Deaths Julius H. Ashman Dies At Age 82
Julius H. Ashman 82 of 502 South 15th street died Sunday at Mt. Vernon Tuberculosis Hospital. Retired Mt. Vernon Car Mfg. Co. employee. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. Pulley Funeral Home chapel. Burial in Sursa cemetery. Survived by wife Celia Mill Ashman a daughter Pauline Gray and a grandchild. Born May 6 1873 in Washington Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julus Henry Ashman
South 15Th Street
Mt. Vernon Tuberculosis Hospital
Ashman
Mt. Vernon Car Mfg. Co
Pulley Funeral Home
C. L. Finley
Sursa Cemetery
Mr. Ashman
Washington
Fred
Louise
Frankenstein) Ashman
St. Louis
Celia Mill
Pauline Gray
Chicago
Frank Ashman
Anna Rodeling
Ted Him
Former Wayne City resident killed in fatal crash
Joseph Russell McLean 53 a carpenter and Maplewood Mo resident was killed in an auto mobile crash 1% miles south of Addieville Ill on Route 15 at 1 30 a m Saturday He was a former Wayne City resident with funeral services at 2 p m today Richardson Chapel Rev Harold Conroyd Mt Vernon to conduct burial in Thomason cemetery He was born July 6 1902 in Wayne County son of Dennis and Belle Clark McLean He married Novella McRill on December 29 1922 and is survived by a son Donald McLean aviator in Mr Vernon two grandchildren and two sisters Ed Spicer Wayne County and other relatives
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Russell McLean
Maplewood
Addieville
Ill
Wayne City
Richardson Chapel
Harold Conroyd
Mt. Vernon
Thomason
Mr. McLean
Wayne County
Plan Class To Help Adults With Hearing Difficulties
Mt. Vernon Township High School and Southern Illinois University announce an organization meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday December 17 to help adults with hearing issues. If interest is sufficient weekly classes may begin after Christmas vacation offering hearing tests lip reading speech work auditory training and hearing aid consultation. Drs Brackett Anderson and Atkinson from SIU speech and hearing clinic will supervise with staff support. Attendees should arrive at the vocational building at 9:00 a.m. Saturday December 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon Township High School
Southern Illinois University
Southern Uhnois University
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Howard L. Jones
Industrial Education
I. P. Brackett
John O. Anderson
C. J. Atkinson
Speech and Hearing Clinic
7Th and
Jordan
Car Crash Near Wayne City Injures Withrow
City and Mrs. Gladys Fleener accompanied Mr. McLean on a trip to Wayne City when Henry Withrow of Wayne City lost control on a curve and sustained a slight injury.
Prisoners of war freed reach West Berlin
Fifty seven German POWs released by the Soviet Union arrived in West Berlin, marking the first return to Western territory in two months. Moscow said Soviet armed forces were reduced by 640000 men, completing the promised cut. Other items include church reconsecration in Genoa, Syria arms week raising funds, and Rhee accusing State Department officials of favoring Japan over Korea.
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Berlin
Soviet Union
West Berlin
London
Moscow Radio
Seoul
Syngman Rhee
U.S. State Department
Japan
Korea
Rhee
Associated Press
Hospital Notes and Admittances at Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan
Jefferson Memorial lists admissions including Naomi Joan Reeves Ethel Rightnowar and others from Waltonville Salem and nearby with discharges such as Guy Samples Lois Hogard Enson Myers and infant Terry. Good Samaritan notes admissions of Vonnia Dan ner William England Net tle Clark and many others with discharges including Sylvia Os bore Dennis Shirley and Norma Conner among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Memorial
Naomi Joan Reeves
Ethel Rightnowar
Waltonville
Lillie Minor
Ronald Hancock
George Hellig
Wilma Wright
Grace Brubaker
Salem
Senieng
Guy Samples
Lois Hogard
McLeansboro
Enson Myers
Terry
James Bowdler
Vera Sechrest
Good Samaritan
Vonnia Danner
William England
Nettle Clark
Mary Owen
Douglas Sapper
Robert Piercy
Lucy Fico
James Boyd
Joseph Banks
A Lou Shields
Rube Stephens
Carl Farmer
Sylvia Osborne
Gilbert Hall
Eula Prince
Helen Hayes
Boise McNeil
Theresa Jean
Dennis Shirley
Norma Conner
Becky Sue
Ida Mae Bourland
Olive Dearinger
Sa Jame Roesch
Theresa Geryl
Bobbie Willis
Cathy Diane
Maxine Rackaway
Lillie Rozanski
Barney Pickett
Cora Collins
Norma Louise Seel
Harry Keith
Three Elk Prairie One Room Schools Sold At Auction
Three abandoned one room schools in Elk Prairie township sold for 1410 at an auction held by the Jefferson County Board of School Trustees. Oak Grove went to L. C. Beaty for 925, Roberson to Harold Baker for 305, Cross Roads to John Frick for 180. Funds support the Elk Prairie township consolidated School district as pupils now attend the consolidated school at Nason.
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Erk Prairie Township
Oak Grove
L. C. Beaty
Roberson
Harold Baker
Cross Roads
John Frick
Jefferson County Board of School Trustees
Elk Prairie Township
Nason
To Explain Social Security Law To Farmers Of County
Emil Hoffman of the Mt. Vernon Social Security office will discuss the new Social Security Law as it applies to farmers at a county wide meeting Thursday December 15 at 1 00 p m The meeting will be held in the circuit court room of the Jefferson county courthouse Ed Thurn field man for the Farm Bureau Farm Management Service will also be present He will discuss changes in the income tax law and adjustments in farm management practices Farm Adviser Don Lee urges farm families that have any questions in regard to the Social Security and income tax laws to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Hoffman
Mt. Vernon
Social Security Office
Circuit Court
Jeffer County Court House
Ed Thurn
Farm Bureau Farm Management Service
Thurn
Don Lee
Benson Answers Adlai’s Attack
Secretary of Agriculture Benson blamed farm surpluses and low prices on Democratic policies, denying labor’s role, in a reply to Adlai Stevenson at the AFL-CIO convention. He argued Stevenson misrepresents his views and cited past Democratic programs that overproduced crops, harming farmers while profits and wages rose elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Benson
Stevenson
Republican National Committee
Afl-Cio
New York
Secretary of Agriculture
Achat
GOP
Farm Equipment Institute
New Orleans
Car overturns north of Mt. Vernon injures two youths
Two youths, Milton Garren and Robert Piercy, were injured when a car overturned at 12:45 a.m. Sunday on Centralia Road about four miles north of Mt. Vernon. Garren, 21, of Dix, and Piercy, 18, from Mt. Vernon, received treatment at Good Samaritan Hospital with non serious injuries and were discharged shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia Road
Mt. Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Milton Garren
RFD 1
Dix
Robert Piercy
RFD 5
Garren
Piercy
Driver Is Fined After Accident At 11th And Harrison
One driver was arrested after a collision at 11th and Harrison. Samuel L. Graves of Trenton Tennessee ran a stop sign and struck Albert L. Pearce of 1009 south 12th street. Graves was fined $5 and costs for the stop sign violation and $50 and costs for transporting liquor with the seat broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
11Th
Harrison
Samuel L. Graves
Trenton
Tenn
Albert L. Pearce
South 12Th Street
Graves
Allan Dulaney
OKS start on schools and roads continued report
Publican and Democratic congressional leaders reviewed defence and foreign policies before Eisenhower's convalescence at Gettysburg. Eisenhower underwent a complete physical at Walter Reed with no ruling out of another run. Doctors noted normal vitals and that he rests well and sleeps well despite heavy executive duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
Snyder
Visits Here After 5-Year Trip Around The World
Mrs. Betty Stockman Shepherd, sister of Mrs. Glenn E. Moore, returns from a five year world tour begun in 1948. She served with the United States Operations Mission to Vietnam and spent time in France, Germany, Italy, Greece, and Vietnam. She visits Centralia relatives and will address the Centuria Woman's Club Christmas Tea and attend Rainbow and Business and Professional Women's events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Stockman Shepherd
Glenn E. Moore
Saigon
Vietnam
Indo-China
States
Shepherd
United States
France
Germany
Italy
Greece
G. C. Stockman
Centralia
Woman's Club
Glenn Moore
Casey Junior High School
Reelect Baker President of Farm Bureau
A Jefferson County Farm Bureau meeting highlighted renewed support for Baker in the 1955 campaign while stressing farmer education and cooperation. Emmett Keim praised membership growth from 400 to 1939 in Jefferson County and cited Illinois and national totals, urging farmers to join for collective purchasing, marketing, and local influence. The event featured safety demonstrations, insurance service updates, and entertainment by local quartets, with lunch provided by Home Bureau members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern Bond
Country Mutual Casualty Co
Country Mutual Fire
Country Life
Jefferson County
Emmett Keim
Farm Bureau
Tlinois
Women of the Home Bureau
Lee
Lebanon Quartet
Charles Donoho
Howard Wheeler
Anionaires Quartet
Greg
Jerry Slayton
Dick and
Buddy Gardner
Mary Margaret Germann
Man Held On Gas Theft Charge At Royce Cities Service
Alfred Coyle, 20, of RFD 1 Hillsboro, jailed on Ashley Road for driving away from a service station without paying for gasoline. Charged with failure to pay a gas bill at the Royce Cities Service station west of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley Road
Alfred Coyle
RFD 1
Hillsboro
Royce Cities
Baltimore tavern slayings end in double tragedy
Police Lt. Joseph A. Heming was wounded in a shooting spree by Eugene McNeal who killed his mother Mrs. Mary McNeal 80, wife Madeline 37, and daughter Lydia 3, then shot himself. McNeal also wounded a window with a bullet as officers arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Joseph A. Heming
Mercy Hospital
Eugene McNeal
Heming
McNeal
Madeline
Lydia
Mary McNeal
Edward Welsh
Firemen Called Out Six Times In Mt. Vernon Area
Mt. Vernon city and rural firemen answered six alarms Sunday. At 9:07 p.m. the home of Charles Wilson on 24th Street had an overheated oil circulator ignite a wall near a flue with light damage. At 11:08 a.m. J R Woolsey’s home on Viola suffered ceiling and porch damage from an electrical short to Christmas decorations. Early Sunday Bill Regenhardt’s furnace blower motor failed. Rural crews fought grass fires at Mooney’s Laundry on Airport Road six acres and later damaged a barn at John Oakley’s Brownsville Road. At 4:50 p.m. Samuel Thompson’s Benton Road home saw a grass fire with no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Charles Wilson
South 24Th Street
J. R. Woolsey
Viola
Bill Regenhardt
Pace
Mooney
Airport Road
John Oakley
Brownsville Road
Samuel Thompson
Benton Road
Mt Vernon Ends Last In Four City Accident Contest
Mt. Vernon finished last in the ten day battle of four cities on air driving. Vandalia led with one accident, Salem had five, Centralia nine, and Mt. Vernon totaled 11. Losers must treat the winner's mayor and police chief to a steak dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Vandalia
Salem
Centralia
UN deadlock on new members lingers at UN
At United Nations in New York delegates moved behind the scenes to resolve the membership stalemate and pressed for a nightfall decision in the Political Committee on disarmament talk scope. The General Assembly must approve any disarmament action before adjournment next Friday.
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Associated Press
United Nations
General Assembly
Big Power
Eisenhower
Russia
United States
Leslie Munro
New Zealand
Security Council
Council
Assembly
Soviet
Munro
Expansion of Nation's Rocket Program Ordered
Secretary of Defense Wilson ordered a substantial expansion of the nation s medium and long range rocket development program. The Air Force will continue to develop a rocket with a range up to 5 000 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense Wilson
Air Force
Birth notices from area hospitals report multiple new arrivals
A flurry of birth announcements from Washington University Clinic Jefferson Memorial Hospital and Good Samaritan Hospital details newborns across St. Louis and nearby towns. Names include Susan Irene Roberta Lee Harry Becky Sue and David Dean with weights from five to ten pounds and times ranging from early morning to evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Justice
St. Louis
Washington University Clinic
Ollie Peacock
Della Justice
Marlin Dean Peterson
Chicago Heights
Ill
David Dean
Guy Peterson
Bonnie
William Robert Reeves
Salem Road
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Susan Irene
John Long
South 13Th Street
Roberta Lee
Roger Hunt
Forrest Avenue
Good Samaritan Hospital
Emery Lee
South 26Th Street
Harry Keith
Richard Conner
Inn
Becky Sue
Police Court Fines From Allan Dulaney Roster
Police Court fines assessed by Police Magistrate Allan Dulaney include David E Kuenz fifty dollars for disturbance Wayne E Ward five dollars and costs for failing to use due caution driving from a driveway John W Staples four dollars and costs for speeding thirty nine miles per hour in a thirty mile zone Cecil Little RFD 2 Kell two dollars and costs for illegal muffler Marianne Carnahan two dollars and car Carl Doty RFD 2 Kell two dollars and costs for illegal muffler Marianne Carnahan two dollars and costs for overtime parking in a two hour zone Lea Shehorn two dollars and costs for failure to have a driver s license
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Allan Dulaney
David E. Kuenz
Wayne E. Ward
John W. Staples
Cecil Little
RFD
Kell
Mariane Carnahan
Carl Doty
Marianne Carnahan
Lea Shehorn
Marriage Licenses Issued for Four Couples
Gail Stanford of Clay City and Maxine E. Wiley of Mt. Vernon received marriage licenses along with Ernest D. Lance and Phyllis Warren, both of Mt. Vernon, in the latest county issuance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gail Stanford
Clay City
Maxine E. Wiley
RFD 7
Mt. Vernon
Ernest D. Lance
Phyllis Warren
Nationwide cold spell grips vast regions with subzero readings
Frigid conditions sweep from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic, with subzero lows in Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin and Grantsburg at minus 15. Highs reach 69 in Vero Beach as heavy rain drenches Oregon and Washington, while city temps show varied clear and snowy conditions across the nation.
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Rocky Mountain
Plateau
Atlantic States
Coal Belt
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Grantsburg
Wis
Vero Beach
Fla
Oregon
Washington
Astoria
Ore
Seattle
Chicago
Detroit
Des Moines
Grand Rapids
Indianapolis
Marquette
Milwaukee
Bismarck
Helena
Albuquerque
Los Angeles
Denver
Fort Worth
Kansas City
Memphis
Boston
Slayings Probe Holds Cab Driver in College Student Death
A former Omaha taxicab driver was held for questioning after confessing to a bar remark about Carolyn Nevins, a University of Omaha junior found dead from four gunshots. Authorities reported conflicting alibis and an unexplained facial scratch as they pursued the case involving LeRoy Griffith and Rebecca White of Mt. Vernon.
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Omaha
Carolyn Marie Nevins
Ernest Brown
Bill Billette
Omaha World- Herald
Brown
Carolyn
University of Omaha
LeRoy Griffith
Rebecca White
Mt. Vernon
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Julius H. Ashman
Terenas
Fed. Tax Bnel
Della Vance
Jacoby Demder
South Side Square
Fouthern Illineis
Vernon Lodge
R. Apgar
Reavis
Sec
Jefferson Post
American Legion
Legion
Howard A. Edgar
Marine Corps League Auxiliary
Amvers Club
Deen McKinney
Vv. FL. W. Ausitary
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
E. M. Medders
Order of Eagles
North Sixth Street
Florence Trout
Knights of Columbus
Eugene McCleary
World Briefs
Genoa
St. Stephan's
Christopher Columbus
Damascus
Syria
Egypt
Czechoslovakia
Middle East
Elk Prairie
Curtis Florist
We Deliver
Adlai
Mt. V
Davis Drugs
Frank and
Mildred Davis
Reelect Baker
Mt. V. Area
U.N. Deadlock
S Ste Marie
Traverse City
Portland
Phoenix
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Oklahoma City
Louisville
Tampa
Cleveland
Atlanta
Miami
St. Paul
ROK
Rory Ron By
Aron
OTA Aird Jewelers
Cash & Carry
Omaha University
Associated Prose
Feat
L_PAINS
Thorneton & Minor Hospital
Suite
E. Linwood
Kansas City 9
Crystal
Tam Tmes
Anson
Net. Fed. Vem
Sudget
Speidel
Bellavance
Jacoby Bender
M. E. Jackson
Southern Illinois
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