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Mt Vernon Register News

Location

Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1950

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Mt. Vernon social notes span visits and travels

Mt Vernon readers record a long string of weekend guests and city visitors. Ruth Throgmorton and John Powell hosted at Millers Lake. visits from St Louis, LaSalle, Kennett, Wayne City, Fairfield, McLeansboro and other towns. Attendees toured Mt Vernon events and nearby fairs. many travelers returned from trips to Chicago, Memphis, Wisconsin, Tennessee, and various river towns.

Ruth Throgmorton Carbondale John Powell LaSalle Luzy Hawkins Millers Lake G. W. Sell St. Louis Frank Burton Mt. Vernon Arthur Clemins Bluford Barnes Hospital Harold Lewey Mary Hart Jimmy West Frankfort W. E. Reavis Virginia A. P Paul Stroud Anderson Ind Donald Williams Bonnie Calvin Roth Tennessee Te Rock City Lookout Mountain Chattanooga Fred Tinker Christopher Ruby Wallace Kansas Oklahoma N. Coke Barbara New York City Jean Crowder Harrisburg Ill Lamett Wood Eddie Bill Strong Cordell Wood Cady Coare Kentucky Dam Benton Emmett Wood Bill Tom McGeehee Miami Beach Fla Raymond van Horn Ridgway Bob Morrison Dethrow Herrin H. C. Anthis Bill Bob Ace Anthis A. A. Hancock Evelyn Lavern Carrier Mills J. C. Dinning Fairfield Roxie Williams Champaign Freeman Spurlock Phyllis Marshe Jimmie Pontiac Mich Vito Batton Pearl Dixon Bill Maron Jayce Duane Weems Centralia Gene Taylor Waltonville Paul Fellinger al Schroeder Chicago Luther Corey Leland Elliott Wisconsin Dale Neal A. C. Bostic Floyd Stabler McLeansboro Phyllis Wilson Norma Bullock Eva Lou Shea Benny Purcell Richard Kincheloe Whitey Lamarr Aew Louis C. Austin Tevico Ralph White Earl Hill Maine James A. Endicott California Zena Kelley Tom W., Cooleys Viola Street Richard Whitehurst Monroe G. Johnson Turner Waters Malta Montana Oliver Knapp Dahlgren J. Blaine Marlow J. W. Smith Raymond Harper Mt. Carmel Harry Shelton Geff Vernon Lelia Epperson Secie

Society Editor Leaves. Wall Resigns, Anthis Named

Loretta Wall, Register-News society editor for five years, resigned Saturday and is to move to Phoenix, Ariz. Betty Anthis, former editor of the Ver nois News, succeeds her. Marjorie Benoist plans to leave soon. she has retired from the county treasurer's office.

Loretta Wall Register-News Society Betty Anthis Vernois News Miss Wall Marjorie Benoist Phoenix Ariz Miss Benoist

Liner Franconia Freed From St Lawrence Reef

The 20,000 ton liner Franconia stranded four days on a St. Lawrence river reef was pulled loose by six tugs. It went to drydock at Lauzon Quebec two miles away. Four tugs at the stern and two on the starboard side finally freed the Cunard-Donaldson vessel from the reef at Pointe Au Taureau.

Associated Press Quebec Que Franconia St. Lawrence Lauzon Cunard-Donaldson Pointe Au Taureau

Finger Lost Feeding Brown Bear At Central Park Zoo

New York July 17 Mary Pusch 31 lost her right index finger at Central Park Zoo last night. Police said she leaned over a guard rail and put her hand through the cage bars to give the bear candy. The bear bit her hand as she fed it.

Associated Press New York Mary Pusch Central Park Zoo Miss Pusch

Eight Honors Parade to Open Baptist World Congress in Cleveland

About 20,000 people are expected to participate in a Saturday parade that opens the Baptist World Congress in Cleveland. President Truman was invited but attendance depends on the Korean situation.

Associated Press Cleveland Baptist World Congress Truman

Births List Includes Four New Babies and Twins

Mr and Mrs Glenn Burtis Estes of 425 South 15th Street welcomed a daughter Pamela Diane born yesterday evening at Good Samaritan Hospital. T/Sgt and Mrs Vern P Allen of Anchorage Alaska welcomed their third son. Mrs Allen is Myrtle Trene Band of Wayne City. Kenneth Oscar and spouse welcomed a son at Good Samaritan Hospital in Scheller today. Mr and Mrs Claire Owens of 223 Casey Avenue became parents of twins born yesterday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital weighing five and six pounds. Edmund Record and spouse of 729 Harrison Street welcomed a son John Wayne at Jefferson Memorial Hospital yesterday. baby weighed three pounds 94% ounces.

Glenn Burtis Estes South 15Th Street Good Samaritan Hospital Pamela Diane Vern P. Allen Anchorage Alaska Allen Myrtle Trene Wayne City Kenneth Oscar Scheller Claire Owens Casey Avenue Jefferson Memorial Hospital Edmund Record Harrison Street John Wayne

Jefferson Co Board of Review Opens Complaints July 17 1950

The Jefferson County Board of Review will begin receiving complaints on Monday July 17 1950. The period covers assessments for 1950 only. Chairman Carl Shurtz notes the date and scope.

Jefferson Co. Board of Review

Charter Draped At Varnell Lodge And Weddings Recap

Society notes report the Varnell Rebekah Lodge 296 draped its charter for deceased member Mrs Lucy Crowder, the last charter member. Community units announce July meetings for Dodds Day Home Bureau, Bethel Home Bureau, and Mt Vernon Evening Unit with lessons and guest speakers. A detailed wedding story chronicles Freida Beane and Joseph Blattner Jr at Concordian Lutheran Church Granite City with guests, procession, attire, and reception. The Mt Vernon Garden Club meets July 14 with a talk on cold frames by Ivan Pigg, exhibits, and garden visit invites.

Varnell Rebekah Lodge I. O. O. F. Temple North 10Th Street Lucy Crowder Crowder Blattner-Beane Freida Beane Joseph J. Blattner Concordian Lutheran Church Granite City A. O. Gebauer Lester Beane Rose Wright Madison, Sr Blattner Evelyn Skinner Mt. Vernon Ernest Koenig Arthur Bonifer St. Louis Jo Ann Tarasovich Loretta Rose Ruth Alice Gibbs Ruby Depping Diana Blattner Louis Spohr Harold Rose Richard Cassidy Boulder, Cole Ewald Kattenbraker Charles Skinner Stanley Rutkowski Marshall Gene Skinner Pigg C. L. Taylor J. E. Dixon E. G. Webb

Summersville Home Bureau Meeting Notice

Summersville Unit of Jefferson County Home Bureau will meet Tuesday July 18 at 2 pm at Oak Ridge Place home of Mrs Leslie Shehorn. Major lesson Symptom of Disease to be led by Mrs Eva McCauley and Mrs Leslie Shehorn. minor lesson Use of Deodorants by Mrs Louis Clark.

Dodds The Home Bureau Hart Estes Har] Estes John Kent Gene Cummins Kona Hawaii Bethel Home Bureau Bethel Unit of Home Bureau Ora Williams Bertha Daniels Mt. Vernon Barry Jones Richview Road Summersville

Arm Wins 500 Derby at Mt Vernon State Fair

The 1950 Mt. Vernon State Fair ended with the automobile thrill show and a full slate of races including a pony derby and a horse pulling contest. Play Arm, owned by A-1 Tennis of Mt. Carmel and ridden by Jockey Armstrong, won the $500 Jefferson County Derby after a late stretch drive. Bee Bonnie was a strong challenger and Bells O'Fair finished third. Other Saturday results featured Pony Derby winner Larry Gammon on Red Flash with a third straight win for Gammon, plus multiple short races and horse pulling placements across light, middle, and heavyweight divisions.

Mt. Vernon State Fair Play Arm A-1 Tennis Mt. Carmel Ill Armstrong Jefferson County Bee Bonnie C. M. Whiteside Simpson, Ill Jones Bells O’fair Fred Frisk Paducah Gammon Larry Gammon Wayne City Red Flash Larry Irvin Bob Lewis Major Fred Young Carbondale Dickie Young Audrew M Campbell and Isom Christopher, Ill Little Doc Verb Turner Frederick Okla Little Boy B. Mumbar Benton Meta Burton Harvard, Ill Lillian Jenkinson May Nansen E. M. Hall San Angelo Tex Philcade F. A. Steland Brookfield Waltonville Tom Harshbarger Anderson Ind Herman Beeman Butlersville Frank Dudley Ina Joe Griffin Galveston Paul Swihart Denver Myles and Midgett Flat Rock

Local Flyers Head to Evansville Amid Regional Travel

Floyd Luery of Union City Michigan flew here yesterday while Ross Bennett and Carl Edmison with Glenn Beekiman from this city flew to Evansville today marking regional air travel activity.

Floyd Luery Union City Mich Ross Bennett Evansville Carl Edmison Glenn Beekiman

Hospital Notes from Jefferson Memorial Admissions

Jefferson Memorial records list admitted patients John Wesley Bradley Carrie Black Robert Smith Ray Ashley and Audrey Burton along with multiple discharges including Dorothy Brummer Lela Pierce and Stella Sheraden and infant Barbara Ann from Mill Shoals News also notes Good Samaritan admissions Sandra Poston Leon Myles Jake Bowyer and discharges including Edward Curtis III Gladys Yarbrough Helen Woodrome and infants Cindy Cummins James Rutledge details remain fragmentary

Jefferson Memorial John Wesley Bradley Lesser Carrie Black Robert Smith Ray Ashley Dorothy Brummer Bonnie Robert Rainwater Francis Alfour Lela Pierce Nellie Knapper Inn Stella Sheraden Barbara Ann Mill Shoals Auddrey Burton Whittington Good Samaritan Sandra Poston Leon Myles Hutsonville Jake Bowyer Keenes Edward E. Curtis, III Gladys Yarbrough Bluford Helen EF. Woodrome J. Paul Cindy Cummins Dix James Rutledge

Unveil Bastogne War Monument in Belgium

Belgian crowds paid tribute yesterday as a star shaped monument was unveiled on a Bastogne hill in memory of the heroic GI stand in the Battle of the Bulge. Thousands of Americans and Belgians stood in the rain for the dedication to the enduring friendship of Belgium and America.

Associated Press Bastogne Belgium America Battle of the Bulge

Two Illinois Men On Casualty List

Two Illinois servicemen are listed as wounded in the Korean War casualty list No. 23 released Saturday. Pvt. Billie D. Grieser of Delavan is wounded and Sgt. l/c Gerald E. Long of Aurora is injured.

Associated Press Washington Illinois Billie D. Grieser Lois O. Grieser Delavan Gerald E. Long Marilyn E. Long New York St Aurora

Lift Ban On Two Newsmen Army Bars Woman Writer

Marguerite Higgins, the New York Herald Tribune’s foreign correspondent, says she was ordered out of Korea and told to return to Tokyo under escort. Two male reporters, Tom Lambert and Peter Kalischer, were allowed to continue reporting from Korea with Gen. MacArthur’s apparent blessing.

Tokyo Marguerite Higgins New York Herald Tribune Korea Walton H. Walker Rea Taegu Walker Lambert Reds Taejon Tanyang Peter Kalischer United Press MacArthur Army

California Edges Pa In 1950 Census Battle For Rank

Philadelphia and Los Angeles lead 1940 and 1950 city populations in a race for second largest state by preliminary census. Pennsylvania's 1950 count reaches 10,435,965 while California tabloids show about 10.4 million. Philadelphia tops cities with 2,057,210, Los Angeles 1,954,036.

Philadelphia Pennsylvania California Los Angeles Census Bureau Associated Press Illinois Ohio Chicago Detroit Baltimore Cleveland St. Louis Washington Boston

4-H Camp Calls Teens to Lake West Frankfort

Fourteen days of summer camp begin with nineteen girls and eleven boys setting off for Lake West Frankfort. The group includes Mary Catherine Beadle Peggy Hartley Ethel Willoughby June Torricello Myrna Lee Green Martha McPherson Donna McCowen Janet Stevens Joyce Foreman Freda Sursa Sue Fitts Carla Mae Webb Donna Sigworth Beverly Scott Kay Hottinsen Orilla Byars Carleen Neal Carole Drennan Janet Smith and boys Jim Tinsley Gale Hill Mervyn Dobbs Billy Davis Jack Barber Carlyn Duncan Lee Sickafus Carles David Riley Richard McCowen Ben McCowen and Joe Ray Taylor. Counsellors joining the group include Mr and Mrs Doug Book Don Lee Hugh Livesay Mrs Norma Pace Mrs L H Gaston Mrs Keith Clark Mrs By ford Drennan and Miss LaVonne Sheldon.

Lake West Frankfort Mary Catherine Beadle Peggy Hartley Ethel Willoughby June Torricello Myrna Lee Green Martha McPherson Donna McCowen Janet Stevens Joyce Foreman Freda Sursa Sue Fitts Carla Mae Webb Donna Sigworth Beverly Scott Kay Hottensen Orilla By

Wreckage Found. Nine Dead In Missionary Plane

Wreckage of a missionary plane missing since June 9 with 15 Americans aboard was found in the Perija mountains 70 miles west of Maracaibo Venezuela. All aboard are dead.

Bogota Colombia Perija Mountains Maracaibo Venzuela

Air Force generals arrive to plan strikes on North Korea

Two Air Force officers Maj. Gen. Francis L. Ankenbrandt of Chicago and Brig. Gen. Raymond C. Maude of Framington Mass arrive to assist in planning potential strikes against North Korea.

Towyo Air Air Force North Korea Francis L. Ankenbrandt Chicago Raymond C. Maude Framington Mass

Rites Here for Mrs Eva Phillips

Mrs. Eva Phillips wife of Clyde Phillips died at 2 00 a m Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis Tennessee The body was to arrive today from Paragould Arkansas and be taken to the home of Ollie Phillips 1200 South 13th street Funeral services would be held at 2 00 p m Tuesday at the First Church of God 1116 South 15th Street with the Rev O H Post officiating burial in Oakwood cemetery Survived by husband three children three stepchildren parents Mr and Mrs Evan Johnson of RFD Macedonia Alabama one brother and three sisters

Eva Phillips Clyde Phillips Baptist Memorial Oakwood Cemetery Phillips Evan Johnson RFD Macedonia, al

Half of Americans Don’t Read Books

ANN ARBOR Mich July 17 Nearly half of all Americans apparently don’t read books a University of Michigan survey disclosed today More than half of all adults live within a mile of a public library but only one tenth average as much as a visit a month the survey showed.

Ann Arbor Mich University of Michigan

Mrs Lettie Pate Dies at 63 in Dixun Home

Mrs Lettie Viola Pate died at 9 45 Sunday morning at 205 Castleton avenue after turning 63. Funeral services are Tuesday at 2 00 pm at East Side Baptist church with Rev Bird Green officiating and burial at Bethel Memorial cemetery. She was born June 17 1887 in Hamilton county daughter of Robert M and Jerusha Porter Jiles. In 1908 she married Charles Pate who survives. Surviving with her husband are her son Charles and daughter Mabel and a sister Mrs Effle Thomas of Centralla.

Lettie Viola Pate Castleton Avenue East Side Baptist Church Bird Green Bethel Memorial Cemetery Osborn Funeral Home Dix

Young GOP Club Meets Tonight in Jefferson County

Allan M. Dulaney announces a Young Republican Club gathering at 7 30 this evening in the county courthouse. All young Republicans are urged to attend and all Republicans are welcome, according to the chairman.

Young Republican Club Jefferson County County Court House Allan M. Duelaney Dulaney

Miner Killed in Rockfall at Peabody Mine near Kincaid

Taylorville reported Thomas J. Micklus a 61-year-old miner at the Peabody coal mine near Kincaid was killed by a rockfall while at work on Saturday. He resided at Thayer.

Taylorville Ill Thomas J. Micklus Peabody Coal Mine Kincaid Thayer

Mt Vernon Lodge Meeting Notice

A. M. A stated meeting of Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 31 A F and A M will be held Monday July 17 at 730 p m Visiting brethren are always welcome Members are requested to attend Henry Mossberger W Bro WM E Reavis Sec

Mt. Vernon Lodge No A. F A. M Henry Mossberger W. Bro WM. E. Reavis Sec

Marion Lodge No 13 to Meet Tuesday Evening

Lb we ry OF Marion Lodge No. 13 of the T.0.0.F will meet in regular ses sion Tuesday evening, July 18, at 8 p.m. All brothers are urged to attend. HARRY SHEHORN, N. G. BOB DETHROW, V. G.

Legion Post 141 Install Officers Tuesday Evening

Jefferson Post 141 plans installation of officers at the Legion Home Tuesday at 8 p.m. All members urged to attend and visiting members welcome. Commander Henry Rockenmeyer and Adj. M. F. Dorothy are listed.

Jefferson Post Legion Home Henry Rockenmeyer M. F. Dorothy Adj

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