Mt Vernon posts office dedication honors flag ceremony
Congressman Gray presented a new American flag flown over the Capitol to Mt. Vernon Postmaster William Lee for the new post office. An Ode to the Flag by Mark Wheeler and Father James B. Burke’s benediction closed the program with the Mt. Vernon high school band and color guard performing as Earl Outland presided as master of ceremonies.
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Congressman Gray
Capitol
Washington
Mt. Vernon
William Lee
Mark Wheeler
James B. Burke
Mt. Vernon High School
Earl Outland
Chamber of Commerce
Frank G. Sulewski
Chicago
The
Postal Service
U.S
Paul Douglas
Kenneth J. Gray
West Frankfort
William M. Lee
Delo
Market Report On Local Livestock Prices
Prices paid on the local market rose today with hogs at 190 to 220 pounds topping 17.10. Sows at 300 pounds and over moved down to 13.50 while 300 weight and under sows edged up to 14.00. Boars traded between 8.50 and 9.50.
Memorial for Mt. Vernon Teacher Miss Jessie Hill
Miss Jessie Hill of 211 North Seventh Street, longtime Mt. Vernon teacher, died at 10 30 a m in Hospital at age 65 years two months four days. Survived by mother and two brothers, services set for 2 pm Wednesday at Myers Chapel with Rev Robert F Freytag. Burial in Oakwood cemetery. She taught 40 years at First Presbyterian church La La Li Miss Bull Class and served as treasurer of Mt. Vernon Order of Eastern Star and belonged to White Shrine of Jerusalem.
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Jessie Hill
North Seventh Street
Mt. Vernon
Mrs Zetta Nelson Dies At 85 In Illinois
Mrs Zetta Nelson of 1917 Casey died at 5 50 p m Saturday at Good Samaritan Hospital aged 85 years five months 13 days Funeral services set for 1 30 p m Tuesday at Pulley Gutzler Funeral Chapel with Rev A B Clodfelder officiating Burial in Thomason cemetery near Wayne City Friends may call at Pulley Gutzler Funeral Home Mrs Nelson born December 8 1877 at Wayne City daughter of Uriah and Louisa McCoy Married to John R Nelson who preceded her in death She also was preceded in death by two brothers and four sisters Survivors include son James M Williford of St Louis a daughter Mrs Wayne Crouch of Salem three grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren She was a member of Wesley Methodist church.
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Zetta Nelson
Casey
Good Samaritan Hospital
Pulley-Gutzler Funeral
A. B. Clodfelder
Thomason Cemetery
Wayne City
Pulley - Gutzler
Mrs Sumner Partridge Dies Graveside Rites
Mrs Freda Elizabeth Partridge of 2205 Broadway died Sunday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Graveside services scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at Oakwood Cemetery. Funeral home note and viewing after 6:00 p.m. Calling hours. Partridge born April 10 1904 Evansville Indiana. She married William Sumner Partridge April 19 1924 Mt Vernon. Survived by son Warren S Partridge Evansville daughter Martha Frances Brookman Lemay Missouri two brothers James Endicott Los Angeles Harold Lee Endicott Evansville sister Mrs Pauline Kent Mt Vernon. Preceded in death by father James Endicott. Member of First Methodist Church.
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Freda Elizabeth Partridge
Broadway
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Oakwood Cemetery
Bluford Funeral Home
Partridge
Evansville
Ind
James A
Martha Frances (White) Endicott
Mt. Vernon
William Sumner Partridge
Warren S. Partridge
Martha Frances Brookman
Lemay
James Endicott
Los Angeles
Calif
Harold Lee Endicott
Pauline Kent
First Methodist Church
Tower Layton Dies in Ohio Ex-Resident at 90
Tower Layton, 90, died at noon Saturday at his home in Camion, Ohio. He was a former Mt. Vernon resident. Funeral services will be held in Canton. burial in Canton. Survived by son James Layton of Canton, daughter Mrs Perliee Hamilton, brother Henry Layton, sister Beckie Layton, all of Columbus, Mississippi, and several grandchildren.
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Tower Layton
Camion
Mt. Vernon
Canton
James Layton
Perliee Hamilton
Henry Layton
Beckie Layton
Columbus
Miss
Rainey Dies at 86. funeral Tuesday at Myers Chapel
James A. Rainey 86 of Route 1 Benton Road died 9 55 p m Saturday at Good Samaritan Hospital He was a retired coal miner The funeral will be at 2 00 p m Tuesday at Myers Chapel Rev Marsh Harpole officiating Burial in Bethel Memorial Cemetery Friends may call after 6 00 p m today He was born December 25 1876 in Opdyke son of Thomas and Sarah Bennett Rainey He married Annie McKleroy May 21 1898 in Mt Vernon who died in 1961 Survivors include son Renzo Rainey Mt Vernon granddaughter June Richard Mt Vernon grandsons Bob Rainey and Cletus Rainey both Mt Vernon and Leland Rainey Mattoon
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James A. Rainey
Route 1
Benton Road
Good Samaritan Hospital
Myers Chapel
Marsh Harpole
Bethel Memorial Cemetery
Mr. Rainey
Opdyke
Thomas
Sarah
Bennett) Rainey
Mt. Vernon
Annie McKleroy
Renzo Rainey
June Richard
Bob Rainey
Cletus Rainey
Leland Rainey
Mattoon
Rites Today in Calif for John H. Taylor
Funeral services for John H. Taylor were set at Redwood Chapel Redwood City California with Reverend Kenneth Senft officiating. Taylor of 945 Iris Street Redwood City died at Sequoia Hospital after a brief illness. He moved from Mt Vernon twenty years ago and worked for International Shoe Company and later at the U S Government Ship Yard Hunter's Point San Francisco. Survived by wife Bessie L. Taylor and children Nolan E Taylor Mrs John B Sherman Hazel Taylor Mrs Donald B Minor Leon Taylor and Mrs Raymond B Dawley plus a brother sister and 24 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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John H. Taylor
Redwood Chapel
Redwood
City
Calif
Kenneth Senft
Messiah Lutheran Church
Mr. Taylor
Iris Street
Redwood City
Sequoia Hospital
Taylor
Mt. Vernon
International Shoe Company
U. S
Hunter's Point
San Francisco
Bessie L. Taylor
Nolan E. Taylor
Boulder Creek
John B. Sherman
San Quentin
Hazel Taylor
Mountain View
Donald B. Minor
Freemont
Leon Taylor
Raymond B. Dawley
Lawton Taylor
Inez Durst
Palestine
Roy Robinson of Sesser dies at 69
Roy Robinson 69 of RFD 2 Sesser died at 9 00 p m Sunday in Marshall Browning Hospital Du Quoin. Rites set for 2 00 p m Tuesday at Hazel Dell church near Sesser with Rev James Hicks officiating. Burial in Maple Hill cemetery. Stayfied Funeral Home Lesser handles arrangements. He was born April 20 18 in Goode township. Survived by wife Elsie Jones one son Nathan Robinson brother Charles Robinson sister Mrs Laura McBride two grandchildren and one great grandchild. He was a retired farmer and miner.
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Roy Robinson
RFD
Sesser
Marshall Browning
du Quoin
Hazel Dell_church
James Hicks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Lesser
Mr. Robinson
Goode Township
Marion and
Samantha (Cockrum) Robinson
Elsie Jones
Nathan Robinson
Charles Robinson
Laura McBride
Della Mulvaney Rites Planned After Death at 87
Mrs Sarah Della Mulvaney of RFD 6 Vernon died at Good Samaritan Hospital at 3 10 p m Sunday aged 87 years three months and six days Funeral 2 00 p m Tuesday at Oak Grove Baptist Church Rev Roy Beal officiating burial in Oak Grove Cemetery body will lie in state at Myers Chapel then at church Mrs Mulvaney born February 26 1876 in Jefferson County daughter of Thomas D Minor and Mary ann Beal Married Edward Mulvaney November 8 1891 in Jefferson County He preceded her in death April 19 1944 She was also preceded in death by a son Raymond Survived by one son Ralph Mulvaney Mt Vernon 10 grandchildren 24 great grandchildren and 19 great great grandchildren
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Sarah “Della” Mulvaney
RFD
Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Oak Grove Baptist Church
Roy Beal
Oak Grove Cemetery
Myers Chapel
Mulvaney
Jefferson County
Thomas D
Maryann (Beal) Minor
Edward Mulvaney
Raymond Mulvaney
Ralph Mulvaney
Mt. Vernon
Ex-King City Barber W H Rudolph Dies at 69
William Hubert Rudolph 69 of Carmi died at Carmi Hospital. He was a longtime barber in Mt Vernon and Bluford, later a barber instructor at Menard and Pontiac life prison. He retired three years ago. Funeral conducted by Rev Bill A Carter at Campbell Chapel Carmi with burial in Stokes Chapel cemetery near Crossville. Survived by wife Stella, son Graham of Springfield, brother Mark of Portland, sisters Laura Hull and Jessie Kelly, two grandchildren and one great grandchild. He was a member of the First Baptist church.
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William Hubert. Rudolph
Carmi
Carmi Hospital
Ruloph
Mt. Vernon
Bluford
Menard
Pontine Lime Prison
Campbell Chapel
Bill A. Carter
Stokes Chapel
Crossville
Omaha
Ill
Robert M
Anna Jane (Dickens) Rudolph
Stella Stone
Graham Rudolph
Springfield
Mark M
Rudolph
Portland
Laura Hull
Bunker Hill
Jessie Kelly
Alton
Lit
The
First Baptist Church
Turner B. Draper Dies At Age 87
Turner B. Draper, 87, of 2101 College, died at 11 20 p.m. Sunday at Missouri Pacific Hospital in St. Louis. The body was taken to Richardson Chapel in Wayne City. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Turner B. Draper
College
Missouri Pacific
Daisy Lockwood Dies at 83 in McLeansboro
Daisy Lockwood 83 of 406 South Washington McLeansboro died 2:13 a.m. Sunday at Hamilton Memorial Hospital. Services 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at Gholson Funeral Home with Rev. Ned Sutton. burial in I C O F cemetery. Survived by three sons Angus Lester Richard. daughter Maude Crabtree. nine grandchildren. 12 great grandchildren. two great great grandchildren. Member of Braden Valley General Baptist Church.
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Daisy Lockwood
Washington Street
McLeansboro
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
Gholson Funeral Home
Ned Sutton
Gholson
Hamilton County
Ira
Alice (Sellers) Smith
Thomas L. Lockwood
Angus Lockwood
Fast St. Louis
Lester Lockwood
Apple Creek
Ohio
Richard Lockwood
Cleveland
Maude Crabtree
Lawrenceville
Lockwood
Braden Valley General Baptist Church
Local Firemen Make Two Alarm Runs
Mt. Vernon firemen answered two alarms weekend. An auto fire at 316 South 19th Street caused slight damage. the car belonged to Jim Lockwood. A trash fire on Herbert Page property at 1207 Logan was extinguished with no damage reported Sunday afternoon.
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Mt. Vernon
South 19Th Street
Jim Lockwood
Herbert Page
Logan
Mt Vernon Lodge 31 Stated Meeting Notice
A M stated meeting at Mt Vernon Lodge No 31 is set for Monday June 3 at 7 30 p m with work in the second degree All members urged to attend visiting brethren welcome C KIP CARPENTER WM JAMES APGAR Sect 40 et 8 Also the regular promenade of the 49 et 8 will be held Tuesday June 4 at 7 30 p m at the Legion hall Paul Quinn chef de gare
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Mt. Vernon
C Kip Carpenter
James Apgar
Legion Hall
Paul Quinn
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon market listings show Wheat at 1.85, Soybeans at 2.47, and Corn at 1.21 per bushel as of this afternoon with most traders awaiting further price movement.
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MT. Vernon
Chicago Produce Market Report Jacketed Prices Steady
Chicago Mercantile Exchange butter wholesale prices steady with AA 93 score at 574, A 92 and B 55, C 89 at 54. Eggs barely steady with better whites 70 percent at 284, mixed 28, mediums 2314, standards 2714, dirties 2544, checks 24. Live poultry wholesale prices unchanged to up to 1 higher with roasters 2543-264 and special fed white rock fryers 1844.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
USDA
Livestock Market Report From National Stockyards
National Stockyards and AP report hogs 180-260 lb mostly 16.75 to 18.75 with various weights and classes listed. Cattle and calves show bids from 18.50 to 23.00 for slaughter steers, with cows, feeders, vealers, and calves varied across multiple price ranges. Sheep and lambs priced for spring lambs and slaughter ewes noted with mixed utility values.
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National Stockyards, Jr
USDA
Imost
Egg and Live Poultry Prices From St Louis Market
AP report from St Louis lists egg prices by grade and size with ranges for large medium small and wholesale grades. It also notes hens heavy and light weights and commercial broilers and fryers price ranges.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Grain prices and sample grades noted
Chicago AP reports no wheat sales. Corn market shows No 2 yellow at 1.27 percent and No 4 yellow at 1.2442 with sample grade 1 yellows 117-2142. Oats list No 1 extra heavy white 74 and No 2 extra heavy white 7413. Soybeans No 2 yellow 2.612 and soybean oil at 9 n.
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Chicago
Births Jamie and Gary Adams announce Corina Diane
Mr and Mrs Gary Lynn Adams of RFD 1 Bonnie are the parents of a daughter born at 12 41 yesterday afternoon in Jefferson Memorial hospital She weighed eight pounds 12 ounces and has been named Corina Diane The grandparents are Mrs Clif Flanagan Mr and Mrs Grover Webber both of Mt Vernon and E R Akeni of Carterville Ill.
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Gary Lynn Adams
RFD
Bonnie
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Corina Diane
Jack Braddy
Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Gregory Scott
Joseph Grewe
Dahlgren
Ellen Kay
Thomas B. Lappin
RFD 7
Mt. Vernon
Sharon Ann
Dwight Stewart
North Street
Paul Glendon
Edward H. Wood
Broadway
Divorce Granted In Circuit Court Betty Brown Wins Divorce
Betty Brown was granted a divorce from Billy Earl Brown in circuit court Saturday morning. Judge Alvin Lacy Williams handed down the decree.
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Betty Brown
Billy Earl Brown
Alvin Lacy Williams
Wall Street Advances On Mixed Gains In Heavy Trading
Wall Street edged higher this afternoon as motors and select issues led an uneven advance. Volume was about 5.3 million shares versus 4.69 million Friday. Chrysler and United Air Lines rose about 2 points each while steels were little changed. Sugar futures fell, and notes showed volatile swings with Polaroid up about 7, Beckman Instruments 4, Control Data 3, Zenith 3, Texas Instruments and Xerox up about 2. Lily Tulip was unchanged.
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NEW York
Motors
Chrysler
United Air Lines
Polaroid
Beckman Instruments
Control Data
Zenith
Texas Instruments
Xerox
Lily Tulip
Market movers on mixed U S stock trading day
Wits traded on 11 800 shares as Tennessee Gass Transmission rose 1 percent on 17 300 shares and sold 20 percent on 8 700 shares. Gains of about a point were seen by General Instrument Ampex Phelps Dodge Admiral Litton Caterpillar. American Smelting added about 2 while Chesapeake & Ohio Liggett Myers Great Western Sugar and South Puerto Rico Sugar fell over a point. J I Case dropped about a point after a court decision letting a 12 5 million damage suit go to trial. Prices were irregularly higher on the American Stock Exchange with mixed corporate bonds and declining U S government bonds on tighter credit.
Mt Vernon Area Weekend Weather Outlook
Weather summary for Mt Vernon area shows Saturday 88 high 60 low, Sunday 87 high 60 low with rainfall to date 13.73 inches. Illinois notes warmth through the weekend with 90s in Rantoul and Chicago Midway, hot and humid days, scattered thundershowers developing late afternoons or evenings across west central and northwestern Illinois.
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MT. Vernon
Ilinois
Associated Press
Tlinois
Weather Bureau
Hospital Notes and Weather Summary
Hospital notes list admissions and discharges for Ina Mae Adams Bertha York Vera Russell Madeline Sarah Egbert Randy Rowe Glenn Willeman Moss Pigg Fern Wolf Cordelia Fields and many others at Good Samaritan. Rainfall totals reach .23 inch at Moline and .20 at Rockford as a five day forecast calls for above normal southern Illinois highs and northward increases.
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Jefferson Memorial
Ina Mae Adams
Bonnie
Bertha Caroline York
Woodlawn
Vera Irene Russell
Bruford
Madeline Sarah Egbert
Randy S. Rowe
Glenn H. Willeman
Manteno
Moss Pigg
Fern Wolf
Cordelia Fields
Good Samaritan
Mary Elizabeth Alexander
Dora Ann Bailey
Della Lynn Davis
Terence Mitchele Hawthorne
Leona Elizabeth Jackson
Duain Patrick Dornbach
Winnie Ethel Halfacre
Alexander Kujawa
Shirley Doris Wielt
Kathryn ‘Michele
Mary Ruth Garrison
Mary Jo Ziarnek
Randy Ray Bean
Kathleen Marie Braddy
Helen Mary House
David Earl Hanes, Sr
James Albert Bridges
Rose Ellen Flanagan
William Howard Gage
James Alvin Martin
Betty Ann King
Kevin Mark Schutte
Jean Ann Grewe
Ellen Kay
Phyllis Earlene Henry
Elbert Dick Epler
Moline
Rockford
Waltonville Alumni Gathering Urges Local Attendance
Notice invites Waltonville alumni to contact organizers and bring families for a community gathering. Attendees are encouraged to bring phionic baskets and coordinate transport or contact details for a possible reunion event.
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Waltonville
Montgomery Ward Names New Mt. Vernon Assistant Manager
Harry Bowman is named assistant manager of the Montgomery Ward & Co. store in Mt. Vernon after transferring from Mattoon. A University of Illinois graduate, Bowman will relocate with his wife Dianne and their 534 weeks old daughter to establish a new home in Mt. Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Bowman
Montgomery Ward & Co
Bowman
Mattoon
Mt. Vernon
University of Illinois
Police Court Fines Ralph Clark for Backing in Traffic
Ralph Clark was fined five dollars plus costs by Magistrate Sherman Bullock in Mt. Vernon police court for backing in traffic without due caution.
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Ralph Clark
Sherman Bullock
Mt. Vernon
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Sumner Partridge
MT. Vernon Monument CO
Salem Road
Dial
George M. Cox
W. H. Rudolph
King City
A. F
A. M
Lyle
Lyle Wood
W-G Motors
Mt. Vernon Grain
Chicago Grain
Wall Street
American Stock Exchange
Laird Jewelers
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Bacerteese
Denver
Illinois
Belleville
Peoria
Quincy
Rantoul
Vandalia
TlHinois
Game Farm
Montgomery Ward
Rechters
Discount Center
Footaians
Jamaica
Vakue
Men's & Boys
Rae
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