Death of Mt. Vernon man Vernon Beatty at 74
Vernon G Beatty 74 of Mt. Vernon died on arrival at Good Samaritan Hospital at 12 18 p m Saturday He retired after 33 years as chief engineer for 333 Building Corporation Chicago He was born August 4 1900 in Franklin County He married Lena Williams on December 25 1919 in Mt Vernon Survived by wife Lena a half sister Marguerite Frelin Anchorage Alaska a step brother Voyle Gorham Mr Vernon a step sister Thelma Courtright Anchorage Alaska and several nieces and nephews Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 1 30 p m at Hughey Pulley Funeral Home Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery Friends may call after 6 p m today He was preceded in death by son Donald a California state policeman on March 26 1969 and by two brothers a sister and his parents.
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Byford G. Beatty
Mt. Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr. Beatty
333 -Building Corporation
Chicago
Franklin County
Wilson
Ida (Taylor) Beatty
Lena Williams
Beatty
Jefferson Lodge
Opdyke
Chief Engineers Association of Chicago
International Union of Operating Engineers
Hughey-Pulley Funeral Home
Leo Flanagan
Oakwood Cemetery
Lena
Vernon
Marguerite Frelin
Anchorage
Alaska
Voyle Gorham
Thelma Courtright
Donald
California
Longtime Springerton farmer Guy Thomas Springerton dies
Guy Thomas Springerton 63 of Springerton died at 9 55 a.m. Sunday at Veteran s Hospital Marion He was a farmer He held at 1 p m Tuesday at Gholson Funeral Home McLeansboro with Rev Carl Hart officiating Burial will be in Old Springer cemetery near Springerton He was born Sept 28 1911 in Hamilton county son of A M and Mattie Lasater Thomas He married Ruby Rockett who survives Survived by one son Stephen Thomas two daughters Jeannine Cocke Phyllis Little four grandchildren two brothers Clell Thomas Charles Thomas and one sister Edith Files He was a former Bluford Township Road Commissioner and World War II veteran
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Guy Thomas
Springerton
Veteran’s Hospital
Marion
Gholson
McLeansboro
Carl Hart
Old Springer Cemetery
Mr. Thomas
Hamilton County
A. M
Mattie (Lasater) Thomas
Ruby Rockett
Thomas
Bluford Township
Stephen Thomas
Jeannine Cocke
Phyllis Little
Tell City
Ind
Clell Thomas
Charles Thomas
Edith Files
Funeral for Ryan Eugene Lane Held in Centralia
Funeral services for Ryan Eugene Lane 23 of Route 1 Dix will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Swango Irvin Funeral Home Centralia with Rev. Robert Hill officiating Burial will be in Hickory Hill cemetery east of Mt Vernon Lane was killed last Wednesday in a motorcycle crash in the Panama Canal Zone while serving as an SM 3 in the Navy at Balboa He was born in Mt Vernon February 18 1952 and leaves his father Carl Eugene Lane Dix and mother Betty Thornhill Centralia Also surviving are grandmother Lottie McKitrick Blu ford a daughter Chrissie Dawn Lane Centralia a step brother Jeff Isaac Dix a sister Carla Baumer Worden and a step sister Rhonda Isaac Dix.
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Ryan Eugene Lane
Route 1
Dix
Swango- Irvin
Centralia
Robert Hill
Hickory Hill Cemetery
Mt. Vernon
Lane
Panama Canal Zone
United States Navy
Navy Department
Navy
Balboa
Panama Canal
Fowler Company
Mr. Lane
Carl Eugene
Betty (McKitrick) Lane
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
Plumbers and Fitters Union
First Christian Church
Carl Lane
Betty Thornhill
Lottie McKitrick
Bluford
Chrissie Dawn Lane
Jeff Isaac
Carla Baumer
Worden
Rhonda Isaac
Thurman G Chason funeral services in Sneads
Funeral services for Thurman G. Chason, a former Mt. Vernon resident, will be held at Myers Chapel at 3 p.m. Tuesday with Rev. Everett Lemay and Rev. Ross Partridge officiating. Burial follows after 6 p.m. at Old Union cemetery. Graveside military rites by VFW Post 1376.
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Thurman G. Chason
Mt. Vernon
Sneads
Fla
Myers Chapel
Everett Lemay
Ross Partridge
Old Union Cemetery
Griff Fally Bluford dies at 68 in Farrington Township
Griff Fally 68 of Route 1 Bluford died Sunday at his home. He was a farmer and former International Shoe Co. employee at Flora. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday at Wells Chapel Church Farrington Township. Burial at Fally Osborn Funeral Home Dix after 5 p.m. Tuesday. Survived by wife Merle Lowe Brenton and several children and relatives.
Paul D Hughes 68 of Albuquerque dies after illness
Paul D Hughes of Albuquerque New Mexico 68 died at 5 p m Sunday in that city He was a former Bluford resident and retired from the oil leasing business about four years ago moving to Albuquerque due to ill health Funeral services are pending at Fitzgerald Funeral Home in Albuquerque He was born July 14 1906 in Jefferson County to Barney and Mabel Cornwell Hughes He belonged to Otterbein United Methodist Church in Bluford and was a Mason Survivors include one brother John William Hughes of Albuquerque two sisters Miss Iva Hughes Vernon and Mrs Viola Jones Dahlgren and several nieces and nephews He was preceded in death by his parents one brother Glen and an infant sister.
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Paul D. Hughes
Albuquerque
N.M
Bluford
Fitzgerald
Mr. Hughes
Jefferson County
Barney
Mabel
Cornwell) Hughes
Otterbein United Methodist Church
John William Hughes
Iva Hughes
Vernon
Viola Jones
Dahlgren
Glen
Markets Mt Vernon Grain and Chicago Wheat Prices
Mt Vernon quotes show soybeans at 5.02, wheat 3.25, corn 2.60 at 10:00 AM. Chicago prices list No 2 hard winter wheat 3.52 1/2, No 2 soft red 3.48 1/2, No 2 yellow corn 2.82 1/2. St Louis eggs and poultry prices and National Stockyards cattle hog receipts noted. Fed rate cut strengthens stock market rise in early trading with Dow up slightly and Nasdaq shifts.
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MT. Vernon
Chicago
Mt Vernon Weather and Extended Outlook
Mt Vernon area forecast for Saturday and Sunday shows highs around 45 and 38 with lows near 20 to 30 inches of snow expected Sunday totaling about 5 inches. Rainfall to date for 1975 stands at 7.83 inches with prior year highs and lows noted. Dow Jones noon stock averages show declines across industrial, transportation, and utility sectors.
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Mt. Vernon
Bend Lake
Main Dam
Sinois
New York
Indus
Jefferson County School Board Forum Expanded for Candidates
The Greater Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce invites candidates to a public forum on April 8 expanding coverage to school board races across Jefferson County. Committee chairman Robert Ohms says the event lets voters hear all candidates and learn about issues, with media help to inform participants and advance notice required for inclusion.
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Jefferson County
Greater
Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce
Mt. Vernon
Robert Ohms
Merchants Warn Of Short Change Artist At Kroger Store
The Kroger manager alerted merchants after a five-foot-nine, about 300-pound man wearing a sweat shirt attempted a short change act Sunday afternoon. Police were notified and are seeking the suspect.
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Kroger
Muscatine Police Chief Faces Marijuana Delivery Charge
In Muscatine Iowa preliminary hearing set for March 1 for Police Chief Wayne A McDaniel charged with delivery of marijuana and barbiturates He was released on bond and suspended Mayor Ronald Hansen named Jack Roelle acting chief McDaniel who has served since 1974 denies the accusations noting the case involves two felony counts with potential five year prison terms and fines up to 1000
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Muscatine
Iowa
Wayne A. McDaniel
McDaniel
Muscatine County
Ronald Hansen
Jack Roelle
Richard D. Oppelt
Newell
Youth Arrested On Charge From High School Fight
Larry Bell, 16, of 1004 S 13th St, held on 5000 bond in Jefferson County Jail framed by an aggravated battery charge from a fight near Mt Vernon Township High School on Oct 11 1974. Indicted Feb 20 1975 by a Jefferson County grand jury, indictment suppressed until arrest at 1230 PM. Bell allegedly struck Hal Holloway in the head with a cane at the corner of 7th and Jordan Streets. the October fight spurred several days of racial tension at the school.
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Larry Bell
S. 13Th St
Jefferson County
Mt. Vernon Township High School
Bell
Hal Holloway
7Th
Jordan Streets
Schiexal
Man held after weekend shooting in Montgomery County
A 35 year old William Jones is jailed in Montgomery County after allegedly shooting his brother Edward Jones and Dennis Kennedy. Edward, 50, is in critical condition with gunshot wounds. Kennedy, 35, is stable. Jones, armed with a rifle, refused surrender and was tear gassed by state police. no officers were shot. The case prompts formal charges to be filed today.
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Taylor Springs, II
Montgomery County
Claude Carlock
Carlock
William Jones
Edward Jones
Taylor Springs
Dennis Kennedy
St. John's Hospital
Kennedy
Edward
Jones
New Orleans and New York Scores Snapshot
Unclear game notes show New Orleans 65 New York 59 with ranking lines. Oklahoma City 42 34 split and Oman 32 19 imply partial box scores or interim figures from a late edition.
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New Orleans
Cdy
New York
Okla
City
Oman
Mt Vernon Masonic Lodge Special Meeting March 10 1975
Mt Vernon Lodge No 31 A F and A M directs a special meeting on Monday March 10 1975 to perform First Degree work led by W M A Neil Sinks Mt Vernon Chapter No 233 Eastern Star sets its stated meeting for Tuesday March 13 at 730 p m in the Masonic Temple with W M Margaret Elliott and Sec Naomi R Bogan listed
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Mt. Vernon Lodge No
A.F
A.M
A. Neil Sinks
W.M
Eastern Star
Mt. Vernon
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Margaret Elliott
Naomi R. Bogan
Sec
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Ryan Lane
Thurman
Chason Florida
V.F.W. Post
Griff Fally Bluford
Griff Fally
International Shoe Company
Flora
Wells Chapel
Farrington Township
Donald Breeze
Fally Cemetery
Osborn
Mr. Fally
Leopold Modeste
Sarah Melissa (Wells) Fally
Merle Lowe Brenton
Mississippi County
Arkansas
Phillip Fally
Gene Brenton
Downers Grove
James Brenton
Eunice Weems
Hazel Sparling
Effingh
New Mexico
ST. Louis
National Stockyards
Federal Reserve
New York Stock Exchange
Fed
Wall Street
National Association of Purchasing Management
Levitz
National Gypsum
Bethlehem Steel
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Clyde Massey
Howard Kraps
Bob Shaw
C. M. Dixon
Homestead
Merchants Beware
Mr.v. Store
Muscatine, Iowa
Rockford
UPI
George Didier
Didier
Joey
St. Bernadette’s Church
Louis Jackson
Orlando
Philad'phia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Rapid City
Rockford Snow
Moline Snow
Quincy Eldy
Decatur Snow
Peoria Now A3
Springfield Snow
Chgo. Gr.Pk. Snow
Chgo. Mid
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Madison Cldy
South Bend Snow
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Owen Bailey
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
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Hyacinth
Ted
Sygismund
Jean
Alson Modert
Glenn Filberth
God
Aloys
Louie
Ziarnek
Sandy Allen
Taylor Springs, Ill
Illinois
Shelbyville
Sandy
Dan Gerber
Dan
Don Bute
Judy
Indiana State Board of Animal Health
Indianapolis
Clay County
Euters
MT. Vernon, Illinois
Max
Mercury
Max Pardee
W-G Motors
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