Mt Vernon Mrs Recy Ham hospitalized in Florida
Relatives and friends in Mt Vernon were informed that Mrs. Recy Ham, visiting in Lake Worth Florida, suffered a heart attack and is confined to a hospital there. Numerous local residents and families are noted as visiting or traveling for various personal matters and errands in nearby towns.
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Mt. Vernon
Recy Ham
Lake Worth
Fla
Earl Hester
Norman Edson
St. Louis
Dena Clark
Herrin Hospital
William B. Newman
Maudie Lappin
Bonnie
Lulu Hasakis
Chicago
Nick D. Hassakis
John Dycus
South 24Th St
Oscar Pierce
Bluford
J. W. McGonigal
Billy
Perryville
Jeferson Memorial Hospital
Belle Rive
James E. Shirley
Gale Bourland
Woodawn
Vernon
Kenneth Flowers
Centralia
Clay Cutter
Beecher City
Mac Koppen
Vern Farthing
Odin
Alice Gilmore
Martha Young
Pleads Innocent Of Check Charge Ray Smith Faces Fraud Case
Ray Smith aged 30 from Alabama pleaded not guilty in county court to a charge of issuing a check to defraud. He was arrested in February by county officers.
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Ray Smith
Alabama
Smith
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admission List
Jefferson Memorial records admit Edna Hoff man and Molean Mooney and discharge Louise Mc Govern Christine Roberts Joyce Haley and others. Good Samaritan lists include Zella Shamblin Arthur Warren Frank Cochran and discharges Lola O Don ney Edith Hicks Lec Scrivner Ivalene Gulley.
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Jefferson Memorial
Edna Hoffman
Louise McGovern
Nasan
Christine Roberts
Iuka
Larry Leon Holloway
Wayne City
May East
Joyce Haley
Nancy Christine Henn
Good Samaritan
Molean Mooney
Zella Shamblin
Arthur Warren
Frank Cochran
Ina
Lola O’donney
Geff
Edith Hicks
Lec Scrivner
Ivalene Gulley
Waltonville
Airport News Highlights Local Flight Activity
Evansville resident A B Connell flew to the local field. Flora's Karl Smith visited the airport. George Reed of Lawrenceville was a business visitor at the field. Otis Gilpin of Benton also flew to the local field today.
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A. B. Connell
Evansville
Karl Smith
Flora
George Reed
Lawrenceville
Otis Gilpin
Benton
Kiwanis Meeting Features Tax Law Changes 1948
The Kiwanis Club at Hotel Emmerson heard speaker Philip Newkirk review changes in the 1948 income tax act from 1944 to 1948. He noted tax peaks in 1944 and that 1948 brought major reductions including higher personal exemptions and income splitting for spouses. The talk covered community property savings and continued tax advantages after death, with Kenneth Dycus attending and R. S. Doane honored as Kiwanian of the week. a short board meeting followed.
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Kiwanis Club
Hotel Emmerson
Philip Newkirk
Ay. Newkirk
Jack Cormany
Newkirk
Kenneth Dycus
Farm Bureau
Kiwanis Education Committee
Denver McDonald
R. S. Doane
McDonald
Doane
Pi Kappa Sorority National Convention Attendees Named
Alpha NII chapter of Pi Kappa Sigma at Southern Illinois University will be presented at the 14th national convention by Virginia Cralley, Carmi, newly elected president and official delegate. Convention set at Bright Angel Lodge Grand Canyon Arizona August 15 to 18. Several members slated to attend and an exhibit planned.
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Pi Kappa Sorority
Alpha Nii
Pi Kappa Sigma Sorority
Southern Illinois University
Virginia Cralley
Miss Cralley
Carmi
Bright Angel Lodge
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Charles Gibson
Alpha Xi Chapter
Gibson
Marriage Announcement for Norma Lee Knox Ayers
Relatives announce the marriage of Norma Lee Knox daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis D Knox of Hazel Park Michigan to Daniel L Ayers. The ceremony was held Saturday February 26 at the First Baptist Church in Rochester Michigan. The Knox family are former Woodlawn residents.
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Norma Lee Knox
Louis D. Knox
Hazel Park
Mich
Daniel L. Ayers
First Baptist Church
Rochester
Knox
Woodlawn
Past Matron's Club meeting at Masonic Temple
The Past Matron's Club of the Order of the Eastern Star will meet Monday evening March 7 at 7 30 in the ladies lounge of the Masonic Temple. Mrs Pearl Wallace and Miss Gladys Ross will be hostesses for the evening.
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the Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Pearl Wallace
Gladys Ross
Camaraderie Club Talk At Krebs Home On Bikini
The Camaraderie Club of the Presbyterian church will meet at 2419 Broadway Sunday March at eight pm with Mr and Mrs Robert Krebs hosting. Dr Charles K Wells will discuss Bikini. Assisting hosts are Mr and Mrs Ray Tibbs and Mr and Mrs Robert Oertel. A separate Home Bureau Block Unit meet at Mrs Bertie Arnolds Tolle Road Monday March 7 at 10 am on glove making.
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Robert Krebs
The
Presbyterian Church
Broadway
Charles K. Wells
Ray Tibbs
Robert Oertel
Home Bureau
Bertie Arnold
Tolle Road
Arnold
Helen Smith
Warren Avenue
Rome O.E.S. A stated meeting notice
Rome Chapter No. 1014 Order of the Eastern Star will hold a stated meeting Monday evening March 7. Bernice Hawkins, WM. Sterling Osborn, W, P.
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Rome O.E.S
Rome
Order of the Eastern Star
Bernice Hawkins
Home Bureau meeting at Mrs Danner's on Ashley Road
The Mt. Vernon Day Unit of the Home Bureau meets at Mrs. Duff Danner's home on Ashley Road Monday afternoon March 7. Co hostess will be Mrs Venita Rosenberger. The major lesson covers Cause and Prevention of Communicable Diseases. the minor lesson is Picture Hanging.
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Danner
Mt. Vernon Day
The
Home Bureau
Duff Danner
Ashley Road
Venita Rosenberger
Past Noble Grand Club of Varnell Rebekah Lodge Meets
Mrs Hamilton hosts meeting at Cora Hamilton home with Jola Musgrave presiding. Prizes for St Patrick Day games go to Opal Fitts Grace Coleman Hattie Marlow Marie Cravens Anna Doyle Effie Marlow and Thelma Shehorn. Refreshments served by Etta Myers Frida Filberth and Helen Owen.
O F Sponsor High School Girl for Scholarship
The Mt Vernon I O F Lodge will sponsor Barbara Ames an Honor Society student in a $400 college scholarship offered by the Grand Lodge of Illinois. Miss Ames, editor of the Vernon News, was chosen by school officials from Honor Society students. The Illinois Odd Fellows offer two $400 scholarships to high school seniors for the fourth straight year. Kenneth Sandusky, Noble Grand of the local Lodge, said the offers aim to foster civic service and higher education.
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Mt. Vernon
Kenneth Sandusky
Bluford Register-News Local Visitors and Distinct Names
Bluford Register News lists numerous local visits and family news. E R Staley and granddaughters Glenda Lee Nancy Bean visited Mt Carmel relatives while Wade Jackson Lilah Riggs and W E Gowler families gathered across Bluford area. Rev C W Martin mourns Bloomington funeral. Harry Parkhill home visit from Indiana Central College. Earl Lane patient at Good Samaritan. John Warren USMC at Great Lakes weekend at home. Harvey Shelton injured in LC yards. World Day of Prayer to unite Bluford churches at Evangelical United Brethren Friday. Tony Kaneversky Orient families with Kovach and son. Katherine Bell Centra lia visits Perry fe Bluford. Tommy Whiteworth Connie Allan and Ivan Wood family visits. Connie Allan celebrated second birthday with a supper.
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E. R. Staley
Glenda Lee
Nancy Bean
Eoin Reeder
Mt. Carmel
Wade Jackson
Sarah Mae
Lilah Riggs
Divide
W. E. Gowler
Howard
Walnut Hill
Mae Warren
C. W. Martin
Bloomington
Simpson
Harry Parkhill
Indiana Central College
Earl Lane
Good Samaritan Hospital
John Warren
U. S. Marine Corp
Great Lakes
Ill
Harvey Shelton
LC. Yards
Bluford
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Tony Kaneversky
Orient
John Kovach
Katherine Bell
Centralia
Perry Fe
Bluford Sunny
Tommy Whiteworth
Little
Connie Allan
Mt. Vernon
Ivan Wood
Two Boys Try To Wreck Train Near Dixon Illinois
State's Attorney Morey Pires said two 12 year old boys confessed to attempting to wreck a North Western Railroad passenger train near Dixon. They placed spikes and debris on east bound rails two miles west of town and hid in a quarry awaiting the diesel train from Omaha to Chicago. A railroad switch crew found the material about 30 minutes before train time and removed it. The boys were questioned by railroad special agent George Addington and released to their parents pending possible legal action.
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Associated Press
Dixon
Morey Pires
North Western Railroad
Omaha
Chicago
George Addington
Pires
Window Vandalism Reported At Mt Vernon Warehouse
Mt Vernon high school officials told police that children threw rocks at a north Seventh Street warehouse tied to the old N. Y. A. center, breaking several widows and prompting a police report.
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Mt. Vernon High School
North Seventh Street
N. Y. A. Center
Blueprint for Beauty Cluster of Tiny Pins
ALICIA HART suggests clever uses for small pins beyond lapel wear. Tiny sparkle can become shirt studs by removing threads from a blouse and inserting the pin points. four pins can form cuff links. spring-back pins can pinch through shirtbands. pins can glitter a hatband or adorn a sailor’s hat.
17 Year Old Pianist Sara Rose Krans At Music Forum
The Mt. Vernon Music Forum Club presents 17 year old pianist Sara Rose Krans in a Sunday recital at 2 30 pm in the Mt. Vernon Township High School auditorium. The program blends difficult classics and well known pieces. Krans trained since age three and studied with James K Brooker of Bay City and Leo Podolsky of Chicago. She has appeared at Interlochen National Music Camp and earned top honors in Michigan solo festivals. Proceeds fund further training for Bay City youths with a Salzburg trip planned to attend the Mozart Music Festival. Her program includes Sonatas by Hasse and Galuppi, Papillons, Schumann Grand Polonaise Brilliante Chopin Sylvia Livens Scherzo Humoristique Copland El Vito.
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Music Forum Club
Mt. Vernon
Sara Rosekrans
Mt. Vernon Township High School
Miss Rosekrans
James K. Brooker
Bay City
Mich
Leo Podolsky
Chicago
Interlochen
Music Club
Salzburg
Austria
Podolsky
United States
Hasse
Galuppi
Papillons
Schumann
Chopin
Sylvia
Livens
Scherzo Humoristique
Copland
el Vito
Infante
All Grade School Orchestra in Concert Here Saturday Night
The Southern Division of the Illinois All Grade School Orchestra convenes 8:30 a m Saturday at Mt Vernon township high school for a Clinic Festival directed by Gilbert R Waller with directors from participating schools. A following 7:00 p m concert open to the public features Haydn Wagner and other works, with Montell Lewis as violin soloist and Harrisburg as the soloist.
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Illinois All Grade
Mt. Vernon Township
Gilbert R. Waller
University of
Danville
Urbana
Harrisburg
Muddy
Enfield
Dorrisville
Carbondale
Mt. Vernon
Illinois
Davenport
Iowa
Adtionan
Merle Isaac
Joseph Haydn
Charles Woodhouse
Trangott Rohner
Charles Deriot
Montell Lewis
Mr. W. Ww. Chunn
H. M. Johnson
A. W. Ixetelbey
Henry Sopkin
Richard Wagner
C. Paul Heyfurth
Mr. Waller
Unemployment Rises Again in February 1949
The Census Bureau reports 3.2 million unemployed in February 1949, up 550000 from January. Weather and non seasonal layoffs blamed. total joblessness rose 1.25 million in the first two months of 1949, highest since 1942 wartime peak.
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Census Bureau
Granada Sunday Program Changes Lassie Film Booking
Granada Theatre Manager H. M. Gilly Burnette announced a change in Sunday film bookings. The Sun Comes Up replaces The Accused as a Lassie feature in technicolor starring Jeanette McDonald Lloyd Nolan and the dog star. The Accused with Robert Cummings and Loretta Young will be booked at a later date.
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Granada
H. M. “Gilly” Burnette
Jeanette McDonald
Lloyd Nolan
Robert Cummings
Loretta Young
Pleasant View Robins Return and Local News
Pleasant View notes the return of robins bluebirds and many black birds flocking in pastures. Residents travel to Mt Vernon for cinema and shopping. Henry J Kent family visits South Carolina daughter Louise. Wayne Estes couple honored with a traditional charivari after recent marriage. Wm Storey in Mt Vernon hospital. Republicans of Doddrt hold spring candidate selections.
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Mt. Vernon
Henry J. Kent
South Carolina
Theer
Louise
Wayne A. Estes
Wm. Storey
Dodds Rt
Births at Local Hospitals Highlight New Arrivals
Mr and Mrs Norman Dale Farley welcomed a son named Robert Dale born last night at Good Samaritan Hospital. Mr and Mrs Robert B Webb of 1809 Stanley Avenue had a daughter, Rebecca Ann, born at 3 14 pm Thursday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital, weighing seven pounds 13 ounces. Mr and Mrs Gilbert Wayne Hoffman of Route 2 Vernon welcomed a son at 5 15 pm Thursday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital, weighing ten pounds ten ounces. Mr and Mrs Walter Arendale of Bluford welcomed a daughter, Angela Faye, born Wednesday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital weighing nine pounds one ounce.
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Norman Dale Farley
Good Samaritan Hospital
Robert Dale
Robert B. Webb
Stanley Avenue
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Rebecca Ann
Webb
Wanda Lee Beck
Gilbert Wayne Hoffman
Route 2
Vernon
Walter Arendale
Bluford
Angela Faye
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Kiwanis Meeting
Sterling Osborn
O.F
Bluford Register
Alicia Hart
NEA
Music Forum
Washington
Lassie
Pleasant View Register
Oak Grove
Leck H. Fry
High Grad
Soth
Far Frontier
Christopher Blake
el Dorado Pass
Wyoming
Ana Rogers
Andy Devine
Otpuolis Pre Tuas
Border Patrol
Trucolor
Alexis Smith
Robert Douglas Cecil Kellaway
Ted Donaldson
Turner
Allyson
Alexandal Dumas
Frank Morgan
Vincent Price
Keenan Wynn
Claude Bennie Arnold Call
5Th St
Birch
Eagles Web Entertainment
King City Cowboys
Ts Tome Hy Much
PMC
Harel
Oame
MT. Vernon Loan and Building Association
Charles Starrett Smiley Burnette In
Eldorado Pass
Technicolor
Peggy Cummins
Charles Coburn
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