Deaths and Funerals of Sarah Gray at Richview
Sarah Gray 53 died at 2 00 pm Sunday after a long illness in Richview. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at the Richview Baptist Church with Rev Lindell Bruce officiating. Burial will be in Richview cemetery. The body lies in state at Hogan Funeral Home in Ashley after 6 00 pm Tuesday. Mrs Gray born September 8 1912 in Mississippi was the daughter of Rufus and Elizabeth Fisher. Survived by husband Curley Gray a son Phillip Larry Gray three daughters Julia Page Juanita Newcombe Christine Gray a brother Norman Fisher a sister Mary Mills and 14 grandchildren.
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Sarah Rebecca Gray
Richview
Few. Baptist Church
Lindell Bruce
Hogan Funeral
Ashley
Mrs. Gray
Mississippi
Rufus and
Elizabeth
Tatum) Fisher
Curley Gray
Phillip Larry Gray
Fisher, M
Julia Page
RFD 1
Woodlawn
Juanita Newcombe
Christine Gray
Norman Fisher
Taylor
Mary, Mills
Courtland
Walter W. Willis Dies at 61 Former Mt. Vernon Oil Man
Walter W. Willis 61 a longtime Mt. Vernon oil drilling contractor died at 2 00 am Sunday at his Warren Ohio home He moved to Ohio in 1958 and kept his Mt Vernon office until 1960 Funeral services set for Wednesday 1 30 pm at First Baptist Church Warren with burial in the local cemetery He came to winds in the 1940s as a field superintendent for Pure Oil later partnered with F Allen Calvert of Olney to form an oil drilling and production firm He later returned to Mt Vernon worked with Pursie Pipes then ran his own drilling contractor business He helped introduce rotary rigs to the Ohio field He is survived by his wife Audra and two sons Walton and James who worked with him in Ohio oil business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter W. Willis
Warren
Ohio
Willis
Mt. Vernon
First Baptist Church
Roberts Funeral
Mr. Willis
Pure Oil Company
F. Allen Calvert
Olney
Mt. Vermon
Pursie Pipes
Audra
Walton
James Willis
L B Flannigan Hamilton County Native Dies
L B Flannigan born June 5 1881 in Hamilton County died Sunday in El Dorado hospital. Funeral services set for 1 pm Tuesday at Gholson Funeral Home chapel Melzonsboro with Rev Bob Jones officiating. Burial in Little Springs Cemetery. Survivors include four sons Howard Kirk Paul Max, five daughters Hazel Ruth May Faye Patterson Joe Mueller, one sister Connie McGeehee, 19 grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
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Larkin B. Flannigan
Eldorado
Hamilton County
Eldorado Hospital
Gholson Funeral Home
Melzonsboro
Bob Jones
Little Springs
Mr. Flannigan
Larkin
Melvina (Culpepper) Fannigan
Howard Flannigan
Kirk Flannigan
Fayetteville
N. C
Paul Flannigan
Max E. Flannigan
Milwaukee
Wis
Hazel Altschwager
Ruth Irvin
May Barber
Ludington
Mich
Faye Patterson
Lansing
Joe Mueller
Connie McGeehee
Oklahoma
Ex-Resident Of Wayne City Dies In Accident
James Dwight Talbert 35 of West Chicago Illinois was killed in a Saturday night automobile crash near Plainfield Illinois He was a former Wayne City resident and an employee of General Mills Co The funeral was set for Tuesday at Richardson Chapel Wayne City officiated by Rev John Beck Burial will follow in Thomason cemetery The body lies in state at Richardson Chapel after 5 p m callers welcomed The son of Lloyd and Buena Duck- born November 6 1900 in Wayne County
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James Dwight Talbert
Chicago
Plainfield
Wayne City
Talbert
General Mills Co
Richardson Chapel
John Beck
Thomason Cemetery
Wayne County
Lloyd
Buena Duck
George Witt 86 of Radom Dies Funeral Tuesday
George Witt of Radom died at 11:00 am Sunday in Washington County Hospital Nashville at the age of 86 years 10 months. Funeral services will be held 9:30 am Tuesday at St Michael church Radom with Rev Stanley Ksycki officiating. Burial in St Michael cemetery. Rosary at 8:00 pm today at Kringer Funeral Home. Survived by a nephew Joe W Kwiadowski of Radom and seven nieces in Illinois and Missouri. married Feb 12, 1879 in Radom to Matilda Ewell Witt.
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George Witt
Radom
Washington County Hospital
Nashville
St. Michael's Catholic Church
Stanley Ksycki
St. Michael’s Cemetery
Kringer
Ashley
Mr. Witt
Michael
Matilda
Ewell) Witt
Joe W. Kwiadowski
Cecilia Niebolski
Lucille Stanowski
St. Louis
Dora Luchinski
Four Injured In Area Accidents On Weekend
Four persons were hurt in Mt. Vernon area crashes Sunday. Russell Morton Jr. 19 drove off Route 15 near the airport at 4 40 pm and was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in satisfactory condition. Passenger Lee Berry Jones 18 sustained a minor injury and was not hospitalized. A Harrisburg couple Raymond Greer 47 and Clara Greer 46 were treated at Good Samaritan and released after the collision with Harry Smith 27 of Creal Springs. Both vehicles were heavily damaged.
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Mt. Vernon
Russell Morton Jr
South Tenth Street
Morton
Good Samaritan Hospital
Lee Berry Jones
Harrisburg, II
Dix
Raymond Greer
Clara
Greer
Harry Smith
Creal Springs
Robert Davis
South 15Th
Martha L. Ohlhausen
13Th
Conger
Jessie Davis
Davis
Martha Ohlhausen
Gary L. Tucker
Welkins
Main and
Johnson
Gary D. Bruce
Route 1
Bruford
Tucker
Bruce
William D
9Th
Broadway
Main
John E. Miller
Pace
Elmer E. Hart
Waltonville
Miller
Hart
1000 Reds Killed In One Week In Vietnam
On the sixth day of Operation Harvest Moon near Da Nang Marines report 198 Viet Cong killed 76 captured and 287 suspected. US commander Maj Gen Lewis Walt cautions major fighting may not have begun. A 22-man Viet Cong platoon surrendered to the US 17th Airborne Brigade near Vo Dat with 11 weapons, hailed as a victory for US intelligence and psychological warfare.
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da Nang
Leathernecks
U.S
Viet Nam
Lewis Walt
Red
U.S. 17Th Airborne Brigade
Vo Dat
Saigon
Sets Tavern Fire Kills 13 in Chicago
The Skid Row tavern fire exploded after Lassiter lit gasoline with a match from Howard Freeman. Patrons escaped through two bars as guards tried rear doors but several exits were blocked. Chaplain Holderby noted many victims trapped and trampled. Lassiter was arrested soon after. he muttered, Oh, my God.
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Howard Freeman
Chicago
Lassiter
Freeman
Willie Daniels
Lessiter
Weather Summary for MT VERNON and Nearby
MT VERNON Saturday high 57 low 82 Sunday high 63 low 44 Rainfall from 7 00 a m Saturday to 7 00 a m Monday total 0 inches to date 31 97 inches One year ago high 52 low N/A Five years ago high 38 low 22 Ten years ago high 45 low 21 Tuesday sunrise 7 13 sunset 4 36 C S T
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MT. Vernon
C.S.T
Snow and sleet strike New England and other regions
The Associated Press reports a Great Lakes storm bringing snow sleet and freezing rain across New England with four to eight inches forecast for New Hampshire Vermont and Maine. Winds up to 35 mph. Rain and mixed precipitation spread through Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut. Farther west heavy snows hit Utah Arizona Nevada while Minnesota and the Dakotas faced sleet. Power outages and cut telephone service disrupted some communities as a cold front pushed south to the Gulf.
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Associated Press
New England
Great Lakes
New Hampshire
Vermont
Maine
Portland
Rumford
Wolfboro
N.H
Weather Bureau
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Utah
Arizona
Nevada
Minnesota
Florida
Ocala
Fla
Hatteras
N.C
Gulf of Mexico
Dakotas
Snowless late autumn record tied in Chicago weather
Illinois weather today featured dark clouds cool temperatures and drizzle with a hint of later colder air. Chicago set a snowless late autumn record surpassing the 1946 Midway Airport mark as nationwide temps lingered in the 30s to 40s with scattered readings in Illinois Indiana and Kentucky.
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Chicago
Illinois
Midway Airport
Weather Bureau
Moline
Peoria
Tllinois
Tlinois
Dubuque
Iowa
Paducah
McLeansboro Brother Sister In Surgery And Burglar Arrests
Three Mt. Vernon residents face burglary charges for a Texaco bulk plant break in at 3rd and Jordan. David V. Pigg David N. Rainey and Richard Ragen arrested. Rainey posted $200 bond. A transistor radio was taken. Meanwhile in St Louis a brother and sister underwent spleen removal for hereditary spherocytosis and are reported doing well at Children’s Hospital. The Kennedy family from McLeansboro received community support and hospital care for five children, with potential home in time for Christmas if progress continues.
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Mt. Vernon
Texaco, Inc
3Rd
Jordan
David V. Pigg
South First
David N. Rainey
Logan
Richard Ragen
Opdyke
Ragen
Rainey
Pigg
ST. Louis
Valerie Kennedy
Roger
St. Toulo
Kennedy
McLeanshoro
Ill
Enoug
Children's Hospital
H. L. Kennedy
Kennedys
St Louis
X. R. Claybrook Transportation Incorporated
McLeansboro
Cherrie
Rodney
Robin
Fred Dunham
St. Clair Ave
East St. Louis
Mae Kennedy
Thirty-seventh St
Billfold Stolen From YMCA Belonging to Larry Chapman
Larry Chapman of Route 7 Mt. Vernon told police yesterday his billfold containing $20 was stolen at the YMCA. He said the billfold also held his driver's license and draft card.
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Larry Chapman
Mt. Vernon
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted Patients
Jefferson Memorial lists admissions including Mark D Campbell of McLeansboro Alice May Masters and Janie Ansley. Discharges include Jimmie Lee Russell Emory Gilbert Wilfond J. Russell Dalton Mrs Jo Ann Downen and baby and Sheila Kay. Good Samaritan shows numerous admitted patients led by Andrew Dieterich Anton Hoffman and many more. Discharges include Ralph Logan Dudley Beda L Connaway Velma Jean Wilson Gary Nolan McAdoo Jeannette Eaton and others.
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Jefferson Memorial
Mark Duane Campbell
McLeansboro
Alice May Masters
Janie Ansley
Jimmie Lee Russell
Emory Gilbert Wilfond
J. Russell Dalton
Jo Ann Downen
Sheila Kay
Good Samaritan
Andrew Dieterich
Anton Hoffman
Maxine Marguerite Chambliss
Leonard Paul Wells
Darryl Eugene Knight
Madeley Mary Armstrong
Carlos Arthur Tolley
Corrinne Myrtle House
William Leslie Staley
Elisha Oscar Dixon
Rosemary Johnston
Raymond Robert Vanatta
Donna Sue Gaston
Paul Eugene Sodders
Helma Paula Brown
Russell Harold Morton, Jr
Lloyd A. Yule
Harry Lee Bishop
Clifford Douglas Casey
Mary E. Ksycki
Karman
Michelle Huff
Joseph Gale Blanton
Ralph Logan Dudley
Beda L. Connaway
Velma Jean Wilson
Gary Nolan McAdoo
Jeannette Eaton
Ruby Pauline Germann
Vera Dee Shelton
Almeda Theressa Runnels
Marian Tennyson
Andrew Clyde
Walter W. Seibert
Saxon Aileen Murray
Lula Summers
Verne Nleene’ Mills
Alfred James Baker
Larry Wayne Howard
Joyce Marie Wilson
Susan Jean
Sandra Kay Christensen
Steven Mark
Mildred Kay Bradley
Iva Luella Hester
Larry E. Goldman
Irene Octavia Summers
Births in two area hospitals announce newborns
Mr and Mrs Louis Davis of 928 Westcott welcomed a son at 2 46 Sunday morning in Good Samaritan hospital weighing six pounds fourteen ounces. Mr and Mrs James R Carnahan of Ina welcomed a daughter at 2 34 Sunday afternoon in Franklin County Hospital Benton weighing six pounds twelve ounces named Crystal Dawn.
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Louis Davis
Westcott
Good Samaritan Hospital
James R. Carnahan
Ina
Franklin County Hospital
Benton
Crystal Dawn
Five Day Forecast for Southern Illinois Temperatures
Five day outlook for Southern Illinois shows near normal highs in the upper 30s to upper 40s and lows around 20 to 30. A cold start Tuesday and Wednesday precedes a slow warming trend. Precipitation totals reach about half to three quarters of an inch with rain possibly mixing with snow in northern areas Tuesday and again near the weekend.
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Illinois
Million dollar school plan aims for full county saturation
Ellis outlines a county wide education program to equip 20 public and two parochial schools with instructional materials for all 7,500 students. A SIU workshop will grant college credit, materials stay with schools, a courthouse depot opens, and 47 staff will run the project with a professional evaluator. Tours for teachers nationwide are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis
SIU
Jefferson County
U. S
Area Dairy School In Mt. Vernon This Wednesday
The second and final session of an area dairy school will be held in Mt. Vernon on Wednesday December 15. Registration from 10:00 to 10:15 a.m. at the Moose Lodge. Morning program at 10:30 by R. R. Johnson covers feeding housing management and calf care. Afternoon session 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. features dairy outlook and marketing with James Gruebele discussing milk pricing federal orders and pending legislation. All southern Illinois dairymen and farm suppliers invited.
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Mt. Vernon
Don Lee
Moose Lodge
Broadway
R. R. Johnson
James Gruebele
Gruebele
Ilinois
Markets Mt Vernon Hog Market Prices Unchanged
Prices paid until 12:30 p m today were unchanged. Top hogs 27 25 for 200 to 220 lb hogs. Sows 22 75 for 300 weight down, sows 200 weight and over 22 50 down. Boars 15 50 and 16 00. After 12 30 p m today prices will be based on next day's prices.
Vernon Grain Prices Quoted in Mt Vernon This Afternoon
In Mt Vernon this afternoon prices were quoted for commodities including soybeans at 2.50 per bushel shell corn at 1.19 and ear corn at 1.16 per bushel.
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Mtt
Vernon Grain
Mt. Vernon
Chicago Produce and Butter Prices Report
Chicago AP report notes wholesale poultry prices steady with roasters at 23 1 2 cents. Special fed white rock fryers listed at 184 19. Butter on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange firm with grades and scores shown. Eggs steady to firm with wholesale prices unchanged to 9 percent higher across white, mixed, and medium grades. Dirties remain unquoted.
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Chicago
USDA
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Prices for Eggs and Live Poultry in Louis Produce ST
Louis Produce ST in St Louis reports eggs and live poultry prices with consumer grades A and B for large medium and small sizes. Hens heavy and light weights are listed along with broilers and fryers price ranges.
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St, Louis
Livestock prices at National Stockyards WV Tuesday
Estimates for Tuesday show hogs at 8 500 head cattle 4 000 calves 400 sheep 700. Hogs barrows and gilts 190 240 pounds 27.50 28.50. Sows 280 650 pounds 21.25 24.25. Cattle 3 000 calves 200 steers good and choice 25.00 27.00 heifers good to prime 21.00 25.50 cows 43.50 15.00 vealers good to choice 21.00 34.00 calves good and choice 15.00 21.00. Sheep 700 good to prime wooled lambs 23.00 26.00 choice and prime shorn lambs 24.75 30.00 ewes 5.00 8.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Stockyards
Grain futures prices in Chicago report
Chicago AP reports wheat No 2 red at 1.72 per bushel and No 2 hard at 1.72. Corn values range No 2 yellow 1.2544 and several lower grades. Oats No 2 heavy white 78. Sample and soybean prices listed, including soybeans No 2 yellow 2.68 and soybean oil 11.30.
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Chicago
Wall Street Mixed at Noon as Gains Patchy Across Sectors
Wall Street showed selective strength in a mixed midafternoon session with steel gaining on brisk construction demand. Du Pont and IBM fell about 2 percent while autos weakened despite forecasts. Dow and AP averages fluctuated with Dow up about 1.6 points, while bonds moved differently in active trading.
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New York
du Pont
IBM
General Motors
Associated Press
General Dynamics
Grumman
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Jones & Laughlin
Republic Steel
Chrysler
Ford
Studebaker
Zerox
MGM
U.S
American Stock Exchange
U.S. Treasury
Heating unit fires fuel US blaze surge in New York report
A cancer of misfiring heaters spurs 10 percent of national house fires, according to Insurance Institute findings. The study highlights New York as a hotspot for incidents tied to heating equipment. Fire officials urge checks on furnaces stoves and space heaters to prevent disasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Tpatitute
Local Welfare Services Group Meets Tonight
Ross Wimberly chairs the Jefferson County Welfare Services Committee meeting at the Lawrence Restaurant at 6 30 PM. After dinner a business session will discuss the Public Aid revised medical assistance program effective January 1 1966 and related federal funds. Members and local Public Aid staff from Mt. Vernon to Belle Rive are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Wimberly
Jefferson County Welfare Services Committee
Lawrence
Elmer C. Gentle
Jefferson County Department of Public Aid
Public Aid
Tra Large
Mt. Vernon Township High School
Gentle
Jefferson County
Ruth Allen
Beechworth Brumbaugh
C. Dale Carpenter
John Kirk
Donald 0. Lee
Everett Lemay
John Stables
Lawrence Starman
Charles Waite
Mildred Warren
Christmas Dance Tickets Sold By Mt Vernon Youth Groups
Mt Vernon youth groups join the United Fund Drive by selling tickets for a Christmas Dance at the Mt Vernon Armory from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. on Thursday December 23. Egyptian Combo to provide music. proceeds go to the 1965 Mt Vernon and Jefferson County United Fund Drive.
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Mt. Vernon
United Fund
Mt. Vernon Armory
Susan Puckett
Hi- Tri-Y
Brenda Wagner
Mt. Vernon Jr
United Fund Drive
Jefferson County
Gemini 7 Aboard After Ninth Day Wait and Shutdown
Exhaust boiled from the rocket as ignition failed on Gemini 7 on the ninth day aloft. Mission Control ordered a shutdown and the crew, Schirra and Stafford, weighed ejecting to escape the smoldering craft with fuel still burning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mission Control
Schirra
Stafford
Mt V War I Veterans District Meeting Report
A Mt. Vernon district meeting of King City Barracks No. 103 Veterans of World War I and the Ladies Auxiliary drew a large delegation led by Commander W. D. Isaac and Auxiliary President Lois Weingartner. The event at Salem Legion hall included officials from Salem and VFW, a noon luncheon, a Civil Defense crew, and remarks on Department plans for the next congressional session. Canteen books were funded for Marion VA Hospital patients.
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W. D. Isaac
Lois Weingartner
King City Barracks No. 103
U.S. A
Ladies Auxiliary
District Three
Department of Sinois
Salem
Salem Barracks
Auxil.ary
Salem Legion Hall
Salem City
Salem Legion
V.F.W
Crack Civil Defense Crew
Marion County
Clyde R. Miller
Mt. Carmel
Department
Tesla McKennedy
Springfield
John M. Stevens
Vernon
Candace Dougherty
Jocelyn Green
J. E. Brummett
Ralph Baskin
Bessie Scott
Chalen Pittman
R. F. Kell
John Kell
Harry Hutsel
Lewis Brake
Marion V. A. Hospital
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Christmas Party Notice
The Odd Fellows 1.0.0.F. hall at Varnell will host a Christmas party for members and families on Tuesday evening December 14. A potluck supper is served at 6 30 p m with meat bread and drinks furnished and guests asked to bring table service. A dollar gift exchange is noted. Lois Moore N G Ann Ruddick V G
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekahs the Odd Fellows
Varnell Rebekahs
Mt Ver Non Chapter 233 Eastern Star Meeting Notice
The stated meeting will be held in the Masonic Temple Tuesday evening December 14 at 7 30 p m with a School of Instruction starting at 1 00 p m. Mary Blades W M Naomi Bogan Secy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Circuit Court Fines From Local Court Docket
Fines were issued in circuit court to John W. Turpin for unlawful use of a weapon and disturbance, Carroll L. Harrelson for improper lane usage, Charles A. Bowman for a defective muffler, Ronald Moore for speeding, Burton R. Williams for disobeying a traffic signal, Marshall L. Newell for speeding, Norman C. Jones for failure to have splash guards, and Gordon L. Richards for reckless driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Turpin
South 23Rd
Carroll L. Harrelson
Ridgeway
Charles A. Bowman
Mc. Leansboro
Ronald Moore
Crownview
Burton R. Williams
Bonnie
Marshall L. Newell
Woodlawn
Norman C. Jones
Route 1
Galatia
Gordon L. Richards
319 South 22Nd
Two Suits For Divorce Filed In Circuit Court
Two suits for divorce were filed in circuit court. John R Kell accuses cruelty against Rose M Kell. they married May 6 1965 and separated November 25. Kell seeks dissolution of a Pizza Roma Lounge partnership, liquidation, and equal distribution. Pierce v Pierce Deloris Joann Pierce sues William Luther Pierce for divorce. seeks custody of three children and a property settlement. court granted temporary alimony support and a writ restraining disposal of property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Kell
Rose M. Kell
Pierce
LBJ Back in White House Holiday Return Planned
The President and Mrs. Johnson are set to return to the ranch for a Christmas holiday stay that could extend into January, signaling a quiet period at the White House.
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Lbj
White House
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