Marital union recorded at Dix home in 1916
The couple married June 22, 1916, at Rev D.J. Mooney's Dix home where he led Logan Street Baptist Church. Attendants were Miss Beulah Holland and A.W. Maulding. They have three children Neal H. Modert, Mrs. William Roscoe McCoy, and Mrs. R.D. White, with seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Immediate family includes sister Mrs John Lloyd Davis and Dr A.W. Modert, plus Mrs Modert's sisters Mrs Charles Thomson and Mrs J.R. Mabry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.J. Mooney
Dix
Logan Street Baptist Church
Beulah Holland
A.W. Maulding
Neal H. Modert
Kankakee
Ill
William Roscoe McCoy
Pasa
Dena
Texas
R.D. White
Ft. Bliss
John Lloyd Davis
A.W. Modert
City
Auto Safety Bill Approved by Senate Committee
Washington AP Senate Commerce Committee approves a stronger auto safety bill than Johnson requested directing interim safety standards for 1968 models and permanent standards a year later. The measure, tougher than industry proposals, moves to the Senate floor for quick passage before July 4. A companion highway bill totaling 375 million faces possible floor battle over funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate
Secretary of Commerce
Administration
Public Works Committee
Avoiding a Date Based on Bets and Better Offers
A cautions note urges not to plan a date around the possibility of a better offer. It warns that hesitation can lead to missed plans and emphasizes commitment to the agreed time. The guidance stresses clear communication and respecting others’ expectations.
Miss Wimberly graduates from St Louis School of Nursing
Miss Brenda Wimberly of Marion Illinois has graduated from the School of Nursing and X ray Technology at St Louis Hospital. She is the granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Wallace Wimberly of Toxics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brenda Wimberly
Marion, Hi
St. Louis Hospital
Wallace Wimberly
Toxics
Sandra Morgan to study education at Harvard next year
Miss Sandra Morgan will attend the Harvard Graduate School of Education in Cambridge Massachusetts for a master’s degree. The program begins June 28 with practice teaching. She is a Mt Vernon Township High School graduate and recently visited her parents Mr and Mrs D A Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandra Morgan
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Cambridge
Mass
Miss Morgan
Mt. Vernon Township
D A .Morgan
Washington
Clayton Knittel
Bill
Smith College
San Francisco
United States and Soviet to meet on moon treaty in Geneva
Diplomatic sources report U S and Soviet representatives will convene in Geneva on July 12 to discuss a treaty for free and peaceful exploration of the moon and other planets. The talks will occur in the legal subcommittee of the UN committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations, N.H
United States
Soviet Union
Geneva
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Miss Lana Haun Weds Howard Settle In Candlelight Ceremony
A beautiful Saturday June 11 wedding at First Presbyterian Church joined Lana Kay Haun and Howard Lynn Settle in a candlelit double ring ceremony officiated by Rev. Robert Freytag. Guests from multiple towns attended as the couple, both Mt. Vernon Township High School graduates, began plans to unite in Fort Riley Kansas where the groom will be stationed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lana Kay Haun
Howard Lynn Settle
First Presbyterian Church
Robert Freytag
M.D. Haun
Howard F. Sattle
Inn
Duane Sink
Belle Rive
Gordon Rhine
Marsha Leitzell
Trudy Cowan
Carol Lee
Debbie Parker
Dean Parker
Larry Jones
Ina
Eddie Settle
Tommy Sweeten
Jimmy Hawkins
Janet Harp
Robert Baroeri
Fellowship Hall
Kathy Alexander
Myrt Arthurs
Teresa Puntney
G Bible Class
Charles Scheppel
Pamela Piper
Beverly Piper
Mary Pat Owen
Settle
Mt. Vernon Township
Mt. Vernon Community College
Mt. Veron Township
University of
Robert Oslager
Benton Road
Local 4-H leader presides at Illinois Week program
Gordon K Rhine of Mt. Vernon presides over the Illinois State 4-H Week at the University of Illinois Champaign. Chosen by the State 4-H staff and county advisor, he will oversee the Teen Men's Toggery session among assemblies workshops and social events for about 1,300 youths and 200 adults. He won the Club Congress Award and a 500 scholar award and plans to study veterinary medicine after his June graduation from Mt. Vernon Community College.
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Gordon K. Rhine
Troy R. Rhine
RFD 3
Vernon
University of Illinois
Champaign
Gordon
Club Congress
Mt. Vernon Community College
University of Ilinois
You’re in a rut
Ruth Millett wrote about routines that trap daily life and offer a nudge to break out with small weekly acts. The piece encourages trying something new to combat boredom and urges readers to seek variety beyond habit.
DAV Auxiliary Chaplain Myrtle Malone at Pearl Carnell funeral
Department of Illinois Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary Chaplain Myrtle Malone and department publicity chair Ida White joined Reba Fenton and Nancy Jarrell at Edwardsville for the funeral services of Department Senior Vice Commander Pearl Carnell. Other brief items note residents visiting and shopping in Mt. Vernon and the King City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Mlinois
Disabled American Veterans Auxilliary
Myrtle Malone
Ida White
Reba Fenton
Nancy Jarrell
Edwardsville
Pearl Carnell
Laurene Bernard
Belle Rive
King City
Robert Hall
Benton
Mt. Vernon
A. M. Hart
Centralia
Isidora Saxe
Albion
Martha Wells
Bonnie
Richard Jordan
Dix
Socially Yours Highlights Family Visits and A Blush of Weddings
Social pages note Mr. and Mrs. David Blake of Gary Indiana visiting Bertha Bumpus and planning trips to Missouri Ozarks Arkansas Wisconsin to fetch daughter Sandra. Hazel Stout returns from Spinneyfield Illinois. A Father’s Day dinner honors Rev Lester W Breeze of Bluford. Miss Dorothy Jane Leevy wed Harold Mack Smith at home with El N. Leevy as sponsor. The new Mrs. Smith nurses at Alton Memorial. groom works at Glidden Paint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Blake
Gary
Indiana
Bertha Bumpus
Missouri Ozarks
Arkansas
Wisconsin
Sandra
Hazel Stout
Roy Stout, Jr
Spinneyfield
Breeze
Jack C. Blade
BelAire Drive
Lester W. Breeze
Bluford
Richard Porter
Donald Breeze
Kenneth Breeze
Tina
Wendell Breeze
Tammy
Oran Breeze
Duane Satterwhite
Ronald Breeze
Wayne City
Dean Breeze
Mary
Debbie Breeze
Fairfield
Harold Albright
Vernon
Dorothy Jane Leevy
Elizabeth Leevy
Harold Mack Smith
Harold Smith
South 26Th Street
Everett Lemay
Herman Leevy
Warren Leevy
Judy Fazekas
Manhattan
Ill
Stephen C. Bell Receives Mathematics Degree
Stephen C. Bell has earned a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from Murray State College in Murray Kentucky with a 4.38 scholastic average. He is the son of W. Clifford Bell and will pursue graduate study at the University of Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen C. Bell
Murray State College
Murray, Ky
W. Clifford Bell
City
The
University of Illinoi
Eisenhower gifts Spellman stamp collection in White House event
Former President Eisenhower presented a stamp collection to Cardinal Spellman, noting it includes the first mail from space carried aboard Discoverer 17. Spellman said Eisenhower autographed the item and remarked on the audience’s interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Eisenhower
White House
Space
Cardinal Spellman
Abby Advice Columns Highlight Manners and Wedding Dilemmas
Dear Abby responds to a wife’s worry over her husband flirting with strangers, advising it's improper and warning of consequences. A bride seeks date choices for a Sept 18 wedding blocked by a brother-in-law, with Abby urging to proceed and select another best man. Also notes a sister-in-law naming a new dog after a child and a service member requesting air mail letters from overseas.
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Abby
Marty
Jack
Millie
Bear Abby
Korea
Sgt
CEL
Dist Sig
Los Angeles
Cal
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Peng Chen
A. H. Zulu
World Council of Churches
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Transkei
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Chicago
Granite City
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MR. and
Mrs. Howard Lynn Settle
Delo
Ruth Millett
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Ronald Hough
Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Children’s School
Normal
Flossie Williams
Michael J. Bialles
Ashley
Mt. Verne
Joan T. Costela
Marvin Wilson
Olen E. Conrad
Mulkeytown
J. C. Norris
Waltonville
Jesse Eubank
Mt. Verdon
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Gary Fazekas
Lincoln Leevy
Bonnie Smith
Mrs. Garold Mack Smith
Mary Jane Studio
Stephen Bell
Edwin Padgett
North Carolina State University
Colorado
Pike’s Peak
Padgett
Halifax
N.S
Alvin Ruffman
Dalhousie University
Linda Christiansen
Mamaroneck
N.Y
Columbia University
Ruffman
Richmond Hill
Ont
Linda
Hudson Bay
Cornwall
England
Elizabeth Singleton
Birmingham
Miss Christiansen
Singleton
Marie Wilson
Ken Murray
Dee Dee Swofford
C. C. Gauchet
O Bis
Hong Kong
Nick Carter
Clayton Modeling Agency
Clayton
Moear
Adgail van Buren
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