Deaths and Funerals John Dichman Rites Tuesday
John Dichman 83 of Mt. Vernon died Saturday night in Jefferson Memorial Hospital after a two week illness. Born January 20 1886 in Sauliai Lithuania he was a retired machinist. Survived by one stepson Peter Lauris one brother Anthony Dichman seven grandchildren four great grandchildren and preceded in death by one son and one stepson. Funeral services set for 8 a m Tuesday at St Marys Church with Rev James P Burke. burial in St Joseph Cemetery River Grove Illinois. Friends may call Myers Chapel after 5 p m Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dichman
Rt. 2
Mt. Vernon
St. Mary’s Church
James P. Burke
St. Joseph Cemetery
River Grove
Dichman
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Sauliai
Lithuania
Barbara Mackus
Mr. Dichman
Peter A. Lauris
Anthony Dichman
Richmond Hill
Myers Chapel
Patterson Dies at 65. Funeral Friday in Mt. Vernon
Theodore Roosevelt Patterson 65 of 1022 Lamar died Sunday at Good Samaritan Hospital. He lived in Mt. Vernon 22 years and will lie in state Thursday at Shiloh Baptist Church. Funeral Friday at 1 PM with Rev. A L Dawson. burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Survivors include Sally Settle wife. Deloris Patterson daughter. John Settle stepson. Jenelle Curry Mildred McDonald stepdaughters. brothers Will Patterson Booker T Patterson. WWII veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Roosevelt Patterson
Lamar
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mt. Vernon
Shiloh Baptist Church
A. L. Dawson
Oakwood Cemetery
Mr. Patterson
Liberty
Miss
Allen and
Candis (Fellon) Patterson
Sally Vascell Settle
Deloris Patterson
Chicago
John Settle
Los Angeles
Calif
Jenelle Curry
Martha Hustedde of Beckemeyer Dies at 79
Martha J. Hustedde 79 of Beckemeyer Ill died at 1 00 am Sunday in Beckemeyer She is survived by three sons Robert of Mt Vernon Edward and Leonard both of Hammonton NJ seven daughters including Sister M Germine of Hecker and Mrs Nora Hemblem of Dayton Ohio two brothers Fred Lake Sr and Joseph Lake and six sisters Funeral at St Anthony s Beckemeyer with Fr Frerker officiating burial in the church cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hustedde
Mt. Vernon
Edward Hustedde
Leonard Hustedde
Hammonton
N.J
M. Germine Phijc
Hecker, Ill
Nora Hemblem
Dayton
Ohio
Bernadine Jones
St. Louis
Mary Ann Beckemeyer
Carlyle
Azzes Schroeder
Bartelso
Ill
Vera Pulver
Loreta’ Hubbard
Beckemeyer
Fred Lake Sr
Joseph Lake
Frances Seiffert
Herman Luebbers
Rose Lake
Longeach
Calif
Clara Potts
John Homer
Josephine Buss
Belleville
Lucy Williams Funeral Held in Carlinville IL
Funeral services for Lucy Williams were held Friday at the Heinz Funeral Home in Carlinville Illinois. Burial followed in Opdyke Cemetery. Relatives from Bluford attended including Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Feather and Beulah Ashby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Williams
Heinz Funeral Home
Carlinville
Opdyke
Bluford
O. B. Feather
Beaulah Ashby
Uncle of Louie Sturam Dies
Ignazio Suretig 82 of Harco Illinois died at 2 30 p m Saturday in Harrisburg Funeral services were to be held at St Marys Catholic Church in Harrisburg Burial was to be in Harrisburg Surviving are two nephews including Louie Sturam of Mt Vernon and five nieces
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ignazio Suretig
Harco
Ill
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Harrisburg
Louie Sturam
Mt. Vernon
Laura Boyer 84 Dies in McLeansboro Funeral Set
Laura Boyer 84 of Route 4 McLeansboro died 6 40 p m Saturday at Wilmar Restorium Carmi Funeral 2 p m Tuesday at Donelson Funeral Home McLeansboro with Rev Claire Clark officiating burial at O C F cemetery Friends may call anytime She was born December 3 184 daughter of John and Loura Johnson She was married to George W Boyer who preceded her in death Surviving Bernard Boyer Elmer Johnson Elsie Coleman and 13 grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Boyer
Route 4
McLeansboro
Wilmar Restorium
Carmi
Donelson Funeral Home
Claire Clark
John and
Loura (Harrelson) Johnson
George W. Boyer
Bernard Boyer
Elmer Johnson
Elsie Coleman
Swifton
Ark
Langdon 100 Dies at Woodlawn Sunday
Anna Langdon aged 100 died at her Woodlawn home at 8 p.m. Sunday. The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Myers Chapel with Rev. Clarence Coats officiating. Burial follows in Woodlawn Cemetery. She was born May 1, 1868 in Oconomowoc Wisconsin, daughter of Ernest and Louise Peterson. She was married to William Langdon who preceded her in death. A son Roy of Woodlawn survives. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Tuesday at Myers Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langdon
Woodlawn
Myers Chapel
Clarence Coats
Oconomowoc
Wis
Ernest
Louise Reddelin Peterson
William Langdon
Roy
Ollie Rose of Washburn Dies in Dahlgren Rites
Mrs. Ollie Rose 86 of Washburn Ill died at 1:00 am Sunday in Dahlgren. Funeral 10:30 am Wednesday at Gholson Funeral Home Dahlgren with Rev Raymond Rideout officiating. Burial in I.O.O.F. Cemetery Dahlgren. She was born November 7 1882 in Dahlgren and married T. O. Rose February 24 1901. Surviving are six sons six daughters 29 grandchildren and more. She was a Belle Rive Baptist member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Rose
Washburn
Ill
Dahlgren
Gholson Funeral Home
Raymond Rideout
Rose
George
Eliza (Dietz) Sodders
T. O. Rose
Walter Rose
Odessa
Tex
Arthur Rose
East Peoria
Orville Rose
Virgil Rose
Kennewick
Wash
Woodrow Rose
Whittier
Calif
John Stusick Rites At Sesser
Funeral services for John Stusick 8 of Providence Rhode Island and former Sesser resident will be at St Marys Catholic church Sesser at 9:00 a m Tuesday with Rev Peter Hsu officiating Burial will be Maple Hill cemetery Brayfield Funeral Home Lesser hosting calling after 4:00 p m today Rosary recited at 7 30 this evening Mr Stusick died Friday at the home of his son Steve Stusick in Providence Born February 15 1882 in Poland Survivors include two sons John J Stusick of New Jersey and Steve Stusick of Providence RI one daughter Mrs Jean Pavaza of Chicago and seven grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stusick
Providence
R. I
Sesser
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Peter Hsu
Maple Hill
Brayfield
Lesser
Stusick
Steve Stusick
Poland
John J. Stusick
New Jersey
Jean Pavaza
Chicago
Towanda native Elzie Merritt dies at 61
Elzie A. Merritt 61, of Towanda Illinois, a former Wayne county resident, died Sunday at Brokaw Hospital Normal. Burial will be in Normal. Survived by sister Mrs. Emmett Wood of Mt. Vernon, four sons, one daughter and seven grandchildren. He was an operator of road construction equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elzie A. Merritt
Towanda
Wayne County
Brokaw Hospital
Normal
Emmett C. Wood
Mt. Vernon
Ethel Robinson Of Ashley Dies At Age 77 Years
Ethel Leona Robinson of Ashley died at 8 00 a m Sunday at Hickory Grove Manor Nursing Home after 18 months as a resident Burial is set for 2 00 p m Wednesday at Hogan Funeral Home Ashley with Rev John Nall officiating Friends may call after 6 00 p m Tuesday She was born January 1 1892 in Jefferson county to Samuel and Olive Bald ridge She is survived by brothers Howard Baldridge of Portland Ore Willard Baldridge of Mt Vernon one sister Bertha Cohlmeyer of Ashley and four grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Leona Robinson
Ashley
Hickory Grove Manor
Hogan Funeral Home
John Nall
Ashley Cemetery
Robinson
Jefferson County
Samuel
Olive
Tucker) Baldridge
Howard Robinson
Portland
Ore
Willard Robinson
Mt. Vernon
Edger Baldridge
Clear Water, Tra
Everett
Jim) Baldridge
St. Louis
Bertha Cohlmeyer
Ashley Methodist Church
Hospital Notes show numerous admissions and discharges
A hospital list records admitted patients Clyde Morris Katherine Schniker Samuel A Howard and many others from Mt Vernon Belle Rive Bluford and surrounding areas. It also lists discharged patients including Kenneth Leroy Stewart Ella Jane Alvis Patricia Reynolds Myrtle Hall and Teresa Nelson among others plus newborns and multiple residents across townships and streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Morris
Mt. Vernon
Katherine Schniker
Opdyke
Samuel A. Howard
Bonnie
Kenneth Leroy Stewart
George
Ella Jane Alvis
Dix
Patricia Ann Reynolds
Myrtle Hall
Logan
Teresa Agnes Nelson
Broughton
Bradley William Moss
South 10Th
Shirley Ann Moore
Rebecca Michelle
South
Good Samaritan
Helma Faye Boyd
South 13Th
Mary Nipper
Robert Karch Jr
Bell
George Daniels
Bluford
Neva Stone
South 7Th
Lois Cammack
Velma E Breazelle
Ellis Buchanan
Herbert
Nealie Taylor
White
Brenda Lea Lynch
Nason
Janette C. Brasher
Johnsonville
Linda D. Wiggins
North
Gary Sanders
Verna Mae Waters
Bernie Shell
John Scroggins
Cherry
Robert Wilkins
Royal Place
Beverly Diane Chelf
Texico
Elmer Rainey
Cordelia Carter
Prentis O’daniel
Woodlawn
Anna Loyd
Wayne City
Sarah Crooks
Salem
Myrtle Fredricks
Southbrook
Delbert McCraw
Broadway
Grace Williams
Ola Good
Tolle Road
Allen Stewart
North 7Th
June Irwin
Belle Rive
Pamela Crouch
Tammy Lynn
Peggy Young
Brenda Jo Sheridan
Jeffrey Wayne
Mayme Dyer
Main
James Pilcher
South 6Th
Mark Hutchcraft
Fred Johnson
Waltonville
Harry Walter
Pavey
Brian Gordon
North 9Th
Harrison Hughey
Lewis Watson
Fines in circuit court set for several motorists
Fines were assessed in circuit court for multiple defendants including Harry D. Sims of Murfreesboro Tennessee fined $10 for no splash guards Charles L. Adams of Bluford $25 for leaving the scene of an accident William F. Hicks of Scheller $15 for speeding Larry D. Hawkins of Texico $15 for failure to yield right of way Charles R. Webb of 701 Herbert $10 for intoxication Donald J. McDonald of 2012 Casey $15 for disobeying a stop sign Jesse O. Justice of St Paul Minnesota $15 for two valid reciprocity plates
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry D. Sims
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Charles L. Adams
Bluford
William F. Hicks
Scheller
Larry D. Hawkins
Texico
Charles R. Webb
Herbert
Donald J. McDonald
Casey
Jesse O. Justice
St. Paul, Minn
Markets Mit Vernon Hog Market Report
Prices were steady until 12 30 PM with top hogs at 19 25 to 19 50 for 200 to 220 lb meat hogs. Top 220 to 230 lb meat hogs brought 19 00. Sows ranged 12 25 to 15 25 and boars 9 00 to 10 00. After 12 30 PM prices will be based on next day.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Morning
Mt Vernon market notes quoted prices for wheat at 1.22 soybeans at 2.50 and corn at 1.08 from Mt Vernon this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Livestock Prices From National Stockyards Report
Slaughter cattle demand remained active with strength in higher grades. Hogs priced mostly lower on 10,500 head with varied weights, sows uneven and steady to lower, calves and lambs showing mixed gains and losses across weight ranges. Tuesday estimates cite cattle 3,500 hogs 8,000 sheep 500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USDA
Wall Street Edge Dow Slides Amid Cautious Trading
A cautious stock market drifted lower at noon with the Dow Jones down 1.43 to 924.10 as rails utilities and industrials eased. The AP 60 index fell 1.4 to 346.4 while Kaiser of Kaiser aluminum sparked gains along with Reynolds and Harvey. Molybdenite of Canada led volume on the American Stock Exchange, off 6% in 154,000 shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Utilities
American Electric Power
studebaker-Worthington
Preferred
Norwich Pharmacal
International Utilities
Southern California Edison
Federal Reserve
Kaiser
Kaiser, Reynolds and Harvey
American Stock Exchange
Molybdenite Corp. of
Canada
Births in Mt Vernon and surrounding areas
Mr and Mrs Keith MacCutch eon 2121 Perkins welcomed Robert Troy a son born 5 57 p m Sunday at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing 6 11. Mr and Mrs Chester Hill Route 7 Mt Vernon welcomed a daughter born 10 16 p m Saturday at Good Samaritan weighing 5 9 12. Mr and Mrs Fred Lappin Route 2 Mr Vernon welcomed a son born 7 29 a m Saturday at Good Samaritan weighing 7 12. Mr and Mrs Melvin Heil Dahlgren welcomed a daughter born 9 02 a m at Good Samaritan weighing 6 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith MacCutcheon
Perkins
Good Samaritan Hospital
Robert Troy
Chester Hill
Route 7
Mt. Vernon
Fred Lappin
Route 2
Vernon
Melvin L. Heil
Dahlgren
Eight Cases Dismissed In Circuit Court
Eight Jefferson County circuit court cases were dismissed last Tuesday on oral motions by State's Attorney Frank Walker. Dismissed charges included criminal damage to property against Rainey, Roland, Brown, and Isom. battery against Lockwood and Young. theft against Mays and Page. Mays faced five wheel rims theft from Dean Beadle about 50 dollars. Page alleged theft of a battery, tools, and gas from a Bluford combine valued around 63 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Frank Walker
State of Illinois
Sherry Rainey
State of Windis
Jeanette Roland
Billie Lockwood
Paula Brown
State of Iinois
Ralph Isom
Ronnie Mays
State of
Iinois
Charles Page
Walter Young
Mays
Dean Beadle
Page
Onis T. Marlow
Bluford
British Cruise Liner Carmania Runs Aground in Bahamas
The Cunard Lines ship Carmania with 471 passengers and 450 crew aboard ran aground on Gardner Reef off San Salvador Island Bahamas at 10 40 am Sunday eighteen hours after departing Port Everglades for a 12 day Caribbean cruise to Kingston Jamaica. Passengers remain aboard and safe per Bahama official Ben Asterigé salvage tugs Alice Moran and another from San Juan dispatched to refloat the vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Cunard Lines
Florida
U.S
San Salvador Island
Bahamas
Gardner Reef
Port Everglades
Kingston
Jamaica
Ben Asterigé
Bahamas Air-Sea Rescue Service
Asterige
Mexico City
Alice Moran
Bermuda
San Juan
P.R
Stengel Off Serious List After Glendale Hospital Stay
Casey Stengel, 78, was moved from the serious list at Glendale Memorial Hospital after surgery for a peptic ulcer. Doctors say he needs rest and cannot take telephone calls. his wife Edna has visited him daily since the operation. He was briefly on the critical list due to age, a physician noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendale
Calif
Casey Stengel
Glendale Memorial Hospital
New York Yankees
Mets
Stengel
Edna
Gypsy Rose Lee's Fortune Cookies Bring Cheer Abroad
Los Angeles AP reports Gypsy Rose Lee now a grandmother tours Vietnam for 25 days carrying fortune cookies with her sayings. The quips include lines about men with grounded feet and about an Indian who cannot tell up from down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Goysy Rose Lee
Vietnam
Aluminum Co Boosts Prices Across Aluminum Range
Pittsburgh AP reports Aluminum Co of America the industry leader raised prices on nearly all aluminum products matching a one cent ingot rise from Kaiser and Reynolds and adding a five percent increase on most fabricated items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Ap)—Aluminum Co. of America
Alcoa
Kaiser and
Reynolds
Mayflower Compact First Written Plan for Self Government
The Mayflower Compact was the first written plan for self government in America, signed aboard the Mayflower before the settlers landed at Plymouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
América
Plymou
Three Accidents Over Weekend In Mt Vernon Suburbs
Three major damage accidents occurred in Mt Vernon over the weekend including a hit and run. Thelma G Mason 49 of Chula Vista California had her car damaged after a Saturday collision at 15th and Perkins with an unknown driver fleeing the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Thelma G. Mason
Chula Vista
Calif
Mason
15Th
Perkins
South 24Th Street
Kirby T. Rixon
Florissant
George E
Four Killed In Road Accidents
Four persons died in weekend highway crashes across Illinois. Susette Baldes 16 of Hillview and Diana Shaw 16 of Eldred were killed when their car was struck by a train at a Whitehall crossing. two teenagers were injured. Joe Majka 56 former St. Louis Fire Chief was killed in a two car crash in East St. Louis. Geral dine Latinette 36 of Allerton had minor injuries. Larry Shadowens 28 of Clairemont died when his car hit a bridge abutment south of Olney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Iinois
Whitehall
Susettea Baldes
Hillview
Diana Shaw
Eldred
Joe Majka
St. Louis
Eats St. Louis
Geraldine Latinette
Allerton
Larry E. Shadowens
Clairemont
Olney
Transient Hotel Fire Kills 4 in Chicago on South Side
Flames tore through a four story transient hotel on the Chicago South Side before dawn killing four people. Witnesses described a crippled tenant Lee Avante immobile on his bed surrounded by flames. Other victims were Stella Battle aged 71 Lawrence Pierce 47 and Ernest Brown 29. About 100 people were in the building when the fire started. Damage amount not disclosed. Cause under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lee Avante
Avante
Stella Battle
Lawrence Pierce
Ernest Brown
Calls for state reorganization and poverty fight
Ogilvie urged a full disclosure administration with public access to information. He argued Illinois must reorganize to become a management tool for accomplishment and avoid internal quarrels while seeking federal aid. He spoke of opening dead end streets to new opportunities for all residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Chicago
Three Divorce Suits Filed In Circuit Court
Three divorce suits were filed Friday in circuit court. Ermel K Hall sues Forrest E Hall alleging mental and physical cruelty in a marriage from October 7 1967 to January 5 1969. Betty Marie Brinker sues Carl Brinker Sr alleging mental cruelty in a union from June 14 1967 to September 3 1968. Beverly Jackson seeks custody of one child in a divorce from Benny R Jackson charging mental cruelty, with marriage from September 2 1966 to June 1 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Ermel] K. Hall
Forrest E. Hall
Betty Marie Brinker
Carl Brinker, Sr
Beverly Jackson
Benny R. Jackson
Johnson Begins Final Week With Dialogue on Budget and Policy
President Johnson starts his last week in office with a series of meetings and a speech outline. He plans to brief lawmakers on the administration's record, outline future actions, and propose continued space program funding while facing inflation concerns and a potential $195 billion budget for the next fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
New York City
Plaza Hotel
New York
Paris
Vietnam
White House
Nixon
Johnson Wuld
Thieves Steal Police Car In Gallatin County
A police vehicle belonging to the Old Shawneetown Police Department was reported stolen Sunday night in Gallatin County. The car, fully marked and equipped with radio, was spotted by Jefferson County detectives who issued a lookout through a teletype message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallatin County
Jefferson County
Coal Theft Reported in East Town at Casey Avenue
Merle Forth told police Saturday someone broke into a shed at 218 Casey Avenue and stole a small amount of coal. The theft was reported to authorities and the amount taken was described as minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Forth
Casey Avenue
Annual Meeting Notice for East Saint Louis Mutual Cyclone
The East St. Louis District Mutual Cyclone Insurance Company announces its annual meeting to be held Tuesday January 21, 1969 at 10:00 a.m. at the Town House Motel in Belleville Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Mt Vernon Eastern Star meeting set for January 14
The stated meeting of Mt Vernon Chapter No. 233 Order of the Eastern Star will be held at the Masonic Temple on Tuesday evening January 14 at 7 30 o clock Velma Sammons W M Naomi R Bogan Secy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Velma Sammons
W. M
Naomi R. Bogan
Sec’y
Man jailed on murder charge here
A man was jailed on a murder charge. The deceased is described as a husband, a father with a wife and children, and the service details note a 1:00 p.m. Wednesday funeral at Lively Stone Pentecostal church.
Viet Cong Shells Hit Dong Tam. HQ Helicopters Damaged
Field reports say the Viet Cong bombarded the 9th Division headquarters at Dong Tam with about 15 helicopters and 10 mortar rounds. Six helicopters were damaged including Maj. Gen. Julian Ewell's command chopper, with no casualties. In related actions, two rangers were killed and 22 wounded near the Cambodian border, and a U S B52 strike southwest of Saigon killed 20 Viet Cong and destroyed fortifications and sampans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dong Tam
Julian Ewell
Saigon
U. S
Also Mentioned on This Page
T. R. Patterson
Martha Hustedde
Martha J. Hustedde
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
Julius Schoen
Frerker’s
Herman Hustedde
Anna Langdon
Emmett Wood
Ethel Robinson
Jefferson Memorial
Circuit Court
Mit
Mt. Vernon Grain
Wall Street
Gypsy Rose Lee
Aluminum Co
East Town
Eatern Star
Robert
Lively Stone Pentecostal Church
Monterey
Mercury
Roy Atkinson
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