Mt Vernon Residents and Visitors Gather for Local News
Mt Vernon and nearby towns residents and visitors are noted in today’s report. People from First Free Will Baptist church attended services in Waltonville last evening. Numerous individuals from Mt Vernon, Fairfield, Bluford, Walden and surrounding areas are listed as visiting, transacting business, or traveling, including outings to Mexico City and Los Angeles. The condition of Mrs. A L Stivers remains unimproved while several others are noted as improving or traveling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Free Will Baptist Church
Waltonville
Joe Pressley
Jess Skinner
Frank Carter
Peggy
Helen Owens
Mattie Walker
Eva Jamerson
Bob Dethrow
Roy L. Simpson
Ralph Kaufman, Jr
Allin
Ill
Great West Life Assurance Co
LeRoy Nathan
Chicago
Earline Earls
J. H. Boze
Fairfield
Glee Woods
Robert
L. Woods
Mexico City
Virgil Lane
Bluford
Vernon
Chester Willmore
A. L. Stivers
Salem Road
Betty Wilkey
Belle Rive
Charles Hodges
Chancie Dosier
Raymond Grigg
Los Angeles
Calif
C. E. Moeller
Cora LeVault
Lesser
Harold Dunnavan
Opdyke
Hospital notes list admissions and discharges across three facilities
Good Samaritan records admit infant Billy Lee Padgett and several adults from Opdyke Belle Rive Fairfield and Dix with multiple discharges including Harold Hutchison Marie Clark and others. Jefferson Memorial lists admissions Peggy Rainey Glen Medders Birdie Phelps and several discharges including Linda Gay Melvin Funkhouser and Marcella Hart with others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Samaritan
Billy Lee Padgett
Edna McKinney
Wilma Payne
Lucy Gaddis
Opdyke
Belva Page
Belle Rive
Kenneth Griffith
Fairfield
Harold Hutchison
Marie Clark
Jefferson Memorial
Peggy Rainey
Glen Medders
Birdie Phelps
Maxine Austin
Linda Gay
Melvin Funkhouser
Whittington
William Storey
Augusta Crocker
Wayne City
Clarence Hilliard
Robert Wesley Ratliff
Marcella Hart
McLeansboro
Fred Patterson
Dorothy Johnson
Candace Elaine
Billie Riley
Dix
Milligan and Musgrave Families Welcome Two New Daughters
Mr and Mrs John E Milligan of 401 North Johnson are parents of a daughter born yesterday in St Louis Maternity Hospital weighing six pounds two ounces named Mary Margaret. Mr and Mrs Charles V Musgrave of Barnhill Illinois are parents of a daughter born last evening at Good Samaritan Hospital named Frances Elaine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Milligan
North Johnson
St. Louis Maternity Hospital
Mary Margaret
Charles V. Musgrave
Barnhill
Ill
Good Samaritan Hospital
Frances Elaine
Roosevelt Chicago U Under Fire
A continued report from page one states Roosevelt and Chicago University face criticism over alleged communist teaching. The piece notes strong opposition and questions about curriculum and academic freedom amid campus controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Chicago
Illinois students press lawmakers on anti communism bills
Seventy college students led by a 26 year old “Young Progressive” and Rose Stamler of Chicago pressed Illinois legislators to strengthen a fair employment practices commission and ban discrimination in higher education. They urged defeating a subversive activities investigation at the University of Chicago and Roosevelt College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Chicago
Seoung Progressives of
LaSalle
Progressive Party
Gale Bourland and Cecil Lovin Named High Priest Trio
In a local notice dated March 9, Gale Bourland is identified as High Priest with further mention of Cecil Lovin in a related role. The brief item confirms church leadership assignments and dates reflected in the notice.
CMA Concert Shifts Date Boris Goldovsky to March 25
Mt Vernon civic group announces Boris Goldovsky will perform Friday March 25 at 8 15 p m in Mt Vernon Township High School auditorium replacing March 28. Association members will receive notice cards about the date change.
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C.M.A
Mt. Vernon
Optimists Meet Mt Vernon Optimist Club Meeting
The Mt. Vernon Optimist Club met yesterday evening at 6 45 at Hotel Em. President Roy Maxwell presided and Winston Broading program chairman led a short business discussion before the program. A Mt. Vernon Township high school mixed octet sang four numbers with Sue Hart Marilyn Etheridge Olive Dell McEffee Doris Hertenstein Harold Dycus David Brown Haynes Hawkins and Don Neuville. Mrs Newton Brown accompanied on piano. Robert Krebs spoke on Mt. Vernon school expansion and showed pictures of planned new buildings to cement Mt. Vernon's role as an educational leader.
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Optimists
Mt. Vernon
Optimist Club
Hotel Emmerson
Roy Maxwell
Winston Browning
W. H. Beckmeyer
Mt. Vernon Township
Sue Hart
Marilyn Etheridge
Olive Dell McEffee
Doris Hertenstein
Harold Dycus
David Brown
Haynes Hawkins
Don Neuville
Newton Brown
Robert Krebs
Garden Club Meets For Spring Flower Arrangements
Mt. Vernon groups meet March 11 with Narcissus arrangements and house plant displays. Exhibits include Narcissus, bulbs, Crocus, and artistic Narcissus displays at Mrs. Gilbert’s home. Also Varnell Lodge initiates. Donoho unit discusses planning the flower garden. Elizabeth Circle dessert luncheon. Presbyterian Choir rehearsal at seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
G. Gale Gilbert
Fred Hawkins
Elizabeth Circle
Elizabeth Circle of the Westminister Society of the Presbyterian Church
M. Lambattis
Oak Place
John Carson
John Davis
Eller couple marks 12th wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs Fred Eller of Fairfield Road celebrated their 12th wedding anniversary on Sunday March 6 with a family dinner at their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Eller
Fairfield Road
International Relations Study Group Meets Thursday
The Federated Women's Club bi monthly meeting will be held Thursday at 2 PM with Mrs. G R Armstrong hosting at 1310 Casey Avenue. Mrs. H Cawood will present the lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong
Federated Women’s Club
G .R. Armstrong
Casey Avenue
H. Cawood
Edison PTA to Hold Meeting With Folk Dance
The Edison school Parent Teacher Association will hold its regular meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Assembly Room. Robert Krebs will be speaker and pupils of the fifth and sixth grades will give a folk dance. All members and friends are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison School Parent- Teacher Association
Robert Krebs
V F W Ladies Auxiliary to Hold March Meeting
The V F W Ladies Auxiliary will hold its regular meeting and nomination of officers on Thursday March 10 in City Hall. The session opens at 7 30 p m All members are urged to attend The West Salem PTA will meet Friday March 18 instead of March 11 as previously announced.
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B.P.O. Elks NO
Harold A. Myers
Varnell Lodge
Varnell Rebekah Lodge No
V. F. W. Ladies Auxiliary
West Salem Parent- Teacher Association
Lions Club Luncheon Welcomes Five New Members
Paul Fitch as program chairman welcomed five new Lions Club members at Hotel Emmerson. New members are Cedric Clarke J D Mayberry Kenneth Kistner Harold Levy and Wendell Dixon. Marlin Rich grade school Board president explained the upcoming bond issue for two new grade schools and improving others as J L Buford superintendent urged maintaining Mt Vernon Illinois high educational standard with guests Gleason Patton Kinsey Burr Paul Schindler and Ben Blades attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Fitch
Lions Club
Hotel Emmerson
Cedric Clarke
J. D. Mayberry
Kenneth Kistner
Harold Levy
Wendell Dixon
Marlin Rich
Board of Education
J. L. Buford
Mt. Vernon
Illinois
Gleason Patton
Kinsey Burr
St. Louis
Paul Schindler
Marion
Ben Blades
Fairfield
Boyd Stitch and Chatter 4-H Club Plans Meetings
The Boyd Stitch and Chatter 4-H Club schedules a program planning meeting at Jean Wittenbrink’s home on Monday evening March 14. The next regular meeting with Nancy MeeGees will be Monday March 21. Norma Jean Timmons leads recreation. At the March 7 meeting Jean Wittenbrink was elected program chairman and Betty Barr and Norma Jean Timmons named to her committee. Three guests attended and new members Joanne Claybourn, Doris Jean Copple, and Marilyn June Copple were welcomed. Refreshments followed a talk on posture by Betty Barr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Stitch and Chatter
Jean Wittenbrink
Nancy Mee- Gees
Norma Jean Timmons
Betty Barr
Joanne Claybourn
Doris Jean Copple
Marilyn June Copple
Webb Willing Workers 4-H Club Meets With Scams Talk
Webb Willing Workers 4 H Club met at Rose Marie Jones home at 7 30 p m on Saturday March 5. Hostess gave a talk and Marcella Manion demonstrated types of scams and uses of each. Next meeting set for Jo Alice and Carol Rector home on Saturday April 2 at 1 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb Willing Workers
Rose Marie Jones
Marcella Manion
Jo Alice and
Carol Rector
Two Young Farmers Held For Attempt To Wreck Train
Jonesboro NL March 9 Sheriff WW Batson said James Delk 17 and Freeman A Berry 20 signed statements admitting formal charges of attempted train wreck A barricade of rocks and timber was found on the track near Alto Pass moments before the Gus Mobile and Ohio road Little Rebel train was due The men reportedly said they wanted to see the train scatter them They were tenants on a large fruit farm north of Alto Pass and are held in Union county jail.
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Jonesboro
Earl Batson
James Delk
Freeman A. Berry
Alto Pass
Gus, Mobile and
Ohio Road
Batson
Delk
Perry
Union County
Operation Planned For King's Leg Condition
London March 9 King George VI will undergo surgery within a week to improve blood flow to his right leg. Six Buckingham Palace doctors announced the operation intended to restore arterial flow by a right side lumbar sympathectomy, cutting nerves that constrict leg arteries.
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Associated Press
London
George VI
Buckingham Palace
Palace
February births and deaths tallied in Mt. Vernon
Mt. Vernon records show seventy babies born in February and twenty five deaths in the city as reported by City Clerk W. W. Hart from vital statistics data.
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Mt. Vernon
W. W. Hart
Satterfield completes Army basic training and heads to Fort Sam Houston
Cletus Pete Satterfield of this city has finished basic training at Camp Breckenridge Kentucky and is now stationed at Fort Sam Houston Texas. His address lists Ret. Cletus R. Satterfield U S 55002023 Co B Ist Bn Medical Field Service School Brooke Army Medical Center Fort Sam Houston Tex as.
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Cletus
Pete” Satterfield
Camp Breckenridge
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Cletus R. Satterfield
U. S
Medical Field Service
Brooke Army Medical Center
Two Men Injured At Mt Vernon Car Factory
Matthew Kehrer of near Opdyke and Don M. Morgan of 1117 South 13th street were injured in the steel erect department when a hopper car side fell at Mt. Vernon Car Manufacturing Co. Kehrer suffered a fractured left leg and other injuries and was transported to St. Luke's Hospital in St. Louis. Morgan sustained a foot injury and was sent home after treatment at Good Samaritan Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Kehrer
Opdyke
Don M. Morgan
S. 13Th Street
Steel Erect Department
Mt. Vernon
Treaty pact expected to sign before end of month
Officials anticipate formal signing by month end possibly at a Foreign Ministers meeting in Washington with eight or more nations. After signing the pact will go to the Senate for hearings and a vote. Secretary Acheson and aides briefed the Senate committee in an informal session and the panel signaled broad support. Countries named include Canada Britain France Norway Belgium The Netherlands Luxembourg and the United States.
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Atlantic Powers
Washington
Senate
Acheson
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Congress
George
D-Ga
United States
Canada
Britain
France
Norway
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Woman Robbed of 400 Dollars in Murphysboro
Mrs. Robert Imhoff reported a basement robbery in Murphysboro on March 9. A young man hiding in her house stole $400, tearing a cloth sack from her waist as he fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Robert Imhoff
Pobasement
Bishop Proposes Russia Probe by Nonpolitical Delegations
Cleveland March 9 Methodist Bishop G Bromley Oxnam urged President Truman to form a non political fact finding commission on Russia. He asked Stalin mirror groups from the major fields of national life to visit the United States. The plan would not negotiate or discuss policy but to report back what they observe to the public. Oxnam spoke before 400 delegates at a conference on churches and world order.
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Cleveland
G. Bromley Oxnam
Truman
Russia
Oxnam
New York
Stalin
Conference On “the Churches and World Order
Department of International Justice and Goodwill
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Mrs. Fritz Appointed Administrative Assistant in Welfare Dept
Springfield Illinois March 9 Mrs Blanche Fritz of Springfield Democratic State Chairwoman has been appointed Administrative Assistant in the State Welfare Department Director Fred Slochler announced today. She previously served as Department Assistant Director from 1936 to 1941 and led women’s activities in the 1948 campaign. She formerly lived in Bridgeport.
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Springfield, II
Blanche Fritz
Springfield
State Welfare Department
Fred Slochler
Fritz
Horner
State Registration and Education Department
Bridgeport
Six Die in 40 February Illinois Crashes
Six persons were killed and 17 injured in 40 February accidents across 14 southcentral Illinois counties. State Police District 14 reported today. In January, 32 mishaps claimed a similar toll.
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Associated Press
Effingham
Illinois
Fashion Reign O' 49 Spring Style Show Here
Amvet Auxiliary presents Fashion Reign O 49 at Mt Vernon Armory on March 18 to showcase spring styles for all ages. Dresses coats hats and millinery by Susan Shop Judy Style Shop Morton’s Fashion Shop Glassman’s Mammoth Walker’s Hollywood Granada. proceeds aid veteran rehabilitation at Marion Veterans Hospital. Jim Mathis Orchestra performs.
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Mt. Vernon. Armory
Mt. Vernon
Susan Shop
Judy Style Shop
Morton's
Fashion Shop
Glassman's Dept
the Mammoth
Walker's
Hollywood Shop
Granada Shop
Amvet Auxiliary
Marion Veterans Hospital
Jim Mathis
Orchestra of
Salem
Boy in Serious Condition After Bicycle Crash
Noel Davis a 15 year old high school freshman remains in serious condition at Jefferson County Memorial Hospital. He was injured Saturday night when peritonitis developed after the bicycle crash and he was not taken to the hospital until Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noel Davis
Jefferson County Memorial Hospital
Czech border to close points to American-occupied Bavaria
German border police report Czechoslovakia plans to seal all border crossings with Bavaria by March 20. The move affects travel between Czechoslovakia and the American-occupied region in Bavaria as tensions rise in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hof
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Bavaria
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Royal Arch Masons
Andrew D. Webb
S. Gale Bourland
Cecil N. Lovin, Ecy
Red Cross
E. L. Jaies
Field P. T. A
Field School Parent-Teacher Association
Girl Scout Troop I
Sumner Partridge
Olen Eater
Roy Lee
North Locust
Centralia
Dorothy
John Howard Gowler
W. E. Gowler
Walnut Hill, Til
C. S. Heflin
Near Kell
Henry Wade Jackson
Texico
Route Two
Hollywood Candy Co
Gene Scott
J. E. Upchurch
Ted Scott
North Seventh Street
Gene
Eldorado
Kansas
First Methodist Church
Roy L. Arend
Mrs. Upchurch
North Main
Upchurch
Skelly Oil Co
Thelma Shehorn
N. G
Naomi R. Bogan
Rec
Sec
Donoho Prairie Unit
Donoho Prairie Home Bureau
Peggy Hinderer
Troy Sager
Frank Blankenship
John Blankenship
Vv. F. W. Auxiliary
West Salem P. T. A
Madame
Spike Jones
Featherston
Dec Wiley
Crying For Joy
Russ Case
Lion's Roar
Russell Jacquet
His
All Stars
Cumana
Josco Melis
Hickory Dickory Dock
Ernie Andrewa
the Gentleman Is
Dope
Dinah Shore
Ding Dong Daddy
Dumas
Phil Harris
Bill Crosby
Babalu
Desi Arnaz
Let
Jane Russell
Andy Russell
Basie
Waikiki
Johnny Noble
Favoritos Donald Dame
Whale
MET
Nelson Eddy
Sunflower
Broadway
A. Saell the
Mt. V. Soldier
Emergency Limb Center
St.Joseph
Birch
Malin
Bry
Zephyr
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