Community Visits and Local News Summary
Farrington Center Pete Byars of Chicago visits his mother Bertha Byars over the weekend. Numerous local households host relatives, attend services, and plan travels to Texas and San Francisco. Wheat farming and community events fill the week, including the County Home Extension meeting at City Park and a lecture by Home advisor Anna Huck.
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Pete
Walter Byars
Chica
Bertha Byars
Clair Byars
Jimmy Morgan
Centralia
Charles French
Tom Simmons
Maggie Knauss
Merrit Strickland
Merley Keele
James Clark
Burnt Pratte
Oscar Pierce
Lowell Pierce
Mt. Vernon
Nelly Dobbs
Rochelle
Fnl
John Gaston
Ed Gaston
Wayne City
Texas
D. L. Nations
Carl Bradford
Geneva
Lee Bradford
Fleeta McConnaughay
Lawrence Braner
Rockford
F. McConnaughay
New Home
Kelly Coll
Indiana
Gandson
Rolla Eller
St. Louis
Parthema Pierce
Ruth Bloloway
Kay Pierce
San Francisco
Bodell Johnson
Lute Harvey
Mary Clark
Paul Craig
Pons
Harmony
Roy Holloway
Mabel Knauss
Johnsonville Lake
Meda Fox
Pete Byars
Chicago
Bertha
Jessie Holloway
Aleen Keele
Jerry
Minnie Burkett
Geff
Fairfield
George Donoho
George Rector
Floyd Johnson
Aleen
Jerry Keele
Mt. Vernon Sunny
Elph Wills
Christopher
Ward Willis
Mary Potter
Clara Coil
Norma Shields
Francis French
Inez Bond
Amy McGinley
City Park
Anna Betty Huck
Europe
Ferne
Washington news briefs on defense cuts and Cuba policy
In Washington, the House faces a late vote on a defense budget cut of 2 billion, prompting rebukes between McNamara and Flood over waste, while Senate Democrats urge a tougher Cuba stance and some Republicans float a blockade. The Defense Department says it will not reduce combat strength and aims to cut costs through efficiency and trimming frills. the Pentagon, completed in 1934, sits on 34 acres in Virginia with an $83 million construction cost.
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Washington
House
Vicky French
Herbs
Jessie Hollowayla
Pentagon
Capitol Hill
Robert S. McNamara
Daniel J. Flood
D-Pa
McNamara
Defense Department
Arthur Sylivester
United States
Duce
Army
Navy
Air Force
Sylvester
Defense
Virginia
Sealed bids for Mt Vernon High School exterior painting
Sealed proposals will be received in the office of the Superintendent of Mt Vernon Township High School and Community College until 4 00 p m July 1 1963 for painting all exterior surfaces of metal sash doors jambs gutters and downspouts as other trim of Buildings E and EDITH DATES Secretary EXECUTOR S NOTICE OF CLAIM DATE Estate of Johny Junkins deceased The undersigned executor of the Estate of Johny Junkins deceased gives notice that Monday the 5th day of August 1963 is the claim date for said estate and that all claims may be filed against the estate on or before that date without issuance of summons CHARLES H SHELTON Tee miday DACCULI FRANK H WALKER Attorney at Law 1001 Broadway P O Box 913 Mt Vernon Illinois 6 26
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Mt. Vernon Township High School
Johny Junkins
Charles H. Shelton
Tee Miday
Dacculi
Frank H. Walker
Broadway P. O. Box
Mt. Vernon
Illinois
Chaucer First Laureate Paid in Wine in 1389
Geoffrey Chaucer became England’s first Poet Laureate and reportedly drew his stipend in wine back in 1389. The historic note highlights early royal patronage and the quirky payment method associated with Chaucer’s tenure.
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Geoffrey Chaucer
England
Square mile contains over four trillion square inches
The statement notes that a square mile equals 4,014,489,600 square inches, a precise conversion used for land area calculations and dimensional conversions.
Estate Claim Day Notice in Jefferson County Illinois
Notice announces August 5 1963 as the claim date in the estate of Jessie Hill deceased in the Probate Court of Jefferson County Illinois. Claims may be filed by that date without summons. First National Bank of Mount Vernon is administrator with attorney Demetri Hassakis of 90842 Main Street Mt Vernon Illinois.
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Jessie Hill
Jefferson County
Illinois
First National Bank of
Mount Vernon
Mt. Vernon
Demetri Hassakis
Main Street
Ilinois
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