Funeral for C A Ripplinger set Tuesday at St Marys
Cletus A Ripplinger 41 11 20 of 215 north Seventh street died Saturday at Marion Veterans Hospital after a three day illness. Funeral Tuesday 9 am at St Marys Church with Fr James Burke officiating. burial in St Marys Cemetery. Rosary tonight 7:30 pm at Myers Chapel. Survived by wife Genevieve Sherwood, two sons David and Danny, mother Ottilia Ripplinger of Dahlgren, four brothers and four sisters. He was a World War II veteran and worked at Mt Vernon Car Co and Nashville Milling Co. He was active in St Marys Church and the Knights of Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cletus A. Ripplinger
North Seventh Street
Marioneterans Hospital
St. Mary’s Church
James Burke
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Myers Chapel
Mr. Ripplinger
Belle Rive
Nicholas
Ottilia (Miller) Ripplinger
Mt. Vernon
Genevieve Sherwood
Ripplinger
Co. C
Mt. Vernon Car Company
Nashville Milling Co
Nashville
Knights of Columbus
David
Danny
Ottilia Ripplinger
Dahlgren
Lawrence
Arnold
Edwin
Albert
Chicago
Irene Allen
O. P. Cravens
Art Bussmeyer
Paul Christ
St. Louis
John N. Aydt
Paul E. Dailey Dies in McLeansboro
Paul E Daily of McLeansboro dies of a heart ailment at Pierce Hospital Eldorado. A Hamilton County native he previously worked with Daily Audt Motor Co and managed Model Mills. At death he led Stelle's Farms, owned by former Gov John H Stelle. Survived by wife Zella daughter Mrs John Albert Stelle of Brazil Ind and sister Mrs Ruth Wright of Springfield. Funeral Tuesday at 10 from Jones Funeral Home conducted by Rev John B Maulding burial in Blooming Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcleansboro
Paul E. Daily
Pierce Hospital
Eldorado
Daily
Hamilton County
Daily-Audt Motor Company
Model Mills
Stelle
John H. Stelle
Zella
John Albert Stelle
Brazil
Ind
Ruth Wright
Springfiled
Jones Funeral Home
John B. Maulding
Blooming Grove Cemetery
Thieves Burglarize South Tenth Street Restaurant
A restaurant in the 100 block of South Tenth Street operated by Mrs. Lubird Wilson was burglarized Sunday night. Thieves forced a rear window and took about $40 from a juke box. The theft occurred between 11 p.m. and 4:30 a.m. Police reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Tenth Street
Lubird Wilson
Meetings at Mt Vernon lodge and allied groups
Special meeting Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 31 A F and A M will meet Monday June 23 at 7 30 p m to work in the First Degree. Jefferson Post 141 American Legion meets Monday June 28 at 8 pm at the Legion Home 818 Broadway with refreshments. Grace A Henry Rebekah Lodge holds memorial services and guest night at 8 pm at the I C C F Temple. Woodlawn Rebekah Lodge No 7b meets Monday June 23 at 8 pm with district officers guest. Mt Vernon Chapter O E S meets Tuesday at 7 30 pm in the Masonic Temple. Page One.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
R. H. Whitaker
W. M. Wm. E. Reavis
Sec’y
Jefferson Post
American Legion
Legion Home
Broadway
Grace A. Henry Rebekah Lodge
I.C.C.F. Temple
Myrtle Highsmith
N. G
Shirley Heischmann
Woodlawn Rebekah
District 23
Rebekahs
Edna Davis
Julia Coats
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Myrtle Gott
W. M. Alva
Mathews
Herbert attends three state regional employment meeting
Owen D. Herbert Jr of the Mt. Vernon unemployment compensation office represents Illinois at a three state regional conference of the Bureau of Employment and Security in Madison Wisconsin this week He was the only local office manager in the region to be selected and will participate in a panel on supervision and public relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen D. Herbert, Jr
Mt. Vernon
Lilinois
Bureau of Employment and Security
Madison
Wis
Herbert
Births listed for Setzkorn Hall Hill and Etheridge families
Dr. and Mrs. Jack J. Setzkorn welcome daughter Janet Lynn born 11:32 a.m. at Good Samaritan Hospital. Dale B. Hall and wife greet son Edward Dale born 11:59 a.m. at Good Samaritan. Donald E. Hill and Erma Jean Poole announce daughter Laura Elaine born June 20 at Mark Greer Hospital Vandalia. Everett Etheridge and Rosella King report son Gary Wayne born June 19 in a Galesburg hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack J. Setzkorn
Soutth 20Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Janet Lynn
Setzkorn
Jeanette Ansorge
al C. Ansorge
W. E. Setzkorn
Dale B. Hall
North Seventh Street
Edward Dale
Donald E. Hill
Mt. Vernon
Mark Greer Hospital
Vandalia
Laura Elaine
Hill
Erma Jean Poole
Archer Poole
Everett Etheridge
Galesburg
Ill
Gary Wayne
Etheridge
Rosella King
Car Sideswipe Causes Severe Arm Injury
Robert Dare age 30 of 1207 Logan street sustained a severe left arm injury when his car was sideswiped by a truck on U S Route 460 about 11 miles west of Mt Vernon. Dare was treated at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. The hit and run driver fled the scene and authorities work to identify the motorist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Dare
Logan Street
Mt. Vernon
Dare
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Two Accidents On Mt Vernon Streets
Two minor collisions occurred on Mt Vernon streets over the weekend and this morning. At 7 p m Sunday a three vehicle crash at Tenth and Virginia involved Herschel Rose Carrier Mills Boo Howard Bonnie and William A Grant 814 Main with no injuries reported. At 7 a m today Ruth J Williamson 1715 Oakland and Alfred Purvis Watseka Ill were in a minor collision in the 100 block of south Tenth street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Tenth
Virginia
Herschel Rose
Carrier Mills
Boo Howard
Bonnie
William A. Grant
Main
Ruth J. Williamson
Oakland
Alfred Purvis
Watseka
Ill
South Tenth Street
Circuit Court In Session In Mt Vernon
Judge Charles T. Randolph of Carmi presided as circuit court opened in Mt Vernon. Several civil suits were scheduled for hearings today and oncoming sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Charles T. Randolph
Carmi
Mt. Vernon
Fractures Arm In Fall Sunday
Mrs Nora May Smith age 56 of RFD 4 Mr Vernon fractured a broken arm in a fall yesterday at Keenes while visiting. She is confined to her home today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora May Smith
RFD 4
Vernon
Keenes
Local Airport Shuttles Mentioned for Springfield Trip
Earl Outland of the local airport staff flew Harold Watson to Springfield today. Jack Schuck flew to the local field today from Springfield, Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Outland
Harold Watson
Springfield
Jack Schuck
Hospital Notes From Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan
Admitted and discharged lists show August Morris and multiple others at Jefferson Memorial with reflectsions of residence, including August Damulis and Anita Bruce at Good Samaritan. Discharges include Inez Garrison Jacquline Burlingame Margie Frazer and Ruth Ann Brookman with noted local addresses and family names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez Garrison
Opdyke
Fred Durkee
Jacquline Burlingame
Margie Frazer
Howard Kagey
Salem
Mattie Louise Edwards
Becky Russell
Ruth Ann Brookman
Bertha Lowery
Bruford
Good Samaritan
August Damulis
Johnston City
Arthura Hardin
August Morris
Anita Bruce
Mary Hopkins
Joe Tanner
Thelma
Gillespie to Speak at Centralia Egyptian Retailers Meet
Walton P. Gillespie secretary of the Mt. Vernon Chamber of Commerce will be guest speaker at the Egyptian Retailers Association meeting in the Hayes Hotel Centralia. He will discuss Opportunity of Southern Illinois. The two day convention in Centralia began this morning and marks the 52nd semi annual gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walton P. Gillespie
Mt. Vernon
Local Names Listed in Social Notices
Shelton Bluford Mrs Virginia Walker Charles Todd Mrs Letha Page Mrs Evelyn Knight and infant son Charles Philip Mrs Edna Kelley and infant daughter Linda Rose Mrs Virginia Jones and infant daughter Marion Dena Mrs Ruth Ann Harvey and infant daughter Kathy Ann
Youth Arrested For Leaving Scene After Collision
David Highfill a 16 year old city resident was arrested by state patrolman L R Lyons after a collision at Tenth and Main streets near noon involving an automobile driven by Robert M Wade of Carlinville Ill No injuries were reported Highfill pleaded guilty to leaving the scene and was fined 30 plus costs by Magistrate W O Page
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Highfill
L. R. Lyons
Tenth
Main
W. O. Page
Robert M. Wade
Carlinville
Ill
Perkins
Change-Makers Take $36 From Mt. V. Resident
Odessa Hall of 423 Forrest reports a man and woman used a confidence game to persuade her they found money and would share it. They accosted her on the street, confused her, and left with $36 of her funds. She notified police Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa Hall
Forrest
Arrests Made In Flower Theft Case Involving Boy And Mother
A 12 year old boy and his mother were held today in connection with a porch flower theft from Dora Funkhouser at 819 South 12th Street. The boy was charged with taking the flowers and the mother was arrested after stolen flowers were found at their home. no charges against her had been filed at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Funkhouser
South 12Th Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. A. Ripplinger
Paul E. Dailey
South Tenth St
Roy Britton
R. E. Hefley
Harmon & Harlow
Owen Herbert
Frank W. Wallace
College St
Windsor
Rexair
Smith & Wesson
John W. Kirk
Beulah Taylor
W. H. Smoot
Kansas
Bayneville
Kas
A. D. Wise
Smoky
Freeport
Long Island
Wyandanch
N. Y
Lyle Ingram
Summersville School
Fairfield Road
Carroll Holloway
Ingram
Holloway
Virgil T. Bailey, Inc
John P. Bresnahan
Mgr
White Loan CO
Llinois
Mt. V
Airport News
David Kerr
Everett
Wash
Kerr
Bo’suns
Bert Justice
Justice
Jefferson Memorial
RFD
Rose Buttrum
Alline Yearwood
Dalton City
Truman Woods
Willa June Lowery
Terrance Lee Lowery
Joliet
William Mumshower
S. 15Th Street
Builders Brokerage
Guy J. Kerley
W. P. Gillespie
Centralia
Laird Jewelers
America
Towle
Madeira
Jackson
M. E. Jackson
Jeweler
Lunt
International
Reed & Barton
Wallace and Heirloom
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!