Legion Auxiliary Elects New Officers at Legion Hall
Legion Auxiliary met Thursday electing Josie Baril as president and Nadine Allison, Norma Jones, Josephine Holtman, Ruth Schwenninger, Aline Quinn, Louise Russell, Roma Morgan, Margaret Hayse, and Lillath Stanford to officer roles. July and August meetings were canceled. September will install new officers. The group agreed to send the incoming president to the Chicago convention and approved fifty dollars for the delegate’s travel.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Josie Baril
Nadine Allison
Norma Jones
Josephine Holtman
Ruth Schwenninger
Aline Quinn
Louise Russell
Roma Morgan
Margaret Hayse
Lillath Stanford
Chicago
Stanford
Loran Oltman
Glenn Percell
Mt. Vernon
Socials Brief Highlights From City News
Mrs Nelle Wielt and Mrs Bud Wielt return from a visit to Johnstown Pennsylvania with Mrs Johnson and Mrs Thornton including stops at Niagara Falls and Toronto. Mr and Mrs Jim Jauch visit Bonnie and Mt Vernon relatives in Colorado and Missouri. Myrtle Jenkins turns 80 tomorrow and will receive many cards from her son Ed Jenkins.
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Nelle Wielt
This City
Bud Wielt
Kansas City
Knox Johnson
Johnstown
Johnson
Thornton
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Canada
Jim Jauch
Peeblo
Colorado
Tom Bullock
Henry Bullock
Bonnie
Harold Bullock
Mt. Vernon
Myrtle Jenkins
South 19Th Street
Ed Jenkins
Open House Sunday for Anita Pericoli
Mr and Mrs Kenneth White host a farewell open house for Anita Pericoli a foreign exchange student at Mt Vernon High School. She leaves Sunday June 28 for Milan Italy. Friends and teachers are invited to visit between 2 and 5 PM.
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Kenneth White
Anita Pericoli
Miss Pericoli
Mt. Vernon High School
Milan
Italy
A Daughter's Tribute to Harold J. Howard Father of Mt Vernon
Mary Howard Nicol writes of Harold J. Howard 1824 Richview road Mt Vernon a pillar in the community. He conducted scorekeeping and reports for Rotary and church work and maintained six page weekly letters to his dispersed family. His lifelong habit bridged towns and decades, connecting Bob Jane Mary Sue John and extended kin through tales of ball games church news and local history, a treasured family chronicle enduring as “Dear Children.”
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Mary Howard Nicoll
William A. Nicoll
Harold J. Howard
Richview Road
Mt. Vernon
Mary Howard Nicol
First Baptist Church
Rotary
Downstate
Illinois
Library Board
Greater
Bob
Bob Tom
Dad
Jane
DePauw
Chicago
John
Sue
St. Louis
Margaret Howard Wiggins
San Diego
Register News
Margaret
Kentucky
Janie
The
Baptist Church
Barbara
Nancy Ann
Dale
Jane Ellen
Donald
Sarah
Tom
Betsey
Grandad
Big John
Ohio
New Jersey
California
Betty Howard
Oxford, Ohio
Jane & Leon Echanety
Lincoln Park
N. J
Bill & Mary Nicoll
Gene Delves
John & Ann Howard
Personal notices of social and shopping visits
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Grahberr and son of Ina spent Wednesday evening with Nellie Harmen in Good Samaritan Hospital. Judith Robinson of Fairfield shopped in Mt. Vernon. Dean Fite of Roxana was a business visitor in the King City. Melvin Kirkpatrick and daughter of Bluford shopped in Mt. Vernon. Charles Diss of Kinmundy visited friends in the King City. Ruth Laur of Waltonville shopped Thursday. Ralph Karch of Woodlawn transacted business in the King City. B G Garrison of Opdyke made a Mt. Vernon trip. Mrs Charlie Adkins and Mrs Arnold Behnxe of New Baden visited and shopped in the King City. Carol Ruth Baylor of Centralia shopped in Mt. Vernon. Arthur Schmittler of Nashville transacted business in the King City. Herman Bradham of West Salem made a Mt. Vernon trip. Mrs J C Campbell and Mrs L J Collins of Marion shopped in the King City. Harry Finn of Herrin was in Mt. Vernon. Mrs Duane Cheevers and Mrs J H Hawley of Farina visited and shopped in the King City. Mr and Mrs Harry Finn of Herrin transacted business and shopped in the King City. Jenny Halpin of Alma made a business trip to the King City. Mrs Carrie Hart of McLeanboro was a Mt. Vernon shopper and visitor.
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Bill’ Grahberr
Ina
Nellie Harmen
Good Samaritan Hospital
Judith Robinson
Fairfield
Mt. Vernon
Dean Fite
Roxana
Ill
King City
Melvin Kirkpatrick
Bluford
Charles Diss
Kinmundy
Arthur Schmittler
Nashville
Herman Bradham
West Salem
J. C. Campbell
L. J. Collins
Marion
King Ci
Harry Finn
Herrin
Duane Cheevers
J. H. Hawley
Farina
Thursay
Jeny Halpin
Alma
Carrie Hart
Mcleansboro
Polly's Pointers in The Mount Vernon Paper
Readers share homemaking ideas from old wash boilers repurposed as fireplace decor to umbrella holders from juice cans. A clerk notes clipping articles for a husband’s lunch box and a reader praises plastic bag protections for ink. The column also mentions the giant Wye Oak in Maryland and olive size gradings.
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Polly
CLM
C. M.C
Mt. Vernon Register-News
Burglary Prevention Week Urges Caution for Homeowners
A veteran burglar’s tips warn against leaving lights on while away and hiding keys outside. Experts urge extinguishing all lights, using neighbors for checks, and stopping mail and deliveries to avoid signaling an empty house. The piece argues such measures would curb burglaries if widely followed.
Mt Vernon trio to attend Boys State in Springfield
Three Mt Vernon Township High School juniors Mark Hills Paul Wernling and Leon Peacock will attend the American Legion Boys State in Springfield from June 21 to 27. They will study state government through a learning by doing program with field trips to the capitol and Lincoln's Tomb and attend sessions in law civil service and election of officials. Governor Otto Kerner of Illinois may attend. the boys are active in music sports and school activities and have notable family and community ties.
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Mt. Vernon Township High School
American Legion
Springfield
Mark
Paul
Leon
Boys State
Boys Nation
Washington, D. C
Capitol
Lincoln's Tomb
Otto Kerner
Illinois
Malcolm L. Wern
Taylor Ave
Robert Krebs to study in Germany this summer
Former Mr. Vernon resident Robert W. Krebs will join 81 German teachers for a nine week institute in Germany. After orientation in Berlin, the group will move to Bad Bell and return to New York August 20. Krebs, Mt. Vernon High School graduate, holds degrees from Millikin and Indiana University and teaches German at Eisenhower High School in Decatur.
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Mr. Vernon
Germany
Robert W. Krebs
Robert M. Krebs
Broadway
New York
Berlin
Bad Bell
Krebs
Mt. Vernon High School
Millikin University
Indiana University
Eisenhower High School
Decatur
Local Graduate Earns Electrical Engineering Degree
Graduates J Harlen Wilson son of Mr and Mrs Alvie Wilson Route Five and husband of Mrs Carol Ann Wilson 602 Jordan has graduated with honors from the Missouri School of Mines and Metalurgy at Rolla He earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Eta Kappa Mu He will join Missouri Pacific Railroad as general supervisor of communications and will reside with his wife in East St Louis.
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J. Harlen Wilson
Alvie Wilson
Route Five
Carol Ann Wilson
Jordan
Missouri School of Mines and Metalurgy
Rolla, Mo
Dear Abby corrections and reader tips column
A set of readers’ letters to Dear Abby cover headstone naming legality, a warning about staying faithful until divorce is final, guidance on addressing a wayward daughter’s lifestyle, and a note on inviting adults only to a wedding reception. The page includes Abby’s responses and solicitations for letters.
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Abby
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Mary Smith Jones
Flagstaff
Food and drink sharing common in marriage rites worldwide
The National Geographic Society notes that sharing food and drink after ceremonies is the most widespread marriage custom across races and cultures. It also states that all blood groups occur in every race, making it impossible to determine race from blood type.
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National Geographic Society
We the Women We the Difficult Loyalty Quiz
A public questionnaire questions a wife about loyalty to her husband through scenarios of discussing his behavior with friends, revealing disappointments to parents, repeating confidences, and influencing children, ending with a self assessment on honesty about loyalty. It criticizes women who undermine husbands and urges steadfast support and unity in marriage.
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Legion Auxiliary
First Methodist Circle Meeting
Circle Five
Glenn Dare
Homestead
Aubrey Watson
Darleen Pierce
Lowell Allen
Bonnie Baptist Church
Elmer Tice
Harry Pierce
Mrs. Pierce
Earl Allen
Connie Moore
Donald Gene Pierce
Donna Harlow
Coin Club
Mt. Vernon City Hall
Naomi
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Tracy True
Mary Hampton
God
Alice Stuber
Srma Helpingstine
Dolly Sledge
By Sally
Howard
Red Cross
Cub
Mama Janie
Rotary Club
Time
Sports Illustrated
New York Journal of Commerce
Polly Cramer
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Mitzi
United States
Wye Oak State Park
Little Italy Party
Green Hills Country Club
Main Street
Vernois News
Vernois
First Methodist Church
IHSA
Mark E. Hills
Leon Peacock
Paul L. Kern
Robert Krebs
Cologne
Bonn
Munich
du Quoin State Fairgrounds
Charles Percy
Frank Walker
Dear Abby
Abigail van Buren
Rochester
Los Angeles
Calif
Huff
Salem
Dial
Alka-Seltzer
Ruth Huff
Coralee Pfersky
Studio Girl Cosmetics
Lucille Hauk
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