernon Order of Eastern Star and White Shrine.
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Beulah Lee Kent
South 24Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Myers Chapel
Dale Harmon
Memorial Gardens
Jefferson County
Claude and
Louisa May (Garrison) Stonemetz
Mt. Vernon
Orville Kent
Phillip Kent
Arcola
Walter Kent
Carbondale
Keith Stonemetz
Lyda Belle Byars
Katie L. Sutton Funeral Held In Oklahoma
Funeral services for Mrs. Katie Lee Sutton were held last Friday August 24 in Oluftee Oklahoma. Burial followed at West Lawn Cemetery. The 79 year old Oluftee resident died August 22. Born January 12 1883 in Spring Garden township she was the daughter of Andrew and Angeline Weatherford. Survived by son Howard Sutton and daughter Mrs. Katherine King both of Oluftee and sister Mrs. Eric Lawrence of Oklahoma.
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Katie Lee Sutton
Oluftee
Okla
West Lawn
Sutton
Jefferson County
Spring Garden Township
Andrew and
Angeline
Music
Hospital Notes for Jefferson and Good Samaritan Patients
Jefferson Memorial admits Rance Rodney Hickle Edna Faye Hoffman Lorel Donley and discharges Lizzie Sigworth Noble Huffstuttler. Good Samaritan admits Lillian Base man Stathos Pavledes Nora Rogers Edna Davis Diana Glover Maria Garcia and discharges Mary Bundy baby Steven Todd Verdon Lane Leroy Hunt Barbara Porter Ora Rogers Anna Seidel baby Jerry Wayne Virginia Lane baby Allen Dean Doris Slater Harvey Clinton Lois Johnson Cal donia Bowman.
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Jefferson’ Memorial
Rance Rodney Hickle
Edna Faye Hoffman
Lorel Donley
Lizzie Sigworth
Noble Huffstuttler
Good Samaritan
Lillian Baseman
Stathos Pavledes
Nora Rogers
Edna Davis
Diana Glover
Maria Garcia
Mary Bundy
Steven Todd
Verdon Lane
Leroy Hunt
Barbara Porter
Ora Rogers
Anna Seidel
Jerry Wayne
Virginia Lane
Allen Dean
Doris Slater
Harvey Clinton
Lois Johnson
Caldonia Bowman
Castro Continues Hillings
Havana radio reported six Cuban counterrevolutionaries captured in Matanzas Province were sentenced to a firing squad for killing four militiamen.
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Key West
Fla
Havana Radio
Matanzas
Five Die in Alaska Plane Crash Near Seldovia
A twin engine plane crashed near Seldovia on the Kenai Peninsula killing five men. The craft was en route to Homer to connect to flights bound for Seattle.
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Seldovia, Alaska
Kenai Peninsula
Homer
Seattle
Hong Kong Eyes Wanda Typhoon Departure This Weekend
Hong Kong welcomed Wanda as it nears the city, hoping rains ease the acute water shortage in the refugee crowded British colony. The storm is expected to pass nearby on Saturday.
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Hong Kong
Wanda
Local livestock market steadies with hogs at 17.60
Prices were unchanged on the local livestock market today. The top was 17.60 for 200 to 1230 lb hogs. Sows were 16.25 for 300 weight down, sows 300 weight and over 15.75 down. Bours were 9.00 and 10.00.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted After Noon
Mt Vernon quotes show wheat at 1.92 soybeans 2.24 and corn 1.05 after noon for the market update.
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Mt. Vernon
Hogs and Cattle Prices Hit Wide Range at National Stockyards
National Stockyards report shows hogs 11,500 head with 18.25 to 18.75 traded for various weights and grades, sows and boars mixed. Cattle and calves totals include 1,200 cattle and 300 calves with loads of choice steers around 29.00 per 250 lb, 27.50 to 28.50 for large lot mixed, and cows down to 10.50 to 16.00. feeders and slaughter calves listed 18.00 to 27.00, lambs 17.00 to 21.00, with varied utility and canner ranges.
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National Stockyards
USDA
Chicago Butter and Egg Prices Reliable in Market
Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports steady butter wholesale prices with minor gains and varied scores, while egg prices stay near steady with whites and grades showing slight shifts. Values include scores AA 98 at 573, A 92 at 57, B 90 at 56, and egg categories from tops to dirties with mixed and standards noted.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Agricultural Market Report for Chicago Commodities
Chicago market notes show no sales of wheat corn oats or soybeans. Soybean oil price listed as Z. Barley prices ranged from 1.23 to 1.35 for choice and 93 to 1.10 for feed.
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Chicago
Egg and live poultry price ranges from St. Louis market
In St Louis Eggs and live poultry prices listed by grade and size. Consumer grades include A large 35-37, A medium 28-29, A small 16-18, B large 26-27, wholesale grades standard 24-26, unclassified farm run 21-22, checks 15-17. Hens heavy 14-15, light over 5 lbs 9-10, under 5 lbs 6-8. Commercial broilers and fryers 17-18.
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St, Louis
Wall Street ends mixed in dull pre-holiday trading
In quiet pre Labor Day sessions Wall Street edged higher as selective issues rose while many stocks drifted. Volume was about 2.6 million shares with gains led by auto and motor stocks and industrial names. Richardson-Merrell fell as steel shares showed mixed movement and bond activity stayed quiet.
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ED Morse
AP Business News
NEW York (Ap
Wall
Chrysler
Ford
American Motors
Studebaker
General Motors
IBM
du Pont
Union Carbide
Polaroid
Xerox
Houston Lighting & Power
Zenith
Puerto Rico
Richardson-Merrell
Wheeling
National
Armco
Republic
Bethlehem
U.S. Steel
Mt Vernon boy did not start garage fire report says
Fire Chief Sydney Burnette stated the department received a report that a Mt Vernon boy playing with matches caused a garage fire at William Montfort’s home on 420 North Ninth. An investigation found David Brontfort, 9, did not start the fire as children in the area played nearby and led to the erroneous claim.
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Sydney Burnette
Mt. Vernon
William Montfort
North Ninth
Burnette
David Brontfort
Montfort
Long City Water War Ends in City Purchase
Mt. Vernon taxpayers funded the fight for a decade costing about 600000 in rate disputes with 200000 funded by the city and 400000 by the water company. After 1955 condemnation suits and court battles to 1962, the city agreed on a 3400000 purchase price, issued 3850000 in revenue bonds, and took title to the water plant yesterday, beginning operation today.
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Mt. Vernon
Illinois Supreme Court
Illinois
Zero hour on distance dialing set continues page one
The new telephone directory details how to place a distant dial call using area codes. Miss Alberta Long, dial service chief for Mt. Vernon, says area codes should be used for all dialable communities and even for those not dialable or by people who cannot dial directly, to speed long distance calls.
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Alberta Long
Mt. Vernon
Births and weights at Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr and Mrs Arnold V Burke of RFD 1 Mt Vernon welcomed a daughter at 4 11 this morning weighing six pounds nine ounces. Mr and Mrs Jackie Eugene Elliott welcomed a daughter at 9 57 this morning weighing seven pounds twelve ounces named Pamela Diane.
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Arnold V. Burke
Rfd
Mt. Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Jackie Eugene Elliott
Pamela Diane
Masonic Lodge Mt Vernon Meets Aug 31 7:30 P M
Special meeting of Mt Vernon Lodge No 31 A F and A M will be held Friday August 31 at 7 30 p m Work in the third degree Members urged to attend Visiting brethren welcome Refreshments Lester Williams W M James Apgar Secy Past Matron s Club O E and The Past Matron s Club Mt Vernon Chapter O E 8S will meet Sept 3 at 7 30 p m Mrs Emma Gail Gaskins and Mrs Ada Thomas hostesses Call 244-1143 if you cannot attend Ruth Farthing Pres Naomi R Bogan Sec y
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Mt. Vernon
A.f.&a.m
O. E
Masonic Temple
Emma Gail Gaskins
Ada Thomas
Ruth Farthing
Naomi R. Bogan
Sec’y
Why Letters Stay On All-Number Dials
The article explains that even after the switch to all-number dialing, existing letters on telephone dials remain for compatibility. In Mount Vernon Bluford and Harmony the change occurs at 12:01 a.m. Sunday though the old two-letter prefixes persist as the first part of the new numbers. Letters won’t be removed until nationwide completion to avoid dialing issues with cities like St. Louis and other exchanges.
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Mount Vernon
Bluford and
Harmony
St. Louis
Bell
Encephalitis Outbreak Hits St. Petersburg
Floridian coast sees an encephalitis outbreak with 198 suspected cases in Pinellas County and eight deaths feared. Hotels report Labor Day cancellations as officials launch a mosquito spraying campaign. illness marked by brain and nervous system effects, spread by infected mosquitoes from birds, with laboratory confirmation weeks away.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Cap
Florida West Coast
Pinellas County
Gulf Coast
Steel Chiefs Defy Kefauver Subcommittee Subpoenas
Four major steel firms Bethlehem Republic National Armco refused to appear for production cost data before Senator Kefauver’s Antitrust Subcommittee. Kefauver denounced the act as deliberate contempt of Congress and urged citation. The panel planned a closed session to decide next steps. The firms argued the data is confidential and challenged the subcommittee's jurisdiction.
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Washington
Senate Antitrust Subcommittee
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Congress
Bethlehem
Republic
National
Armco
Bishop-Elect Albert A. Chambers to be consecrated
Rev. Albert A. Chambers, bishop elect of the Springfield Diocese, will be consecrated at St. Paul’s Church in Springfield on October 1. Rev. David Nyberg said the Most Rev. Arthur Lichtenberger of New York, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, will be the consecrating bishop.
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Springfield
Albert A. Chambers
Diocese of
Episcopal
St. Paul's Church
David Nyberg
Arthur Lichtenberger
New York
Episcopal Church
United States
I McLeansboro Druggist Heads Medical Group
Mitch Parker of McLeansboro has been named president of the Illinois Allied Medical Group, a southern Illinois alliance of doctors dentists druggists and allied personnel. The election occurred at the group’s sixth annual meeting held Thursday at the Franklin County Country Club near West Frankfort, with about 150 in attendance. Other officers named include George Howerton Harrisburg vice president Bill Boaz Carbondale secretary and several board members. Afternoon activities featured golf bridge and swimming while the banquet included door prizes and officer installations. The medicare program discussion was also part of the evening agenda.
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Mitch Parker
McLeansboro
Illinois Allied Medical Group
Illinois
Parker
Sth
Franklin County Country Club
West Frankfort
George Howerton
Harrisburg
Bill Boaz
Carbondale
D. Guy ‘Lambert
Owen
Los Angeles Brush Fires Mopped Up Under Ocean Winds
Firefighters continued mop up operations on two brush fires north of Los Angeles after containment of one fire. Moist ocean winds aided the efforts as terrain and weather constrained the blazes. Local officials reported no injuries or further threats to nearby communities.
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Los Angeles
Illinois
Belleville
Vimen
Heath
Peoria
Quincy
Rantoul
Rockford
Springfield
Vandalia
Detailed Weather Report MT Vernon
The report notes a Thursday high of 87 and low of 67 with rainfall from 7:00 a.m. Thursday to 7:00 a.m. Friday totaling .17 inches. Rainfall to date reaches 30.85 inches. Historical highs are 91/68 a year ago and 95/?. Sunrise is 5:27 and sunset 6:33 CST on Saturday.
Five Day Forecast Northern Illinois Indiana Temperatures
Northern Illinois temps near normal with the northern Indiana half about three degrees above. Cooler by weekend then slightly warmer early week. Precipitation about one inch, locally higher in showers and storms tonight through Sunday in Indiana. Southern Illinois near normal with a cooling start and warmer midweek. Normal highs 82 to 86, lows 60 to 67. Rain about three quarters of an inch, heavier in showers this weekend.
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Ilinois
Indiana
Tlinois
Jefferson County Field Tour invites farmers next Wednesday
Farm Adviser Don Lee invites Jefferson county farmers to the Browns town Agronomy Research Center for a 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. field tour on September 5 with an 8:30 a.m. group departure from 814 Harrison Street. The event marks the 25th anniversary of the Browntown field and includes a 1 p.m. memorial dedication to Cyril G. Hopkins.
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Don Lee
Jefferson County
Brownstown
Agronomy Research Center
Harrison Street
Lee
Browntown
Cyril G. Hopkins
University of Illinois
Salem
Fayette County
Mt. Vernon
Agronomy
University Ofllinois
Justice Dent Charges GM Price Control
The Justice Department renews efforts in a civil suit in Los Angeles to curb price control tactics by GM dealers. The action mirrors a prior October criminal indictment against GM and three Chevrolet sales officials. Defendants include Los Angeles area dealer associations and dealer groups.
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Los Angeles
Justice Department
Eee
U.S. District Court
Detroit
General Motors
Frederick G. Donner
Donner
Chevrolet Dealers Associations
Chevrolet Dealers Association
Orange Counties
Dealers Service, Inc
Foothill Chevrolet
Douglas backs Rend Lake and 2 other projects
Senator Paul H. Douglas of Illinois urged Congress to authorize three projects Rend Lake Oakley Reservoir and Mount Carmel flood wall to aid unemployment struck southern Illinois grow Decatur water needs and prevent flood waters from Indiana levee affecting Mount Carmel he called for matching funding with Indiana plans
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Washington
Paul H. Douglas
D-Tll
Illinois
Rend Lake
Oakley Reservoir
Mount Carmel
Douglas
Senate Public Works Committee
Decatur
Indiana
Wabash River
Drought Relief Meeting Held in Southern Illinois
Representatives from about 25 southern Illinois counties will be briefed today by state and federal officials on how to request federal emergency drought relief. Saline and Franklin counties have already applied. If an emergency area is declared farmers may use soil bank land for livestock feeding. The meeting was in the ASC office.
Playboys Bums And Bachelors Like Freedom
AP reports Professor Boris M. Levinson told the American Psychological Association that the homeless share a drive for freedom and lack of stable ties. He described bums as lacking purpose and preferring short term, non demanding jobs while avoiding self involvement. Homelessness can appear in middle and upper income groups without money.
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ST. Louis
Boris M. Levinson
American Psychological Association
Levinson
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