Deaths and Funerals Pearl J Yandell 87
Mrs Pearl J Yandell 87 of 918 Conger Ave died at 4 65 p m Thursday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital Funeral arrangements are at Osborn Funeral Home Dix She born Nov 18 1884 Jefferson county daughter of Harrison and Ama Hawkins Jennings was married to Harley Yandell who preceded her in death She survived by three sisters Lena Murphy of Mr Vernon Ethel Calhourn and Marie Murphy of Lake Havasu City Ariz one granddaughter Barbara Palmer Anaheim Calif and four great grandchildren Besides her husband she was preceded in death by two sons Hollis and Grady two brothers and one sister
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl J. Yandell
Conger, Ave
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Osborn
Dix
Yandell
Jefferson County
Harrison and
Ama (Hawkins) Jennings
Harley Yandell
Ethel Calhourn
Lena Murphy
Vernon
Marie Murphy
Lake Havasu City
Ariz
Barbara Palmer
Anaheim
Calif
Grarsichildren
Hollis
Grady
Ruby Murray St. Louis obituary in Mt. Vernon family
Mrs Ruby May Murray 1 died yesterday in St. Louis Missouri formerly lived in Mt Vernon She born June 5 1891 in Mr Vernon daughter of James and Ina Ward married Thomas Murray he preceded her in death Survived by two sisters Viola Bynum Paducah KY Martha Wittenborn St Louis one son Reginald Melton St Louis one daughter Mildred Ewertowski N Miami Beach FL and one grandson Funeral 1:30 p.m. Sunday Myers Chapel burial Oakwood cemetery Friends may call after 4 p.m. Saturday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby May Murray
St. Louis
Mt. Vernon
Viola Bynum
Paducah
Martha Wittenborn
Reginald W. Melton
Mildred Ewertowski
N. Miami Beach
Fla
Mrs Patterson of Carbondale dies at 59
Mrs Lucille Patterson 59 of Carbondale and former Mt. Vernon resident died at Doctor's Memorial Hospital Carbondale at 10 p.m. She was born Dec 2 1912 in Enfield, married Charles Patterson July 31 1939 in St Charles Mo. Funeral Sunday 2 p.m. Huffman Funeral Home Carbonale with Rev Estil Murphy officiating Burial Oakwood Mt Vernon. Survived by husband, daughter Mrs Jim D Eckenberger of South Bend and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Patterson
Carbondale
Mt. Vernon
Doctor's Memorial Hospital
Patterson
Enfield
Fenton M
Mary Elizabeth (Stull) Lumm
Charles Patterson
St. Charles
Methodist Church
Mexico
Huffman
Estil Murphy
Dorris Heights
Oakwood Cemetery
Death of Benton resident R E Greenwood at 2 p.m. Sunday
Russell Ethan Greenwood, a retired farmer, died Thursday night in Union Hospital West Frankfort. He and wife Lola Harrison Greenwood of 500 N Stotlar Benton resided there. Funeral at Brayfield Funeral Home Lesser at 2 p.m. Sunday with Rev Everett Beaty officiating. Burial in Ward Cemetery near Greenwood Church. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Saturday at Brayfield. Survived by his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Ethan Greenwood
Union Hospital
West Frankfort
Greenwood
Lola Harrison Greenwood
N. Stotlar St
Benton
Brayfield Funeral Home
Lesser
Everett Beaty
Ward
Greenwood Church
Jesse L Shaw Wayne City dies. extensive survivor list given
Jesse L Shaw 30 of Route 2 Wayne City died yesterday morning in Jefferson Memorial Hospital. He is survived by many relatives. He was born August 4, 1891 in Wayne County, son of John and Laura Shaw. He married Novella Dal ton in 1912. she died in 1926. He married Mahala Ferguson in 1946. she survives. Funeral tomorrow at 3 p.m. at Bailey church with Rev George Wolfe officiating. Burial in Bailey cemetery. Friends may call at Richardson Chapel after 6 p.m. today. He also leaves two sons, five daughters, three step children, one step daughter, two brothers, one sister, and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse L. Shaw
Route 2
Wayne City
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Mr. Shaw
Wayne County
John
Laura (Smothers) Shaw
Novella Jane Dalton
Mahala (Barnard) Ferguson
Bailey Church
George Wolfe
Bailey Cemetery
Richardson
Earl Ferguson
Elmer Ferguson
St. John
Kan
Lawrence Ferguson
Mt. Vernon
Opal Bailey
Roy Shaw
Burl Shaw
Fairfield
Lula Grubb
Come Blow Your Horn Dinner Theater in Mt Vernon
Neil Simon comedy Come Blow Your Horn is to be staged as a dinner theater at the Holiday Inn in Mt Vernon July 13 through 15 with showings at 7 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. Dinner and ticket price are six dollars, with a separate dress rehearsal on July 12 for students at one dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Simon
Mt. Vernon
Holiday Inn
Robert Lipps
George Sterling Smith
Main Street Theater Company
Sam Shaw
Mr. Baker
Paul Giamanco
Allen Baker
Karen Beauford
Peggy Evans
Louie Helsing
Buddy Baker
Sherrie Phifer
Connie Dayton
Fran Giamanco
Ogilvie Defends Record On Southern Illinois TV Panel
Governor Ogilvie faced questions from a seven member panel in Paducah as part of a TV outreach. Viewers sent 64 questions. 28 were answered on air while others will get mailed responses. He touted interstate projects and Vienna prison as evidence of progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wpsd— TV
Paducah
Ogilvie
Senior Citizens Group
League of Women Voters
Bend Lake Dam
Vienna
Southern
Illinois
Daniel Walker
Mt Vernon Hog Market Prices for Various Hog Weights
The Mt. Vernon market reports No. 1 and No. 2 hogs weighing 200 to 220 pounds at 26.50 to 27.00 per cwt. No. 1 hogs at 27.25, mixed No. 2 and No. 3 hogs 220 to 240 pounds at 26.00 to 26.50, and sows at 19.00 to 22.00 per cwt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Vernon
Feeds and livestock prices from Mt Vernon St Louis and national reports
Mt Vernon morning quotes show Wheat 1.24 Soybeans 3.37 Corn 1.17. Chicago markets list Wheat No 2 soft red 1.48, No 2 hard red 1.46, Corn No 2 yellow 1.23, Oats No 2 extra heavy white 76%4, Soybeans No 1 yellow 3.45%4, plus soybean oil 10.71. St Louis consumer egg grades and hog cattle sheep prices follow, with hogs down and cattle mixed. National Stockyards figures estimate Monday receipts of 7,000 hogs 3,000 cattle 400 sheep. slaughter steers 37.00 per 1000 pounds top, cows 24.00-23.00, heifers steady, wooly trends noted.
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Chicago
National
Market Drift Slows as Dow Dips and News Lacks Spark
New York prices were drifting lower as trading slowed. The noon Dow Jones industrial average fell 2.94 to 943.03 amid widespread declines. ITT, Lazard Freres, and Mediobanca faced SEC action in Washington, delaying ITT shares.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
International Telephone & Telegraph
Lazard Freres
ITT
Mediobanca
Milan
Italy
Indus
Car Hits Bike Injures Boy in Early Morning Crash
A 10-year-old Vernon boy, Christopher Smith, listed in satisfactory condition with a fractured leg at Good Samaritan Hospital, was struck by a car while riding his bicycle at 6:53 a.m. at Briarwood Drive and Salem Road. The driver was James D. Durham, 24, of Route 7. Christopher is the son of Police Sgt. and Mrs. Robert Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Christopher Smith
Robert Smith
West Adams Court
James D. Durham
Briarwood Drive
Salem Road
Poisall Keeps Chamber Manager Post In June Session
The Greater Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce directors vote to continue Bob Poisall as manager and grant a pay increase. A spokesman for Bethel school and south Benton Rd residents seeks Mt. Vernon water service, while Dix is eyed as a potential site for a new industrial plant making seafmobiles in a 20,000 square foot facility. Final plant decision due in coming weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater
Jefferson County
Benton Rd
Mt. Vernon
Thompson
Chamber
Charles Hughey
Robbie Atchison
Joe Bocchiardi
Illinois Power Company
Industrial Development Committee
Dix
Bocchardi
Public Hearing on Special Ed Rules at Mt. Vernon
Ogie Ellis, superintendent of the Mt. Vernon educational service region, announced a public hearing Monday July 19 to discuss new suggested rules and regulations for special education. The hearing will run from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Mt. Vernon Ramada Inn, conducted by the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Richard Haney, assistant superintendent, said the goal is to involve parents and educators in decision making and to inform them about available special education programs, while gathering input for legislators and the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogie Ellis
Educational Service
Mt. Vernon
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Mt. Vernon Ramada Inn
Richard Haney
Joyce Baggott Named PR Director For United Fund Drive
Joyce Baggott, a Mt. Vernon resident and Missouri University nursing graduate, is appointed to direct publicity for the 1972 United Fund drive. She will coordinate media releases for drive activities. Baggott has three daughters and has been active in Girl Scouts, the DAR, Roundtable, Panhellenic Council, and the United Fund Board of Directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Baggott
United Fund
Baggott
Lee My
Ers
United Fund Drive
Chillicothe
University of Missouri
Mt. Vernon
George
Baggotts
Lynn
Laurie
LeAnne
Mt. Vernon, Mrs. Baggott Has Been Active In the Girl Scouts, the Dar, Roundtable
The
Panhellenic Council
United Fund Board of Directors
Wilma Wright to Represent Musicians at Hawaii Convention
Mrs. Wilma Wright of 1607 White Street will serve as official delegate from Local 465 American Federation of Musicians to the 75th annual convention in Honolulu Hawaii. She is secretary treasurer of Local 465 and will travel with two guests, Mrs. Betty Hyslop and Wayne Chambers, departing from Chicago this Friday for the week long event beginning June 19 with possible two week sightseeing tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma Wright
White Street
American Federation of Musicians
Honolulu
Hawaii
Wright
Betty Hyslop
Viola
Wayne Chambers
Jacksonville
Chicago
Dances to Raise YMCA Funds by Mt. Vernon Eagles Club
The Mt. Vernon Eagles Club sponsors dances tonight and tomorrow with the Tennesseeans from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Proceeds fund YMCA youth program equipment and staff. Tickets are $2 and available at the Eagles Club or the YMCA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Fire at residence prompts small smoke damage report
Firemen were dispatched to 491 S. 21st St. at 8:25 p.m. Thursday to a home where packing cardboard left from a new gas range ignited. Firefighters reported minor smoke damage to the kitchen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side
David Flora
S. 21St. St
Free Rubeola Vaccine Clinic At Good Sam
On June 22 a free immunization clinic for children ages 1 to 12 will be held at Good Samaritan Hospital from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Rubeola, or measles, is highlighted and re vaccines may be needed for those vaccinated before January 1966. Call 242-4600 ext 391 with questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Samaritan Hospital
Good Samaritan
Food Price Rise Forecast by National Chains
Washington AP reports representatives of U S food chains warn consumer groups to expect another sharp rise in food prices, especially meats, as the Price Commission prepares to meet next Wednesday. A chain spokesman cites ongoing wholesale increases and notes beef costs reach the highest level in memory at $60 per hundredweight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Price Commission
Commission
Timothy D. McEnroe
National Association of Food Chains
McEnroe
Treasury
John B. Connally
Nixon
Connally
Rend Lake College offers Child Psychology class start
Rend Lake College announces a summer course in Child Psychology taught by J. Judson DeWitt. It runs eight weeks from June 19, Mondays Wednesdays and Thursdays 1 to 3 PM. The syllabus covers child development to early adulthood with focus on preschool and adjustment issues. Registration is underway and closes at the first class. Dean of Adult Education office hours and phone provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rend Lake College
J. Judson DeWitt
Dean of Adult Education
McDonald's Opens in Mt Vernon With New Franchise
Ronald McDonald arrives to inaugurate the Mt. Vernon restaurant at 2806 Broadway Ave. Thomas McHugh, manager, says the medium-sized outlet seats 42 indoors and offers limited menu for fast service. Hours are 10 am to 11 pm Sun Thu and 10 am to midnight Fri Sat. McHugh and his family reside nearby on Wilshire Drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald McDonald
Mt. Vernon
Ronald
McDonald’s
King City
Broadway Ave
Thomas McHugh
McHugh
Chicago
Wilshire Dr
Florence
Sheila
Margaret
Back To Work At St. Louis Brewery
4,000 production workers returned to Anheuser Busch Inc after a federal court order ended a two day shutdown. Brewers and Molders Local 6 and Beer Bottlers Local 187 blamed a jurisdictional dispute, while union leaders cited a company lockout over layoff interpretation. Judge James H. Meredith had issued a temporary restraining order against a strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St, Louis
Anheuser Busch Inc
Mal- Sters
James H. Meredith
U.S. District Court
Dr Thompson Named To State HASP Regional Committee
Dr Al Goff Thompson Jr of 1708 Jefferson Mt Vernon is named to the HASP regional committee in Region 6. He is an internist and a charter member of the American Board of Family Practice with staff roles at Good Samaritan and Jefferson County Memorial hospitals. He graduated from Washington University School of Medicine in 1961 and holds memberships in major medical societies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al. Goff Thompson, Jr
Jefferson
Mt. Vernon
Joseph R. O'Donnell
Ilinois Foundation
Region 5
Fayette
Effingham
Jasper
Crawford
Marion
Clay
Richland
Lawrence
Wayne
Edwards
Wabash
Perry
Franklin
Hamilton
White
Jackson
Williamson
Saline
Gallatin
Union
Johnson
Pope
Hardin
Alexander
Pulaski
Massac
Thompson
Washington University School of Medicine
St.Louis
Good Samaritan
Jefferson County Memorial Hospitals
American Board of Family Practice
American Medical Association
Illinois State Medical Society
Jefferson County Medical Society
Mt Vernon Art Guild Seeks Members In June Drive
The Mt Vernon Art Guild invites artists and art lovers to join during June. Guild activities unfold at Benton Road with dues ranging from 5 to 100 dollars, including joint memberships for couples. For details contact Art Center at 2610 South 10th Street or call 242-9859.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Retired Federal Employees Plan Pot Luck Lunch
Retired Federal Employees will hold a noon pot luck luncheon on Monday June 19 at the housing authority located at Ninth and Conger. A business meeting will follow led by Vern Melton, president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of
Mornday
Housing Authority
Ninth
Conger
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Pearl Yandell
Ruby Murray
Mrs. Patterson Carbondale
R. E. Greenwood Benton
Illioisans
MT. Vernon Grain
Chicago Grain
Wall Street
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Ivans Flowers & Gifts
Mrs
YMCA
American Legion
BLUES
Good Sam
McDonald's
St. L. Brewery
Salem
Jack Harrison
Elks
Art Guild
Vern Melton
Pres
Forrest
Forrest Atkinson
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