Funeral for Emma Keasler Tison Held in Norris City
Emma Keasler Tison died at 9 40 p m at Good Samaritan hospital aged 88 years two months and 20 days She was born March 1867 a daughter of David and Mary Keasler and married Jacob J Tison on October 2 1887 She leaves two children Mrs Paul Fellinger Mt Vernon and Willard Tison El Centro Calif with grandchildren and great grandchildren The body is at Turner Funeral Home Norris City The funeral at Norris City Methodist Church Monday June 6 at 2 30 p m conducted by Reverend Alma McLain
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Keasler Tison
Good Samaritan Hospital
Keasler
David Keasler
Mary
Trousdale) Keasler
Gallatin County
Illinois
Jacob J. Tison
Paul Fellinger
Mt. Vernon
Willard Tison
el Centro
Calif
Clinton W. Firebaugh
David Fellinger
Lowell Fellinger
Kirkwood
William Hess
James Tison
California
Turner Funeral Home
Norris City
Methodist Church
Alma McLain
Mt Vernon Firemen Respond to Two Alarms
Mt Vernon firemen answered two alarms causing only minor damage to two vehicles. At 8 10 p m yesterday a fire started by a locked emergency brake on a car owned by H A Scherer Jr at 803 South 22nd Street. At 7 40 a m today a motorcycle owned by Dickie Watts at 507 South Seventh Street caught fire. Both incidents caused little damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
South 22Nd Street
H. A. Scherer Jr
Dickie Watts
South Seventh Street
Baby Found Breathing In Morgue Dies
The infant Miracle Ann, found with a heartbeat but no movement, was rushed to North Houston Hospital then moved to City-County’s premature nursery. Hospital staff noted limited initial prospects and the child remained on oxygen, earning the nickname Miracle from nurses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Houston Hospital
Richard Harrell
Miracle Ann
Dupree
Funeral Home
City-County
County Emergency Corps
North Houston
Miracle
Birth Notice for John Michael Faulkner
Mr and Mrs John Faulkner of RFD 1 Mr Vernon welcome a son born at 5 27 this morning in Good Samaritan hospital The infant weighs 10 pounds 10 ounces and is named John Michael
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Faulkner
RFD
Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
John Michael
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges Across Facilities
Jefferson Memorial lists admissions Jack Houseworth Belle Rive Mrs Maurine Rich Opdyke Mrs Rose Scott RFD 1 Mt Vernon Floyd Duncan Ash ley road Mrs Chloe Tolley Dahlgren Calvin Tucker Discharges Carolyn Elliott Ronnie Duckworth Belle ve Good Samaritan admits Aubrey Ernest Igo Paul Crain Mrs Lois Aline Wells Thomas Cotton Cary Carlton David Featerling Andrew Angelo DeVivo Discharges John DeSelms Arie Kline Joseph Henry Weber
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Memorial
Jack Houseworth
Belle Rive
Maurine Rich
Opdyke
Rose Scott
RFD 1
Mt. Vernon
Floyd Duncan
Ashley Road
Chloe Tolley
Dahlgren
Calvin Tucker
Carolyn Elliott
Ronnie Duckworth
Belleve
Good Samaritan
Aubrey Ernest Igo
Paul Crain
Lois Aline Wells
Thomas Cotton
Cary Carlton
David Featerling
Andrew Angelo DeVivo
John DeSelms
Arie Kline
Joseph Henry Weber
Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary Meeting June Sixth
The DAV Auxiliary will hold its regular monthly meeting on June 6 at 7 30 PM on the second floor of the Amvets club There will be an election of officers Esther Kamper Adjutant Police Court fines were levied by Police Magistrate Allen Dulaney including C N Lemons five dollars and costs for running a stop sign Juanita Harris two dollars and costs for double parking and two dollars and costs for no driver’s license
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A.V. Auxiliary
Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary
Amvets Club
Esther Kamper
Allen Dulaney
C. N. Lemons
Juanita Harris
Senate group backs $1 minimum wage shift
A Senate Labor subcommittee recommended raising the interstate commerce minimum wage to $1 an hour, ten cents above President Eisenhower's proposal. The current rate is 75 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associates
Washington
Senate Labor
Eisenhower
Fourth Victim of Ohio Bank Fanatic Dies
Dayton Ohio reports the fourth victim in a bank shooting by Richard Meyers 47 pinsetter and porter, a religious fanatic who wounded three others. Wilfred C Sherman 51 vice president of Third National Bank died from chest injuries. Mrs Freda Cramer 35 secretary. Joseph Gavin former football coach and WHIO ad man. George Sawaya Dayton grocer buried earlier. Meyers was shot by police and said the Lord told him banks and presidents were the adversaries of God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Richard Meyers
Porter
Freda Cramer
Meyers
Wilfred C. Sherman
Third National Bank and Trust
Miami Valley
Third National
Joseph J. Gavin
University of Dayton
Dayton Radio-Tv
WHIO
Whio-Tv
George Sawaya
Winters National Bank
Brando Makes Surprise Walk-On in Finian's Rainbow
Hollywood Repertory Theater staged Finian's Rainbow as Marilyn O'Connor delivered her line and Brando appeared for a 30 second walk-on. The cameo, done as a favor to Dana O’Herlihy, drew mixed reactions among cast and audience. Brando, famed for Guys and Dolls, earns 200000 dollars, and reception varied among spectators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Hollywood Repertory Theater
Dana O’herlihy
O’herlihy
Robinson Crusoe
Brando
O'Herlihy
Finian
Joke On Whisky Gets Gobel Milk Co In Hot Water
George Gobel faces censure from the Texas Methodist Conference after a temperance report criticized his Saturday night remark Youve heard that you cant buy happiness You can Go out and buy a fifth The measure urged 185000 members to protest Gobel and sponsors Pet Milk Co and Armour Co
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gobel, Milk Co
Houston
George Gobel
Texas Methodist Conference
Board of Temperance
TV Star
Temperance Report
Gobel
Pet Milk Co
Armour & Co
Charges Cruelty In Divorce Suit
Flossie M. Montgomery files for divorce from James Montgomery in the circuit court clerk’s office. She seeks custody of a minor child. the couple wed July 17 1949. Attorney Lawrence J. Starman represents the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flossie M. Montgomery
James Montgomery
Jerry Gott
Local flyers make early morning trips to cities
Air travelers M. J. Mitchell and Tom Oakley flew to Denver Colorado this morning. Mel Wattson of Wood River went to Mount Vernon. Earl Outland traveled to East Alton. Donald McLean flew to St Louis and Paris this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Mitchell
Tom Oakley
Denver
Colo
Mel Wattson
Wood River
Mt. Vernon
Earl Outland
East Alton
Donald McLean
St. Zai
Paris
Catholics Give Billy Graham Pat On The Back
New York evangelist Billy Graham, a Southern Baptist, earns praise from America, a Jesuit weekly. The Catholic journal says Graham is intelligent and zealous and helps many Protestants seek God. It notes large crowds on his European crusade and wishes him well in recalling God to a secular world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Billy Graham
America
National Weekly
Graham
Billy
God
Ostend Resort Hotel Burns in Atlantic City Blaze
A 200 room Ostend Resort Hotel in Atlantic City collapsed in flames after a top floor fire. Firefighters evacuated eight people in nightwear as spectators watched from the beach. Three firemen one employee and a guest were slightly hurt. cause undetermined on the third floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ey Acanerated
Atlantic City
N. J
Ostend
Auto Tractor Wreck Injures Two North of Woodlawn
A car struck a tractor on a blacktop road about 115 miles north of Woodlawn at 10 p.m. yesterday injuring Courtney Williams, 40, of Woodlawn who rode the tractor and David Featherling, 18, of Walnut Hill who drove the car. Featherling was taken to Good Samaritan hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodlawn
Courtney Williams
David Featherling
Walnut Hill
Featherling
Good Samaritan Hospital
Leaving Scene Of Accident Charged In Mt Vernon
Two minor crashes occurred on Mt Vernon city streets yesterday. Henry Billingsley of Mt Vernon Route 4 was charged with leaving the scene after his car hit two autos in the parking lot behind the Egyptian Cab Company at 4 29 p m. The other involved drivers were Joseph R Smith 41 of Mt Vernon Route 1 and Bill Martin 29 of 803 North Eighth Street. A second collision near Twelfth and Main at 5 p m involved James H Mezo 45 of Airport Road and Mary L Creager 45 of 514 North Twelfth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Henry Billingsley
Egyptian Cab Company
Joseph R. Smith
Bill Martin
North Eighth Street
Twelfth
Main Streets
James H. Mezo
Airport Road
Mary L. Creager
North Twelfth
Relics Of Early Cave Men Discovered In Africa
A South African cave find suggests humans first used tools and perhaps fire over 100,000 years ago. Teeth fragments and crude stone tools were reported to the Wenner Gren Foundation by Dr Raymond A Dart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wenner- Gren Foundation For
Raymond A. Dart
Marriage Licenses Reported in Mount Vernon and Nearby
Phillip Robinson and Betty Col clasure of Mt. Vernon Route 2. Ralph Johnson and Pearlie Mae Russell of Centralia. James Ray Gillespie and Virginia Byars of Bluford. Kenneth E. Tinsley and Ruby C. Leneave of Mt. Vernon. Hoden H. Salmon and Mrs. Mary V. Howell of Carmi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Robinson
Betty Colclasure
Mt. Vernon
Ralph Johnson
Pearlie Mae Russell
Centralia
James Ray Gillespie
Virginia Byars
Bluford
Kenneth E. Tinsley
Ruby C. Leneave
Hoden H. Salmon
Mary V. Howell
Carmi
Sunday Radio Schedule Fragment from a 1950s Guide
A garbled list of radio programs names hosts and times including Percy Faith Holland Concert Dr Wyatt U S Army Music Nick Carter Sherlock Holmes Our Miss Brooks Town Meeting Juke Box News and Comment and Meet the Press listings with multiple abbreviations and misspellings indicating a scanned schedule page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe
Television Program Schedule From Past Evening
A dense list of TV programs relayed in daylight time features youth shows Face the Nation Camera Three and Camera Three DuMont religious hour and Zoo Parade plus news commentaries and variety programs. Notable entries include Hallmark of Fame American Week Super Circus Roy Rogers Film Meet the Press Lucy Show You Are There and Loretta Young Film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soctern
Abe
Cba
Camera
Cbs Science Review
DuMont
Cbs
Frank Baxter
Nbe
Buster Crabbe
Lucy
Roy Rogers
Art Baker
Polly Bergen
Aba
Eisenhower
TV Playhouse
Walter Winchell
Stork Club
Cbs Life
Loretta Young
Vilm—abe
Break the
Robt. Cummings
Ebe
Evening TV Schedule Adjusted for Time Zones
Eastern Daylight TV lineup lists 7:00 Kukla Ollie aba and 7:18 John Daly abc with 7:30 Names the Same abc and 7:48 Perry Como ebs News Broadcast abc. 8:00 Burns Allen obs Caesar's Hour nbe Reader's Digest abe. 9:30 Talent Scouters cbs Opera Concert abe 9100 I Love Lucy aobe Crown Theater abe Media abe. 9:80 Montgomery Theater nbe December Bride cbs 10:00 Studio One cbs 11:18 V Pres Nixon cbe 11:36 Steve Allen Tonight nbe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kukla
Ollie
Aba
John Daly
Abc
Tony Martin
Abc News
Cba
Perry Como
Ebs News
Burns & Allen
Nbe
Reader's Digest
Abe
Cbs Opera
Aobe
Crown Theater
Abe Media
Montgomery Theater
Cbs
Studio One
V. Pres. Nixon
Cbe
Steve Allen
Bruce Cabot Faces Jail Term Over Alimony
SANTA MONICA Calif Actor Bruce Cabot faces five days in jail if he returns to California after his estranged wife Franchesca De Scaffa testified in superior court about back child support. Judge Stanley Mosk held him in contempt for 4950 dollars in non payment and issued a bench warrant. De Scaffa said Cabot claimed to be in love with Lila Sterling and to be the father of her son Brucie and spoke to him by telephone May 9 from Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Calif
Bruce Cabot
Italy
California
Franchesca de Scaffa
Cabot
Alphonsine Cabot
Stanley Mosk
Brewer Sentenced in Shrimp Theft Case
Robert Wesley Brewer, 28, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for gambling away his employer’s $10,000 truckload of frozen shrimp. Federal agents found $4,900 in cash from the gamblers who had sold the shrimp. Brewer faced theft from interstate shipment charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Robert Wesley Brewer
Brewer
Detroit
Brownsville
Famous Indian Chief Big Tree Charged With DWI
Syracuse police report that John Big Tree, 79, Onondaga chief whose likeness graces the nickel, was charged with driving while intoxicated. It was his first arrest. He was held on 250 dollars cash bail or 500 dollars property bond for arraignment in Syracuse Traffic Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
John Big Tree
Big Tree
Pontiac
Nash Hudson Lay Off 3400 Workers in Wisconsin Plants
Nash Hudson, maker of Nash and Hudson cars, announced a downward production adjustment laying off 3400 workers at its Kenosha assembly and Milwaukee body plants. The cuts equal 20 percent of the local workforce, effective next Tuesday, with 1800 jobs cut in Kenosha and 1600 in Milwaukee. Production will run about 650 cars daily after the layoffs, up from 380 a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilwaukee
American Motor Corp
Nash and Hudson Automobiles
Wisconsin
Kenosha
Wis
AMC
Laird community notes of visits and gatherings
Local residents from Laird and surrounding towns share weekend visits church activities and social events. Families from Elgin Belvidere Fisher Mt. Vernon and Peoria join chairvari and wedding showers at the Overby home. church members plow field for Laird Baptist Church and plan bean planting on the prepared ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Frank Jr
Elgin
Essie Shrum
Ray Shrum
Jim Baker
St. Louis
Laird Church
Clarence Catron
Belvidere
Lawrence Boykin
Fisher
Vernon Dulaney
Arthur Johnson
Mt. Vernon
Henry Overby
Leonard Russell
Russell
Doris Clark
Clyde Maulding
Alta Webb
Bluford
Biff Robinson
Opdyke
Mary Melton
Princeton
Henry Sauls
Joliet
Pete) Clark
Peoria
Cloyd Catron
Laird Baptist Church
Glen Phillips
Virtus Richardson
Lee Johnson
Paul Joy
Nolan Phillips
Curtis Phillips
Joan Richards
Bob Jones
Marie Buchanan
Dahlgren Residents Share Weekend Visits Across States
Daelgren Illinois social notes list visits from Evansville Indiana and Mound City Illinois to the Apgar and Tolley households. Family and friends from Vincennes Indiana, East St. Louis Illinois, Chicago Illinois, Albuquerque New Mexico, Carmi Illinois, Fast St. Louis Missouri, Oklahoma, O'Fallon Illinois and Mt. Vernon Illinois are mentioned as visiting Dahlgren and area relatives over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Beaty
Evansville
Ind
Charles Apgar
Eugene Tolley
Mound City
E. L. Tolley
Gene Wilkerson
Rosemary
Donna
Bob
Vincennes
Charles Apcar
John Wilkerson
Nora Robinson
East St. Louis
Corda Judd
Dale Sturman
Lucille Johns
Chicago
Dahlgren
Martin Shelton
Little Son
Albuquerque
N. M
Frank Shelton
Norbet Wagoner
Carmi
C. L. Collins
Fast St. Louis
O. E. Allen
Mt. Vernon
Hester Cates
Opel
Everett Bivins
Mike
Phil
O'Fallon
Chas
Apgar
Neighborhood News Highlights in Shiloh and Vicinity
Shiloh hosts visitors from Chicago including Opal Wamac and Porter Weatherford plus Cecile Piercy's gathering with Mr and Mrs George Creel and families. Local students Natalie Wooden Esther Sanders and Norma Flannigan visit with families. New residents Wesley Wooden and Glen Smith enter the area. Phillip Gardner returns for summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opal Wamac
Chicago
Porter Weatherford
Galesburg
Cecile Piercy
George Creel
Luther Cameron
Natalie Wooden
Esther Sanders
Crete Wooden
Newell Sanders
David Tucker
Neil Peeck
Ashley
Wesley Wooden
Louisville
Mt. Vernon
Phillip Gardner
McKendree
Norma Flannigan
Hershel Flannigan
Kirkpatrick
Bluford
W. T. Wooden
Glen Smith
Roy Smith
Local travel notes and visits across multiple towns
McLeansboro and surrounding areas report a string of visitors and travelers. Richard Dean Campbell and Rebecca Ritchey head to Lakeland Florida to visit the Adams home, with Janet Suell accompanying to Ft Lauderdale. Various residents journey to Effingham, Rapid City, Guam, St. Louis, Springfield, Tulsa, Billings, and other locales for visits, markets, and vacations, including family gatherings with the Jones, Ventress, Gholson, Echols, Merrill, Blades, Parkhurst, and Epperson households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Dean Campbell
Rebecca Ritchey
Lakeland
Fla
A. G. Adams
Janet Suell
Ft. Lauderdale
Susan Montgomery
John Razier
Effingham
Andy Ventress
Joe Wright
Warren and Cran
Rapad City
Dakota
Edwin T. Jones
Capt. Wright
Guam
US Air Force
R. W. Mangis
Joe Adams
St. Louis
Donna Jean
Garry Wayne Drodsdale
Devonport
Iowa
Randall Gholson
Mt Vernon Township Hf School Board Sealed Coal Bids
The Mt Vernon Township High School Board invites sealed bids for coal for 1955 1956 with specifications available in the Principal’s office. Bids must be received by June 10 1953. Arthur Milward Principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon Township
Hf School Board of Education
Arthur Milward
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Emma K. Tison
Mt.Vernon
Ohio Bank
Associated Press
Marlon Brando
Airport News
Josie Page
S. 10Th St
Uied
Radio
Abe Gene Autry
Cbs News
Musto
Bible
Abe Juke Bor
Cbs News & Comment
Abc Enchanted
Miss Brooks
Cbs Weat Point
Little Margie
Sherlock Holmes
Needy Vallae
Alter Winchell
Abe Sammy Kaye
Mbe
Fiber
Molly
Daniel Shorr
Abe Billy Graham
Mbs
Great Gildersleeve
John Derr
Sparta
Abe Little Symphonies
All Neta
Mba-Weat
Sporta
Newa
Abe-Eant
Abe News
Cbs Sporta
Abe Nowa
Nabe Strange
Mba
Abe Mr
Keen
Cbba
Jack Gregson
Barlow
Abe Abe
Parry Como
Abe News & Story
Bing Crosby
Band of America
Abe Amon
Andy
Fibber and
Chs News & Comment
Gildersleeve
Air Force
Chs
Newa & Comment
News & Varieties
All
Elks
Walter Smith & His
Dixieland Band
Elks Home
Tith and
Harrison
Nash-Hudson
Viagram
Gene Autry
Cbs Science
Arisa
Horace Heldt
Mickey Rooney
Abe Jackie Gleason
Thia
Imogene Coca
Jimmy Durante
Abe Ozark
Obse
Abe Valcade
Abe Runyon
Laird News
Johnson’s Insurance Agency
10Th Street
Mt. Vernon, Ill
Daelgren
Shiloh
Bible School
Southwest Church OF Christ
Herbert
Mcleansboro
Clayton Howell
Harold Calvert
Alton
Clyde Echols
Frieda Fields
Springfield
Pearl Spinner
Chester
Eli Yount
Rapid City
R. H. Merrill
Harold Dillani
O. Mertz
John Fisher
Dixon
Elsie Blades
M. F. Lindberg
Nesperville
George Parkhurst
Bill York
Tulsa
Okla
L. O. York
Emily
Ouly
Ible School
First Free Will Baptist Church
Corner
11Th and Jordan
West Broadway
32Nd Street
MT. Vernon Homes, Inc
R. Leben Garrison, Realtor
Country Heights Subdivision
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