Funeral Rites Held For Charles R. Miller Dahlgren
Charles R. Miller of Dahlgren dies at 1 30 a m at Jefferson Memorial Hospital at 72 10 24. Retired farmer suffered a stroke Sunday and funeral services set for Sunday at 2 p m at Dahlgren Methodist Church with Rev Fagan. Burial in Richardson Hill cemetery. He was born April 17 1882 in Dahlgren, married to Nellie Gray who preceded him in death. Survived by four sons two daughters, eighteen grandchildren and six great grandchildren, three brothers and two sisters. He was a veteran of the Spanish American War and a member of the Methodist church. Burial arrangements handled by Gagg Gholson Funeral Home.
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Charles R. Miller
Dahlgren
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Miller
Dahlgren Methodist Church
Fagan
Richardson Hill Cemetery
Gagg-Gholson
Mr. Miller
George
Florence (Heathington) Miller
Nellie Gray
Methodist Church
Charles Felbert Miller
Rio Vista
Calif
Long Beach
Denver
Marshall
Funeral for Wayne City resident Fred M. Lappin set Sunday
Fred M. Lappin 80 of Wayne City died 11 p.m. Wednesday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. A retired Baptist minister and partner with son Frank in a Wayne City machine shop, he was born October 14, 1874 in Wayne County. Survived by widow Amy Tolbert, two sons Frank and Hubert, four daughters Edith Murphy, Lulu Kingsbury, Ruby Miller, and Beulah Borcelone. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday at Wayne City Baptist Church. burial Thomason. Friends may call after 6 p.m. today at Richardson Chapel.
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Fred M. Lappin
Wayne City
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Frank
Wayne County
Richardson Chapel
Thomason Cemetery
Mr. Lappin
Amy Tolbert
Hubert
Port Huron
Mich
Edith Murphy
Lulu Kingsbury
St. Louis
Ruby Miller
Carmel
Cold Medicine Eats Up Hankies
London The Air Ministry said a grape derived glycolic acid solution was used to treat handkerchiefs for Royal Air Force personnel to repel the common cold. In one squadron 14 of 256 treated men caught colds, while 34 of 256 in an untreated group did. Laundering breaks the treated handkerchiefs.
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London
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Ministry
Airport Moves Report Names Several Local Flights
Air travel activity today includes Don Rumberg arriving from Peoria and Donald McLean transporting Mrs. James Clark to Terre Haute Indiana while another flight ferried Mrs. Earl Outland from Abilene Texas. A. W. Rea landed locally en route to Abilene and Donald McLean also flew to St. Louis to pick up Mrs. Earl Outland returning from Abilene.
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Don Rumberg
Peoria
Donald Mclean
Nashville
Tenn
W. Rea
Abilene
Texas
James Clark
Terre Haute
Ind
St. Louis
Earl Outland
Winchell Plans To Quit ABC Net Over Insurance
Walter Winchell says he will leave ABC radio and TV by next Christmas after nearly 25 years. He cites contract release, grievances over a million-dollar libel policy, stock option promises, and past salary offers as reasons for his decision. He may work with another network or produce his own newscasts.
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Associated Press
New York
Walter Winchell
ABC Radio and Television
American Broadcasting Co
Winchell
ABC
CBS
Network
Nbc-Tv
Four Indicted In Robbery Of Bank In Illinois
A federal grand jury indicted Levi Porter 26 Ronald Moore 25 both of Pana Illinois Herbert F Porter 33 and Warner Porter 50 all related on charges of bank robbery and conspiracy in the January 17 holdup of the State Bank of Keyesport Illinois Moore is free on 10000 bond. The Porters are jailed in St Louis for federal authorities. Authorities said Moore and the Porters were arrested within 12 hours after state police using a plane spotted the getaway car near Warner Porter's Mulberry Grove farm.
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Associated Press
East ST. Louis
Ill
State Bank
Keyesport
Levi Porter
Ronald Moore
Pana
Herbert F. Porter
Levi
Warner Porter
Mulberry Grove
Moore
Woman awarded 11800 for inability to powder her nose
In Hartford Connecticut a Superior Court judge awarded a woman 11800 for mental anguish after an automobile crash left her nose disfigured, preventing use of cosmetics. Judge Abraham S. Borden ruled cosmetics are a prerogative of a woman and deprivation can cause distress greater than bodily injury.
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Associated Press
Hartford
Conn
Superior
Abraham S. Borden
Child Killed In Scooter Accident
Houston Texas. Shari Lynn Ward six died Thursday when her father Ernest Elmo Ward thirty nine, distracted by a barking dog, rode a motor scooter under a chain stretched across a drive in theater driveway. His other daughter Claudia seven was swept off but escaped serious injury. Ward, manager of the drive in, placed the chain to deter teenage vandals.
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Houston
Tex
Shari Lynn Ward
Ernest Elmo Ward
Claudia
Ward
Wolfson Bid for Ward Control Attacked by Avery
CHICAGO Louis E Wolfson seeks control of Montgomery Ward & Co. Avery, Ward chairman, calls it a financial venture for backers and self. Ward reports 1954 earnings of 35.23 million on 887.34 million sales, with 327.22 million in cash and securities and dividends at 4.00. Avery cites Wolfson’s history since 1946 as evidence of self interest and contends investment security would suffer under his control.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Sewell Avery
Montgomery Ward & Co
Louis E. Wolfson
Wolfson
Ward
Avery
Seven Year Old Talking Starling Digs Classical Music
Nashville resident Mrs. Harry Titus preserves Rastus a seven year old talking starling who enjoys piano classics. The bird learned English with a Southern accent after being found with a broken leg in 1948. Virginia Titus performs piano pieces that captivate Rastus while Dr. George R Mayfield notes the bird’s novelty.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Rastus
Harry Titus
Titus
Schumann
Rachmaninoff
Prelude
Virginia
George R. Mayfield
Nashville Banner
Robinson Baby Killed In Crash
A 2 month old girl named Sheryl Breithaupt died from injuries after a two car crash on State Route 33 three miles west of Robinson. Parents Gerald and Betty Breithaupt of Palestine were injured along with Daniel Hardy of Champaign and Vera Wade of Sainte Marie.
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Associated Press
Robinson, II
Sheryl Breithaupt
Gerald Breithaupt
Palestine
Breithaupt
Betty
Daniel Hardy
Champaign
Vera Wade
Sainte Marie
Robinson
Disease Fells Historic Elm in Providence
The Roger Williams elm, tied to colonial founder Roger Williams, was felled due to Dutch elm disease. Brown University botanist Dr. Walter A. Snell measured the tree’s rings and dated it to about 200 years, noting Williams died 271 years ago this month on North Main Street.
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Associated Press
Providence
R. I
Roger Williams
North Main Street
Brown University
Walter A. Snell
Two Children Die In Old Ice Box Tragedy
In Bowdon Georgia on Thursday two siblings were smothered to death after crawling into a discarded icebox in a smokehouse. Donnie Rickey Balenger four Gwenda Faye Balenger six were playing hide and seek with their two year old sister Carolyn Lynne when the accident occurred.
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Associated Press
Bowdon
Donnie Rickey Balenger
Gwenda Faye
Carolyn Lynne
Rodge Balenger
Balenger
Upchurch Heads Highway Group
Benton Illinois John D Upchurch mayor of Eldorado was elected president of the Egyptian Federal Highway Assn a group seeking a federal road linking Shawneetown and DuQuoin Susan Childers of Eldorado was named secretary and Mayor Renes Miller of DuQuoin treasurer The group comprises city officials from Eldorado Benton Buckner Christopher and DuQuoin The towns are connected by state roads running west from Shawneetown to St Louis
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Associated Press
Benton
Ill
John D. Upchurch
Eldorado
Federal Highway Assn
Shawneetown
DuQuoin
Susan Childrers
Renes Miller
Buckner
Christopher
St. Louis
Hurricane Starts in Indiana From Ohio Airport Visit
The Weather Bureau traced a storm that formed over southeastern Michigan and western Indiana to a wind and hail producing wedge moving eastward. The Ohio River at Louisville was forecast to crest 9.5 feet above flood stage as the system sent rivers rising from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh. Outlying farms reported flattened outbuildings and blocked roads from fallen trees while thousands evacuated along the Indiana riverfront and areas near Lawrenceburg.
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Columbus
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Louisville
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Lawrenceburg
Ind
False Teeth For 4 Year Old Boy
Four year old Henry Crener left Jewish Hospital with new false teeth to address rampant tooth decay. Dentures will need replacement as he grows. his mother survived a concentration camp in Poland before arriving here.
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ST. Louis
Henry Crener
Jewish Hospital
Henry
Poland
Woman Indicted for Refusing Party Line in Fire Emergency
Poughkeepsie New York. A Dutchess County grand jury indicted Mary Kayes of Rhinebeck, 42, for refusing to yield a party telephone line during a January 21 fire emergency. The misdemeanor charge accuses her of willfully blocking fire warden Donald Townsend from calling firemen as a blaze caused about $2,500 damage.
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Associated Press
Poughkefpsie
N. Y
Dutchess County
Mary Kayes
Rhinebeck
Billy Graham Film The Mighty Fortress Preview at Stadium
H M Gilly Burnette stadium manager invites area pastors and their wives to a special 10 a m preview of The Mighty Fortress, a 31 minute Billy Graham evangelistic film made during the England campaign, to be shown at Stadium Theatre on Saturday.
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Stadium Theatre
H. M
Gilly’’ Burnette
Fox-Midwest Theatres
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Granada Theatres
Mt. Vernon Lodge to Hold Special Meeting
A special meeting of Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 31 A F and A M will be held at 7 30 p m Friday March 11. Work in First Degree. Visiting brethren welcome. James R Apgar W M William E Reavis Secy. Says Bishop’s Name Will Go On Ballot.
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Mt. Vernon Lodge No
A. F
A. M
James R. Apgar
W. M
Wm. E. Reavis
Sec’y
Bishop Speaks Against Tax Measures and Ballot Withdrawal
Former Mayor Bishop said his withdrawal should be nullified as hundreds of businessmen and residents oppose city sales and wheel taxes. He asserted the people want his name on the ballot and that he has long opposed both measures throughout his political career. He added he cannot ignore the requests of the majority who want representation against high taxes amid record unemployment.
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Bishop
Training Meeting For Conservation Directors Held
A training meeting for soil conservation district directors from nine counties was held in Nashville yesterday. Sponsored by the State Association of Soil Conservation Districts, the program included Leslie Heiser as chair and speakers from Extension Service Illinois Agricultural Association and the U S Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service. Directors from Wayne Jefferson Marion Clinton and Washington counties attended with Jefferson County members Eugene Bawer Lelan Carr Wayne Estes Manford Logan and H E Gearhart among others to learn duties and responsibilities and to aid cooperating farmers through district efforts.
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Nashville
State Association of Soil Conservation Districts
Leslie Heiser
State Division of Soil Conservation
Department of Agriculture
Extension Service
Illnois Agricultural Association
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Soil Conservation Service
Wayne
Jefferson
Marion
Clinton
Washington Counties
Jefferson County
Eugene Bawer
Soil Conservation District
Lelan Carr
Wayne Estes
Manford Logan
H. E. Gearhart
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admission List
Admissions include Velma Friar Whittington Jane Mezo Wanda Winter Helen Rudrauff Esther Winesburgh Rev Floyd Dulany of Wayne City and others. Discharges list Norma Harvill infant Stephen Wayne Betty McDonald Gladys Simmons Nadine Dodge Myrtle Learned and infant William Timothy Pigg Cheryl Jean.
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Velma Friar
Whittington
Jane Mezo
Wanda Winter
Spring Garden
Helen Jean Rudrauff
Esther Winesburgh
Wayne City
Floyd Dulany
Norma Jean Harvill
Bonnie
Stephen Wayne
Betty McDonald
Gladys Simmons
Kell
Nadine Dodge
Opdyke
Myrtle Learned
Dahlgren
William Timothy Pigg
Florence Kaufman
RFD
Bluford
Cheryl Jean
George W. Reed
Good Samaritan Admits and Discharges List
Admission records show Mrs. Phyllis B. Tore and a group including Christoper Little Miss Patricia Lee Lane Ora Otto Howard and others from Woodlawn Wayne City and Mattoon. Discharges include Mrs. Marjorie Alice Fleener Nancy Lee Stanley and infant Lowell Thomas Jr and several others from Waltonville Mattoon.
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Christoper
Patricia Lee Lane
Ora Otto Howard
Verne
Eileene Mills
Woodlawn
Edna Virginia Spitler
Faye Juanita Smith
Mary An Moore
Opal Sylvia May
Alice Marie Conder
Wayne City
Marjorie Alice Fleener
Nancy Lee Stanley
Lowell Thomas, Jr
Gladys Mae Spangler
Mary Magdalene Compton
Owen E. Jones
Hazel Edna Gregory
Alice Adaline Sink
Carolyn Sue Newell
Waltonville
Dorothy T. Gateley
Robert Dean Frankhart
Nathan Earl Runells
Mattoon
Hoffman Awarded 1500 Dollar Judgment Against Knitting Co
John R. Hoffman ex-manager of the Illinois Knitting Co. won a 1500 dollar circuit court judgment against the company for unpaid board of directors services from 1949 to 1951. The firm had shut its Illinois plant a few years earlier.
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Illinois Knitting Co
The
Knitting Co
Hoffman
Charles T. Randolph
Mt. V. Firemen and Police Earn Red Cross Emblems
Red Cross first aid certificates and shoulder emblems were issued to Mt. V. firemen and policemen who completed standard and advanced first aid training under T. W. Compton. The course aided city officials with public safety and civil defense readiness.
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Red Cross
T. W. Compton
William Page
Harold E. Albright
Julius C. Lustig
Pearl McGehee
Arthur Phillips
Fred Dedman
Verner L. Pigg
John L. Wielt
Robert Webb
Lyman Grigg
Andrew D. Webb
Luther Winkler
Births Shine in Mt. Vernon and Washington D C
Mr and Mrs Sherman Friar Whittington announce a six pound 10 ounce daughter born at 508 pm Thursday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital The baby remains unnamed Mr and Mrs Albert Kunmann announce a nine pound six ounce daughter Claudia Gail born at 615 am today at George Washington Hospital Washington DC Mrs Kunmann formerly Tlah Ferne Latham daughter of Mr and Mrs John Latham 508 N 12th Mt Vernon
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Sherman Friar
Whittington
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Albert Kunmann
Claudia Gail
George Washington Hospital
Washington
D. C
Kunmann
Tlah Ferne Latham
John Latham
Mt. Vernon
Two Hurt In East Highway Truck Collision
Two persons were injured when two trucks collided on state 15, four miles east of Mt. Vernon at 10 this morning. Vehicles were driven by W. M. Beasley of Cisne and Stephen Winesburgh of Wayne City. Injured were Esther Winesburgh and Rev. Floyd Dulaney, 44, of Wayne City. both treated at Jefferson Memorial Hospital.
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State 15
Mt. Vernon
John Richardson
W. M. Beasley
Cisne
Stephen Winesburgh
RFD 1
Wayne City
Winesburgh
Esther
Floyd Dulaney
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Sports Editor's Car Accident Reported in Herrin
A car driven by Merle Jones of Herrin, sports editor of The Southern Illinoisan, overturned on state route 37 at about 7 30 last.
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Merle Jones
Herrin
Southern Illinoisan
Mt Vernon basketball traveler shaken in near underpass incident
Night incident four miles north of Mt. Vernon leaves Mr. Jones shaken but uninjured. He was en route to Salem to watch the Mt. Vernon Centralia basketball game.
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Mt. Vernon
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