Death notices for Mt Vernon oilman Byron L. Rucker
Byron L. Rucker 65 an early Mt Vernon oil producer died at home after a career in drilling and exploration. Funeral services are set for 3 00 p m Wednesday at Myers Chapel with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. He lay in state tonight 7 00 to 9 00 oclock. Born August 29 1902 in Grand Saline Texas he was survived by Lois Sloan Rucker wife two daughters Mrs W N Berson and Mrs J Craig Nelson and five grandchildren. He was active in First Presbyterian Church and various fraternal and trade groups.
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Byron L. Rucker
Mt. Vernon
Myers Chapel
Robert Freytag
Oakwood Cemetery
Mr. Rucker
Rucker
Masonic Blue Lodge
Locust Grove
Okla
the Shrine
Aiiad Temple
Guthrie
Elks Lodge
Grand Saline
Texas
W.E
Nora (Huff) Rucker
Wewaka
Lois Sloan
W. N. Berson
Summit
N.J
J. Craig Nelson
St. Louis
Rites Wednesday At Sesser For Mrs Ozilla Minor
Funeral services for Mrs. Ozilla Minor will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday at Brayfield Funeral Home in Sesser with burial in Maple Hill cemetery. The body lies in state after 4:00 p.m. today. Mrs. Minor, 77, died Sunday at her home in Sesser. She was born July 2, 1890 in Illinois, daughter of Robert and Melvina West. Survived by five sons Lloyd and Jess White of Sesser Aaron White of Herrin Amon White of Homewood Jr Hiram Minor of Aurora. three daughters Violet Harris of Sesser Rosalie Galant and Olivia Galik, both of Manteno. a brother Hollie West of Sesser. a sister Cynthia Kidd of Valier. 39 grandchildren and 61 great grandchildren.
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Ozilla Minor
Brayfield
Sesser
Maple Hill
Minor
Iinois
Robert and
Melvina (Baker) West
Clarence Minor
Lloyd White
Jess White
Aaron White
Herrin
Amon’ White
Homewood, Jr
Hiram Minor
Aurora
Violet Harris
Rosalie Galant
Olivia Galik
Manteno
Hollie West
Cynthia Kidd
Valier
Lelia Shepard Rites Planned for Wednesday
Lelia Olive Shepard aged 70 of Bluford will be laid to rest at Thomason cemetery Wayne City after services at 1 00 p m Wednesday at Bluford Funeral Home officiated by Rev Loy Shaw. Mrs Shepard died Sunday in Fairfield Memorial Hospital.
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Lelia Olive Shepard
Bluford Funeral Home
Loy Shaw
Thomason Cemetery
Wayne City
Shepard
Bluford
Fairfield Memorial Hospital
Eskew Rites Planned for Theron C Eskew at Myers Chapel
Funeral services for Theron Charles Eskew age 52 will be held at 1 30 p m Wednesday at Myers Chapel with Rev Herbert Nobles and Rev Wilbur Karch Jr officiating Burial will follow in Memorial Gardens The body will lie in state at Myers Chapel after 4 00 p m today Mr Eskew of 702 Lamar died Monday morning in Good Samaritan hospital
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Theron Charles Eskew
Myers Chapel
Herbert Nobles
Wilbur Karch, Jr
Memorial Gardens
Mr. Eskew
Lamar
Good Samaritan Hospital
Burton Mathus Rites Thursday at Bluford Funeral Home
Funeral services for Burton Mathus will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Thursday at the Bluford Funeral Home with Rev. Frank Brookman and Rev. Allen England officiating. Burial will be in East Hickory Hill Cemetery. Visitation after 3:00 p.m. Wednesday. Mathus, 79, died Sunday at his home in Bluford after an apparent heart attack.
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Burton Mathus
Bluford Funeral Home
Frank Brookman
Allen England
East Hickory Hill
Sr. Mathus
Bluford
R E Thompson Rites Today At Marengo Ill
Funeral services for Richard Eugene Thompson were to be held at Osborne Funeral Home in Marengo with burial in Belvidere. He died at 28 from injuries in an accident. Born July 18 1939 in Mt Vernon he was the son of Maddona Chelf Crowley and Wilburn Thompson. Survivors include his mother a stepfather three sons his father a brother three sisters and grandparents from Mt Vernon.
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Richard Eugene Thompson
Osborne Funeral Home
Marengo
Belvidere
Mr. Thompson
Mt. Vernon
Madonna
Chelf
Wilburn Thompson
Leonard Crowley
Fairfield Road
Dawn Thompson
Richard
Gary
Leonard
Mare
Bessie Gripp Dies Rites At Annawan
Mrs. Bessie Gripp of Annawan Illinois died Monday at her son John Gripp’s home in Indianapolis Indiana. She was born in Hoop Pole Illinois, daughter of Carl and unknown Lorenzo. Funeral services will be held Thursday in Annawan with burial there. Survived by son John Gripp of Indianapolis two sisters Mrs. Earl Myers of Texico Mrs. Grace Blacklow and Mrs. Arnetta Gripp both of Annawan and five grandchildren.
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Bessie Gripp
Annawan
John Gripp
Indianapolis
Ind
Earl Myers
Texico
Gripp
Hooppole
Carl Lorenzo
Ezra Gripp
Grace Blacklow
Arnetta Gripp
13 Die in Brooklyn Fire Blaze at Two Families
A 41 hour battle with flames swept a Brooklyn tenement killing 13 people, nine children and four adults, as subzero temperatures and ice hindered rescue efforts. Police and firemen saved others, while 14 firemen and 2 policemen were treated for injuries at Greenpoint Hospital. Investigators traced the blaze to a ground floor paper carton factory.
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Plains
Pacific Coast
California
Washington
Ralph Sorrentino
Greenpoint Hospital
Circuit Court Fines From Local Docket
Circuit Court fines listed multiple defendants across states and charges. Names include Jerry W Patterson at 1303 Hill St for contributing to delinquency of a minor by purchasing intoxicants for a minor. Others: Thomas R Johnson at 1121 Shawnee for driving while intoxicated. O B Magee of Gary Indiana for careless driving. George Douglass of Chicago for speeding. Robert E Robertson Route 2 Woodlawn for improper use of car registration. Billy B Frost 226 Castleton for driving too fast for conditions. John W Richey 720 Magnolia for careless driving. Carol W Lockeby Opdyke for failure to yield right of way. Horace Harden Zion Illinois for improper lane usage. James Martfield Meridian Mississippi for following too close.
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Jerry W. Patterson
Hill St
Thomas R. Johnson
Shawnee
O. B. Magee
Gary
Ind
George Douglass
Chicago
Robert E. Robertson
Route 2
Woodlawn
Billy B. Frost
Castleton
John W. Richey
Magnolia
Carol W. Lockeby
Opdyke
Horace Harden
Zion
Ill
James Martfield
Meridian
Miss
Frafite
Markets Mt Vernon Hog Market Prices Down at Noon
Prices paid until 12 30 p m today were down 25 cents with top quotes at 18 00 to 18 25 for 200 to 220 pound meat type hogs Sows at 14 25 for 300 weight down and 14 00 for 300 weight and over Boars 9 00 and 10 50 After 12 30 p m prices transition to next day basis
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Show Corn Soybean Quotes
Mt Vernon price quotes list wheat at 1.32 per bushel soybeans at 2.53 and shelled corn at 1.06 in morning trading.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago Grain prices and soybeans report
Chicago AP reports wheat No 2 hard 1.5334n and No 2 soft red 14744n. Corn No 2 yellow 1.14 percent, No 3 1.10, No 4 1.06-07, No 5 1.01 percent. Oats No 2 heavy white 7934-7an. Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.66n. Soybean oil 8.55n.
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Chicago
Chicago Market News on Poultry Butter and Cars
AP dispatch from Chicago reports live poultry roasters at 24 to 27 cents and red white rock fryers at 21 to 23. Mercantile Exchange prices list butter scores AA 93 and 92 A with various lots. cars at 90 B and 89 C. Eye grade standings show A whites 2646, mixed 244, mediums 24, standards 24.
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Chicago
USDA
Mercantile Exchange
St Louis Produce Prices for Eggs and Poultry
St Louis AP reports egg and poultry price ranges in consumer and wholesale grades. grades vary by size and quality with A large to A small and B large, wholesale standard and unclassified, plus hens and broilers price bands.
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ST. Louis
Livestock Price Estimates From National Stockyards Market
AP reports Wednesday’s live cattle hogs and sheep outlooks at National Stockyards. Hogs seen 7 000 head, cattle 2 000, calves 100, sheep 400 with price ranges across weight classes. Cattle demand mixed to strong with steers and heifers graded by weight, vealers high, cows lower. lambs and ewes shown with varied quotations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Wall Street Extends Broad Market Advance At Noon
Wall Street resumes a broad advance in active trading as the AP index rises 1.6 to 328.7 at noon led by industrials up 3.2 rails up 3 and utilities up .6. Dow Jones 916.03, up 7.11, with International Paper and Sears Roebuck among active gainers and Capital Cities Broadcasting up 3 to 4 points on news of a Fairchild Publications takeover.
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New York
Associated Press
Vietnam
International
American Telephone
Sears Roebuck
Capital Cities Broadcasting
Fairchild Publications
American Stock Exchange
Grant Divorce In Court Here
A divorce between Vivian Joyce Wilson and Ronald P. Wilson was granted in circuit court session yesterday. The action was finalized in the local court, with the decree issued during the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian Joyce Wilson
Ronald P. Wilson
Weather update for Mt Vernon and region with mixed precipitation
Cold Monday with a high near 18 and low around 15. Snow and freezing drizzle created hazardous driving in Southern Illinois, especially south of the state, with glazing and varied temps from the mid teens in the north to the mid 20s in the south. Chicago reported freezing mist and slow expressway traffic as crews manned snow routes.
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Illinois
Chicago
Chicago Bureau of Streets and Sanitation
Mississippi Valley
Calumet
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Lake Shore Drive
Lake Michigan
Mercury
Paducah
Belleville
Dubuque
Rockford
Moline
Springfield
Freeze fatalities reported in Quincy area
Wilkie Appledorn, 53, was found dead in his Ursa home ten miles north of Quincy after neighbors raised concern. Officials said preliminary findings point to exposure as the cause of death for Appledorn and a couple found in bed fully clothed and covered.
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Quincy
Wilkie Appledorn
Ursa
Appledorn
Fairfield Plans January 18 Meeting Over Rend Lake College District
Fairfield and Mills Prairie school districts will meet Rend Lake College officials January 18 to discuss joining the Rend Lake district. If talks proceed, a petition and local vote may be required to join, with attendance expected from Rend Lake leaders and district board members.
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Fairfield
Rend College
Mills Prairie
Rend Lake College
Fairfield High School
Rend Lake
James M. Snyder
Curtis Parker
Harry Irwin
Wayne City
Births listed in Good Samaritan and Memorial Hospital notices
Mr. and Mrs. Cassel Rogers of 821 North welcome a daughter born at 4:922 o'clock this morning at Good Samaritan hospital, weighing six pounds ten ounces. Mr. and Mrs. Clem Aydt of RFD 1 Dahlgren have a daughter born at 11:46 yesterday morning at Good Samaritan, weighing seven pounds eight ounces. Mr. and Mrs. John B. Albert of Belleville announce a daughter born January 5 at Memorial Hospital in that city, weighing six pounds fifteen ounces and named Carolyn Jean. Grandparents are Rev. and Mrs. Leroy Dude of this city and Mr. and Mrs. John C. Albert of Belleville. great-grandmother is Mrs. Waldo Powell Sr. of Centralia.
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Cassel Rogers
821
North
Good Samaritan Hospital
Clem Aydt
RFD 1
Dahlgren
John B. Albert
Belleville
Memorial Hospital
Carolyn Jean
Leroy Dude
This City
John C. Albert
Waldo Powell, Sr
Centralia
Industrial Park Progressing Here Near Mt Vernon
The Mt Vernon area advances plans for a 200 acre industrial park with 120 acres in the county and 80 in the city. Power Cores projects a near 1 million dollar yearly gross income. Airport park work may start with 377000 in Fed and local funding. Spring onset expected for construction and a boom of tourists and newcomers urged. Local officials forewarn that lodging and dining facilities must expand within two years. Committee chairman Fred Kinsey led a large meeting with strong turnout signaling faith in the community's future.
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Sidiary
Denzer Electric
Covington
Fred Kinsey
Illinois Power Co
Chamber
John Dillingham
Jefferson County
Mt. Vernon
Vernon
Kinsey, Dillingham, Covington
Martin, Waite and Lewis
C. Dale Carpenter
John Baggott
van Gay, Inc
Joe Bradigan
Ilinois
Clarence Pearson Suffered Heart Attack at Mt Vernon School
Clarence Pearson plant superintendent at Mt Vernon High School is hospitalized at Good Samaritan Hospital after a heart attack. He resides at 1412 White and remains a patient today with visitors not permitted.
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Clarence Pearson
Mt. Vernon High School
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr. Pearson
White
Old Testament Course at Park Avenue Baptist
A college level Old Testament course will be taught at Park Avenue Baptist Church in Mt. V. beginning Thursday January 1 at 7 30 p m. Kenneth G Hall Salem South Association missionary leads Genesis through II Samuel. Sessions run Thursdays 7 30 to 9 30 with a $12 fee for tuition guides and textbooks.
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Park Ave
Mt. V
Park Avenue Baptist Church
Kenneth G. Hall
Salem South Association Missionary
Salem South Baptist Association
The
Baptist Seminary Extensions Department
Nashville, Tenn
Post Offices Rush For Stamps Amid Mail Surge
Widespread stamp price rise from 2 to 3.6 cents triggers heavy mail flow. Buffalo processed 600000 Jet ters at slots, 400000 above normal, while Manhattan reported 3.5 million pieces in a single day. Los Angeles handled 5.1 million first class on Friday and 1.5 million on Saturday, far above norms. Neosho MO post office sold out its one-cent stamps and borrowed 20000 from nearby Joplin.
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Buffalo
N.Y
New York
Manhattan
Los Angeles
Neosho
Joplin
Carpentier Runs for State Office in Primary Bid
Carpentier declares a campaign pledge to cut traffic deaths and to improve driver services by leveraging the secretary of state office. He runs from Moline as Carpentier Insurance Agency owner, Ridgewood Variety vice president, partner in Cromb Inc, and drive in restaurant co-owner. he is married with five children. Brian B. Duff, Wilmette attorney and business executive, is also seeking the Republican nomination for secretary of state in the June primary.
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Secretary of State
Carpentier
Carpentier Insurance Agency
Moline
Ridgewood Variety, Inc
Cromb, Inc
Brian B. Duff
Wilmette
Mt Vernon area business names listed in court filing
A court filing lists multiple local and regional companies and individuals including Jamison, realtors Donald Weal er Harold William Virgil Bailey and others along with firms such as Lipps Construction Viking Freight Lines L&N Railroad Chicago Title & Trust Co and Accurate Manufacturing Co. The document appears to catalog business interests and local professionals connected to Mt Vernon and surrounding areas.
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Gino Federici
Shapiro Bros
Illinois
R. C. Winder
Mt. Vernon Truck Body Co
Harry Ford
Accurate Manufacturing Co
Hospital Notes at Jefferson Memorial
A list of admitted and discharged patients at Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan, including Walter R. Chase Wayne City Hazel R. Gedye Dahlgren George L Williams 504 south 18th Hulda L Estes 2413 Perkins Mary Elizabeth Haynes 1206 north 11th and others. Discharges include Edward Eugene Richardson Belle Rive Curtis Carr West Frankfort Harold Victor Stover Bluford and many more with numerous addresses.
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Walter R. Chase
Wayne City
Hazel R. Gedye
Dahlgren
George L. Williams
South 18Th
Hulda L. Estes
Perkins
Mary Elizabeth Haynes
North 11Th
Edward Eugene Richardson
Belle Rive
Curtis Carr
West Frankfort
Harold Victor Stover
Bluford
Good Samaritan
Elsie Diel
Casey
Clarence Pearson
White
Harold Karch
Fairfield Road
Earl Owens
South
Glen Francis
Alva Gene Flanagan
Herbert
Violet Ann Corder
Lamar
Thelma Souers
Eva Whitlatch
Bonnie
Gladys Day
RFD
Sandoval
Jackie Lowery
Richview Road
Maxine Chamblis
Grant
Sherman Shoemaker
Glen Kennedy
Meadowbrook Road
Walter Ragan
Forest
Dorothy Zagar
North 7Th
Bernice Muzzarelli
Barbara Fullerton
Ina
Sandra Cooper
North 16Th
Samuel Smith
Mound City
Charlie Hall
Woodlawn
Bertha Washington
Bonnie Smith
Troy Howard
Deforest West
Harrison
Ella Braden
North
Frank Coffman
Raymond Hannebique
Mary Ann Cross
Tammy Ann
Mae Stevenson
Welkins
Ruby Hawkins
Ethel Flora
Jordan
Octavia Garrison
North 9Th
Gas heater fumes kill eight in family
A county maintenance employee, age unspecified, was found dead on the kitchen floor leaning against a wall after gas heater fumes permeated the home. Authorities investigated but the cause was attributed to toxic gas exposure, with the family identified as victims of the fatal incident.
Alexander Faces Navy Hearing After Ship Crew Uproar
Alexander challenges the Navy in federal court in San Francisco over due process as he is reassigned ashore. He will become assistant chief of staff for operations in the First Naval District at the Boston Navy Shipyard. The battleship New Jersey is being recommissioned at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
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Ter
Arnheiter
San Francisco
Navy
Alexander
First Naval District
Boston Navy Shipyard
New Jersey
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
County selects Wilson and Wilson for courthouse repair
The Jefferson County Board of Supervisors unanimously chose the Mt. Vernon architectural firm Wilson and Wilson to plan renovations for the county courthouse. Committees have met to study the building's major repair needs, while the board also accepted Holman Motor's bid for a new truck.
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Mt. Vernon
Wilson and Wilson
Jefferson County Court House
Jefferson County Board of Supervisors
Holman Motor
Jefferson County Delinquent Taxes Collected
Jefferson County collected delinquent personal taxes totaling $13,569.94 in November and December 1967. County Treasurer Leslie Elliott briefed the county board on the rapid collection pace and the resulting total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Leslie Elliott
County Approves New Tandem Truck Tractor Purchase
The county agrees to buy a tandem truck tractor for road oil hauling at 11414 dollars. Supervisors vote to appropriate 160000 from motor fuel tax funds for 1968 state aid road maintenance, deposit 40000 TB Fund surplus into six month certificates, borrow 15000 from TB fund for general corporate fund repayable in December 1968, appoint Clarence Mc Cauley Ed Kiefer and Russell Ellison to a soil survey committee, appoint five election judges, and adjourn to meet February 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Waite
Clarence McCauley
Ed Kiefer
Russell Ellison
Yankee helicopters land among Reds in Mekong Delta firefight
Brig Gen William R. Désobry, touring as senior American adviser, said Viet Cong are going down steadily and pacification has taken hold. In Da Nang area the 196th Light Infantry Brigade reported 38 North Vietnamese killed with 3 American dead and 15 wounded. In Haiphong, radar guided Marines struck Cat Bi airfield though no MIGs were known to use it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Wiliam R. Désobry
Mekong
1St Corps
196Th Light Infantry Brigade
Gith
Hiep Duc
da Nang
Saigon
North Vietnam
Red River
Cat Bi
Haiphong
Four Sentenced On Guilty Pleas Here Monday
Judge Alvin Lacy Williams sentenced four defendants in circuit court after guilty pleas. Conley Blankenship 46 of Mr Vernon received one to three years for burglarizing General Radiator Co. Johnny Jones 17 of 819 North Fourth Street drew one to three years for a December 17 burglary at Montgomery Ward. Eddie Dean White 11 of Nashville Tenn was placed on probation for three years with the first year at the Illinois State Farm Vandalia after involvement in the Montgomery Ward burglary. Rickie D Moore 22 of Mr Vernon got five months at Vandalia for driving a car without owner’s knowledge or consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Lacy Williams
Conley Blankenship
Vernon
General Radiator Co
Johnny Jones
North Fourth Street
Montgomery Ward
Eddie Dean White
Nashville, T
Williams
Ilinois State Farm
Vandalia
White
Rickie D. Moore
Illinois State Farm
Farm Bureau awards in county food poster contest
Bluford, a 5th grade student at Bluford grade school, received a trophy as county winner in the annual Farm Bureau food poster contest. Following the business session, many prizes were awarded and refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluford
Farm Bureau
Kankakee Weighs Cutting All High School Sports
Kankakee district considers dropping varsity sports along with 16 high school teaching positions 17 junior high 8 elementary and 4 administrative posts. Kindergarten program was cut last fall after bond issue failed. Total tax money added under proposal not announced.
Preacher Bill Richardson On 50 Day Prayer Fast
Letter to President Johnson from preacher Bill Richardson asks God for a Vietnam War miracle. He prays for God to bless Johnson during the crisis and notes many are praying, saying peace requires prayer and fasting. He cites Hanoi Saigon and Washington as council chambers, and Jesus’ teaching on difficult things.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Richardson
Fon
Johnson
Council
Hanoi
Saigor
Washington, D. C
Vietnam
Jesus
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