Deaths and Funerals Vera Cunningham 66
Mrs Vera Ellen Cunningham of 1110 South 18th Street died at 2 10 am at Jefferson Memorial Hospital at age 66 11 days. Funeral services set for Wednesday 1 30 pm at Second Baptist Church 605 South 34th Street with Rev Carl Whittington officiating burial in Williams Chapel Cemetery Franklin County. Friends may call at Pulley Funeral Home after 4 pm Tuesday body to lie in state Wednesday noon at the church. She was born August 13 1898 in Franklin County to Frank and Martha Bays Monday. First husband John Obed Page died 1932 later married Stanton Forrest Cunningham who survives. Besides her husband she leaves Lester Page Mt Vernon a sister Mrs Lorie Whittington Ew ing Il and two grandchildren.
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Vera Ellen Cunningham
South 18Th Street
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Second Baptist Church
South 34Th Street
Carl Whittington
Williams Chapel
Franklin County
Pulley
Cunningham
Frank
Martha (Bays
John Obed Page
Stanton Forrest Cunningham
Lester Page
Mt. Vernon
Lorie Whittington
Ewing, Il
Jess Fowler Dies Services Here Tuesday
Funeral services for 74 year old Jess Fowler will be held at 1 30 p m tomorrow at Pulley Funeral Chapel with the Rev William Pribble officiating Burial will follow at Memorial Gardens Friends may call at the chapel after 4 p m today Graveside military rites will be conducted by American Legion Post 141 Fowler a native of Puxico Missouri was a World War II veteran and a carpenter Survivors include his son Howard Fowler a sister and several half siblings and one grandchild
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Pulley
Jess Fowler
Lowry's
William Pribble
Memorial Gardens
Pulley Chapel
American Legion Post 141
Mr. Fowler
Puxico
James Fowler
Jim Fowler
East St. Louis
Gladys Dowd
Hayti, Mo
Lola Sshales
Portersville
Zonia Simins
Portersville, Mo
Grace Shepley
Kennett
Former Wayne County Resident Dies In Florida
Hugh Coil, born 1889 in Wayne County, former school teacher, died July 11 in a Clearwater hospital. Services were held in Ano Florida at the Methodist church. He left Largo resident status with surviving daughters Mrs Warren ock Jr and Mrs Jack Hammock of Largo, Mrs Henry Glass of Baton Rouge, and stepsons Gilbert and Allen Peterson and Mrs William Grant of Clearwater. He had sisters Mrs George Tyler of Clearwater and Mrs H Nagel of St Louis, brothers Austin Coil in Chicago Emmett Coil in Phoenix and Herbert Coil in Trinidad Col. He left five grandchildren and six step grandchildren.
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Ano
Fla
Hugh Coil
Wayne County
Clearwater
Coil
Largo
James A
Leona Coil
Warrenock Jr
Jack Hammock
Henry Glass
Baton Rouge
Gilbert and
Allen Peterson
William Grant
George Tyler
Mt. Vernon
A. W. Nagel
St. Louis
Austin Coil
Chicago
Emmett Coil
Phoenix
Ariz
Herbert Coil
Trinidad, Colo
Graveside Rites Held Here for Baby Rhonda Hamilton
Graveside services were held today at 2 p m at Bethel Memorial Cemetery for Rhonda Renaee Hamilton nine month and 26 day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Marshall Hamilton of Owensboro Kentucky The child died Sunday in an Owensboro hospital Survivors include the parents two brothers Danny Wayne Hamilton John Mark Hamilton a sister Deborah Lynn Hamilton grandparents Gilbert Haynes Mt Vernon Audy Wayne Hamilton Bonnie great grandparents Rev and Mrs Marsh Harpole and Mrs Blanche Ayers all of Mt Vernon officiating minister Rev Melvin Cathout Also listed are additional aunts uncles and cousins but the text notes the three siblings all from the home born September 21 1964 in Owensboro
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Bethel Memorial Cemetery
Rhonda Renaee Hamilton
Marshall Hamilton
Owensboro
Gilbert Haynes
Mt. Vernon
Audy Wayne Hamilton
Bonnie
Marsh Harpole
Blanche Ayers
O P Gilbert Former Mt Vernon Resident Dies
O P Gilbert 66 a former Mt Vernon resident and Gulf Oil Co executive died Sunday morning in Roswell New Mexico He lived in Mt Vernon about 15 years and was active in the oil fraternity A graduate of Oklahoma University geology he later worked in Evansville Indiana as Gulf Oil land dept executive until retirement He is survived by his wife Thelma a daughter Kay Platt Roswell four grandchildren and a Kentucky brother and sister Burial will be in Roswell NM at Ballard Funeral Home.
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O. P. Gilbert
Mt. Vernon
The
Gulf of Co
Roswell
New Mexico
Mr. Gilbert
Thelma
Oklahoma University
Gilbert
Gilberts
Evansville
Ind
Land Department
Episcopal Church
Elks Lodge
Vernon
Spencer
Kay) Platt
Kentucky
Ballard Funeral Home
Weather roundup Saturday and Sunday high 93 to 92
Weather report states Saturday high 93 and Sunday high 92 with lows 68 and 67 respectively. Rainfall to date 18.09 inches in 1965, with past comparisons noting higher precipitation this year. Sunrise Tuesday at 4 48 CST and sunset at 7 25.
Rites Tuesday For Mrs Stull
Services will be held at 1 30 p m tomorrow for Gertrude Patty Stull 57 of 228 East Harrison who died Saturday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital The Rev Marsh Harpole to officiate at Myers Chapel Survivors include husband Loren Stull mother Mrs Charles Miller Opdyke one son Gale Patty Mt Vernon three daughters Mrs Leo Knappier Mt Vernon Mrs Tony Smith Nashville Ill and Mrs David Turner Chicago one brother Russell Miller St Louis one sister Mrs Arch Mandrell Mt Vernon and 11
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Gertrude Patty Stull
East Harrison
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Marsh Harpole
Myers Chapel
Loren Stull
Charles Miller
Opdyke
Gale Patty
Mt. Vernon
Leo Knappier
Tony Smith
Nashville
Ill
David Turner
Chicago
Russell Miller
St. Louis
Arch Mandrell
Nora Coon's Brother Dies in Florida
James Walker 72 of St. Petersburg Fla died at 2 00 am in a hospital. He was the brother of Mrs Nora Coon Mt Vernon. Burial will be in St. Petersburg at Anderson McQueen Funeral Home. Survived by two other sisters Ida Stevens Oscoda Mich and Mattie Emery Equality. wife Dora Walker St. Petersburg. two brothers Lawrence Walker McLeansboro and Ben Walker San Bernardino Calif. He was born Feb 2 183 and was son of C F Walker. Preceded by parents and brother William Walker Fairfield who died in January.
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James Walker
St. Petersburgh
Fla
Nora Coon
Anderson- McQueen
St. Petersburg
Walker
C. F. Walker
Mt. Vernon
Ida Stevens
Oscoda
Mich
Mattie Emery
Equality
Dora Walker
Lawrence Walker
McLeansboro
Ben Walker
San Bernardino
Calif
Wiliam Walker
Fairfield
Adlai E. Stevenson Honored as Peace Advocate and Leader
In a family plot corner a tall monument marks four family members with Adlai Ewing Stevenson II noted as United States vice president under Cleveland’s era. He was grandfather of Adlai E. Stevenson governor of Illinois and Democratic presidential contender in 1952 and 1956, later U.N. ambassador until his death in London from a heart attack.
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Adlai Ewing Stevenson
United States
Grover Cleveland
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
United Nations
London
Recorder Stolen From Car in Centralia
Lonel Peoples reported a tape recorder was stolen from his vehicle parked on Prairie Street between midnight Saturday and 2 am Sunday in Centralia. Police investigated the theft and sought information from residents.
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Lonel Peoples
Prairie
Centralia
Illinois Warmer Temperatures Forecast Across State
Chicago reports: mostly sunny and warm with highs from 80 to 86 in the north and 85 to 90 in the south. Lows near 70 in the south overnight. Tuesday outlook includes clouds with a chance of showers and thundershowers statewide.
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Chicago
Illinois
Ilinois
Rhee Dies Founder of South Korea
Rhee, South Korea’s first president, who served 12 years and was just re elected to a fourth term, faced charges of ballot box stuffing and strong arm influence. After protests erupted into violence he fled the country.
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Rhee
Powell OKs LBJ Teacher Corps Plan
AP report on Rep. Adam Powell backing President Johnsons national teachers corps with a proviso for displaced Negro teachers amid desegregation. Johnson urged Congress to pass the corps and related teaching support bills ahead of a White House education conference with about 650 leaders.
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Powell Oks
LBJ
Teacher Corps Plan
Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
President Johnson
National Teachers Corps
Congress
Carl Perkins
D-Ky
House
Senate
Johnson
National Education Association
New York City
White House
Ship Disabled. 400 On Board On Seven Seas Tow Expected
A Coast Guard cutter Absecon moved to the disabled liner Seven Seas, with about 400 passengers and 7210 crew aboard, to standby until a tug reaches and tow it into St Johns Newfoundland. The Seven Seas had an engine room fire Sunday night and no injuries were reported. The Sersezee tug was due before noon Tuesday. Weather remained good about 500 miles east of Newfoundland and the liner is chartered for fall and winter cruises by the University of the Seven Seas of Whitter California.
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Coast Guard
Seven Seas
St. Johns
Newfoundland
The
University of the Seven Seas
Whitter
Calif
Win
Market hog prices after 12:30 p.m today
Prices paid until 12:30 p.m. today were 250 higher with hogs topping 24.25 for 200 to 220 pounds. Sows 300 pounds and over were 20.75 to 21.00, down. Boars offered at 11.50 and 12.00. After 12:30 p.m. prices will base on next day’s figures.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon publishes grain prices with Wheat at 1.31 Soybeans at 2.61 Shell corn at 1.35 Ear corn at 1.82 reflecting current market quotes from the Mt Vernon area this afternoon.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago market notes on poultry eggs and butter
Chicago AP reports live poultry mostly unchanged to up 1 with roasters 24 to 2514 head. Butter at Chicago Mercantile Exchange steady, wholesale prices flat across grades. Eggs firm with wholesalers seeing prices unchanged to up 1, whites and mixed at 32, 32, 27 for various grades. dirties unquoted. checks 2145.
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Chicago
USDA
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Grain price report snapshot
Chicago market notes list grain prices across cereals with multiple Chicago grain values. The report shows Wheat No 2 red around 1.4835, No 3 yellow hard near 1.4, Corn No 1 yellow about 1.33 to 1.33 and Soybeans Yellow No 1 around 2.82 with Soybean oil at 9.95.
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Chicago
Egg and live poultry price ranges listed
St Louis report lists consumer egg grades by size and weight ranges for wholesale standards and checks. It also details hen weights and broiler ratios with dollar values per dozen or per pound as applicable in market listings.
Livestock Receipts At National Stockyards Tuesday
Estimated receipts across hogs cattle calves and sheep at the National Stockyards include 6500 hogs 4000 cattle 400 calves and 600 sheep. Hog prices show barrows and gilts 23.25 to 25.25 and sows 19.25 to 22.75 per hundredweight. Cattle and calves mix includes steers 27.50 for choice and prime, heifers 25.50, vealers 19.00 to 28.00, calves 17.00 to 22.00. Sheep at 700 with spring lambs 23.00 to 25.00 and shorn ewes 4.00 to 7.50 plus breeding ewes 7.75 and spring feeder lambs 18.00 to 21.50.
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National Stockyards
Wall Street Dull Early Trading Narrow Gains in Parts
The New York market moved aimlessly in dull trading with most stocks flat to fractional changes. Aerospace showed late strength amid US Viet Nam stance, while Big Three automakers fell and steels, rails, building materials and drugs slid. AP 60 average fell 0.1 to 3248, Dow off 0.44 at 879.99.
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New York
United States
Viet Nam
Associated Press
Dow Jones
du Pont
U.S. Steel
General Motors
American Stock Exchange
U.S. Treasury
Surrounded He Shoots Himself in Robinson
In Robinson Illinois AP report says 48 year old Robert McCluer killed himself with a 22 caliber rifle as police surrounded his house after he shot his brother in law Leroy Catt in the shoulder at Catt's home. Officers used tear gas then entered and found McCluer dead with the rifle nearby.
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Robinson, Ill
Robert McCluer
McCluer
Leroy Catt
Catt
Seven From Mt. Vernon Ten Certified As Swimming Instructors
Ten youths completed a 30 hour Red Cross water safety course at Mt. Vernon Recreation Club pool. Ernie Goetz of Evanston coached the program with Mrs. Roy L. Simpson guiding local instruction. Graduates from Jefferson and Franklin counties include Bill Armstrong Peg Bradigan Dale Filbert Nancy Sharp Cynthia Starkey Ellen Neal Jim Pardee Joy Taylor Ken Morris and Susan Kay Green.
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Mt. Vernon
West Frankfort
Red Cross
Peg Bradigan
Nancy Sharp
Susan Kay Green
Cynthia Starkey
Joy Taylor
Ellen Neal
Bil Armstrong
Ken Morris
Kim Pardee
Dale Filberth
Ernie C. Goetz
The
Fletcher Farrar
Jefferson County
Roy Simpson
Anson Smith
Delo
American Red Cross
Mt. Vernon Recreation Club
Evanston, Il
Roy L. Simpson
Jefferson County Water Safety
Goetz
Jefferson
Franklin
Bill Armstrong
Dale Filbert
Jim Pardee
Hospital Notes list admissions and discharges at two facilities
At Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan Hospital a long list of admitted and discharged patients is recorded. Names include Jane W Kennedy, Mary J Flinn, Lois Johnson, Robert Lindsay, Stanton Jones, Lucille Harper, and many others with multiple admissions and discharges noted.
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Jane W. Kennedy
Decatur
Daniel Webster Blood
Bonnie
Vera Ellen Cunningham
Doris French
Maggie Edna Foutch
Deloris June Smith
Edward Greenwalt
Lawrence Elmo Ferguson
Audrey Lea Shaw
Fairfield
H. Richardson
Good Samaritan
Mary J. Flinn
Lois Jean Johnson
William Jessie Stroud
Florence Ann Porter
Cora Yearwood
Robert Lloyd Lindsay
Elliott Franklin Ejsler
Carolyn Sue Ellingsworth
Gerald Neil Bacon
Linda Sue Likens
Reba Jean Boyer
Archie C. Brookman
Marcella Esther Fico
Patricia Ann Cherry
Minnie Ellen Wheeler
Robert Gene Moreton
Vivian Irene Wininger
Stanton George Jones
Lucille Marie Harper
Barbara Cummings
Getella Ann Allen
Rex Thomas
Roberta Jean Sanders
Teresa Lynn
Delvin Max Mullinax
Milton Edward Puckett
Tommy Eugent Chirk
Robert Martin Bechtel
Clarence Allen
Evalena Beckman
Edith James
Patricia Anne Rainey
Mary Elizabeth Tolley
Linda Kay Mulihan
Jeff Alan
Charles William Campbell
Judy Hazel Ellis
Virgil Harvey Pigg
Mary Florence Albright
Marjorie Louise Richmond
Amy Florence Brokoman
Births in Chicago Heights and Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr and Mrs Gerald Gowler of Chicago Heights Illinois are parents of a son born July 15 in a city hospital weighing eight pounds thirteen ounces and named Charles Michael. The father is a former Mr Vernon resident. Mr and Mrs David Steinmann of 2001 Cherry are parents of a son born at 1256 Sunday morning in Good Samaritan hospital weighing eight pounds eight ounces.
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Gerald Gowler
Chicago Heights
Charles Michael
Vernon
David Steinmann
Cherry
Good Samaritan Hospital
J E Brummett retires after 51 years with Western Union
Jesse E Brummett longtime Western Union maintenance man retires after 51 years of service. His career began July 14 1914 with a Navy interruption from December 1917 to July 1919. A retirement dinner at Robbins in Salem honored him with gifts from colleagues and friends including numerous Mt Vernon Belleville and Decatur area residents.
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Brummett
Western Union
Robbins
Salem
U. S. Navy
Brummettts
Mt. Vernon
Robinson
W. W. Warner
St. Louis
Emmett Smart
Chester
Bob Gibson
Princeton
Ind
D. E. Rankin
Evansville
Vic Clanahan
Gleason Halzhauer
Centralia
B. D. Donaldson
Champaign
D. J. Durkee
D. J. Lindberg
Belleville
Wallie Boyd
DuQuoin
A. J. Long
Larry Eskew
M. W. Juenger
W. F. Brown
Decatur
Raft Overturned Near Granite City Dam Search For Boy
An overturned raft was found near the Granite City lock and dam on the Mississippi River canal. Police said Kevin Ahern, 16, passed through the Alton lock north of Granite City on Friday. No drowning indicated, but search efforts continued for the youth.
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Granite City, Or
Chicago
Gulf of Mexico
Granite City Lock
Mississippi River Canal
Kevin Ahern
Alton Lock
Here
Beer Bottle Vandals Damage Rural Home
Sheriff Dewey Barton said beer bottle vandals damaged the Thomas Osborn home on Richview Road west of town during the weekend vacation. A moving car threw bottles breaking a bedroom window and glass, and shattering shutters. The damage is about $100.
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Jefferson County
Dewey Barton
Thomas Osborn
Richview Road
Mt V Auto Show Discussed By Mt Ver Agencies
Representatives of Mt Ver non automobile agencies are being called into a Tuesday 4 p.m. meeting at the Chamber of Commerce to discuss possible plans for an automobile show here. The event may be held in late fall 1965 or early 1966. The chamber is also coordinating with the state department of revenue to report on taxes on automotive parts and issues around auction sales and wholesale buying and selling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Chamber of Commerce
State Department of Revenue
Forty four agriculture teachers attend Mt. Vernon workshop
Forty four southern Illinois agriculture teachers enroll in a five day education workshop in Mt. Vernon hosted by the Board of Vocational Education. The program runs 8:06 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily at Security Bank community room and covers course development, off farm placements, employer panels, and diversified programs with speakers from SIU, state agencies, and the FFA. Participants hail from numerous communities across the region.
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Agriculture O
Southern Timots High School
Mt. Vernon
Board of Vocational Education
State of
Tinos
Security Bank
Howard M. Strubinger
Gen Wood
Southern Illinois University
Ralph A. Guthrie
G. Donavan Col
DuQuoin
Highland
Belleville
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Flora
Altamont
West Salem
Fairfield
Bridgeport
Camp Point
Freeburg
Triad
Gillesepie
Christopher
Effingham
Lesser
Kinmundy
Steeleville
Equality
Eldorado
Carlyle
Robinson
Oblong
Thebes
Patoka
Waltonville
Woodlawn
Ridgway
Carmi
West Frankfort
Mt V Man On Honor Guard For Adlai Stevenson
Mt Vernon resident Leo Franklin, 1304 South 25th Street, serves on a 50 man honor guard for the late ambassador Adlai Stevenson. The Illinois National Guard unit of the 33rd Infantry Division, trained at Camp McCoy Wisconsin, flew to Springfield to guard the casket in the Capitol Rotunda before moving to Bloomington for burial.
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Leo Franklin
South 25Th Street
Mt. Vernon
Adlai Stevenson
33Rd Infantry Division
Illinois National Guard
Camp McCoy
Wisconsin
Sinois Air National Guard
Springfield
Capitol House
Bloomington
Ellis Island as Plymouth Rock for Immigrants
The article portrays Ellis Island serving over six decades as a symbol of hope for travelers from the Old World. In peak periods as many as 5000 people passed through daily, with rapid processing by officials. Medical checks were brief and biographies condensed to 38 questions, recorded in about two minutes.
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Ellis Island
Plymouth Rock
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