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AS YOU WERE 70 YEARS AGO TODAY IN MT VERNON
A long scanned column lists past events by year marking 70 55 0 30 and 25 years ago with notes on local people civic news and business. It mentions an ice cream festival planned by the Phoenix Fire Co and several obituaries officials and community happenings across Mt Vernon and Jefferson county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix Fire Co
Court House Lawn
Keith Dutton
David K
Wilmington
N.C
Dutton
Cresote Company
Dee
Fred J. Wiswell
Mt. Vernon
Northern Ireland
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Betty Faulkner
Beverly Whitlock
Betty Dyer
Nancy Atkinson
Dorothy Hopewell
Drow Electric Company
Granite City
Public Square
Main
Tenth Streets
Broadway
George P. Ruthledge
Central Church of Christ
Alford Leffler
Tempe
Ariz
Optimist International
Leffler
Ilinois
Optimist
Newt Creel
Turner Boehm
Amvers
Bob Ruddick
Jefferson County
Leslie Elliott