Deaths and Funerals of Mrs. Mattie E Sledge
Mrs. Mattie E Sledge of Route 7 died Sunday at 8 10 am in Good Samaritan Hospital age 67 11 20. Funeral Tuesday at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with Rev Ross Partridge officiating burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. In state at Osborn Funeral Home Dix. Survived by husband G E Sledge three sons Dee L Walter A and Bobby G Sledge Mt Vernon one brother Elmer Riley Dix one sister Mrs Mary McMillan Mt Vernon five grandchildren. Preceded in death by one brother and one sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie E. Sledge
Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Ross Partridge
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Osborn Funeral Home
Dix
Sledge
Mt. Vernon
Andrew
Samantha
McMeen
Riley
G. E. Sledge
Pleasant Hill
Elmer Riley
Mary McMillan
Bill Sanders 69 Keenes Firestock dealer dies at home
Bill Sanders 69 of Keenes died suddenly of a heart attack Saturday night while sitting in his car at home. He was a Firestock dealer and member of the Keenes Seventh Church. Funeral services will be held Wendell Garrison officiating with burial in Thomason cemetery Wayne City. He was born May 26 1887 in Wayne County to Henry and Margaret Scrivner Sanders. Survivors include a son Herman of Mt Vernon three daughters Gladys Jackson Mildred Wilkerson of Wayne City and Ferne Everts of South Bend Ind 31 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren brothers Ray Earl of Wayne City Wilford of Mason Texas Harold of Mt Olive Ill Ernest of Carbondale and sisters Pearl Robbins Le Roy Ill and Lillian Crestshaw Mascoutah Ill.
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W. R
Bill) Sanders
Aoe Ue
Semeen
Ee Ie
Septet Church
Keenes
Wendell Garrison
Thomason
Wayne City
Richardson
Mr. Sanders
Wayne County
Margaret
Scrivner
Herman
Mt. Vernon
Gladys, Jackson
Mildred Wilkerson
Ferne Everts
South Bend
Ind
Ray
Earl
Wilford
Mason, Tr
Harold
Mt. Olive
Tll
Frances Swift Alexander Rites Here Wednesday
Frances Swift Alexander a former Mt. Vernon resident dies in Casper Wyoming at 54. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 1 30 p m at Myers Chapel with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. The body will lie in state at Myers Chapel after 2 p m Tuesday allowing friends to call. She was the daughter of Alva Ree and Mary B Maxey Swift.
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Frances Swift Alexander
Mt. Vernon
Myers Chapel
Oakwood Cemetery
Alexander
Casper
Wyoming
Alva R. Ee
Mary B. (Maxey) Wift
William A Tyler Dies at 87 in Mt Vernon
William Amos Tyler former Keenes resident and Mt Vernon farmer and teacher died at 2:00 p m Sunday in Alton hospital aged 87. Rites Wednesday 11:00 a m at Garrison Temple church with Rev Wendell Garrison officiating burial at Garrison Temple cemetery. Body lies in state at Richardson Chapel Wayne City after 2:00 p m Tuesday. Survived by wife Leota and two sons George Mt Vernon and Roger Keenes.
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Amos Tyler
William Amos Tyler
Mt. Vernon
Keenes
Alton, Il
Tyler
Garrison Temple Church
Wendell Garrison
Garrison Temple Cemetery
Richardson Chapel
Wayne City
Mr. Tyler
Wayne County
Pauline Bailey of Sims dies at 29 in Wayne County
Pauline Bailey a Sims resident and Johnsonville Consolidated School teacher died at 7 30 Sunday morning at Fairfield Memorial Hospital She was 29 Born November 16 1928 in Wayne County she was the daughter of Rev Paul Bailey and Novella Bailey Survived by four brothers Charles Curtis Roy Lee Gene Edward and June Dickey a sister Laura Louise and grandparents Mr and Mrs Charlie Ry of Wayne City Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p m at Arlington Prairie Baptist Church with Rev Roy Collins and Rev W G Wedicker officiating Burial will be in Arlington Prairie Cemetery Friends may call at Richardson Chapel Wayne City after 6 p m Tuesday and the body will be moved to the family home at 5 p m Wednesday until funeral hour
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Pauline Bailey
Sims
Wayne County
Fairfield Memorial Hospital
Miss Bailey
Johnsonville
Arlington Prairie Baptist Church
Roy Collins
W. G. Wedicker
Arrington Prairie Cemetery
Richardson Chapel
Wayne City
Paul and
Novella (Dickey) Bailey
Charles Curtis
Roy Lee
U.S. Army
Germany
Gene Edward
June Dick
Bethel School Opens Playground Schedule
The Bethel School playground will open at nine o'clock at the Bethel baseball diamond. Williamson attends both sessions, with the first from nine to eleven and the second from one to three o'clock in the afternoon.
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Bethel School
Bethel
Rete Mantle
Bethe
Ee Williamson
Orelock
Hospital Notes at Jefferson Memorial and OOD SAMAR TITAN
Admission and discharge lists from Jefferson Memorial and OOD SAMAR TITAN record many named patients. The entries include Mrs Verda Farmer John Chapman Wesley Sims Laura Estes Walter Green Kell Rayburn Tate Betty Copple Maude Kell Pearl Kell and others with several discharges listed, including Mrs Katherine Stover Dale Hopkins and Reverend Lester Pifer along with multiple babies and family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verda Farmer
John H.?chapman
Wesley Ray
Sims
Laura Estes
Walter Alan Green
Kell
Rayburn Tate
Betty Copple
Maude Spangler
Pearl Kell
Katherine Stover
Bluford
Dale Hopkins
Lester Pifer
Ralph Estes
Virgil Staples
Ricky Joe
Beverly Huff
OOD Samar G Titan
Thelma Higginson
Katie Wood
Ida Wegmenn
Hugh Rankin
Airport arrivals from multiple towns noted
C Edwards arrived at King City airport this morning from Marion. R E Holt flew from Mt Vernon to Indianapolis this morning. William B Rickey arrived at the local airport today from Springfield en route to Waukegan. A M Lively reached King City airport Sunday on a flight from Huntington West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Edwards
King City
Marion
R. E. Holt
Mt. Vernon
Indianapolis
William B. Rickey
Springfield
Waukegan
A. M. Lively
Huntington
West Virginia
Births Report From Local Hospitals
Mr and Mrs James C Copple Route 1 are parents of a son born yesterday at 3 44 PM in Jefferson Memorial Hospital. He weighed seven pounds one and three quarters ounces. Mr and Mrs John Crouch Bluford are parents of a son born Saturday at 6 45 PM in Good Samaritan Hospital. He weighed eight pounds nine ounces and is named Johnason Dwane. A son was born at 12 36 this morning at Good Samaritan Hospital to Mr and Mrs Domenico Luciani 1130 B North Street. He weighs six pounds seven ounces and is named Domenico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Copple
Route 1
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
John Crouch
Bluford
Good Samaritan Hospital
Johnason Dwane
Domenico Luciani
North Street
Domenico
Mt Vernon Masonic Lodge June Meeting Notice
Stated Mt Vernon Lodge No. 31 A F and A M meets Monday at 7 30 p m with all Brothers and Visitors welcome Virgil H Pigg W M William E Reavis See Yaa V F W The Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary meets tomorrow night at 7 30 at city hall all members urged to attend Rose Johnson publicity chairman White Shrine No 66 meets Tuesday at 7 30 with potluck at 6 30 and school of instruction led by Jennie Jonpeters Nan Bullock Lauretta Hardy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. We
A. M
Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 31
A.F
A.M
All Brothers and Visitors
Virgil H. Pigg
V.F.W
Veterans of Foreign Wars Iauxuary
Rose Johnson
White Shrine
White Shrine of
Weatherin Illinois and Missouri Showers and Flooding
Illinois reports lingering spring warmth with widespread showers possible in central and southern parts. Flooding continues along Sugar Creek Iroquois and Wabash rivers with high waters threatening communities downstream. rainfall and cool nights affect temperatures from Chicago to Springfield. Missouri sees mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers and thunderstorms, heavy rain likely in south and central areas, cooler conditions along the southern border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Chicago
Dlinois
Watseka
Kankakee
Traois
Sugar Creek
Iroquois River
Starved Rock State Park
la Salle
Terre Haute
Central
Moline
Rockford
Springfield
Rantoul
Vandalia
Misouri
Five Day Forecast for Illinois Temperatures Dip Slightly
Illinois forecast shows temperatures about 3 to 6 degrees below normal with highs around 78 to 84 north and 83 to 89 south. Lows near 58 to 62 north and 62 to 70 south. Showers south portions tonight and Tuesday, with Friday or Saturday bringing showers or thundershowers as it warms a bit. Continuous chances of precipitation total roughly half to one inch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
British Troops Boost Cyprus Peacekeeping Push
Cypriots wake to new phase of British troop buildup as 3,000 paratroopers join 25,000 British forces. Fears grow of a wider Greek Turkish clash threatening NATO unity as Turkey demands partition of the island amid calm before London’s planned plan release.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Turkey
Britain
Greece
London
Supreme Court Overrules State Dept on Passports
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the State Department erred in denying passports to Rockwell Kent, 75, and Dr. Walter Briehl for refusing to sign non Communist affidavits. Justice Douglas led the majority, saying Congress did not grant unchecked power to withhold passports over beliefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
State Department
Rockwell Kent
Walter Briehl
Los Angeles
Douglas
Clark
Burton
Harlan
Whittaker
Warren
Black
Frankfurter
Brennan
Doulas
Congress
Secretary of State
Kent
Europe
Briehl
Iyhim
Geneva
Istanbul
Communist Party
TV Short Circuit Firemen Respond at Home
A short circuit in a television set led to a run by Mr Ver non firemen Saturday afternoon. Firemen reported only TV-set damage at the home of Mrs Charles Wetzel 107 North Seventh Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Charles Wetzel
North Seventh Street
You'll Like Everything At Douglas Drugs
Douglas Drugs offers a full-service drugstore with prescription service, complete stock, and courteous staff. The ad promises value for every dollar and invites shoppers to try the store, claiming they will like everything about it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Drugs
Celler Calls On Tieken To Resign
Rep. Emanuel Celler urged the immediate resignation of U S Attorney Robert Tieken of Chicago amid conflict of interest probes. The subcommittee heard six witnesses including Carl Baldwin of the St. Louis Post Dispatch as it neared day four. Keating condemned pre trial judgments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert D. Novak
Washington
Emanuel Celler
D-Ny
U.S
Robert Tieken
Chicago
Tieken
Celler
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Baldwin
Kenneth B. Keating
RNY
Subcommittee
Keating
Man Forgotten Since 1903 Behind Asylum Doors
Archie Greer, committed to Peoria State Hospital in 1903, celebrated his 100th birthday with visitors and a cake, as volunteers organized the centennial event for a man with no known living relatives. He received birthday cards, presents, and fruit punch in a sunlit ward surrounded by fellow patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Archie Greer
Archie
Peoria State Hospital
Church Hayride Tragedy Claims Youth Life
In Bloomington Illinois a church hayride for about 70 youths ended in tragedy when 15 year old Leonard Knuth fell from a wagon and was fatally crushed beneath its wheels. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Franklin Knuth of Bloomington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington, Ill
Leonard Knuth
Leonard
Hole Franklin Knuth
Bloomington
Alton Driver Dies In Collision In Fieldon Illinois
Ralph P. Coons aged 38 from Alton was killed in a weekend auto crash on Illinois 16 near Fieldon. Three other Alton residents were injured, including Billy Winten 29 Patsy 25 and their son Mark Joseph 134. Police said Coons’ car left the road, then swerved into the Winten vehicle after returning to the highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fieldon
Ill
Ralph P. Coons
Alton
Mlinols 16
Field
Billy Wintten
Patsy
Mark Joseph
Coon
Wintjen
Bridges Repaired Near Effingham After Heavy Rains
Effingham area along U.S. 40 saw two temporary bridges fixed today after weekend storms. One bridge west of Effingham and another near Montrose were damaged by flash floods from over two inches of rain. Traffic rerouted around Montrose bridge as cleanup continues and debris removal in Effingham is projected to take more than two weeks.
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Effingham
Ill
U.S. 40
Montrose
Bob Hope Returns to St Louis Muny Opera for Week
ST LOUIS AP Comedian Bob Hope performs at the St Louis Municipal Opera in Roberta as band leader Huckleberry Haines. He first played the role on Broadway 25 years ago, marking Muny’s first $15000 weekly payment for a star. The 40th anniversary season begins with Hope’s sentimental page.
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St, Louis
Bob Hope
St. Louis Municipal
Roberta
Los Angeles Civic Opera
Tmne
Municipal Opera
Small Boy Killed in Illinois 11 Crash Near Granite City
A two year old named Victor Kirk was killed and three other people were seriously injured in a Saturday night auto collision on Illinois 11 near Granite City. The boy rode with Paul McCollum 21, who broke a leg. McCollum said a car driven by Carl Carver 47 from Ferguson Mo skidded into his path. Carver suffered a broken back and two passengers in his car were hurt. The incident occurred in Granite City.
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Granite City
Victor Kirk
Patsy Easton
East Alton
Paul McCollum
Cottage, Hills
McCollum
Carl Carver
Ferguson
Carver Suffe
Illinois 11
U.S. and Japan sign ten year uranium pact
Washington announced a ten year atomic agreement between the United States and Japan. The treaty commits 2700 kilograms of enriched uranium-235 to fuel nuclear power reactors expected to begin operation by year’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Japan
Chester Bridge Bill Passes to Senate for Toll Bridge Bond Funding
The Chester Illinois city council approved a bill authorizing rebuilding the Mississippi River toll bridge. Financing would come from a bond issue and the measure now moves to the Senate for further action.
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Washington
House
Chester
Mississippi River
Senate
Woman From Centralia Killed In Car Crash Near Sikeston
SIKESTON Mo A car skidded on wet pavement and overturned two miles south of Sikeston fatally injuring Mrs Essie Reed 52 of Centralia NJ Her husband Carl Reed rail clerk at Centralia suffered shock Their 7 year old granddaughter Brenda Sue Hack of Magnolia Ark was not hurt The crash occurred on U S highway 61 while passing two other cars as the Reeds were en route from Megan to Centralia
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Sikeston
Essie Reed
Centralia
Reed
U.S. Highway 61
Carl A. Reed
Illinois Central Railroad
Brenda Sue Hack
Magnolia
Ark
Missouri Highway Patrol
Reeds
Megan
Cenralia
Metcalf Appointed to Illinois Teachers Retirement Board
Dr Harold M Metcalf Bloom Township high school and Community College of Chicago Heights was named to the Illinois State Teachers retirement system board of trustees He fills the vacancy created by the death of William H Carruthers of Murphysboro Springfield Ill AP points out his appointment expands the board with a Springfield area educator and administrator
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Harold M. Metcalf
Bloom Township
Community College of
Chicago Heights
Ilinois State Teachers’ Retirement System
William H. Carruthers
Murphysboro
Reds Hold Nine U S Prisoners in East Germany
Berlin AP Nine U S Army men remained prisoners as U S negotiators failed to extract their release in a second contact with East Germany. Officials said the Communists insisted on government to government talks and demanded diplomatic accreditation for Col. Robert B. McQuail as credentialing issue.
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Potsdam
Typhoon Alma Dies In Texas
Alma, the timid typhoon, dissipated in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas and Mexico. One death occurred as A. B. Wilson, 29, of Houston, drowned while swimming at Galveston Beach. No damage was reported as Alma, with winds up to 50 miles an hour, moved in from the Gulf and struck Mexico just south of the Rio Grande.
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Brownsville
Tex
Alma
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
A. B. Wilson
Houston
Galveston
Gulf
Rio Grande
Start Work on U S Space Craft
Air Force announces contracts to develop a manned space craft named Dyna-Soar. Martin Co. of Baltimore and Boeing Co. of Seattle are contracted with NACA joining as a full partner in managing the project.
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Washington
Air Force
Earth
Martin Co
Baltimore
Boeing Airplane Co
Seattle
Wash
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Mt Vernon Brokers Staff Foster Father Day Project
Twenty eight men at Mt Vernon Illinois brokerage stores joined a Father s Day adoption drive along with 39 total staff from all units. They selected and visited ad opted fathers from public institutions and convalescent homes, delivering gifts and apparel to brighten Father s Day June 15 1958. Personnel director Carl M Dubinsky called the effort heartfelt and noted many thank you letters from clerks recipients and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Illinois
Carl M. Dubinsky
Man named chief nurse at Anna State Hospital
Anna Ill AP first time a man named chief nurse at Anna State Hospital. Dr R C Steck administrator said Wilbert E Yates of Butlerville Ind appointed to the job succeeding Mrs Alice Ream who resigned a year ago. Mrs Pearl Dillon acting chief nurse was named assistant chief nurse. Yates a graduate of nursing administration and psychology from Hanover College will be in charge of the institution's 350 nurses tending 2069 patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna, Ill
Anna State Hospital
R. C. Steck
Wilbert E. Yates
Butlerville
Ind
Alice Ream
Pearl Dillon
Yates
Hanover College
Snow wins Maryland stock car race in 1957 Ford
Les Snow of Bloomington Indiana won a late model stock car race billed as the Maryland state championship at a half mile track near Hagerstown. The 200 lap event drew about 5,000 spectators and featured 30 starters on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Les Snow
Bloomington
Ford
Maryland
Lola Albright Seeks Divorce From Jack Carson
Actress Lola Albright plans an immediate divorce from actor Jack Carson citing cruelty after a 1952 marriage that ended with separation in December 1954. She says there was no chance to reconcile and will file the cruelty charge.
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Hollywood (Ap
Lola Albright
Jack Carson
Navy Reenlists Local Man For Deep Sea Diving
William Melvin Blaylock Jr of 501 South 24th Street reenlisted in the U S Navy. He was assigned to the deep sea diving and salvage school for 24 weeks in Washington DC and will be posted to a ship or station with the Fleet after training. Local ex servicemen may contact Navy recruiter Thomas E Ruble BTC at the recruiting station or call 4870 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Melvin Blaylock, Jr
South 24Th Street
U.S. Navy
Thomas E. Rube
Blaylock
Navy
Washington, D.C
U. S
Thomas E. Ruble
BTC
Thieves Target Homestead Hills Golf Clubhouse Break-in
A weekend burglary at the Homestead Hills golf course clubhouse in north Mt. Vernon left 48 candy bars 25 cigars and two cigarette packs missing after a door lock was forced. County officers investigate. Also reported: hub cap stolen from Glen Atkinson's car and a wrist watch taken from a Liberty service station restroom. A car window was shot at in Mt. Vernon city park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homestead Hills
Mt. Vernon
Irvin Hertenstein
Glen Atkinson
North 16Th
Ray Ziegler
North Seventh Street
Liberty Service
South Tenth Street
Marion Savage
Mascoutah
Tfl
Farmers Union Meeting Set For Wednesday
A Farmers Union meeting is scheduled for Wednesday evening June 18 at eight o clock at McClellan School four miles southwest of Mt Vernon. President Isaac J Lambert urges all farmers to attend. Topics include the camp for boys and girls 12 to 21 at New Salem Park July 27 to August 1 the wheat referendum June 20 the state game farm picnic August 10 and farm legislation matters. Cold drinks and attendance prizes will be offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Union
McClellan
Mt. Vernon
Isaac J. Lambert
New Salem Park
Uraniun Occurrence in Pitchblende and Carnotite
A concise note states that uranium is not found in a pure state and occurs chiefly in the mineral pitchblende and in carnotite.
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Geo. H. Brown
George Howard Brown
Hig
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Brown
Beatrice Elliott
Bill Sanders
Frances Swift
Jefferson Memorial
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En Orleans
New York
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Springfield Tlandalia
Cal Scott Air Base
St. Louis
Muny Opera
Chester Bridge
Onn 4
S. 10Th St
Dr. Metcalf
Reds
Man
Anna
Farmers Union Meeting
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