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20 Jul 1948
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Mt Vernon Register News in Mt Vernon, Illinois
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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1948
Page
1
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admissions and Discharges
Jefferson Memorial notes show admissions for Ida B Guthrie Erma Morgan Marvin Edmison Noma Winemiller and discharges for Harold Osborn Gertrude Standridge Clyde Duane and Dorothy Finn. Wood Samaritan adds Delmar Taylor Amanda Hearn and Harry Moreland Bob Garrison Ralph Dougherty and discharge of Mrs Towal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Memorial
Ida B. Guthrie
Erma Morgan
Inn
Marvin Edmison
Bluford
Noma Winemiller
Benton
Harold Osborn
Gertrude Standridge
Clyde Duane
Dorothy Finn
Wood Samaritan
Delmar Taylor
Amanda Hearn
Fairfield
Arry Moreland
Bob Garrison
Ralph Dougherty
Robert Towal
Moose Regular Meeting Tonight Urges Attendance
Moose Chapter MOSS PIGG urges all members to attend the regular meeting tonight. American Legion Past 141 also plans a Legion Home gathering at 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose
Moss Pigg
American Legion
American Legion Past
Legion
Mt Vernon Society Feasts and Lawn Party Highlights
A Mt Vernon park dinner honored Mr and Mrs Russell Newell and daughters Audra and Phillis of Lake Wales Fla with about 50 relatives. Out of town guests came from Waltonville Jonesboro Kirklin and Nason among others. Lawn party hosted by E A Green honored several visitors from Fort Collins Carlyle Centrailia and more. A marriage announcement for Wilma Jane Bullock to Kenneth Donoho and a 5th birthday party for Carole Sue Ellis noted. Opdyke Home Bureau meets July 22. Mt Vernon Home and Aid Society meeting postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt .Vernon City Park
Russell Newell
Audra
Phillis
Lake Wales
Fla
Nels Davis
Cecil Black
Estella Newell
Velma Capps
Laura Wells
Ana Powell
Harl Wells
Joe Newell
Waltonville
Warren Newell
E.A. Green
Fairfield Road
Out of Twon
L. D. Green
Richard
Robert
Joe Meyer
Joe Ben
Bonnie Jean
Fort Collins
Colo
G. M. Green
Ward Green
Carlyle
Ill
Norton Wimberly
Betty Jean
Centralia
Mt.Vernon
Everett L. Yarber
Edward Ellis
Casey Avenue
Carole Sue
Wynelle Tish
Johnny Hobbs
Johnny Keller
Charlotte Kay Thompson
Sidell Couple Honored With Friday Charivari Shower
A charivari and shower will honor Mr and Mrs George Sidell who were married in Missouri days ago. The event occurs Friday evening July 23 at their farm home one mile south of the log cabin on route 460.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Sidell
Missouri
Route 460
Picture Night At Bible School At First Baptist Church
Moving pictures of the vaca tion Bible school will be shown Wednesday July 21 at 7 30 pm at the church with Mrs Brookman Harmony Home Bureau Unit met July 14 with five members and one visitor present Gladys Brookman gave the lesson on Overcoming Our Prejudices Next meeting at the home of Mabel McDonald Announce Marriage Betty June Price to Gerald Border double ring ceremony July 16 at Wesley Methodist church Attendants Jeannette Sigworth Burrell Price reception at the bride's home Border employed by Hawkins Million Dollar Ten They will reside at 300 North Fifth Street Auxiliary Notice VI F W Ladies Auxiliary meet at Mt Vernon city park Thursday at 6 pm for a covered dish supper bring table service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Brookman
Harmony Home Bureau Unit
Amy Brookman
Gladys Brookman
Mabel McDonald
Filmer Price
Conger
Betty June
Gerald Border
James Border
South Second Street
O. E. Connett
Wesley Methodist Church
Jeannette Sigworth
Burrell Price
Border
The
Hawkins Million Dollar Ten
North Fifth Street
F.W. Ladies Auxiliary
Mt. Vernon City Park
James A. McMain Dies Suddenly at 53 in Nowata
James Albert McMain 53 of 1116 Harrison died suddenly at 1 15 a m en route home from New Haven Illinois where he worked. Funeral at 9 30 a m Wednesday Myers Chapel with Masonic Lodge and Rev R B Guthrie officiating. Survived by wife Velma Lake two sons two brothers two sisters mother and other relatives. Burial in Nowata Oklahoma after services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Albert McMain
Harrison
McMain
New Haven
Ill
McLeansboro
Myers Chapel
Masonic Lodge
R. B. Guthrie
Mr. McMain
Nowata
Okla
Louis P
Lulu
Riley) McMain
Velma Lake
Matthews and Story Drilling Company
A. F
A. M. Lodge
Allen
Moose Lodge
Olney
Quarter Masters Corp
John
James
Leon F. McMain
Jesse A. McMain
Mt. Vernon
R. C. Flower
Mike McMain
Strike Closes Canton Plant Over Wage Schedule
The International Harvester Company plant at Canton shut down amid a CIO picket dispute over wage timing. About 3,200 workers idle as unionists demand pre‑day wages, while the company prefers end‑of‑day payments. Seven shop stewards suspended and 470 fore department workers quit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hy Associated Press
Canton
Til
International Harvester Company
CIO
CIO United Farm Equipment Workers Union
Force Department
R. F. Denny
Births in local families at Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr and Mrs Harry Campbell of 112 Castleton report the birth of a daughter last night at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing eight pounds six ounces. Mr and Mrs Frank Willis Funkhouser of Mill Shoals announce a daughter born this morning at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing seven pounds ten and three fourths ounces named Ida Louise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Campbell
Castleton
Good Samaritan Hospital
Frank Willis Funkhouser
Mill Shoals
Ida Louise
Truck Turns Over On Route 15 Near Bluford Crossroad
A Hayes truck trailer overturned this morning on Route 15 near Bluford crossroads. The driver was not injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayes
Route 15
Bluford Crossroad
Former Resident Weds Boyd-Davis in Gardenia Ceremony
Geneva Davis daughter of Roy Davis of Paragould Ark and Forrest Boyd son of Mr and Mrs Hardin Boyd of Centralia were married Sunday June 28 at 2 00 pm at the groom's parents home The Rev horrest Weems conducted the ceremony The bride wore blue crepe with white accessories A reception followed The groom served overseas in World War II They will reside at 55014 North Hickory Centralia where Mr Boyd works for City Cab Co The bride is a former Mt Vernon resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horrest Weems
M. J. Durbin
Durbin
Boyd
Illinois
North Hickory
Centralia
Mr. Boyd
City Cab Co
Mt. Vernon
Joe's Hot and Cold Lunch Kit patent issued to Charles Page
Charles D. Page of Ina receives patent papers for a three unit hot and cold lunch kit named Joe's Hot and Cold Lunch Kit. The aluminum device measures five by eleven by nine inches and heats via 110, 32, or six volt units, suitable for cars, trucks, boats, schools, oil fields, railroads, and motorists. It heats soups and vegetables, toasts bread, includes a dry ice tray and a thermos shelf. Page notes no manufacture yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Page
Inn
Car At Benton Is Stolen The Hard Way
A 1948 automobile was stolen from a Benton motor agency last night. The thief rammed a closed door, waking nearby residents. The car was found early today nearby, out of gas and badly damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Benton
Infant Rites Tuesday for Rickey Peyton
Funeral services for Rickey Lynn Peyton who died 14 hours after birth will be held at 3 p m Tuesday at Opdyke cemetery with the Rev Bird Green officiating He was born at 1 a m today to Clarence M and Bonnie L Duncan Peyton of RFD 2 Bluford who survive the parents and two siblings
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rickey Lynn Peyton
Good Samaritan Hospital
Opdyke Cemetery
Bird Green
Rickey Lynn
Clarence M
Bonnie L. (Duncan) Peyton
Bluford
Men Injured At Work Today
Sam Robinson of 1701 Harrison was treated at Jefferson Memorial hospital for a severe head laceration after a steel ladder fell on him at the car company. Oran Wilkey of Belle Rive, employed at the Devine Company, received a foot laceration and was treated at the same facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Robinson
Harrison
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Car
Oran Wilkey
Belle Rive
Devine Company
Man Dies in Canton Sewer Cave-In
Homer Mathis, 33, a Canton city street department worker and father of six, died yesterday when earth collapsed in a 14 foot sewer. The accident occurred while he labored on the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Canton
Homer Mathis
Price Rise Hint for Daily Newspapers
The 20th Mechanical Conference of the American Newspaper Publishers Association discussed a predicted price increase for daily newspapers from five cents. T. F. Mowle, Wall Street Journal comptroller, said readers should expect a ten cent price in the not too distant future and urged cost-cutting through research in production methods and new technologies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
American Newspaper Publishers Association
T. F. Mowle
Wall Street Journal
Mowle
Tidelands Oil Case May Come Up Next Week
McClellan told reporters partial controls will not work if inflation requires action. He supports price and wage freezes and broader rationing if needed. President Truman may have new information influencing Congress. Tobey suggested rising living costs prompt Congress to act, not dismiss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tidelands
McClellan
Congress
Tobey
Concord
N. H
Kiwanis Club
New Hampshire
Truman
GOP
Protest over Russian Yak flights over Gatow Airport
British authorities issued a very strong protest to the Soviet military administration in Berlin regarding the flight yesterday of a formation of Russian Yak fighters over Gatow Airport. Gatow serves as the British airport for Berlin and is repeatedly used by RAF transport planes bringing food and supplies into the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preas
Berlin
Gatow
RAF
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KMOX
St. Louis
Benny Dawn Summers
Little Rock
H. F. Carpenter
Red Springs
N. C
H. I. Kent
Charles E. Brown
Spartanberg
South Carolina
Emil J. Hoffman
Ernest Standerter
Ernie
Gulfport
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Miss
O. B. Scrivner
Fish Lake
North West
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Harry L. Bates
Great Lakes Naval Station
Helen Shurtz
Great Lakes
Ray Robach
Patricia Lynn
Minneapolis
Minn
James F. Shirley
FE. E. Cornelius
Opdyke
Ray Hall
Thomas Green
James Winn
Walier
Irvin Brookman
Dorothy Ann Thompson
Janet
Marilyn Boger
Yellow Creek Lake
Ind
M. M. Lumbattis
Ann
A. Ferguson
Alex
Dwight
J. Berguson
Kermit Brown
Bruce
Chicago
B. H. Coon
Lee
Johnsonville
Ben Williams
Lesser
Ben Walker
Los Angeles
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Allen Pate
Sandra
Sharon
Eoria
Donoha
Bullock
Pearl Pasley
South 15Th Street
Wilma Jane Bullock
Kenneth P. Donoho
John Donoho
Murphysboro
Baptist Parsonage
A. L. Cox
Opdyke Home Bureau
Albert Shull
James A. McMain
Rey Gy
Nera
Eagle Stamp CO
Mair
MR. and
Mrs. Forrest Boyd
Ing Man Patents
Page
Mr. Page
Ina
Bethel School
Jefferson Post
Ladies Auxiliary
Roger G. Webb & Son
Service
Res
Benoist
Mount Vernon
Airport News
Popular Records
Yaks
Greater Berlin
Davis Drug Store
North Side Squares
ST. Mary's Church
the Hosiery & Infant
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Towle
Gowle Sterling
M. E. Jackson
Eweler
Towze
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