Funerals for Mrs Richard Hawkins Held in Donoho Prairie
Mrs. Richard Hawkins died at 11 a m at her east Kell home. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 p m at Donoho Prairie Christian church with Rev. Guy Parsons officiating and burial in the church cemetery. Her body stays at the family home after 4 p m today for calling hours. She was born May 28, 1866 in Jefferson County, daughter of James and unidentified Donoho family. She is survived by her 12 year old husband Richard, three sons Farris Lytle and Pavey, and three daughters Mona Clark Tavia Floyd and Phoebe Blankenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard
Jane) Hawkins
Kell
Donoho Prairie Christian Church
Guy Parsons
Mt. Vernon
Hawkins
Jefferson County
James Donoho
Farris
Lytle
Pavey
Juka
Mona Clark
Tavia Floyd
Leray, i
Phoebe Blankenship
Baby Winfred Gammon Dies at Jefferson Memorial
Winfred Lynn Gammon four months old daughter of Mr and Mrs L N Gammon of south 67th street died today at Jefferson Memorial hospital. Born January 26 this year she is survived by brother Roger and sisters Sherry Rita and Cynthia Ler. Services Wednesday at 11 a m at Olive Branch with burial in Olive Branch cemetery. Body to lie in state at Richardson Funeral Home Wayne City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfred Lynn Gammon
L. N. Gammon
South 67Th Street
Foam
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Winfred Lynn
Betty (Quinn) Gammon
Roger
Sherry
Rita
Cynthia Ler
Olive Branch
Richardson Funeral Home
Wayne City
Lineman Killed Five Burned In Wire Accident
Christopher Murphysboro lineman Carl Eisenhower was killed and five other General Telephone Co crew members were burned when the line they stringed contacted a high voltage power line about a half mile north of Christopher. Vernon Sanders Donald Hardin Claude Beasley Richard Layne Fletcher Williams of Murphysboro were treated for severe burns on hands and feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher
Carl Eisenhower
Murphysboro
Vernon Sanders
Johnston City
Donald Hardin
Pinckneyville
Claude Beasley
Richard Layne
Fletcher Williams
Murphyshoro
General Telephone Co
Hearing Ends Sparks Partisan Clash in McCarthy Probe
Republicans push for quick close as hearings on Clifford Jenkins resume. Potter laments partisan row with Democrats dragging straw men into the inquiry. McCarthy and Cohn signal willingness to wind up. Symington defends attempt to aid army morale amid accusations. Mundt rules out sanctioning Symington or resuming witness actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter
Come Administration
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Symington
D-Mo
Roy M. Cohn
Cohn
Camp Kilmer
M. J
Mundt
Symmnpetan
Wisconsin
Clifford
Stevens
Colin
Armv
Guatemala Suspends Constitution Under Communist Pressure
Guatemala's communist backed government ordered a 30 day suspension of constitutional guarantees after tensions rose over a shipment of arms from Poland. Censorship was imposed on foreign news dispatches and press freedom suspended as fears mounted after anti government leaflets and aerial demonstrations over Quezaltenango and Guatemala City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Guatemala
US 8
Poland
Arbenz
Youth Drowns In Lake At Farina On Family Picnic
Gehl Osman 17 drowned Monday while swimming at Boston Lake with his father Dean and younger brother. Father tried to save him and was pulled from the water himself. The family had come for a picnic. Gehl finished his junior year at Effingham High School. Marvin Miller and Charles Coddle of Edgewood recovered the body. He is survived by a younger brother Jerry and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Parina
Gehl Osman
Boston Lake
Dean Osman
Edgewood
Gehl
Effingham High School
Marvin Miller
Charles Coddle
Jerry
Maury Maverick Dies Former New Deal Congressman
Maury Maverick, 58, former New Deal congressman and San Antonio mayor, died after a heart ailment at a hospital. Sheriff Owen Kilday recalled fierce but personal ties, noting Maverick’s lifelong fight for reform and his coining of gobbledy gook in a Roosevelt letter. Maverick’s career spanned lawyer, reformer, tax official, and political leader, including a late 1940s faction fight at the Democratic convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Antonio
Tex
Maury Maverick
New Deal
Owen Kilday
Paul
Maverick
Congress
Ife
Kranklin D. Roosevelt
Texas
Chicago
Gay
Allan Shivers
Thieves Break Into Neon Sign Co. in Mt Vernon
Thieves broke into the Neon Sign Co. on Mt Vernon’s north edge last night and stole about $42 from a Coca Cola vending machine and money changer. They gained entry by breaking a rear door glass. County officers described using a tool to pry the machines open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neon Sign Co
Mt. Vernon
Mr Peepers Widens TV Star to Real Life Marriage
Wally Cox known as shy Mr Peepers wed Marilyn Gennaro at an open air waterfront ceremony in Boazman Maryland. Cox, aged 29, announced the marriage after shooing away newsmen. The ceremony was attended by about a dozen close friends at the Seawall residence of Donald Seawall, a New York attorney for theatrical figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ly Associated
Freesa Boazman
Wally Cox
Mr. Peepers
Cox
Marilyn Gennaro
Donald Seawall
New York
French clear Red Bases Near Hanoi Area in Indochina
French air and ground forces destroyed two Vietminh attack bases seven miles east of Hanoi in a claim of 100 percent destruction. American-supplied planes, tanks, and infantry targeted straw-thatched villages near Senho, killing about 110 rebels and damaging key rail and road links to the supply port Haiphong. Catholic militiamen reported 30 Vietminh killed at five posts northwest of Hanoi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanoi
Indochina
Senho
Haiphong
High Command
Fland
Red River
Irenely
Vilages
Meeting notices for Turner Boehm Post and Chapter mark June 9
Turner Boehm Post No 4 Amnivers holds regular meeting on Wednesday June 9 at 7 30 PM with refreshments led by adjutant LEO LEUTY. Andrew I Webb Chapter No 160 also meets on Wednesday June 9 at 7 80 PM with officers Stockton Lovin as secretary and Cecil N Lovin as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner Boehm Post No. 4 Amnivers
Leo Leuty
Andrew I. Webb
Oscar Q. Stockton
Cecil N. Lovin
Sec
Mt. Vernon City Council Actions Continue
City council approved a $9,700.80 bill to Letzekorn and Phillips for Mt. Vernon sewer extension plans and authorized a building inspector to form a code committee. The body renewed a motor fuel contract, funded arterial street oiling, and allocated $2,060 for the south 27th street resurfacing project while reviewing inherited bills. Also noted is a L N railroad filing to discontinue two passenger trains and review of public opinion poll advertising costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Buford
Frank Neal
Letzekorn
I. C. CL
Mt. Vernon
Kenneth Setzekorn
South 27Th Street
GOP Nomination Spins Liquor Issue in Iowa Governor Race
Des Moines Atty Gen A Hoegh led a five man field for the Republican nomination for Iowa governor, finishing with about 39 percent as results neared final tabulation. The temperance backed candidate opposed liquor by the drink and urged strict enforcement while A B Chambers trailed in fourth. W Hy Nicholas held runner up spot. Congressman Thomas HI Martin and Sen Guy Gillette ran unopposed in their races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Atty
Ch A. Hoegh
Lowa
Genial
Thomas Hi. Martin
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
Hoegh
A. B. Chambers
W. Hy. Nicholas
Hloegh
Vote to Keep Farm Support at 90 Percent
The House Agriculture Committee voted 21 to 8 to extend farm price supports at 90 percent of parity through 1955 for basic crops, rebuffing Benson's push for flexible supports. The 90 percent level would require new legislation, and Benson threatened a veto of the high fixed price level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
House
Hospital Notes Good Samaritan Admissions and Discharges
Good Samaritan records list admitted patients including Nina Karn Iza Whittaker Marilyn Williams Jimmy Willis Mary Owen Dwight Stephen Edith Eater Steve Wojtowicz Eva Adams Evelyn Harrison and Edith Braddock Hattie Braddock Gary Lawhorn Ann Martin Ella McCombs plus discharged Delores Keller Hattie Braddock Master Lawhorn Ann Martin Ella McCombs. Jefferson Memorial shows admissions for Bessie Rutherford Ashley Claude Arnold Mary Brieseacher infant Winifred Lynn Gammon and discharges Johnnie Kell Johnsonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Samaritan
Nina
Eva Karn
Iza D. Whittaker
Marilyn Kathryn Williams
Jimmy Willis
Mary Helen Owen
Dwight Alger Stephenson
Edith Blanche Eater
Steve Wojtowicz
Eva Mae Adams
Evelyn Ellen Harrison
Delores Marie Keller
Hattie Violet Braddock
Gary Kenneth Lawhorn
Ann Mae Martin
Ella Mae McCombs
Jefferson Memorial
Bessie Rutherford
Ashley
Claude Arnold
Mary Olive Brieseacher
Kell
Winifred
Lynn Gammon
Johnnie Kell
Johnsonville
Steal Cornerstone At Millikin College Prank
The 409 pound Millikin University science hall cornerstone was stolen as a college prank. The dean of men says no investigation will be conducted. A soapbox was found in its place and the stone reappeared behind the football scoreboard with only a chip to its surface. A watchman will guard Scovill Science Hall going forward.
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Associated Press
Decatur
Millikin University
New Science Hall
Dean of Men
C. L. Miller
Scovill Science Hall
California and South Carolina Hold Primaries
California and South Carolina held primaries affecting 30 California seats and a governor’s race in South Carolina. The race pitted Les ter L. Bates and Lt. Gov. George Bell Timmerman Jr. over school segregation policies after the Supreme Court decision. Election slate includes three other state officers and numerous legislators and local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
California
South Carolina
Lester L. Bates
Columbia
George Bell Timmerman Jr
U. S. Supreme Court
Birth announcements for Jack Sterling Tanner and Sandra Lee Mulvaney
Mr and Mrs Earl I Tanner RFD 4 Mr Vernon welcome son Jack Sterling born at 3 23 am in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing 6 pounds 13 ounces. Mr and Mrs Leroy Mulvaney 228 W Kerr Centralia announce daughter Sandra Lee born June 3 at St Mary's Hospital Centralia weighing 7 pounds 4 ounces. Mrs Mulvaney is former Dana Lee Beal daughter of Mr and Mrs John W Beal RFD 5 Mt
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl I. Tanner
RFD
Vernon
Jack Sterling
Good Samaritan Hospital
Leroy Mulvaney
W. Kerr
Centralia
Sandra Lee
St. Mary's Hospital
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Winfred Gammon
Jenkins
WAYCH
Service
Jackson Jeweler
Jacobo Ardene Guzman
Quezaltenango
Russia
Guillermo Yariello
Honduras
Nicaragua
Farina
By Larry Allen
Rockford RO
Peoria
Rantoul RZ
Springfield RR
Vandalla Aia
Scott Field
Royal Arch Masons
GOP
John J. Oslager
Westinghouse
Great Preeser
Aukle Feef
Ws Sure
Mel
Iny Wloacra A
Cornerstone
Jochen Pon Atite
Pulley Funeral Home
VIROM
RATM
Main ST
Curtis - Florist
Nickel
BIG Time
Hollywood
Reddy Kilowatt
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