Mrs. Helen H Richardson Dies at 1886 Birth and Golden Anniversary Remembrance
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon for Mrs. Helen H. Richardson wife of Val E. Richardson who died Friday at the family residence 200 N 12th St. A life long member of First Methodist Church she served as organist choir director and secretary of the primary department. Burial in Oakwood cemetery. Survived by husband and daughter Eleanor Richardson Mt Vernon High School instructor.
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Helen H. Richardson
Val E. Richardson
N, 12Th Street
First Methodist Church
Women's Society For Christian Service
Richardson
Monday Study Club
Ches Henson Dies In Flora
Ches Henson 62 formerly of Mr. Vernon died Sunday evening in Flora. He was a retired employee of the International Shoe Factory. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Flora. The body lies in state at Branson Funeral Home with visitation tonight and Tuesday evening. Surviving are his wife Eva Rockett. three sons Alma L. of Independence Missouri O C Henson Jr Orlando Florida and Glenn of Decatur. three daughters Icel Robbins Michi Ran Cora Spicer Orlando Florida and Mary Lou Lasha Auroras. and seventeen grandchildren.
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Ches'' Henson
Vernon
Flora
Henson
International Shoe Factory
Reorganized
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Branson
Eva Rockett
Alma L
Independence
0. C. Henson, Jr
Orlando
Fla
Glenn
Decatur
Icel Robbins
Michi- Ran
Cora Spicer
Mary Lou Lasha
Auroras
Tony Pechenino Heads 25th Div
Tony Pechenino of Christopher was elected district commander of the 25th District of the American Legion, succeeding J.C. McCormick of Olmsted. Also chosen were Joe Rice of Du Quoin as senior vice commander and Earl Ervin of Sparta as junior vice commander. Delegates from 18 posts attended, with a membership report listing 34,375 Legion members in the 5th Division.
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DU Quoin
Tony Pechenino
Christopher
American Legion
J.C. Mc.Cormick
Olmsted
Joe Rice
Earl Ervin
Sparta
76Th
Ilinois
Hospital Notes Show Admits and Discharges Across Several Clinics
Jefferson Memorial reports multiple admissions including Ada Thomas Phyllis Tate Ruby Purdue Kell Leora warene Champion Neal Shehorn Jerry Rice Carey ipps Pete Margherio Opdyke James Atchison and others with discharges of Wanda Milson infant Charles Draper Dahlgren lists Richard Marlow infant son Lord Samaritan, plus more admissions at Admitted notes list Richard Buckham Carter Miller Savage Rose Betlejewski Doris Harvey and many others with discharges including Harry Phelps Lamentha Hill Homer Kennedy Carolyn Dyer baby Kristy Lynn Barbara Costley Alice Mitchell Nora tiliston Golda Morris and son Dean Loundhal Lucille Wuichard Nancy Cabot Michael Lee John Shield Kirby Adams Norman Swem.
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Jefferson Memorial
Ada Thomas
Phyllis Lee Tate
Ruby Nellie Purdue
Kell
Leora Warene Champion
Neal Edward Shehorn
Jerry Ray Rice
Carey Robert “Ipps
Pete Margherio
Opdyke
James Atchison
Wanda Nadine Milson
Charles Keith
Charles Draper
Wayne City
Martin Luther Hutchcraft
Dahlgren
Richard Alan Marlow
Lord Samaritan
Richard Buckham
John Carter
Cora Miller
Mary Rapp
Frank Savage
Rose Betlejewski
Doris Harvey
John McCarthy
Samuel Allen
Lara Coffin
Larry Beal
Neva Dysus
Theodine Hughes
Norah Hunsinger
Lettie Burnett
Mamie Sterns
Adah Sayer
Harry Phelps
Lamentha Hill
Homer Kennedy
Carolyn Dyer
Kristy Lynn
Barbara Costley
Alice Mitchell
Nora Tiliston
Golda Morris
Dean Loundhal
Lucille Wuichard
Nancy Cabot
Michael Lee
John David Shield
Kirby Adams
Norman Swem
Births in Centralia and nearby areas
Mr and Mrs August Lound hal Morris of 625 north Cherry Centralia are parents of a son born Saturday at 4 29 pm in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing seven pounds seven and a half ounces named Dean Loundhal. A daughter born Saturday evening at 6 44 pm in Good Samaritan Hospital to Mr and Mrs Charles Harold Webb of 1404 north Ninth street weighs eight pounds two and a half ounces named Brenda Gail. Mr and Mrs Edward O Neal Tate Route 1 Mr Vernon are parents of a son born Sunday morning at 7 28 am in Memorial Hospital weighing seven pounds ten ounces named Van fh. FON Was then at 8 45 am yesterday in Jefferson Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Willard Lae Champion 1105 Welkins Hewil seven pounds and has been named Leon.
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August Loundhal Morris
North Cherry
Centralia
Good Samaritan Hospital
Dean Loundhal
Charles Harold Webb
North Ninth Street
Brenda Gail
Edward O’neal Tate
Route 1
Vernon
President Eisenhower Praises Calvin Shrine Rededication
Geneva ceremony marks 430th anniversary of Calvin birth in a restored 11th century chapel known as the Calvin Auditorium. World Presbyterian Alliance raised 160000 for restoration, Anderson's church adding 15000. Eisenhower’s message urged Christian goodwill as Geneva honors Calvin, who helped shape the Reformation.
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Michael Goldsmith
Geneva
Eisenhower
John Calvin
Calvin Auditorium
World Presbyterian Alliance
Harrison R. Anderson
Chicago
Anderson
Calvin
Noyon
France
Martin Luther
Germany
246 Students At Music Camp Opens In Du Quoin
The 18th Annual Egyptian Music Camp opened with 246 students from five states. Sessions run weekly with new registrations. Norman E. Hardy of Omak Washington set a distance record with 29 year old Hardy enrolling for accordion training June 29 to July 4 by Bill Palmer of Houston. Camp director Atwood hopes enrollment will set a record as students live in dormitories at the Du Quoin State School.
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DU Quoin
Til
New York
Texas
South Dakota
Michigan
Utah
Washington
Illinois
Norman E. Hardy
Omak
Wash
Hardy
Bill Palmer
Houston
Tex
Atwood
Briain
West calls for an end to threats in Berlin crisis
Western powers demand free access and continued presence of troops in West Berlin. Gromyko insists on withdrawal of Western forces or Soviet entry to the Western sector. Khrushchev attacks Western negotiations while officials seek a summit and a mutual Berlin arms and espionage pact.
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Berlin
Gromykos
East Berlin
West Berlin
Khrushchev
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Andrei Gromyko
Eisenhower
West Khrushchev
Albania
Gromyko
Soviet Union
Herter
West Germany
Installation Evening for Eagles Lodge Members and Auxiliary
Officers of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the ladies auxiliary will be installed Tuesday at eight in the club rooms at 114 North Sixth Street. A buffet supper runs 6:30 to 7:30, with members and families invited. Entertainment follows the installation. Mary Belle Wilson, Secretary.
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Order of Eagles
North Sixth Street
Mary Belle Wilson
Illinois Weather: Mild to sultry, showers in parts
The weekend heat eased to cooler, cloudy and damp conditions in central and southern Illinois with showers. Tuesday outlook calls for sunny skies and mild temperatures. highs mostly in the 60s and 70s, some 80s in certain cities. Lows in the high 50s to high 60s. tonight about 10 degrees cooler. Five day forecast shows near normal temps, rainfall under tenth inch north and under quarter inch south, best chances Friday or Saturday.
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Illinois
Associated Press
Ilinois
Quincy
Chicago
Peoria
Rantous Moline
Springfield
Britain denies plan to replace Selwyn Lloyd as foreign secretary
Geneva AP reports British delegates at the Big Four talks expressed astonishment at a London Times story claiming Selwyn Lloyd’s days as foreign secretary are numbered. London officials and No. 10 deny any move before Britain’s general election due by next May, calling the report pure speculation and uninspired.
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Geneva
London
Selwyn Lloyd
Lloyd
Britain
London Times
the Times
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
Formant
Downing St
Foreign Office
Times
Russell Urges Rush Work On Atomic Plane
Washington senator Richard B. Russell says the United States could test fly atomic powered bomber planes within 18 months. He notes the program would cost a large but not excessive sum and could yield prototypes for a real system, while warning the Pentagon may resist rapid pace.
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Washington
United States
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Russell
Pentagon
Capitol Hill
Auto in Creek Kills Two Women Found in Car
Two Clarksburg women, Juanita Ferguson 53 and Virginia Conley 51, were found dead in a car submerged in Elk Creek seven weeks after they disappeared. State police say autopsy shows no foul play and support an auto accident theory after car inspection revealed ignition and lights on, transmission in drive, and doors locked.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Juanita Ferguson
Virginia Conley
Flk Creek
Here
W.L. Pike
Pastor Finishes Term In Prison
In Cincinnati AP reports a pacifist minister returns to his church life after a federal prison term. The Neighborhood House, once run by Rev Maurice F McCrackin, is now an independent corporation under Episcopal oversight. He delivers his first sermon since release from Allenwood prison farm after a five months four days served.
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Cincinnati
Maurice F. McCrackin
Episcopal
Henry Wise Hobson
McCrackin
Allenwood
Black Bear Roves Parks In Washington
In Washington a mysterious black bear has appeared in park areas within city limits. Police and crowds chased it for hours as Theodore Reed of the Washington National Zoo suggested luring it with whisky and honey or beef to subdue it. The bear avoided capture while about 1,000 onlookers joined the pursuit.
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Washington
Theodore Reed
Washington National Zoo
Reed
Lok
Population of Schools Zooms
The Census Bureau reports a rising U S school age population. The number of children ages 5 to 17 stands at 43,347,000, the highest on record, and projections show the total reaching about 48.8 million by 1963, an increase of over five million in four years.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Legislature Heads Into Final Month
In the next four weeks lawmakers plan to act on changes to the justice of the peace system screen textbooks for Communist influence freeze property tax assessments reorganize departments under the governor plug sales tax loopholes raise liquor taxes and authorize a county sales tax.
Supreme Court denies review in UMWA damage case
Meadow Creek Coal Co. wins $400,000 damages after a 1948 union drive, with mine closure by force and threats cited. Supreme Court declines to hear UMWA challenge. case filed under Taft Hartley. Incidents include an unlawful march on the Montairy area mine by about 200 union members.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Union Today
Supreme Court
Tennessee
Meadow Creek Coal Co., Inc
Montairy
Tenn
U.S. District Court
Nashville
UMW
Coal Company
Douglas
Governor Long Cracks Up and Flies to Texas Hospital
Louisiana governor’s emotional outbursts in the Legislature sparked clashes as he left for Texas for treatment aboard a National Guard plane. His wife joined him in Galveston while opponents raise removal options, amid reports of federal income probes and a push to seek a fourth term.
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National Guard
Texas
Long
Galveston
Bayou
Huey
Louisiana
Frazar
Kay McElvain Listed As Fair After Crash
Mrs Kay Mc Elvain 20 of 1101 autht 25th street was listed in fair condition today at a Pana Illinois hospital. She and her husband Jim 23 were critically injured last Thursday night in an auto crash near Pana while en route home from Chicago. Mr McElvain was released from the hospital. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Reed Gowler.
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Kay McElvain
25Th Street
Pana
Ill
Vernon
Jim
McElvain
Chicago
St Louis Globe Reappears After Prolonged Guild Strike
St Louis Globe-Democrat resumes publishing after more than three months halted by American Newspaper Guild action. Publisher Amberg says guild objectives failed while executive Rollin Everett asserts gains were made. Post-Dispatch prints Globe under contract from rival building sale amid pension and job security disputes.
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ST. Louis
St. Louisans
Globe-Democrat
Richard Amberg
Rollin Everett
ANG
Evening Post-Dispatch
The
Post
Globe
Three Accidents Reported In Mt. Vernon
Mt. Vernon police checked three weekend auto accidents on Saturday. At 12:55 a.m. Herman W. Leevy and Larry Wayne Wilson collided at Tenth and Perkins causing 50 and 100 dollars damage respectively. At 1:40 p.m. Joseph W. Anderson and Reba A. Babb collided at Tenth and Casey with 100 dollars damage each. At 6:45 p.m. George McComb backed carelessly, hitting Carol Jean Martin in the 700 block of south Tenth Street.
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Mt. Vernon
Herman W. Leevy
George Street
Larry Wayne Wilson
Tenth and
Perkins
Leevy
Wilson
Joseph W. Anderson
Casey Avenue
Reba A. Babb
Centralia
Tenth
George McComb
Marion
Carol Jean Martin
North Ninth
South Tenth Street
Fire alarms trigger weekend runs for Mt. Vernon crews
Mt. Vernon firemen attended Lynn Welge at 716 Kensington Friday evening after a police call, then rushed to 1001 Salem Road where grease ignited a young blaze causing slight smoke damage. At Salem Road fire damaged a four car owned by Billi Wilson from a backfire affecting the hood paint. A third alarm at 3 05 p m Saturday came from a short in a car owned by Jerry England.
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Mt. Vernon
Lynn Welge
Kensington
Salem Road
Welge
Billi Wilson
Jerry England
Nephew of Local Residents Killed in Crash near Rosiclare
Herbert Lowell Edwards, 46, nephew of Mt. Vernon residents Elizabeth Long, Ethel Flora, and Nellie Storey, died Saturday when his car struck a bridge near Rosiclare. He was a native of Rosiclare and tied to Mt. Vernon families.
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Herbert Lowell Edwards
Mt. Vernon
State Police Nab 5 Speeders During Holiday Weekend
Five of nine people fined by Police Magistrate J. R. Thomas were arrested by state police in the Mt. Vernon area for speeding or related violations. Eugene Meyers Plainview Michigan faced 5 and costs for improper passing while Weldon Cruse Hammond Indiana had 6 and costs for speeding 71 MPH. Billie G Rennie Muskegon Michigan and James Dyal Douglas Georgia were fined 6 and costs for speeding 71 MPH and 5 and costs for driving too fast for highway conditions respectively. Luther E Page Brazil Indiana paid 9 and costs for speeding 74 MPH George W Forges Dixon Illinois 14 and costs for speeding 79 MPH and William E Turner Lesser 5 and costs for following too closely. Additional fines included Harry Lawson 20 and costs on a drunk charge and George McCombs 5 and costs for backing without due caution.
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J. R. Thomas
Mt. Vernon
Eugene Meyers
Plainview
Mich
Weldon Cruse
Hammond
Ind
William E. Turner
Lesser
Billie G. Rennie
Muskegon
Luther E. Page
Brazil
George W. Forges
Dixon
Ill
James Dyal
Douglas
Harry (Grubby) Lawson
George McCombs
Marion
Jury Selection Underway in Jefferson County Court
Jurors were chosen in Jefferson County Circuit Court this morning for a $25,000 damage suit filed by Earl EF. Ashabraner against Henrietta Lucke of Ashley. The auto crash occurred about eight miles west of Mt. Vernon on Route 460 on December 17, 1957. Judge Roy O. Gulley of Benton presides.
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Jefferson County
Earl EF. Ashabraner
Henrietta Lucke
Ashley
Mt. Vernon
Roy O. Gulley
Benton
Tax Committee Holds Meeting at Hotel Emmerson
A Citizens' Tax Group special committee met in Room A at Hotel Emmerson last Friday with nine attendees including Deputy County Treasurer Kenneth Randall and County Assessor Burrell Derry. Ferne Watson chaired. F L Strickland was secretary. The panel aims to study local assessment patterns and Illinois bills that could raise taxes. Earl Jamison and Elaine Bonnell were tasked to study pending legislation, while Louie Sturam and Ruth Bedard will review school tax proposals.
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Citizens
Emmerson
Kenneth Randall
Burrell Derry
Ferne Watson
F. L. Strickland
Illinois
Earl Jamison
Elaine Bonnell
Louie Sturam
Ruth Bedard
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