Deaths and Funerals Henry Barker found dead in McLeansboro
Henry Barker 78 of 302 West Carpenter McLeansboro was found dead at home about 4 50 pm yesterday. Funeral at 2 pm Sunday at Gholson Funeral Home McLeansboro with Rev Denzil Clark officiating. Burial IOOF Cemetery McLeansboro. Born Hamilton County Oct 11 1887. Survived by four sons and seven daughters, one sister and 24 grandchildren. Funeral arrangements indicate a large family presence with services to follow.
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Henry Barker
West Carpenter
McLeansboro
Gholson
Denzil Clark
IOOF
Mr. Barker
Hamilton County
Robert
Mary Jane (Boyd) Barker
Rose Vaughn
Albert Barker
Robert Barker
Chicago
James Barker
Yermo
Calif
Jerry D. Barker
Pontiac
Mich
Beverly Younger
Detroit
Edith Wilks
Elizabeth Barker
Wanda Murray
Collinsville
Jacquelyn Giles
LaDosia Barker
Leella Williams
Oak Park
I l
Hattie Rutledge
Steele, Mo
Willard Porter golf pro of McLeansboro dies
Willard H. Porter of McLeansboro the golf pro at the McLeansboro Country Club died at 4 20 Friday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital Mt Vernon Funeral services were set for 8 00 tonight at Donelson Funeral Home with Rev Richard Hubble and burial in Lyons Kansas He was born June 15 1901 at Saxman Kansas married Irene Crosby May 5 1921 at Coldwater Kansas and survived by his wife two daughters three sisters and three grandchildren He was a Presbyterian church member Tuscan Masonic Lodge White Shrine and preceded in death by a son.
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Willard H. Porter
McLeansboro
McLeansboro Country Club
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Mt. Vernon
Donelson
Richard Hubble
Lyons
Kansas
Donelson Funeral Home
Mr. Porter
Saxman
Ora
Rosa
Gosch) Porter
Coldwater
Irene Crosby
Presbyterian Church
Walpole
Janelda Prochaska
Costa Mesa
Calif
JaNe
Della J Hughey Dies At 90 Rites Monday
Della J. Hughey 90 of 2519 College Avenue died at 1 40 p m Friday at Good Samaritan Hospital. Rites Monday at 2 00 p m at Pulley Funeral Chapel. The Rev Gus Smith and the Rev Marsh Harpole to officiate. burial in Kirk Cemetery. Body lies in state at Pulley Funeral Home after 4 00 p m Sunday. Survived by two sons Sam Hughey Bonnie and Rollie Hughey Evansville Ind two daughters Lela Sledge Bonnie and Grace Kinman St Louis one brother Dallas Koonce Long Beach Calif two sisters Grace Arnold Benton and Elsie Glass Mt Vernon 17 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren.
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Della Jane Hughey
College Avenue
Good Samaritan Hospital
Pulley Funeral Chapel
Gus Smith
Marsh Harpole
Kirk Cemetery
Pulley Funeral Home
Hughey
Jefferson County
Judson
Susan
Randall) Drennen
Charles Farthing
J.B. Hughey
The
Royal Neighbors
Sam Hughey
Bonnie
Rollie Hughey
Evansville
Ind
Lela Sledge
Grace Kinman
St. Louis
Dallas Koonce
Long Beach
Calif
Grace Arnold
Benton
Elsie Glass
Mt. Vernon
Birth of Clyde Anderson to Mr and Mrs Minfred Smith
Mr and Mrs Minfred Edward Smith of Route 1 Wayne City welcome a baby boy named Clyde Anderson born at 4 20 am today at Jefferson Memorial Hospital He weighed seven pounds ten ounces and is in good health with the family expressing joy.
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Minfred Edward Smith
Route 1
Wayne City
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Clyde Anderson
Hazel Jones of Whittington Dies at 63
Hazel Jones 63 of Whittington died at 8:00 am at Miners Hospital Christoper. Funeral 2:00 pm Monday at Johnston Funeral Home Whittington with Rev. Howard Taylor officiating. Burial in Shiloh Cemetery. Friends may call after 2:00 pm Sunday at the funeral home. She was born August 19 1902 in Franklin County, daughter of Bert and Eva Day Taylor. Surviving: one son Orville Jones of Whittington, one brother Kenneth Taylor, one sister Fern Pickett.
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Hazel Jones
Whittington
Miners Hospital
Christopher
Johnston Funeral Home
Howard Taylor
Shiloh
Franklin County
Bert and
Eva
Day) Taylor
Orville Jones
Kenneth Taylor
Fern Pickett
Edith Cotton Dies Services Here Monday
Edith E. Cotton 81 of 1802 Broadway died at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. She was an early female bookkeeper at Merrill's Millinery. Funeral 1:30 p.m. at Myers Chapel Rev Glen Boice officiating. Burial Oakwood Cemetery. Survived by two daughters Helen Hurst and Wilma Cotton two grandchildren Pamela Lynn and Michael Hurst two great granddaughters. Born Aug 23 1884 Spring Garden Township. Married Earnest E. Cotton June 24 1903. he died May 28 1962. Member Eastern Star White Shrine First Baptist Church 52 years. Eight siblings preceded her.
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Edith E. Cotton
Broadway
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Mt. Vernon
Merrill’s
South 9Th Street
Myers Chapel
Glen Boice
Oakwood Cemetery
Cotton
Spring Garden Township
John P
Jane (Cockrum) Estes
Earnest E. Cotton
Pamela Lynn
Michael Hurst
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted and Discharges
A Jefferson Memorial hospital note lists admissions including William Dean Harris Dix Peggy Dean Smith Wayne City and discharges such as Rosa I McLain McLeansboro and Hettie Mitchell Wayne City Also named are Good Samaritan patients Jewel Thompson 1104 south 13th Clyde Liston Creve Coeur Conroy Laux 200 north 32nd Richard McCowen 3228 Wild Rose Dr Joseph Fagan Waltonville Leroy McDuffie 2710 Mannen Alice Green Fairfield Road Betty Shurtz and baby Ida Michele Waltonville Sheryl Guyton 2515 Broadway Wava Ford 420 south 2nd Selma Henry 505 south 27th Patricia Smith and baby Bryan Keith 7122 south 18th William M Hayes Dix Donna Bain 122 Opdyke Danny Hogan Ashley Howard Hollenbeck 305 south 4th Linda Daniels and baby Tammy Lynn 15122 Paula Dr Mary Jones Route 7.
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Jefferson Memorial
William Dean Harris
Dix
Peggy Dean Smith
Wayne City
Rosa I. McLain
McLeansboro
Hettie Mitchell
Good Samaritan
Jewel Thompson
South 13Th
Clyde Liston
Creve Coeur
Conroy Laux
North
Richard McCowen
Wildrose
Joseph Fagan
Waltonville
Leroy McDuffie
Mannen
Alice Green
Fairfield Road
Betty Shurtz
Ida Michele
Sheryl Guyton
Broadway
Wava Ford
South
Selma Henry
Patricia Smith
Baby Bryan Keith
William M. Hayes
Donna Bain
Opdyke
Danny
Admitted Theft and Vandalism In Mt Vernon Incident
Mt Vernon police said three youths admitted theft and vandalism. Two 14 year old boys admitted taking two walkie talkies at Sears Roebuck store and faced no charges as management declined prosecution. A 10 year old admitted entering a home and causing extensive damage. no charges filed.
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Mt. Vernon
Sears Roebuck
Mt. Vernon man reports theft of four wire wheel covers
Harry Pierce of Route 4 Mt. Vernon reported to police late Friday that someone stole four wire wheel covers from his car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Pierce
Route 4
Mt. Vernon
Weather Here And Elsewhere MT VERNON
Friday high 86 low 61 with rainfall 19.22 inches for 1966 to date. A year ago high 34 low 8. Five years ago high 93 low 16. Ten years ago high 85 low 59. Sunday sunrise 4 57, sunset 7 15. Monday sunrise 4 57, sunset 7 14 CST.
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MT. Vernon
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Chicago Cops Rescue Negro Demonstrators
Chicago police rescued demonstrators amid ongoing protest as Rev Bevel urged continued action to press mayor and the realty board on housing law. Civil rights groups accuse area realtors of steering Negro buyers away and favoring white prospects. Meanwhile tenant groups formed a citywide Chicago Tenants Union to press slum landlords into fair contracts and rent strikes, with Women Mobilized for Change presenting anti slum and equal opportunity demands to Mayor Daley.
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Bevel
Realty Board
Chicago
Halvorsen
Dr. King
Richard J. Daley
NFO Meeting Set Here August 3 at Court House Mt Vernon
The August meeting of the Jefferson county National Farmers Organization will be held Wednesday night August 3 at the court house in Mt Vernon. The meeting will start at 8 00 o clock. All members are asked to be present and all farmers are welcome.
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Jefferson County National Farmers Organization
Court House
Mt. Vernon
Board of Review of
Jefferson County
Heavy Rains In The South Cause Flooding Across Regions
Heavy thunderstorms dumped rain from Roanoke to Columbia as flash flood warnings spread from Missouri to the Carolinas. Salem and Pocatello saw sharp temperature drops while Florence and Fayetteville logged near two inches of rain. Weakening but persistent downpours followed across Georgia and Virginia amid scattered funnel cloud sightings and record monthly totals.
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Roanoke
Salem
Ore
Pocatello
Idaho
Kalispell
Mont
Shaw Air Force Base
Columbia
S.C
Florence
Fayetteville
N.C
Memphis
Tenn
Knoxville
Homestead
Fla
Virginia
Kentucky
Arkansas
Colorado
Trinidad
Atlanta
Pueblo
Colo
New England
Great Lakes
Watertown
N.Y
Fort Worth
Tex
Home Loan Bank Raises Interest Rate
The Feder al Home Loan Bank of Chicago will raise to 5 percent its lending rate on short term advances to member savings and loan associations in Illinois and Wisconsin starting Sept 1. President John E. Stipp announced the move citing alignment with rising rates on securities offerings by Federal Home Loan banks.
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Chicago
Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago
Illinois
Wisconsin
John E. Stipp
Stipp
Federal Home Loan
Chicago Bank
Two Brothers Convicted in Chicago Police Sergeant Murder
A Circuit Court jury found brothers Police Back, 22, and Richard, 21, guilty of murdering Chicago police Sgt. Charles Eichhorst, 41, during a supermarket robbery on August 4, 1965. Death penalty not recommended. sentencing to be set after motions for a new trial. Trial lasted nine days with Judge Herbert C. Paschen presiding. Holice was accused of firing the fatal shot. he was arrested in Miami last December. Richard surrendered to Chicago police days later.
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Chicago
Richard
Charles Eichhorst
Illinois
Herbert C. Paschen
Paschen
Holice
Eicchhorst
FBI
Miami
In Memory of Mikie Graham Drowned At Jaycee Lake
A memorial note marks two years since Mikie Graham drowned at the Jaycee lake on July 30, 1964. The family speaks of God helping the burdened hearts and keeps Mikie’s memory alive with love from all who cherished him.
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Mikie Graham
Jaycee Lake
Move Speck Secretly To County Jail
Richard Speck, indicted for the mass murder of eight student nurses, spent his first night in Cook County Jail after a hospital confinement since July 17. He was moved Friday from the House of Correction hospital to the jail amid a media-skewed transfer.
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Chicago
Richard Speck
Cook County
Speck
House of Correction
William N. Norcross
Dallas
Lee Harvey Oswald
Warren Commission
Kennedy
Jack Johnson
Cook County Grand Jury
John Stamos
Johnson
Will
Gerald W. Getty
Public Defender’s Office
Getty
United States
Amelito Mateo
South Chicago Community Hospital
Philippine Islands
Mateo
High School Opposed To Hazing Reports to Authorities
Mt. Vernon High School district parents were urged to report hazing injuries to police or the sheriff. Ellis Henson, superintendent, said the district opposes hazing and will help prevent harm, noting off campus activity falls outside school authority while urging reporting to proper authorities.
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Mt. Vernon High School
Sheriff's Office
Ellis Henson
Henson
Bar White Rallies In Baltimore
In Baltimore racial tensions fueled clashes as about 20 white youths attacked Negro neighborhoods after anti-Negro rallies by the National States Rights Party. Three residents, a 3-year-old man and a 4-year-old woman, were treated for minor injuries. police reported one arrest. Officials warned that the injunction against rallies would be enforced.
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North Castle Street
East
Baltimore
National States Rights Party
Connie Lynch
Baltimore Grand Jury
Riverside Park
Neghborhood
Patterson Park
William J. O'Donnell
States Rights Party
Richard B. Norton
Maryland
Norton
Lynch
San Bernardino
Calif
Joseph Carroll
Edwin F. Hendle
Paul Cordle
Carroll
America
God
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hard Fight On Truth In Packaging
Washington AP reports opponents of truth in packaging seek to shelve the bill as supporters admit committee hurdles. Rep. Harley Staggers chairs the House Commerce Committee and works to regain support while some Democrats warn the weight size provision is in trouble. The bill aims to let consumers compare prices and curb misleading terms, with Staggers proposing controls on sizes. A witness cited a mashed potato mix price jump from 0.82 to 1.12 per pound due to reduced potato content.
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Washington
House Commerce Committee
Commerce Committee
Rep
Harley
Staggers
DW. Va
House Committee
Senate
Fred B. Rooney
Dpa
Congress
Helen Ewing Nelson
Missing cash and teen babysitter reported in Phoenix
Kenneth Collins found seven frost covered one hundred dollar bills missing from his refrigerator’s later compartment and a 16 year old babysitter was missing. Police said they were searching for her.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Kenneth Collins
Fourteen: 4-H Campers Return From District Camp
Forty four 4-H campers returned to Jefferson County yesterday after a week at the District 4-H Camp on Lake West Frankfort. Counselors Oma D. Jones Louise Hails Tracy Rawlings Michael Kent and James T. Lipe led a cooperative group described as very enjoyable and a pleasing experience for all attendees.
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Jefferson County
Lake West Frankfort
Jayne Baldridge
Lila Laughmiller
Kimberly Strickland
Karen Book
Janice Wells
Martha Weigand
Sharon Farmer
Deborah Jones
Brenda Andermatt
Joyce Nociar
Debbie Nociar
Brenda Lankford
Vivian Warner
Kathy Byars
Elaine Keele
Shirley Laur
Martha Flack
Cathy Conner
Carol
Oma D. Jones
Louise Hails
Tracy Rawlings
Michael Kent
James T. Lipe
Car Hits Pole on Casey Avenue injuring driver
One person injured as three Mt. Vernon street accidents occurred Friday and today. Conroy J. Laux, 21, of 200 North 32nd, suffered a mouth injury at 2:05 a.m. when his car struck a power pole on Casey Avenue 1000 block and was admitted to Gond Samaritan Hospital. Vehicle damage exceeded $100. Laux charged with driving while intoxicated. Two noninjury crashes followed: at 19th and Perkins involving Terry L. LaRue and Gaylord H. Wells, each over $100 damage, LaRue charged with careless driving. At Tenth and Perkins, Robert E. Bruce and David A. Mc Reynolds collided, Bruce vehicle over $100 damage, Mc Reynolds about $50.
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Mt. Vernon
Conroy J. Laux
North 32Nd Street
Casey Avenue
Gond Samaritan Hospital
Laux
Perkins
Terry L. LaRue
Salem
Gaylord H. Wells
South Eighth Street
LaRue
Robert E. Bruce
Route 7
David A. McReynolds
Denver
Colo
Coulided
Tenth
Appeals Court Reverses Albion Legion Judgment
The Illinois Appellate Court at Mt. Vernon reversed an Edwards county Circuit Court ruling in favor of Albion Browns American Legion Post 590 in a personal injury suit. Clayton R. Curtis claimed intoxicated liquor from the Legion caused a crash linked to Merrill Weber’s intoxication. The lower court had dismissed for improper defendant naming. Judge P J Goldenhersh wrote the opinion, with Justices Moran and Eberspacher concurring.
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Edwards County
American Legion Post
Illinois
Mt. Vernon
Legion Post
Clayton R. Curtis
Legion
Curtis
Merrill Weber
Weber
Appeals
P. J. Goldenhersh
George J. Moran
Edward C. Eberspacher
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Willard Porter
Della J. Hughey
Edith Cotton
ST. Barbara’s Church
Scheller
N.F.O
Associated Press
Home Loan Bank
Bar White
Baltimore, Md
Charles W. Waite
Jefferson County Board of Review
Albion Legion
Bill
Caren
Bill Kniffen
East Cotch
Main St
Slacks
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