Deaths Lucy Tolley Dies At Age 71
Lucy Tolley of 721 South Tenth Street died at 12 50 a m at Jefferson Memorial Hospital after two weeks illness. She was 71 years four months and one day old. Funeral services are set for Monday at 3 00 p m at Central Church of Christ with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. The body may be viewed at Myers Chapel after 11 a m Sunday and will lie in state at the church noon Monday until the service. She was born February 1 1885 in Spring Garden township to Joseph P and Elizabeth Hayes Wells and married Joseph N Tolley who died July 9 1938. She leaves three sons Norman E Harold J and Billy W of Mt Vernon. a daughter Mrs Harry Ethridge of Mt Vernon. two brothers Newton Wells of Mt Vernon and Roscoe Wells of Nason. three sisters Rade Ventress Venice Illinois Grace Williamson and Sarah Stevenson Mt Vernon. and four grandchildren.
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Lucy Tolley
South Tenth Street
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Central Church of Christ
Lester Pifer
Oakwood Cemetery
Myers Chapel
Mt. Vernon
Harry Ethridge
Newton Wells
Roscoe Wells
Nason
Rade Ventress
Venice, Ill
Grace Williamson
Sarah Stevenson
George Clark Rites Tomorrow
Funeral services for George H. Clark will be held Sunday at 2 00 p m at Myers Chapel. The Rev Charles Karch will officiate and burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. Mr Clark died at 915 a m Friday at his home 1224 Welkins at the age of 88. He was a retired employee of the carp er.
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George H. Clark
Myers Chapel
Charles Karch
Piel
Oakwood Cemery
Mr. Clark
Welkins
Car Ape
Two Men Rescue Dog On Stone Mountain
Elias Nour and B S Ivey descended about 750 feet from the summit to reach a frightened dog on Stone Mountain. The animal had slipped and fallen to an iron stake, then teetered near a 35 foot drop before rescuers retrieved it and it was taken to the Atlanta Humane Society for treatment.
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Atlanta
Stone Mountain
Elias Nour
B. S. Ivey
DeKalb County
Atlanta Humane Society
Hospital Notes with Good Samaritan and Jefferson Memorial
At Good Samaritan admitted Leo Buchanan Diana Gregory Patricia Fitzgeorge Roberta Stover Sharon Hale Sydney Mae Hale Tommie Peterson Harry Fairchild and Mrs Mary Lou Parker. Discharged: Mrs Betty McGee Mrs Carol Myers and baby Kim Ivy William Roach Darmy Wilson Michael Hudgens Mrs Helen Buck Mrs Gertrude Williams Mrs Elsie Fitzgerald Carlie Hamner Mrs Nela Gregory Mrs Nellie Loucks and baby Elizabeth Ann Mrs Betty McCowen and baby Mary Beth. Jefferson Memorial admitted Idella Lowery Ben Arl Mays Boyd Mrs Pearl E Brown. Discharged: Bill Weatherford Mrs Ada Smith Mrs Martha Rainwater Belleville Jess Knauss.
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Good Samaritan
Leo Buchanan
Diana Gregory
Patricia Fitzgeorge
Roberta Stover
Sharon Hale
Sydney Mae Hale
Tommie Peterson
Harry Fairchild
Mary Lou Parker
Betty McGee
Carol Myers
Kim Ivy
William Roach
Darmy Wilson
Michael Hudgens
Helen Buck
Gertrude Williams
Elsie Fitzgerald
Carlie Hamner
Nela Gregory
Nellie Loucks
Elizabeth Ann
Betty McCowen
Mary Beth
Jefferson Memorial
Idella Lowery
Ben Arl Mays
Boyd
Pearl E. Brown
Bill Weatherford
Ada Smith
Martha Rainwater
Belleville
Jess Knauss
Local aviators make varied regional flights
John Cole flew from DeSoto Missouri to Mt. Vernon yesterday. George Lytle traveled from Salem to the King City on Friday. Lyle Endicott journeyed Mt. Vernon to Milwaukee Wisconsin and back yesterday. Melvin Hutcher flew Memphis Tennessee to the King City this morning en route to Virden Illinois.
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John Cole
DeSoto
Mt. Vernon
George Lytle
Salem
King City
Lyle Endicott
Milwaukee
Wis
Melvin Hutcher
Memphis
Tenn
Virden
III
Births in Belle Rive and at Good Samaritan Hospital
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Herbert Denham of Belle Rive at 12 49 PM Friday in Good Samaritan hospital weighing five pounds fourteen ounces. Mr and Mrs Burrell Hulbert of 2209 Herbert welcomed a daughter at 7 09 AM today in Good Samaritan hospital weighing seven pounds fifteen ounces named Vickie Lynn.
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Herbert Denham
Belle Rive
Good Samaritan Hospital
Burrell Hulbert
Herbert
Vickie Lynn
Trinity Episcopal Church Service Schedule and Guild notices
The Trinity Episcopal Church at 11th and Harrison St. posts a Sunday schedule with Church School at 10:00 a.m. and Morning Prayer at 11:00 a.m. on June 3. A June 16 Prayer Guild meeting at 9:30 a.m. is sponsored by St. Ann's Guild with Alice Watson leading. Weather snippets for Rockford Peoria Rantoul and other towns appear.
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Trinity Episcopal Church
Harrison St
Ralph Markey
the Sayre
S St. Ann's Guild
Alice Watson
Civil Rights Measure Faces Rocky Trail
The Senate Judiciary Committee laid out a long road for civil rights bills with 7 opposition witnesses set to be heard. Atty. Gen. William B. Rodman Jr. testified as the first opponent, with hearings shifting to opposition after proponent testimony. Southern state attorneys general, senators, and House members expect to speak. a civil rights commission and division within the Justice Department are among administration proposals awaiting floor action. Rodman opposes federal civil rights measures across the board.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sen
Eastland
Dmiss
William B. Rodman Jr
North Carolina
Senate
National Assn. For
Advancement of Colored People
Robert Young
Rodman
Young
House
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Administration
Congress
Justice Department
House Judiciary Committee
Rules Committee
Senate Committee
Pretty Atlanta Secretary Slain In Payroll Robbery
In downtown Atlanta a secretary named Inez Johnson, 30, was killed during a $2,400 payroll robbery at the Ingram Mantel and Tile company. Police say the killer struck within about ten minutes during lunch hour. Johnson left behind a 10-year-old son. Herbert Harcourt, 26, found the scene ten minutes after the crime.
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Moseley
Johnson
Herbert Harcourt
Jefferson County Industrial Group to Meet Sunday
A meeting of the Jefferson County Industrial Organization formerly known as the Out of Town Workers Club will be held at 9 00 am Sunday at the courthouse. The purpose is to secure more signers on the wage agreement to attract new industry to the city. The gathering will take place in the circuit court room on the second floor of the county building.
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Jefferson County Industrial Organization
The
Out of Town Workers Club
Court House
Circuit Court Room
Unknown Corpse Is His Brother Identified in New Jersey
In North Brunswick a cemetery worker identified a drowned man found in a shallow brook as his brother Joseph Jaqui, 45, after describing the clothes at Van Liew Cemetery. Middlesex County coroner William Jaqui confirmed the identification by fingerprints.
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North Brunswick
N. J
William Jaqui
Middlesex
Albert Louis Zaabadick
Jacqui
van Liew
Zaabadick
Joesph
Notice to Public for Belle Rive Fanttery Lots Sale
Public notice states that plots in Belle Rive Flint Fanttery may be purchased with a twenty five dollar down payment and five dollars per month until paid in full. No graves may be opened until the total price of seventy five dollars is paid. The trustees passed the resolution on May 30 1956. Signed Grace N Robertson Secy Treas.
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Belle Rive
Flint
Grace N. Robertson
Sec'y-Treaa
Steve And Dorothy Win Biggest Jackpot
Hollywood report notes Steve and Dorothy Rowland, a Negro liquor store owner and his wife, won for the eighth time on Edgar Bergen's Do You Trust Your Wife, securing $100 weekly for a year per win. They plan a trust for their children’s education, remain practical, and envision a future trip after years of steady gains. Steve Jr. and Nancy are 13 and 11.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Steve
Dorothy Rowland
Edgar Bergen
Rowlands
Steve Jr
Nancy
Rowland
Cold Weather and Floods Hit Indiana in Late Winter
Indiana endured record late season cold with temperatures in the 30s. South Bend and Evansville posted new late season cold records while floodwaters receded from 100000 acres in Jackson County. Pos ey County farmers built earth levees to guard corn on the Wabash and Ohio rivers. Replanting costs in Jackson County estimated at 600000 dollars, with Owen County losses near 500000. Lawrence County may need 1000 to 2000 acres replanted.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
South Bend
Evansville
Jackson County
Seymour
Brownstown
White River
Bedford
Posey County
Wabash
Ohio
White
Muscatatuck
Owen County
Peacer
John Armstrong
Lawrence County
Piercy Hired As Asset Operator At Sewage Plant
Wayne W. Piercy of 208% north Fourth street has been hired as an assistant operator at the Mt. Vernon sewage treatment plant. City Manager Harlow Richard son announced the selection from eight applicants. Piercy, formerly with Montgomery Ward for five years, will start mid June. The hiring raises plant staff to three workers, following council authorization for an additional position.
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Wayne W. Piercy
North Fourth Street
Mt. Vernon
Harlow Richardson
Piercy
Montgomery Ward
Sewer Commission
Troop Train Halted After White and Negro Soldiers Fight
Crocker Missouri officials say a Frisco train carrying 400 soldiers was halted Friday night after reports of fighting between white and Negro troops. Military police from Ft. Leonard Wood boarded, separated the combatants, and restored order. authorities issued no comment.
Police Car In Fatal Crash On Way To Hospital
A Belleville man, Denver M. Burlison, 65, died after his auto collided with a police car rushing a woman bitten by a spider to St. Mary's Hospital in EAST ST. LOUIS. The woman, Margaret Koenig, 57, endured bruises. her daughter Rose Brown, 29, suffered a head cut and possible concussion. Koenig sustained a finger bite from a black widow. A separate note reports a bicycle theft from 1010 Tolle Road by an unidentified female suspect.
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East ST. Louis
Ill
Belleville
Denver M. Burlison
St. Mary's Hospital
Margaret Koenig
Alerton
Rose Brown
Koenig
Newspaper Boy Calls Firemen To Lamar Ave Fire
A quick-thinking Register-News carrier boy collecting on his route this morning summoned firemen when a fire broke out on Lamar Avenue at the home of Charles Boyd 805 Lamar. A davenport rug curtains and blinds were destroyed. Firemen said the parents were away from home and that only partial contents were damaged.
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Register- News
Lamar Avenue
Charles Boyd
Lamar
Davenport
Man Accused Loiterer, Fire Sparks York Rug Blaze
Hamilton Ohio police arrest 55 year old Tom Smith on loitering charges after a July fire in a heating stove ignites a rug. Firefighters respond as four children escape. A pocket search reveals nails screws rope and other items totaling 712 pounds. Mention of Admiral Byrd and Nat Geo Society appears as unrelated notes.
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Hamilton
Ohio
Tom Smith
Oxford
Car Hits Truck At 19th and Perkins
One minor accident reported in Mt. Vernon on Friday at 11 50 a m. Lula A. Smith RFD 7 driving south turned west on Perkins and struck a parked milk truck driven by R H Klingenberg Irvington. Police noted the mishap as a minor collision. Employers age policies cited in a survey as causing 56 percent of U S retirements.
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Mt. Vernon
Lula A. Smith
RFD 7
19Th
Perkins
R. H. Klingenberg
Irvington
Smith
Marriage Licenses Granted in Mt. Vernon Area
Ray C. Jackson and Geraldine Helen Harlow of Mt. Vernon. Donald Ray Sendelbach and Marilyn Joyce Adams of Mt. Vernon. Kenneth O. Oliver and June Evelyn Owens of Mt. Vernon. E Tate Texico and Nora Stewart RFD 7 Mt. Vernon. Billy Kirkpatrick Lesser and Frances J. Karch RFD 4 Mt. Vernon. Ellis Bliss Bonnie and Annis Towle Benton. Thomas Graham and Vern Matthews of Salem.
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Ray C. Jackson
Geraldine Helen Harlow
Mt. Vernon
Donald Ray Sendelbach
Marilyn Joyce Adams
Kenneth O. Oliver
June Evelyn Owens
X. E. Tate
Texico
Nora Stewart
RFD
Billy Kirkpatrick
Lesser
Frances J. Karch
Ellis Bliss
Bonnie
Annis Towle
Benton
Thomas Graham
Vern Matthews
Salem
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George Clark
Airport News
Rockford Peoria
Rocky Trail
Dorothy
Los Angeles
USC
University of Hawaii
Phoenix
Arizona State Teachers College
Europe
Kefauver
Stevenson
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Tammany
Harriman
Rochester
N.Y
Tamman
Carmine de Sapio
Newark
Averell Harriman
Hazard
Dewey Daniel
Kentucky Republican Central Committee
John Sherman Cooper
U.S
India
Daniel
Cooper
Boston
Kentucky
GOP
Lexington
Barkley
Sparkman
D-Ala
William Dobbs
Tolle Road
Travelers Cafe
Bernard Stein
Hammond Organ
DuBois
West Ashley Wye
Lamar Ave
Larry Musgrave
Larry
Fire Department
Adm
Richard Byrd
National Geographic Society
United States
U. S
Our
the Board OF Directors
S. T
Casey
Donald S. Grant
Ethel M. Green
John A. Kirk John J. Manion Coyn Mateer
J. E. Rackaway
V. E. Richardson
Ray Schweinfurth
Harold G. Watson
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp
Jefferson County
North 10Th Street
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