Ministers Meet at First Presbyterian Monday Morning
Mt Vernon ministers gather Monday at 10 for Mt Vernon Ministerial Association at First Presbyterian with Rev R B Guthrie hosting and Rev Leonard Whitlock presiding. Officers named include Rev Otho Williams secretary Rev Ralph Markey vice president and Rev E Hunsacker treasurer with all Mt Vernon clergy invited. Nancy Dare pre nuptial shower noted for Sunday wedding to Carl Asbet with many out of town guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Guthrie
First Presbyterian Church
Mt. Vernon
Rollie Hughey
Nina Ruth Harper
Hughey
Benton Road
Nancy’ Dare
Carl Asbet
Ward Green
Donna
Roberta
Minnie Brown
Pinckneyville
Grace Lane
Myrle Harper
Helen ‘Bennett
Iris Wallace
Dale Hayes
Mary Williams
Wilma Book
Betty
Gladys Kniffen
Bonnie
Noel Fowler
Cora Cockrum
Inn
City Schools Luncheon Menus for Next Week
Mt. Vernon city schools list weekly cafeteria meals with each weekday featuring a protein, sides, and a dessert. Daily bread, butter and milk accompany all lunches, including navy beans with pork on Monday and meat loaf on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon City
Marriage License Granted in Mt. Vernon Pair
Bailey Madison Smith Jr. and Martha J. Pemberton, both residents of Mt. Vernon, obtained a marriage license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey Madison Smith, Jr
Martha J. Pemberton
Mt. Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital 1953 patient care figures listed
Good Samaritan Hospital reports 1,591 treated, 654 transfusions, 6,583 x rays and 491 births in the past year. Notes emergency care of 500 plus cases, praises police and ambulance services, and details staff, affiliations, licenses, and extensive hospital governance and committees led by Bishop Albert Zuroweste and Sister Mary Clare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Samaritan
Illinois
The
Good Samaritan Hospital
American Hospital Association
American Medical Association
Catholic Hospital Association
Illinois Catholic Conference
Illinois Hospital Association
Department of Public Health
Illinois Public Air Commission
Suburban Township Relief Commission
Umwa Welfare and Retirement Fund
Group Hospital Service, Inc
Red Cross
Girl Scouts Hospital
Vernon
Sisters of Saint Francis
Saint Francis of Assisi
Albert R. Zuroweste
D. D
Belleville
C. Schindler
Mother Mary Loyola
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Mary Clare
Anna Marie
Mary Augustine
Mary Alice
Mary Urban
Mary Leonard
Carl Schweinfurth
Harold G. Watson
George F. M. Ward
Luty Hawkins
M. J. Mitchell
Birth for Adams Heir at Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr and Mrs James L Adams of Homestead Hills announce the birth of a son at 644 am today in Good Samaritan Hospital. The infant weighs eight pounds and is named John Anthony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Adams
Homestead Hills
Good Samaritan Hospital
John Anthony
Hospital Notes Good Samaritan Admits and Discharges
Good Samaritan records show admissions including Miss Norma Lou Ziegler Mrs LaVerne Smith Richard Record Miss Audrey Mae Foster Miss Ramona Ann Foster Miss Sharon Ruth Linker. Discharges include Mrs Florence Nellie Summers and infant Barry Lee Master Jefferson Johnson and others. Jefferson Memorial lists admissions Mrs Betty Jean Morgan and discharges Dan French Texico Mrs Madge Hawkins Texico and infant Allan Dale Mrs Eva Pigg RFD 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Samaritan
Norma Lou Ziegler
LaVerne Smith
Audrey Mae Foster
Ramona Ann Foster
Sharon Ruth Linker
Florence Nellie Summers
Barry Lee
Jefferson Johnson
Arlene Ray
Helen Mary House
Arthur Barnard
Wilma Lois Cooper
Celia Mae Burgin
Wilma Fay Taylor
James Stephen
Jefferson Memorial
Betty Jean Morgan
Dan French
Texico
Madge Hawkins
Allan Dale
Eva Pigg
RFD
Noble Achievers 4-H Club meets at Peggy Simmon’s home
The Noble Achievers 4-H Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Peggy Jeanne Simmons’s residence 1707 Pace Avenue with Judy Cohen and Sue Williams assisting the hostess. The Red Cross Volunteer Aides and Girl Scouts Hospital Aides are listed with names of members and officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Stewart
Northbrook Drive
Garden Glories Club
Harry Gearhart
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Noble Achievers
Peggy Jeanne Simmons
Pace Avenue
Judy Cohen
Sue Williams
Police Court Fines Levyed For Various Offenses
Fines in police court included Leland D. Wells with 22.40 dollars for drunk and disturbance, Jerry M. Burns 15.40 dollars for speeding, Marguerite Lorimer 6.40 dollars for illegal parking, and J. A. Hodge 6.40 dollars for illegal parking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland D. Wells
Jerry M. Burns
Marguerite Lorimer
J. A. Hodge
Annual Meeting of Farm Co Op in Mt Vernon
Jefferson Service Company president Paul Hayse announced the cooperative would hold its ninth annual meeting on Saturday February 6 at 1 00 pm in the Mt Vernon high school auditorium. Reports will cover the past year and plans for the coming year. Principal speaker Charles Alexander of Illinois Farm Supply Company will discuss farming topics for Jefferson county with entertainment by Gene Devoe and Trudy from St Louis. Cooperation members and Farm Bureau invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecelia Brungardt
St. Anthony School of Nursing
Hays
Kansas
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Mt. Vernon
St. Anthony’s
Phyllis Clarke
Cedric Clarkes
Georgia Lee Sexton
Floyd Sextons
St. Anthony's
Fort Hays State College School of Nursing
Miss Clarke
Miss Sexton
Paul Hayse
Jefferson Service Company
Cooperatives
Hayse
Jefferson County
Farm Bureau
Charles Alexander
Illinois Farm Supply Company
Gene Devoe
Trudy
St. Louis
Lindenwood students to sing at First Methodist church
Lindenwood College vocalists Miss Shirley Nolta and Miss Sue Dahler will perform a duet at First Methodist church Sunday morning. Nearby visitors include Mrs. Clyde W Nolta and Miss Dahler, former Mt. Vernon resident now in St. Louis, with travel and family mentions throughout Mt. Vernon and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Nolta
Sue Dahler
Lindenwood College
St. Charles
Clyde W Nolta
Dahler
Mt. Vernon
St. Louis
Lindenwood
First Methodist Church
Arthur Ewers
John Polizzi
Anne Marie
Polizzi
Anne Kruger
Verlen Tidball
Fairfield
W. F. Bayles
Herrin
Vernon
J. C
Lerus Weil
Lebanon
Houston
Mexico City
Claude Robertson
Bluford
Dewey McClanahan
Lawrence Rise
Bruford
Ike Rhine
Bethalto
Rhine
Carol Dillingham
Patrick McCole
Manitowoc
Wisconsin
P. D. McCole
Joe L. Sutton
John Lannon
Buckinghamshire
England
Poul
Mt Vernon High to stage band and choir concert
Mt Vernon high school music department opens a Monday night concert featuring the varsity band conducted by Charles Gregg and the a capella choir directed by W H Beckmeyer. The program includes Strauss overture and Rimsky Korsakov themes, sacred and secular songs, with flute and string quartets and music awards for seniors based on citizenship leadership and character. season tickets on sale and single admission at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon High School
Charles Gregg
W. H. Beckmeyer
Johann Strauss
Rimsky-Korsa
Carroll Sinks
Darlene Baker
Roger Cowen
Jerry Farthing
Marilyn Harlow
Margie Howard
Donell LeValle
Marilyn Laughmiller
Peggy Morgan
Mimi Reznick
Sara Snodsmith
Tim Stone
Local clubs schedule meetings and a visitor note
The D A V Auxiliary will meet at 7 30 Monday February 1 at Amvets home 13th and Broadway. The Mt Vernon Toastmistresses Club meets at L and N Cafe Monday at 7 30 pm with dessert before the meeting. Barbara Howden temporary president is spending several months in the United States studying farming methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amvets
13Th and
Broadway
Mt. Vernon
Tryman
United States
Slick Corder Seeks Jefferson County Sheriff Nomination
Earl Slick Corder announced his candidacy for sheriff of Jefferson County subject to the Democratic primary on April 13. A lifelong county resident since 1911 with 18 years in the area, he is a former baseball catcher known from Shiloh Township, Mt. Vernon Merchants, and the Evansville 3-I League. He has long been active in Democratic circles, with past roles in the state Old Age Assistance office and as a livestock field investigator. he resides at 801 South 23rd Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl “Slick” Corder
Jefferson County
Corder
This County
Missouri
W. A
Edith Corder
Shiloh Township
Mt. Vernon
Mr. Corder
Midwest
Shiloh Tigers
Mt. Vernon Merchants
Evansville
Ind
Ilinois
Jennie M. Davis
Nancy
Donald Schuette
Millington, Tenn
South 23Rd Street
Funeral for James Leo Devoy in St Marys Church
James Leo Devoy 53 died suddenly at home in Meadowbrook Addition after long illness from injuries in a 1947 automobile crash. Retired Prudential salesman after 24 years, survived by wife Genevieve Dale and three sons Thomas James and Robert, one grandchild and brother Robert M. Devoy. Services Monday 9:30 a.m. at St Marys Church with burial in St Marys Cemetery. Rosary Sunday 7:30 p.m. at Pulley Funeral Home. He was born December 19 1900 in Enfield Illinois. He was a member of St Marys Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus. Continuous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Leo Devoy
Meadowbrook
Devoy
Prudential Insurance Co
St. Mary's Church
James P. Burke
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Pulley
Mr. Devoy
Enfield, Til
Thomas and
Ella (Connelly) Devoy
Enfield
Genevieve Dale
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Knights of Columbus
Thomas
James
Wichita
Kansas
Robert
Robert M. Devoy
Hammond
Ind
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miss Nancy Dare
First Baptist Mission Society
Women's Mission Society
First Baptist Church
Johnson Williams
Clarence Harris
Williams
Irvin Hertenstein
E. J. de Witt
Bernie Kelly
Clyde Schuster
Stanley Kelly
Waltonville
Iva Hester
Betty Leslie
Waltonville Home Bureau Unit
Hester
Marie Carson
Ruth McCowen
Trene Hartley
Lena Wagner
Walter Clark
Main Street
Jefferson County Home Bureau
Moose Lodge
Dale Andrews
J. R. Cochran
Ray Ward
Moss Pigg
Curt Bradley
LeRoy McKenzie
Jimmy Wright
Rowland Fenton
James Alexander
Delo
George Heidenreich
Howard Campell
Henry J. Friedel
C. K. Wells
Marshall Hall
C. J. Anslinger
L. J. Eschelbacher
H. G. Thompson
C. M. Dixon
C. O. Hamilton
B. P. Komasa
H. J. Rogers
E. S. Wood
Michael Karl
A. B
Edward Massie
C. E.boyd
D. S. Gershenson
G. R. Hyatt
W. G. Parker
A. E. Fairshter
A. J. Peters
W. J. Wells
R. A. Alexander
W. J. Jones
M. Zelman
E. B. Epperson
A. Vass
H. I. Berland
M. Clare
M. Urban
M. Atlice
M. Assumpta
M. Dolorita
M. Gemma
M. Leocadia
M. Carmella
M. Norberta
Truman
11Th
Conger
Mabry
South 10Th
Truman Timmons
Flota
Ene Johnson
Pansy Johnson
Jane Kaelin
Joann Kaelin
Lula Knollhoff
Mary Marcum
Norma Jean Marcum
Virginia Ann Margherio
Walter McClure
Retha McKinney
Lula McKeen
Evelyn Miller
Rose Mitchell
Eileen Newell
Donna Northcutt
Doris Pickett
Eva Reece
Emily Joyce Shields
Opal Shoaff
John Shipman
Ima van Horn
Clyde White
Aline Williams
Jayne Setzekorn
Shirley Benoist
Agnes Andrews
Louisa Beckmeyer
Ruth Bedard
Robbie Brush
Jane Cross
Joanne Fairshter
Doris Fisher
Bea Forsythe
Shirley Jacobson
Cora Ker
Audrey Lindsay
Nona Lowther
Bea Metcalf
Nell Olson
Mary Phillips
Mina Roach
Fay Rue
Alma Schroeder
Mary Stewart
Marian Slivka
Mary Swingle
Pat Werner
Mary Helen Williams
Maxine Wilson
Girl Scouts
Sylvia Brehm
Elaine Bullock
Joyce Bullock
Lynn Furnail
Judy Hall
Judy Hite
Kay Holder
Rebecca Horton
Alice Kensinger
Frances Partridge
Myrna Payne
Rebecca Riley
Phyllis Smith
Judy Ward
Marilyn Wolters
Dunham Dance Studio
Casey
Harry Dunham
Chicago National Association of Dancing Masters
Dancing Teachers Association
Dance Masters of America
W. Side
WMIX
Hoyleton
T. B. Russell
Eplay We
Warren Bottle
Waltonville Rd
Mt. Vernon, Il
H. S. Band
McLaughlin
Perkins Avenue
Mount Vernon, Illinois
Duncan Phyfe
Slick’ Corder
Krekel
Edmison
19Th Street
Radio & Television
SALEM
James L. Devoy
Bdwy
Hollywood
P.O
New York
N.Y
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