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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1955
Page
1
Ira Shehorn 86 a longtime employee of The Register News died this afternoon at Jefferson Memorial Hospital after a period of failing health. He lived on Tolle Road and is survived by his wife Hattie and one son Wendell. He worked in the stereotype department. funeral arrangements have not been made.
Funeral services for Rupert Gene McBride Jr. were held at Osborn Funeral Home in Dix at 9:00 a m Sunday. He was the infant son of Robert Gene and Marjorie Kelley McBride. The child died Saturday in Sterling Tl. Rev. Ross Partridge conducted the service and burial followed in Zion Grove County Line cemetery.
Elbert Pettypool 73 a former Spring Garden township resident died yesterday at Fisk Missouri Survivors include his wife Grace a sister Mrs Ethel Martin of Mt Vernon and a brother Charles Pettypool of Bethany I Mo
Walter Riley died at 3 30 p m Saturday at his Dix home at age 77 years two months and 21 days He was a stock dealer Funeral services Tuesday 2 pm at Pleasant Hill Baptist church Reverend Ross Partridge of Mount Vernon to officiate assisted by Reverend Mr Fish of Dix Burial in Pleasant Hill cemetery Body at Osborn Funeral Home Dix Surviving wife Allie one brother Elmer Dix and two sisters Mrs Mattie Sledge and Mrs Mary McMillan both of Mount Vernon He born March 20 1878 to Andrew and Samantha McMeen Riley Resident of Rome township member of Harmony Baptist church
Mrs Gertrude Angeline Carnahan of 1418 North 11th Street died at 1240 a m at Jefferson Memorial Hospital at age 64 years two months and 16 days She was a hospital attendant at Jefferson Memorial Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 p m in Pulley Funeral Home chapel with Rev Sanford of Keenes officiating Burial followed at Bethel Memorial Cemetery Surviving are two sons William Howard Carnahan Mt Vernon and Haensel R Carnahan Inglewood California ten grandchildren two great grandchildren five brothers and one sister with one daughter and one sister preceded her in death.
Van Cleve Newton died at 11 a m Sunday at his home 2702 Cherry street aged 69 years ten months and nine days Funeral services will be Tuesday at 10 a m in the Pulley Funeral Home chapel conducted by the Rev Bird Green with burial at Oakwood cemetery He was born August 3 1886 in Jefferson county to Dr Joseph and Catherine Starner Newton He is survived by two sisters Mrs Anna Graves of Mt Vernon and Mrs Kate Morris of Opdyke.
Catholic groups in Illinois and Chicago are promoting modest dress through mail campaigns and school circulars. Led by Father Bernard Kunkel and Father Francis Lawler, the drive mobilizes thousands of Catholic schools and colleges to pressure makers and stores to offer modest formal wear, with campaigns already expanding to Canada and Hawaii and claiming tens of thousands of leaflets and newsletters sent.
Film actress Terry Moore cried twice during the Istanbul Hilton Hotel opening event. She sobbed at a Milliyet photo of herself, saying the shot was indecent, and later cried after learning a drink at a party in the Bosporus palace contained alcohol. She noted her Mormon faith and did not expect to drink.
In Reading Pennsylvania a diesel locomotive brakeman Aloysious A Russell 26 spotted two year old Billy Mattson on the tracks and raced along the engine to grab the boy pulling him clear as a 40 car freight rumbled past both escaped with minor injuries and gratitude from the parents.
A week end search for 78 year old Frank Baneky of West Frankfort ended Sunday morning at a rural church south of Christopher. About 25 volunteers joined Franklin County authorities in the hunt, combing creek bottoms and brushland for a day and night before a volunteer spotted him. The elderly man appeared to suffer no ill effects.
Gen Matthew B Ridgway U S Army chief of staff to head Mellon Institute of Industrial Research upon retirement He will succeed Dr Edward R Weidlein who has been filling chairman and president duties Weidlein remains president The institute founded in 1913 pursues industrial research in chemistry and allied fields
St Louis. Ernest Jones, aged 7, has complications from mumps rather than polio, his doctor said. The boy had the Salk polio vaccine about a month earlier under a school inoculation program, and earlier had infantile paralysis. The physician noted similar symptoms in both diseases. No polio cases were reported among first and second graders vaccinated in the school program, though one polio case followed a vaccine shot given by a private doctor.
Associated Press Amherst Mass Chief Justice Earl Warren nearly missed the Amherst College 134th graduation after weather delays forced a Providence landing and a bus ride back to Springfield. State police intercepted the vehicle in Connecticut and rushed him to campus eight minutes before the degree was conferred.
Sangamo Electric Co plans a new factory in South Carolina for electrolytic capacitors. The Marion Indiana plant will transfer equipment to the new site, consolidating operations there to boost Marion’s unit efficiency. W G Dorsett will manage the new factory.
Mt Vernon firemen answered two weekend alarms. At 6 55 p m Saturday they were called to Wilshire Drive and Northbrook where a canvas on a tractor caught fire from a flare. The tractor owned by Sterret Construction Co was not damaged. Sunday afternoon firemen were called to the home of Morris Hogue 1410 White Street where a stove flareup caused a fire scare with no damage.
Former President Truman will address the United Nations on June 24 at the 10th anniversary session announced by UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold. He had previously rejected the State Department bid to appear at the June 2026 program.
Mr and Mrs Earl Renfrow of St Louis have welcomed seven children in five years including two sets of twins and a pair of triplets. The latest arrival is a boy and girl born Sunday at St Marys Hospital. Mrs Renfrow is 31 and husband 30.
Charles A. Shipley pled guilty to driving while intoxicated in county court this morning. No date set for trial. Gerald J. Smith charged with vagrancy. arraignment scheduled for June 20. Board of Education Bethel No. 82 invites sealed bids for masonry and related work on Bethel School addition. bids due June 16. plans at Bethel School.
Civil unrest erupts as Peronists clash with Catholic groups prompting a government ban on outdoor religious ceremonies and processions nationwide. Authorities cited public order concerns as damage and injuries were reported in scattered incidents.
New Jersey Supreme Court rules Jersey City may sue former mayor Frank Hague and two associates for 15 million dollars over alleged payroll extortion from 1917 to 1949. The decision sends the case back to Hudson County Court for further proceedings on a trust-style remedy for employees and the city.
Gene Clark has become the new manager of the Gift Chest Store on Mt. Vernon public square. He succeeds Bill Auffarth, who moves to Seidel Furniture Co. in St. Louis as credit manager. Auffrath family plans a near‑term move. W. F. Pat Patridge will head the watch and jewelry repair department.
Two sisters each welcomed a daughter on the same day, marking their first children. The Denver birth occurred Saturday to Mrs. Gordon Tripp, while the Neosho, Missouri birth happened Saturday to Mrs. Ronald Rusyn.
The article outlines a guaranteed pay plan with raises of 6 to 7 cents an hour for three years, extra for skilled workers, pension boosts to over 250 dollars monthly, and improved hospital coverage. It excludes stock purchases, no-interest loans for laid-off workers, or separation pay, and benefits begin after June 1, 1956.
In Whitesburg Kentucky a 14 year old girl fired a .22 rifle from her doorway at dusk killing Hobart Combs who she said was coming to shoot her father Troy Sexton. The shooting followed a drinking party and a volley exchange between Combs and Sexton over 50 cent pieces. The girl was charged with murder as authorities noted the fatal shot occurred near the Sexton home and the father fled into the woods.
A revival meeting is in progress at the Lebanon Baptist Church on Lynchburg Road. Large crowds attend with good singing. Fourteen people are saved and thirteen join the church, two by letter and eleven for baptism. Evening services begin at 7 30 p m led by evangelist Ray Wilkey.
The Jefferson Memorial unit lists admissions for Leroy Gedye Dahl gren Dr. Bill Lipsey Macomb Debra Denise Roberts Gerald Throgmorten J ON Kilbreth Boyleton James Ira Shehorn Mrs Kizzie Lowery John Rhyne Ina Joel Sechrest and discharges including Mrs Morris James Salem Mrs Lorene Hayes and Nance Jean Mrs Maxine Donna Smo thers Nancy Hill. Good Samaritan unit records admissions of Mrs Ann Rogers Cary Carlton Mrs Louise Hartmann Wilmer Lee Moore Arie Danner Mrs Helen Gert rude Yates James Henry Roon ey Robert Earl Crider Patricia Sue Cross William Booker Patricia Juanita Courtois and discharges of Mrs Minnie Borman Mrs Lena Maxey Sammy Lee Britton Earl Greer Mrs Janice Sample Mrs Dorothy Marlene Smith and infant Rickey Lynn Mrs Barbara Jean Myers and baby Melinda Jean Mrs Rosemary Howard and son Danny Gene Leroy Rueffer.
Dr. Jonas Salk argues the Public Health Service minimum standards for the polio vaccine will preclude deviation from intended procedures. He cites earlier troubles with some commercial lots due to interpretive phrasing and notes agreement and disagreement with parts of the White Paper. The Health Service report linked production shifts to commercial operations with inactivation issues but Salk warns misinterpretation of requirements may cause problems.
A stated meeting of Mt Vernon Chapter 233 Order of the Eastern Star will be held at the Masonic Temple Tuesday evening June 14 at 7 30 Initiation Yolla Talbott W M Noomi R Bogan Secy Veterans of Foreign Wars VFW meets at City Hall tomorrow night June 14 at 7 30 We invite a good attendance Fisher Secy
Relatives were notified of the May 30 birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth DuBois of San Antonio Texas. Dennis Arvin weighs six pounds six ounces. Kenneth DuBois is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Du Bois of Shreveport Louisiana, once Mt. Vernon residents. He is Arvin Prince and Ruth Harlow's nephew. In Bluford, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Richardson welcome a son born at 12:56 a.m. in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing seven pounds thirteen ounces named Bahbhy Lee.
Cleo Laverne Wells of RFD 4 and Carlyn Joyce Tutchins of Mt. Vernon join in marriage. Robert Leonard Gilbert Jr of Red Waltenville weds Marie Annette Harlow of Mt. Vernon. Bertuel Dacrell True and Traces J. Champ, both of RFD 4, marry. Joan TO Dunnean of Mt. Vernon weds Leta Mae Catron of Wayne DTS. Charles Hibbeler and Bernice Bon, both of St. Louis, wed. James C. Glenn of Navarre weds Plcassie Dean Terry of Mt. Carmel. Mal LaVern Mulvaney of Kinemundy and Violet Nadine Quick of Farina marry. Ruben Eugene Johnson weds Wilma Jean Partain, both of Evansville Indiana. Ronald M. Breeze weds Helen M. Walther, both of St. Louis.
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