Denner Urie K funeral rites held at Myers Chapel
Funeral services for Urie K Denner were held at 2:00 p m Thursday at Myers Chapel with burial in New Shiloh Cemetery. The Mt Vernon resident died Tuesday at Good Samaritan Hospital at the age of 72 years ten months and 28 days. Survived by wife Leta one sister Myrtie Legge of Omaha Neb and several nieces and nephews.
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Urie K. Denner
Myers Chapel
New Shiloh
Daritier
RFD
Mt. Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Leta
Myrtle Legge
Omaha
Neb
John R Rhynes 76 Ina dies in Mt Vernon hospital
John Riley Rhynes 76 of Ina died Thursday at 2 35 am in Jefferson Memorial Hospital Mt Vernon after long illness. Born September 30 1878 in Elk Prairie township he was married to Edith Harmon in Benton June 17 1907 and was a member of the Free Will Baptist church in Ina. Funeral Saturday 2 30 pm conducted by Rev Marsh Harpole at Ina with burial in Kirk cemetery. Survived by wife two sons Harmon Kenneth Rhynes Mt Vernon and John Nelson Rhynes Mt Vernon three daughters Zona Areletta Beckman East Peoria Ethel Ona Skidmore Mt Vernon and Letha Belle Beckman Mt Vernon eighteen grandchildren four great grandchildren two brothers Oakley Rhynes and Walter L Rhynes Ina.
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John Riley Rhynes
Ina
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Mt. Vernon
Mr. Rhynes
Elk Prairie Township
Simon and
Minerva Ann Rhynes
Edith Evelyn Harmon
Benton
Free Will Baptist Church
Marsh Harpole
Kirk Cemetery
the Inn Funeral
Harmon Kenneth Rhynes
Bonnie
John Nelson Rhynes
Zona Areletta Beckman
East Peoria
Ethel Ona Skidmore
Letha Belle Beckman
Oakley Rhynes
Walter L. Rhynes
Lydia M. Davis Dies at 72 in Wayne City
Lydia M Davis 72 a Wayne City resident died at 1 pm yesterday at Lowery Nursing Home Mt Vernon She was born in Jefferson county July 31 1882 daughter of Thomas and Rosetta Bundy Adams On Sept 5 1900 she married J M Davis who survives Also surviving son A M Davis of Chicago daughter Mrs Noma Phelps of Champaign one grandchild a brother Sam Adams of Bluford and sister Mrs Mollie Williamson of Bluford Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 pm at Salem Church south of Keenes conducted by Rev Bird Green Burial in Salem Cemetery The body will lie in state at Richardson Chapel Wayne City after 7 pm today
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Lydia M.davis
Wayne City
Lowery
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Thomas and
Rosetta (Bundy) Adams
J. M. Davis
A.M. Davis
Chicago
Noma Phelps
Champaign
Sam Adams
Bluford
Mollie Williamson
Salem Church
Keenes
Bird Green
Salem Cemetery
Richardson Chapel
Hospital Notes from Jefferson Memorial
Admissions at Jefferson Memorial include Hayes Woodall Master John Herman Todd from Mc Leansboro and Mrs Barbara Woe fel with Mrs Jo Modert Master Larry Nice from Dahlgren. Discharged Gale Ballard Herschel Copple from Salem. Good Samaritan admissions list Master Terry Don Durham Wiley Brown Eldora do Mrs Cornelia Louise Smith Mrs Cloeana Marie Kiselewski Bernard Francis Kiefer Miss Linda Darlene Estes Miss Edith Irene Estes. Discharged: Douglas A Sapper Sr Miss Idella Ruth Fredericks Mrs Mamie Dallas Bledsoe Harry Shields Mrs Anna Marie Dodson and baby Randy Glenn Mrs Mary Elizabeth Cooley Cary Vinson Carlton.
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Hayes Woodall
John Herman Todd
McLeansboro
Barbara Woefel
Jo Modert
Larry Nice
Dahlgren
Gale Ballard
Herschel Copple
Salem
Good Samaritan
Terry Don Durham
Wiley Brown
Eldorado
Cornelia Louise Smith
Cloeana Marie Kiselewski
Bernard Francis Kiefer
Linda Darlene Estes
Edith Irene Estes
Douglas A. Sapper
Idella Ruth Fredericks
Mamie Dallas Bledsoe
Harry Shields
Anna Marie Dodson
Randy Glenn
Mary Elizabeth Cooley
Cary Vinson Carlton
Births for Ashley and area reported from local hospitals
Mr and Mrs Roy Marshall of Ashley welcomed a daughter Karen Elaine at Good Samaritan hospital weighing eight pounds four ounces born yesterday at 3 11 PM. Dr and Mrs Alson Modert Jr of 15 Northbrook Drive welcomed a son Mark Alson at Jefferson Memorial hospital weighing six pounds thirteen ounces born yesterday at 5 AM. Mr and Mrs Stanley Woefel of 2714 Mannen welcomed a daughter Debra Gaye at Jefferson Memorial hospital weighing five pounds six and a half ounces born today at 4 26 AM. Mrs Woefel is formerly Barbara Baker. Mr and Mrs Billie Joe Funkhouser of 607 South 12th Street welcomed a son Donnie at Jefferson Memorial hospital weighing eight pounds three ounces born yesterday at 5 41 PM.
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Roy Marshall
Ashley
Good Samaritan Hospital
Karen Elaine
Alson Modert, Jr
Northbrook Drive
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Mark Alson
Stanley Woefel
Mannen
Debra Gaye
Woefel
Barbara Baker
Billie Joe Funkhouser
South 12Th Street
Donnie
White Shrine of Jerusalem No. 66 Meeting Notice
The White Shrine of Jerusalem No. 66 states a meeting next Tuesday night June 21 at 7 30 with ceremonial practice at 2 00 Sunday afternoon June 19. Candice Dougherty W H P.
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White Shrine of
Family Head Rule Sparks Airline Fare Row
Memphis report on an airline fare rule for couples traveling under the family plan. A husband and wife may ride at a half fare depending on who is deemed head of the family. The Bogatins learned the regulation allows either spouse to be designated head, affecting return dates. The wife travels half fare but returns later, while the husband would have to pay full if he is the head.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Irving Bogatin
Philadelphia
Bogatin
American Airlines
Explosive Plan To Quench Massive Gas Well Fire
Renovation, Pa. expert team led by Paul Red Adair prepared to move 400 pounds of gelatin nitroglycerin to the center of a violent natural gas well blaze in Green Lick Field. The well, initially rated at 150 million cubic feet daily, was believed by officials to be producing 200 MMCF. ten workers injured, Francis Gavin among the seriously burned.
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Associated Press
Renovo
Paul‘Red” Adair
Mouston
Tex
Adair
Green Lick
New York State Natural Gas Corp
Here
Francis Gavin
Andover
N. C
Plan to Eliminate Mt. Vernon Park Zoo Proposal
Public notice states the plan to eliminate the Mt. Vernon Park Zoo and invites hearings. Board of Park Commissioners, chaired by Larry Coffman, outlines action details and hearing arrangements. Also records marriage licenses for Merle Tate and Sharon Chirk and Robert Garrison and Barbara Fitch.
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Mt. Vernon Park Zoo
Board of Park Commissioners
Larry Coffman
Herbert G. Downey
Marion Heifner
Robert D. Ward
Sec'y
Merle R. Tate
Dix
Sharon Lee Chirk
Mt. Vernon
Maurice Earl Parkinson
Centralia
Carolyn Sue Tate
Robert Dean Garrison
Barbara Jane Fitch
Motel Fire Death In Eugene Paterson
Dennis Wayne Beck aged 56 from Aston Illinois died Wednesday night from burns suffered in a motel fire on Sunday. Family members remain hospitalized.
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Associated Press
Eugene
Ore
Dennis Wayne Beck
Aston
Seamen Win Layoff Wage Ending Coastwide Strike
National Maritime Union members approved a new contract by voice vote, signaling an end to the coastwide work stoppage. The agreement creates an unemployment benefit system for seamen. NMU leaders urged members to return to shipboard work while two smaller unions secure their own contracts.
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Associated Press
New York
National Maritime Union
Galveston-to-Maine
NMU
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Divorces Granted After Beatings Over Dirty Dishes
Mrs. June T. Dunne, 26, testified in Chicago Circuit Court that her husband Thomas, 35, beat her twice for leaving dirty dishes. She claimed she lost time for work and his demand she become a secretary. Judge Dougherty granted the divorce and awarded custody of their five year old daughter to Mrs. Dunne.
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Associated Press
Chicago
June T. Dunne
Thomas
Charles S. Dougherty
Drilling Barge Capsizes Off Grand Isle. 43 Safe
Coast Guard reports an oil drilling barge capsized four to six miles south of Grand Isle Louisiana. All 43 men aboard reached safety aboard the tug Delilah after a 4:30 a.m. distress call. No injuries or cause were announced. The wreck occurred about 45 miles south of New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Coast Guard
Gulf of Mexico
Grand Isle
Four Young Students Thank Cincinnati Teacher
Fourth grader George Biedenbach with three classmates paid tribute to Mrs. Lucille Webb in a Cincinnati Enquirer ad thanking her for improving arithmetic spelling and reading. The boys volunteered the message free of charge as report cards were due that day.
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Cincinnati
George Biedenbach
Cincinnati Enquirer Frsday
Lucille 8. Webb
George
AMVETS Convention Nears In Kankakee Illinois
About 250 delegates registered for Illinois AMVETS annual state convention in Kankakee. The Sad Sacks elected William Sarles of Freeport as state saddest. The Sackettes chose Venetia Szymanowski of Chicago as snappiest. Regular convention business set for Saturday.
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Kankakee
Tll
Ilinois Amvets
William Sarles
Freeport
Sackettes
Venetia Szymanowski
Chicago
Senate Votes To Extend Draft Four Years
Washington Senate quickly passed a four year extension of the regular draft and a two year extension of the doctors draft. The fate of the new reserve program remained unsettled as House delays and segregation provisions stalled broader changes. The bill now moves back to the House for action on the two measures.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Sen. Jackson
D-Wash
Armed Services Committee
House
Hopkins Copple Named To County Board of Review
Jefferson County appoints Goaley Hopkins of Belle Rive and Birthel Copple of Walnut Hill to the Board of Review. Walter Rhodes serves as chairman. Hopkins, a Democrat, fills a one year vacancy. Copple, a Republican, takes a two year term. The board meets at the courthouse to organize next Monday and plans to begin work in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Andrews
Goaley Hopkins
Belle Rive
Birthel Copple
Walnut Hill
Jefferson County Board of Review
Walter Rhodes
Jefferson County Board of Supervisors
Hopkins
Copple
Grand Prairie Township
Rhodes
Board of Review
Court House
Anti Russian Banners Parade in Omaha for Molotov Visit
A group of Latvian and Lithuanian descent paraded at Union Depot in Omaha waving anti Russian banners as a train carrying Soviet Foreign Minister V M Molotov arrived en route to San Francisco for a United Nations anniversary meeting. About 50 marchers carried signs denouncing communism and Latvia's invasion. The parade occurred as the City of San Francisco train stopped for 24 minutes with no Russians disembarking.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Union Depot
San Francisco
V. M. Molotov
West Coast
United Nations
Russia
Latvia
Union Pacific Railroad
New York
Georgi Zarubin
U. S
Molotov
United States
Powers elected president of Tri-County Illinois bankers group
J Marvin Powers of Security Bank Mt Vernon was elected president of the Tri- County Federation of Group Ten of the Illinois Bankers Association at the Carterville meeting. Wayne McCormick Bank of Herrin named vice president and Howard Lee Payne Bank of Benton is secretary-treasurer.
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J. Marvin Powers
Security Bank of Mt. Vernon
Tri- County
Illinois Bankers Association
Carterville
Wayne McCormick
Bank of Herrin
Howard Lee Payne
Bank of Benton
Jefferson
Franklin and
Williamson
Oscar Shafale
Bank of Marion
Powers
C.M. Presley
Bank of West Trankfort
Lutherans Spend 100 Million on Global Relief Since WWII
Lutherans report more than 100 million dollars in postwar relief and inter church aid worldwide. Dr. Carl E Lund-Quist cited aid to over three million refugees and provision for 100,000 to emigrate to the United States Canada Finland Australia South America and South Africa. He noted efforts to keep lines open to congregations in Eastern Europe and China despite restrictions in Romania Baltic states and China. The Augustana synod reelected President Oscar A Benson and statistician Dr. Emory Johnson as delegates discussed ministerial shortages and expanded lay involvement. The synod concludes with services across Minneapolis and St Paul.
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St, Paul, Minn
Carl E. Lund-Quist
Geneva
Switzerland
Lund-Quist
Lutheran World Federation
Synod of
Augustana Lutheran Church
United States
Canada
Finland
Australia
South America
South Africa
Europe
China
Lund- Quist
Romania
Baltic Countries
Oscar A. Benson
Augustana
Emory Johnson
St. Peter, Minn
California
Vernon Serenius
Immanuel Deaconness Institute
Omaha
Serenius
Board of Deacons
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Piano Falls On Kindergarten Tot Kills Five Year Old
Detroit five year old Paul Gallo was crushed when an upright piano toppled in a kindergarten classroom during music hour. Teacher Harriet Andrews, 26, was moving the piano to center the room. Paul ran to help. Prosecutor Gerald O'Brien ruled the teacher blameless.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Paul Gallo
Harriet Andrews
Daily Music Hour
Paul
Gerald K. O'Brien
Sixth Tornado in Utah History Reported in Fay ette
A tornado, the sixth in Utah history, struck Fayette on Thursday causing more than $1000 in damage. No injuries were reported. The twister destroyed a granary and garage, damaged several sheds and a corral, and seriously damaged at least one residence.
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Fayette
Utah
Renew Chinese West Pocket War
Taipei Formosa Nationalist Chinese air force reports two patrol boats attacked in Amoy bay. One Communist armed junk heavily damaged and another vessel damaged. A few additional wooden ships sustained damage per headquarters update.
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Taipei
Formosa
Amoy Bay
Air Force
Peron quashes naval revolt in Argentina after coup attempt
The U S and Buenos Aires report that Presi dent Juan D Peron declared the naval revolt put down as air and sea traffic halted. He blamed navy officers as chief culprits while the army refused to join. Refugees fled to Uruguay as ships and planes retreated, with fuel and munitions cut off at Punta India base.
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Juan D. Peron
Buenos Aires
Associated Press
Navy
Peron
Naval Ministry
Uruguay
Francisco Camorra
Argentina
Miguel Angel Zavala Ortiz
Broad Plata
Colonia
Radical Party
Camorra
Pueyrredon
Punta India
Pope Receives Priests Ousted From Argentina
In Rome Pope Pius XII received Auxiliary Bishop Manuel Tato of Buenos Aires and Msgr. Ramon Pablo Novoa after their expulsion from Argentina. Crowds cheered as Vatican officials arranged a private audience to hear their account of the church state conflict. The Pope was deeply grieved by the events, and the excommunication implied strained relations between the Vatican and Peron's government.
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Associated Press
Vatican Cty
Pius
Argentina
Vatican
Peron
Letter From Syria Reaches West Virginia Conservations Dept
A letter sent from Syria to the State Conservation Department arrived despite sleet and night storms. It was addressed to Holly River, 1592 acres near Webster Springs in Webster County, 9 cabins, U S A. The postal couriers delivered the inquiry about vacation cabins.
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Charleston
W. Va
U.S. Post Office
Syria
State Conservation Department
Holly River
Webster Springs
Webster County
U.S.A
Prophetic Sermon Ends in Sudden Death in Toledo Church
The Rev. John T. Mitchell, 73, delivered a funeral sermon titled The Unexpectedness of Death at St. Paul’s A.M.E. church in Toledo Ohio, then sat down and died of a heart attack. No further details provided.
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Toledo
Ohio
John T. Mitchell
St. Paul's A. M. E. Church
Don McLean Makes Multiple Trips to St Louis
Don McLean has made two trips to St Louis and back today and he made one trip to that city yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don McLean
St. Louis
Americans Send 25000 Baby Chicks To Italy
Rome reports about 25000 American chicks arriving from New York in a Heifer Project aid effort. Donated by Heifer Project Inc., the birds include New Hampshire Reds and White Leghorns to aid needy farmers, orphanages, refugees, and institutes across Italy.
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Italy
Rome
Heifer Project, Inc
Manchester
Ind
New York
Ministry of Agriculture
Davis Named to Young Democrats Credentials Committee
County Clerk Lester Fo Davis has been appointed to the credentials committee for the 1955 Young Democrats convention of Tinois. The event is set for June 25 at the Morrison Hotel in Chicago with a Jefferson County delegation expected to attend the state meeting.
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Lester Fo Davis
The
Young Democrats of
Tinois
Todd
Morrison Hotel
Chicago
Jefferson County
Young Democrats
Illinois House OKs raise for county superintendents
A measure boosting pay of county school superintendents by 1000 a year passed the Illinois House and moved to the Senate. Sponsored by Rep. David Hunter the bill also ties assistant superintendents' salaries to their academic training, setting new standards for qualification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ilinois House
Senate
David Hunter
Rockford
Guard Kills Snake Near Eisenhower HQ
An Army guard killed a five foot rattlesnake Thursday about a half mile from President Eisenhower's Operation Alert headquarters amid an emergency at the White House complex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woute House
Eisenhower
Top 40 Hits Snapshot From A 1950s Chart
A list of popular songs and artists dominates today’s chart with tracks by Perez Prado Les Baxter Nat King Cole Georgia Gibbs Frank Sinatra and more. Included are classics such as Unchained Melody Heart The Breeze and Don Cornell’s Its a Sin to Tell a Lie and Johnny Maddox Crazy Otto.
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Perez Prado
Les Baxter
Davy Crockett
Bill Hayes
Henry
Georgia Gibbs
Frank Sinatra
Nat "King" Cole
Art Mooney
Lola
Sarah Vaughn
the Creweute
Heart
Eddie Fisher
the Breeze
Caterina Valente
Don Cornell
Sammy Davis, Jr
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