Mt Vernon area visitors and residents noted in daily roundup
A wide list of Mt Vernon residents and guests appears from Mt Vernon to nearby towns. Travelers include Mr and Mrs C W Harriss returning from two weeks in Mt Vernon and Waltonville, Lieut Leon Vigdor visiting from Casper, Wyo, and families from Opdyke to Elgin. Others attend events and vacations in St Louis, Chicago, Kansas City, and University City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Harriss
Columbus
Ohio
Mt. Vernon
Waltonville
Thomas Morris
Valier
Randall Billiner
Lesser
J. G. Cockrum
Dorothy Dale
Inn
Herbert Holman
Whittington
Leon Vigdor
Casper
Wyo
Frank Atlas
Elsie Peterson
Doris Peterson
Wilcox, Ariz
L. J. Fulmer
W. R. Floyd
Opdyke
John Collins
Wayne City
L. B. Elliott
Pinckneyville
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Fred Gaddis
Roe
Ashley
Earl Campbell
Tommy
Tilden
Edson Emmons
Geff, NL
Joyce Glassman
University City
M. Glassman
Ben Dycus
Holt Smith
Pauline Garrison
Jewel Chamberlain
Candy
Elgin
Bill Garrison
T. R. Garrison
Kansas City
Kansas
Max McCarty
Eels Road
Airport News Roundup of Local Flyers
Mr and Mrs Kenneth F Speedy of Freemont HL stopped at Mt Vernon Airport today en route to Metropolis. M G Carr made a cross country flight to St Louis Mo today and returned. Charles Zimmerman flew to DuQuoin and returned yesterday. Bob Madlem flew to St Louis Mo on business Friday. Bill Jackson made across country flight to Springfield IL today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth F. Speedy
Freemont
Mt. Vernon
Metropolis
M. G. Carr
St. Louis
Charles Zimmerman
DuQuoin
Bob Madlem
Bill Jackson
Springfield
Airport Weather Noon Report
Noon observations show a temperature of 87 degrees, dew point 74, humidity 63 percent. Wind from SSW at 8 mph, pressure 30.90 inches.
Local Society Notes From Delta Theta Tau Meetings
Delta Rho Chapter plans a July 19 7 p.m. meeting at Mt. Vernon Public Library noting the time change. Shields Unit Home Bureau met at Mrs Clara Coil home with Lois May Coil Mary McGinley and Meda Fox presenting piano selections and lessons. Papertown Yank 4-H Club invited to August 19 all day Center school house with an aluminum etching demonstration. White Rose Camp 3450 Royal Neighbors of America Bruford will meet July 20 at Ruth Purcell home. annual picnic brings baskets and table service. supper 6 30. YW A met at Ada Mae Turner home with a Rural Churches lesson by Erma Lou Sommers. next at Phyllis Goddard Waltonville Road. Spring Garden Home Bureau Unit meets July 21 at 2 p.m. with Mrs Mother Fowler. lessons by Mrs Alma Bevis and Mrs Nancy Duncan. visitors welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta Theta Tau
Delta Rho
Delta Theta Tau Sorority
Mt. Vernon Public Library
Shields
Home Bureau
Clara Coil
Lois May Coil
Mary McGinley
Meda Fox Cave
Papertown Yank
White Rose
Royal Neighbors of America of Bruford
Ruth Purcell
Zelma Ikovach
Ree
Young Women's Association of the Second Baptist Church
Ada Mae Turner
Erma Lou Sommers
Mike Turner
Rose Marie Damiel
Phyllis Goddard
Waltonville Road
Spring Garden Unit
Spring Garden Home Bureau
Uni
Mother Fowler
Alma Bevis
Nancy Duncan
Summersville Home Bureau meets at Mrs Harlow's home
The Summersville Home Bureau Unit will meet at the home of Mrs Claude Harlow on Tuesday July 20 at 2 p.m. Lessons will be given by Mrs Blaine Marlow. A good attendance is desired and visitors are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summersville
Hospital Notes Shows Patient Admissions and Discharges
Good Samaritan admits Cinda Ann Lively and Mary Allen Bodner among others while discharges include Mrs Hal Wolfe and Pearl Smith. Jefferson Memorial reports discharge for Mrs Betty Willis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Samaritan
Cinda Ann Lively
Mary Allen Bodner
Charles McClure
Charles Jackson
Hal Wolfe
Pearl Smith
Raymond Storck
Jefferson Memorial
Betty Willis
Births listed for Woodlawn and nearby communities
Mr and Mrs Joe Frank Bennet of Route 1 Woodlawn welcome a daughter named Francis Kay born at home this morning. Mr and Mrs Henry Levin of Peoria report a son born at 8 30 last night. Mr and Mrs George Meadows of Woodlawn welcome a 7 pound 2 ounce son named Arthur Eugene born Friday at Good Samaritan Hospital. A son arrived today for Mr and Mrs Eli Stutts of Wayne City at 7 27 am at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing 8 pounds 6 ounces unnamed. Mr and Mrs Raymond Lipe ofAQ5 cast Jordan report a son born at Jefferson Memorial Hospital at 8 03 pm Friday weighing 8 pounds 1 ounce named Jimmy Ray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Frank Bennett
Route 1
Woodlawn
Francis Kay
Henry Levin
Peoria
George Meadows
Good Samaritan Hospital
Arthur Eugene
Eli Stutts
Wayne City
Raymond Lipe
AQ5
Jordan
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jimmy Ray
Mt Vernon Couples Apply for Marriage Licenses
Gerald James Border and Betty June Price of Mt. Vernon plan to wed. Charles Curtis Clark and Melba Ruth Goddard, both of Mt. Vernon, also seek marriage licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald James Border
Betty June Price
Mt. Vernon
Charles Curtis Clark
Melba Ruth Goddard
Robby Bland Treated After Night Crash at 10th and Tierbert
Robby May Bland of 1312 South 6th Street sustained minor injuries in a single vehicle and truck collision at 10th and Tierbert Streets. She was treated at Jefferson Memorial Hospital after the 1:15 a.m. incident today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robby May Bland
South 6Th Street
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
10Th
Tierbert Streets
Suit Settled for 75000 Dollars in Zinc Fortune Case
Mrs Charlotte Chancellor wins $75000 cash and income from a $750000 fund in a long dispute over a $5,000,000 zinc fortune trust. The settlement ends her suit for her late husband’s share, with Philip Matthiessen Chancellor dropping counterclaims. The $750000 fund ends on the death of Mrs Chancellor or her sister. Mrs Chancellor also agrees to transfer the Montecito California home to her stepson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Charlotte Chancellor
Chancellor
Phillip Matthiessen Chancellor
F. W. Matthiessen
la Salle
Ill
Mexico City
Philip S. Chancellor
Margaret Thorne Parschall
Six 4-H Girls Drowned Near New Sharon Iowa
Six farm girls aged 6 to 16 drowned when their car plunged off a graveled road into six feet of water near New Sharon Iowa. Only survivor was 5-year-old Iva Van Kampen and driver Helen Van Kampen 16, daughter of Everett and Mrs Van Kampen. Sheriff’s report says the car stalled on a hill and backed off the road into the creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New Sharon
Iva van Kampen
Dwight Mateer
Helen van Kampen
Everett van Kampen
Defeat Of Tru man Is Rebel Aim
The piece discusses civil rights program opposition and likens the current southern rebellion to the 1860 Democratic split over slavery. It notes southern leaders and conventions in Charleston and Baltimore, nominating Douglas and Breckenridge, and frames the issue as federal interference over racial segregation and voting rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Philadelphia
Alabama
Charleston
S. C
Baltimore
Stephen A. Douglas
Ilinois
John C. Breckenridge
Kentucky
Black Jack Pershing and the aging Army’s end
New York mourns General of the Armies John J. Pershing, a frontier cavalryman turned modern strategist. His 62 years of service shaped an Army shifting from horses to engines and iron, ending in Arlington as Hollywood’s veterans echo the ritual of a bygone era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Black Jack
John J. Pershing
Arlington
Hollywood
Pershing
Cuba
Lee
Eisenhower
Grant
Fiddler's Green
Funeral Friday For Jack Golden
Funeral services were held yesterday for Jack Golden who died at Du Quoin He was the shortstop on the Mt. Vernon Merchants baseball team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Golden
du Quoin
Golden
Mt. Vernon
17 Injured in Bus Truck Crash on South Side
CHICAGO July 17 Twenty one people were injured when a Chicago bound Greyhound bus collided with a trailer truck and burst into flames on the far South Side None of the injuries were serious but many burned as they fled the bus through a rear door after the front door jammed The 90 gallon gas tank on the truck exploded enveloping the front of the bus and the truck cabin James H Madden 25 the bus driver was burned on face and head The truck driver Kenneth Ar buckle 26 of Indianapolis suffered body bruises Passengers treated at South Chicago hospital included Mrs Gertrude Warthow 39 Mark Wagner 57 Mrs Elsie Wagner 44 Oran Kenearid 18 and George Sparleder 35
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Greyhound
James H. Madden
Kenneth Arbuckle
Indianapolis
Ewing
Indianapolis Avenues
South Chicago Hospital
Gertrude Warthow
South 64Th Street
West Allis
Wis
Mark Wagner
Lisbon Street
Milwaukee
Elsie Wagner
Oran Kenearid
Newton, Til
George Sparleder
East 52Nd Street
Indianapois
Mrs Emma Tyler Dies Rites Sunday
Emma Tyler died at 9 p m Friday at her daughter’s home north of Keenes Wayne s City Illinois funeral services set for Sunday at 3 30 p m at Ten Post Oak Baptist church Rev Bird Green to officiate Burial in Ten Post Oak Cemetery She born April 16 1868 Belle Rive daughter of John and Mary Shrum Survived by two daughters Mrs R W Myers of Atlanta Ga and Mrs Hutson of Keenes four grandchildren and sister Mrs Sarah Purcell Husband Lewis preceded her in death
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne's City
Emma Tyler
Harold Hutson
Keenes
Ten Post Oak Baptist Church
Bird Green
Ten Post Oak Cemetery
Tyler
Belle Rive
John
Mary Shrum
R. W. Myers
Atlanta, Ga
Hutson
Sarah Purcell
Lewis
Pickets Protest Pro-Wallace at Alabama Convention
Pickets with pro-Wallace signs gathered outside the Southern States Rights Convention at the Birmingham municipal auditorium. They faced boos but were largely met with silence as the event began at 10 a.m. CST. Police instructed leader Robert Travis, chairman of the People’s Progressive Party of Alabama, to keep the group moving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piyejzossy Ag
Birmingham
Ala
Municipal Auditorium
Robert Travis
People's Progressive Party of
Alabama
Funeral services for Mrs Caroline Webber held Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. Caroline Webber aged 85 who died Thursday in Rochelle will be at 1 30 p m Sunday at Comb s chapel in Wayne City. Mrs Webber a former resident of Wayne county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Webber
Rochelle
Comb's Chapel
Wayne City
Webber
Wayne County
Police Court Fines McCarter for Drunk Charge
Andrew McCarter was fined 15 dollars 40 cents in police court today by Justice of the Peace O E Yandell on a drunk charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew McCarter
Justice of the Peace
O. E. Yandell
Seizure of 36 slot machines in St Louis raid
Police gambling squad seized 36 slot machines in a week long operation at the W. L. Amusement Company in downtown St. Louis. Capt. Joseph Wren led the raid on July 17 with a writ from Circuit Judge Francis Williams. The owner Fred W. Lehmkuhl unlocked the door and was booked for investigation as machines were removed to police headquarters. The raid followed a warrant request noting shipments from Frank Harris Sales Co of Poplar Bluff and origins from Chicago manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Lehmikuhl
Wren
Lehmkuhl
Frank Harris
Poplar Bluff
Harris
Chicago
Circuit Judge's Office
Killed Playing Cops and Robbers in Hammond
In Hammond Indiana a five year old boy Robert David was killed when an old 32 calibre revolver discharged during a game of cops and robbers with his nine year old brother Harold. The accident happened at their home in Griffith where the gun had been kept unused for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Hammond
Ind
Chicago
Robert David
Clifford David
R. R. 2. Griffith
Harold
David
Robert
Charges Cruelty In Divorce Suit
Ruth Nelson Collins filed for divorce from Leslie Collins charging extreme cruelty. The couple wed April 6, 1946 and separated April 7, 1948. Attorney John A. Kirk represents the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Nelson Collins
Leslie Collins
John A. Kirk
Dodge Coupe Damaged by Fire at Residence
A 1936 Dodge coupe owned by Melvin Poole of 1116 Main Street was badly damaged by fire at 12 25 a m. Firemen said Poole parked the car behind his house and went to bed. A short in the wiring of a lighted cigarette may have caused the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Poole
Main Street
Poole
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