Infant daughter of Purcell family dies in Fort Campbell area
Funeral services for the infant daughter of Sgt. William L. Purcell and Dixie Jo Purcell will be at 8:00 p.m. today at Murphy Funeral Home in Clarksville, Tennessee. The baby, born dead at 2:30 a.m. Friday in a Ft. Campbell hospital, is buried in Clarksville. Survived by parents, three brothers Randy Michael and Ricky at home, and grandparents Ruth Purcell of Mt. Vernon and Max and Mrs Keen of Sullivan Indiana. grandfather Ancel Purcell preceded the baby in death.
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Set
Willam L. Purcell
Murphy Funeral Home
Clarksville
Tenn
Pie
Ft. Campbell, Ky
Sgt
William L
Dixie Jo (Keen) Purcell
Ft. Campbell
Randy
Michael
Ricky
Ruth Purcell
Mt. Vernon
Max Keen
Sullivan, Ind
Ancel Purcell
Rites Monday for Texico boy Tommie Lee Pierce
Funeral services for 13 year old Tommie Lee Pierce of Texico will be held Monday at 2:00 p.m. at Panther Fork Baptist church with Rev. Melvin Chambliss and Rev. Elmer J. Hawkins officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. He died after years of heart trouble and had joined Panther Fork BaptistChurch. He was born August 8, 1950 in Mt Vernon the son of Wallace and Wanda Hawkins Pierce. He was a seventh grade student at Field Consolidated School and is survived by his parents a sister Joyce Ann grandparents Amos Pierce of Bluford Roy Hawkins of Texico an uncle and aunt Davis Tate of Harrisburg and cousins Dennis Roy Allen and Pamela Tate of Harrisburg.
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Tommie Lee Pierce
Texico
Panther Fork Baptist Church
Melvin Chambliss
Elmer J. Hawkins
Osborn Funeral Home
Dix
Tommie Lee
Mt. Vernon
Wallace
Wanda (Hawkins) Pierce
Field Consolidated School
Joyce Ann
Amos Pierce
Bluford
Roy Hawkins
Davis Tate
Harrisburg
Dennis, Roy Allen
Pamela Tate
Jim Bradford Dies Suddenly in Wayne City Rites
Jim Bradford 71 of Keenes died Friday morning en route to Fairfield Memorial Hospital after an apparent heart attack. Funeral services 2:00 p.m. Sunday at Richardson Chapel Wayne City with Rev. Tom Richards. burial in Thomas Cemetery. Survived by son Jim Bradford Jr. of Mundelein, four sisters, and three grandchildren. Born Sept 2, 1892 in Wayne County. married Carrie Gregory in 1911 who died in 1957. Friends may call after 6:00 p.m. today.
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Jim Bradford
Keenes
Fairfield Memorial Hospital
Richardson Chapel
Wayne City
Tom Richards
Thomas Cemetery
Wayne County
William Alexander
Margaret (Ellis) Bradford
Carrie Gregory
Jim Bradford, Jr
Mundeleiin
Ill
Millie Keen
Rosie Austin
Bluford
Minerva Sechrest
Salem
Edna Waller
Mt. Vernon
Births in Good Samaritan Hospital Names and Details
Mr and Mrs Daniel Lee Carter of 1103 Douglas welcomed a daughter Lee Anna born at 8 32 PM weighing 4 14 at Good Samaritan hospital Mr and Mrs Gary Boles of Bonnie welcomed a son Steven Lynn born at 7 45 PM weighing 8 7 at Good Samaritan hospital Mr and Mrs Charles L Lyons of 1717 Main welcomed a son Charles Lewis III born at 9 16 AM yesterday morning at Good Samaritan hospital
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Daniel Lee Carter
Douglas
Good Samaritan Hospital
Lee Anna
Gary Boles
Bonnie
Steven Lynn
Charles L. Lyons
1717
Main
Charles Lewis III
Birthday event for World War I veterans at Mt Vernon
Illinois weather reports cold snap with snow flurries across the state. King City Barracks No 102 and World War I Veterans plan a gala at the Legion Hall on Tuesday January 28 with a slum supper and no charge. Officers will be installed and visitors from nearby cities expected.
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King City Barracks No
U.S.A
Legion Hall
E. A. Feltz
Ruth Farthing
A. L
P.R.’ Richards
Mosley
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admits and Discharges
The Jefferson Memorial records admit and discharge lists for patients including Oscar Elisha Dix, Stella Harrison, Deena Marie Richardson of Belle Rive. Discharges include Nadine Jenkins and baby, Ronald Dean, and others. Good Samaritan lists admitted patients such as James Rhoden Allen and Timothy Haile, among many names with several discharges noted.
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Jefferson Memorial
Oscar Elisha Dixon
Stella Harrison
Deena Marie Richardson
Belle Rive
Nadine Jenkins
Ronald Dean
Albert Edens
Alfred Knowles
Bonnie
Beulah Davis
Good Samaritan
James Rhoden Allen
Timothy Duane Haile
Harvey Ottis Furlow
George Tepovich
Verne Hale
Michele Lee Connaway
Melvin Dean Garren
Marie Francis Mount
Mabel Marie Smith
Lee Cherry Jones
Mary Charlotte Rapp
Bessie O. Wood
Lisa Ellen Kent
William Warren Colvin
Joseph Hale Blanton
Olive Ethel Markle
Lawrence Hugh Harmon
Gene Claire Wiebel
Della Evelyn Ray
Jane Taylor Rockenbach
Belle Pigg
Clare Alice Haynes
Cathleen Anna
Charles Jackson Gossage
James Larry Simmons
Dale Lloyd le May
Cora May Hawkins
Legion Members to Meet at Legion Home Monday Evening
American Legion members of Jefferson Post 141 will meet at the Legion Home Monday evening at 8:00 o'clock. Rex Medders, Adj.
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American Legion
Jefferson Post 141
Legion
Rex Medders
Adj
Boy Scouts to Elect Officers for Civic Day
Ballots for Mt Vernon Scouts will be delivered Monday with nominations from the January 24 meeting. Thirty names appear on the ballot for Civic Day February 8. Ballots finalized February 5, officers sworn in February 8 at city hall.
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Mt. Vernon
Civic Day Committee
Scott and Percy Battle for Governor Nomination
Scott charges that endorsements and deals with the West Side Bloc shape the governor race. He accuses Carpentier supporters of pressuring state employees to back Benjamin Adamowski for Cook County state's attorney over John Bickley Jr. Cronson calls Scott a liar for the claim as Kerner runs unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
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Goldwater
West Side Bloc
Scott
Republican Party
Carpentier
Chicago
Benjamin S. Adamowski
Cook County
John Bickley Jr
Adamowski
Memrs i
Springfield
Robert G. Cronson
Kerner
Burglary at Green Hills Country Club
Thieves broke a window at the Green Hills Country Club east of Mt. Vernon last night and stole two bottles of whiskey and two bottles of wine. The crime continues a pattern of recent burglaries at the club.
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Green Hills Country Club
Mt. Vernon
Doctors describe JFK assassination trauma and Connally recovery
The report notes Kennedy could not be revived after the Dallas shooting and Connally regained consciousness after a 3 hour 15 minute operation on chest arm and leg. Dr. Carrico described the initial collapse with agonal breathing and no pulse despite ventilation and IVs. Connally planned to return to his office February 1. The medical journal requested rapid, separate physician accounts.
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Jenkin
Connally
The
Medical Journal
Dallas
Charles J. Carrico
Kennedy
Carrico
Senators Carry Ball For LBJ Civil Rights Push
Senate ally Russell forecasts Johnson will use his office and personality to press civil rights legislation. He says the president aims to make a record for voters next November and expects heavy pressure from agitators in Congress. Russell cannot distinguish between Republican moderates and ADA followers in his party.
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Johnson
Georgia
Congress
Russell
Republican Party
ADA
Americans For Democratic Action
France Plans Missile Subs
TARBES France AP Admiral Adolphe Lepotier says France plans to build five atomic submarines with underwater missile launching devices. Work has progressed for years on the prototype. The first French atomic submarine would not be in service before 1969.
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Tarbes
France
Adolphe Lepotier
Admiral Lepotier
McLeansboro Visit and Local Election Filings
Dr. Jerome Conlogue spoke on contact lens history at a Kiwanis meeting in McLeansboro, accompanied by Louie Stratton. Local filings show 3 Republicans for county offices, Dems M L Hunt Jr and others circulating petitions. details include candidates for Circuit Clerk and States Attorney, with party holds.
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Mcleansboro
Jerome Conlogue
O. M. Tobey
Kiwanis Club
Conlogue
Louie Stratton
Calvary Baptist Plans Service In New Location Tomorrow
Evangelist Gene Dalton will lead a 10 45 a m Sunday service at Calvary Baptist to dedicate the churchs new location at 20th and Casey formerly meeting in City Hall Auditorium Dalton who has ten years of evangelistic work travels coast to coast to churches camps and conferences to urge family oriented faith use 20th century methods to reach 20th century people Dalton is a Northwestern Bible College graduate with broad experience in pastoral youth work children and youth crusades and media outreach.
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Gene Dalton
Calvary Baptist Church
20Th and
Casey
City Hall Auditorium
Dalton
Northwestern Bible College
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Circuit Court Fines for Speeding Sentences
In circuit court Harry R. Johnson of Hoopeston Illinois was fined 10 dollars plus costs for speeding 75 mph in a 65 mph zone. Tony Amanti of Freeman Spur Illinois was fined 18 dollars plus costs for speeding 58 mph in a 40 mph zone. James J. Gibson of Route 1 Bluford Illinois was fined 9 dollars plus costs for 39 mph in a 30 mph zone. William A. Shoppell of Wood River Illinois was fined 15 dollars plus costs for 50 mph in a 35 mph zone.
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Harry R. Johnson
Hoopeston
Ill
Tony Amanti
Freeman Spur
James J. Gibson
Route 1
Bluford
William A. Shoppell
Wood River
Car Stolen From Belle Rive Amid Weekend Report
Donald Cockrum of Belle Rive told the sheriff Friday afternoon his white over blue 1953 Plymouth station wagon with a luggage rack on top was stolen while parked in Belle Rive. License number 1963 CC.
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Donald Cockrum
Belle Rive
Sheriff's Office
County 4-H Leaders At District Meeting
Twenty one Jefferson county 4-H leaders attended a district meeting in Nashville January 22 with 91 volunteers present. Flowers honored Mona Clark for 25 years as a 4-H leader and John Kent for 14 years. The theme Under the Big Top guided discussions on improving local 4-H programs and planning.
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Jeffeson County
Nashville
Mona Clark
Loho Pano
John Kent
Ham’s Grove Sunnyside
Illinois 4-H Extension
University of Ill
Jim Laird
Waltonville Pups
John Norris
Vince Kiselewski
Waltonville Bulldogs
Avanelle E. Richardson
Opdyke Joy Riders
Pat Potthast
Old Union
Go-Getters
Evelyn Drennan
Ina Humming Hornets
Marie Wychiskalla
Scheller Stitch
Peggy Fields
Pleasant Grove Golden Stars
Mildred Bethard
Jolly
Deven Mestel
Old Union Rams
Lucille Laird
Waltonville Happy Hustlers
Ida Mae Jackson
Texico
Don Lee
Jefferson County
Tracey Rawlings
Jamies Lipe
Centralia Boys Admit Break In At Dix School
Four Centralia youths were arrested by Centralia police and two have admitted burglary at the Rome consolidated school in Dix. Sheriff Dewey Barton questioned the boys after police notified the sheriff's office early today, seeking to clear up at least one rural school break-in in Jefferson county.
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Mt. Vernon
South Tenth Street
South Ninth Street
Ninth and
Johnson
Centralia
Jefferson County
Sheriff's Office
Rome Consolidated School
Dix
Dewey Barton
Wool Program Deadline Jan 31 Sets Filing Date
The final date for filing applications for payment for wool or unshorn lambs in the 193 marketing year is January 31. Parker Pierce, chairman of the Jefferson County ASC Committee, announced the deadline. Applications may be filed at the county ASCS office, 409 Harrison Street, through January 31.
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Parker Pierce
Jefferson County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Commitee
ASCS
Harrison Street
New York World’s Fair 1964 marks 300th city name use
The New York World’s Fair of 1964 commemorates three centuries since the city first adopted its name. Officials and historians note the milestone as a reflection on the city’s identity and branding across urban development and culture.
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New York World
Three Accidents Here Three Drivers Given Tickets
Three automobile accidents in Mt. Vernon Friday and early today caused more than $500 in property damage with no injuries. At Tenth and Jordan a car driven by Albert H. Williams and a pickup driven by Francis H. Ritter collided, Williams over $100 damage, Ritter about $20, Ritter cited for disobeying a traffic signal. At 18th and Broadway a collision between Charles B. Goss and Harry E. Gearhart caused each vehicle over $100 damage, Gearhart cited for following the close. At Tenth and Main a crash between Veruis M. Bracey and Donald E. Peacock left both cars over $100 damage, Peacock cited for following too close.
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Mt. Vernon
Tenth
Jordan
Albert H. Williams
South Tenth
Francis H. Ritter
Route 1
Salem
Ritter
Charles B. Goss
Neodes
Grant Divorce In Court Here
A divorce was granted in the circuit court here on Friday in the case Lola Pearl Mee Daniel versus Gene McDaniel. Associate Circuit Judge Alvin Lacy Williams presided at the hearing.
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Lola Pearl Mee Daniel
Gene McDaniel
Alvin Lacy Williams
Discovery of charcoal made from wood
The earliest chemical process likely was heating wood to create charcoal. Charcoal fuel, burn without flame or smoke, offers about twice the heating power of wood.
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Jansen
South 10Th
William Zinzilieta
Broadway
Ini
Palmer College of Chiropractic
Davenport
Iowa
Clayton Howell
Todd Morris
Veterans Hospital
Marion
Don Irvin
East Main
Barnes Hospital
Warren Reed
Disneyland
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Ronald Webb
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West Orange
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Calvary Baptist
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Stan Koziara
Indianapolis Speedway
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Mt. V
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J. R. Pickard
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
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