Effingham District Society meeting and lodge notes
Effingham Illinois hosts the 23rd District American Legion Auxiliary meeting with attendees Justine Rockenmeyer Ruth Allen Mary Swingle Lulu Buckingham Dorothy Warren and prize winner Minnie Burton from Mt. Vernon township high school. Delegates to the National Convention were Christine Rockenmeyer and Lois Granfield. District 25 officers and Rebekah Lodge No 296 members are noted along with entertainments and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
23Rd District
American Legion Auxiliary
Wasty
Effingham
Ill
Los Angeles
Calif
Alumni Dance At Waltonville Saturday Night
The Waltonville Alumni dance will be held Saturday night in the Waltonville gymnas ium from nine to one with the Egyptian Aires Orchestra providing music. Local clubs and societies stage events across the weekend with meetings and receptions planned in Mt Vernon and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltonville
Egyptian Aires Orchestra
Country Club
Green Hills Country Club
Holt Engagement Announced in Mount Vernon
Mrs. Leonard H. Holt of 822 Oakland Avenue Mount Vernon announces the engagement of her daughter Joyce Elizabeth Holt to Ranald Jackson Pickering son of Mr Carlyle W. Pickering and the late Mrs Pickering of Goshen Indiana. Miss Holt studied at Lindenwood College and Indiana University Bloomington pledging Sigma Kappa and majoring in social service. Mr Pickering attends Indiana University majoring in geology and is a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon set to graduate mid term. The wedding is planned for September 10 in Mount Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard H. Holt
Oakland Avenue
Mount Vernon
Joyce Elizabeth Holt
Ranald Jackson Pickering
Mate
Holt
Lindenwood College
St. Charles
Indiana University
Bloomington
Ind
Sigma Kappa Sorority
Pickering
Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity
Mt. Vernon
GMC Dealers Meet Here Farm Club Organizes Parts Group
GMC truck dealers and service managers from southern Illinois gathered at Robb's Coffee House to form a parts and service managers club. Leland Hubble was elected president, with Lester Harshbarger as vice president and Jim Troutman as secretary treasurer. Bi monthly meetings will be held in Mt Vernon with GMC Truck and Coach Division officials in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GMC
Southern Illinois
Robb's
General Motors Corp
Salem
Cairo
Leland Hubble
Hunter- Owens Motor Co
Carbondale
Lester Harshbarger
Hoffee Motor Sales
Fairfield
Jim Troutman
Jefferson Motors
Mt. Vernon
GMC Truck and Coach Division
A. A. Button
St. Louis
F. E. Witeka
Leslie Elbe
Floyde Wineke
William Schopf
Ford Parts Men Organize Club in Southern Illinois
A meeting of Ford parts and accessories men from southern Illinois formed a regional club with Ford Motor Co representatives in the Holman Motor Co conference room. C E Grable opened the meeting and G E Kohlbry outlined aims to inform dealers and improve merchandising and customer relations. L Robinson was elected president, Joe Conti vice-president, R J Tramell secretary, C L Taylor treasurer, with board members H M McCrute Carl Dietrich and P E Johns. Next gathering set for July 25 at Hotel Emmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Dealers
Southern Illinois
Holman Motor Co
Ford Motor Co
St. Louis
C. E. Grable
G. E. Kohlbry
Kohlbry
H. M. McCrute
Cairo
Carl Dietrich
Carmi
P. E. Johns
Albion
Hotel Emmers
Wedding in White Satin with Orchids and Family Prose
A church ceremony featured a bride in white satin with a sweetheart neckline and illusion veil, attended by sister Iris LaFave as matron of honor. Edmond E. LaFave Jr. served as best man and Donald Johnson was an usher. Spring flowers adorned the reception. the bride's mother wore pink silk organdy. Cpl Eller, a former carrier and shoe factory worker, is now in the Army. Home Bureau unit meets June 13 to discuss fatigue in daily life. Willing Workers Club picnic at City Park June 7 with prizes for members and a summer break through September 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varnell Rebekah Lodge No. 296
I. O. O. F Temple
Augusta Gaddy
District 25
Pansy Fhuckemeyer
Rebekah Assembly
Roscoe Harris
Patriarch Militant
Evan Weiss
Illinois
Daisy Weiss
Helen Harris
Effie Marlow
Gladys Truitt
Zella Talbott
Martha Smith
Lula Bail
Assembly
Joy Jones
Imogene Pepple
Melba Marlow
Opal Hertenstein
Jola Musgrave
Centralia
Effingham
Edgewood
Woodlawn
Vandalia
Grace A. Henry
DuQuoin
Keysport
St. Ela South Pekin
Pinckneyville
Iris LaFave
Edmond E. LaFave, Jr
Donald Johnson
Willing Workers Club
Merle Ruddick
W. W. Club
Louella Sanders
Edna Collins
Freda Schmitt
Roxie Williams
Schmidt
Blackburn–OBryan wedding in Kentucky home ceremony
George E. Blackburn of Fairfield and Juanita OBryan of Eddyville Ky were married at the home of W O Page Justice of the Peace 901 Conger on Wednesday June 7 at 11 a.m. The single ring ceremony was performed and the couple will reside in Fairfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Blackburn
Fairfield
Juanita O'Bryan
Eddyville
W. O. Page
Page
Hospital Notes and Admitted List for Jefferson Memorial
Good Samaritan notes list Cecil Barnes Jr admitted. Harry Ossie discharged. Bernard Hall Bruford. Walter Hamilton Scheller. Mrs. Sarah Lee Gray Fairfield. infant Paula Gean. Jefferson Memorial records multiple admissions and discharges including Constance Watson Myrtle Thomas Lillian Funkhouser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Samaritan
Cecil Barnes, Jr
Harry Ossie
Bernard Hall
Bruford
Walter Hamilton
Scheller
Sarah Lee Gray
Fairfield
Paula Gean
Jefferson Memorial
Constance Watson
Myrtle Thomas
Lillian Funkhouser
Bobbie Jean Hardin
Betty Marie Robinson
Robert Eugene
Mary Jobe
Terry Elizabeth
Anna Lee Ashley
Margaret Sie
Joyce Hawkins
Dix
Ava Ingram
McLeanshoro
Death of A. M. Shirley Reported in Blytheville
Word has been received of the death of A M Shirley yesterday morning at his Blytheville home. He was the father of Robert Shirley former Mt Vernon resident now living in Sikeston Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Shirley
Blytheville
Robert Shirley
Mt. Vernon
Sikeston, Mo
Mt Vernon Masonic Meeting and Spanish War Veterans Gather
Mt Vernon Lodge No. 31 A F and A M holds special meeting at 7 for first degree work with Henry Mossberger urging attendance. Spanish War Veterans Gen Eben Swift Camp 94 and Auxiliary meet at Mt Vernon public library at 7 with E W Threlkeld arranging aftermeeting entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. RL Alm
Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 31
Henry Mossberger
Eben Swift
United
Mt. Vernon Public Library
Mt Vernon Area Social Notes Reflect Summer Travel
Local residents plan summer visits and travels across multiple states. Wilma Starner leaves for Rich Hill Missouri for the summer and returns to Mt Vernon in fall to resume Mt. Vernon Township High School. Many families attend graduations and trips to Evanston Houston St Louis Carbondale and other cities, including seed trade meetings in Chicago and family visits in Belleville Oklahoma City and Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma Starner
Rich Hill
Mt. Vernon
Mt. Vernon Township High School
K. E. Greene
Northwestern University
Evanston
Harry Lee Sharer
Sharer
Charlotte E. Greene
Adam Rightnoward
Doris
Cyril Barton
Carolyn
Waltonville
Earl Vaughn
Raymond Grant
Houston
Texas
Vaughn
Ben F. May
Arthur Jones
Mabel Harmon
W. C. Allen
Carbondale
Betty Jones Allen
S. I. U. High School
Page Hungate
Marion
Earl Hungate
Orland Dees
Charles and
Ernie
Chattanooga
Tenn
Nashville
Look-Out Mountain
Kentucky
Opal D. Jackson
Atlanta Ga
St. Louis
T. A. Gresham
McLeansboro
Thomas Atkins
Ray Hall
Beverly
June Andermatt
Brenda
Waltonvile
Margaret Thompson
R. K. Wilson
Belleville
Evan Smith
Belle Rive
Dicky Harshbarger
Jackson
Mississippi
Gene Harshbarger
Ann Dillin
Casper Wye
Harold G. Cowgild
Bethesda
Gene Ensign
Decatur
Ill
William Ray Faulkner
Sarah Davis
Lesser
Pfe
Wendell Crowder
Engineers Center
Fort Belvoir
Donnie Green
Jim Green
Fairfield Road
Aileen Bender
Woodlawn
J. R. Knapp
Calome
South Dakota
Ruby Holt
Joyce Malt
Fern Warren
Barnes Hospital
James R. Allen
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Nolan Dever
Ruth McCoy
Mobile
Alabama
Graydon Smith
Oklahoma City
Okla
Harold Lee Smith
Smith
Oklahoma University
Kansas
Harvey L. Hooner
Murray
Wiley Ford
Benton
Grayville
Richard R. McElfresh
Conger
Jacksonville
School For the Blind
Frank McDuffy
Wayne City
John Gilbert and Son
Tulsa
Marybelle Arthurs
Gilbert
Minnesota
Mt Vernon Marriage Licenses List Recites Couples
Lester E Henry and June Maxey both of Mt Vernon. Dean Gordon Taylor of McLeansboro and Dorothy Jean Latham of Mt Vernon. Gordon R Shafer and Marie Scott, both of Mt Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester E. Henry
June Maxey
Mt. Vernon
Dean Gordon Taylor
McLeansboro
Dorothy Jean Latham
Gordon R. Shafer
Marie Scott
Greene Bruce wed in Dix and Texico nuptials
Miss Wilma Bruce daughter of Mr and Mrs Tarry Bruce of Dix and Marion Greene son of Mr and Mrs Bert Greene of Texico were married Wednesday June 7 at 10 00 in the Park Avenue Baptist church parsonage The bride wore a grey beige suit with pink accessories and a pink corsage Attendant Irene Jackson wore an aqua suit and white corsage Best man was Paul Haley The couple plan to reside in Alton after a Southern States trip Mr Greene is employed there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Am M
the Key
Wasshire Tridge
Park Avenue Baptist Church
Irene Jackson
Centralia
Paul Haley
Alton
Mr. Greene
Summer music activities begin for Mt. Vernon youth
Summer programs start next week for grade and junior high boys and girls who took instrumental music or played in the junior high orchestra and band. Sessions led by Harry Dunham and W. R. Render run eight weeks in Casey Junior High cafeteria with practice times for junior high band 9 AM and beginners 10 AM Monday June 12. orchestra 8:30 AM Tuesday and Thursday with first meeting June 13. orchestra and beginner group 8:39 AM Wednesday and Friday with first meeting June 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Dunham
W. R. Render
Mt. Vernon City
Births in area families include three newborn girls
Mr and Mrs Roy L Minor of Route 2 Mr Vernon welcomed a daughter named Karen Marie born last evening at Good Samaritan Hospital. Mr and Mrs Clyde E Folson of Woodlawn greeted an eight pound daughter named Mary Elizabeth born yesterday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital at 1 13 pm. GMC and Mrs Fred Shurtz of Portsmouth Virginia announced the birth of a daughter named Kathy Mae born June 7. she is the former Melba Hodge, formerly of Waltonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy L. Minor
Route 2
Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Karen Marie
Clyde E. Folson
Woodlawn
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Mary Elizabeth
GMC
Fred Shurtz
Portsmouth
Kathy Mae
Shurtz
Waltonville
Melba Hodge
Also Mentioned on This Page
Society
Legion
Noma Hooper
Etna Stover
Opdyke Road
League of Women Voters
City Hall
Webb
Bob Webb
Harrison
Mark Moreton
Jefferson County
Miss May
Ed Davis
Dorris Jeanne May
Eddie Long
Davis
Sterling Osborn
Mary L. May
Miles City
Montana
Russell Whitlock
Kansas City
Addie May
Leslie Whitlock
Spear Fish
Methodist W. S. C
Woman's Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
N. D. Motzer
Methodist Children’s Home
Florida
Betty Jean Johnson
Francis E. Hitt
Pass-a-Grille
Fla
Cpl
Floyd Dean Eller
USA
Harry Roth Eller
Warren Avenue
Mt.’ Vernon
Thomas Charlesworth
Pays-a- Grille
Carlyle W. Pickering
Mrs. Pickering
Goshen, Indiana
Pavledes
Farm Club
Ford Parts
Cpl. Eller
Register- News Carrier
Mt. Vernon Township
International Shoe Co
Army
Mrs. Tate
Home Bureau
Florence Tate
Betty Huck
Blackburn
O’bryan
E. W. Threlkeld
Adj
Hawaii
Veterans Park
Mt Vernon
Springfield
Leitzell
Marion Greienis
Mt.y
Dunham
Bender
Casey Junior High School
19Th
Broadway
Frankie Laine
Sometime
Jo Stafford
Margaret Whiting
Bob Hope
Nat 'King'’ Cole
Bing Crosby
Ethel Smith
Russ Morgan
Victor Young
Ernest Tubb
Evelyn Knight
Vaughn Monroe
Valencia
Tony Martin
You
Wayne King
Andre Previn
Jan August
Patti Pase
Vausha Monres
Joshua
Ralph Flanagan
Phil Harris
Freddy Martin
Eddy Arnold
Nat ''King Cole
Sam's
Joe
Carr
Dick Leibert
Music Hall
Radio City
New York
Gordon MacRae
Lucille Norman
Paul Weston
Bargain Records
George W. Howard, Jr
North Street
George Carr
Virgil T. Bailey, Inc
FOX Theatres
Granada Theatre
John Payne
Rhonda Fleming
Dennis O'Keefe
Glany Durante
Cesar Ue Ee Chee OM
the Damned
Contury
David Brian
Time Magazine
Robert Ae
RAW, Pumice P
Dorothy Patrick Arthur Franz
Barbra Fuller
Republic Picture
And
the Bowery
Laff
Huntz Hall
Hillary Brooke
I Ae
Jam Mr Obe
Siamten
Erdues
LE Fay
Arerg
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