Mt Vernon Area Folks Travel and Visits
Local society notes detail residents and guests visiting from Mt Vernon and nearby towns. Families including Fields Burnett York Phillips and others journeyed to Chicago New Orleans and Oklahoma City. Scouts and visitors from St Louis Belle Rive Carbondale and Evansville are also listed with hospital and weekend plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. “Gilly” Burnett
San Diego
Calif
Burnett
Aden Irby
J. M. York
Arnold York
New Orleans
Dick Phillips
Jane Alyse
Mae Ford
Mary Elizabeth Cooley
Chicago
Camp Oualoga
Judith Hite
Sondra Hobbs
Linda Walker
Joyce Bullock
Myrna Payne
Carol Smith
Fannie Smith
Belle Rive
William Hartje
Chester
Mt. Vernon
Dixie McConnaughhay
Iuka
Si Allen
Carbondale
Zelbert Taylor
Shirley
Walier
W. D. Pigg
Raymond Graham
YT. D. Jorden
Lesser
Vernon
Norman Moore
Springfield
Bruford
Jean Clemons
Evansville
Ind
Leland Wells
William R. Mabry
Martha
Collinsville
C. E. Connett
Charles Dycus
Sharon Louise
Oscar Brehm
Ashley
Jackie Hunter
Abilene
Texas
Kenneth Frost
H. H. Hooker
St. Louis
Albert Woodworth
Bluford
Barnes Hospital
Woodworth
Rudolph Schlag
Hospital Notes Show Admits and Discharges
Jefferson Memorial lists admissions for Mrs Elzona Osborne and Thomas H Holland. Discharges include Master Mace and Mil Good Samaritan entries. Good Samaritan shows multiple admitted individuals including Miss Marlene Lemons and several Benton Ina Scheller Car terville residents. Discharges feature Carl House and multiple mothers with newborn daughters Sharon Kay and Sharon Sue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Memorial
Elzona Osborne
Thomas H. Holland
Master Mace
Mil
Good Samaritan
Marlene Lemons
William Workman
Benton
Mary Scott
Mary Allen
Bessie Douthit
Ina
Delores Aydt
Scheller
Roy Stegg
Rockford, i
Betty Thomson
Carterville
Carl House
Mary Horch
Maxine Latta
Sharon Kay
Dorothy ‘Lowery
Sharon Sue
Wittenbrink Bates Betrothal Publicized in Illinois
Mr and Mrs Ray S Bates of Walnut Hill Illinois announce the engagement of their only daughter Norma Ann to Don Wittenbrink son of Mr and Mrs Emil Wittenbrink of Dix Illinois The wedding date is set for August 24.
Prison Doctors Deny Killer Is Mentally Sick
Decatur Ill June 17 Associated Press Carson Seger 20 and Curtis Chapman 19 both condemned to die in electric chair June 23 have had five stays of execution Doctors testified at a sanity hearing Seger pleaded guilty to the hitchhike slaying of Howard Heininger Jerseyville insurance man April 21 1949 State prison psychiatrists found no mental illness while noting aggressive personality Seger had average intelligence tests showed scores of 69 and 78 The hearing was postponed until Monday when a juror could not serve because of Sabbath observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Ill
Carson Seger
Seger
Alton
Curtis Chapman
White Hall
Chapman
Howard Heininger
Jerseyville
Ralph A. Darling
Menard
Army
Segerf
Roslina Hudgins
Multiple Births At Good Samaritan Hospital
Several families welcomed newborns at Good Samaritan Hospital with birth times and weights recorded. William Sidney Hirons weighed seven pounds two and a half ounces. a Harmon boy, six pounds ten and a half ounces. Gary William Beste eight pounds eight ounces. Linda Sue Norris, six pounds four ounces. and Sharon Sue Lowery, eight pounds ten ounces. An eclipse of the moon is expected September 26. Separately, authorities named John Doe as Anatoli Yakovlev and Richard Roe as Semen M. Semenov in espionage cases involving Gold, with details of FBI statements and Soviet contacts outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Shurtz Hirons
South 24Th Street
Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
William Sidney
Forrest Harmon
Mt. Vernon
William B. Beste
Benton Road
Gary William
John H. Norris
Route 2
Waltonville
Linda Sue
Paul A. Lowery
Keenes
Sharon Sue
John Doe
John
Richard Roe
Sam
Gold
Brooklyn
Department
Anatoli Antonovich Yakovlev
New York City
Semen M. Semenov
Amtorg Trading Corporation
Russia
United States
Fuchs
Santa Fe
N. M
Carl B. Martin Now a Dentist
Carl B. Martin, 28, son of Mr and Mrs James W Martin of St Louis, received a doctor of dental surgery from St Louis University at the school commencement Tuesday in Kiel auditorium. He attended Cape Girardeau Teachers college and served as an ensign in the Navy during the war. The Martins are former Mt Vernon residents and Carl was a Register-News carrier and mail room employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl B. Martin
James W. Martin
St. Louis
St. Louis University
Kiel Auditorium
Cape Girardau Teachers College
Cape Girardau
Martins
Mt. Vernon
Carl
Register-News
Former Resident Verne Miller Dies in Chicago
Word has been received of the death in Chicago on Thursday night of Verne Happy Miller, a former resident of Mr. Vernon. The heart attack ended his life. Miller had worked for the American Car Co. in Chicago for several years, and he was a nephew of Ben H. Miller of 1603 Cherry Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Verne
Happy) Miller
Mr. Vernon
Miller
American Car Co
Ben H. Miller
1603
Cherry Street
Marriage Licenses Granted in Bluford and Belle Rive
William H. Chrisman of Bluford and Deloris Ann Kennedy of Dahlfr en received a marriage license. Marvin Walter Scott of Bluford and Vivian Marie Hamson of Belle Rive also obtained a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Chrisman
Bluford
Deloris Ann Kennedy
Dahlfren
Marvin Walter Scott
Vivian Marie Hamson
Belle Rive
Eclipse to darken sky on September 12 1950
A solar eclipse is forecast for September 12, 1950, with observers urged to use proper eye protection and note the geographic path of totality. Astronomers explain the event will occur across specific regions as daylight dims briefly.
Register-News Carrier Boy Donald Brown
Donald Brown son of George and Mrs Brown of north 27th Street has been a carrier for The Register News since 1945 though only the past three years has he carried continuously. He will be a sophomore at Mt Vernon Township High School this fall and handles a route in the west part of the city from 24th to the end Casey to Logan and Mannen addition. He enjoys fishing hunting and trap setting and aims to be a cook after school. This is part of a series on carrier boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Brown
George Brown
North 27Th Street
Register-News
Register- News
Brownie
Mt. Vernon Township High School
Casey
26Th Street
Logan
Mannen Addition
Jigg’s
Maggie's
Donald
Vacation Bible School at First Baptist Church
Children of the vacation Bible school present a Sunday program at the church featuring pledges to the flag and Bible, songs, diplomas, and prayers. The event includes a hand work exhibit, and joined community participation with an anthem by the adult choir and multiple departmental performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vacation Bible School
First Baptist Church
United States
Jesus
Wilson
Judy Presley
Sones
Johnny Ham
Widney Wood
Patty Kelly
Patricia Williams
Dorothy Roane
Joyce Delp
Ann Roane
Arla Hauk
Wise Man
Steven Mortenson
Monica Hayes
Peggy Manion
Heaven
Linda Howell
Story of
Leone Taylor, Jr
Sydney Wlecke
Marilyn McKitrick
Shirley Ayres
Ruth Gibson
Entire
Bible
Cavaker
Mt Vernon Scouts Aim for National Boy Scout Jamboree
Sixteen Mt. Vernon Boy Scouts join 47,000 Scouts from around the world at the National Boy Scout Jamboree in Valley Forge National Park later this month. Scoutmaster Leroy James leads Troop 106 of Logan Street Baptist Church. trip participants include Milton Tober Carl McPherson Tommy Snider Eddie McPherson Donald Trout Kim Rollinson Eddie Krebs Clinton Nolan and Dean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Valley Forge National Park
Leroy Jaies
Logan Street Baptist Church
Milton Tober
Carl McPherson
Leroy James
Tommy Snider
Eddie McPherson
Donald Trout
Kim Rollinson
Eddie Krebs
Clinton Nolan
Dean
Graduate Patricia Ann Minor Completes SIU Degree
Patricia Ann Minor of this city graduated from Southern Illinois University at exercises held June g. She served as president of Kappa Pi the Methodist girls sorority secretary of the Student Christian Foundation and as secretary in the Sociology Department under Dr. Joseph Johnson. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Avery Minor Route 7 Mt Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pe “Ar
Thomas J.mathews
Casey
Florida
Pittsburgh
Clifford R. Fields
University of Illinois
Fields
Clifford Fields
Pat
Runge
Oklahoma City
Patricia Ann Menor
Southern Ilinois University
Kappa Pi
Debt and government spending urged by speaker
The speaker traced debt growth from 1930 onward, noting rapid increases after World War II and detailing who he said owns the debt. He urged voters to back economical administration, learn the facts, avoid new spending movements, and discuss business options within the American profit system with employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve Banks
Curtis
Vacation Bible School Opens At East Side Baptist
The East Side Baptist Church at fourth and Casey will start vacation Bible school on Monday morning June 19. Earl Marlow will serve as principal. The program runs daily from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. for children ages four to seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Bible School
East Side
Auto Hits Bus. Driver Killed, Five Hurt in Alton
A head on collision between a car and a Wood River Bus Company bus on U.S. 67 in Alton last night killed driver Joseph W. Miller, 19, of East Alton. Five bus passengers, Otto Biltz 51 East Alton Robert Wright Wood River Walter Wetstein Alton Helen Magee Alton and Walter Klaus Shipman, were injured and the bus driver Edward W. Allsman, 34, of Alton was not hurt. Gasoline spilled on the highway but there was no fire. fire department responded to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton
Joseph W. Miller
East Alton
Wood River Bus Company
Broadway
Otto Biltz
Robert Wright
Wood River
Walter Wetstein
Helen Magee
Walter Klaus
Shipman
Edward W. Allsman
Denies Criticism of Sen McCarthy in Lustron Case
In Columbus Ohio June a Lustron Corp official Clyde Foraker denied saying it was unethical for Senator Joseph McCarthy to buy a housing manuscript for ten thousand dollars. Reporters Ken Davis and Bob Kanade stood by their notes after a recheck. Lustron borrowed 37.5 million dollars from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, RFC sought receivership, and Judge Mell G Underwood appointed Foraker two months earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Clyde Foraker
Lustron Corp
U.S
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
Lustron
Foraker
Ken Davis
Associated Press
Bob Kanade
Columbus Dispatch
Lustrow
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Mell G. Underwood
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Airport News
Russ Wyncoop
Marion
Nash Redwine
Okla
Norma Ann Bates
Verne Miller
FBI
Society
W.S.C.S
Women's Society of Christian Service
Dix
Rollie Tate
Ruth Patton
Edna Sherman
Mansell
Orley Mansell
Nancy
Los Angeles
Willard Mansell
East Moline
Til
Charley Mansell
Oran
Amy Hunn
Alberta Bayou
Larry Joe
Gertie Jones
Jerry
Mary Strong
Stewart
Janet Barnes
Angeal
Donald Strong
Leslie C. Kemp
John B
Delta Theta Tau Sorority
Leone Taylor
Fairfield Road
Kiwanis
Kiwanis Club
Hotel Emmerson
Kiwani An Fd
Mary Ellen Wood
Gil Wood
Mary Ellen
Dodds
Home Bureau
Mark Baker
Elmer Matthews
Bob Bean
David Brown
Clarence Chirk
Kenny Johnson
Gordon Fore
Fredericks
Sen. McCarthy
Roy Weingartner
Pleasant Grove School
George Monroe
Marvin Sledge
Weingartner
Sledge
Virgil T. Bailey, Inc
McLaughlin's Cafe
Ron I
Ona
Jack Sullivan and His Band
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