Mt Vernon Social Notes and Visiting Guests
Mr and Mrs Luther Burgess of West Plains Mo return home after a week visiting uncles aunts and friends in Mt Vernon. Many locals and visitors are named including Richards Starkey Sullivan Atchison and others with travels to St Louis Decatur Carmi and Bellevue. The condition of Fannie Wielt at Barnes Hospital improves slowly and several residents are noted on various visits and trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Burgess
West Plains
Mt. Vernon
Charles Richards
Familly
Cherry Street
Henry Starkey
Lamar Avenue
Lucinda Sullivan
Jones Street
Florence Atchison
Belle Rive
Burgess
Alice Richards
Bill Richards
Curt Cook
Opdyke
Tacoma
Washington
R. W. Pinson
Salem
Monay
Edwin Rozanski
Woodlawn
California
Alaska
Louis Pavledes
St. Louis
Walter Mitchell
Larry
Anderson, Ind
Will Robinson
Ind
Kate Wilkerson
Lizzie Edmondson
Wayne City
Woodrow Burnett
Pamela Sue
Glenn Pettit
Jimmy Melton
Lela Smith
Decatur
Elsie Skidmore
Oxnard
Calif
Marietta
Andy Henderson
Mona Estes
Donnell Levail
Marcie Wilson
Joliet
Judd Smith
C. FE. Jines
Boulder
Colo
S. D. Faulkner
Mt.Vernon
Opal Dickey
Sims
Ogal
Junior Wilson
Ogal Wilson
Herman Wilson
Johnie Hester
Bonnie
Raymond Wilson
Norman Smith
Mit. Vernon
Texico 4-H Clubs Elect Officers At March Meeting
The Texico Top Notchers met March 11 at 1 30 p m at Mrs Lillian L Myers home to elect officers for the club President Rose Marie McKinney Vice President Dana Beal Secretary Joann Haley Program Chairman Elizabeth Parker Reporter Sharon Greene Recreation Chairman Anita McKinney Federation member Eunice Ann Myers Pianist Elizabeth Parker Assistant Pianist Eunice Ann Myers Chorus Leader Betty Beal Assistant Chorus Leader Linda Greene Committees named Program Elizabeth Parker Rose McKinney Sharon Greene Eunice Myers Joann Haley Recreation Anita McKinney Patty Hoffman Betty Beal Rose McKinney Membership Dana Beal Joann Haley Elizabeth Parker Next meeting set for April 5 at 730 p m at Eunice Myers home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texico
Lillian L. Myers
Rose Marie McKinney
Dana Tee Beal
Joann Haley
Elizabeth Ann Parker
Sharon Lee Greene
Anita McKinney
Eunice Ann Myers
Betty Joyce Beal
Linda Lou Greene
Elizabeth Parker
Patty Hoffman
Dana Lee eBal
Hospital Notes Good Samaritan Admissions and Discharges
Good Samaritan admitted patients include Mrs Valera Quigley Diana Dean McGlasson. Discharges list Nettie Lee Tanner Mrs Leta McMeen W Hands Wayne City Mrs Helen Louise Wilson and infant Peggy Jean Mrs Lara Eubank Woodlawn and infant Becky Lee Mrs Mary Ruth Albert Wayne City and infant Ronald ee Jefferson Memorial admitted: Mrs Nina Wheeler Charles Vaught Miss Margery Smith Mrs Edith Link Joe Cusunano. Discharged: Mrs Frank E Hart and infant James Frank Mrs Lowell Holloway and infant Mark Eldon Mrs Harvey McAdoo and infant Cecil Frazier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Samaritan
Valera Quigley
Diana Dean McGlasson
Nettie Lee Tanner
Leta McMeen
W. H. Hands
Wayne City
Helen Louise Wilson
Peggy Jean
Lara Eubank
Woodlawn
Becky Lee
Mary Ruth Albert
Ronald Ee
Jefferson Memorial
Nina Wheeler
Charles Vaught
Margery Smith
Edith Link
Joe Cusunano
Frank E. Hart
James Frank
Lowell Holloway
Mark Eldon
Harvey McAdoo
Cecil Frazier
Golden Anniversary for Mt Vernon Couple Celebrated
C M Richards and wife of 9112 Cherry Street Mt Vernon observe their Golden Wedding Anniversary this Sunday March 19 invitations open 2 to 5 p m. News notes cover Junior Woman's Club meeting March 15 at Robb's Coffee House with Mrs W C McAllister review of Cheaper by the Dozen and an upcoming Salem B P W exchange program at Robb's Coffee House with leaders Florence Compton and Rosalie Carner among participants. Also mentions a Mayme Dyer joining Mt Vernon Club and a University of Illinois Y M C A recognition banquet for local seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Richards
Cherry Street
Mt. Vernon
Junior Woman's Club
Robb's Coffee House
W. C. McAllister
Centralia
Salem B. P. W
Salem Business and Professional Women's Club
Mt. Vernon Club
Florence Compton
Salem Group
Rosalie Carner
McLeansboro
State Federation
Esther James
Salem
Ruth Ruble
Maxine Woodruff
Lorraine Baldridge
Springfield
Viola Harris
Harriet Edith McCracken
Wyrle Ramp
Ruby Holt
Salem Club
Betty Tinker
Yetta Maimon
Doreen A. Merritt
Leila McGrumphy
Carrie Dee Miller
Dorothy Fenner
Ruth Huddleston
Fern Sass
Edna DeFrates
Eva Mae Davis
Reba L. Mulican
Mayme Dyer
Mary Nichols
Wayne City
Mary Louise Henry
Maxine Esmon
Ralph Riggs
Connie Edelman
Eva Mae
Davis
Reba L. Millican
Mary E. Wight
Ethel F. Hayes
Ruth Prelec
Joan Allen
Sarah Squibb
Inez Hancock
Marian Stewart
Mavine Kramer
Mary Stonecipher
Geneva Raver
Ruth McMackin
Malinda
U. of I
Charles E. Garrison
Georgee
Garrison
Pace Avenue
University of Ilinois Y. M. Co. A
Robert L. Larson
Legion Birthday Party at Legion Home March 15
Annual birthday party and dinner for Jefferson Post 141 American Legion members and wives will be at the Legion Home on East Broadway. Dinner starts 6:30 p.m. Guest Lois Grandfield, 23rd District Director from Vandalia, will attend. Meat and dessert furnished. ladies bring a salad or vegetable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Jefferson Post 141
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Home
East Broadway
Lois Grandfield
Vandalia
Epworth Methodist group meeting noted at Mrs Garrison home
Mrs Garrison hosts the Missionary Study Group of the Epworth Church Women’s Society at 124 North Sixth Street on Wednesday March 1A. The Lincoln Unit of the Home Bureau meets at 1828 Richview Road with Mrs Cox Badger at 10. A program includes Making Dress Forms and Glass Etching. Attendees for dress forms should arrive by nine. Bring a sack lunch and call Mrs Harold Gordon for supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrison
Women's Society of Christian Service
Epworth Methodist Church
Ernie Garrison
North Sixth Street
Amond
Lincoln
Lincoln Unit
The
Home Bureau
Cox
Badger
Richview Road
Nelock
Harold Gordon
Nice named Peers store manager in Mt Vernon
Paul Nice formerly of Lansing Michigan is appointed manager of the Peers store in Mt Vernon and has assumed duties. The Olney native served nine years at Sears Roebuck as a department manager and spent three years in the Navy during the war. His wife Virginia and children Judith Ann and Danny Paul have moved to 2801 Mannen. Blanche Dale is named manager of the store's ready to wear department, a former Mt Vernon resident who spent 15 years with Chicago specialty shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Nice
Lansing
Mich
Peers
Mt. Vernon
Mr. Nice
Olney
Sears Roebuck
Virginia
Judith Ann
Danny Paul
Mannen
Blanche Dale
Chicago
Army Report On Duran Submitted
Senator McCarthy speaks at length about Duran’s ties to communism and a secret intelligence memo alleging Duran was a Russian agent. He claims Duran’s UN post was aided by Truman cabinet connections and links to pro Communist publication New Republic. The testimony cites a Madrid embassy intelligence report naming Duran as Red Army officer in Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Untouchable
McCarthy
Untouchables
Department of State
Far East
Service
Wisconsin
Duran
Truman
Michael Straight
The
New Republic
Madrid
Col
Wendell G. Johnson
Red Army
Spain
Franklin P T A Meeting Postponed to March 23
The Franklin Parent Teacher Association meeting scheduled for Thursday March 16 at 2 30 p m has been postponed to March 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Mann P. T. A
Horace Mann Parent- Teacher Association
K. L. Wyatt
Franklin P.T.A
Franklin Parent-Teacher Association
Wesleyan Guild Notice Postponed Meeting Tonight
Wesleyan Service Guild meeting of the Wesley Methodist church was postponed to a later date. Honor Basketball Team event at Logan Street Baptist honored church basketball boys and parents with a St Patrick themed dinner and toast, 117 attendees, speeches, film, and minstrel numbers. Coaches Sheffield and Myers recognized. Raymond Cluck and Rev Kyle Wyatt spoke. benediction by J E Witter. Missionary Guild at Central Church of Christ held at Mrs Koenigsmark’s home with Mary Hicks presiding and Lent discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesleyan Guild
Wesleyan Service Guild
Wesley Methodist Church
Fidelis
Kingdom Builders
Logan Street
Glee Wood
Frank McGath
Earl Karn
Coy Reed
Jim Breeze
Gene Deem
J. E. Witter
Missionary Guild
Missionary Guild of the
Central Church of Christ
James Koenigsmark
Mary Hicks
Virgil Hubbard
E. F. Massey
Ryder
Lawton Taylor
Irwin Lacey
Wade Gowler
James Gregory
Koenigsmark
Greene Edwards Marriage in Fort Atkinson
Mr. Greene, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy C. Greene of Route 7 Fort Atkinson, wed the former Patricia Ann Edwards, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Edwards of Fort Atkinson. Bride graduated from Fort Atkinson High School. They reside at 320 Madison Avenue, Fort Atkinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene
Roy C. Greene
Route 7
Vernon
Patricia Ann Edwards
Otto Edwards
Fort Atkinson
Fort Atkinson High School
Madison Avenue
Man Sentenced To Prison Here For Burglary
William Warren, 36, a south Tenth street used clothing dealer, was sentenced to one to ten years in the penitentiary by Judge Charles T. Randolph in circuit court. He had pleaded guilty to burglary connected to the C. G. Lang store burglary at Bonnie. Authorities say articles stolen from Belleville autos have been recovered since his arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Warren
Charles T. Randolph
Warren
South Tenth Street
C. G. Lang
Bonnie
Belleville
Former Resident Dies Yesterday in Hettick Ill
G W Owens aged 48 a former resident of Mr Vernon died at his home in Hettick Ill yesterday after a paralytic stroke Friends say funeral services will be at Craig Funeral Home Centralia at 2 30 p m Wednesday Owens worked for Viking Freight Line for years and was manager in Centralia for 15 years He moved to Hettick Ill late in 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Owens
Vernon
Hettick
Craig Funeral
Centrelia
Owen
Viking
Centralia
Ill
Quiet rebellion within Alabama Klans leads to banishment
Former Alabama Klans organizer Horn moved Pell City and Talladega Klans into Sam Roper's Georgia Klans. Morris confronted by attempting to infiltrate a secret Alabama Klan leaders meeting. The conclave banished Horn for life. Two earlier flogging incidents occurred in Pell City and Talladega with masked men dragging victims into cars. On Feb 22 Char lie Hurst faced night riders. his son seized a gun and fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Alabama
Horn
Pell City
Talladega
Sam Roper
Association of Georgia
Charlie Hurst
Hurst
Local pilots make cross country flights today
Pete Woehter and Billy McDuff of Metropolis flew to the local field today. Otis Gilpin of Benton and George Weingartner of this city flew to Salem on cross country routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Airport News
Pete Woehter
Billy McDuff
Metropolis
Otis Gilpin
Benton
George Weingartner
Salem
Special Gifts Near 4000 Mark in Red Cross Drive
Jefferson county Red Cross fund drive reports 3,941.50 raised by the Special Gifts division led by Roy N. Simpson. The total is just over half of the 47,500 goal for the division, with a push to close the campaign by week’s end. Recent donors include Gift Chest, Vernon Furnare, Warner Electric, Security Bank, The Tire Mart, San International Shoe Co. and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy N. Simpson
Red Cross
Jefferson County
Simpson
Special Gifts
Gift Chest Son
Mit
Vernon Furnare
Meo Ca Rigo
Warner Flectric
S100 Security Bank
the Tire Mart
San
International Shne Cn
Divorce Granted In Circuit Court
A divorce between Lee Ellen Rhodes and Walter Rhoades was granted this morning by Judge Charles T Randolph in the circuit court here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Ellen Rhodes
Walter Rhoades
Charles T Randolph
Free Chest X Rays During Jefferson County Tour
Six thousand three hundred two residents of Mt Vernon and Jefferson County received free chest X rays in a county wide survey by the state mobile unit. The survey, run over more than a month, ended March 31. The program was funded by the Christmas seal fund as part of tuberculosis control. Over 1,200 skin tests were given at four high schools. positive reactors were X rayed. Those with suspicious shadows will receive full size X rays and potential follow up. The TB association praised public cooperation and noted help from women clerks and the local power company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
State Mobile Unit
Jefferson County Tuberculosis Association
State Department of Public Health
T. B. Association
Duke Ellington to Play at SIU Concert
The Student Council at Southern Illinois University will sponsor a Duke Ellington concert and dance in Carbondale on March 24. Barbara Ames of Mount Vernon, a freshman, was elected a Council member involved in arranging the show to boost university interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Duke Ellington
Carbondale
Barbara Ames
Mt. Vernon
Historical Society Meeting Tonight in Mt Vernon Library
The Jefferson County Historical Society will meet at 7 30 this evening in the junior high school library. Clifford Fore will present a paper titled The History and Development of Water Works in Mt. Vernon detailing local water systems and their evolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County Historical Society
Clifford Fore
Mt. Vernon
Absentee Voting Begins in Jefferson County Primary
Eight votes have been cast by absentee ballot in Jefferson County. Eight residents voted yesterday in the County Clerk Roy H. Holt’s office as absentee ballots opened. Six more absentee ballots have been mailed to Mt Vernon residents temporarily away. A special voting booth operates in the clerk’s office for absentee voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Roy H. Holt
Mt. Vernon
Christmas Seal Sale Nets 2205 Dollars In County
Jefferson County tubercu losis Christmas Seal Sale closed with final report filed. 1271 purchasers and contributors raised 2205.95 dollars. Horace Mann MT Vernon led schools with 34.60. Twenty five percent sent to state and national associations. rest funds county projects including tuberculin tests, X Ray Mobile Unit, and education on TB.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Silas Echols
Horace Mann
Mt. Vernon
Two Divorce Suits Filed in Circuit Court Here
Two divorce actions were filed in circuit court late yesterday. Francis M. Willmore sues Pearl Willmore for desertion and cruelty. they wed December 24, 1930 and separated August 5, 1949, with George W. Howard Jr. representing the plaintiff. Leta Mays sues John L. Mays for cruelty. they married August 17, 1946 and separated March 11, 1950, attorney Joe Frank Allen listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis M. Willmore
Pearl Willmore
George W. Howard, Jr
Mays
Leta Mays
John L. Mays
Joe Frank Allen
Brownies of Troop 8 Plan Wednesday Meet and TV Program
Brownies of Troop 8 will meet at the leaders home at 3 45 p m Wednesday March 15 and then go to Mrs Jerome Glassman s home to attend a special Brownie television program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome Glassman
Fellow workers raise 1111 for Bridges family home
Du Quoin workers at the Packing Plant chipped in 1111 dollars to help Lester Bridges rebuild after a rural fire that destroyed his home and his son James, 2, who died Friday. The Bridges also have two other school age children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DU Quoin
Lester Bridges
James Bridges
Bridges
Dairy Talk At McLeansboro By UI Dairy Specialist
Professor C. B. Rhode of the University of Illinois will visit McLeansboro Township High School at 7 30 p m on March 22 1950 to discuss improving dairy cattle through breeding the dairy industry in Hamilton county and dairy herd management with slides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcleansboro
Rhode
University of Illinois
McLeansboro Township
Hamilton County
Coast Guard Rescues Six From Grounded Trawler
NORFOLK VA March 14 A Coast Guard DUKW amphibious vehicle removed the trawler Alice Annes six man crew today after the vessel grounded and sank at False Cape near Virginia Beach Coast Guardsmen said the 110 foot trawler was a total loss She was owned by Ralph Carmine of Portsmouth The vessel grounded shortly before 3 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Norfolk
Coast Guard
Alice Anne
False Cape
Virginia Beach
Ralph Carmine
Portsmouth
Births at Good Samaritan Hospital announce two new additions
Mr and Mrs Bruce Cates of St Elmo welcome daughter Cynthia Sue born last evening at Good Samaritan Hospital. Mrs Cates formerly Marie Davis. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Annison Williams of Cullman Alabama on Saturday March 11 weighing nine pounds named Gary Grever. They are former Mt Vernon residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Cates
St. Elmo
Good Samaritan Hospital
Cynthia Sue
Cates
Marie Davis
Mt. Vernon
Annison Williams
Cullman
Alabama
Gary Grever
Air Force to extend reach with tanker planes added
The Air Force plans to boost range of B-29s by about 1000 miles through tanker aircraft, expanding nine groups of medium bombers. The Associated Press reports from Washington on March 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Airttorce
Also Mentioned on This Page
Foilt
Shields Home Bureau
Meda Fox
Gene Johnson
Nice
Greene-Edwards
Kiwanis
Minstrel
Red Cross Drive
Auto Parts Eddie
SIU
Marion Lodge No. 13
T.C.C.F
W.W. Bell
Noble
Coyn Pepple
Broadway
Girl Scout News
CIT
Bret Amvet
Granada Theatre
Dumord
M. E. Jackson
Jackson
FOX Theatres
Ae Ey
Flynn
Ted Donaldson
John Ann Litel
Doran
Cisco
We Ciscone
Duncan
Renaldo
Carrillo
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