Claude R. Henry obituary in Mt. Vernon services announced
Claude R. Henry 82 of 204 North 4th Street Mt. Vernon died 2 05 pm Wednesday at Good Samaritan Hospital He was a retired merchant and butcher Funeral services 2 00 pm Saturday at Epworth United Methodist Church with Rev Marvin Freisner officiating Burial in Oakwood cemetery Body lies in state Myers Chapel after 5 00 pm Friday then at noon Saturday church for lie in state until service He born Sept 17 1890 in Jefferson County son of James W and Carrie Oakley Henry He married Ruth Scott who died 1950 later Emma R Maxey who died 1972 and was also preceded in death by one son Survivors include eight nieces and two nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude R. Henry
North 4Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Epworth United Methodist Church
Marvin Freisner
Oakwood Cemetery
Myers Chapel
Mr. Henry
Jefferson County
James W
Carrie
Oakley) Henry
Ruth Scott
Emma R. Maxey
Margaret Potts
Pana
Doris Wanger
Elgin
Pauline Atkinson
Lucille Caruthers
Mt. Vernon
Betty Ann Smithpeters
Belleville
Mary Lou Eubanks Becker
Golden
Colo
Mary Bufkin
Lansing
Mich
Marjorie Holabeck
Johnstown
Raymond Kinison
Danville
Bob Edmondson
Harry A. Bishop 88 Dies on Route 7
Harry A. Bishop aged 88 of Route 7 died at 5 25 am today at Missouri Pacific Hospital in St Louis Missouri He was a retired stationary engineer for the hospital Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Hughey Pulley Funeral Home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry A. Bishop
Route 7
Missouri-Pacific Hospital
St. Louis
Hughey-Pulley Funeral Home
Virgil Williams Dix dies at 73 in Illinois
Virgil H. Williams, 73, of Dix, Illinois, died at 7 30 a m Wednesday at Good Samaritan Hospital. A retired farmer and barber, he will be buried in Fluorine Cemetery at Rosiclare after services Saturday at Osborn Funeral Home in Dix. He was born February 17 1900 in Elizabethtown NC to Webster and Louise Williams and married Maude E. Rose on February 16 1924 in Elizabethtown. He is survived by his wife and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded by his parents and one brother.
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Virgil H. Williams
Dix
Good Samaritan Hospital
Williams
Osborn Funeral Home
Ross Partridge
Rosiclare
Osborn Funeral
Mr. Williams
Elizabethtown
Webster
Louise
Paris) Williams
Maude E. Rose
Maude
Hog market prices for No 1 2 hogs and sows
Market report lists No 1 and 2 hogs 200 to 220 pounds priced at 36.50 to 37.00. No 1 at 37.50. Mixed No 1 and No 3 hogs 210 to 240 pounds priced 36.00 to 36.50. Sows ranged 28.00 to 31.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Vernon
National Stockyards
Ill
Mt Vernon grain and national market quotes
Mt Vernon price quotes show soybeans at 9.80, wheat 2.51, corn 2.31 this morning. AP reports from Chicago and St Louis cover butter, eggs, wheat and corn prices, and national stockyards receipts and cattle hog prices for Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Vernon
Chicago
USDA
Dow Edges Higher as Market Ends Rally
New York stocks rose with the Dow advancing about a point as more issues gained than fell. Rite Aid led volume, while Interest Stores and AT&T warrants showed unchanged quotes. The Tuesday rally ended Wednesday on a notes of technical bounce amid inflation, high rates, Watergate, and dollar uncertainty. Brokers saw little fundamental support beyond a tentative uptick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rite Aid
American Telephone & Telegraph
UAL
Last Six Minutes FIRST IMPEACHMENT SPEECH SHUT OFF
McCloskey spoke six minutes on possible Nixon impeachment before a quorum call silenced him. Landgrebe forced adjournment, blocking debate as 152 members remained, far short of 218 needed. McCloskey said he may not pursue impeachment and will print his remarks in the Congressional Record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Nixon
Paul N. McCloskey
California
Congress
Earl F. Landgrebe
Indiana
McCloskey
Congressional Record
Landgrebe
Guilty Verdict In Charles Mack Burglary Trial
Jefferson County jury finds Charles Mack, 37, guilty of stealing 186.20 dollars worth of meat from Uncle Charlie's Sausage Co. The theft occurred Oct. 22, 1972. Trial lasted two days with a verdict after under an hour. Judge Alvin Lacy Williams schedules a June 29 pre sentence hearing and orders a probation officer to conduct a pre sentence investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Charles Mack
S. 9Th St
Uncle
Alvin Lacy Williams
Illinois traffic deaths run ahead of 1972 pace
SPRINGFIELD AP Illinois highway fatalities through May 30 this year totaled 866, surpassing the 836 deaths recorded by this point in 1972. For May 1972, 182 people were killed, vs 179 in May last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Springfield
State Department of Transportation
Department
Nixon Cabinet Meeting Hints At Inflation Move
Nixon meets with his cabinet today amid expectations of an anti inflation announcement. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 898.18, down 2.63, after Tuesday’s gain of over 14 points following five sessions of declines totaling nearly 45 points.
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Nixon
Dow Jones noon snapshot shows mixed gains across indices
New York AP reports at noon the Dow Jones industrial average rose 9.18 points to 907.36. The transport average climbed 1.35 to 160.82, utilities up 0.26 to 106.79, and the overall stocks index up 2.35 to 277.08.
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New York
Reese Attends Conference with Met Life Leaders in New Orleans
Dale K. Reese of 325 N 8th St attended a four day business conference with Metropolitan Life Insurance officers and top sales reps in New Orleans. Last year Reese, with the Mt Vernon office at 716 Main St, placed over 1.4 million in personal life insurance, ranking among Metropolitan's 27,000 U S and Canada sales reps.
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Dale K. Reese
8Th St
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
New Orleans
Reese
Mt. Vernon
Main St
Metropolitan
United States
Canada
Retailers Give 750 For King City Yale Decorations
King City Retailers Association approved a 750 allocation for the 1973 Christmas sidewalk decoration program at the June board meeting held during the June dinner at Holiday Inn. The fund will be solicited from its 50 plus members, per President Charles Sammons. Dates for Association Sidewalk sales were set for July 13 and 14. Directors present included Sammons, Schelosky, Steffy, Blackard, Hirons, Bauer, and Owen Martin, with WMIX guest Russell Withers.
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King City Retailers Association Board of Directors
Holiday Inn
Charles Sammons
Collens Shoe
Sammons
William Schelosky, Jr
Jordan Furniture
Bill Steffy
Steffy Mitchell
Sam Blackard
Jackson Jewelry
Rose Hirons
Rose’s
Clifford Bell
the Mammoth
Phillip Bauer
Mt. Vernon
Owen Martin
Jackson-Martin Grocery
Garnet Williams
WMIX
Russell Withers
Edwardsville Area Judge Killed in Car Crash
James QO Monroe Jr., 56, a judge of Illinois 3rd Circuit, died in a single vehicle crash on Illinois 159 between Glen Carbon and Edwardsville. He had served as circuit judge since 1957 and previously worked for the Illinois Supreme Court. Monroe helped postwar investigations of Japanese atrocities and was part owner of the Collinsville Herald run by his brother Karl.
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Glen Carbon
Ill
James QO. Monroe Jr
3Rd Circuit
Ilinois
Edwardsville
Monroe
Collinsville
Illinois Supreme Court
Collinsville Herald
Karl
Bond
Madison Counties
Ohio River finds body of Harrisburg man
Searchers recovered the body today of William Martin 47 of Harrisburg who drowned in a boating accident that killed his wife Carolyn and their 7 year old son Frank remains missing. The boat overturned in the Ohio River Saturday.
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Elizabethtown
Til
William Martin
Harrisburg
Ohio River
Carolyn Martin
Frank
Adults Only at City Park Pool Thursday Evenings
Mt. Vernon city park pool adopts Adult Night policy: only 18 plus may enter from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Thursdays. The change starts tonight, and extends to every Thursday. Illinois outlook shows partly cloudy weekend into Monday with highs in the 80s and overnight lows in the 60s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Park
Mt. Vernon City Park
Illinois
Subsidies Phase-Out Debate Moves Through Senate
The Nixon administration faces a Senate clash over a Buckley sponsored amendment to the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973. It would begin phasing out direct subsidies for crops like cotton, wheat and feed grains by 1975 and end payments after the 1977 harvests, with caps on per crop payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Kendall
Washington
Nixon
Senate
James L. Buckley
R-N.y
Senate Agriculture Committee
Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Senior Citizens Agency Seeks Contact in Centralia
Vtergene Nevelty of the Senior Citizens agency seeks interested seniors or colleagues to contact him at the Centralia office. Seibert, 26, holds a master's from Eastern Illinois University and has worked in St. Clair County for the Illinois Department of Public Aid. The Midland Area Agency on Aging is one of 13 area agencies funded statewide by the Office of Services for the Aging.
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Centralia
Seibert
Eastern Ilinois University
St. Clair County
Ilinois Department of Public Aid
Midland Area
Office of Services For
Weather snapshot with temperatures and sun events
A concise weather note shows Wednesday最高86度最低58度. 7:00 am reading 74 degrees with rainfall to date at 22.84 inches since 1973. History lists highs and lows for today across years. Friday sunrise 4:31 and sunset 7:27 CST. Bend Lake dam level at 409.42 feet above sea level.
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MT. Vernon
Bend Lake
Main Dam
Meat
Mt. Vernon in running for federal growth money
Mt. Vernon emerged as the Midwest growth center runner up in a regional EDA competition. Traverse City topped the list, with Carbondale finishing a close third. Washington must still approve any $12 million grant before the federal fiscal year ends.
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Mt. Vernon
EDA
Traverse City
Carbondale
Bothh
King City
Washington
Botch
Chicago
Midwest
AARP Chapter 1225 to Meet at Housing Authority
AARP Chapter 1225 will hold its regular meeting at 2 p.m. Monday June 11 at the Housing Authority located at 1000 South 9th. A guest speaker will present. Paul Breitmeier serves as President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.A.R.P
1000 South 9Th
Paul Breitmeier
Pregnant Mom Recalls Daughter’s Tower Climb Incident
Mrs Malone, five months pregnant, recounts how 6 year old Daria rode to a neighbor's home while Melissa climbed a TV tower where Dave Powers carried her down. Melissa, earlier taught to climb, remains determined and is kept safe with new fencing around the tower.
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Melissa
Ilinois State University
Normal
Bank District Authorized CD Investments by Treasurer
The board empowered Treasurer Paul Fitch to invest certificates of deposit under 100000 dollars at banks across the district at his discretion. He may place more than 100000 dollars with bank or banks in the district that offer the highest interest.
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Virgil Williams
Edmonton
Montreal
Toronto
Winnipeg
McClellan
West County
Woodlawn- Waltonville Unit
Woodlawn- Waltonville
Ivan Gibbs
Mt. Vernon Township
Waltonville
Woodlawn
Rome
Shiloh
Jim Adams
Associated Press
Harry Wiggins
Yale
Vtergene
Nevelty
Richard Rubenacker
Mt.v
Bill
Bill Kniffen
Wiz
Rend College
Illinois Ae Hla High Low Pr
Rockford Cay. S
Moline
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Love Paul McCartney
Elton John
Sylvia
Stevie Wonder
Baby Barry White
Little Willy the Sweet
Clint Holmes
Dobie Gray
Dan
Skylark
George Harrison
You Stealers
Simon Paul Simon
Fantasy Factory
Oohtala
Four
Allman Brothers Band
Desperado
Wes
Wessongs
Black Oak
Arkansas
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