Mt Vernon Social Roundup of Visiting Friends
A string of Mt Vernon residents and guests from across Illinois and beyond were seen visiting relatives and enjoying day trips. The list includes Mae Ford and Susan Cooley vacationing on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Woodlawn hosts Mat tie Bourland and guests from Chicago, and many locals hosting or meeting travelers at homes and in town venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Ford
Susan Cooley
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Mattie Bourland
Woodlawn
Walter Peterson
Chicago
Mt. Vernon
Archie Jones
Wayne
Leroy James
Sharon
Olney
Valley Forge
Velma Martin
John Gilbert
Tulsa
Okla
Marybelle Arthurs
A. L. Stivers
Dayton
Ohio
Arthur Piper
Ray Passmore
Fern Carl
Urbana
Peggy Johnson
Fairfield
Harry Gregory
Marie Faulkner
Dollie Scott
Centralia
Carolyn Jo
Manahan
Alta Anderson
Lettie Brim
Lola Bathen
Jennie Dycus
Opdiawn
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Discharged Patients
Jefferson Memorial discharged master Gail Nan ley of Wayne City Charles Wag gner of Salem Thomas Holland Mrs Patricia Ann Davis Wendell Ratliff of Belle Rive Good Samaritan admitted Mrs Lena Schwabe of Farina Miss Helen Glover Mrs Wilma Cowen Mrs Lavera Earls of Waltonville Clarence R Williams of Bluford Discharged Mrs Anna Norris Mrs Nita Ellis of Texico Mrs Olive Mays and infant son Russell Wayne Mrs Janet Moran and infant daughter Nancy Catherine
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Memorial
Gail Nanley
Wayne City
Charles Waggner
Salem
Thomas Holland
Patricia Ann Davis
Wendell Ratliff
Belle Rive
Good Samaritan
Lena Schwabe
Farina
Helen Glover
Wilma Cowen
Lavera Earls
Waltonville
Clarence R. Williams
Bluford
Anna Norris
Nita Ellis
Texico
Olive Mays
Russell Wayne
Janet Moran
Nancy Catherine
Dinners and Birthdays Highlight Mt Vernon Society
A Mt Vernon city park supper honored Ivan Mayo on his birthday with relatives from Santa Monica and DeKalb attending. Scottie Jean Culling’s fifth birthday party drew 28 children, with gifts and prizes as out of town guests arrived from Chicago and Illinois towns. The Green and McKinney reunion is set for July 9 at the city park, with Home Bureau lessons and Lions Club activities noted alongside church group songs and guest speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Ivan Mayo
Mayo
Ivan Burns
Santa Monica
Calif
G. H. Williamson
Loren R. Mayo
Scottie Jean Culling
Betty Cullins
Scottie
Edreana Wichn
Jewell Wiehn
Bonnie Gregory
Margaret Tolbert
Rita Andrade
Chicago
Lynn and
Mary Austin
DeKalb
Ill
Lions Club
Glee Wood
Logan Street Baptist Church
Walter Bertram
Shafer
Sunshine Mountain
Kyle Wyatt
Hort
New York Rally Booing Truman and MacArthur
About 9,000 people gathered at Madison Square Garden for a hands off Korea rally endorsed by communists and Civil Rights Congress. The crowd booed President Truman and Gen. Douglas MacArthur while The Daily Worker promoted the event and the Civil Rights Congress faces subversive labeling by the attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Korea
Madison Square Garden
Civil Rights Congress
The
Daily Worker
Attorney General's Office
Marriage License for Ray Severs and Kathryn Warner
Ray Severs and Kathryn Warner of RFD 6 Mt. Vernon obtained a marriage license. The couple resides in the Mt. Vernon area as listed on the license records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Severs
Kathryn Warner
RFD 6
Mt. Vernon
Woodruff and Ramp to Attend BPWC Biennial in San Francisco
Mrs. Maxine Woodruff president of the State Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs and Mrs. Vyrle Ramp of Mt. Vernon will fly from St Louis to San Francisco for the 10th biennial convention of the National Federation of BPWC Clubs. July 3 to 7 will feature tributes to women's progress with leaders from various fields. Rosalind Russell, Columbia Pictures star, will address delegates and appear in a documentary on women's achievements to air on NBC July 5. The conference will address democracy’s size with William S. Rosecrans and labor issues discussed by Elinore Herrick, with T W Smith of Syracuse University speaking on government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine Woodruff
State Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Vyrle Ramp
Mt. Vernon
P. W
St. Louis
San Francisco
Calif
National Federation of B. P. W. Clubs
Rosalind Russell
Columbia Pictures, Inc
Miss Russell
National Broadcasting Company
William S. Rosecrans
Los Angeles
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Elinore Herrick
New York Herald Tribune
T. W. Smith
Maxwell Graduate School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Syracuse, University
Sou. Illinois Teachers on Tour Of Mt. V Today
A group of 40 teachers from southeastern Illinois toured Mt. Vernon sites as part of an extension course from Southern Illinois University. They visited the Franklin school Master Baking Company Appellate Court House Wagner Electric Corporation and Good Samaritan Hospital, with a noontime luncheon and talks by Sidney Hirons J L Buford Ed Dirks and Chamber officials detailing Mt. Vernon development and school programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Mt. Vernon
Southern Illinois University
Sidney Hirons
New Franklin School
Master Baking Company
Appellate Court House
Wagner Electric Corporation
Good Samaritan Hospital
Walter SStewart Funeral Here At Saturday
Walter A Stewart 70 of Zeigler a former Mt Vernon resident dies of a heart attack while supervising cistern filling Funeral services set for 1 pm Saturday at Bethel Tabernacle with Rev Basil Parrish and Harry McClaren officiating The cortege leaves Zeigler at 11 am for Mt Vernon burial follows at Bethel cemetery He was a retired road contractor survived by wife Delphia eight sons three daughters 28 grandchildren 17 great grandchildren and three step children
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter A. Stewart
Zeigler
Mt. Vernon
Bethel Tabernacle
Basil Parrish
Salem
Harry McClaren
Christopher
Stewart
Mr. Vernon
Bethel
Douglas
Arizona
Walter
Chester
James
Milan
William
East Liverpool
Ohio
Mildred Bott
Danville
Luvera Rogers
Nason
Freda Tolley
Mable Swalls
Plumfield
Jess van Zandt
Lorine Coop
San Diego
Calif
U S Air Forces strike Seoul airfield with Superfortresses
In Tokyo FEAF announces Boeing B 29 bombers attacked Seoul Kimpo Airfield early this morning with conventional bombs. Stratemeyer’s HQ says primary targets hit with good results and all planes returned to base. Seoul offensive gains cited as South Korean forces aided by the attack push back Soviet tanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panying MacArthur
George E. Stratemeyer
U. S. Far East
MacArthur
Korea
Stratemeyer
Tokyo
Seoul
Kimpo
FEAF
Guam
Stratemeyer denies Russian pilots in North Korean planes
Lt. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer, commander of the Far East Air Forces, said no North Korean planes were being flown by Russians. He issued the denial amid reports in the United States that Russian pilots operated Northern planes. The Associated Press did not carry those reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tokyo
George E. Stratemeyer
Far East
Decision On Troops To President
The policy aims to avoid a general war and keep the Korean fighting localized. Rumors of Soviet or Communist troop movements abroad have largely gone unconfirmed in this report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Rent Control and Aid in Illinois Senate Action
Illinois Senate approved a rent control bill by 37 to 7 and sent it to the House for concurrence with three amendments. A $7.8 million relief appropriation for the Illinois Public Aid Commission passed 44 to 1 to restore a 10 percent relief grant cut and fund the program until March 1. The Senate also approved a $5 million property tax ceiling boost for Chicago in 1951 and sent the measure to the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Springfield
Ill
House
Chicago
Illinois
Senate
Stevenson
Illinois Public Aid Commission
TPAC
Friay
P .m
Victoria Marlow Dies at 83 Rites Saturday
Victoria Ellen Marlow, 83, died at 12:45 a.m. at her Mt. Vernon home on RFD 7. Funeral services set for Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at Oakdale Church with Rev. Lesser Hunt officiating. burial in Oakdale Cemetery. She born Sept 15, 1866 in Jefferson County. survived by two sons Henry and Hall, a daughter Josephine Levin, three step-children, three step-daughters, 29 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Ellen Marlow
RFD
Mt. Vernon
Oakdale Church
Lesser Hunt
Bluford
Oakdale Cemeery
Myers Chapel
Marlow
Jefferson County
James Hunt
W. L. Marn
Henry Marlow
Huntley, Ill
Hall Marlow
Josephine Levin
Fred Marlow
Jacksonville
Ill
W. H. Marlow
Hammond, Ind
B. E. Marlow
Champaign, IL
Lula Hunter
Herma Archer
Cecil Fisher
Epebpeles, Tr
Donald McCann in Boys' State Race
Nomination of state officers outlined at the American Legion's Illinois Premier Boys' State at the State Fairgrounds. Seven youths announced candidacy for governor on the federal ticket and five on the nationalist, with Donald L. McCann among federal hopefuls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Springfield
Ill
American Legion
Illinois
State Fairgrounds
Jack C. Eboch
Forrest
Jerry E. Andrews
Manito
Neil Smith
Macomb
Kenneth Merwin
Woodstock
Donald L. McCann
Mt. Vernon
Edmond K. Dargis
Chicago
James Kettlekamp
Nokomis
Two Children Die In Refrigerator In Toledo Shed
In Toledo Ohio on June 29 two children ages four and a sister named Shirley suffocated in an abandoned icebox in a shed behind their home. Their parents Huey and Mrs Hackney mourn the loss. A previous tragedy in the family saw four year old Eugene Hackney killed by a truck two years earlier in the same month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Toledo
Eugene Hackney
Huey Hackney
Peter
Shirley
Hardin Pettypool Dies Near Bonnie
Farmer Hardin Pettypool died at his home east of Bonnie at 11 o clock last night He is survived by wife Ella and daughter Reba Whisenhunt of near Bonnie Funeral arrangements were in complete The body will be taken from the Ina funeral home at 1:00 p m today to the family home where friends may call
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin Pettypool
Bonnie
Ella
Reba Whisenhunt
Near
Ina
Births in Mt. Vernon area include four new arrivals
Mr and Mrs Joel Barker Route 7 Vernon welcome a daughter named Vicki Lynn born Wednesday at Good Samaritan Hospital. A son to Mr and Mrs Max Davis Ashley Road Jefferson Memorial Hospital weighed 6 lb 6 oz born Wednesday at 1 04 PM. Mr and Mrs Paul Gowins Dix announce a seven lb 3 oz son born at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Mr and Mrs Leslie Miller Chicago celebrate a seven lb 1 oz daughter born June 17, Mrs Miller formerly Veronica Stude of Mt Vernon. Mr and Mrs Ralph Jay Route 5 Mt Vernon greet an eleven lb son born at home named Marvin Ray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel Barker
Route 7
Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Vicki Lynn
Max Davis
Ashley Road
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Paul Gowins
Dix
Leslie Miller
Chicago
Miller
Veronica Stude
Mt. Vernon
Ralph Jay
Route 5
Marvin Ray
Truman urges up to date view of nations food supply
President Truman pressed Secretary Brannan for an up to date picture of the nations food situation. Brannan said the ask included current supplies and production prospects amid international developments while noting potential adjustments to farm programs next year. He cited strong production capacity and storage under price support programs as favorable factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Brannan
White House
Bids Sought for Waltonville Grade School Janitor
Public notice invites bids for janitor duties at Waltonville Com Con Grade School Dist No 1. Responsibilities include care of nine rooms and one gymnasium, furnace firing, and related janitorial work. Bids due in clerk’s office by July 6, 1950. board may reject any or all bids. Signed Russell Norris, Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltonville Com
Con
Expect 385 Traffic Deaths in Holiday
The National Safety Council predicts 385 holiday traffic deaths in the 102 hours from Friday evening to July 4th midnight. About 36 million vehicles are expected on the roads, consuming 3.47 billion gallons of gasoline for 5.6 billion miles traveled, amid calls for extra caution to combat reckless driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
National Safety Council
Town Clerk Announces Hunting Licenses Arrival
Town Clerk George Groothuis reports a shipment of hunting licenses for the town. He reminds hunters that the squirrel season opens at sunrise on August 1 and warns it is illegal to kill a squirrel before opening day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Groothuis
Groothuis
Mt Vernon Lodge Holds Special Meeting June 30
A special meeting of Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 31 A F and A M is set for Friday June 30 at 730 p m to perform work in the second degree Visitors are welcome Members are urged to attend Henry Mossberger V M and W Bro William E Reavis Sect
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Henry Mossberger
V. MM
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Reba Maxey
Jilma Hanes
Cleva Stierwalt
Mac
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Sou
Mt. V
Walter Stewart
Seoul Area
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Victoria Marlow
Donald McCann
Airport News
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Earl Outland
Evansville, Ind
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Adele Dergent
Joe Sawyer
Deon Benetry
Reomiase
Aloon
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Tai
George Reeves
Ralph Byed
Gomes
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Brooklyn
Radon
Zeke
Polka Kings
Mount Vernon
King City Federal Savings and Loan Association
Vax Vantosa Arker
Rosiat Alda
Yvaning
Sya
Wermaag
Janu Mason Manta Toren
Dan Duryea
Annivirsal
IMI
Gloria Henry
Una Merkel
Ray Collins
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Leo Dare
Dare Implement Co
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