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Mt Vernon Nostalgia Echoes Through Local Times
A collage of dated notes recalls past local events from 76 years ago to 25 years ago. Mentions hoboes descending on Mt Vernon to honor Jim Berry, tickets sold for an excursion to Chicago, and political conventions in Chicago with Taft and Roosevelt. Also notes sheriff killings in Nashville 55 years past, weddings, golf tournaments, a postal clerks convention, and a new hospital manager appointment. Military rubber drive support and ship loss during the Coral Sea are remembered, alongside local gas and real estate updates and family announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Jim Berry
Monte Cristo
Barney Banto
Conrad Schul
Baltimore
W.H. Green
J.J. Baker
Chicago
Taft
Roosevelt
Jacob K. May
Washington County
August Tucker
Nash
Fern Watson
Kewanee
Postal Clerks Association
Miss Watson
Hugh Peavier
Main Street
Boy Scouts
James
Orrin Yates
Guy Yates
Rinard
Wayne County
Sims
Coral Sea
Emmerson Real
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
W.D. Isaacs
Ronnie T. Harper
J.D. Shields
Vietnam
Orlie J. Underwood
Duc Hoa