Deaths and Funerals Nicholas A Groves 47 East St. Louis
Nicholas A Groves 47 of East St. Louis died after a stroke at St. Marys Hospital. Funeral services are set for 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at Mt Olivet Baptist near MecLeaunsboro with burial in the adjoining cemetery. He lies in state at Gholson Funeral Home McLeansboro with calling hours Tuesday afternoon. Born February 24 1915 in Hamilton County he was the son of Robert H and wife. He married Margaret Mingram who survives along with three sons and four daughters. He also leaves a brother and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas A. Groves
East St. Louis
St. Mary's Hospital
Mt. Olivet Baptist Church
MecLeaunsboro
Gholson Funeral Home
McLeansboro
Hamilton County
Robert H. Groves
Margaret Mingram
Robert
Richard
Russell
Catherine
Wilma Jean
Wanda
Mary ‘Ann
Anne Groves
Lillie Leek
Eldorado
Alva R. Lee Dies at 72 Funeral Tuesday
Alva Richard Lee, 72, of Ina, died Saturday night at Veterans Hospital in St. Louis. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Ina Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. James Benton officiating. burial in Kirk Cemetery. Friends may call after 5:00 p.m. today at Ina Funeral Home. He is survived by a daughter, Lila Watts, two brothers Oscar and Vern, a sister Anna Wirk, and four grandchildren. Lee was a member of the West Frankfort Christian church, a World War I veteran, and a Mt. Vernon American Legion member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Richard Lee
Ina
Veterans’ Hospital
St. Louis
Ina Missionary Baptist Church
James Benton
Kirk Cemetery
Lila Watts
Oscar Lee
Vern Lee
West Frankfort
Anna Wirk
Lee
Christian Church
Mt. Vernon
Weisbecker Woodlawn Barber Dies At 60
Leslie R. Weisbecker of Woodlawn died at 6 00 am in an Alton hospital at age 60 years seven months nine days He operated a Woodlawn barbershop for 38 years Funeral services set for 2 00 pm Wednesday at Pulley Gutzler Funeral Chapel with Rev Harold Williamson officiating Burial in J C C F cemetery Woodlawn He was born June 12 1902 in Woodlawn to Frank and Belle Flick Weisbecker Married Ellen Newhouse in Nashville Tennessee in 1924 Survived by daughter Mrs Dorothy Bechtel of Woodlawn brother John Weisbecker Mt Vernon and two grandchildren Preceded in death by parents a son and two brothers He was a member of Woodlawn Christian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie R. Weisbecker
Woodlawn
Alton
Weisbecker
Pulley- Gutzler Funeral
Harold Williamson
J.C.C.F
Pulley-Gutzler
Frank
Belle
Flick) Weisbecker
Nashville, T
Ellen Newhouse
Dorothy Bechtel
John Weisbecker
Mt. Vernon
Woodlawn Christian Church
Hannah Bradley Dies At Age 80 in Sesser
Hannah Bradley 80 of Sesser died Sunday at Linwood Nursing Home Benton. Funeral at St Marys Catholic Church Sesser with Rev Angelo Lombardo officiating. Burial Maple Hill Cemetery Lesser. Born July 14 1882 in Braidwood daughter of Joseph and Minnie Berta. Survived by daughter Lucy Fumagalli and two sisters. Funeral arrangements by Brayfield Funeral Home Lesser.
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Hannah Bradley
Sesser
Linwood
Benton
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Angelo Lombardo
Maple Hill
Brayfield
Lesser
Braidwood, Ill
Joseph and
Minnie (Gravetti) Berta
John Bradley
Lucy Fumagalli
Dominitch Frisina
Taylorville
Minnie Cunningham
Springfield
Til
Rosenberger 91 Dies After Long Life Of Farming
Eugene P Rosenberger 91 of 309 South 11th Street died at 9 10 pm Sunday at Good Samaritan Hospital He was a retired farmer Funeral services at Myers Chapel burial in Right Nowar cemetery Friends may call after 4 00 pm today He born January 19 1872 in Jefferson County son of Victor J and Mary Jane Rosenberger Survived by son Roy of Sandoval IL daughters Loretta Lloyd Wright City MO Anna Frazer St Louis MO sister Selma Hampton Kansas City KS eleven grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren
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Eugene Phillip Rosenberger
South 11Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Myers Chapel
Mr. Rosenberger
Jefferson County
Victor J
Mary Jane (Robinson) Rosenberger
Ada Mandrell
Stella Ord
Lydia Hawkins
Roy Rosenberger
Sandoval
Ill
Loretta Lloyd
Wright City
Anna Frazer
St. Louis
Selma Hampton
Kansas City
Kansas
Kaufman Family Mourns Mother in Decatur Death
Mrs. Catherine Kaufman of Decatur died at a local hospital. She was mother to EE. H. Kaufman, a Mt. Vernon oil operator who is often in the area. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at Moran Funeral Home, Decatur. Friends may visit the funeral home beforehand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Kaufman
Decatur
EE. H.kaufman
Mt. Vernon
Moran Funeral Home
Effie Crawford Rites Held in McLeansboro
Funeral services for Miss Effie Crawford were held at 3:00 p.m. at Gholson Funeral Home in McLeansboro with Rev. Lane Andrist officiating. Burial followed in LOC cemetery in McLeansboro. The McLeansboro resident died Saturday night at Carmi’s Wilma Res torium. Born June 11, 1879 in Hamilton County, she ran a local store and was survived by nieces and nephews. She belonged to the Presbyterian church and the McLeansboro Rebekah Lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie Crawford
Gholson
McLeansboro
Lane
McLeansoro
Miss Crawford
Wilmar
Carmi
Crawford
Hamilton County
John
Caroline (Rathbone) Crawford
Presbyterian Church of
Gasoline Spills After Train Derails in El Paso Illinois
Nine cars of a Toledo, Peoria & Western freight train derailed in El Paso and smashed into five bulk fuel tanks, spilling an estimated 35,000 gallons of gasoline and fuel oil onto Illinois 51 and Front Street. Fire Chief William McCue ordered one nearby family evacuated as streets three blocks wide were doused. no fires or injuries reported. The derailment was blamed on a burned-out axle, according to J. Russel Coulter, president of the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Ill
Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad
William McCue
Front Street
Woodford County
McCue
J. Russel Coulter
Hospital Notes and Good Samaritan Admissions and Discharges
Jefferson Memorial lists admissions Georgia Chase Harold Mount D A Blake Leah Murphy Paul Everett Robertson and discharges Tommy Ashby Charles Bravard Logan Tolley Kenneth Buchanan Ann Mason Sylvia Degen nart. Good Samaritan shows admissions Imogene Gladys McCoy Vina Lue Harvill Earl M Rightnowar Clyde H Adams Bryan Dycus Charles Franklin Joy Harry Monroe Casey Elam Albert Wheeler Louise Ellen Mannen Amelia Belle Clodfelder Anna BE Fred Ruth K Hirons Virginia June Richards Gertrude Cecelia Downey Lillie Mae Hickey Nora Elma Quayle Mary Elizabeth Cloyd Katherine Bernice Caraway Polly Ann Gholson and discharges Geraldine Ann Sweetin Eleanor Garbers Elizabeth Thorne Paul David Smith Anna Mae Richards Jerry Lynn Laur Paul Wallace Conner James Albert Bridges Paula Adele Weems Mrs Betty Ann Mullins and baby Gregory Scott Berdene Anna Sutton Beulah Irene Sledge Doris June Golightly Merilyn Jean Waldman Jessie Wilson Dale Eugene Evans Norton G Warren Alan J Hammer Rosanna Vannatta Eleanor Fay Hicks Sarah S Nations Mrs Shirley Mae Williams and baby Alan Dewayne William Keith Eater Maxey Charles Pepple.
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Good Samaritan
Imogene Gladys McCoy
Vina Lue Harvill
Earl M. Rightnowar
Clyde H. Adams
Bryan Dycus
Charles Franklin Joy
Harry Monroe Casey
Elam Albert Wheeler
Louise Ellen Mannen
Amelia Belle Clodfelder
Anna BE. Fred
Ruth K. Hirons
Virginia June Richards
Gertrude Cecelia Downey
Lillie Mae Hickey
Nora Elma Quayle
Mary Elizabeth Cloyd
Katherine Bernice Caraway
Polly Ann Ghol
Rosanna Vannatta
Eleanor Fay Hicks
Sarah S. Nations
Shirley Mae Williams
Alan Dewayne
William Keith Eater
Maxey Charles Pepple
Veterans of World War I Meet in King City Barracks
King City Veterans of World War I Barracks No 102 will hold a regular session at the Legion Hall at 6 30 p m Tuesday January 22. Dept Commander Fred C Whitlock recently back from Washington will discuss the legislative program. Auxiliary President Mrs Vern Farthing and committee urge attendance for the annual Barracks birthday party with covered dishes and served meat bread and coffee. OES Mt Vernon Chapter No 233 to meet at 7 30 p m in the Masonic Temple on Tuesday January 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King City Barracks No
U.S.A
Legion Hall
Fred C. Whitlock
Washington
Vern Farthing
OES
Mt. Verinon
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Hallie Stone
W. M
Naomi R. Bogan
Sec'y
Mt Vernon Lodge No 31 A F and A M Meeting Notice
Stated meeting of Mt Vernon Lodge No 31 A F and A M on Monday January 21 at 7 30 p m Brethren urged to attend Visiting brethren welcome C Kip Carpenter W M James Apgar Secy 1 21
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Mt. Vernon Lodge
A. F
A. M
C. Kip Carpenter
W.M. James Apgar
Sec
Salem Man Heads Ainad Temple Shriners Weather Report
Lloyd Everett Turnbull of Salem was elected potentate of Ainad Temple Ancient Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine. He heads more than 7,100 members and was chosen Friday night January 18 at the Mosque on St. Louis Avenue in East St. Louis.
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Lloyd Everett Turnbull
Salem
Order of the Mystic Shrine
Heas
Gos St. Louis Avenue
East St. Louis
Turnbull
Salem Man Named Shrine Potentate in 1956
Turnbull, a Salem business and civic leader, was named Potentate of the Shrine in Southern Illinois. A Texas Pipe Line Co. supervisor, he has deep roots in Masonic and Shriners groups, and has been active in aviation, scouting, Rotary, and banking. Weather roundup notes colder conditions, with light snow likely Tuesday and Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Texas Pipe Line Co
Salem
Turnbull
Stockton
Kansas
Southern Illinois
Marion
Mississippi Valley
Centralia
Tyler
St. Clair
Salem Airport Authority
Iinois
Salem Rotary Club
Salem Country Club
Missouri Athletic
Community State Bank of
Local Live Stock Market Prices Rise Amid Higher Demand
Prices paid on the local live stock market were about 23 percent higher. The top price reached 15.50 for 190 to 220 pound hogs. Sows gained 25 cents to 13.50 for 300 pound weight class, down to 13.00 for 800 pounds and over. Boars ranged from 9.00 to 10.00.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon reported grain prices this afternoon with Wheat at 1.99, Soybeans at 2.51, and Corn at 31.13. The figures reflect local market rates for buyers and sellers in the Mt Vernon area.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago Grain Market Report Summary
Chicago AP notes no sales of wheat oats or soybeans. Corn No 2 yellow around 1.20 with small changes. No 4 yellow about 4.13. No 5 yellow near 1.07. Soybean oil at 9b. barley offers a range 1.25 to 1.33 for feed 96 to 1.10.
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Chicago
Chicago Produce price report shows little change
Chicago market notes wholesale buying prices steady across produce and eggs with varied grades and medians. Live poultry prices also unchanged, roasters around 22 to 24 cents, white rock fryers 17 cents, special fed fryers 18 to 19 cents, reflecting flat USDA/AP coverage.
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Chicago
API
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
USDA
Egg and poultry price list from St Louis market
AP report from St Louis lists consumer grade eggs and live poultry prices. Eggs vary by size and grade from large to small with labeled price ranges. Hens priced by weight, commercial broilers and fryers listed per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Livestock Prices From National Stockyards Report
National Stockyards Illinois USDA cattle prices show 5 000 cattle and 1 200 sheep with varying weights and grades. Hogs range 11 000 head with mixed 180 240 and 240 270 lb classes priced mostly 12.75 to 16.25. Slaughter calves veal and cows appear across multiple weight bands with utility and canner grades noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Stockyards
USDA
Wall Street Ends Mixed After Kennedy Message
Wall Street pared some losses in late trading but stayed lower overall amid moderate volume around 3.7 million shares. Major indices drifted with fractions to about a point declines. chemicals improved, some oils flat, and big names like Ford, IBM, Chrysler, and GM showing varied moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Big Three Motors
Chrysler
General Motors
Ford
Union Carbide
Eastman Kodak
Allied Chemical
McDonnell Aircraft
IBM
Zerox
Kennedy
U.S
Illinois Central
At&t
American Stock Exchange
Car Skids Into Ditch on Icy State Route 37
A car driven by Ralph Stanley of Route 1 West Frankfort skidded on ice on state route 37 Saturday afternoon and plunged into a ditch in Bakerville bottoms south of Mt. Vernon. He escaped injury though the vehicle was badly damaged. County officers said he was passing another car when the skid occurred.
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Bakerville
Mt. Vernon
Ralph Stanley
West Frankfort
Stanley
Katanga Driven Back Into Congo Crisis Deepens
United Nations faces near bankruptcy as Katanga is forced back into Congo. After Kolwezi falls, Adlai Stevenson quoted Bunche saying a vast technical aid effort will follow to build a unified nation. U Thant appeals for 8.6 million dollars from 110 U.N. members toward a 19 million Congo aid program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Kolwezi
Bunche
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Abc-Tv
Adlai Stevenson
Oost
Congo
U Thant
U.N
Soviet Union
France
Births in Good Samaritan Hospital Terry Eugene and Sara Jo
Mr and Mrs Paul E Howard of 1202 South 2nd Street welcomed a son, Terry Eugene, at 8 15 PM Saturday in Good Samaritan Hospital, weighing seven pounds four ounces. Grandparents are Harley Howard of Bonnie and Mrs John Riley of Mt Vernon. Jasper Haggard of 74 South 25th Street report a daughter, Sara Jo, born at 7 19 PM Sunday, weighing six pounds 12 ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul E. Howard
South 2Rd Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Terry Eugene
Harley Howard
Bonnie
John Riley
Mt. Vernon
Jasper Haggard
South 25Th Street
Sara Jo
City to Form Five Man Park Board Tonight
Mt. Vernon council to adopt an ordinance creating a five member park board to run the city park, replacing the current city manager administrative setup. First reading of a ward boundary change to include an annexed area is on tonight's agenda along with bid openings for Civil Defense radio receivers and auxiliary firemen supplies. The meeting will start at…
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Ne Council
Auto Crash on Perkins Avenue in Mt Vernon
Police reported a weekend auto accident in Mt Vernon where a car driven by Cave Walker of 1117 South 21st Street struck a parked vehicle owned by George D. McGee of 724 South 15th Street in the 1200 block of Perkins Avenue.
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Mt. Vernon
Cave Walker
South 21St Street
Perkins Avenue
George D. McGee
South 15Th Street
Marriage License for Pitchford and Wuichard
William Farrell Pitchford, age 20, of 1111 South 25th Street, and Di Anne Elizabeth Wuichard, age 18, of 305 Johnson, secured a marriage license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Farrell Pitchford
South 25Th Street
Dianne Elizabeth Wuichard
Johnson
Jefferson County Shines in 25th March of Dimes Drive
Jefferson County marks the National Foundation March of Dimes 25th Anniversary with historic fundraising and patient care impact. Ronald W. Polston cites two vaccines and Nobel prize research, aiding over a third of a million polio, birth defects, or arthritis patients, plus scholarships for 10,000 health students. The county began before 1940 with a Presidential Ball. 1947 set a record as the largest per capita drive in the nation, honored at the New York headquarters. The Jaycees and other groups sustained the drive 1948 onward, funding research and patient support locally and worldwide, with ongoing efforts for polio patients and new programs for birth defects and arthritis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
National Foundation March of Dimes
Ronald W. Polston
National Foundation
Polston
Hotel Emmerson
Roosevelt
Paul Partridge
William H. Gott
Jerry B. Gott
David Mallet
C. C. Satterfield
United States
Partridge
New York
Mt. Vernon
Neighbor
March of Dimes
Thawing Pipe Causes Small Fire at Frank's Grocery
Bitter cold weather contributed to a minor blaze at Frank's Grocery on 1008 Lamar. Firemen reported a frozen water pipe and the operator tried to thaw it with burning papers. flooring caught fire but damage was slight.
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Frank’s
Lamar
Republican caucus in Cravat for Grand Prairie seat
A caucus of the Republican party of Grand Prairie Township will meet at the Town House in Cravat on Tuesday February 5 1963 at 2 p.m. to nominate a road commissioner. Hubert Bushong, Committeeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Grand Prairie Township
Cravat
Noad
Hubert Bushong
Dirksen Signal GOP Aims for Split Tax Cuts Balance
Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen said Republicans will seek tax reductions balanced between individuals and corporations and between upper and lower brackets. He suggested backing more incentive cuts for capital investment by business, signaling a shift toward corporate-leaning relief alongside Kennedy’s emphasis on individual tax cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Kennedy
House
Kennedy Eyes Tax Cuts To Avert Recession
President Kennedy outlined retroactive tax reductions starting Jan 1 1963, including a 5 percentage point drop for corporate first 25 000 and an overall 52 percent rate. He argued quick relief would aid idle workers and avoid deep deficits, while signaling renewed push for standby powers after tax reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nesses
Kennedy
Congress
20 Hurt As Buses Collide Near Carmel Maine
In light fog on Route 2 three miles west of Carmel two Greyhound buses collided head on injuring twenty people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmel, Maine
Greyhound
Carmel
Ford Foundation awards $1 million for teaching grant
The Ford Foundation announced a $1 million grant to revitalize high school instruction, focusing on humanities and social science courses. The program aims to strengthen teaching quality and broaden curriculum across public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ford Foundation
4-H Leaders Plan Public Speaking Meeting in Mt Vernon
The 1963 district 4-H leaders meeting will be February 6 at First Baptist Church Mt Vernon 718 Jordan with Don Lee Jefferson County farm adviser outlining training 10 to 12 year olds in speaking. Topics include selecting topics speaking techniques organizing a club talk and review of state contest rules. Registration 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. A luncheon honoring leaders funded by Sears Foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Jordan
Mt. Vernon
Don Lee
Jefferson County
Lee
Sears Foundation
Two Dead Of Exposure After Drinking Bout
Pike County authorities investigate the deaths of Mrs. Dalton Ashcraft and Claude Turnbaugh from exposure after a drinking bout. Inquest pending. the two were last seen leaving a taxicab near the Ashcraft home in Louisiana Missouri, their bodies found in the snow next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Pike
Missouri
J. O. Mudd
Dalton Ashcraft
Claude Turnbaugh
Ashburn
Mudd
Floyd Thompson
Ashcraft
Local Salesmen To Hear Tax Law Talk In Mt. Vernon
Mt Vernon area professional salesmen will hear an address on how tax laws affecting salesmen will change in 1963 at the January 25 meeting. Dean Huff president of the Greater Mt Vernon Professional Salesmen's Association and C E McMullen plan to arrange a similar talk after a guest speech by an IRS employee. Stan Musial of the St Louis Cardinals also spoke at a recent joint meeting. Final arrangements to be announced later this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Dean Huff
Greater Mt. Vernon
International Revenue Service
Huff
C. E. McMullen
Dimes March Style Show Set by Delta Theta Tau
Delta Theta Tau Sorority will sponsor the March of Dimes Style Show and Card Party January 30 at 7 30 p m in the Elks Lodge. Fashion show features clothing from the Fashion Shop and jewelry from Clark's with a card party to follow. Tickets available from sorority members or at the door. Proceeds support March of Dimes goals including birth defects arthritis and polio research and a nationwide network of treatment centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta Theta Tau Sorority
Elks Lodge
Syl Sanders
Jaycee
Shirley Hertenstein
Linda Hutchins
Clark
Uertenstein
Hutchins
Hertenstein
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Alva R. Lee
L. R. Weisbecker
E. H. Kaufman
Jefferson Memorial
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Harold Mount
D. A. Blake
Leah Murphy
Paul Everett Robertson
EL A. Feltz
Comdr
Ainad Temple
Tlinois
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Indiana
L. E. Turnbull
Llenois
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Pittsburgh
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Ore
Rapid City
Aes
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Pradsines
Owl
Mt. Vernon Grain
Chicago Grain
Wall Street
Katanga
Jefferson Loan Co
Perkins Ave
Jefferson Co
Peer’s Shoe Store
North 14Th Street
DIAL
Gop
JFK
Blan
Lynn Ann Drive-In Cleaners
Gale
Gale Monroe
W-G Motors
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