Deaths and Funerals for Mrs Olive Eis Ellis
Funeral services for Mrs Olive Eis Ellis will be Friday at 1:00 pm at Myers Chapel with Rev. Howard Fiota officiating. Burial in Garrison Temple cemetery in Wayne County. Body in state at Myers Chapel after 3:00 pm Thursday. Mrs Ellis, 61, died Tuesday at her home in Mt. Vernon after a long illness. She was born November 23, 1895 in Jefferson County, daughter of Alva J. and Ma Youngblood. Surviving: husband Everett Ellis. mother Emma Youngblood. three sons Emmett Parker James Ellis. daughter Lulu Edmonds. seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. four brothers Emery, Charles, Rufus, Orley. two sisters Ya Schidley Donoho and Mrs. Wilbert Donoho. One son William Paul preceded her in death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ay Olive Eis
Myers Chapel
Howard Fiota
Garrison Temple Cemetery
Wayn County
Re. Ellis
Everett Ellis
North Lot Street
Jefferson County
Alva J
Ma (Wilson) Youngblood
Mt. Vernon
Emma Youngblood
Keenes
Emmett
Parker
James Ellis
Lulu Edmonds
Owensboro
Emery
Bluford
Charles
Rufus
Orley
Wayney
YA. Schidley Donoho
Centralia
Wilbert Donoho
William Paul
William T Badgett Dies at 78 Funeral Friday
William Thomas Badgett 78 a retired farmer of Dodds Towns Mt Vernon died at 10 00 am today at his home on RFD Mt Vernon He is survived by a wife Margaret four daughters Mrs Audra Wood Mrs Fula Nance Mrs Chamness and Mrs Betty Black two sons Wayne Todd and Gary two stepdaughters Mrs Betty Harlow and Mrs Berniece Mercer four brothers Wilton Paul Lee and Barney and four children preceded him Funeral services will be held at 3 00 pm at Myers Chapel with Rev Lepto officiating and burial will be in Bethel Memorial Cemetery Friends may call after 3 30 pm Thursday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Thomas Badgett
Vernon Carada
RFD
Mt. Vernon
Dodds Towns
Myers
Lepto Arpole Wit
Bethel Memorial Civie
Myers Chapel
Mr. Badgett
Jefferson County
William T
Itha (Davidson) Badgett
Incely
Paducah Ky
Margaret
Badgett
Methodist Church
Audra Ood
Wayne City
Fula Nance
Peoria
Chamness
Carbondale
Betty Black
Wayne
Macedonia
Todd
Gary
Betty Harlow
Berniece Mercer
Carmi
Wilton
Temple City
Calif
Paul
Scranton
Mrs. A. F. Funk Funeral Today
Mrs. A F Funk of Effingham died in St Anthony's Hospital Monday. Her niece Mrs Everett Mahnke left this morning to attend the funeral held at Johnson Funeral Home Effingham this afternoon. Burial was in Effingham cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Funk
Effingham
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Everett Mahnke
Johnson Funeral Home
Effingham Cemetery
Births in St Louis and Cairo hospitals
Dr and Mrs E S Wood of 1907 Broadway welcomed a son Edwin Stanley TI born Monday 6 40 am at Maternity Hospital weighing nine pounds two ounces. Gerald P Clark of Cairo and Mrs Clark announced a daughter Cynthia Jo born 6 34 am at Good Samaritan weighing seven pounds eight and one half ounces. Bill Bradford and family at 214 Burns have a son born 12 20 am at Good Samaritan weighing six pounds ten ounces. Ronald Beckham and wife at 1419 Westcott welcomed a daughter Cindy Sue born yesterday at 3 15 pm weighing seven pounds eight ounces. Claude Echols of 404 South 17th Street report a daughter born 24 00 last night at Jefferson Memorial weighing five pounds five and one half ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. S. Wood
Broadway
Maternity Hospital
St. Louis
Edwin Stanley TI
Gerald P. Clark
Cairo
Good Samaritan Hospital
Cynthia Jo
Vir
Emmett L. Ellis
Linsy Clark
Bill Bradford
Burns
Ronald Beckham
Westcott
Good Samaritan
Cindy Sue
Claude Echols
South 17Th Street
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Airport notice of several city flights today
Bill Tumbleson flew to St Louis and back today. Ed Prasuhn went to Virden and back this morning. Larry Forrestal traveled to Memphis Tennessee today. Tom Oakley flew to Chicago and back today. Don McLean made a morning flight to Balem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Tumbleson
St. Louis
Ed Prasuhn
Virden
Fil
Larry Forrestal
Memphis
Tenn
Tom Oakley
Chicago
Don McLean
Balem
Oswald and Voyles Tie The Knot In Marriage License
Arthur R. Oswald of Coplay and Wilma Doris Voyles of Bluford are recorded as married under a marriage license. The filing notes their names and towns with no reported ceremony details or date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur R. Oswald, Coplay
Wilma Doris Voyles
Bluford
Charlie Goin Turkish Farm Operator Dies At 75
Charlie Goin a 75 year old operator of the Goin Turkey Farm on the Fairfield road died at 8 am today at his home after years of failing health. He is survived by his widow Rachel Hart two daughters Mia George D Garrison of Mt Vernon and Mrs Glenn Beekman of Paducah two brothers Jasper C Goin of Dahlgren and Paul A Goin of Sterling Colo and one sister Mrs R L Hobson of Fort Lauderdale Fla. Friends may call at the Ghorgon Funeral Home of Dahlgren after 10 am Thursday. A body will be in state at the Baptist church in Dahlgren after noon Friday until the funeral at 2 pm Burial will be in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Dahlgren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie) Goin
Fairfield Road
Rachel Hart
Mia
George D. Garrison
Mt. Vernon
Glenn Beekman
Paducah
Jasper C. Goin
Dahlgren
Paul A. Goin
Stering
Colo
Slater
R. L. Hobson
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Ghorgon
Dahlgree
Baptist Church
Odd Fellows
Manahan of Near Wayne City Dies at 79
Fred Manahan 79 retired Wayne county farmer died at his home near Wayne City at 6 10 p m yesterday. He was born February 22 1877 in Wayne county and was a member of the Bailey Methodist Church. Survived by wife Bessie four sons Earl Paw Paw TH Ray Otis Rockford and Owen Fairfield three daughters Auburn Warren Nashville Ill Lowell Porter Cisne and Dale Shehorn Cisne 12 grandchildren 11 great grandchildren. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 00 p m at Bailey Church. Friends may call Richardson Chapel after 7 p m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Manahan
Wayne County
Wayne City
Mr. Manahan
Bailey Methodist Church
Bessie
Earl
Paw Paw
Ray
Otis
Rockford
Land Owen
Fairfield
Auburn Warren
Nashville
Ill
Lowell Porter
Cisne
Dale Shehorn
Bailey Church
Richardson Chapel
New Harmony Bridge Project Budget Highlights
Eisenhower’s 1956 budget outlines flood control navigation and reclamation funding. Illinois items include Calumet Channel six million, Wabash bridges 350 thousand, New Harmony Bridge 405 thousand, and various drainage and dam projects. Iowa requests Muscatine levees 470 thousand, Rathbun 100 thousand, Red Rock 225 thousand, plus other minor engineer works.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Calumetees Channel
Ohio
Missouri
Wabash
Meredosia
Valley
East St. Louis
Iowa
Muscatine Island
Muscatine - Louisa County
Rathbun
Red Rock
Middle East Resolution Faces Senate Clash Over War Powers
Radford supports Dulles demand for swift congressional action on a Middle East resolution to permit U S armed force if Communists assault there. Despite Democratic opposition, a final vote before mid February remains unlikely as Eisenhower's inauguration nears. Dulles testifies before Senate committees and urges separating troop authority from economic provisions, arguing military action must come first while stressing an urgent need to address economic conditions in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle East
Radford
Dulles
Dulles Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Eisenhower
Russell
D-Ga
Armed Services Group
Hospital Notes at Jefferson Memorial and Texico
Admissions list includes Athel F Watson Master Danny Pollard Mrs Chella Arlene Holtz Mrs Mary Irene Herriman Master William David Shelton Mrs Carmen Ayers Warner Greenlee Also ad mitted Mrs Anne Turpin Mrs Rachel Hill Texico Discharged include Mrs Hazel Etta Robertson William Johnson Iris Irene Hayes and baby Debra Ann Carmella Ann Kirk Charles William Leffler Lawrence William Dennis Walter Martin Smith Barbara Allen and baby William Matthew Aurel Laura Gockel Dolores Marie Todd baby Charles Eugene Hope Watkins Ida Mae Bourland Mary Ruth Holt baby Matthew Robert Joseph Mulligan Ralph Standerfer Bruford Mary Stan joch Scheller
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Samaritan
Athel F. Watson
Danny Pollard
Chella Arlene Holtz
Mary Irene Herriman
William David Shelton
Carmen Ayers
Warner Greenlee
Hazel Etta Robertson
William Johnson
Iris Irene Hayes
Debra Ann
Carmella Ann Kirk
Charles William Leffler
Lawrence William Dennis
Walter Martin Smith
Barbara Allen
Wiliam Matthew
Aurel Laura Gockel
Dolores Marie Todd
Charles Eugene
Hope Watkins
Ida Mae Bourland
Mary Ruth Holt
Matthew Robert
Joseph E. Mulligan
Home on Lamar Ransacked by Burglars
Thieves yesterday afternoon ransacked the home of Lester Re. at 1100 Lamar. Mr Reynolds told police at 5 27 p m that the thefts occurred between 2 00 and 4 00 p m Tuesday. Stolen items included ten white blouses two shirts grey work pants dark blue dress pants four quarters four dimes and costume jewelry including a necklace earrings and bracelet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Re
Lamar
Reynolds
Cancer Society Group To Meet Here Thursday
American Cancer Society education chairmen from several southern Illinois communities will attend a noon luncheon tomorrow at Hotel Emmerson. Hostesses Velma Ruth Wood and Maxine Wilson welcome attendees. Speakers include Misa Audrey Campbell of Chicago and Mrs Marion Channon of Wear Frankfort. Plans for the 1957 education campaign in southern Illinois will be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Cancer Society
Southern Illinois
Hotel Emmerson
Velma Ruth Wood
Jefferson County
Maxine Wilson
Misa Audrey Campbell
Chicago
Marion Channon
Wear Frankfort
Southern
Iinais
Ashley youths enlist in Navy in New Era Company One
Two Ashley youths, Robert Czajkowski and Leo Barczewski, both 17, enlisted as Airman Recruit and Seaman Recruit respectively. They join New Era Navy Company Number One trained at Great Lakes and stationed under St. Louis Navy Recruiting District with about nine weeks training and a 14 day home leave after. Vacancies remain and interested youths may visit the local recruiting station or call for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley
U. S. Navy
Francis Payer
Navy
Robert Stanley Czajkowski
Ted Czajkowski
Leo Sylvester Barczewski
Sylvester Barczewski
Ashby
Robert
Leo
Missouri
Illinois
Init
Great Lakes
St. Louis
$2 Billion Boost for Military
President Eisenhower urged Congress to extend a 52 percent corporate profits tax and tobacco and alcohol taxes for another year. He projected higher individual and corporate taxes, rising debt interest, and a 38 billion defense budget with more atomic energy spending. He also asked for increased foreign aid, farm support funds, and a state school construction program, noting previous proposals fell short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle East
Agriculture Department
Eisenhower
Peterson's Ointment Fame Spreads Across the Land
A Buffalo druggist created an ointment forty years ago to relieve itching and smarting of piles. It provided quick cooling soothing astringent relief and grew in popularity nationwide. Available today in 50c boxes or 75c applicator tubes with a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Peterson
Toscanini Dies at 89 in Bronx Home
Arturo Toscanini, famed conductor from Parma, Italy, died in his sleep at age 89 in his Riverdale Bronx home after suffering a stroke on New Year’s Day. His 70-year career included leads at the Met in New York, the New York Philharmonic, and NBC Symphony, and he was renowned as a exacting perfectionist in music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arturo Toscanini
Riverdale
Bronx
Whiter
Miestro
Toscanini
United States
Metropolitan Opera
Caruso
Melba
Scotti
Met
New York Philharmonic Symphony
National Broadcasting Co. Symphony
NBC Symphony
Carnegie Hall
Parma
Italy
U.S. Budget Cost per Person Reaches Record Levels
Washington reports peacetime federal spending for the next fiscal year will average 416 per person, while per capita revenue climbs to 427. The $11 surplus funds debt reduction, marking the third consecutive year of per capita spending and tax increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Illinois Weather: Cold with scattered snow patches in north
Illinois motorists faced generally clear roads with scattered patches of packed snow in the northern half of the state, especially Cook County. Five day forecast calls for temperatures 15 to 20 degrees below normal, with minimal precipitation and possible light flurries near Lake Michigan and a chance of snow by Sunday or Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois Division of Highways
Cook County
Lake Michigan
Missouri
Former Ziegfield Beauty Huddles In Unheated Home
CHICAGO The former Annabelle Whitford of Ziegfield Follies fame huddles with her husband in an unheated apartment facing eviction for a public housing project. The 79 year old says they have to move by January and questions rentability on an old age pension while recalling past wealth and stage glory with clips about the Eastland disaster and Iroquois Theater fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Annabelle Whitford
Ziegfield Follies Fame
Follies
Edward Buchan
Illinois Boxing Commission
University of Ilinois College of Medicine
Eddie Foy
Mr. Bluebeard
Eastland
Insurance Men Hold Meeting at Parkmore Grill
Roger E Webb president chaired Mt Vernon Insurance Agents Association first 1957 meeting held last evening at Parkmore Grill. Standing committees on fire and accident prevention membership program entertainment legislation grievance and publicity were named. Members discussed new family protection automobile policy effective in Illinois today. Dr William Grant and William Clark of Toastmasters Club gave a presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger E. Webb
Mt. Vernon Insurance Agents Association
Parkmore Grill
Webb
Illinois
William Grant
William Clark
Toastmasters Club
Reds Warn Hands Off the Middle East
Moscow Izvestia urged the United States to keep hands off the Middle East while assailing the Eisenhower plan under U S Congress review. The newspaper argued Soviet interests lie only in promoting peace in the region near producer Earl Carroll, who once served as a U S Army Air Forces pilot in World War I before presenting his Vanities revues on Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Izvestia
United States
Middle East
U. S. Congress
Tzvestia
Earl Carroll
Dangerous Northwest Snowstorm Threat Persists
A dangerous and intensifying snowstorm blankets the Northeast as subzero cold grips the Midwest. Snow totals of 6 to 12 inches were forecast for New England with trains and flights disrupted. arctic air drives subzero readings from the Rockies to Lake Michigan while Bozeman and Bismarck dip to 28 below and 14 below respectively. Gas service resumes after a valve rupture. Missouri foresees scattered snow with advancing cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
mid-Atlantic
New England
New York City
North Central
Rockies
Lake Michigan
New York
Plains
Bozeman
Mont
Bismarck
N. D
Chicago
Upstate
Here
The Weather Elsewhere by The Associated Press
Weather summaries from across the United States list conditions and temperatures for cities including Albuquerque Atlanta Boston Chicago Cleveland Denver Des Moines Detroit Fort Worth Grand Rapids Helena Indianapolis Kansas City Los Angeles Louisville Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Omaha Phoenix Portland St. Louis Salt Lake City San Diego San Francisco Seattle Tampa Traverse City and more with ranges from freezing to warm and notes of snow rain or clear skies for today.
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Associated Press
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Fort Worth
Grand Rapids
Helena
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Marquette
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St. Paul
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Phoenix
Portland
Ore
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Ste Marie
Seattle
Tampa
Traverse City
Skelton Thanks Well-Wishers After Illness News
Hollywood comedian Red Skelton carried on with his TV show despite learning his 9 year old son Richard was critically ill with leukemia. He briefly referenced the tragedy and thanked fans for letters prayers and good wishes for his family including his wife and 11 year old daughter Valentina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Red Skelton
Richard
School At Home On The Range
Twenty five Brooks Gap Wyoming pupils attend classes in a converted housing facility. A classroom emergency led to use after families moved to Crooks Gap for work on the Lost Creek uranium processing mill project worth three million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyo
Brooks Gap
Crooks Gap
Lost Creek
Blakley Aims to Align With Democrats in Senate
William A. Blakley, new Texas senator, arrived in Washington vowing to vote with Democrats on any move to reorganize the Senate. The Eisenhower Democrat, 58, replaces Price Daniel, who resigned, as Daniel succeeds Allan Shivers as Texas governor. With Blakley sworn in, the chamber stands 48 Democrats to 47 Republicans, a tie that Nixon could break in favor of the GOP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington III
William A. Blakley
Texas
Senate
Eisenhower Democrat
Blakley
Allan Shivers
Price Daniel
Daniel
Shivers
Nixon
Ow Blakley
Eisenhower
Great-Uncle Of Queen Dies At Kensington Palace
LONDON The Earl of Athlone great-uncle of Queen Elizabeth II died at Kensington Palace at age 82 after long illness. He was brother of the late Queen Mary and a Teck by birth, served Britain in three wars, and was governor general of Canada from 1940 to 1946. Survivors include his wife Princess Alice and a daughter Lady Abel Smith. One son died in a 1928 automobile accident.
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London
Earl of
Athlone
Canada
Princess Alice
Duke of Albany
Queen Victoria
Abis 1One
Ay Abel ‘Smith
Eier
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Mary Ellis
Wm. T. Badgett
Airport News
Charlie Goin
Turkey
New Harmony Bridge Project
Mideast
Jefefrson
Anne Turpin
Rachel Hill
Texico
Ralph Standerfer
Bruford
Mary Stanjoch
Scheller
Cancer Society
U.S
Moline
Quincy
Rantoul
Vandalia
Scott Air Base
Ziegfield
Reds
County
Vernon
Chamber of Commerce
Virgil T. Bailey
Skelton
Sir Francis Drake
California
Coats
Youthcraft
Betty Rose
Betty Rose Superior
Eagle Stamps
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