Local residents visit over Christmas and New Year travels
A long list of residents and relatives from Mt. Vernon and nearby towns visited family over Christmas. Many traveled to St. Louis Fort Leonard Wood Fort Meade and other cities, with families from Casper Carmi Flora Marion and Vandalia joining in. Notes include military assignments at Fort Leonard Wood and Fort Meade and visits with extended relatives across Illinois and neighboring states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Smothers
Jake Smothers
L. O. Turner
LaVerne Torregrossa
Peoria
James Cremeens
Karen
Wichita
Kansas
Dorothy Keller
Patty
Dick Owen
St. Louis
Arthur Long
Calvin Pettit
Madison
Wis
N. A. Johnson
R. E. Glick
Champaign
Virgil Coalers
Shirley Ann Wheeler
Les Talbott
Marion
William D. Warren
New Haven
Morris C. Metje
Fort Leonard Wood
Otto Metje
Dorothy Metje
Cairo
Dorothy Danner
Don Merrill
Wayne City
Wickenburg
Ariz
Harry Aldrich
Columbus
Neb
Stella Dean
Bessie Piercy
Nellie Maymon
Orchardville
Mary Frances LaSalle
Kansas City
Excelsoir Springs
Lucille Shehorn
Billy
Gaylord
David
Claude Knight
Jefferson Memorial
Rantoul
Robert C. Barrett
Ronald Green
Patricia Ray
Elsmere
Sadie H. Craig
Glenn Hutchison
Bill DeWitt
Paris
Ill
Jack Patterson
Neal Patterson
Fairfield
Fred Patterson
Ir Risley
Near Frisco
James E. Shirley
Glen Willis
Linda
Vandalia
Virgil Shirley
Jeanne Ann
Dennis Shirley
Fred M. Eller
Centralia
Estel Minor
Eldorado
G. I. Jones
Anna
Robert Sapp
W. E. Reavis
Jones
Mr. Sapp
R. C. Robinson
Miss Virada
Rhat
Robert Boyd
H. A. Morgan
Flora
George Nehf
H. L. Spiller
Mike
G. L. Spiller
Mor
Burtom Kirk
Nasan
Lowell Wilson
Harry Ayers
Leland Elliott
Carmi
Leslie
Hillis
West Frankfort
Randall Jenkins
Pat Bogdan
Ralph Jenkins
Joseph Hoskins
Ray Whitsell
Mt. Vernon
George Wolfe
Christopher
Harold Ashby
C. J. Ashby
Carl Bowen
Herrin
Don Morgan
Wendell
Betty
John Crenshaw
Frank Peele
Clarcie Hoskins
C. C. Alen
Nashville
Tema
Lester Talbott
Wayne Frazier
Carm
Archer Poole
Evansville
Harold Poole
Diane
Donald Hill
James Wright
Glenn Smith
Ronald
Homer Marlow
Near
Dix
Frank McGath
E. W. Morgan
Addie Faulkner
Jackie
Hester Whitlock
Chicago
Hester Cates
Washington
D.C
Mms
Mare Ee
Irs
Andy Stevens
Waltopville
Dusingas
Warren Hosts Employees With Quail and Pheasant Dinner
Warren Bottle Gas Service owner Warren and wife entertained their employees at 1707 South Twelfth Street with a holiday quail and pheasant dinner. Wendell Eyre played piano as guests sang carols. gifts were given to each employee. Also, A R Swift hosted a Christmas turkey dinner on Salem Road with relatives attending. The Dix W S C S held a Christmas meeting at Mrs Ruby Timisiey’s in Dix with 23 present. devotion and gift exchange followed by a noon dinner and plans for January at the Dise parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Swift
Salem Road
Raymond Alexander
Ronnie
Connie
Frances Alexander
Casper
Wyoming
Fred Jacobi
Sara Sue
Evanston, Ill
Alexander
Jacobi
Swift
Dix W.S.C.S
Ruby Timisiey
Dix
Nesta Stewart
LaVerne Switzer
Stewart
Raymond Switzer
Dise
Christmas Dinner for Philathea Class at First Baptist
Members of the Philathea class of the First Baptist church plan a Christmas dinner on Thursday at noon at the church. Meat, rolls and coffee will be provided. attendees are asked to bring a salad or vegetables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Friendship Circle Club to Meet for Christmas Luncheon
The Friendship Circle club will meet at 11 o’clock on Wednesday December 27 at the home of Mrs Bertie Arnold with Mrs Mary Tobin assisting. A Christmas gift exchange will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Circle Club
Bertie Arnold
Mary Tobin
Home Bureau Unit to Meet at Mrs Tate’s Friday
The Field Unit of Home Bureau will meet at Mrs Florence Tate's home on Friday December 29 at 10 a m A special lesson on Italian hem stitching and fancy stitching will be taught Members should bring a sack lunch and scissors needles embroidery thread bur lap or a heavy cloth to work on
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Field Home Bureau
Home Bureau
Florence Tate
Otto D. Watts Dies at Age 61 Rites Thursday
Otto ED Watts of South Seventh street died at 8 15 am yesterday at Veterans Hospital in Marion. He was 61 years old. He had been ill three years and a hospital patient 30 days. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 pm at Pulley Funeral Home with Rev Marsh Harpoole officiating and burial in Wolf Prairie cemetery. He worked 35 years at Mt Vernon car shops and was a WWI veteran. Survived by three brothers Elmer Loomis CA Lee The IL and Irvie Chicago and three sisters Leona Rector Moneaqua IL Grace Harmon Lincoln IL Bertie Pollard El Paso TX.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto ED. Watts
S01
South Seventh Street
Veterans Hospital
Marion
Watts
Finerg
Pulley Funeral
Marsh Harpoole
Wolf Prairie Cemetery
McClellan Township
Mt Vernon
B. RC
Webber Township
William
Jannice (Hillhouse) Watts
McLeansboro Holiday Visitors Reach Local Families
McLeansboro Christmas notes list Lt Joe Wright and family in Oklahoma visiting relatives, Sgt Ralph Deen Hawthorne in California with grandparents, Mrs Z W Graff in Springfield, Mrs Essie Kelley in St Louis, and many students and servicemen like Rupert Baldwin at Northwestern and Joan Ehlen at SIU returning home for holidays. Local travel and hospital visits are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
McLeansboro
Joe Adams
Benton
Rod Sheenlank
Mas
Amadee Howse
East St
Lois
S. H. Shepard
Essie Kelley
St. Louis
Pearce Hospital
Eldorado
Mts
Doyle Launius
John Dial
Bill Reed
Ronald Ritchey
Camp Carson
Colo
Joan Ehlen
SIU
Carbordale
Guy Ehlen
Corlis Nugent
Winnetlea
Eldon Fitzpatrick
Evansville
Ind
George Malone
Gertrude Fitzpatrick
Births Bring Families Joy Across Town and Coast
Mr and Mrs Herbert Morgan of route 4 welcomed a son named David R at Jefferson Memorial hospital weighing 93 pounds 4 ounces born at 4 pm Sunday. A second baby weighed 9 pounds 8 ounces born yesterday to Mr and Mrs Keneath Lyle at 2 27 pm at Jefferson Memorial hospital. Mr and Mrs H EB Mannen heard word of a granddaughter born to their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs H M Scherer in Santa Barbara California. the mother is Jeanna Ruth Mannen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Morgan
Route 4
Jeffar Som Mermorial Hospital
David R
Keneath Lyle
Wrelkins Avenue
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
H. EB. Mannen
Rs. H. M. Scherer
Santa Barard
Calif
J &Xna Ruth Mannen
Former Lillian Sawyer Is Dead
Mrs. Lillian Sawyer Edward aged 58, Jefferson county tuberculosis nurse and former head of local TB control, died suddenly at Provident Hospital in El Paso Texas. Widow of Emmanuel Edward formerly of Marion Illinois, sister of Mamie Thomas and Roy Sawyer of Mt Vernon. Funeral plans pending. She worked as a nurse at Mt Vernon hospitals and led TB control about 30 years ago before moving to Texas two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Sawyer Edward
Jefferson County
Provident
Hospital Notes from Good Samaritan and others
Admission and discharge list includes Claude Maxey Bluford infant Michael Gregg King and many others from Bonny Wayne City Ashley Carrier Mills and nearby towns. Several patients discharged. names include Mrs Lucille Tins ley V K Liebengood James H Jones Paducah and others. memorial mentions Chicago Inn Keenes Dix combined with Jefferson Memorial entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Samaritan
Claude Maxey
Bluford
Michael Gregg King
Guy Peterson
Bonnie
Edith Lewey
Harold Lewey
James Cole
Freeport
Janet Boyd
Elaine Quarterman
Edgar Gaskill
Wayne City
Alexander Ferguson
Stanley Wayne Crider
Lucy Ann Triplett
Woodlawn
Phillip Robert Cashen
Wanda Wagner
Lucille Tinsley
V. K. Liebengood
James H. Jones
Paduca
Cynthia Faye
Myrtle Imogene Kern
Terry Drew
Shirley Williams
Ronald Wayne
Ella Lane
Ladonna Earlene
Naomi Cullins
Bobby Joe
Jefferson Memorial
John Cassada
Chicago
Ralph Roth
Betty Morgan
Alice Lyle
Ikonald Dean Jennings
Inn
Douglas Shields
Keenes
Linda House
Dix
Dorothy Rollinson
Kell
Bessie Brookman
Pote 7
Kenneth Gilbert
Scheler
Linda Kay Wayman
Benton
Percy Price
Centralia
Claude Knight
Wilma Foster
Dorothy Flora
Charles Brown
Steve Christoff
Ondyke
Bill Jacobs
Clara Throgmorton
Everett Storment
Fractures Ankle In Fall at Home
Frank Dickey an elderly man of 303 South First Street fractured his right ankle in a fall at his home on Saturday. He was transported to Jefferson County Memorial Hospital where he remains a patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Dickey
South First Street
Jefferson County Memorial Hospital
Mt. Vernon Woman Hurt in Four Car Crash
Juanita Cook, 41, of Mt. Vernon, was among nine injured in a chain reaction involving four cars Saturday night at Galatia Illinois near Harrisburg. Leila Simpson, 36, of Harrisburg, driver of one car, was fatally injured. Andrew Pemberton, 61, of Eldorado, was seriously hurt. Mt. Vernon resident Cook suffered facial cuts and a broken right arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juanita Cook
Mt. Vernon
Galatia
Inl
Harrisburg
Leila Simpson
Andrew Pemberton
Eldorado
Evacuation Ends as Allied Forces Leave Hungnam Port
After Japan’s defeat in World War I allied troops completed the evacuation of Hungnam in North Korea. The U N Navy pulled out 105 000 Americans South Koreans British and Puerto Ricans and nearly 100 000 non Communist North Korean civilians. The port was left devastated with an engineer estimating six to eight months to restore it. MacArthur said the U S 10th Corps of five divisions had redeployed by sea to a juncture with the U S Eighth Army. China demands all foreign troops leave Korea and Formosa Chu Teh says Asia's problems await those withdrawals and Red China’s UN seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
North Korea
Hungnam
U. N. Navy
Korea
MacArthur
U. S. 10Th Corps
U. S. Eighth Army
China
Associated Press
Tokyo
Red China
Peiping
Kyodo
U. S
Formosa
Chiang Kai Shek
Chu Teh
Communist Army
Red Central Committee
Chu
Asia
United Nations
Mr V Soldier Arrives in Japan
Pvt. Bobbie G. Garrison, son of Mr and Mrs William Garrison of 520 North street, has arrived in Tokyo. A cablegram confirming the safe arrival was received by his parents Saturday. Address listed as Pvt. Bobbie G. Garison, E. r., 55002090, 537 Prov. Co., APO 613, care of Postmaster, San Francisco California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobbie G. Garrison
William Garrison
North Street
Tokyo
Japan
Bobbie G. Garison
E. R
Prov. Co
APO
San Francisco
Calif
Stolen Stone of Destiny At Westminster Abbey
Thieves seized the 336 pound Stone of Destiny from Westminster Abbey and damaged the coronation throne while dragging the relic through the church. Police chased leads to suspects seen near the abbey as investigators limited road checks toward the Scottish border. The 1,100 year old stone, kept beneath the coronation chair, bears legend of royal rightful rule and has long symbolized England Scotland unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scone
Westminster Abbey
Scotland
London
England
Home Rule Movement
Lancashire
Adam Box
Abbey
Andy Hislop
Scotland Yard
Westminster
Perthshire
Britain
Canada
United States
Christmas Gifts Stolen From Car in Mt. Vernon
Police report packages stolen from a parked car in downtown Mt. Vernon Saturday night. Owner Lyle Heinzman of 1011 South 21st Street said the theft occurred before 8 10 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Lyle Heinzman
1011
South 21St Street
Airport News Marriage Licenses
Hobart J. Palmer and Alice Galiher both of Mt. Vernon. Leslie W. Marlow of Dix and Lillie May Riley of Texico. Lowell M. Poston and Charlotte Summers, both of Mt. Vernon. William Lee Klinker of Dahlgren and Mildred Alene McKinney of Bonnie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobart J. Palmer
Alice Galiher
Mt. Vernon
Leslie W. Marlow
Dix
Lillie May Riley
Texico
Lowell M. Poston
Charlotte Summers
William Lee Klinker
Dahlgren
Mildred Alene McKinney
Bonnie
Seven Franklin youths join the Air Force at Benton
Seventeen buddies aged 17 to 27 enlisted together in Benton on Saturday, the largest single group for the district. Recruiting Sergeant William Cook said 15 hailed from Benton, one from Ewing and one from Christopher. Eight departed for basic training, with more to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Benton
Franklin County
Air Force
William Cook
Mt. Versnon
Cairo
Ohio
Mississippi
Cook
Ewing
Christopher
Grocery Store on Waltonville Road Damaged by Fire
Lloyd Puckett’s grocery on Waltonville Road three miles southwest of Mt Vernon suffered heavy fire and smoke damage on Christmas Day. A rear storage and cream testing room was wrecked and store contents were smoked. Firemen found a 3:45 p.m. alarm and attributed the blaze to an electrical short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Puckett
Waltonville Road
Mt. Vernon
Install Masonic Lodge Officers for No. 31
Officers of Lodge No. 31 A F and A M were installed at the Masonic Lodge on Friday night December 22. New officers include Wor shipful Master Thomas E Bartholomew Senior Warden Reginald Whittaker Junior Warden Denton Bullock Treasurer T Glenn Pettit Secretary W E Reavis Senior Deacon Max McCarty Junior Deacon Robert Trammel Chaplain George Borders Senior Steward James Apgar Junior Steward Fred O Malley Marshal Dewey Whitfield Tyler Ben Roeder Installing officers were Fred Gaunt installing officer T Glenn Pettit installing marshal and Harry L Bates installing chaplain. A number of visitors attended the installation ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodge No. 31
A. F
A. M
Masonic Lodge
Thomas E. Bartholomew
Reginald Whittaker
Denton Bullock
T. Glenn Pettit
W. E. Reavis
Max McCarty
Robert Trammel
George Borders
James Apgar
Fred O'Malley
Dewey Whitfield
Ben Roeder
Tyler
Fred Gaunt
Harry L. Bates
Berlo Enlists In Air Force
David Berlo 21 traffic director at WMIX enlists in the U S Air Force and will leave next Tuesday January 2 for active duty He is the son of Mr and Mrs Ray Berlo of 410 North Ninth Street He will be inducted in St Louis and begin basic training at Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio Texas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Berlo
WMIX
U. S. Air Force
Berlo
Ray Berlo
North Ninth Street
St. Louis
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Half of Us Owe No Debts at All Survey Shows
Washington December 26 About half of the nation s 50 000 000 consumer spending units owed no debts early this year a Federal Reserve Board survey public yesterday reports Four of ten American families were worth 5000 or more counting debts one in ten had net worth 25000 and up High income households owed a quarter of total consumer debt More than half of all families owned homes but nearly half were mortgaged Half the families owned cars and two or more cars were owned by one in 25 families The figures on solvency were cheery compared with a 1949 report of debt overhang
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Everry
Reserve Board
Clamp Down on News of Korea
Tokyo dispatch reports full censorship at U S Eighth Army HQ in Korea with five accredited news agencies Limited to two controlled telephones. Briefings resume daily while staff officers brief correspondents then allow 30 minutes to write and send dispatches for censorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tokyo
U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
Eigth Army
United Press
International News Service
Reuters
Pan Asia
Eighth Army
William Barnard
MacArthur
United States
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Otto D. Watts
Clayton Howell
Bride-To
Phyllis Ann Kryger
John J. Polizzi
Arthur Ewers
Vito Polizzi
Lillian Sawyer
Mr. V. Soldier
Splinter
Airport News
J. D. Brown
du Quoin
Grocery
News of
Marion Lodge No. 13
T.0.0.f
Harry Shehorn
N. G
Melvin King
Britannica
Kerley Owned and Operated
Guy J. Kerley
South 9Th Street
D. IW
Wise Clothing CO
Main ST
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