Local residents visit, travel, and hospital news recap
Bethel School teacheratie Cullins is a patient at Gleansboro hospital after an operation. Several residents, including Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Schim ell and Rev. and Mrs. Orville, visited family in Crown Point and Evansville. Many others, from Chicago to Champaign, return from trips to Chicago, Atlantic coast, and to towns like Centralia and Marion county, with updates on visits and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atie Cullins
Bethel School
Gleansboro Hospital
Theodore Schimell
Evansville
Ind
Jn Zimmerlee
Orville
Out of Crown Point
Ts. Earl Vaughn
South 16Th ‘Street
Robert L. Lacey
Worth Lacey
N.C
Forteigh
Smokey Mountains
Chicago
Jam W. Smith
Mary Leffler
Flossie Lambert
Lucille Johnson
Portsmouth
Washington, D._C
Jess Nelms
Don Wagner
Ed Santulli
Bill Trotter
John Rackaway
Andy Andrews
Paducah
Edward Anderson
E. T. Anderson
South 15Th Street
Robert Walters
Great West Life Insurance Co
Jack Leach
Los Angeles
Calif
Emma Walker
Scheller
Mt. Vernon
Appleton
Wis
John Gall
Earl Holleman
Xenia
Nellie Rhynes
Ina
Vernon
Dick Roth
Long Beach
James William ‘Asbury
Lesser
Eugene Hinderer
Iulia
Hubert Outland
Bluford
Faye Hughey
Sarah Shields
Mattoon
Ill
Kell
Vernon Maar
Des Moines
Amos Harvey
Robert
Thompsonville
Wally O'Brien
Charles Rippy
Sylvia Phillips
Aati
Births of two sons at local homes and hospital
Mr and Mrs William Enlow of 13 S Sixth street welcomed a son born Monday at 1 30 am weighing eight pounds named Herbert Leslie. Mr and Mrs Ray W Pinkston of 719 Casey avenue welcomed a son born last evening at Good Samaritan Hospital named John Edward
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William Enlow
S. Sixth Street
Herbert Leslie
Ray W. Pinkston
Casey Avenue
Good Samaritan Hospital
John Edward
LeRoy Simmons Post to Hold Evening Meeting this Wednesday
LeRoy Simmons Post No 952 American Legion schedules a Wednesday 8 p.m. meeting at club rooms with officer elections on the agenda. Amvet Post No 4 also meets Wednesday July 13 at eight p.m. in club rooms with a dutch treat luncheon after the session. all Am vets are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Simmons
American Legion
Turner Boehm Post No. 4
Royal Arch Masons 2A Meeting Notice
Royal Arch Masons Andrew P D ebb chapter No. 160 will hold a stated meeting on Wednesday July 13 at 7 30 pm. S Gale Bourland H P Cecil N Levin Secy.
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Royal Arch Masons
Andrew PD
S. Gale Bourland
H. P. Cecil N. Levin
Sec
Amvet Auxiliary and local clubs hold August events
Amvet Auxiliary met last evening at eight in club rooms. Reports from state convention in Freeport Illinois and hospital child welfare work were presented. Membership awards and a 1948-49 plaque were given to Doris Shell. New uniforms modeled. plan exists for a school poster contest for White Clover Day in August. Entertainment committee served refreshments. Vera Hampton received a pride. Summersville Round Dozen Club meets Wednesday at Mrs Lora Miller home. tea towels requested. Pleasant Grove Women’s Society of Christian Service meets Thursday at 7:30 pm at Mrs Hal Smith’s home. visitors welcome. Happy Circle Club met at city park cabin. 20 members and five visitors dined. July birthdays celebrated. new member Mary Smith welcomed. Betty Bean named for future membership. Mystery pal gifts exchanged. Upcoming meeting August 4 at city park tourist cabin hosted by Mrs Evelyn Molenkemp Mrs Frances Williford and Wilma Markam.
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AMVET
Amvet Auxilary
Freeport
Ill
Catherine Mitchell
Freida Clifton
Robbie Hanna
Doris Shell
State Auxiliary
Irene Braddy
Betty Davis
Thelma Shepherd
Vera Hampton
Happy Circle Club
City Park
Minnie Mills
Ars
Isabell Miller
Selah Mills
Doris Newton
Mary Smith
Betty Bean
Gertrude Pattie
Carolin
Wanda Mariline
Phyllis Ann Smith
Belle Rive
Evelyn Molenkemp
Frances Williford
Wilma Markam
Girl 9 Injured in Bicycle Truck Collision at Perkins and Welkin
Marian Miller aged 9 of 709 Herbert street was slightly hurt yesterday evening when her bicycle and a truck collided at Perkins and Welkin streets. The truck driver, Pleasant Minor, 36, of 309 South Second Street, was fined 10.40 dollars by Magistrate A. M. Dulaney for driving without a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Miller
Herbert
Perkins and Welkin Street
Pleasant Minor
S. Second Street
Minor
A. M. Dulaney
Two Infants Operated At Local Hospital Today
Two infants were reported as “petting alone fine” after operations at Good Samaritan Hospital. Cheryl Wood, 13 months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Wood of Sims, had a ruptured appendix operation yesterday. A three day old infant was operated on Saturday.
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Good Samaritan Hospital
Cheryl Wood
Robert Wood
Sims
Unscheduled Flight Route Operator Involved In Incident
The incident involved a converted C46 plane carrying Mary and Rose and Charlotte Grenadier from Long Beach as stewardesses. Harold Tucker was co pilot and the flight departed New York around 7 30 p m eastern standard time with stops in Chicago Kansas City and Albuquerque. The Los Angeles air route traffic control bureau reported the plot for police aid at the airport and a passenger list was being compiled through cooperation of New York Chicago and Kansas City offices.
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Birmingham Veterans’ Hospital
van Nuys
Harold Tucker
Mary
Rose
Charlotte Grenadier
Long Beach
Los Angeles
New York
Chicago
Kansas City
Kiefer Rapp Nuptials Tie Dahlgren Couple in June Ceremony
Rita Marie Rapp daughter of Mr and Mrs William Rapp Belle Rive married Henry Paul Kiefer son of Mr and Mrs Xavier Kiefer in a candlelight ceremony at St John s church Dahlgren. Rev William Brandmeyer officiated as the couple and their families celebrated with a three tier wedding cake and pink and blue floral accents. Both newlyweds are Dahlgren Community High School graduates and plan to live at the Kiefer home north of Dahlgren where Mr Kiefer farms after a honeymoon trip.
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Ecently
Rita Marie Rapp
William Rapp
Belle Rive
Henry Paul Kiefer
Xavier Kiefer
St. John's Church
Dahlgren
William Brandmeyer
Dolores Rapp
Robert Fournie
Collinsville
Kiefer
Reds Continue Truck Blockade at Helmstedt Checks
Berlin dispatch says Russia tightened its Berlin blockade for a third day with about 500 German trucks stranded at the Helmstedt checkpoint inside the Soviet zone. Only four trucks per hour could pass into Berlin via the autobahn, while six British army trucks were cleared. Moscow had promised a letter explaining the move.
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Berlin
Russia
Helmstedt
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admissions
At Jefferson Memorial Hospital admitted patients include Mrs Pearl Daughhe ree Mrs Hazel Francis Mrs Pauline Falk of Flora and Mrs Myrtle Pickett Discharged are infant Janice Marylene Wells of Bonnie Norman Davis Master Billy Gene Watts and R L Dobson of McLeansboro
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Jefferson Memorial
Pearl Daughheree
Hazel Francis
Pauline Falk
Flora
Myrtle Pickett
Janice Marlyene Wells
Bonnie
Norman Davis
Billy Gene Watts
R. L. Dobson
McLeansboro
England's Sparse Car Ownership Revealed in Census
A census shows only one in 35 people in England owns an automobile, highlighting limited vehicle ownership and broad reliance on nonautomotive transport. Officials note regional disparities and rising trends in later years.
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England
Soloman Rites At 2 Thursday
Funeral services for Walter Edwin Soloman will be held Thursday at 2:00 p.m. at the Nazarene church with Rev. Clarence Hester of Elgin and Rev. D. E. Milby of Mt. Vernon officiating. Burial will follow in Sursa cemetery. The body was moved from Pulley Funeral Home to the family home at 415 South Fourth Street, where friends may call after 6:00 p.m. Soloman, 49, died after a sudden illness at the New Good Samaritan Hospital construction site yesterday. He was a member of the Nazarene church.
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Walter Edwin Soloman
Nazarene Church
Clarence Hester
Elgin
D. E. Milby
Mt. Vernon
Sursa
Pulley
S. Fourth Street
Soloman
Good Samaritan Hospital
The
Fairfield residents listed among hospital admissions and discharges
Good Samaritan admitted Jim Hayes Lucinda Miller Mary Ellen Bodner James Pierce Slover infant Linda Lou Clark all of Fairfield. Discharged: Mary Anderson Charlie McCormick Lena May Stephens Mrs Betty Bell Bluford Johnsonville Robert Rickey Betty Connaway Texico and infant sons Billy Joe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Samaritan
Jim Hayes
Lucinda Miller
Mary Ellen Bodner
Fairfield
James Pierce Slover
Linda Lou Clark
Bluford
Mary Anderson
Charlie McCormick
Lena May Stephens
Johnsonville
Betty Bell
Robert Rickey
Betty Connaway
Texico
Billy Joe
Niece Dies in Bloomington Ind On Visit
Mrs. Charles Saterfield learns of the death of her niece Miss Enola Rentschler of Spencer Ind who died yesterday during a visit with her sister Mrs Harriet Van Valer Funeral services are set for Spencer on Wednesday
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Charles Saterfield
Enola Rentschler
Bloomington
Ind
Miss Rentschler
Spencer, Ind
Harriet van Valer
Model planes powered by rubber bands in France in 1871
The article notes early aviation experiments with rubber band powered model planes in France dating to 1871, illustrating primitive aircraft concepts before full-scale powered flight.
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France
Set Records For Scoring And Errors All Star Game Drive
The American and National League rosters traded runs through the game with Mize, Hodges, Meant and Semnick among early scorers while Kell, J. DiMaggio and Musial contributed key hits. A rain delay paused play with 32,577 in attendance before Raschi and Roe closed out a high scoring showcase. Kiner homered for the Nationals as the 18th All Star record was set and the Americans rallied behind DiMaggio and Hodges in a tense late stretch.
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Mize
Marshall
Gil Hodges
Broklyn
Kazak
Hodges
Kell
Seminick
American Hodges
Sid Gordon
New York
Campanella
Brooklyn
J. DiMaggio
S. Gordon
Hughes
Gordon
Williams
Joost
E. Robinson
Musial
Nationals
Brissie
Berra
Schoendienst
St. Louis
Newcombe
Reese
Michaels
J. Robinson
D. DiMaggio
Stan
Dom DiMaggio
Kiner
Munger
J. Gordon
Stephens
Dillinger
Doby
Cleveland
E. Robnson
Mitchell
Thomson
Mner
Pafko
Vic Raschi
Wertz
Stephens Pafko
Raschi
Blackwell
Goodman
Boston
Slaughter
Preacher Roe
Reft
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