Deaths and Funerals Joseph Carl Smith, WWI veteran
Joseph Carl Smith, a well known Jefferson county resident and World War I veteran, died suddenly at 8:30 last night after a stroke at his Richview Road home. He served as chaplain of the local VFW post and belonged to American Legion Post 141 and other groups. Funeral set for 1:30 p.m. Monday at Pulley Funeral Home with burial in St. Mary’s cemetery. born May 8, 1890 in Macomb Illinois. survived by wife Margaret Hoffman Smith and two sisters.
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Joseph Carl Smith
Jefferson County
Joe
Richview Road
Mt. Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr. Smith
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
VFW
Moose Lodge
Smith
Mt. Vernon Fire Department
Pulley Funeral Home
James P. Burke
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Macomb
Ill
William N
Mary, Smith
Nashville
Margaret Hoffman
Fred Puckett
East St. Louis
Dora Clark
Los Angeles
Calif
Nadolski Mike Nadolski Ashley Resident Funeral Monday
Michael Mike T Nadolski of Ashley died at 6 00 am Friday at Washington County Hospital Nashville at age nine Funeral services set for 9 30 am Monday at St Michael church Radom with Rev Stanley Ksycki officiating Burial in church cemetery Rosary at 8 00 pm Sunday at Kringer Funeral Home Ashley body lies in state Friends may call at home after 7 00 pm Saturday He was born Sept 27 1888 in Washington county to August and Matilda Kunkel Nadolski Married Rose Ceglinski on April 12 1921 Survived by three sons Sylvester and George both of Ashley William of Rockford two brothers Fred of Downey CA and Ben of Ashley two sisters Anna Perrot of St Louis and Sophia Robinson of Ashley Preceded in death by a grandson three brothers and two sisters
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Michael
Mike) T. Nadolski
Ashley
Washington County Hospital
Nashville
St. Michael Church
Radom
Stanley Ksycki
Kringer
Nadolski
Washington County
August
Matilda
Kunkel) Nadolski
Rose Ceglinski
Sylvester
George
William
Rockford
Fred
Veterans Hospital
Downey
Qil
Ben
Anna Perrot
St. Louis
Sophia Robinson
Minnie Glazik of Radom Dies Rites Tuesday
Minnie Glazik 68 of Radom died at 2 00 am Friday at her Radom home from a heart attack Funeral services set for 930 am Tuesday at St Michael Catholic church Radom with Rev Stanley Ksycki officiating Burial will be in St Charles Catholic cemetery DuBois Kringer Funeral Home Ashley in charge Rosary at 800 pm Monday at the funeral home Born March 18 1900 in DuBois daughter of George and Antoinette Kreft aberweliz She was married to Walter Glazik who preceded her in death Survivors include three sisters Sister Protasia O S B of Radom Mrs Mamie Majewski of Chicago and Mrs Susan Majewski of Bradley Illinois and one grandchild
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Monica
Minnie) Glazik
Radom
St. Michael Catholic Church
Stanley Ksycki
St. Charles Catholic Cemetery
DuBois
Kringer
Ashley
Glazik
George and
Antoinnette (Kreft) Aberweliz
Walter Glazik
Protasia
N.D
Mamie Majew
Blanche Wilson Funeral Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs Blanche Wilson of Route 2 will be held at Myers Chapel at 2 00 p m Sunday with burial in Old Shiloh cemetery Friends may call at Myers Chapel after 5 p m today Mrs Wilson is survived by her husband Roy three brothers Ralph Hoffman Mt Vernon Keith Hoffman Wisconsin and Theodore Hoffman California two sisters Mrs Arlington Weir Mt Vernon and Mrs Clarence Gowler Mt Vernon and one step sister Mrs Alma Hilp Mt Vernon
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Blanche Wilson
Route 2
Vernon
Myers Chapel
Old Shiloh
Wilson
Roy
Ralph Hoffman
Mt. Vernon
Keith Hoffman
Wisconsin
Theodore Hoffman
California
Arlington Weir
Clarence Gowler
Alma. Hilp
Former Mt. Vernon Officer Schulik Dies at 67
Paul S Schulik of Route 3 Vernon a former Mr Vernon police officer and business man died suddenly at 7 10 a m at his home from an apparent heart attack He was rushed to Good Samaritan Hospital where he was pronounced dead He was 67 years three months and 14 days old He was born February 7 1901 in Jefferson county He married Emma Overhofer on June 1 1926 in Radom He survived by a son James Robert Schulik of St Louis MO a daughter Norma Totten of Fairfax MO two brothers Leo and Joseph Schulik both of Mt Vernon four sisters Anna Daniels Mary Schulik Pauline Patton Clara Langa six grandchildren The body was taken to Pulley Funeral Home Funeral arrangements were incomplete
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Paul S. Schulik
Vernon
Western Auto
Havana
Schulik
Jefferson County
Paul Schulik
Mary (Chesnek) Schulik
Radom
Emma Overhofer
Pulley Funeral
James ‘Robert Schulik
St. Louis, Mo
John
Norma) Totten
Fairfax, Mo
Leo Schulik
Joseph Schulik
Mt. Vernon
Anna Daniels
Mary Schulik
Pauline Patton
Clara Langa
Woodlawn
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted List
At Jefferson Memorial Hospital admissions include Stella Harrison 1210 south 24th street Charles L Kearn 516 Jordan Fred Rogers Benton Road Marjorie Dagg 337 south 3rd street Walter McCormick Wayne City Barbara Hodges Macedonia Louise Rodatz Cisne Discharged includes Sherman Roberts 1920 south 10th street Deloris Clark Belle Rive Daisy M Edwards 300 Castleton Terrence Lee Green Maple Park Frank Bean Waltonville
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Stella Harrison
South 24Th Street
Charles L. Kearn
Jordan
Fred Rogers
Benton Road
Marjorie Dagg
South 3Rd Street
Walter McCormick
Wayne City
Barbara Hodges
Macedonia
Louise Rodatz
Cisne
Sherman Roberts
South 10Th Street
Deloris Clark
Belle Rive
Daisy M. Edwards
Castleton
Terrence Lee Green
Maple Park
Frank Bean
Waltonville
Local residents listed in scattered addresses and names
A compiled listing of individuals with varied street addresses and towns including Keenes Centralia Dahlgren Bluford McLeansboro Elsie and Glory. individuals are named with houses and route numbers from multiple locales. no events or actions are described.
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Jerry Mayes
Park Avenue
Elsie Shelby
Westcott
Chris Langdon
North 6Th Street
Paul Stanley Bigley
RFD
Bluford
Learon Brown
Terbert
Jerry Patterson
Hill Street
Dorothy E. Duncan
Glenn Brownless
Webster Hill Estate
Weather Notes From Mt Vernon and Nearby Areas
Friday high 88 low 62. Rainfall to date 1968 17.56 inches. One year ago high 88 low unknown. Five years ago high 98 low unknown. Ten years ago high 94 low 66. Sunday sunrise 4 31 sunset 7 28 CST. Monday sunrise 4 31 sunset 7 29 CST.
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MT. Vernon
Illinois Heat Wave Persists With 90 Degree Readings
The Associated Press reports a third day of ninety degree temperatures across Illinois with hot humid southern winds and a stationary front from central Minnesota blocking cooler air. Forecasters expect the heat to continue through Sunday as Chicago beaches reopen. Traffic delays form on expressways as pavement buckles thus keeping temperatures in the upper 80s to lower 90s statewide. Chicago, Cairo and Quincy logged 88 degrees while Rockford and Springfield saw 89, Belleville 90, and Moline 92.
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Illinois
Associated Press
Midwest
Minnesota
Chicago
Cairo
Quincy
Rockford
Springfield
Belleville
Moline
Alton Lovejoy Shrine Beautified in Alton City Cemetery
Formal dedication will mark the completion of the beautification of Elijah P. Lovejoy's grave and nearby monument. Sponsored by the Lovejoy Memorial Association and Pride Inc, with a $7,000 contribution from the Alton businessmen's association. Trees were cleared, a fence added, weeds removed, and the grave plaque renovated. A memorial service at Eunice Smith School precedes a grave pilgrimage. Local supporters seek national recognition for the slain abolitionist journalist.
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Alton, I
Alton City Cemetery
Elijah P. Lovejoy
Lovejoy
Lovejoy Memorial Association
Pride, Inc
Alton
Alton Businessmen's Association
Ammo Explosion Kills 5 In Iowa
Burlinton AP report says an explosion at the Iowa Army Ammunition Depot warehouse where land mines were stored killed five men. Victims named include Gary Wayne Lawrence and Gary Raymond Young. four others named, one withheld pending relatives. The plant employs over 7,600 at a 20,000 acre site seven miles west of Burlington.
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Burlington
Iowa
Iowa Army Ammunition Dept
George Mathes
Gary Wayne Lawrence
Lomax
Gary Raymond Young
Keokuk
Robert L. Walker
Willis Bogan Henson
Stronghurst
Mathes
Mason and Hangar
Silas Mason Co., Inc
Lexington
Pick Wilson For Project 100
Mt. Vernon high school biology teacher Billy Joe Wilson is among a hundred teachers nationwide chosen for Jobs Corps Center Project 100. He will report to Alpine Job Corps Conservation Center in Alpine Arizona from June 23 to August 24 after a selection by the National Education Association.
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Billy Joe Wilson
Mt. Vernon
Jobs Corps Center
Alpine Job Corps Conservation Center
Alpine
Ariz
National Education Association
Wilson
Births at two local hospitals this week
Mr and Mrs Billy Hodges of Macedonia welcome a daughter born at Jefferson Memorial Hospital at 9 12 am weighing five pounds ten ounces named Mary Jane. Mr and Mrs Harry Cherry of RFD 3 welcome a daughter born at Good Samaritan Hospital at 11 12 pm weighing six pounds fourteen ounces.
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Billy Hodges
Macedonia
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Mary Jane
Harry Cherry
RFD 3
Good Samaritan Hospital
Government estimates place 1967 US vehicle miles total
Government estimates place the total motor vehicle mileage in the United States during 1967 at 967 billion vehicle miles, equivalent to 39 million trips around the world.
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United States
Sirhan Is Arraigned In Murder Case
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan is arraigned on murder charges after Kennedy’s assassination. He requests a public defender as attorney A L Wirin suggests delaying arraignment until jail, citing Kennedy’s death. A woman identifying as the polka dot dress girl reports seeing Sirhan before and during the shooting.
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Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Sirhan
Wirin
Kennedy
California
Los Angeles
Kathy Fulmer
Peter J
Two Young Men Hurt In Mt. V. Area Accidents
Two injuries reported near Mount Vernon as Friday afternoon crash on new Route 15 left Jerry P. Mayes 23 in satisfactory condition at Good Samaritan Hospital. Mayes rode with Martyn W. Mayes in a car hit by Warren Birkner. A separate last night collision on Tolle Road injured Jerry W. Patterson 24, in satisfactory condition, when three cars driven by Patterson Ron Henson and Glenn Schuster collided three miles northwest of town.
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Mt. Vernon
Jerry P. Mayes
Park Avenue
New Route 15
Good Samaritan Hospital
Martyn W. Mayes
Warren Birkner
Mr. Vernon
Tolle Road
Jerry W. Patterson
Hill Street
Patterson
Ron Henson
North Ninth
Glenn Schuster
Stanley
President Kennedy Mourners Attend Final Rites and Wake
Pallbearers included Edward Kennedy and Joseph Kennedy II among a prominent list that featured W Averell Harriman Robert McNamara John Glenn and Rafer Johnson. The funeral train arrived in Washington and the 4.6 mile Arlington cortege passed landmarks toward the cemetery. Sirhan Sirhan was indicted for Kennedy's murder as Kathy Fulmer was questioned in a separate inquiry about an observed suspected bystander. Kennedy lay in state at St Patrick's as thousands filed past the casket through the day and night parades of mourners across the country.
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Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Joseph Kennedy II
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Lord Harlech
United States
John Glenn
Pierre Salinger
Kenneth O’donnell
White House
Paul Fay
Navy
Roosevelt Grier
Los Angeles Rams
Rafer Johnson
Washington
Union Station
Arlington
Ito
First Street
Constitution Avenue
Henry Bacon
Lincoln Memorial
Memorial Bridge
Robert Kennedy
Los Angeles
California
Fulton J. Sheen
Bier
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Kennedy
Sirhan
Israel
Kathy Fulmer
St. Patrick’s
Primary Races Set In Mt Vernon Jefferson County
Mt Vernon and Jefferson County voters head to polls next Tuesday for a hot Republican governor contest and lively legislative races. The county has 42 precincts opening at 6:00 a.m. and closing 6:00 p.m. Circuit clerk and state’s attorney races hinge on write ins and unopposed incumbents. Party slates include U.S. senator governor and down ballot posts with multiple candidates in both parties.
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Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Circuit Stork
Jerry B. Gott
Erwin Lietz
South 25Th Street
Bertram Smith
South Second Street
Frank
Walker
John Richardson
George Tinsley
Richard B. Oglivie
Chicago
John Henry Altorfer
Peoria
William G. Stratton
Jefferson
Hamilton
Marion
Wayne
Saline
Franklin
White
Harold D. Stedelin
Centralia
Robert W. Walsh
Grayville
James LaVern Sanders
West Frankfort
Carl E. Tennyson
McLeansboro
Richard O. Hart
Benton
Wayne R. Samuels
Lesser
Jefferson County Board of Trustees
Keith Mills
Farrington Township
Rosco Harper
Spring Garden Township
Break-In At Mount Vernon Prompts Police Lookout
Mt Vernon police search for a wounded thief after a break in at 1006 Conger. Jerry Trotter reports a 46 transistor radio and three coon hunting trophies stolen, entry via a broken window with blood on glass. Two more thefts noted in Mt Vernon and Jefferson County including a stolen billfold with $15 and papers. Angela Pipes reports wrist watch taken at Country Club pool.
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Mt. Vernon
Jerry Trotter
Jefferson County
David Stelmazewski
Scheller
Jaycee Lake
Angela Pipes
North Highland
Sheriff's Office
Country Club
Talks On Heath Planning Here
Good Samaritan Hospital sponsored a meeting at the American Legion Building for Mt. Vernon leaders to discuss improving community health facilities. Theodore F. Kaap Jr of the American Hospital Association spoke on fostering comprehensive health care planning with input from the Chamber of Commerce Bend Lake College and local facilities. Sister M. Joanne said the goal is to develop effective comprehensive health care and continually strive toward it.
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Good Samaritan Hospital
Mt. Vernon
American Legion
Theodore F. Kaap, Jr
American Hospital
Chamber of Commerce
Bend Lake College
M. Joanne
Cars Collide At 10th and Broadway Mt. Vernon
A major damage crash occurred at 10 55 p m Friday at Tenth and Broadway in Mt. Vernon. Vehicles driven by James R Robinson 17 of 1101 South 21st Street and Max A Williams 19 of Route 1 Waltonville sustained over 100 dollars in damage. Williams was charged with disobeying a traffic signal.
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Mt. Vernon
Tenth and
Broadway
James R. Robinson
South 21St Street
Max A. Williams
Route 1
Waltonville
Williams
Handy Kitchen Stapler Tip Card
Brief note advises keeping a stapler in the kitchen for quick sealing of sandwich bags and frozen packages. It also suggests using the stapler to attach recipes to a notebook or cards for easy reference.
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Mike Nadolski
Minnie Glazik
Jefferson Memorial
Samaritan
Michael O’brien
Wilshire Drive
Joyce Gibson
Jess Stringfield
Cherry Street
James C. DuBois
South 13Th Street
Raymond Lipe
Bess Lyons
Lynn Witges
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Flossie Eller
North 9Th Street
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Dahlgren
Mildred Miller
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Columbus Carter
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William Thomason
Main Street
Nicholas Hassakis
Pace Street
James Birkhead
South 20Th Street
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