Mt Vernon Area Daily Travel and Visit Notes
Mt Vernon area residents and visitors are listed with movements and calls over the weekend and holiday period. Notables include Elmer Hefley’s sister Ree Carter ill in Granite City, Wayne Rainwater returning to Malden after time with W M Cates, and Deborah Mayo visiting Vernon. Others travel to St Louis, Henderson Kentucky, Dallas, and Kuwait for work, study, or family gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Hefley
Granite City
Ree Carter
J. W. Rainwater
Malden
W. M. Cates
C. R. Mayo
Deborah
Fairfield
Vernon
William Cavenaugh
Dayton
Ohio
Roy Wiliams
Roy L. Simpson
St. Louis
Great West Life Assurance Co
Curtis Hutchcraft
Joe Price
Mt. Vernon
Kenneth Black
Walter Mannen
West Casey Avenue
University of Linois
Champaign
Neal Patterson
Fred Patterson
William McGuire
Delores Greenwalt
Keenes
Ralph Dethrow
Billy Jr
Henderson, Ky
Shirley Marie Larlow
Chicago
Northwestern University
Evanston
Isaac Lane
Casey Avenue
Omer Pierce
South 22Nd Street
Missouri Baptist Hospital
Leland Wells
Leland D. Wells
U.S. Navy
San Francisco
Calif
Herb Jenkins
Dahlgren
Tennessee
Warner Johnson
Guy Wilkerson
Charles Ray Davis
Elmer “Sparkey" Sanders
New York
Kuwait
Persian Gulf
Gulfxploration Co
Tommy Berry
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Ethel Beal
Barnes Hospital
West Warrene Avenue
Edna Casey
Shreveport
Sam Casey
Lexington
John Casey
Leslie Ayers
Janet
O. K. Ayers
Tulsa
Okla
J. C. Ayers
California
Dan.Dale
South 12Th Street
Byford Dale
I. B. Price Co
Springfield
Ralph Cook
Patsy Metcalf
Hollis West
Pat Bennett
Robert Dean Robbins
Sonia Henie
Chester Rutherford
Knox Johnson
Dallas
Texas
Johnson
H. E. Merrithen
Nellie Wick
Page Hungate
Marion
Hazel Lingle
Opdyke
Jack Graham
Effingham
A. L. Stivers
Memphis
Richard Stivers
Henry Chisel
Carlyle
Alice Crisel
Larrison Crisel
Glen Martin
Leonard Davis
Marion Lodge meet in regular session Tuesday evening
Marion Lodge No. 13 will meet in regular session Tuesday evening at 7 30 p m Degrees two and three will be conferred during the session Refreshments will be served after the degree work Official notices list Al Westman N G Kenneth Sandusky AV G and Harry Shehorn Ree Sec as officers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Lodge No. 13
AL Westman
N. G
Keneth Sandusky
Harry Shehorn
Mt Vernon Lodge No 31 A F and A M Meeting
ALF A M A stated meeting of Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 31 AF and AM will be held this evening at 7 30 p m H BELL GASTON W M PERSHEL MICK Secy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ALF. A. M
Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 31
H. Bell Gaston
W. M. Pershel
Mick
Secy
W. S. of
Mt. Vernon Shrine No
White Shrine of Jerusalem
Fay Hughey
W. H. Nell Kell
W. S
Society Hosts At Party In Christmas Decor
Mr and Mrs A N Leftzell hosted about 85 guests at Robbs Coffee Shop yesterday afternoon from three to five. The room featured Christmas colors with spruce holly and a Santa Claus centerpiece on the large table. Other local notices include Shrine meetings and Home Bureau gatherings on December 21 and 22 with gift exchanges and signups. August wedding of Doris Jean Powers to Thomas Jay Pentecost revealed. College honor roll student Paul Edward Draper named among four A recipients at State College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. N. Leftzell
Robbs Coffee Shop
J. Marvin Powers
Doris Jean
Thomas Jay Pentecost
T. J. Pentecost
San Bernardino
Calif
Pentecost
Williams Woods College
Fulton
Paul Edward Draper
N. KF. Draper
Poplar Bluff
State College
Cape Girardeau
Pi Mu Omicron
Mt. Vernon High School
Turkey dinner hosts Gift Chest Jewelers staff at Robbs
Miss Alice Lacey hosted a turkey dinner for Gift Chest Jewelers store personnel and guests at Robbs Coffee Shop. The table featured candles spruce boughs and holly. A gift exchange followed the meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Lacey
Gift Chest Jewelers
Robbs
Christmas Program Planned by Reorganized Church
The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on 20th Street and Casey Avenue announces a Christmas program on Wednesday December 22 at 7 30 p m with Mrs Robert Greene and Mrs Leslie Ells as program directors Music director Mrs Ralph Rockett and pianist Mrs George Wolfe Harold Hertenstein fight manager featured singers include Melba Hertenstein Mildred Drury Ava Rockett and others A long program of songs recitations a short play and a pageant precedes a final chorus Tell them the Christmas story the program closes with a Christmas play The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
20Th Street
Casey Avenue
Robert Greene
Leslie Ells
Ralph Rockett
George Wolfe
Harold Hertenstein
Hiden Choir
Melba Hertenstein
Mildred Drury
Ava Rockett
Gene Ayers
Charles R. Davis
Bert Wolfe
Fred M. Lowery
Wm. T. Guthrie
Betty Jean
Marilyn Henson
Chas. R. Davis
Larry Drury
June Guthrie
Karen Ann Colvin
Mary Elizabeth Rogers
Sharon Palmer
Sue Ellis
David Guthrie
Larry Rockett
Gary Rockett
Danny Jones
Ronny Palmer
Donald Rogers
Shirley Rogers
Iris Stewart
Janice Drury
Judith Guthrie
John Rockett
Betty Greene
Jo Ann DeSelms
Carol
William Covin
Marie
Robert Boyd
Raphael
Avvn
Bertie Morgan
Edna Colvin
Jane Guthrie
Leona Lowry
Opal Ayers
Magi
Lulu Henson
Mary—Pauline Jones
Joseph—James Drury
Harold Morgan
Angels
Troy Rhine
Bill Rockett
D. T. Henson
Leslie Ellis
W. W. Colvin
Rufus Rockett
Jerry Wolfe
Jerry Higgerson
Page
Donald Trout
Plus Ultra Class Christmas Social at Central Church
The Plus Ultra Class of the Central Church of Christ will host a Christmas social on Tuesday evening, December 21 at 6 30 in the church basement. Attendees are asked to bring a covered dish and staple foods for a needy family. Boyd Unit Meets and elects officers for 2027.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church of Christ
Boyd
Home Bureau
Jewell Barr
Tessie Garren
Letha Garren
Flossie Wittenbrink
Nellie Sargent
Edna Barr
Mildred Marteeny
Nora Marteeny
Flossie Wittenbrinkk
Heavy fighting around Tientsin in North China
The Associated Press reports heavy fighting on the flatlands around Tientsin, while Premier Sun Fo forms a no surrender cabinet and hints at possible compromise with the communists. Red forces sever rail and telegraph links between Tientsin and Tangku, isolating both cities as battles continue near Peiping and Pengpu fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
North China
Tientsin
Peiping
Spencer Moosa
Nanking
Pengpu
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chen Yi
Pengpu- Suhsien
Liu Po-Chen
Here
Yangtze
Hospital Notes Good Samaritan Admitted and Discharges
Good Samaritan records list admissions including Mrs. Thomas Low ery of Ina Mabel Casey of Les ser Rudolph Offenstein of Bru ford Mary Alice Hunt infant Rickey McGuire Hubert J Schlafly Grace Friedman and discharges for Mrs Betty Puckett Fairfield infant son Gail Kent Mrs Maxine Fry and infant son James Marshall Mrs Kathryn Spence and infant daughter Dorothy Lasater Fairfield Lee Esther Masterson Fairfield Mary E Williams Jessica Cust Myrtle Hicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lowery
Ina
Mabel Casey
Lesser
Rudolph Offenstein
Bruford
Mary Alice Hunt
Rickey McGuire
Hubert J. Schlafly
Grace Friedman
Betty Puckett
Fairfield
Gail Kent
Maxine Fry
James Marshall
Kathryn Spence
Dorothy Lasater
Lee Esther Masterson
Mary E. Williams
Jessica Cust
Myrtle Hicks
Mary Hileen Glass and Henry S Fisher wed at Goreville Moreville church
Mrs Hertha A Glass announces the December 12 ceremony at 2 30 pm in Moreville Methodist church Goreville Til for Mary Hileen Glass and Henry Samuel Fisher. Officiant Rev W Wayne Artis and soloist Jeanne Gansauer with Clarice McCauley accompanied. Reception in church basement. couple to live in Chicago after attending West Virginia Bible College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisher-Glass
Hertha A. Glass
East Main Street
Mary Hileen
Henry Samuel Fisher
Marinda Fisher
Gregory
West Virginia
Moreville Methodist Church
Goreville
Til
W. Wayne Artis
Jeanne Gansauer
Centralia
Clarice McCauley
Wayne Artis
Lary Escue
Charles H. Todd
Mt. Vernon
Geraldine Goddard
Aubrey Maze
Fisher
West Virginia Bible College
Fairmount
W. Va
Chicago
Ill
Cayne Radio and Television School
Chapman Child Dies Sunday at Age Four Months
Larry Gale Chapman four months old, son of Elmer and Maxine Chapman of 2103 Forrest Ave, died at 11 a m Sunday at Dellergon County Memorial Hospital. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p m Myers Chapel officiated by Rev E D Moore, burial Oakwood cemetery. Body at home until 10:30 a m Tuesday then to Myers Chapel. Born August 8, 1948 in Dixon Illinois. Parents survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Gale Chapman
Elmer Chapman
Forrest Ave
Dellergon County Memorial Hospital
Myers Chapel
E. D. Moore
Oakwood Cemetery
Larry Gale
Dixon, Ill
Elmer and
Maxine
Clark) Chapman
Spy Hunters and Justice Dept Are Friendly Again
The House Un-American Activities Committee and the Justice Department plan to consult on whether to call witnesses for a forthcoming report on Communist espionage in government. Acting Chairman Mundt met with Assistant Attorney General Alex Campbell to coordinate testimony from New York grand jury witnesses. Mundt described a long friendly week end with Campbell and U. S. Attorney George Fay and said cooperation could improve before January 3 when the new Congress convenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
House
Justice Department
Mundt
Rsc
House Un-American Activities Committee
Alex Campbell
New York
Congress
New York Grand Jury
Campbell
U. S
George Fay
Eight acres yield 865 bushels of corn on Roane Farm
On the Roane Farm near Opdyke eight acres produced 865 bushels of corn this year, about 108 bushels per acre. The farm is owned and operated by H. E. and H. Ellis Roane. Ninety five acres are expected to yield about 85 bushels per acre. The Roanes raise around 250 hogs annually and market cattle. The farm is fully modernized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opdyke
H. E
H. Ellis Roane
End Hiccupping By Operation
Pauline Lucas, 32, of Waynesburg Pa, faced a year of hiccup trouble after kidney disorder treatment. Doctors halted the hiccup with a surgical procedure in Pittsburgh, temporarily paralyzing her diaphragm. She expects a merry Christmas home with hiccups ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pauline Lucas
Waynesburg
Serge
Blind Dog Warns Blind Mistress Fire In Gloucester
In Gloucester New Jersey on December 20 a blind dog named Yippie woke its blind mistress Mrs Anna McGlinchey 60 and prompted her to seek help. A passerby Samuel Cahall assisted her down stairs and firemen arrived to control the blaze which remained confined to the dining room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Gloucester
N. J
Anna McGlinchey
Brother Dies In Missouri
Mrs. Otis Levin of 2212 Her bert street mourns the death of her brother Frank Grable of Brookfield Missouri who passed away this morning at 3 30 O’clock. Born in Franklin county he left behind relatives in Mt Vernon and Jefferson county with funeral arrangements yet to be completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Levin
Herbert Street
Frank Grable
Brookfield
Grable
Franklin County
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Restore City's Phones After Fire Disrupts Exchange
Johnston City Illinois December 20 Associated Press telephone service disrupted by a Thursday night fire at the Illinois Commercial Telephone Co dial exchange was restored today for most of about 700 subscribers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston City
Ilinois Commercial Telephone Co
Admitted and Discharged Names in Local Records
Admitted list includes Joe Payne, Deloris Morgan, Leslie Gibson, Mrs Leslie Gibson, Mrs Iva Thompson, H A Bumpus. Discharged group lists Mrs Emma Clark and infant, Donald Wayne, Mrs Mildred Vaughn of Fairfield and infant son, Stephen Ray, Mrs Mertie Brach of Cisne, Mrs Ethel Durkee, Ray Ellis Bishop, Marion Cullins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Payne
Deloris Morgan
Leslie Gibson
Iva Thompson
H. A. Bumpus
Emma Clark
Donald Wayne
Mildred Vaughn
Fairfield
Stephen Ray
Mertie Brach
Cisne
Ethel Durkee
Ray Ellis Bishop
Marion Cullins
Mother of Ray Blades Is Dead
Mary Magdalene Blades, 83, mother of Ray Blades of Mt. Vernon, died at her McLeansboro home at 10 30 p m Saturday. Funeral services were held there this afternoon. She was born in Lebanon Tennessee and widow of Marion Blades, who died in 1928. Survived by three sons Gilbert Springfield Leland St Louis Ray Mt Vernon and three daughters Helen Lowe Evansville Emma Fields and Ruth McElvain McLeansboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcleansboro
Mary Magdalene Blades
Ray Blades
Mt. Vernon
MecLeansboro
Blades
Maggie
Lebanon
Helen Lowe
Evansville
Ind
Emma Fields
Ruth McElvain
Mason Couple Welcome Daughter at Fairfield
Mr and Mrs Glen Charles Mason of Fairfield welcomed a daughter born Sunday morning at Good Samaritan Hospital. The report notes the event as a family birth announcement with the local hospital as the birthing site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Charles Mason
Fairfield
Good Samaritan Hospital
Miscegenation conviction in Mississippi appeals
A Mississippi Navy veteran, Davis Knight, convicted of miscegenation and sentenced to five years, plans an appeal. The case, believed first under the state miscegenation law, involved Knight's 1946 marriage to a white woman in Ellisville. The law bans marriage or cohabitation with anyone having at least one eighth Negro or Mongolian blood. Knight, drafted as white in 1943, told his employer he was Negro after rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ellisville
Miss
Paul Swartzinger
Davis Knight
Knight
South
Misssissippi
Mississippi
Laurel
Quitman Ross
Swartzinger
Santa's Helper Is Stranded on Roof
Chicago sets scene as 11 year old William Daubenspeck climbs a third floor dormer to inspect Santa’s chimney. Crusty snow made the roof slick and he slid into the gutter, prompting police and fire crews. Firefighters brought him down and retrieved his shoes, while William ponders how Santa and his reindeer will land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Santa Claus
William Dubenspeck
Santa
William
Daubenspeck
South Shore Drive
Fire Department
Movie Actor C Aubrey Smith Dies at 85 in Hollywood
Beverly Hills, Dec. 20. Sir C Aubrey Smith died today at 85 after long heart illness. A famed Briton in film and in person, he had just completed a role in Little Women and was barely ill to friends. Born London July 21, 1863, he starred on stage and screen since 1892 and gained early fame as a cricketer and Cambridge captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Beverly Hills
Calif
C. Aubrey Smith
Sir Aubrey
Smith
Hollywood
London
Cambridge University
Australia
South Africa
Man and wife injured crossing street at Tenth and Main
Mr. Leslie Gibson, 50, and his wife Mildred, 47, of Tenth and Warren, were severely bruised when struck by a car at 6 00 p m Saturday at Tenth and Main. The driver, Carl Daniels of RFD 1 Texico, remained at the scene. Both were treated at Jefferson County Memorial Hospital and remained patients today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Gibson
Tenth and
Warren
Tenth and Main
Carl Daniels
RFD 1
Texico
Gibson
Mildred
Jefferson County Memorial Hospital
Miner Fatally Killed as Air Compressor Explodes at Perry Mine
In Vergennes Perry county a Murphysboro miner, Robert Jean Adams, 32, died after an air compressor blew up on a shovel at the Juliana strip coal mine two miles north of town. He died about a half hour later. A inquest is planned for Wednesday by Coroner Augie Schneider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Vergennes
Murphysboro
Robert Jean Adams
Juliana Strip
Here
Perry County
Adams
Augie Schneider
Christmas Tree Tops Oil Derrick at fairgrounds
A 110 foot oil drilling derrick at the White County Fair grounds center race track in Carmi Illinois hosts a tall Christmas tree. Driller Joe Kennedy rode to the top by pulley, moored the tree, and decorated it with red green and blue bulbs and tinsel via a cable lowered up to the tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Preas Carmi
Ill
Joe Kennedy
White County Fairgrounds
Infant Smother Death In Grandparents Home
Coroner Roy Huffman reported an Alto Pass infant apparently smothered in a chair bed at grandparents home in Grand Tower. The 2½ month old Charles F. Miles Jr. was left in the care of grandfather Charles F. Miles while parents Walter and Mrs Miles attended a theater, an inquest heard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Grand Tower
Roy Huffman
Jackson County
Alto Pass
Charles F. Miles
Walter Miles
Woman Dies in Fire at Venice Home Restaurant
Mrs. Mattie Lee Hughes, about 38, a Black woman, burned to death in a Venice Illinois fire that also displaced fourteen people including seven children. The blaze appeared to start from a small cooking stove at the home and restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assesianted
Venice
Ill
Mattie Lee Hughes
Marriage Licenses Issued In Mt Vernon Area
Fred L. Risley and Neawana Jeanne Veatch of Mt. Vernon announce a marriage license. William Balsover of Mt. Vernon and Ethel Patton of Mt. Vernon Rural Free Delivery 5 are listed as related parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Risley
Neawana Jeanne Veatch
Mt. Vernon
William Balsover
Ethel Patton
RFD
Added Compensation Given A & P Employes
New York December 20 the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company distributed more than 2 million dollars in additional compensation to employees nationwide with six months service. John A Hartford president announced the cash distribution and noted the prior year total reached 1 978 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
John A. Hartford
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