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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1950
Page
1
A parade of Mt. Vernon area residents note travels and homecomings from across Illinois and nearby states. Included are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carpenter returning from Los Angeles after a week with the Nations, and several visitors from St. Louis and Chicago attending or ending visits here.
Mr and Mrs Charles Nation learn of the birth of a son to their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Hugh Anderson of San Francisco California. He was born Saturday June 8 in San Francisco and named Bradford Graham. Mr and Mrs Max Davis Gray of Fairfield welcome a daughter born at Good Samaritan Hospital last night named Paula Jean. Mr and Mrs Clarence Hodges of 1617 Forest avenue greet a six pound six ounce son born at 3 30 am today at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Harvey Hughes of 716 Barton at 1 07 pm today at Jefferson Memorial Hospital weighing nine pounds three ounces. Mr and Mrs Harry Lasater of 409 N 12th are the parents of a son born June 6 at St Louis Maritime Hospital weighing five pounds and has been named Luty.
Patton Commandry No 6% of the Order of the Temple holds Past Commanders Night at 7:30 p m Thursday June ph. A later allied conclave will confer the Past Commanders. Dinner arrives at 6:30 p m. Visiting members invited. E Bartholomew, Commander.
Edison P T A plans a potluck supper for Willis Smith principal of Edison school at Mt. Vernon City Park Thursday at 6 30 pm. Attendees bring a covered dish and their own table service. gathering at the north end of the park. Presbyterian Choir Rehearsal Tonight
Garden Club met Tuesday June 6 at Mrs. Claude Kirk’s Benton Road home. Eleven members and three guests attended the business session followed by a social hour and a tour of the garden. Refreshments were served by the hostess with help from Chloe Trammel and Ethel Plosser.
The Women of West Frankfort Country Club invite Green Hills Country Club women to join an event on Wednesday June 14. Activities start at nine o'clock with golf and prizes, followed by a luncheon at noon and an afternoon of bridge with prizes. Reservations are requested by June 9 to Mrs Ted Hayes or Mrs Clarence Brehm or at Green Hills CC.
Optimist Club met Tuesday evening with vice president Frank Morgan presiding in the president Winston Browning’s absence. George Swingle entertained members with a Canada fishing trip. Harry Brooks was welcomed back after several weeks of illness.
Greene and Bruce tie the knot in a double ring ceremony at Park Ave Baptist parsonage in Alton with Rev. Ross Partridge officiating. The couple, both from Illinois, plan a short honeymoon and will reside in Alton. Also noted is Lions Club luncheon where Dr. Charles K. Wells spoke on atomic bomb test radiation safety.
Mrs Parmenter hosted the Junior Women's Missionary Guild of the Central Church of Christ on Tuesday. President Betty Herbert led a business session. Letters from Southwest Church of Christ Mt. Vernon and Go Ye Chapel New York were read. Shutter-in calls were reviewed. Mildred Apgar led the lesson with Alma Mason Katherine Ancona and Pearl Ryder assisting. Guest Mrs Georgia Winder attended with co host Marie Isaacs.
The Woodlawn Unit of Jefferson County Home Bureau meets Friday at 10 in Louise Smith’s Woodlawn home for a covered dish luncheon. Members should bring a dish. A refinishing furniture lesson will be given and those taking the lesson should bring a piece of furniture old rags a spatula and finish.
In Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan notes, multiple patients are listed as admitted or discharged. Notables include Mrs Maxine Wilder Mann and Mrs Ada Smith admitted, and infant Donna Jean and infant Robert listed among discharges. Other names include Mrs Beulah Talbott Mrs Marion Thierry Mrs Julia Woodworth and Mrs Ellsie Hawkins with various towns cited.
The Woman's Society of Christian Service at First Methodist met in the Fellowship Center with Mrs. J. L. Buford as president. Recommendations included a minister reception June 11, Father and Son dinner June 15, lunch for Workshop attendees June 21, and an ice cream social July 1. New circle leaders were named and circles reorganized by number.
Gladys Shurtz and Naomi R. Bogan announce the Ferguson families reunion with a basket dinner on Sunday June 11 at Mt Vernon City Park. If rain, the event moves to the park shelter house.
Dahlgren Home Bureau met Friday June 2 with 24 attending. Mrs Bertha Karcher hosted a session on Sex Education for Young Children led by a local leader. Verna Wilkey won the recreation contest, and refreshments were served. A June 30 dinner for winners and new members will be hosted at Mrs Mena Garrison's home. May 5 gathering was at Mrs Francis Kiefer. The Junior-Senior banquet details followed after a Fatigue lesson by the Home Advisor.
Funeral services for Mrs. George R. Beauford, former Mt. Vernon resident, who died suddenly Monday night at her West Frankfort home, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday at the First Methodist church in West Frankfort. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Mt. Vernon. The body will remain at the family home, 215 West Fifth Street, West Frankfort. Mrs. Beauford, a native of Jefferson County, moved to West Frankfort 41 years ago with her husband, who died in 1936. She was a member of the First Methodist church and Rebekah lodge. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Cecil Lawrence, Mrs. Fern Robinson and Mrs. Ted Steiger of West Frankfort, a brother Fred Harpole of West Frankfort, a sister Mrs. Nels Johnson of Benton, four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
A Bedford physician removed a needle from a four year old boy by pressing on the stomach and pulling it through the wall. Stephen Corps swallowed the needle Monday and was treated at Dunn Memorial Hospital after X rays showed the needle embedded. An abdominal operation exposed the tip and the needle was removed by hand leaving a small wound. Warsaw Embassy Staff Cut by 50 Percent in Poland. The U S State Department ordered a half reduction in the American embassy staff at Warsaw. An attache declined to say if the cut followed Polish government pressure. VFW Ladies Auxiliary to Meet in City Hall June 8. Jack Bennett of Mt Vernon named to Sphinx Club at Southern Illinois University Carbondale for 1950 51 academic year. Bennett is majoring in business administration in the College of Vocations and Professions.
Harry Shehorn was chosen Noble Grand of Marion Lodge No. 13 I O O F at a regular meeting. He follows W W Bell. Other officers named were Bob Dethrow Vice Grand and Dennis Karns Recording Secretary. A large group of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs enjoyed a local talent minstrel show with Frank McGath as interlocutor and Jim Breeze Earl Karns Casey Jones Coy Reed Kenneth Sandusky. Refreshments followed.
Ray Tudor a 16 year old former resident of Mt Vernon and Dahlgren was killed in an auto accident at Great Bend Kansas. His sister Billie Jean 14 suffered deep cuts and possible brain concussion. Other occupants were less seriously hurt. He attended school in Dahlgren and Mt Vernon. Survived by father E L Tudor Cheney Kansas mother Nellie Smith Great Bend Kansas and two grandmothers Ella Tudor and Rusha Morgan Bristow Oklahoma. Funeral services will be held in Bristow Oklahoma Thursday.
URBANA Ill June 7 A state entomologist says wood ticks are active and abundant across Illinois They concentrate in thickets near woods and edges of groves and are common where rabbits ground squirrels and mice inhabit Ross of the Illinois Natural History Survey warns ticks can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and urges campers hikers and outdoorsfolk to watch for ticks.
City owned bus and trolley fares rise from seven to ten cents on July 1 to fund a wage boost and benefits for about 40,000 transit workers. The subway surface line fare increases from 12 to 15 cents. The move was ordered by Mayor William O Dwyer and the Board of Transportation.
Thirty four patients from twenty towns attended the Cancer Diagnostic Clinic at Good Samaritan Hospital yesterday. The clinic enters its first full year with 153 patients examined overall. Ages ranged from three weeks to 92 years as five doctors including two specialists led the session. The next clinic was moved to Tuesday July 11 from the first Tuesday of the month.
The Shelton family links to a long running feud with Charles Birger era violence emerge as Carl Shelton dies in a jeep ambush and Bernie Shelton, tied to Peoria gambling trouble, is slain. Little Earl survives a prior eight gunshot wounds and a Monday shooting that wounded Wylie, a Fairfield gas station attendant, as two or more assailants waited hours near the garage.
Washington June 7 The Housing and Home Finance Agency approved a 29400 loan to Rantoul for a 22 classroom junior high school with cafeteria, part of a 792600 project.
W. H. Palmer posted a $500 bond before Magistrate A. M. Dulaney today and was released from the county jail. Palmer faces a vagrancy charge stemming from his arrest in the county.
Moscow radio says three Albanians were sentenced to death in Tirana on charges of spying for the United States. The report dated June 7 references a capital punishment ruling amid Cold War tensions.
Graduate nurse Jacqueline Mae White, daughter of Mr and Mrs Virgil White of Ashley Th and granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Homer White of Mt Vernon, completed nursing training at Decatur and Macon County Hospital in Decatur on June 5. Her parents and grandparents attended the Baccalaureate services on June 4 and the graduation exercises on June 5.
Harold Hollett of this city flew to St. Louis Missouri today. Carl Edmison and Harold Hollett returned last night from a trip to Wichita Kansas.
The Library Board will open bids on June 15 for 30 tons of washed and oiled three-quarter inch first grade stoker coal for the Public Library. Bids may be left at the Library or mailed to the librarian.
Harry L Lockeby a former Bluford resident died at 9 00 p m Monday in Wichita Kansas aged 33 years 9 months 1 day He was a musician Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 00 p m at Mt Olive church southeast of Bluford Burial will be in Mt Olive cemetery He was born September 4 1916 in DuQuoin son of Claude and Martha Lockeby Survived by his parents a son Robert of Elk City Oklahoma two brothers Ralph Beech Grove Indiana James Bluford four sisters Cleo Kennedy Wichita Geraldine Breese Bluford Charlotte Beasley Salem Dorothy Bean Bluford He was a member of the Church of God.
Mt Vernon firemen were called out for two minor fires late yesterday and this morning. At 10 25 this morning they were summoned to the home of Kenneth Clifton 1017 Welkin where a shed caught fire when children burned papers too close to it. Damage was slight. At 5 20 p m yesterday firemen were called to Ninth and Jordan where a wiring short damaged an automobile.
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