Local residents, visitors noted in city columns
PERSONAL William W. Royal of this city admitted to an operation at Ames Hospital in St. Louis. Several residents and visitors, including Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Levin of Bluford, Densil Lowery of Bluford, Mrs. Kathleen Lewis, Mrs. George Dittman Sr. of Madison, and others, were seen in St. Louis or the city yesterday. Families note holiday plans, funerals, illnesses, and hospital stays. several travelers head to Peoria, Golden City, and Carmi for various visits and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Royal
Ames Hospital
St. Louis
H. C. Levin
Bluford
Peoria
Ill
Densil Lowery
Mt. Vernon
Kathleen Lewis
George Dittman, Sr
Madison
J. T. Tormey
George Stearns
William A. ‘Winters
Billie Ann
Larry
Dearborn
Mich
Charles Pfeiffer
Winters
J. R. Givens
Madisonville
Kxy
S. N. Hallowell
West Broadway
Ruth Mick
Wesley Otto
Carmi
Pfc
Robert Russell Morgan
Richard Towal
Fred Towal
Barnes Hospital
Marion Heilmner
Joyce Bullock
William Booker
C. O. Hamilton
L. G. Scott
Waller
Vernon
John Baker
Doris
Sims
Leslie Esmon
Orval Ramsey
Alonzo Ramsey
Raymond Fitzferrells
Henry Riggs
Bonnie
Preobert Russell Morgan
L. B. Elliott
Cisne
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Morris Eldridge
Robert Nation
Fairfield
W. H. Kelley
Antralia
Terrill Thompson
Golden City
Virginia Banker
Death of Mrs Anna L Geller Reported in Hollywood
Mrs Howard L Jones of 317 South Seventh Street received word that her mother Mrs Anna L Geller of Hollywood California had died. Funeral services were held today at the Wee Kirk o Heather in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard L. Jones
Seventh Street
Anna L. Geller
Hollywood
California
Forest Lawn
Ceemetery
CIO Union Admits Raid On Plants Continues Page One
CIO United Steel Workers on strike since September 7 admitted raids on auto parts and fishing tackle plants. Rioters allegedly overturned and burned cars and smashed equipment. Gov. Sigler ordered a Grand Jury probe after amazement at such actions. One non-striker arrested for brick-throwing. raiders left before police. Glenn E. Sigman accused the company of importing strike breakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geaten
Kim Sigler
CIO
United Steel Workers
Glenn E. Sigman
Birth of Ralph LeVerne Johnson Jr. at Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr and Mrs Ralph LeVerne Johnson of south 18th street Vernon announce the birth of a son born this morning at Good Samaritan Hospital. He is named Ralph LeVerne Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph LeVerne Johnson
South 18Th Street
Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Ralph LeVerne, Jr
Friendship Circle Meets for All Day Gathering at York Home
Seventeen members attended an all day meeting at Mrs. Aline York home on Tuesday November 30 with a covered dish dinner. Doris Rector joined as a new member and prizes were awarded to Ruby Artis Alberta Pennington Florine Stroud Martha Stephens Elzie Maze Lulu Henson and Mona Clark. The next meeting will be December 14 at Mrs. Martha Stephens 815 South 18th Street with a group photo and mystery gift exchange planned. Birthday honor for James Neal included a buffet, from out of town guests and a note James attended the University of Illinois in Champaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Circle
Aline York
Doris Rector
Ruby Artis
Alberta Pennington
Florine Stroud
Martha Stephens
Elzie Maze
Lulu Henson
Mona Clark
South 18Th Street
Mystery Pal
Katharine Neal
James
J. R. Neal
Inn
FE. H. Keiffer
Edwin
Clyde Neal
Curtis Neal
Lowell
Donnie Neal
Belle Rive
James Birkhead
Russell Page
Linda Jane
Benton
Champaign
University of Illinois
Harmony Home Bureau Tray Making Lesson Notice
Harmony Home Bureau units call members to Mary J. Byars home for a 10 a.m. tray making session on Monday December 6 bring a brush Mt Vernon Day Unit meets Mrs J I Moreton 2527 College Monday at two o clock a fifty cent gift exchange Visitors welcome Chit Supper Central Church of Christ choir hosts a chill supper for Don Hughes with Lowell Bay presiding and hosts Mrs L G Severs Mrs Arthur Hutchison Charles Eller and Owen Herbert serving meals
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmony Home Bureau
Mary J. Byars
Mt. Vernon
The
Home Bureau
J. I. Moreton
College
Central Church of Christ
Don Hughes
Lowell Bay
Hughes
L. G. Severs
Arthur Hutchison
Charles Eller
Owen Herbert
Belle Rive Home Bureau Meeting Details
With Mrs Kiefer the Belle Rive Home Bureau will meet at Mrs Lena’s home the Friday evening before December 3. The Moor lesson will be given by Mrs Christine Chase. There will be a fifty cent gift exchange. All members are urged to attend and visitors are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiefer
Belle Rive Home Bureau
Lena
Themoor
Christine Chase
Joint Meeting of Young Homemakers and Summersville Unit
The Young Homemakers Home Bureau and Summersville Unit held a joint meeting at Mrs. Eva McCauley's home with co-hostess Mrs. Doris Atkinson. Miss Anna Betty Huck led a major lesson on Clothes and Your Personality. minor lesson Toys for Children by Mrs. Keith Clark and Mrs. Alta Davis. Recreation by Mrs. Clara Reeder. Mrs. Earl Hanes spoke on home pen work in Holland. December 9 meeting at Mrs. Merle Rogers 2000 College at 2:00 pm. bring fifty cent gift for Christmas exchange. Refreshments by hostess. The Happy Hour Club will meet at Nora Weatherford's home December 9 at 1:30 pm. mystery pal gifts and new names. All members and exmembers invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Homemakers Home Bureau
Summersville
Eva McCauley
McCauley
Doris Atkinson
Anna Betty Huck
Keith Clark
Alta Davis
Clara ‘Reeder
Earl Hanes
Holand
Merle Rogers
2000 College
Happy Hour Club
Nora Weatherford
Dahlgren Home Bureau Plans December Meeting
The Dahlgren Unit will meet Friday afternoon December 3 at Mrs. Mary Stoltz’s home. Lessons by Mrs. Zola Kiefer and Mrs. Ruth Rhodes include a Christmas gift exchange. A special meeting November 29–30 at Mrs. Nana Duncan’s home covered Leather Craft with coin purses made by attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dahlgren Home Bureau
Dahlgren
Mary Stoltz
Zola Kiefer
Ruth Rhodes
Nana Duncan
Bethel P T A Holds November Meeting and Planned Activities
The Bethel P T A met last night at 7 30 with the group singing God Bless America and theInvocation by Mrs. Carrie Garrison. Reports were given by Secretary Mrs. Maxine DeMent and Treasurer Mrs. Telia Stephenson. The president named a Flower Committee and an attendance banner committee. Carl Webb led a program with music by Roger Whobrey Ray Russell Coy Reed and Carl Webb. Donna Reed sang several selections and refreshments were served by Mrs. Juanita Barker. The Camaraderie Club of the First Presbyterian church will meet at 624 South 20th Street Sunday at eight p m with a Christmas program. The Junior G and G Class of the Presbyterian church meets this evening at seven p m. The First Methodist Choir will rehearse tonight at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel P. T. A
God Bless America
Carrie Garrison
Maxine DeMent
Telia Stephenson
Fannie Carr
Tella Stephenson
Nevelyn Garrison
Oneta Tucker
Doris Webb
Burnette Wells
Carl Webb
Roger Whobrey
Ray Russell
Coy Reed
Donna Reed
Juanita Barker
First Presbyterian Church
Byron Camp
South 20Th Street
Eastern Star Installation at Dix Masonic Temple
The Eastern Star of Dix will install officers this Saturday December 4 at eight p m at the Masonic Temple. Bernice Hawkins newly elected Worthy Matron names installing officers including Mrs C R Knox installing officer and Mrs Bessie Hargrave installing chaplain with multiple officers to be installed such as Sterling Osborn Ferne Whitlock James T Mason Nellie Hawkins Mable Riley Beulah May Genita Osborn Mary Hawkins Dorothy McBride Lorene Hilton Martha Minnie Johnson Nellie Cummins John Ward Jesse McBride and others to follow the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Star
Eastern Star of
Dix
Masonic Temple
Bernice Hawkins
C. R. Knox
Bessie Hargrave
Kathryn Andrews
Goldie Maxey
Russell Stroup
Sterling Osborn
Ferne Whitlock
James T. Mason
Nellie Hawkins
Mable Riley
Beulah May
Genita Osborn
Mary Hawkins
Dorothy McBride
Marshal
Francis Hayes
Dorris Jeanne May
Adah
Emma Bryant
Ruth
Hester Turner
Esther
Lorene Hilton
Martha
Minnie Johnson
Electa
Nellie Cummins
John Ward
Sentinel
Jesse McBride
Jaycees Meeting and Public Notices in Mt Vernon
Regular weekly Jaycees dinner in the Egyptian Room Hotel Emmerson, with talk by Carl Drennan of the Veterans Commission on Americanism and a report on a benefit dance. Mt Vernon B P W Women’s Club held a dinner and meeting. new members admitted. Former Mt Vernon resident and Miss Hildreth Glendenning wed James Menzer in Lebanon Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycees
Mr. Vernon
Lola Buchanan
Elisabeth Darnell
Becky Weingartner
Art Laird
The
Eagles
Gas Well Goes Pooh Blights Jennings Oklahoma Town
In Jennings Oklahoma 453 residents face cold as a gas well goes dry. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission and Oklahoma Natural Gas Company are pressed to restore heat and gas service. Residents rely on wood and coal while meters and gas lines linger idle. The company claims it cannot hook into its network but offers meters for transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Jennings
Okla
Dee
Mother Nature
Pawnee County
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Oklahoma Natural Gas Company
Oklahoma Natural
Corporation Commission
Gas Company
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges
Good Samaritan admits Bertha A Mathews Wayne City Margaret Wes ner Keenes Tom Oakley. Discharges include Dorothy Brummitt Bonnie Jack Musgrave Fairfield Ethel Davis Fairfield Audrey Coll Fairfield Jefferson Memorial admits Lee Cocke William R Patterson Mrs Martha Pigg Eugene Savage Mrs Genevieve Stinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Samaritan
Bertha A. Mathews
Wayne City
Margaret Wesner
Keenes
Tom Oakley
Dorothy Brummitt
Bonnie
Jack Musgrave
Fairfield
Ethel Davis
Audrey Coll
Jefferson Memorial
Lee Cocke
William R. Patterson
Martha Pigg
Eugene Savage
Genevieve Stinson
Turkey Supper Held at Odd Fellows Hall in Woodlawn
The high school faculty attended a Thanksgiving themed turkey supper at Odd Fellows Hall in Woodlawn Tuesday evening at 7. Decorations centered on a huge turkey, creating a festive dining setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellow's
Woodlawn
National Male Quartet to Give Concert Sunday
The National Male Quartet will perform Sunday afternoon December 5 at 2 30 in the Mt Vernon Township high school auditorium. The group includes Giullo Gari Attilio Baggiore Vernon Sanders and Bruce Mackay with opera experience from Rome Chicago New York City St Louis Cincinnati San Francisco and coast to coast tours. They will alternate quartet numbers with trios duets and news arrangements plus selections from modern composers and familiar classics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon Township High School
Mt. Vernon
Teatro Reale dell‘Opera
Rome
Mr. Baggiore
Chicago Opera Company
Mr. Gari
New York City Center
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Vernon Sanders
Bruce MacKay
San Francisco Opera Company
County 4-H Youths Meet Movie Star
Three Jefferson county 4-H youths attended a dinner by the Illinois Agricultural Association in the Morrison Hotel Chicago where Burt Lancaster and Val Lauder joined as guests. The group included Margaret Ann Cummins Anna Marie Golightly and Carl Gowler and they were honored at the annual meeting with praise from Illinois Agricultural Association president Charles B. Shuman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Burt Lancaster
Illinois Agricultural Association
Morrison Hotel
Chicago
Val Lauder
Chicago Daily News
Margaret Ann Cummins
Anna Marie Golightly
S. 15Th
Carl Gowler
RFD
C. & E. I. Railroad
Charles B. Shuman
4-H Club
Triangle Market Opens With Weekend Grand Opening
The Triangle Market at 601 S 10th Street launches a two day grand opening this Friday and Saturday selling groceries and meats. Manager Bill DeWitt directs operations in the space formerly occupied by the Food Shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Triangle
S. 10Th Street
Pau
Bill DeWitt
Mt Vernon Blood Donor Drive Opens at Mt V Industries
Blood donor recruitment has begun in Mt. Vernon industrial groups with 1200 registrations aimed for the Red Cross file. Donors may register now and be called up to donate once per year. December 21 is the next donation date with 20 donors per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Ewing Fisher
Jefferson County
Red Cross
Ed Dirks
Blood Bank
Doctors Fight U S Health Insurance in AMA Fund Drive
The American Medical Association announced it is collecting 3.5 million dollars from American doctors to oppose a government controlled health program. An assessed 25 dollars per member against about 140,000 physicians funded the effort. The action followed the AMA’s reaffirmed stand against socialized medicine and compulsory sickness insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
St, Louis
American Medical Association
A M. A
Father Saves Family in Fire in Idaho One Room Home
Danville Idaho December 2 A father Wilbur Stevens 34 dragged his three preschool children from a fire that raced through their one room log home. He also woke his wife who was asleep and led her outside. Stevens suffered minor arm burns from attempting to ignite the stove fuel with a gasoline soaked rag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Danville
Wilbur Stevens
Stevens
Marriage License for Myers and Byars in Mt. Vernon
John Myers of Mt. Vernon and Mary J. Byars of RFD 7 Mt. Vernon obtained a marriage license. The informally listed spouses appear in the county records as a newlywed pair ready for nuptial ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Myers
Mt. Vernon
Mary J. Byars
RFD 7
Also Mentioned on This Page
CIO Union
Gs 2
Sysee
Raymond H. Fleming
National Guard
Presbyterian Church
First Methodist Choir
Hildreth Dolores Glendenning
Orville Glendenning
Lebanon
Ind
James Paul Menzer
Louis L. Menzer
Central Christian Church
Fred W. Wolff
Ferns
Akers
Paul Funkhouser
Brownsburg
Robert Morris
Shepherd’s Inn
Louis Menzer
Ruth Menzer
Evansville
Perry Central High School
Central Business College
Indiana University
Board of Education of the Woodlawn Community High
Oklahoma
Xmas
Rca Victor
Harry James
Frankie Carle
Buddy Clark
Pied Lowery
Roy Acuff
Gene Autry
Stamps
the Vale
Tiny His
Eddy Howard
Tuscaloosa
Johnny Mercer
Sinister Freddie's Boogie
Bob Boogie
Freddie Slack
Caleman Hawkins
Artie Shaw
Lover
Rosalie
Man
Love
Ak Records
National Male Quartet
Triangle Market
Mt.v. Industries
U.S
M. E. Jackson
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