Visitors and travelers gather in Mt. Vernon area
A wide roll of visitors and travelers were noted in Mt. Vernon and surrounding towns. Mrs. V. A. Wertsch of Delavan Ill arrived for an extended visit with her daughter in law Ed Dirks. Others include Mr and Mrs Murphy Reddix returning from Maryland, Mrs Rolla Farmer and others visiting in the area, and several residents traveling to Fort Lauderdale San Francisco and St Louis for holidays and work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. A. Wertsch
Delavan
Ill
Ed Dirks
Murphy Reddix
Tere Tatte
Rolla Farmer
Saugiters
Sadamac
Gertrude
R. O. Kaufman
Ralph Kaufman, Jr
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Russell Richardson
Frankfort
Ind
Pearl Richardson
George R. Morgan
DuQuoin
San Francisco
Calif
W. F. Turley
St. Louis
Shag Crouch
McLeansboro
Mt. Vernon
Harvey H. Hungate
Tommy
Margaret McGill
Charles LeRoy Crider
Aberdeen
William Richardson
Asbury Seminary
Willmore
Dale Kromm
Mendota
Shirley Ann Wheeler
Treva Moore
Murphysboro
Randall Jenkins
South 17Th Street
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jesse M. Wood
Oak Park
Jack L. Wood
Hospital Notes from Mptrareon Memorial
Admitted patients include Alfonsoe Bedard Wanda Wagner and discharged Randall Jenkins Russell Lyons James Halford at Mptrareon Memorial Good Samaritan lists Agnes McKinney Ina Verna McBride H.H Withrow James Cockrum Woody Minter Norma Lee Shurtz Bernadine Green Violet Brown and others Discharged include Fred Walker Jane Kramer at Opdyke
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mptrareon Memorial
Alfonsoe Bedard
Wanda Wagner
Randall Jenkins
Russell Lyons
James Halford
Good Samaritan
Agnes McKinney
Ina
Verna McBride
Dix
Fairfield
James An Cockrum
Woody Clay Minter
Wayne City
Norma Lee
Shurtz
Waltonville
Bernadine Green
Violet Brown
Fred Walker
Jane Kramer
Opdyke
Births report from Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Birth notices announce James Earl Davidson a seven pound four ounce son born December 27 to Mr and Mrs John R Davidson of Los Angeles and Betty Jane Leech of Mount Vernon as mother. James Walter Epley adds a seven pound six ounce son born 8 42 a m. James V Reeves weighs six pounds seven ounces born at 10 13 a m at Jefferson Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Davidson
Los Angeles
California
Harold C. Reeves
Fairfield
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Engagement announced for Miss Johnetta Perry and Captain Marlon Ellison
Miss Johnetta Perry and Captain Marlon Ellison announced engaged by her mother at a Kansas City tea. The couple, daughter of John W. Perry and Adeline Ellison, plan a late spring wedding in Kansas City Missouri after both finish current roles and schooling. Honeymoon set for California with permanent home at 304 Brushcreek Boulevard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnetta Perry
Marlon Ellison
Captain Ellison
Miss Perry
Brushcreek Boulevard
Kansas City
California
Christmas Socials Spread Through Mt Vernon Area
Marlow Register News reports numerous Christmas Day and Eve visits around Mt Vernon. Families including Chambliss, Dennis, Gossage, Haley, Lemay, Donoho, Greer, Gowler, Irwin, Randall, Ward, Shelton, Williams, Clifton, Scott and others shared holiday gatherings with relatives in Mt Vernon and nearby communities. Visitors came from Urbana and Rock Island Illinois, with multiple households hosting extended family and friends during the holiday period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Chambliss
Mt. Vernon
Ida Chambliss
Rodrick Dennis
Juda
Virginia
W. J. Gossage
Lee Haley
Sam Haley Jr
Wesley Lemay
Linda
Wilbur Haley
Don Randall
Kenneth Randall
Vernon
Lewis Pollard
Don Randalls
George Ward
Rock Island
Ill
Oscar Irwin
Nan Scott
Noble Shelton
J. W. Shelton
Local pilots arrive at area airfield today
D. W. Lake of Shelbyville flew here today. Jewell and Bud Schuman of Danville landed at the local field today. J. G. Spence of Champaign flew to the Mt. Vernon Airport today. M. G. Carr of this city flew to Palestine and Paris Ti today. Ed Mill flew to Evansville, Tnd., today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Lake
Shelbyville
Jewell
Bud Schuman
Danville
J. G. Spence
Champaign
Mt. Vernon
M. G. Carr
Palestine
Paris
Ed Mill
Evansville
Tnd
Marriage License for Fred Hunt and Ferne Mc Queen
Fred Hunt and Ferne Mc Queen, both of Mt. Vernon, obtained a marriage license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hunt
Ferne McQueen
Mt. Vernon
Miss Joan Hitter Engaged to Walton Kirk Jr
Miss Joan Hitter daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer P Hitter of Ottawa Illinois becomes engaged to Walton Kirk Jr son of Mr and Mrs Walton Kirk Sr of Mt Vernon Illinois The couple announced at a family dinner in Ottawa He is a former University of Illinois basketball captain and All American who served in the U S Army Medical Corps and now plays pro basketball with the Indianapolis Jets The wedding date has not yet been set
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Hitter
Walton Kirk
Elmer P. Hitter
West
van Buren Street
Ottawa
Mt. Vernon
Hitter
Lincoln
School of
University of Illinois, Urbana
Alpha Gamma Delta
University Women's Glee Club
University
University of Illinois
Alpha Tau Omega Social Fraternity
Sachem
Ma-Wan-Da
Tribes of Illni
U. S. Army Medical Corps
Indianpolis Jets
Basketball Association of America
First Methodist Choir Plans Evening Rehearsal
The First Methodist choir will rehearse tonight at 7:30 oclock, inviting members to gather for the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Choir
Honor Guests at Dinner
A dinner at Mr and Mrs Ralph Criders honored their son and daughter in law Seer and wife of Aberdeen and visiting relatives attended from Mt Vernon Bluford and Opdyke. Geraldine Goddard hosted a surprise party and shower for Mr and Mrs Henry S Fisher married December 12 with gifts games prizes and refreshments. Out of town guests included Edith Todd Bill Yarlow Audrey Maze and Earl Vaughn. Fisher couple plan to live in Chicago after a year then return East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Crider
Charles LeRoy Seer
Aberdeen
Crider
Mt. Vernon
Bluford
Opdyke
Geraldine Goddard
North Sixth Street
Henry S. Fisher
Fisher
Mary EF. Glass
East Main
Christmas Day Visits Across Frisco Region
Frisco register news notes numerous family gatherings on Christmas Day. Names include Neal, Hargis, Sneed, Dennham, Richardson, Duckworth, Hutchcraft, and others visiting relatives in Herrin, Belle Rive, St. Louis, Dixon, Thompsonville, Anna, and Akin. A charivari at Hershel Duckworths marks married Hatchett’s Christmas Day. Wing grade school children presented a Christmas program before a weeklong vacation returning January 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seborn Neal
Frank Hargis
Sue
Gerald Sneed
Whittington
Harley Neal
Byford Dungy
G. E. Neal
Orville Denham
James Cunningham
Peoria
Herrin
Denzil Neal
St. Louis
Riley Richardson
Eldon Kern
Frank Richardson
William Richardson
Dixon, Sk
Dale Greenwood
Chicago
Roy Richardson
Larry
Duanne Neal
Thompsonville
Emerson Crabtree
Judy
William Bray
Belle Rive
Lester Richardson
James Tucker
Paul Hutchcraft
Vernon
Howard Richardson
Harry Hutchcraft
Bud Overturf
Sam Neal
Anna
Eugene Duckworth
Kermit Duckworth
Lucian Sink
Herbert Boyer
Hershel Duckworth
Akin
R. R
Thomas Hatchett
Marilyn Duckworth
Wing
Prospect Bride Dorothy Phillips to Leslie W Rogers
Dorothy Phillips of Tuscola becomes engaged to Leslie W Rogers of Waltonville. No wedding date yet. Miss Phillips is a Tuscola High School graduate and college senior at Illinois. Rogers, Waltonville High School 1940, Coast Guard veteran, Illinois agriculture graduate 1948, now employed as assistant farm adviser in Edgar County, Paris Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrian Phillips
Tuscola
Dorothy
Leslie W. Rogers
Kirby Rogers
Waltonville, Il
Miss Phillips
Tuscola High School
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
University of
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Paris, Ill
Edgar County
Edward J. Barrett Weds in Chicago
Secretary of State Edward J. Barrett, 48, married Jean Payne, 34, in St. Jerome's Church Chicago. Barrett, re elected to his post in November, will live in Wilmette with plans to attend President Truman's inauguration and spend three weeks in Miami Beach after a postponement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Edward J. Barrett
Jean Payne
Gas Truck and Station Burn In Du Quoin
A Shell Oil Co gas tanker from St. Louis caught fire while refueling an underground tank in Du Quoin. Driver W. T. Watkins of Jackson Mo. shut off flow, preventing an explosion. He was hospitalized with facial and hand burns. damages to station and truck estimated at 7000 dollars as flames reached forty feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
DU Quoin
Shell of Co
St. Louis
W. T. Watkins
Jackson
Paramount Club Sells Interest in Mt Vernon Nightspot
Dale Hunt of Mt Vernon has sold his stake in the Paramount Club a night club located three miles south of Centralia. The club will open under new management on New Year’s Eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Hunt
Mt. Vernon
Centralia
Chambers Names More Informants On Espionage Probe
Whit taker Chambers met with Rep. Mundt and Rep. Nixon on his Maryland farm and disclosed new names and detailed information linked to government espionage activity a decade ago. Mundt said the fresh leads could keep the House committee and staff at work for six months or a year as the committee aides listened for five hours in Westminster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Whittaker Chambers
Mundt
RSD
Nixon
R-Cal
Maryland
Baltimore Sun
William Knighton, Jr
Washington
The
Sun
Chambers
Thuse Un-American Activities Committee
Robert P. Stripling
Westminster
Knighton
Guided Missile Might Evaporate
NEW HAVEN Conn Dec 30 A guided missile may vanish before arrival as speeding shooting stars vaporize in upper air studies The finding was presented to the American Astronomical Society at Yale University by Dr Fred L Whipple Harvard College Observatory The war agency uses photographs of shooting stars to probe upper layers of the atmosphere Most meteor fragments are sand grain sized and melt away at speeds exceeding current rockets A large rocket would not vanish as readily if at such speeds
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
American Astronomical Society
Yale University
U. S. Navy
Fred L. Whipple
Harvard College Observatory
Two Appointed To State Jobs In Stevenson Administration
CHICAGO December 30 Charles P Casey will be director of Works and Buildings and Clifford M Hathaway will be chief highway engineer in Governor Elect Adlai Stevensons administration Stevenson announced both appointments today Casey will resume the office he held under the late Governor Henry Horner serving as assistant director and director from July 1934 to January 1941 He has been chief clerk of the Driver's License Department in the Secretary of States office at Springfield since 1948 and has advised Senator Scott Lucas on Illinois affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles P. Casey
Clifford M. Hathaway
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Casey
Henry Horner
Dwight Green
Secretary of State
Springfield
Sen
Scott Lucas
Illinois
Mt Woman Is Senator's Aide
CHICAGO December 30 Senator elect Paul H L Douglas today needs four assistants for his Washington office They are Frank W McCulloch Evanston administrative assistant Mrs Merle W Huntington formerly of Mt Vernon temporary executive secretary Douglas & Anderson Chicago Illinois representative and Mrs Augusta Milligan of Carbondale bureau Haison representative Mrs Huntington is the former Merle Shoop She served a secretary to Congressman Lawrence Arnold of Newton IA Will Rogers Jr of California and Emily Taft Douglas of Illinois during their terms of office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Paul LH. Douglas
Washington
Frank W. McCulloch
Evanston
Merle W. Huntington
Mt. Vernon
Temorary
Dougal & Anderson
Ilinois
Augusta Milligan
Carbondale
Bureau Haison
Huntington
Merle Shoop
Laurence Arnold
Newton, NL
Will Rogers, Jr
California
Emily Taft Douglas
Illinois
Two Japanese Lieutenants Sentenced for Beheading Yanks
Japanese army lieutenants Noboru Hashiyama and Teruo Akamine were sentenced to life imprisonment for beheading captured American B 29 pilots after Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's surrender. They were tried separately from 32 others whose trials yielded nine death verdicts. The two officers were convicted of participation in the massacre of 33 Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tokyo
Noboru Hashiyama
Teruo Akamine
Hirohito
Japan
Wholesale arrests in Greece shock three day total
Athens December 30 reports a new wave of arrests of alleged Communists and underground agents in the Peloponnesus. The three day sweep raises those taken into custody to more than 4,200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Athens
Peloponnesus
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J. Barrett
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MT. Vernon Tobacco CO
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