23 Jun 1947
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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1947
Page
1
Local residents welcomed relatives and friends from Indiana Utah and Illinois during weekend visits. Many persons traveled to nearby cities including St Louis Champaign Bloomington Evansville and Carbondale for errands illness hospital stays and social events. Several names and towns appear among the arrivals departures and visits.
Vera Brown daughter of Mr and Mrs Orville Brown wed Carl S Drennan son of Mrs Iva M Drennan in a six oclock ceremony at First Baptist Church Mt Vernon Rev W W Harvey officiated. Attendants included matron of honor Mrs Montie McDaniel and best man Dr Leonard W Esper. Out of town guests included families from Springfield Albion Greenville Mt Carmel Pittsburgh and Salem.
Frances Shepard daughter of Mr and Mrs John Shepard of Bluford marries Ray Catron son of Rev and Mrs Earnest Catron of Wayne City in a Church of God ceremony on June 15. The bride wore white and roses, with Grace Sauls as matron of honor and Walter Catron as best man. The couple will reside in Bluford after a northern Illinois honeymoon.
Mr and Mrs Hugo Beck and others from Wenedy and St Louis spent today in the city. Visitors from Chicago Newton Gary Ind Pendleton attend events as Mt Vernon and Galesburg residents travel for recreation and opera.
Troop 104 Scouts hiked from the Presbyterian church via Centralia Road to Peckerwood Ranch. David Arthurs guided them through the ranch operations. They cooked supper by the lake and returned before dark with plans for more exploratory trips and possible overnight outings this summer.
The Jenny Hartzell Circle No 2 meets at 2 30 with Mrs Herman DeWitt hosting and Mrs Krekel Owen reviewing a study chapter. Clara Swain Circle meets 1924 Olive at 2 30 with Mrs C O Musick leading devotion and Mrs Martin Stratton presenting the program. Isabella Thoburn Circle No 3 meets 1920 Casey avenue at 2 30 with devotional by Mrs C H Todd and Miss Jean Clark singing. Howard Rollinson discusses South America. Lucy Webb Hayes Circle No 4 holds a 9 am June breakfast on church first floor with devotional by Mrs Margaret Hicks and a musical program by Mrs Walter Warren. Visitors welcome.
The bill to create a labor czar would grant the NLRB general counsel sweeping power to decide which labor disputes reach the board or the courts. Wyoming senator warns the move would give unprecedented authority over business life and death, surpassing FDR era New Deal scope.
The Senate narrowly Overrode President Truman's Taft Hartley veto with a 68 to 25 vote. Brooks a Republican voted for the override while Lucas a Democrat voted against.
Mrs Cora Latta of 319 Main Street remained unconscious at Good Samaritan Hospital this afternoon from head injuries suffered Saturday night after a fall down a flight of stairs. Doctors report a fractured skull in her condition.
Discharged: Joseph Fleming Jr Ruth Guitars Edith High smith Mrs Rosemary Carter Mrs Laura Lesankis and infant Ralph Lappin Mrs Thora Bevis and infant Betty Clin ton Viola Harlow Mrs Barbara Monroe Frank Pyszka Mrs Bonnie Wielt and infant. Admitted: Mrs Charles Nation Helen Thomas Equality Ky Lucille Minor Mrs Cora Lutta Kitty Ellison Ruth Harlow Barbara Rector Fairfield Manzell Walker Fairfield Cordelia McDonald Bluford Mildred Aumille Delbert Legg.
The Mt. Vernon recreation program changes summer orchestra times to afternoons starting Wednesday June 25. The advanced group meets 1:00 p.m. and the beginners at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays in the junior high cafeteria to avoid conflicts with swimming and Bible schools.
The Supreme Court upheld federal ownership of submerged lands off the California coast. The decision confirms the United States holds title to a belt from low tide seaward three miles.
Directors of the Jefferson county Red Cross meet at 7 30 tonight in the chapter office to consider business pertinent to the end of the fiscal year on June 30 announced county chairman Paul Fitch.
NEC President Niles Trammell announced a new radio system called ultrafax that could transmit twenty five thousand word novels in 60 seconds using rapid page flashing and high speed photography. He told Congress that newspapers could be delivered by radio and urged removing government controls to avoid censorship.
Mr and Mrs John L Wielt welcome a son born Friday at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing seven pounds 13 ounces. Mr and Mrs Maxey I Case celebrate an eight and a half pound boy born yesterday at 6 34 pm at home named Jerry Irvin. Mrs Case formerly Lou Sallee. Ray Russell and family announce a daughter born Friday June 20 at Christian Welfare Hospital East St Louis Ill weighing six pounds nine ounces named Ramona Diane. Tom McClintock and Fairfield welcome a daughter born Saturday at Good Samaritan Hospital. William D Newman Mt Vernon also report a daughter born at Good Samaritan Hospital. Victor Behymer and wife celebrate a daughter born at Good Samaritan Hospital Saturday.
Roscoe Turner of Indianapolis flew to the local field Sunday. Swen Schnake of Salem flew here yesterday. Jim Murphy flew to Metropolis Sunday. Robert Titsworth flew from Waterloo, Town to Orlando, Florida. Floyd W. Ulery and family of Union City are en route to Pana today. Harold Withrow and W. R. Kirkpatrick flew to Shelbyville and Olney today.
The family of the late Dr. Todd P. Ward donated an air conditioning unit to Good Samaritan Hospital. Mother Mary Aloysia announced the gift today. The unit had been installed in the sick room during Dr. Ward’s last illness.
John S. Mayo, 39, is held in the Jefferson county jail for authorities in Rock Springs Wyoming. He was arrested in Nashville last night after Jefferson county officers led a search. Mayo was brought to the county jail here.
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