Mt Vernon official Lacey Wheeler dies at 79
Lacey Wheeler longtime Mt Vernon city employee died at 4 40 p m Saturday at his home 230 Opdyke Avenue He was 79 years five months and 29 days old Funeral services were held at 1 30 p m today at Myers Chapel Rev William Seibert officiated and burial followed in Pin Oak cemetery He was born July 5 1884 at Sims and married Minnie Pace November 29 1910 survived by wife a son Neal Wheeler a daughter Blanche Richardson a brother John Wheeler a sister Ruby Thurman four grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren
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Lacey Wheeler
Mt. Vernon City
Opdyke Avenue
Myers Chapel
William Seibert
Pin Oak
Mr. Wheeler
Sims
Leander and
Sarah (Smith) Wheeler
Belle Rive
Minhie Pace
Wheeler
First Church of God
Local 50
Eastgntern
Chauffeurs Unon
Neal Wheeler
Mt. Vernon
Blanche Richardson
Manteno, Ill
John Wheeler
St. Louis
Ruby Thurman
Death of Harry Shewmake at 83 Funeral Tuesday
Harry Shewmake of 910 Park Avenue died at 12 30 p.m. Sunday at Mt Vernon State Tuberculosis Sanitarium aged 83 years two months and 18 days. Funeral services at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Park Avenue Baptist Church where he was a deacon. Rev Everett LeMay to officiate. Burial in Old Union cemetery. Body lies in state at Osborn Funeral Home Dix after 4 p.m. today. Proved in death Nov 15. Born Oct 17 1880 in Johnsonville. Married Diadema Eliza Gay Nov 27 1904 in Jefferson County. Survived by son Arthur Shewmake Ina, daughter Mrs Cleo Barksdale Mt Vernon, two sisters Mrs Lillie Aug Wayne City and Mrs Rosa Stull Johnsonville, eight grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren. Retired gardener.
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Harry Shewmake
Park Avenue
Mt. Vernon State
Park Avenue Baptist Church
Everett LeMay
Old Union Cemetery
Osborn Funeral
Dix
Mr. Shewmake
Johnsonville
Jacob and
Susan
Taylor) Shewmake
Jefferson County
Diadema Eliza Gay
Arthur Shewmake
Ina
Cleo Barksdale
Mt. Vernon
Lillie Aug
Wayne City
Rosa Stull
Shemake
Ed Thomason of Wayne City Dies at 65
Ed Thomason 65 of Wayne City died at 2:00 pm Sunday at Vickers Hospital McLeansboro. Funeral at 2:00 pm Wednesday at Olive Branch Church with Rev H H Mayberry officiating. Burial in Richardson Chapel Cemetery. Calling after 2:00 pm Tuesday. He was born November 25 1898 in Hamilton County. Survived by wife Gladys Trotter four sons three daughters a brother two sisters and 13 grandchildren.
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Oscar Edmund
Thomason
Wayne City
Vickers Hospital
McLeansboro
Olive Branch Church
H. H. Mayberry
Richardson Chapel
Hamilton County
W. F
Caroline (Black) Thomason
Gladys Trotter
Lester
Peoria
Leland
Fairfield
Glennard
Dongola
Wilford
Aztec
N. M
Leona Thomason
Lorene McNew
Sims
Carolyn Singleberry
Salem
Henry Thomason
Minnie Bailey
Mamie Thomason
Bluford
Pope Paul II Preaches Peace at Bethlehem Grotto
Pope Paul kneels in the Nativity grotto below the Church of the Nativity celebrating Mass in a 34 by 12 foot chapel. He speaks clearly to the crowd as loudspeakers project the Mass to worshipers inside the church above and outside.
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Pope Paul
Christ
St. Catherine
Mt Vernon Lodge Meeting Notice 1964
A stated meeting of Mt Ver non Lodge No. 31 AF AM will be held at 7 30 p m Monday January 6 1964 Please attend Kenneth L Adams W M Byron W Weld Jr Secy
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Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 31 Af.&am
Kenneth L. Adams
W. M
Byron W. Weld, Jr
Sec’y
Mt Vernon Weekend Weather Snapshot
This detail notes Mt Vernon weather with Saturday high 52 and low 28 and Sunday high 54 and low 21. It records rainfall since 1964 to date at 0 inches, compares to one year ago 35/28, five years ago 32/9, and ten years ago 41/26, plus Tuesday sunrise 7:22 and sunset 4:50 CST.
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MT. Vernon
Illinois five day forecast with above normal temps
Northern Illinois temperatures will run 5 to 10 degrees above normal with normal highs 27 to 36 and lows 11 to 21. Slight daily changes and less than one tenth inch precipitation. Light snow or rain possible Thursday or Friday. Southern Illinois temperatures near normal in the extreme south and 4 to 8 degrees above elsewhere with minor changes. normals highs mid 30s north to mid 40s south. lows around 20 north to 30 south. Some late week showers expected with little or no significant precipitation.
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Illinois
Illinois Weather Outlook From AP Report
Northwest winds bring cooler air to Illinois today with above normal readings expected for at least five more days in most sections. Temperatures should range from near normal in the south to 5 to 10 degrees above normal in the north, then rise after dips into the 20s tonight. Belleville and Quincy reached 50 Sunday as skies stay fair or partly cloudy through Tuesday.
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Illinois
Tite Associated Press
Illinosis
Belleville
Quincy
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted and Discharged Patients
The Jefferson Memorial lists admissions including Henry Arthur Thomp son of Texico Billie C Pan sier of Waltonville Nolan Smith Wayne City and Myrtle Mae Thomas. Discharges include Lulu Nation Juanita French Joyce Wood Vernie Starkey and Otho Lee Ashcraft among others. Good Samaritan unit shows numerous admissions and discharges with names such as David Bruce Smith Tamara Renee Smith McKinley Evans Barbara Jane Wilson Amy Lou Grestkemper Edwin L Long and others.
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Jefferson Memorial
Henry Arthur Thompson
Texico
Billie C. Panzier
Waltonville
Nolan Smith
Wayne City
Myrtle Mae Thomas
Lulu Nation
Juanita French
Joyce Wood
Vernie Starkey
Otho Lee Ashcraft
Thereks Gream
Ronnie Ee
Good Samaritan
David Bruce Smith
Tamara Renee Smith
McKinley Evans
Barbara Jane Wilson
Amy Lou Grestkemper
Edwin L. Long
Louis Allen Beckley
Zelda Ora Hayes
Harry Ttheridge
Michael Burwell
Barbara Taylor
Beulah Dycus
Birth of Mary Beth Ham in Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr and Mrs Orlando Ham of Opdyke welcome a daughter born at 7 44 Saturday night weighing seven pounds eleven ounces Named Mary Beth The birth was recorded at Good Samaritan hospital with both parents listed from Opdyke and the newborn in good health.
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Orlando Ham
Opdyke
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mary Beth
Local live stock market prices dip on hogs and sows
Prices on the local live stock market fell by 25 cents. Top hogs weighing 190 to 220 pounds brought 14.25. Sows at 300 pounds and over ranged from 11.50 to 11.75, with smaller weights down. Boars sold at 7.00 and 8.00.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon quoted prices show Wheat at 2.12 Soybeans at 2.66 and Corn at 1.17 this afternoon in local grain markets.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago Produce Market Reports Steady Prices Across Items
Chicago Mercantile Exchange notes butter prices steady with wholesale buying unchanged. Poultry shows hens heavy and light cars with mixed scores. Eggs unsettled with grades A whites and mixed lots near steady to lower. Live poultry wholesale prices unchanged for roaster and fed white rock fryers.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
USDA
Livestock Prices at National Stockyards Illinois
At National Stockyards Illinois US cattle and hogs market data show hogs 13.50 for barrows and gilts 180-245 lb 14.50-15.25, sows 11.00-13.00 for 275-600 lb. cattle 5,500 with calves 300. steers 19.00-22.75, heifers 20.50-21.75, cows 13.00-14.50, wealers 19.00-34.00. sheep 2,000 slow with no established market.
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National Stockyards
USDA
Egg price list and grades reported for St Louis
St Louis AP reports egg price and grade listings with consumer grades A large 38-40 A medium 37-38 A small 29-30 B large 38-39 wholesale standards 37-38 unclassified 28-20 checks 23-25 over 5 lb 8-9 under 5 lb 5-6 and broilers and fryers 15-17.
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Chicago Grain market notes and prices
Chicago grain report shows no wheat sales. Corn prices range for No 2 yellow at 1.24, No 3 yellow at 1.20 to 1.23, No 4 yellow at 1.19 to 1.22. Oats No 1 heavy white at 75, No 2 extra heavy white seal. Soybeans No 2 yellow and soybean oil 8 percent.
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Chicago
Wall Street Gains on Steel and Blue Chips Amid Mixed Trading
Wall Street rose late in the afternoon with steels and selected blue chips leading gains as profits-taking cooled. Volume estimated at 5.3 million shares, with notable moves in American Smelting, International Nickel, tobacco issues, and major automakers. Dow Jones noon averages show modest advances across indices in a broadly higher market.
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New York
U.S. Public Health Service
American Tobacco
Lorillard
Liggett & Myers
Reynolds Tobacco
G. D. Searle
Chrysler
General Motors
Superior di
Congress Returns to Big Issues
Congress resumes work on major bills including a $3.875 billion mass transit subsidy for large cities, a domestic peace corps plan, and a proposal to add $455 million to the low in spirits areas program, which the House rejected last session but the Senate approved.
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Peace Corps
House
Senate
Expressway death in St Louis underlining hazards
William Brooks 31 of Pine Lawn was killed when his car crashed into a guard rail on the Mark Twain Expressway in suburban St Louis. The fatal incident occurred today, details pending.
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ST. Louis
William €. Brooks
Pine Lawn
Mark Twain Expressway
Kiefer Reelected as President of Jefferson County Farm Bureau
E H Kiefer was reelected president at the Jefferson County Farm Bureau meeting where 1843 members were noted. A memorial service honored several deceased members and Don Lee received a wrist watch for 22 years as Farm Adviser. Awards included the Food Poster contest and youth honors, with participation from University of Illinois representatives and local sponsors.
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Farm Bureau
Russell Pasley
William T. Sledge
Arthur Boswell
Kenneth Lawrence
Albert W
Joe Langa
Robert Drennan
Richard Donoho
KE. H. Kiefer
Carson Foreman
Marshall Cross
Irvin Ward
Kiefer
Arthur A. Whitlock
Texico
Foster McDonald
Mt. Vernon
Earl Hanes
William Higgins
District 17 Farm Bureau
Earl Myers
Patricia Ryan
St. Mary's School
Myers
Lena Baker
Eugene S. Baker
Baker
James R. Baker
Honor Farm
Donald O. Lee
Don
Jefferson County
University of Illinois Extension Service
Lee
D. Wain Garrison
Karl Munson
University of Illinois
Munson
Bill Corrie
Dean Howard
College of Agriculture
Jack Claar
Harold Gordon
Farm Bureau Women's Committee
A-G
First National Bank
Security Bank
Laird Jewelers
Irvington Elevator
Tri-County Electric
Marion-Jefferson Service Co
Producers Supply Co
Morgan Florists
Farm Bureau Women’s Committee
St. Mary’s School
Mary Jane
No Trace Of 9 Down In Pacific
A massive search of half a million miles of the Pacific for a downed Air Force C124 Globe master and the nine men aboard entered its fifth day with no positive trace. The eight airmen and one sailor disappeared Thursday on a flight from Wake Island to Honolulu. Debris sighted 167 miles southwest of Honolulu is under investigation while signals heard by search planes were deemed inconsequential.
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Honolulu
Pacific
Wake Island
Air Force
Hickam Air Force Base
Hawai
Illinois Supreme Court Rejects Reapportionment Appeals
The Illinois Supreme Court denied four suits on a two hour emergency session in Normal. Justices Schaefer and Hershey dissented in Giannis, while House and Underwood dissented in Branson and Williams. Kerner called a third special session to address reapportionment and other items including state aid for schools mourning Kennedy and appropriations for the judiciary and higher education boards.
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General Assembly
Supreme Court
Robert C. Underwood
Gus Giannis
Chicago
Senate
House
Fred Branson
Centralia
Gale Williams
Murphysboro
Kerner
Giannis
Walter Schaefer
Harry Hershey
Taylorville
Illinois
Branson
Williams
Byron House
Nashville
Underwood
Kennedy
Board of Higher Education
Shrubs Damaged By Grass Fire at Home of Rita Goin
A grass fire Saturday at Rita Goin s home at 717 South 15th Street damaged several shrubs. Firemen controlled the blaze.
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Rita Goin
South 15Th Street
NAACP Defines Aims In Jefferson County 1964
Charlie Edwards, president of the Jefferson County NAACP, spoke at Pavey Chapel C.M.E. on 1964 goals for Negroes and minorities. He urged restoring segregated facilities, increasing job opportunities, integrating police and fire ranks, and pressuring for laws and a Human Relations Committee to improve civic relations in Mt. Vernon.
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Charlie Edwards
Jefferson County
N.A.A.C.P
Pavey Chapel C.M.E. Church
Edwards
Mt. Vernon
N.A.A. C.P
Ilinois Power Company
Water Company
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
Alma Biagi Paintings On Exhibit In Plainfield
Alma Biagi, Mt Vernon art teacher, has paintings on exhibit February and March at Rab Ros Gallery in Plainfield. Works include oils Road to Golconda After the Rain and Pope County and waters colors The Church and The Bridge among others. Gallery owned by Robert Sheridan and Richard Bouya. Sheridan, former Mt Vernon resident, is son of Mr and Mrs Tom Sheridan.
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Southern Illinois
Alma Biagi
Mt. Vernon
Rab-Ros
Plainfield
Illinois
Rab-Ros Associates Galery
Robert Sheridan
Richard Bouya
Tom Sheridan
Mr. V. Marine and 3 Others Hurt in Crash
Roger A. Higgins, son of Mr and Mrs Harold T Higgins of 408 South 17th Street, was injured in a January 8 crash on Route 460 near East St Louis. James Sanders and Dean Pearce also injured. all taken to Centreville Township Hospital in good condition. Roger, on leave from Camp Pendleton US Marine Corps, was not severely hurt.
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Roger A. Higgins
Harold T. Higgins
South 17Th Street
East St. Louis
James Sanders
Dean Pearce
Woodlawn
Roger
U.S. Marine Corp
Camp Pendleton
California
Sanders
Cahokia Drive
Centreville Township Hospital
Senator Broyles Appears on WBBM TV Panel
State Senator Paul Broyles joined a Saturday night WBBM TV panel program At Random hosted by John Madigan. The panel lasted about two hours with six full-time members and several guests. Broyles voiced support for Goldwater and criticized Gov. Kerner for vetoing the state redistricting bill. The Mt. Vernon senator heads to Springfield for a special legislative session.
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Paul Broyles
Wbbm TV
Chicago
John Madigan
Broyles
Goldwater
Gov. Kerner
Finois
Mt. Vernon
Springfield
Price Support Deadline Set for 1963 Crops Jan 31
January 31, 1964 is the final date for applying for loans and purchase agreements on 1963 crop barley grain sorghums oats rye soybeans and wheat. Announcement made by Parker Pierce, chairman of the local ASC county committee.
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Parker Pierce
ASC
Circuit Court Fines Driver for Speeding Violation
B J Roberts of Chicago was fined 16 dollars and costs by Associate Circuit Judge Alvin Lacy Williams for speeding 16 miles per hour over the limit.
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B. J. Roberts
Chicago
Alvin Lacy Williams
Motorcycle Collision Damages Mt. Vernon Autos
A motorcycle struck two parked cars in Mt. Vernon on a Saturday afternoon. Pearl L. Phelps’s car stopped for a passenger when Wilbur I L Smith’s motorcycle hit its door and then struck Dallas B. Summers’s parked car. Vehicle damage was about $50 per car and $20 to the motorcycle.
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Mt. Vernon
Pearl L. Phelps
South 21St Street
Jordan Street
Wilbur I L. Smith
Calumet Park
Phelps
Dallas B. Summers
Route 1
Nab Man For Shoplifting Tucker Arrested After Watch Theft
George Reed Tucker, 30, of 901 South Tenth Street, was arrested by city police Saturday on a charge of shoplifting. He allegedly took a $40 watch from the South Side Drug Store, also at 901 South Tenth Street. He remained in jail this morning pending bond.
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George Reed Tucker
South Tenth Street
Peer Toon
Tucker
South Side
Tools Stolen From Mt Vernon Truck
Theft of tools valued at 150 dollars reported in Mt Vernon. Bill Goforth said someone pried open a truck window and stole a box of assorted tools including a small cutting torch.
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Mt. Vernon Poelhe
Bill Goforth
South Sixth
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