Mt Vernon social notes missive of visits and travel
Mrs Ida Krutsinger and Mrs Irwin Lacey of Mt Vernon and Mrs Louie Schmidt Woodlawn are expected home from a Niagra Falls cast tour. Several residents travel to St Louis Tampa Chicago Detroit and Fort Worth while others undertake vacations to Canada Wisconsin Michigan and Minnesota. Local residents visit relatives in Salem Benton Fairfield and Olney with trips to West Frankfort Shiloh and Woodlawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Krutsinger
Ndd
Irwin Lacey
Mt. Vernon
Louie Schmidt
Woodlawn
Niagara Falls
Orville Flanagan
Opyke
Veteransospital
Marion
W. G. Parker
Fred Rough
Bowling Green
Robert Crosnoe
Ada Sue
Robert
A. Price
Harold Dooley
Salem
Tampa
Fla
Leroy Johnson
Robert Howell
Bluford
B. J. Smith
Tess Smith
Danville
Ill
Maurice Smith
Virgil Byard
Canada
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Earl Feldmann
Wilmington
Ohio
Mary Ann Taylor
Paul Pfotenhauer
Kansas City
Wayne Scranton
Roy Stout
Ross Spurling
John Allen
St. Louis
Missouri
J. T. Tormey
Wichita
Kansas
Poplar Bluff
Myrna Shaw
Benton
Mary Shaeffer
Chicago
Jo Walker
John Cannon
Detroit
Mich
Raymond Raney
Juanita
Ural Anthony
Donald Anthony
John Curtis
New York City
Stella Bond
Fort Worth
Texas
Neal Modert
John E. West
Will Schofield
Fairfield
Roy Kissner
Vernon
D. A. Stephenson
Carla Ann Smith
Dahlgren
Melvin Dean Wilson
C. F. Hinman
Porter Weatherford
Galesburg
Claude Piercy
Shiloh
Fred Sly
Walter Noble
Indiana
MN. FE. Hopewell
William Williams
Linda
J.C. Livingston
Mt. Vernon Scout Wins Nature Award at Camp Am-Wa-Co
Bill Howard of Mt. Vernon Troop 106 receives an award for outstanding individual in Nature work at the close of the first period at Camp Am-Wa-Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Howard
Mt. Vernon
Camp Am-Wa-Co
Births in area with multiple hospital births
Mr and Mrs Fred Stitch of 104 north 16th street welcomed a son named Thomas Lee born at 6 36 am at Jefferson Memorial Hospital weighing six pounds fourteen and a half ounces. Mr and Mrs Vernon McGuire of 1710 south 13th street reported an eight pound six and a half ounce son born yesterday at Good Samaritan Hospital. Mr and Mrs Orville Austin of Wayne City welcomed a seven pound one and a half ounce daughter born at Good Samaritan Hospital. Mr and Mrs Lester Flexter of Johnsonville reported a son born at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing eight pounds nine ounces. Mr and Mrs Harry Bodine welcomed a son born at 6 30 pm Friday at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing seven pounds one ounce. Mr and Mrs Walter Wesley Green of Waltonville reported a daughter born at 3 15 am today at Good Samaritan Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Stitch
North 16Th Street
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Thomas Lee
Vernon McGuire
South 13Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Orville Austin
Wayne City
Lester Flexter
Johnsonville
Harry Bodine
Walter Wesley Green
Waltonville
Engagement Announced for Eugenia Bedard and Edwardo Herrerias
Society notes report Eugenia Bedard of University City Missouri engaged to Edwardo Herrerias of Guatemala City Guatemala. Guests included Mrs Elisa Estrada de Lopez mother of the groom. An open house at 7470 Kingsbury University City will host family and friends as plans for a fall wedding in St Louis are made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugenia Bedard
Edwardo Herresias
Lawrence Bedard
University City
Mt. Vernon
Glen Echo Country Club
Eugenia
Edwardo Herrerias
Guatamala City
Guatamala
Elisa Estrada de Lopez
Herrerias
Bedard
Kingsbury
Merrerias
Lopez
Coralia Merrerias
St. Louis
San Francisco
Guatemala City
Hospital Notes from Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan
Jefferson Memorial admits Christine Gregory Herman Beasley of Bruford Mrs. Betty Knox Thelma Wilson of Bonnie Discharged: Mrs. Elsie Book of Inn Etha Darlene Dycus Sadie Mullins Mary F MoeMullins Good Samaritan admits Mrs. Thomas Lee Willmore Mrs. August Jacobson Miss Claudette Nebelsick Mrs. Raymond Edmison
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Memorial
Christine Gregory
Herman Beasley
Bruford
Betty Knox
Thelma Wilson
Bonnie
Elsie Book
Inn
Etha Darlene Dycus
Sadie Mullins
Mary F. MoeMullins
Good Samaritan
Thomas Lee Willmore
August Jacobson
Claudette Nebelsick
Raymond Edmison
Airport travelers from Mattoon and Pekin visit city
William Edmonds of Mattoon flew in today while Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Mickle of Pekin arrived at the local airport. Roscoe Prescott and Sheldon Mayse of Connellsville Pa stopped en route to Springfield Mo yesterday. Noon weather shows 87 degrees with 68 dewpoint and 45 percent humidity, light southwest wind at 3 mph and barometer 30.04 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Edmonds
Mattoon
Forrest Mickle
Pekin
Roscoe Prescott
Sheldon Mayse
Connelsville
Springfield
Waltonville News Highlights Local Visitors and Events
Waltonville correspondence lists holiday visits by Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Newell in St Charles with the Petros family and Mrs. Beauford Slater with others in Christopher. Edis Mannen visited Chicago relatives. Andrew Martin of Delton, S C stayed with the Dees. Funeral services were held for Mrs. Ann Thomas at the Universalist church as Stewart Gee and family visited. Revival at Freewill Baptist church with Rev RoE Willis. Leland Mannen of Washington DC visited relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kermit Newell
St. Charles
Tony Petrosky
Beauford Slater
Agnes Metcalf
Christopher
Elmer Slater
Edis Mannen
Chicago
Andrew Martin
Delton
S. C
Chester Dees
Martin
Dees
Elsie Hodge
Mt. Vernon
E. M. Campbell
la Lance
Universalist Church
Ann Thomas
Stewart Gee
Clarence Kuhns
Mattoon
Hollie Laur
Coy Martin
Washington, Til
Cora Hartley
Wm. Walters
Orval
Crab Orchard Lake
Freewill Baptist Church
Roe. Willis
Leland Mannen
Washington, D.C
Millionaire in China on American Dollar crisis
In Shanghai on July 10 the Chinese currency hit a historic low of 6,000,000 to 1 on the black market. Prices surged and the stock exchange shut five minutes after opening. Police scoured markets for black marketeers dealing in U S and Hong Kong money as chaos spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Shanghai
Stock Exchange
WU. S
Louisiana Girl Mother at 12 Shreveport Chronicle
Twelve year old Martha Jo McCart becomes a mother in northwest Louisiana when she helps care for her son William McCart Jr born June 27 at Charity Hospital. The family lives with Bill McCart's parents in Fairview Alpha near Coushatta. The community gathered to celebrate the homecoming as Martha Jo assists with infant care aided by her sister Emily Bamberg who is ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Martha Jo McCart
Bill McCart
Charity Hospital
William McCart
McCarts
Fairview- Alpha
Coushatta
Louisiana
Martha Jo
Emily Bamberg
Emily
Girl Acrobat Falls 110 Feet at Palisades Park
Miss Valentine Davie a 21 year old New York City acrobat fell 110 feet from a broken trapeze at Palisades Amusement Park while 15 000 spectators watched. She suffered multiple injuries but remained optimistic saying she would not perform again. Doctors expect at least four months confinement. The act continued with another performer taking her place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliffside Park
N. J
Palisades Amusement Park
Valentine Davie
New York City
Englewood Hospital
Miss Davie
Justice Douglas Not a Candidate
Philadelphia July 10 The Inquirer cites Supreme Court Justice William O Douglas saying by telephone he is not a candidate and has no plans to be. He notes Eisenhower's declaration he would not accept a nomination and declines to comment on a draft. Douglas was vacationing in Wallowa Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
the Philadelphi Inquirer Today
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Douglas
Wallowa
Oregon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Locks Big Brother Up in Refrigerator
In Chicago on July 9 three year old Bobby Fish argued with his brother Stanley nine over entering the family ice box. Bobby slammed the door on Stanley, who was later found unconscious and revived by a fire department rescue squad after about 45 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bobby Fish
Stanley
Bobby
Heavy losses for rebels in Grammos mountains
The Greek general staff estimated Communist led guerrillas lost more than 40 percent of their personnel from June 21 to July in the Grammos mountains during a government anti-rebel drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Grammos
Hulman elected to Chicago & Eastern Illinois board
Anton Hulman Jr president of Hulman & Co Terre Haute Ind was elected to the board of directors of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad, succeeding Henry E Perry who resigned. The election was held yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Anton Hulman, Jr
Hulman & Co
Terre Haute
Ind
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Flo
Henry E. Perry
Commercial Solvents Corporation
New York
McLeansboro High School bids eyed for new wing
McLeansboro Township High School Board of Education plans to seek bids soon for proposed construction and additions to the old building with a target cost of about 500000 dollars. Farler era bids on a new gym were rejected earlier. Hamilton County receives 148718.66 Farm to Market funds. applications filed for full amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcleansboro
Ill
Dwight Miller
Paula Jean
California
Fred Underwood
David
Wayne Pemberton
Gattenburg
John Sawyer
Gilber Yoder
Ira Yoder
Detroit
Simon Yoder
McLeansboro Township
Russell York
Boissevain
Manitoba
Canada
Evans C. Williams
Hamilton
Farmers Home Administration
Williams
John T. Erkman
Arthur van Hooser
Metropolis
Hamilton County
Bailey
Allies and Russians clash over Berlin traffic rules
The United States, Britain, and France demanded Berlin access be unblocked by Moscow as they issued a joint protest note. The plan would ease the western highway blockade but give Russia control over the last exit routes for about 25,000 Allied nationals. Meanwhile air shuttle flights continued with 65 American cargo planes reaching Tempelhof, as Soviet moves restrict land freight and require content approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Moscow
U. S
Berlin
Tempelhof
West
Terry Heads Model Plane Club Here
Richard Terry was elected president of the Mt. Vernon Flying Lions, a model airplane club. Anson Smith became vice president, Terry Carr treasurer, and Bud Webb secretary. the group met at the junior high athletic field and will reconvene at 2:00 Sunday afternoon, inviting spectators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Terry
Mt. Vernon
Rapp Divorce Plea Seeks Custody and Alimony
Nellie V. Rapp filed for divorce from Glenn R. Rapp in Circuit Court this morning charging cruelty. She seeks custody of two children and alimony. Married September 3, 1938, separated May 23, 1948. County Judge Frank H. Walker represents the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie V. Rapp
Glenn R. Rapp
Frank H. Walker
Dense social notes from Dix Illinois and environs
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Campbell and Mrs. Molly Chapman of Centralia visit Dix relatives. Many listed locals and visitors from Alton to Mt. Vernon attend gatherings. trips include Chicago, Kentucky, Tulsa, and San Antonio. Families such as the Williams, Rollinson, McBride, Hawkins, Tinsley, and Farley are noted along with numerous extended relatives spending weekends and holidays in Dix and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Campbell
Molly Chapman
Centralia
Dix
Wilsie Williams
Chicago
Harold Williams
Joe Ben Willams
Josie Connaway
Etta Rollinson
Kell
Ill
Effie Carpenter
Deer Grove
Nora Lane
Bluford
Nona Chambliss
Divide
Ora Howard
Mt. Vernon
Neema Stenkie
Walter Kirkpatrick
Harry Rollinson
Paul Rollinson
Orville Telford
Mark Freeman
Nell Montroy
Louis Courtney
Kay Greer
Bob Phillis
Alton
Marvin Tate
Ray Guyman
Delburn Smith
Bill Guymon
Virgil Malinax
Kentucky
J. C. Walker
Kenneth
Louis Estes
Decatur
Bert McBride
Ern Hawkins
Florence Holmes
Jimmie McBride
Sycamore
John McBride
Bert Jacob
St. Louis
Gereldene Eller
Arley Tinsley
Russell Stroup
E. C. Cremeans
C. A. Abbott
San Antonio
Texas
Hattie Robinson
Tulsa
Oklo
Fred Walker
Billy Piercy
Orville Pile
Jim Carpenter
Dale Kerney
Mattoon
J. R. Williams
Peoria
Charles Farley
Montie McDanial
Charlotte Ann Bruce
Maud McDanial
Embargo Wheat Tightens Midwest Rail Grid
Kansas City reports a temporary rail embargo on wheat to curb overflow into terminal and elevator facilities. Week's arrivals reached 10,077 cars with 1,986 cars added yesterday. About 1,247 cars within 100 miles await track space and 1,000 more are en route. Rail yards hold 8,389 cars pending unloading as crews boost labor by 25 percent to ease bottlenecks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Kansas City
Midwest
R. E. Clark
Association of American Railroads
Clark
Hot Weekend Forecast Across Nation With Heat Wave
Weather Bureau predicted a hot weekend for most of the country. A small tropical storm center moving through central Alabama brought heavy rain to the south and cooler spells. The Midwest heat wave persisted with readings near 90. Similar highs were expected in the Gulf and mountain states and parts of the East, with no immediate relief anticipated. Pacific Northwest temperatures remained around normal. Scattered thundershowers occurred overnight in Illinois, Indiana, northern Wisconsin, and upper Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Alabama
South
Midwest
Mercury
Gulf and
Mountain States
East
Pacific Northwest
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Upper
Michigan
Police Court Fines Against Fairfield Residents
Fines assessed before Magistrate EW Threlkeld include William Hluth of Fairfield Arvil Lowery and Adcock Ker n on drunk charges each fined 13.40 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Threlkeld
William Hluth
Fairfield
Arvil Lowery
Kkern Adcock
Large Turnover on Jobless Pay Here
Turnover in unemployment compensation claims remains high with 173 new claims in the week ending July 10 including 43 by women. Continued claims totaled 390 for 610 weeks, down from 453 in the prior period. In two weeks, 195 people returned to work or stopped filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern L. Cravens
Illinois
Movie Actress Funeral Today Carole Landis rites in Glendale
Funeral services for screen star Carole Landis were held at the Church of the Recessional in Glendale with pallbearers Cesar Romero Pat O’Brien and Willard Parker among others. The Forest Lawn Memorial Park ceremony began at 12 30 p m CST and interment followed at Forest Lawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Glendale
Calif
Carole Landis
Los Angeles
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Cesar Romero
Pat O'Brien
Willard Parker
Bill Nye
Miss Landis
Lou Wasson
Florence Wasson
Forest Lawn
Hollywood
Cost of stool pigeons pinches cost of patrolmen
BELLEVILLE NL July 10 The high cost of stool pigeons in police work prompts Police Lt Herbert G Uhley to seek a move to patrolman He says he pays more than 30 a month for information from the underworld and cannot itemize it on expense accounts The lieutenant would drop from 235 to 195 a month and hopes new pigeons will be cheaper elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville
Herbert G. Uhley
Underworld
Youth Revival at Mt Vernon Park July 19 31
City wide revival sponsored by Youth for Christ to run July 19 to 31 at Mt Vernon city park. Rev J B Sessions of Fairmont West Virginia, director of West Virginia Bible College, will preach. Special music by Mrs Sessions. Inter denominational event with youth from Mt Vernon churches visiting houses each evening at 8 oclock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youth For Christ
Mt. Vernon
J. B. Sessions
Fairmont
West Virginia
Sessions
West Virginia Bible College
Perfume prank hits Oklahoma City newspapers
Daily Oklahoman and Times printers dumped 45 pounds of perfume essence into presses as a gag for a department store ad for Black Magic perfume. The scent lingered in both editions for days, prompting puzzled remarks from staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Daily
Oklahoman
Times
Bonnie Register News Correspondence Highlights Local Events
Bonnie Mrs Ralph McBrian hip fracture in Good Samaritan Hospital after garden fall. Mrs Pearl Wallace returned from Peoria Ill visit with Ira Parker and relatives. Mr and Mrs Alvin Chesney and daughters Karen Sue Wanda Williamson visited. Mrs Bulah Baker and Mrs Erwin Hayes of Dareville visited Owen Hicks. A birthday dinner honored Elva Braddy at Grover Chesney home with many relatives and friends from Hammond Ind and local area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph McBrian
Good Samaritan Hospital
Pearl Wallace
Ira Parker
Peoria
Ill
Alvin Chesney
Karen Sue
Wanda Williamson
Evansville
Wis
Bulah Baker
Erwin Hayes
Dareville
Owen Hicks
Grover Chesney
Elva Braddy
Bob Howard
Pete Vollarich
Mary Ellen Chesney
Otis Braddy
Clarence Ecklund
Eddie Schults
Hammond
Ind
van Quinn
Doyle Howard
C. R. Hoots
Lowell Hoots
Springfield
Fifty Five Births Reported in June in Mt Vernon Area
Vital statistics from the City Clerk's office show 55 babies born in June across Mt Vernon Dodds and Shiloh townships. Of the total 29 deaths 26 occurred in Mt Vernon. Girls comprised 33 of the births.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Dodds
Shiloh
W .W. Hart
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