Deaths and Funerals J F Garrison age 69 Wayne City
James Franklin Garrison 69 retired Wayne City merchant died 7 10 a m Tuesday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Funeral 2 00 p m Thursday Richardson Chapel Wayne City with burial in Garrison cemetery. He lay in state after 6 00 p m today. Survived by wife Iva one son J D Garrison Fairfield two daughters Augusta Baker Ulysses KS Nancy Ann at home sister Mary Schuster Mt Vernon eight grandchildren seven great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Franklin Garrison
Wayne City
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Richardson Chapel
Clifford Burney
Joe Bob Pierce
Garrison Cemetery
Garrison
Wayne County
Will D
Florence (Sheley) Garrison
Masonic Lodge
Iva
J. D. Garrison
Fairfield
Augusta Mae Baker
Ulysses
Kansas
Nancy Ann
Mary Schuster
Mt. Vernon
L. T. Gammill of Woodlawn Dies at 65
Lawrence T. Gammill age 65 of route 1 Woodlawn died on arrival at St Marys Hospital Centralia after a sudden illness. Funeral services held at Queen Boggs Chapel Centralia with burial at St Carlos cemetery Herrin. He was born January 24 1904 in Trilla Illinois and survived by wife Jenny Oldani three brothers Alfred Oran and Clint and sister Edna plus other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence T. Gammill
Route 1
Woodlawn
St. Mary’s Hopital
Centralia
Queen Boggs Funeral Chapel
Glen Hawkins
St. Carlos Cemetery
Herrin
Queen - Boggs Funeral Home
Mr. Gammill
Trilla
Ill
William L
Ada (Knight) Gammill
Jenny Oldani
Springfield
Gammill
Decatur
Alfred Gammill
Arlington Heights
Oran Gammill
Lerna, T
Clint Gammill
Neoga
Edna Gammill
Lerna
Ada Swanson Dies Former Woodlawn Resident at 73
Ada Swanson, 73, a former Woodlawn resident, died suddenly yesterday at a Paxton hospital. Survived by sister Mrs. E. C. Champ of Woodlawn, daughters Mrs. Lee Lanman of Mattoon, Mrs. Norma Robinson of Champaign, Mrs. Allen Reston of Paxton, and son Robert Swanson who has served in the U. S. Navy for 25 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Swanson
Woodlawn
Paxton
E. C. Champ
Lee Lanman
Mattoon
Norma Robinson
Champaign
Allen Reston
Robert Swanson
U. S. Navy
Nettie Spitler Dies Former Resident in Lawrenceville
Nettie Spitler a former Mr Vernon resident died Tuesday at the Methodist Home in Lawrenceville at 10 00 am The funeral will be held Saturday in the chapel of the Methodist Home in Lawrenceville Graveside rites follow at 2 00 pm Saturday at Hill Crest Cemetery Centralia She is survived by two sons Benard Spitler Washington Ind Oliver Spitler Picayune Miss eight grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Spitler
Vernon
Lawrenceville
Hill Crest
Centralia
Centralia Rites For Bill Ryan Vietnam War Victim
Funeral services for SP-5 William D. Ryan of Route 1 Walnut Hill, killed in Vietnam March 1, will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday in Keith-Swango Funeral Home Centralia. Rev. Leslie Elliott will officiate. burial in Hillcrest Memorial Park. Friends may call after 6 p.m. Thursday. The 21-year-old Centralia High School graduate was a member of Pleasant View Free Will Baptist Church. Survived by his parents Mer J. and Lucille Ryan, brother Jimmie, sister Kayla Carline, and grandparents May Ryan, Eva Price, and Rex Price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SP-5
William D
Bill” Ryan
Route 1
Walnut Hill
Vietnam
Centralia
Keith-Swango
Leslie Elliott
Mt. Vernon
Hillcrest Memorial Park
Centralia High School
Pleasant “View
Free Will Baptist Church
Omer J
Lucille (Price) Ryany
Jimmie
Kayla Carlene
May Ryan
Eva Price
Walnut Hil
Rex Price
Lakeland
Fla
Brother of Mt. V minister dies in Nokomis
Rev. Gilbert C. Dude of Nokomis died suddenly in Hampton Tennessee while visiting his son Rev. Ralph Dude and family. He was a native of Edwardsville Illinois and retired from the Central Illinois Conference. His wife died in October 1968. Funeral services planned for Thursday at 2 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church Nokomis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Dude
West Salem Trinity
Shiloh United
First United Methodist Church
Nokomis
Hospital Notes List Discharges and Admissions
A hospital note lists admissions and discharges across multiple patients. Admitted include John Biggerstaff and Lena Phillips, while discharges include Gloria Goldman and John Wilkerson. The list covers numerous names and addresses in towns such as Belle Rive Salem Odin and Mulkey Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Phillips
Route 6
Gloria Jean Goldman
Salem
John Dale Wilkerson
Belle Rive
Lena T. Stanick
Jones
Toni Lynn Reese
North
Cecilia Johnson
Casey
Clifford Fields, Sr
Yvonne Sandy
Katheryn Eddyington
Eva Milner
Ina
Carl Hongsemeier
Rose Hill
Eugene Zimmerman
Mary Albright
Odin
Edgar Dial
Kell
John Pate
Forest
John Manley
Iziah White
South
Gloria Gover
Tina Miller
Donna Karn
Donna Smith
Brenda Stilley
Marteeny
Avanell Balwin
Lamar
Loretta Lindsey
Jeffery Wade
Betty McCullough
College
Alfred Orrick
Maple Grove
Judith Henrickson
Ronald Earle
Bluford
Ottie Grimes
Spitler Family Welcomes Daughter Julie Ann
Mr and Mrs Bill Spitler of 233 Glen Garry St Louis Missouri announce the birth of a daughter Julie Ann on March 4. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs T J Cadell of St Louis and Mr and Mrs Oliver Spitler of Picayune Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Spitler
Glen Garry
St. Louis
Julie Ann
T. J. Cadell
Oliver Spitler
Picayune
Miss
DeGaulle Rebukes Strikers in France Amid Turmoil
De Gaulle warned beyond a 4 percent wage rise risks inflation and franc devaluation. Paris saw clashes as police cleared barricades on Boulevard du Temple. 230 demonstrators arrested, 12 officers hurt. Daily life slowed with schools on holiday, transport cut, and services near idle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Boulevard du Temple
Hog Market Prices At Mt Vernon Market
Prices at Mt Vernon hog market to 12 30 pm show meat type hogs 200 to 220 lb tops at 20 00 20 25 and 220 to 230 lb tops 19 75 Sows ranged 14 00 17 00 boars 10 00 11 00 After 12 30 pm prices to be based on next day figures
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Released In Morning Quotes
Mt Vernon reported grain prices this morning with Wheat at 1.21, Soybeans at 2.51, and Corn at 1.14. Prices reflect local market activity and are subject to change with trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Butter and Eggs Wholesale Prices Listed
Chicago Butter wholesale buying prices show scores AA 93 at 66, 90 B 63 percent, 89 C 60 and 14, Cars 90 B 64, 89 C 62. Eggs wholesale buying prices list grade A whites 43, mediums 36, standards 36, checks 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Livestock prices at National Stockyards Thursday figures
Estimates show hogs 6 000 head and cattle 800 head with calves and sheep also listed. Hogs quoted at 21.10 for 195-240 lb barrows and gilts, 18.25-18.50 for 300-400 lb sows, 16.00-17.00 for boars. Cattle include steers 28.25-29.00, heifers 27.00-28.75, cows 18.50-71.00, bulls 20.50-24.00, vealers 32.00-43.00, calves 18.00-26.00. Sheep 500 with lambs 29.00-30.35 and ewes 8.00-10.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Til
Egg price ranges listed for consumer and wholesale grades
The report from St. Louis shows consumer egg grades with large 38-43 cents, medium 32-36, small 27-30, and B large 29-33. Wholesale grades run standard 28-30, medium 24-26, pullet 23-24, graded large 32-34, hens heavy 15, light over 5% lbs 6, and broilers and fryers 27.75-28.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Wall Street Mixed After Slim Morning Gains
Wall Street opened with a small gain but trading slowed. The Dow stood at 920.00 at noon, off 0.93, after a higher start. The rally faded as institutions pulled back, with 9 of 20 most-active NYSE issues up and 11 down. Pacific Petroleum led gains on the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Associated Press
House
Ways and Means Committee
Pacific Petroleums
American Stock Exchange
Theater Manager Sentenced for Obscene Film Showing
SOSTON AP reports theater manager Joseph Sasso of Peabody was fined 1000 dollars and given six months in jail after conviction in Boston Municipal Court for showing The Killing of Sister George, a British film with a lesbian love scene at Cheri Theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soston
Sister George
Joseph Sasso
Peabody
Cheri
Boston
Most Imprecise Maneuver Return To Earth Still The Danger Of Space
Space Center Houston AP recalls that re entry remains the riskiest part of spaceflight with failed parachutes and outsized splashdowns. It notes Soviet and American near disasters, including Kormarov and Grissom, plus Glenn Carpenter and Cooper, and discusses ocean landings as the safer option. Apollo 9 faces rough splashdown if forecasts hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
SPACE
Center
Houston
Mother Earth
Vladimir M. Kormarov
Virgil I. Grissom
Liberty Bell
Atlantic Ocean
John H. Glenn
Scott Carpenter
L. Gordon
Cooper
Charles Conrad
American Space Program
Russia
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Schweickart
Cambodia Frees U S Fliers On Nixon Request
Four American airmen held in Cambodia since February 12 after a S-19 downing were freed following a letter from President Nixon to Prince Norodom Sihanouk. Maj. Querin Herlik Laird Osburn John Fisher Rob Pryor were released to the Australian Embassy in Phnom Penh and arrived in Bangkok aboard a Burmese airliner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangkok
Cambodia
Nixon
Norodom Sihanouk
Querin Herlik
Green Bay
Wis
Laird Osburn
Webster
W. Va
John Fisher
Gainesville
Fla
Rob Pryor
Oak Ridge
Tenn
South Vietnam
Sihanouk
Phnom Penh
Amvets Post 4 Plans Regular Mt Vernon Meeting
Amvets Post 4, Mt. Vernon Illinois, announces a regular meeting for Wednesday March 12 at 7 30 p m in the club rooms All members are urged to attend Adjutant Ray Baril serves notice
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amvets Post 4
Mt. Vernon
Illinois
Ray Baril
Two Accidents in Mt. Vernon Leave One Injured
Two vehicle crashes occurred in Mt. Vernon yesterday. At Tenth and Main a city pickup driven by Paul E. Quinn collided with Christine Rockenmeyer s car. Celia Johnson, an 81-year-old passenger, suffered a minor injury. Vehicle damage exceeded 100 dollars to the car and 75 dollars to the truck. In a separate 4:25 p.m. incident a Mildred C. Pigg car struck a parked car on South 17th Street, inflicting over 100 dollars damage to the moving car and about 75 dollars to the parked auto owned by Eugene Ference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Tenth
Maine
Paul E. Quinn
South 21St Street
Christine Rockenmeyer
Oakland Avenue
Celia Johnson
Casey Avenue
Mildred C. Pigg
Route 7
South 17Th Street
Pigg
Eugene Ference
South 17Th
Former Lesser Resident Killed in Bi loxi Hit and Run
Thomas Edwards, 52, a former Lesser Resident, was killed by a hit and run driver near his Biloxi Mississippi home Tuesday evening. Burial will be in York Alabama. Edwards served 26 years in the Air Force. He is survived by his father, Harry Edwards of Mt. Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Edwards
Biloxi
Miss
York
Ala
Edwards
Air Force
Harry Edwards
Mt. Vernon
Arch of Titus carries Rome’s triumph memory
The Arch of Titus in Rome was erected by Domitian in A.D. 81 to commemorate the capture of Jerusalem by Emperor Titus. It was rebuilt in 1822.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Titus
Domitian
Jerusalem
Sisters Attend Hospital Administration Congress Seminar Series
Sister M. Joanne and Fred J. Schlosser returned from Chicago where they attended the 12th Congress on Administration hosted by the American College of Hospital Administrators at the Sherman House. The event offered 22 seminars for 1600 administrators with three choices per registrant and two general sessions, plus time for discussion on management challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Samaritan Hospital
M. Joanne
Fred J. Schlosser
Chicago
American College of Hospital Administrators
Sherman House
Joanne
Schlosser
Bill Falls 19 Votes Short Repeal Illinois Gun Law
Illinois House fell 19 votes short of repealing the 1967 gun owner registration law with a 70 to 77 tally though sponsor Rep. Gale Williams defended the bill as correcting a wrong. Opponents from Chicago argued the measure limits crime control, while Williams criticized costs of the program and collectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Gale Williams
Murphysboro
General Assembly
Chicago
Illinois
Williams
Paul Elward
Senate
50 State Alarm For Actress Mona Crawford
Police issued a 50 state alert for Mona Crawford an actress who vanished under suspicious circumstances while retrieving two stolen poodles. The 41 year old born Mona Sherman disappeared after a mysterious phone call directing her to Broadway and 90th Street at 8 p.m. A dairy farmer from Wayland Mass reported being with her in her apartment when the call came. Crawford had advertised a reward for the dogs Cappy and Romeo stolen Feb 10 near Broadway and 90th Street. She lived alone with a daughter Lynda 19 who resides on Long Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mona Crawford
Mona’ Sherman
Sha Yng
Shick
Miss Crawford
Broadway
90Th Street
Lynda
Southampton
Long Island
Kirkland Divorce Seeks Custody and Support
Carolyn Sue Kirkland filed a divorce suit against Byron Dwayne Kirkland in circuit court yesterday. They married May 27, 1967 and separated Feb 8, 1969. She charges mental cruelty and seeks property settlement, child support, and custody of a minor child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Sue Kirkland
Byron Dwayne Kirkland
Change Area For Apollo Splashdown
SPACE CENTER Houston AP Flight controllers delayed Apollo 9 landing by one orbit to escape stormy seas off Bermuda. The crew will splash down 480 miles south near Grand Turk Island Bahamas with excellent weather expected. New time 11 56 a.m. EST.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadalcanal
Grant Divorce In Court Here
A divorce was granted in circuit court yesterday in the Harry L. Koppen v Jean E. Koppen case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. Koppen
Jean E. Koppen
Protest Firings Rally Local 1754 Meeting
A special meeting of Local 1754 of the Illinois State Employees Union is set for 7 30 tonight at the local labor hall to discuss protests over the firing of four workers at Mt Vernon State TB Sanitarium. Wilma Wright, local president, says attendance is crucial and Roger Frazier of Council 384 will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Miinois’ State Employees’ Union
Wilma Wright
Mt. Vernon State
Roger Frazier
Springfield
Fines Assessed in Circuit Court
Clarence A Williams of Cahokia paid $10 for improper passing Arnold H Marquard of Nashville paid $10 for failure to yield right of way Marlin R Klingler of Scheller paid $10 for speeding Billy R Goforth of 210 S 66th paid $10 for disobeying a stop sign
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence A. Williams
Cahokia
Arnold H. Marquard
Nashville
Marlin RR
Klingler
Scheller
Billy R. Goforth
S. 66Th
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. F. Garrison
L. T. Gammill
Bill Ryan
Mt. V
Jefferson Memorial
John Biggerstaff
McLeansbo
Degaulle
Mt. Vernon Grain
Wall Street
FREE
Neal Bros
Broadway Dial
Tadeusz Slusarz
Trzebiatow
Poland
Paul Recer
AP Aerospace Winter
U.S
Amvets
Twin Willows Nursing Center
North Salem
Fred Schlosser
Bill. Falls
James A. McDivitt
David R. Scott
Russell L. Schweickart
Stuart Roosa
Bermuda
McDivitt
Grand Turk
Roosa
Park Avenue
Baptist ‘Church
Todd" Taylor, Evangelist
Wayne Reynolds
WMIX
Everett Lemay
Circuit Court
Roy
Montclair
Roy Atkinsork
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!