Mt Vernon Area Social and Obituary Roundup
Mrs. Roy Stout visits St Louis on business. Many relatives from Mt Vernon and nearby towns visit, travel, or report illness. Attendees at A Wayne Daily funeral include state engineers from Manteno Kankakee Elgin and Chicago hospitals and local families from McLeansboro and Benton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Stout
St. Louis
Reggie Deitz
McLeansboro
Eurage Witter
Eva Logan
Pinckneyville
Hughey Crowder
Dan Dale
South 12Th Street
John Garrison
Near Camp Ground
Benton
Albert Johnson
Johnson
John W. Morgan
Atlanta
Earl Garrison
Linda
Chester Rutherford
Jane Threlkeld
Richard Long
Dayton
Ohio
Leone Threlkeld
Arthur Ray
Dale Kergan
Nashville
Tenn
Grace Featherley
Fred Jones
Marseilles
Ill
John Jones
Harold E. Trout
Loreda
Betty Martin
Effingham
Florence Trout
south 22nd_ street
Tommy Regenhart
Betty Dyer
Jerry Gott
Martha Nick
Leila Epperson
Harold Lewey
Harry Crisel
Walter Nill
Leo Horton
A. Wayne Daily
McLeansborn
James Steagall
Manteno State
Alfred Bergner
Kankakee State Hospital
James F. Bryan
Elgin State Hospital
Harvey Lewis
State Reformatory
Dwight, Tl
H. T. Proctor
Alton
Sam Disch
Charlie Partridge
Bill Bryan
Neal Bryan
Cecil McAurally
Chicago State Hospital
Joe Cohen
John Sharp
East Moline
Ben Burdick
Anna
Harry Story
Manteno
Harry Potter
Dixon
Dixon Colopy; Ralph Ward
Orbie Russell
Bernice Vasey
Jacksonville State Hospital
James Elliott
Dix
Mt. Vernon
Minnie Pilson
Cherry Street
Mary Lakey
Chester
Barnes Hospital
Howard Morriss
Roberta
Centralia
Virgil York
Kenneth Randall
Walter McConnaughay
Leslie Wilson
Champaign
Ernest Reimer
Casper Tish
North Fourth Street
Jimmy Hill
Conger
Glenda Fay
Perkins
Donald Horton
Shawnee Street
Pearson Carnahan
LeeAnn
Marjorie Powers
Francis Partridge
Iola
J’nita Arthurs
Good Samaritan Hospital
Clay Cutler
Beecher City
Kenneth Flowers
A. Wayne
Lelan Carr
Vera
Marshall Laughmiller
Marilyn Ruth
Gertrude Snodsmith
Elmer Snodsmith
Irma Betchel
Tilla Stephenson
Carrie Garrison
Dla May Hughes
Ola Harris
Dale Warren
Phyllis
Barbara Pate
Ottie Lovan
Helen Stevens
Mabel Gabriel
William Southerd
George Carr
Carole Dillingham
Richard Dykes
Lois McGath
Bill Perry
Evansville
Kenrey
Gil Wood
Mary Ellen
Sian
Fromvansville
Ind
Valme McMann
Mary Storey
Evelyn Johnson
Mgende, JR
B. Jack
Opdyke Sp
Alva Kern
Mauris
Joan Vitt
Linda Lou
Sandra Sue
Canton
Irvin J Hertenstein
Perry Bell
Bluford
Mary Panger
Waltonville
Ward Addinson and Son
Cisne
Lela Mulls
Opdyke
Meador Payne marriage通知 Arline Payne wed Robert Meador
Recently married Arline Payne daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer Payne Fairfield Road and Robert Meador son of Mr and Mrs Mason Meador Route 5 Mr Vernon exchanged vows at the home of the bride’s grandparents Link Ford with Rev George Shelton officiating The wedding featured a double ring ceremony in the presence of a few relatives The bride wore a light blue street length dress and a white carnation corsage The matron of honor was her sister Mrs William McGuire The groom and best man wore white carnation boutonnieres Refreshments were served by the bride’s mother and grandmother The couple resides at 511 South 19th Street Mt Vernon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Link Ford
George Shelton
William McGuire
Elmer Payne
South 19Th Street
Mt. Vernon
Leota Webber Dies at 78 in Champaign Funeral
Leota Leach Webber 78, widow of George Webber, died Saturday. She lived with daughter Helen Ricketts in Memphis and was sister to Lydia Pigg and Louis Leach, with half sisters Louella Pigg of Mt Vernon and Maude Gardner of Springfield. Funeral set for Tuesday in Champaign. Born in Jefferson County, she left 47 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leota Leach Webber
Helen Ricketts
Memphis, Tenn
Webber
Lydia Pigg
Louis Leach
Louella Pigg
Mt. Vernon
Maude Gardner
Springfield
Champaign
George Webber
Jefferson County
Wealthy Cop Kills Burglar in St Louis
In St Louis on March 14 detective Elliott Lambert of the affluent Lambert pharmacal family shot and killed a burglar identified as William A. Baldwin, 22, after Baldwin surprised a tavern burglary with another officer. Lambert, 22, fired four times after a warning to halt was ignored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St, Louis
Elliott Lambert
Lambert Pharmacal Family
William A. Baldwin
Labert
Baldwin
Lambert
Pioneer Mine Operator Dies
Robert Dick, an 85 year old pioneer southern Illinois coal operator, died in a hospital yesterday. He supervised sinking three mines in the region including Bobby Dick near Herrin. Services will be Wednesday at Sunfield nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Quoin
Robert Dick
Herrin
Sunfield
Cruelty Charged In Divorce Suit
June Marvelyn Owens filed for divorce against Charles Herbert Owens in circuit court on cruelty grounds. She seeks custody of a minor child and alimony. The couple wed June 1 1946 and separated September 19 1948, with County Judge Frank H. Walker representing the plaintiff.
Mt Vernon Resident Undergoes Tonsillectomy Saturday
A Mt Vernon business visitor Joann Patton daughter of Mr and Mrs W E Patton of 1010 Oakland underwent a tonsillectomy in a local physician office Saturday morning Mrs Everett Carlton of Vandalia spent the weekend here with Mrs Josie Carlton Mrs Millie Youngblood of Keenes was a visitor here Saturday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Joann Patton
W. E. Patton
Oakland
Everett Carlton
Vandalia
Josie Carlton
Millie Youngblood
Keenes
Local births reported at Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr and Mrs George Robert Morgan of Route 3 Vernon welcomed a daughter Sunday night. Mr and Mrs William Travis Morgan of 322 North Eighth Street had a son Sunday morning. Mr and Mrs Clifford Hicks of Waltonville reported a son born this morning. Another line repeats Hicks entry. Mr and Mrs Forrest Buckman of Fairfield are listed as parents of a birth at Good Samaritan Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Robert Morgan
Route 3
Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Wiliam Travis Morgan
North Eighth Street
Clifford Hicks
Waltonville
Forrest Buckman
Fairfield
Hospital Notes and Admitted Discharges List
Jefferson Memorial notes admit Edward Percy Atkin son Nancy Lee Hughes Marvin Powers Mrs Mabel Wells infant Twilla Nell Gay Mrs Maude Crider discharge Cora Fisher Macedonia infant Brenda Joyce Walter Gard ner Woodlawn Betty Cave Mrs Lillian Berry Sandra Browning Good Samaritan admits Oleta Swarm Lester Williams Wendell Dunbar Ina Jack Kotter Doris Rector Emma Williams Fairfield discharge Earl Quarterman Centralia infant Michael Farr is colored William Andrews David Sledge Lee Yearwood Jacqueline Hofer Ada Butcher Jane Harrington Kenneth Griffith Fairfield Maggie Carroll Ina Maude Carey Fairfield infant Edward Dickey Bruford Herman Wagener Scheller Thomas Adcock Woodlawn JNita Arthurs Iola Arthurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Memorial
Edward Percy Atkinson
Nancy Lee Hughes
Marvin Powers
Mabel Wells
Twilla Nell Gay
Maude Crider
Cora Fisher
Macedonia
Brenda Joyce
Walter Gardner
Woodlawn
Betty Cave
Lillian Berry
Sandra Browning
Good Samaritan
Oleta Swarm
Lester Williams
Wendell Dunbar
Ina
Jack Kotter
Doris Rector
Emma Williams
Fairfield
Earl Quarterman
Centralia
Michael Farris
William C. Andrews
David Sledge
Lee Yearwood
Jacqueline Hofer
Ada Butcher
Jane Harrington
Kenneth Griffith
Maggie Carroll
Maude Carey
Edward Dickey
Bruford
Herman J. Wagener
Scheller
Thomas Adcock
J'Nita Arthurs
Iola Arthurs
Child Hurt After Falling From Moving Car
Four year old Nancy Lee Hughes of RFD 1 suffered bruises yesterday afternoon when she fell from a moving auto on state route 37 about two miles south of Pit Vernon. She was in the rear seat with sisters while her father and driver Raymond Edmison sat in front. The door opened and she tumbled out. She was reported to be getting along fine at Jefferson County Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Lee Hughes
Lawrence Hughes
RFD 1
Pit. Vernon
Jefferson County Memorial Hospital
Nancy Lee
Raymond Edmison
Marion Lodge No 13 meeting for 1st Degree next Tuesday
Marion Lodge No. 13 of the I O O F will meet Tuesday evening at 7 30 to confer 1st Degree. All brothers urged to attend and welcome a fine class of candidates. Also noted was a church service Sunday night with about 100 attendants and signatures Kenneth Sandusky N G Gray Biggerstaff William Shehorn Rec Secy
Mt Vernon Masonic Lodge to Meet March 14
A special meeting of Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 31 A F and A M is scheduled for Monday night March 14 at 7:30 p.m. The agenda includes work in the third degree.
Honor John A. Dycus on 85th Birthday
Sixty four relatives and friends gathered at 1912 Broadway to honor Jan A. Dycus on his 85th birthday. He is improving after illness and received many greetings and presents. Five of six children attended. Rev. E. M. Dycus could not attend Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Dycus
Bryan Dycus
Broadway
Mr. Dycus
Jan A. Dycus
Bryan
Orval
Mt. Vernon
Irvie
Waltonville
Paul Sulcer
Roy Howard
E. M. Dycus
Granite City
Sunshine Club Meeting at Mrs Doris Williams Luncheon
The Marlow Sunshine Club will meet with Mrs Doris Williams on Wednesday for a covered dish luncheon. Ladies are asked to bring needles and thimbles. Visitors are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Club
Marlow Sunshine Club
Doris Williams
Fidelia Class Tacky Party at Wesley Methodist
The Fidelia Sunday school class of Wesley Methodist church will meet in the church basement Tuesday. The gathering will be a tacky party with refreshments. Everyone is welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fidelia Sunday School
Wesley Methodist Church
Community Club Meetings And Birthday Celebrations
The Shields Unit of the Home Bureau meets March 17 at 1 pm at 1315 South 25th Street with visitors welcome. Spring Garden Home Bureau meets Wednesday at 1 pm with Mrs Cochran. Della Dunbar presents Top of the Stove Cookery. visitors welcome. Friends celebrate Mr Atkins’ birthday with dinner and gifts. Rev Michael offers invocation and poem. Gus Medders’ 79thbirthday dinner planned with family. Mt. Vernon Shrine No 66 hosts a covered dish dinner at 6 pm and officer election at 7:30 pm at the Masonic Hall. Mt. Vernon Federated Women’s Club luncheon March 15 at Robb’s Coffee Shop. Dr Harry Mantz speaks on The Heart under Illinois State Medical Society Education Committee. Bethel Home Bureau meets March 16 at 1:30 pm on Benton Road. lessons on communicable diseases. American Legion and Auxiliary birthday dinner at Legion Home March 16 at 6:30 pm. bring a vegetable or salad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shields
Home Bureau
Cockrum
Spring Garden Home Bureau
Cochran
Della Dunbar
Charles Atkins
Mr. Atkins
James L. Michael
Atkins
W. S. of
Mt. Vernon Shrine No
White Shrine of Jerusalem
Masonic Hall
Federated Club
Mt. Vernon
Federated Women's Club
Robb's
Harry E. Mantz
Alton
Mantz
Illinois State Medical Society
Legion
American Legion and Auxiliary
March Meeting of Mt. Vernon Junior Womans Club
The Mt. Vernon Junior Woman's Club will hold its March meeting at Hotel Emmerson on Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. Guest speaker Mrs. Jesse Lewis Pickard of Benton reviews A Guide to Confident Living by Norman Vincent Peale. A girl sextet from local high schools will perform, led by Betty Hassebrock, and members are asked to bring photos for a scrapbook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Hotel Emmerson
Jesse Lewis Pickard
Benton
Tlinois
Pickard
Norman Peale
Illinois Federated Woman's Club
Benton Woman's Club
Garden Club
Hobby Club
Eastern Star
First Baptist Church
Barbara Buford
Sue Ann Hart
Jane Gott
Norma Lee Hess
Shirley Warren
Jackie York
Betty Hassebrock
Junior Red Cross Council Meeting Highlights Activities
Junior Red Cross council members from each school met in the Court House Supervisors Room on Saturday March 12 at 1 30 pm Officers elected were David Albright president Sue Ann Drennan vice president and Betty Dodd secretary. Gift boxes were distributed for overseas shipment and schools reported many articles already made such as valentines for Guardian Angeline Joliet tray covers nut cups menu covers for hospitals finger painted waste cans cloth and plastic toys and wooden dolls for distribution to hospitals and the Midwestern Area office.
S. C. Huston Dies at 73 in Mt. Vernon
S. C. Huston 73 of Mt. Vernon died at 8:15 p.m. Sunday at his home near East Salem church. He was born November 28, 1875, and rode as a farmer. Survived by wife Effie A. Owens and five sons Glenn Emery Lester Fred and Russell all of Mt. Vernon, three daughters Lula Ardella Gwendolyn, three brothers Garfield L. G. Barney Huston, one sister Fannie Smith, 19 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral Wednesday 3:00 p.m. at East Salem church with Rev. Cyrus Maulding and Rev. Chester Chilton officiating. burial in East Salem cemetery. Body at Osborn Funeral Home, calling untill 2:00 p.m. Tuesday when moved to family home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.C. Huston
Red 6
Mt. Vernon
East Salem Church
Cyrus Maulding
Chester Chilton
East Salem
Osborn Funeral Home
Mr. Huston
East Salem Baptist Church
Ludwell G
Josephine (Collane) Muston
Effie A. Owens
Glenn
Emery
Lester
Fred
Russell
Lula Bourland
Ardella Cartton
Gwendolyn Mckenzie
Garfield Huston
Decatur
L. G. Huston
St. Louis
Barney Huston
Fannie Smith
Tomorrow Last Income Tax Day Headlines Rush for Returns
Washington March 14 Tomorrow midnight is the deadline to file 1948 income tax returns and penalties await delays. Revenue bureau officials say a heavy share of the 59,000,000 obligated have filed under prospect of refunds, but many remain to do so. Any citizen with income over 600 dollars in 1948 must file on time or face penalties up to 25 percent of the tax for delay. A penalty also attaches to late filing of an estimate declaration. It is five percent of each quarterly installment plus one percent for each month or part of a month during which the installment remains unpaid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wasshuongton
Revenue Barau
Man Dies After Fall Down Stairs in Edwardsville
Timothy Ferrell aged 46 died after falling down stairs at his niece’s Edwardsville home on Saturday night. He suffered a fractured skull and broken neck and had recently moved from Carbondale Illinois to the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Edwardsville
Ill
Timothy Ferrell
Ferrell
Carbondale
Cross-Country Flights Reported From Local Field
Charles Rainey and Donald Carter flew to Salem Sunday on a cross country flight. George Robinson and FE. W. Lewick of Rochelle flew to the local field Sunday. H. C. Carr of St. Louis flew to the Mt. Vernon Airport today. Wank Fullop of Carmi flew to the local field today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Rainey
Donald Carter
Salem
George Robinson
FE. W. Lewick
Rochelle
H. C. Carr
St. Louis
Mt. Vernon
Wank Fullop
Carmi
Campus Shop Event Brings Teachers And Students Together
A campus shop event ran Friday and Saturday with English faculty members leading. Teachers included Miss Margaret Ann Cummings Mrs Anne Schmidt Mrs Mary Fore man and L A DeWitt. Students listed include Barbara Ames Donald Dodds Alva Mae Bartholomucci Mary Lou Keller Pat Hicks Doloris Purcell Wilma Milliner Elizabeth Leevy Margaret Fry Frances Bennett Marjorie Cullins Betty Anthis Barbara Baker David Brown Clifford Karch Jr Kenneth Oliver Jim Jackson Marilyn Endicott Olive Dell Me Efee and Mary Catherine Hopkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Ann Cummings
Anne Schmidt
Mary Foreman
L. A., DeWitt
Barbara Ames
Donald Dodds
Alva Mae Bartholomucci
Mary Lou Keller
Pat Hicks
Doloris Purcell
Wilma Milliner
Elizabeth Leevy
Margaret Fry
Frances Bennett
Marjorie Cullins
Betty Anthis
Barbara Baker David Brown
Clifford Karch, Jr
Kenneth Oliver
Jim Jackson
Marilyn Endicott
Olive Dell MeEfee
Mary Catherine Hopkins
Funeral Here for Marjorie Marlow
Marjorie Marlow 41, a former Mt. Vernon resident, died Saturday at St. Anthony Hospital Rock Island. The body will arrive in Mt. Vernon for funeral services at Myers Chapel Wednesday at 1 30 p m with Rev Cyrus Maulding officiating. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Survived by husband Owen Marlow, parents Newton and Ethel Mulvaney, Rock Island, a brother John R. Mulvaney, Mt. Vernon sister Mrs Henry Schramm, Mt. Vernon. She was born August 12 1907 in Mt. Vernon and was a member of First Methodist church Rock Island and Order of Eastern Star Mt. Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Marlow
Mt. Vernon
St. Anthony Hospital
Rock Island
Myers Chapel
Cyrus Maulding
Oakwood Cemetery
Newton
Ethel
Fyke) Mulvaney
Marlow
First Methodist Church of
Order of Eastern Star of
Newton Mulvaney
John R. Mu
Pioneer Resident Albert W. Johnson Dies in Missouri
Word has been received of the March 3 death of Albert W. Johnson a member of a pioneer Jefferson county family Funeral services were held at Overland and at the church of the Nazarene in Aquilla burial was in Pleasant Grove cemetery near Bloomfield He was the son of the late Abraham C and Frances Criswell Johnson
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert W. Johnson
Jefferson County
Overland
Church of the Nazarene
Aquilla
Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Bloomfield
Johnson
Abraham C
Frances (Criswell) Johnson
Unemployment Claims Reported in Jefferson County
Jefferson County reports 80 new unemployment claims and 303 continued claims for the week ending March 11 at the local USES office. Owen Herbert Jr notes the Illinois Unemployment Compensation Act aims to stabilize employment and build reserves to fund benefits during unemployment, addressing economic insecurity and taxpayer burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Owen Herbert, Jr
Mt. Vernon
Ilinois
General Assembly
Illinois
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robert Meador
Leota Webber
Y Associated Press
Pioneer
Erray Biggerstaff
William Shehorn
Frank Ancona, W. M
Peckenpaugh
Cosy Home Club
Nellie Severn
George Streets
Beta Sigma Phi
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Ray Faulkner
White Street
Eddie Ward
Becky
John L. Simmons
Texico
Cash Lowery
Neweley
Tom Simmans
Gus Medders
Route 4A
Faye Hughey
Nell Kell
W. S
Bethel Home Bureau
Ethel Cooley
Benton Road
Anna Betty Huck
Birch
Harmony Unit
Harmony Home Bureau
Lara Poole
Roy Simpson
Great West Life Insurance Co
Allan Pearce
Harry Nicolaides
Lewis Adkins
C. C. Lindsey
John Larikall
Les Ford
Bill Merz
W.S.C.S
West Salem Women's Society of Christian Service
Lena Hart
Rosa Venezia
McKendrie
Mt. Vernon Township
Vernon News
McKendree College
Lebanon
Frank and
Caesar
Safel
S. C. Huston
Airport News
Subiway
Salem Road
Missouri
J. Arthur Smith Peerless Cleaning & Pressing CO
Amvets
Granada
Iranada
Cary Grant
John Wayne
Gail Russell
Wake of the
Wada
Newton Drown
Phe
Gency MC
Plaza
Brian Aherne
Constance Bennett
Leo Gorcey and the
Bowery Boys
South 10Th Street
Arch Vanhorn
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