William McGuire dies at 86 in Mt Vernon
William McGuire of 1105 Gilbert street died at 9 25 am at Good Samaritan Hospital aged 86 years four months and six days He worked in the wood erect department at Mt Vernon Car Mfg Co for 60 years Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 pm at Myers Chapel with burial in Arnold cemetery He was born March 18 1870 in Jefferson county and lived his life in the county He is survived by his wife Marlie Kerley four sons Leonard Virgil Orville and George two daughters Lillian Carpenter and Lucille Boyer ten grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McGuire
Gilbert Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
McGuire
Wood Erect Department
Mt. Vernon Car Mfg. Co
Myers Chapel
Arnold Cemetery
Mr. McGuire
Jefferson County
Marlie Kerley
Cherry Street
Buddy Montague Dies At 61 In Mt Vernon
Buddy Elston Montague died at 11 45 this morning at his home 319 south Second street at age 61 years five months and 17 days He was a World War I veteran and a former employee of Mt Vernon Car Mfg Co The funeral will be Thursday at 2 pm in the Pulley Funeral Home chapel Rev Douglas Cox and Rev Charles Hargrave will officiate with burial in East Salem cemetery Relatives may call after 10 am Wednesday He was a member and former deacon of East Side Baptist Church born February 7 1895 in Shelbyville Indiana He married Ethel Harlow March 19 1919 in Mt Vernon who preceded him in death He later married Lena Hurst who survives Also surviving are his wife Lena one son Edward Mt Vernon three daughters Imogene Odle Roma Morgan Thelma Duncan Gary Indiana 12 grandchildren one great grandchild and one sister Stella Taylor Danville 111 His parents and a son Harry preceded him in death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buddy Elston Montague
South Second Street
Montague
Mt. Vernon Car Mfg. Co
Pulley Funeral Home
Douglas Cox
Charles Hargrave
East Salem
Lena
Edward
Mt. Vernon
Imogene Odle
Roma Morgan
Thelma Duncan
Gary
Ind
Stella Taylor
Danville
Harry
Kinmundy Woman Turns 104 Today
Kinmundy Ill Mrs Harriet Devore is Marion County s oldest resident as she celebrates her 104th birthday today in Kinmundy Illinois Birth place Kinmundy and family noted the milestone with local greetings and a simple celebration today
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Kinmundy
Ill
Harriet Devore
Marion County
Hospital Notes from Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan
Jefferson Memorial admitted George Stover Robert Smith and discharged Mrs Helen Buchanan and baby Wayne City. Good Samaritan admitted Theodore Alvin Gilbert Irma Yaeger Ruth Cloyd Joyce Bullock Franklin Schaubert Artie Hickey William Maulding and discharged Vada Richardson Anna Graves Gladys Billingsley Nina Monk Everett Brewer Katie Bumpus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Memorial
George Stover
Robert Smith
Helen Buchanan
Wayne City
Good Samaritan
Theodore Alvin Gilbert
Irma Louisa Yaeger
Ruth Lena Cloyd
Joyce Lorene Bullock
Franklin B. Schaubert
Artie B. Hickey
William Maulding
Vada Darline Richardson
Anna Graves
Gladys Mary Billingsley
Nina Arline Monk
Everett Brewer
Katie Bumpus
Births in Good Samaritan Hospital add two new arrivals
Mr and Mrs Robert Eugene Tucker of 112 North 14th Street welcomed a son at 5 00 this morning weighing seven pounds eight ounces. Mr and Mrs Andrew Walter Patterson of RFD 1 Ina welcomed a daughter Carolyn Sue at 6 17 weighing six pounds fifteen ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Eugene Tucker
North 14Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Andrew Walter Patterson
RFD 1
Ina
Carolyn Sue
Veterans meeting notices and school coal bids
Members of Turner Roehm Post No 4 Amvets will meet tomorrow evening July 25 at 7 30 in the club rooms with refreshments served after the meeting Commander Robert Tucker announces. King City Barracks No 102 Veterans of World War II will meet at the Legion Hall at 7 30 pm Tuesday July 24 all veterans invited for important business. Opdyke Consolidated District No 9 Board of Education will accept bids for furnishing stoker coal until July 28 1956 from District No 9 only. Secretary L M Richardson notes the board may reject any and all bids.
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Turner Roehm Post NO
Amvets
Robert Tucker
King City Barracks No
U.S. A
Legion Hall
A. L. Richards
Board of Education
Opdyke Consolidated Dist. No
L. M. Richardson
Sec
Stassen Move Seems to Challenge Nixon For White House Ticket
The August Republican rift widens as Harold Stassen’s surprise bid to supplant Nixon sparks denials of a White House break. Eisenhower delays action while Stassen claims backing from unnamed leaders and urges a people’s sentiment check. Nixon reiterates readiness for a second term, and Herter fronts praise from Massachusetts allies as party leaders push Eisenhower–Nixon for the ticket.
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Stassen
Nixon
Eisenhower
Herter
Massachusetts
White House
Republican National Committee
Panama
James C. Hagerty
Sen
Bender
Ohio
Richard Nixon
Sen. Capehart
Bob Wilson
California
House
Boston
Ralph H. Bonnell
Mother Wheeler
Leonard Hall
Hall
Payne
R-Mass
Dirksen
R-I
Mundt
R-Sd
Goldwater
R-Ariz
Clifford Case
R-Nj
San Francisco
Newsirew
Former Mt Vernon resident wins 2500 GM award
Wayne E Williamson, now of Beloit Wisconsin, received a 2500 award in GM's improvement plan program at the Janesville plant. His entry cut one heater related Chevy part, eased right side air vent issues on 1956 models, and paired with a 2700 maturity value. Williamson plans a down payment on a home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Chevrolet
Wayne E. Williamson
Beloit
Wis
Janesville
General Motors
Williamson
Burrwood Park
Wiliamson
C. V. Williamson
Mock Attack Shows Need For Giant Shelters
Washington civil defense drills push for large public shelters built near targets. Premier officials report 126 announcements in four days as 100,000 government workers evacuate to relocation sites. Peterson says shelters should lie about two and a half miles from vital areas with federal funding 75 to 90 percent and states providing land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Defense
Arthur S. Flemming Jr
Civil Defense
Val Peterson
Peterson
Congress
Soil Bank signup extended to July 27 for Acreage Reserve
Farmers now have through Friday July 27 to sign an Acreage Reserve agreement under the Soil Bank announced by Parker Pierce of the local ASC. The deadline extension from July 20 to July 27 affects signups and disposal dates for crops to meet Soil Bank rules, with county ASC staff in Mt Vernon available to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Bank
Parker Pierce
ASC
Pierce
Mt. Vernon
Write Your Own Ticket Referenced in Hodge Inquiry
Senate Banking and Currency officials set up Chicago offices to probe the FDIC role in the Hodge case. John Gutknecht vows to question 120 payees in 240 state warrants totaling 1.7 million dollars. Witness Thomas Fitzgerald testified Hodge urged him to cover a $9,000 warrant he did not receive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southmoor
Springfield Marine Bank
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Chicago
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Hodge
John Gutknecht
Cook County
Thomas H. Fitzgerald
Audiit
Fitzgerald
Tom
Orville
Federal Jury May Check On Bridge Group
EAST ST LOUIS Tl Federal authorities consider a federal grand jury probe of White County Illinois Bridge Commission Atty Clifford M Raemer announced A Congress special committee criticized the commission set up in 1941 to run a toll bridge between White County and New Harmony Indiana Raemer said the Justice Department found the commission is not a federal agency but supports a full scale inquiry into potential obstruction of an act by the commission and its management Roy Clippinger publisher of the Carmi Times and former congressman is manager of the bridge The committee cited 69000 in questionable expenditures by the commission
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East ST. Louis
White County
U. S
Clifford M. Raemer
Congress
New Harmony
Ind
Raemer
Justice Department
Bridge Commission
Roy Clippinger
Carmi
Tlt.) Times
Congressional Committee
Commission
Clippinger
State Taxes Up 82 Million Over 1954 Collections
Illinois tax collections for the year ended June 30 rose to 516,378,220, up 82 million from 1954. The 2 percent sales tax brought 267,325,903, plus the new use tax 10,169,921. Other major sources increased, including cigarette 32,524,904, liquor 25,774,537, motor fuel 146,406,216, and public utilities 32,260,963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois
State Revenue Department
Sarge Okay We Were Goof-Offs Says Pots
Under cross examination Langone admits being a goof off and acknowledges letting Sgt. McKeon down. Langone praises McKeon as the best drill instructor on the island while noting potential home shipment for noncompliant personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarge
Langone
Berman
Sgt. McKeon
Pan American Conference a Major Step Toward Hemisphere Unity
President Eisenhower led 11 Latin American leaders in Panama to deepen personal ties and endorse a proposed commission to study economic and social problems. The plan envisions a cooperative partnership with limited costs and potential use of atomic energy in industry and disease control. Hosts and diplomats hailed closer executive contact as a practical gain toward hemispheric solutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard G. Maslock
Panama
Eisenhower
Washington
U.S
United States
Americas
Milton
U. S
Ricardo Arias
Organization of American States
Two Vandalians Die From Auto Accidents
VANDALIA Ill two Gay ette County residents died Mon day in a Vandalia hospital from injuries in automobile crashes. Harry Lotz 64 of St Peter was hurt July 12 in a collision on State Route 185 near St Peter. Mrs Cora M Hobbs 79 of near St Elmo was injured last Thursday in a crash on U S Route 40 east of Vandalia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandalia, Ill
Gayette County
Vandalia
Harry Lotz
St. Peter
Cora M. Hobbs
St. Elmo
Police Court Fine for Drunk Charge
Jesse J. Ross was fined ten dollars plus costs before Police Magistrate Allan Dulaney today on a drunkenness charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse J. Ross
Allan Dulaney
Oil group urged fast steel strike settlement in Mt Vernon
Mt Vernon Illinois Oil and Gas Association received a telegram from Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell confirming the government is doing its utmost to aid a prompt settlement of the steel strike. At a July 19 oil men’s outing about 800 attended, voicing concern over steel shortages impacting oil country tubular goods and possible layoffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Illinois Oil and Gas Association
James P. Mitchell
Washington, D. C
Illinois
Eisenhower
Mitchell
The
Winds Oil & Gas Association
Ilinois
Office of Defense Mobilization
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Goodwill Truck Set for Mt Vernon Visit August Seventh
Goodwill Industries asks Mt Vernon residents to place repairable clothing shoes and small household items on their porches by 8 00 a m August 7 Donations collected in Mt Vernon go to Goodwill workrooms at 4140 Forest Park Blvd St Louis Mo to fund training employment and rehabilitation The agency reports serving the largest number of crippled and disabled people in its history with about 350 on the payroll Late donations may be taken to Epworth Methodist Fourth and Main or Wesley Methodist 803 South 12th
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodwill
Mt. Vernon
Goodwill Industries
Forest Park Blvd
St. Louis
Epworth Methodist Church
Wesley Methodist Church
South 12Th
SIU Professor Dies While Vacationing in Wisconsin
Lawrence Voss, 51, professor of history and drama at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, died in Wild Rose Community Hospital after a heart attack. He and his family were vacationing at Mary Humphrey farm near Wild Rose. Survivors include his widow Marion Blain of Des Moines and a son Jon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wild Rose, Wis
Lawrence Voss
Southern Minors University
Carbondale
Wild Rose Community Hospital
Voss
Ben
Mary Humphrey
Here
Marion E. Blain
Des Moines
Iowa
Jon
Local K C Officers To Attend District Session
Knights of Columbus officers from districts 53 56 and 57 will meet in Herrin Illinois at 8 15 p m July 30 for planning the 1955 57 program. Grand Knight Eugene C McCleary Mt Vernon Council will lead the delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus
Council
Herrin
Eugene C. McCleary
Mt. Vernon
Peoria
Illinois
Ilinois
Supreme Council
Pene J
J. Eisenhauer
Quoin
Bernard Wirth
Mt. Carmel
William B. Ryan
Cairo
Trinoie
Knights of Columbus Supreme Council
United States
Mayor Tucker Cancels Dinner Over Tooth Abscess
St. Louis mayor Raymond R. Tucker scrapped a public dinner with 55 dentists due to an abscessed tooth, forcing cancellation of the engagement and prompting brief medical attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis W
Raymond R. Tucker
Marriage License Granted For Holly Jester Beulah Benard
Holly Jester and Beulah Doro thea Benard, both of Mt. Vernon, were issued a marriage license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holly Jester
Beulah Dorothea Benard
Mt. Vernon
Swimming Meet At Mt V Park Pool Friday
The Mt. Vernon city park pool hosts a Friday night swimming meet at 7:00 p.m. featuring Green Hills Country Club against the city recreation program team. Charles Tuffy Henry reports 36 swimmers, with speed events and relays for boys and girls. A trophy will be awarded by Duncan Oil Co. Plans for a Mt. Vernon Southern Illinois swimming team are in progress for next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Hills Country Club
City Recreation Program
City Park
Charles ‘Tuffy’ Henry
City Recreation
Duncan Oil Co
Henry
Mt. Vernon
Mt. Vernon City Park
Car And Truck Collide Here In Mt Vernon
No one was injured in a minor accident reported in Mt Vernon Monday. A half ton truck driven by Edward A. Stiener 19 of 2221 Casey and a car driven by Arnold Ethridge 1911 Cherry collided at Tenth and Jordan at 3 20 p m.
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Mt. Vernon
Edward A. Stiener
Casey
Arnold Ethridge
Cherry
Tenth
Jordan
Veterans offer leadership course in Mt. Vernon details
Veterans of top four pay grades attend an NCO leadership course in Mt. Vernon to be held early September. The program pays full day’s pay for a two hour session, with 2 or 3 overnight per month. Earn points toward promotion and retirement. Meeting today July 24 at 7:30 p m at the American Legion Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
American Legion Hall
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Buddy Montague
Dusterin
American Legion
Joe Herbst
Jefferson Post 141
Legion
Roy van Horn
George Hinks
John Kelly
Leo Morgan
Stanley Brothers
Ray Hefley
Ish Tanner
Leslie Pierce
Gene Morrow
Leltzell
Executive Mansion
Tllingois
Rockford
Moline
Rantoul
Quincy Springfield
Scott Air Base
Siu Prof
Wisconsin
Mt. V. Park Pool
Justin McCarty
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