Local VNA News and Community Notes
VNA News lists visits and family gatherings in Mt. Vernon Benton Ina and nearby areas. Blood and Nichells families, hospital and church events, plus a Wilson reunion in Aurora. Also mentions a worker at Petroff Packing Co. and VA research totals of over 7000 projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Blood
Frank Nichells
Debbie
Karen Blood
Lucy Watts
Mt. Vernon
Paul Conner
Leo Wilson
Larry Tittle
Charles Eller
Chicago
Thomas Farmer
Scarbrough
Ronald Houseworth
Inn Baptist Church
East Benton Baptist Church
Benton
New Ope
Art Randall
George Pierce
Bonnie
Bill Baltzell
Joe Fowler
Ella Pettipool
Dan Blood
David Blood
Mattoon
Earl Blood
Stevie
Park
Early Rome bakery system and Trajan bakers college
Around 100 B C there were 258 bakeshops in Rome and about two centuries later Emperor Trajan founded the college of pistores to oversee bakers. The college included employers of pistrinae workers, and flour grinding relied on slaves before Constantine ended slavery. Later bakery staff mainly came from criminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Trajan
College of
Pistrinae
Constantine
Mt. Vernon Boy Scout troops head to Camp Joy
Three Mt. Vernon scout troops plan a week at Camp Joy from June 30 to July 6 with numerous scouts listed by troop number and leaders. An Ohio man was caught after writing four rubber checks and served a stretch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. V
Camp Joy
Mt. Vernon
James Hale
Richard Boone
John Jones
Farry Dietz
Steve Willis
Jimmy Lucas
Larry Lucas
Dennis Shreyer
William McGonigal
Terry Gockel
Gary Bullock
Mitchie Cantway
Mike Brown
Leacer Howard Cantway
Roger Bailey
Greg Backes
Robert Phillips
Rodney Eliott
James Wallace
Rick
Ohio
Barbs by Hal Cochran and clock key in hospital
Barbs by Hal Cochran tease movie moments when women remove tight shoes and risk popcorn spills. A New Jersey man swallowed a small clock key and ended up in the hospital after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Cochran
New Jersey
Uninsured Motorist Coverage Added to Auto Policies
Some policies already include it and all new or renewing policies after July 1, 1963 must include Uninsured Motorist Coverage. It provides up to $10,000 per person and $20,000 per vehicle for bodily injury or death caused by an uninsured or hit and run driver. Your independent agent can answer questions about this protection.
Also Mentioned on This Page
VNA News
The
Veterans Administration
NEW Eaton
Eaton Car
Claude
Shell Service
Encyclopaedia Britannica
AEAS
Benoist Bros
ACE Hardware
10Th and Broadway
Mt. Vernon, Ill
Illinois
Charles Lee Clyde Lee Insurance Agency
Main
Jetta Harris
Dorothy Courtney Courtney
Strattan
J. Nelson Cowen
Tolle
Orville Donoho Donoho Insurance Agency
Barton St
Bluford
A. Paul Fellinger
Bob Rainey
Guy A. Wood
Ins
Pete Pigg
Virgil H. Pigg
Joe Martin
Joe Martin Insurance Agency
Russel C. Ward Ward Insurance Agency
Herbert Page
Page Insurance Agency
Perkins
U.S. Pal
Jerry L. Laur
Laur Insurance Agency
Broadway
Donald S. Grant
Roger E. Webb
Roger G. Webb & Son
S. 101Th
W. B. Caesar Carr
Welborn & Carr Ins
Gerald Williams
Gerald Williams Agency
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