Death of John W. Cooley operator of Dads Cabins at 79
John William Cooley, operator of Dad's Cabins on Benton Road, died at his home at 2:20 p.m. Monday at age 79 years, three months, and one day. Funeral services at Myers Chapel Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. Rev. William E. Courtwright will officiate, burial in Bethel Memorial Cemetery. Body at Myers Chapel after 4 p.m. today. Survived by wife Ethel Brown Roney, one stepdaughter Loren Molt, one stepson Bert M. Roney, one brother Erwin Cooley, and one grandson. He had lived in Jefferson County seven years. Born April 18, 1876 in Crawford County, IL. Married May 9, 1926 in Louisville, KY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John William Cooley
Benton Road
Myers Chapel
William E. Courtwright
Fairfield
Bethel Memorial Cemetery
Cooley
Jefferson County
Crawford County
Lil
Joel Cooley
Louisville
Ethel Brown Roney
Loren Molt
Ogden
Bert M. Roney
Fithian
Rites Tomorrow For Levault Child
Funeral services for Denise Levault two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Bob Levault of Chicago Heights will be held Wednesday at 2 00 pm at the Methodist church in Sesser. The child died from bronchial pneumonia. Mr Levault is a former resident of Sesser and Mrs Levault is the former Mary Ejlen Chesney of Bonnie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denise Levault
Bob Levault
Chicago Heights
Methodist Church
Sesser
Levault
Mary Ejlen Chesney
Bonnie
Martha A Dare Dies At 86 In Jefferson County
Martha A Dare age 86 of 306 Caborn Avenue died Monday. Funeral Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Sene church with Rev Gulley officiating. burial in South Hill cemetery. In state hours today at Myers Chapel after 4 p.m. Survived by a daughter, three grandsons, one son, and ten great grandchildren. born January 18, 1869 in Jefferson County to John and Frances Teer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Ann Sebel Dare
Caborn Avenue
Sene Church
Revald Gulley
South Hic- Hill Cemetery
Myers Chapel
Hic
Dare
Jefferson County
John and
Frances Teer
James C Harman Dare
Methodist Church
Domald Eckhardt Rochet TM
John D. Tittle Dies at 47 in Illinois Hospital
John D. Tittle of 908 Perkins Svene died at 7 00 p m Monday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital after six weeks as a patient He was 47 years eight months and 13 days old A salesman for the Holen Furnace Company of Joliet he was born November 8 1907 in Jefferson county son of Thomas R and Nettie Lucinda Pottorff Tittle He was formerly married to Mabel Anderson of Golconda Surviving are one son Richard D Tittle stationed with the U S Navy in Japan two daughters Leota Yoder of Silvis Ill and Johnetta Schoonover of East Moline one brother Frank Tittle of Mt Vernon five sisters Mrs Sidney Hale Mrs Selah Quinn Mrs Myrtle Willmore of Mt Vernon Mrs Adline Willmore of Opdyke and Mrs Nettie Wells of Bonnie and four grandchildren Funeral arrangements were incomplete today with the body taken to Myers Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Tittle
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Mr. Tittle
Holend Furnace Company
Joliet
Jefferson County
Thomas R
Nettie Lucinda (Pottorff) Tittle
Mabel Anderson
Golconda
Richard D. Tittle
U. S. Navy
Japan
Leota Yoder
Silvis
Johnetta Schoonover
East Moline
Frank Tittle
Mt. Vernon
Sidney Hale
Selah Quinn
Myrtle Willmore
Rites Wednesday At Mt. Zion For Della Cameron
Della Cameron 86 a former Farrington township resident and widow of J R Cameron died yesterday in Decatur Illinois services Wednesday at 2 pm Mt Zion church north of Bluford burial in Mt Zion cemetery she lived in Farrington township many years moving to Decatur about 20 years ago
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della Cameron
Farrington Township
J. R. Cameron
Decatur
Mt. Zion Church
Bluford
Mt. Zion
Cameron
Masonic Lodge and Commandery Meet This Week
Regular meeting of Mt Vernon Lodge No 31 A F A M on Monday July 18 at 7 30 p m with visiting brethren welcome James R Apgar WM and Wm E Reavis Secy note urged attendance Also Patton Commandery No 69 holds a stated conclave Thursday July 21 at 7 30 p m with potluck at 6 30 John H Kent E C Cecil N Levin Rec The Marine Corps League Auxiliary meets Wednesday at 7 30 p m at 1810 College home of Laurita Sanders all members and prospects urged to attend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon Lodge
James R. Apgar
Wm. E. Reavis
Sec’y
Patton Commandery No. 69
Marine Corps League Auxiliary
Laurita Sanders
1810 College
Town Imposes Curfew On Cats in Westbury Long Island
Westbury New York villagers enact a cat curfew banning roaming at night and disturbing residents. The regime mirrors the existing dog leash rules with a $25 fine for the owner of a cat or dog caught breaking the rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westbury
N. Y
Long Island
Three Springfield youths die in auto crash
Three young men about 19 or 20 die when their convertible collides with two northbound trucks on Route 66 two miles north of Springfield. Driver William Young, 18, is in serious condition. Victims are John D. Stapleton Edward F. Gagnon and Gerald Downey, all of Springfield. Police report the car first hit a truck driven by Carl Spain of Overland Missouri, then struck Norman Miller of St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
W C. Telford
John D. Stapleton
Edward F. Gagnon
Gerald Downey
William Young
Telford
Carl Spain
Overland
Sangamon River Bridge
Norman Miller
St. Louis
Lightning Kills Three Caddies In Tree At Club
In Owensboro Kentucky three of four caddies perched in a tree to escape rain were killed by a lightning strike at the Owensboro Country Club watermelon party. The victims were Jerry Morris 14 Charles Ray 12 and Frank Burger 13. Danny Thompson survived after leaping from the tree.
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Associated Press
Owensboro
Owensboro Country Club
Jerry Morris
Charles Ray
Frank Burger
Danny Thompson
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted List
In Jefferson Memorial Admitted patients include A. B. Glenn Dupe Mrs Lizzie Duvall Darrell Savage Spring Garden Mrs Martha Rainwater Mrs Jean Halfacre Discharged Earl Teel Master Bill Finney Boyd Good Samaritan Admitted patients include Mrs Phoeba Elizabeth Waller Mrs Charlotte Kin man Mrs Doris Jean Wilson Earl G Tiny Carroll Mrs Myrtie Aileene McGinnis Mrs Dorothy Marie Bayne Mrs Betty Moore Lashbrook Mrs Pearl Edith Self Mrs Alfie Florida Bullock Discharged William T Bell Charles Eugene Sargent Mrs Dora Jean Wilson Robert Ray Lowry Mrs Norma Jean Skages and baby Rhonda Renee Robert Wesley Williams
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Memorial
A. B. Glenn
Dupe
Lizzie Duvall
Darrell Savage
Spring Garden
Martha Rainwater
Jean Halfacre
Earl Teel
Bill Finney
Boyd
Good Samaritan
Phoeba Elizabeth Waller
Charlotte P. Kinman
Doris Jean Wilson
Earl G. “Tiny” Carroll
Myrtie Aileene McGinnis
Dorothy Marie Bayne
Betty Moore Lashbrook
Pearl Edith Self
Alfie Florida Bullock
William T. Bell
Charles Eugene Sargent
Dora Jean Wilson
Robert Ray Lowry
Norma Jean Skages
Rhonda Renee
Robert Wesley Williams
Births announced from Mattoon to Mt Vernon area
Mr and Mrs Tommy A Campbell of Mattoon announce a son born July 14 in Mattoon weighing five pounds ten ounces named Tommy Ardell Jr Grandparents are Rev Earle Campbell of Markham City and Mr and Mrs Byford Denham of Mt Vernon A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Tim Halfacre at 6 55 this morning in Jefferson Memorial hospital weighing unknown She weighs seven pounds thirteen ounces Mr and Mrs Henry Kroeger of Du Quoin announce a daughter born at 2 52 yesterday afternoon in Good Samaritan hospital weighing seven pounds four ounces named Susan Leigh A son born to Mr and Mrs Paul Tanka of Casey at 4 50 this morning in Good Samaritan hospital weighing seven pounds fifteen ounces named Scott Dean Mr and Mrs John Curtis of Stanley announce a son born at 7 10 this morning in Good Samaritan hospital weighing seven pounds six ounces named Jon Kevin Hall Marlow of RFD 1 at 12 41 Good Samaritan hospital weighed seven pounds and he is named Steven Michael
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy A. Campbell
Mattoon
Mt. Vernon
Tommy Ardell Jr
Earle Campbell
Markham City
Byford Denham
Tim Halfacre
South 6Th Street
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Henry Kroeger
RFD
du Quoin
Good Samaritan Hospital
Susan Leigh
Paul Tanka
Casey
Scott Dean
John Curtis
Stanley
Jon Kevin
Hall Marlow
Tie
Steven Michael
Air travelers noted in early morning flights
Donald Mclean and Tom Oakley flew to Alton this morning. Earl Outland and Guy Wood Sr. made a flight to Hackenseck Minnesota today. Larry Forrestal and Whitey Holdren returned yesterday from a flight to Albany Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Mclean
Tom Oakley
Alton
Earl Outland
Guy Wood Sr
Hackenseck
Minn
Larry Forrestal
Whitey Holdren
Albany, Ga
Doubts Anyone Will Try $64,000 Question
Charles Mercer notes high public interest in the WCBS TV quiz show and predicts no contestant will attempt the $64,000 question. Observers cite conservative spending, inflation fears, and uncertainty about doubling the $32,000 payoff, arguing viewers prefer securing known amounts over chasing a bigger, unclear reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wcbs-Tv
CBS
Indiana
Camp Hill
Kewanee Rebuilds City Hall After Tornado Damages
Kewanee plans to repair the old City Hall roof by August 15 after a tornado removed it last August. Voters rejected a $320,000 bond twice and a general election approved a new hall issue but failed by eight votes. Commissioner Vernon Q. Hainline moved to use about $70,000 left from insurance to restore the old building, four for and one present.
Attempt Break-In At Mt.V. Church
An overnight attempt to break into the First Presbyterian Church at the west edge of Mt. Vernon was reported to city police. Officers found a rear window screen cut but no damage or entry confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian
Bus Drowns in Uruguay Flood Crash Near Montevideo
Twenty five people drowned when floodwaters swept a bus from a bridge at San Ramon near Montevideo. Sixteen passengers were rescued as the Santa Lucila River overflowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Montevideo
Uruguay
Santa Lucila
San Ramon
Ships Carrying Kohler Clay Hit By Pickets Again
Two Norwegian freighters Fossum and Divina arrived in Montreal with clay for Kohler Co. of Sheboygan. United Auto Workers and Canadian Congress of Labor set up picket lines to block unloading. International Longshoremen’s Association refused to cross, were dismissed, and told to return at 1 p.m. The cargo had been destined for unloading in Milwaukee before diversion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fly
Associated Press
Montreal
Sheboygan
Wis
United Automobile Workers
Canadian Congress of Labor
International Longshoreman's Assa
Fossum
Divina
Milwaukee
Kohler Co
UAW
Assures Old Friend NATO Seeks Peace
President Eisenhower and Bulganin expressed mutual goodwill as talks continued despite gaps between East and West. A dinner at Eisenhower’s villa featured friendly toasts and optimistic hopes for world peace as both sides sought constructive progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NATO
Ioast
Eisenhower
Bulganin
Bulgania
Learns Her Dog Is Wild Coyote
Mrs Margie Lyons found a soaking wet puppy and cared for it with food and medicine. The animal befriended her Chihuahua until a routine rabies visit revealed the pet is actually a wild coyote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wild Coyote
Dallas
Margie Lyons
Worldwide Minute Of Prayer For Peace Talks
The Military Chaplains Assn proposed a worldwide minute of prayer Thursday at 11 am for Geneva conference success. The group urged people in factories, stores, homes, offices, trains and ships to pause and join in prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Preas
New York
Military Chaplains Assn
Armed Services
Association
House Votes Today On $1 Hour Minimum Wage
Democrats push for House passage of a bill to raise the federal minimum wage from 75 cents to $1 an hour, sending it back to the Senate for minor differences. The measure would affect about 24 million workers with 2.1 million in the South set for automatic raises. labor seeks $1.25 but no move seen on the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Frass
Washington
House
Senate
Eisenhower
South
High School Blown Up As Felon Flees
In Elizabethtown Kentucky a blast damaged a wing of the old high school causing $100000 in damage but no injuries. Simultaneously a convicted forger, George Padgett of Vine Grove, slid from a second floor jail cell during a jailbreak attempt but was captured with guns drawn by officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Elizabethtown
Hardin County
Marshall Heady
George Padgett
Vine Grove
LaGrange Reformatory
Padgett
Russians Ask Some American To Guide Plane
GENEVA United States approved a Soviet request to keep U S Air Force Navigator Clif ford McConniel in Geneva to guide Premier Bulganin s plane back to Berlin. McConniel from Long Beach California navigated the ship when it brought Khrushchev and Zhukov for the Big Four summit. The Russian crew asked for his help on the return trip, and McConniel noted he has no spare clothes and expected to return to his Berlin base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Geneva
United States
Clifford McConniel
Bulganin
Berlin
McConiel
Long Beach
Calif
Bulgaria
Nikita Khrushchev
Georgi Zhukov
McCaniel
First Woman Joins Cicero Police Department
CHICAGO A 30 year old mother of two sons starts a new job tomorrow the first woman member of the suburban Cicero Police Department Mrs Lorraine Starka will ride a three wheel motorcycle in the Police Department parking meter enforcement division She will not carry a gun nor perform traditional police work beyond enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cicero
Lorraine Starka
Bribe Reports Ruined Me Says Army Cap Tycoon
Washington Chicago cap maker Harry Lev testified before a Senate Investigations subcommittee that bribery allegations have ruined him and denied taking bribes. He presented a cash accounting of over 200000 dollars from 1952 and 1953 while a former Army inspector testified Lev tried to bribe him during contract checks at Lev's Mid-City Uniform Cap Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Cap
Washington
Chicago
Harry Lev
Lev
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Leo
Michael Weintraub
New York City
Weintraub
Mid-City
Burlesque Crisis: More Take Home Pay, Less Take-Off
In Los Angeles the League of Exotic Dancers holds its first meeting amid demands for higher pay from strippers who earn about 85 dollars weekly. Founder Jen nie Lee cites crowded dressing rooms and limits on interaction with patrons as issues, with support from Betty Rowland and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
League of Exotic Dancers
American Guild of Variety Artists
Jennie Lee
Kaput
Motorist Stanley Werner Killed Near Rantoul
Stanley C. Werner 19 of Greencastle Indiana an airman stationed at Chanute Air Force Base died in a collision between an auto and a truck on Highway 136 about four miles from Rantoul Illinois today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rantoul
Ill
Stanley C. Werner
Greencastle
Ind
Chanute Air Force Base
Highway 136
Three Collisions On Mt. W Streets No One Injured
Three accidents occurred on Mt Vernon streets Monday. Police car driven by Captain Fred Dedman stopped for traffic at Westcott. William T. Thorne of 1004 Gilbert struck the halted car and was charged with careless driving. Darrell B. Hilliard of 101 Castleton and Tillie Sledge of RFD 4 collided at Seventh and Harrison. Sledge faced a stop sign violation charge. Martin T. Filter Jr. of 802 Williams Avenue struck a parked truck owned by Arthur J. Raney of 600 Harrison. no further details given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Fred Dedman
Westcott
William T. Thorne
Gilbert
Thorne
Darrell B. Hilliard
Castleton
Tillie Sledge
Seventh and
Harrison
Yanks Families Arrive On Ship
MOJO Japan Operation gyroscope dependents arrived by ship to join their paratrooper husbands and fathers of the 508th airborne regiment. The Gen. Anderson brought them and will return to the United States with dependents of troops of the 17th Airborne Regiment airlifted to Ft. Bragg in a large Army operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mojo
Japan
Operation Gyroscope
508Th Airborne
Ft. Campbell
Gen. Anderson
United States
17Th Airborne Regiment
Ft. Bragg
N. C
City Council Moves To Take Waterworks
Mt Vernon council backs condemning waterworks if rate hikes render water unaffordable. They boosted legal and engineering funds by 5000 and 15000 to fight the rate case and pursue condemnation, while adopting items on nuisance abatement and salvage yard complaints. They also sought bids for a new police car and garbage bed, authorized a widow’s vacation pay grant, and instructed an ordinance on vacation pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Chester Lewis
Forrest Avenue
Seventh
Fifth Street
Lyman Grigg
Vernon
Mamie Eisenhower Enjoys Swiss Visit At Geneva
First Lady Mamie Eisenhower explores Geneva during the summit conference visit. She tours the city and countryside, visits the Palace of Nations, lunches with French Premier Edouard Faure's wife, and hosts a stag dinner for Soviet Big Four delegates at the presidential villa.
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Geneva
Mamie Eisenhower
Lake Geneva
Eisenhower
Palace of Nations
Edgar Faure
Clarissa Eden
John
Soviet Union
Eisenhower Villa
Jilted suitor vows endless walk outside fiancee home
Ronnie Hill, 31, paces 16 steps each way from Sally Willingale's home declaring he will walk until she reconsiders their July 30 wedding. Neighbors bring tea as Sally's father says she is sick and he calls the action silly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ronnie Hill
Ronnie
Sally Willingale
Sally
Loses Case but Keeps The Teeth
Dallas resident R B Hamilton reported a broken pickup window a set of lower jaw teeth on the seat and a sleeping 21 year old beside the truck. The grand jury found insufficient evidence of breaking and entering and freed the man. Hamilton kept the teeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
R. B. Hamilton
Hamilton
Dahlgren F F A Members Attend Dixon Springs Day
On July 14 Hamilton County Day at Dixon Springs station four Dahlgren F F A members Irwin Neal Richardson Marvin Wilkerson Melvin Heil and Chelcie Mayberry attended. University of Illinois men harvested wheat barley rye and oats in the Dahlgren test plot. Officials will share yield data and invite farmers to inspect results at the Dahlgren Agriculture Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton County
Dixon Springs Eement Station
Dahlgren F.F.A
Irwin Neal Richardson
Marvin Wilkerson
Melvin Heil
Chelcie Mayberry
Robert H. Irvin
University of Illinois
Dahlgren F. F. A
Dahlgren Agriculture Department
Salem couples obtain marriage licenses
James F. Smith and Mary D. Crain of Salem appear to have obtained a marriage license, as do Dean Butts and Mary Florence Jamison, residents of Kinmundy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Smith
Mary D. Crain
Salem
Dean Butts
Mary
Florence Jamison
Kinmundy
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Martha A. Dare
Frances Betlejewsid
Airport News
Thur
Sea
Washington Ave
Charles Mercer
Kewanee
Mt.v. Church
Ask Worldwide
Minute of Prayer
Betty Rowland
Rusty Laine
Ninta
Datarene Dare
Virginia Valentine
Denise Dunbar
Peggy Stuart
Champagne
Bi Perea Ram
Packard
Chipper
Packard Crai Meyer Motor CO
Salem Road
Illinois
Mt. W
Mamie
Switzerland
Dahlgren
Dixon Springs
Westinghouse
Featherston
Mossberger
Henry Mossberger
Florist
Sherwin-Williams Paints
HE MT. Vernon Lumber CO
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