Deaths and Funerals Mrs Sophia Bobbitt 60
Mrs Sophia Caroline Bobbitt died at 4 55 p m Wednesday at her home in Spring Garden township She was 60 years four months and eight days old Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3 00 p m at Myers Chapel with Rev Marsh Harpole officiating burial will be in Cobb cemetery The body will lie in state at Myers Chapel after 10 a m Friday She was born November 5 1896 in Mt Vernon daughter of John Victor Meyers and Teresa Panzer Meyers In 1919 she married Heber Bobbitt who survives She also leaves four sons Heber B San Deees Calif Edwin L Dewey Ill Everett W Peoria Ill John S Mt Vernon a daughter Mrs Cecil Irmahan Peoria a brother Clarence E Meyers Capron Ill a sister Mrs Roy Douglas Mt Vernon and nine grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia Caroline Bobbitt
RFD
Bonnie
Spring Garden Township
Myers Chapel
Marsh Harpole
Cobb Cemetery
Bobbitt
Mt. Vernon
John Victor
Teresa
Panzer) Meyers
Danville, Ill
Heber Bobbitt
Heber B
San Dees Calif
Edwin L
Dewey, Jl
Everett W
Peoria
John S
Cecil Irmahan
Clarence E. Meyers
Capron
Roy Douglas
Tressie Taylor Former Resident Dies Early Today
Tressie E Taylor a former resident died at 4 25 am today at Miners Hospital in Christopher at age 68 4 12 She will be buried at Maple Hill Cemetery Ses ser Rev Roy Genrich officiating The body lies in state at Sesser funeral home after 6 pm. She was born October 29 1888 in Franklin County wife of Jackson R Taylor who preceded her in death Surviving are four sons two daughters 12 grandchildren 12 great grandchildren and multiple relatives.
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Tressie. E. Taylor
Miner's Hospital
Christopher
Brayfield Funeral Chapel
Lesser
Roy Genrich
Maple Hill
Sesser
Sesser Funeral Home
Taylor
Franklin County
Sylvester
Florence
Barnfield) Webb
Jackson R. Taylor
Henry
Zeb
Claude
Jesup
Rollie
Bartonsville
Elma Klinker
Florence Harmon
St. Charles
Margie Colle
Nason
Evelyn Klienschmidt
Springfield
F F Marlowe Dies at 72 in Rockford Funeral Planned
Frederick F Marlowe of 1800 Cherry Street died at 11 35 am Wednesday at Good Samaritan Hospital at age 72. Rites set for Saturday at Pulley Funeral Chapel with Rev Bird Green and Rev R B Guthrie officiating. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Body in state at Pulley Funeral Home after 10 am Friday. Survived by wife Virginia Munroe Marlowe, two sons Frederick Jr and Byron, daughter Virginia Hill, three brothers Bern ie Henry Hall, three sisters Herma Archer Lula Hunter Cecil Deedrick. He was born April 17 1884 in Jefferson County and was WWI veteran.
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F. F. Marlowe
Frederick Floyd Marlowe
Cherry Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Pulley Funeral Chapel
Bird Green
R. B. Guthrie
Oakwood Cemetery
Pulley Funeral Home
Mr. Marlowe
Jefferson County
William
Ella
Rogers) Marlowe
Mt. Vernon
Virginia Munroe
Marlowe
First Presbyterian Church
Frederick, Jr
Byron
Rockford, Ill
Virginia Hill
Baltimore
Bernie
Champaign
Henry
Huntley
Tll
Hall
Herma Archer
Lula Hunter
Bluford
Cecil Deedrick
Sadorus
Tumbleson and Bickcath Flight Updates
Bill Tumbleson flew to Springfield Illinois yesterday. Gene Tumbleson traveled to Alton and back on Wednesday. Don Bickcath flew toward East St. bearing unclear origin.
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Bill Tumbleson
Springfield
Gene Tumbleson
Alton
Don Bickcath
East St
Mrs Eva Morse Jaeck Dies in St Petersburg Fla
Eva Morse Jaeck 75 mother of Betty Tittle of Bonnie died at her St. Petersburg home. Funeral arrangements were incomplete with the body to be flown to Peoria Illinois for services at Stone Mortuary. Survived by two children Betty Tittle of Bonnie and Leonard Morse of Peoria and three grandchildren. Husband Wallace preceded her in death.
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Eva Morse Jaeck
Betty Tittle
Bonnie
St. Petersburg
Fla
Peoria
Grace A. Brown Dies at 67 in Fair Weld Home
Grace Anna Brown a practical nurse died at 6 00 am today at her niece Grace Fenton 1104 South 26th Street aged 67 years eight days Funeral services set for Saturday 1 00 pm at Myer Chapel with burial in Maple Hill Cemetery Fair Weld She was born June 6 in Bees Wayne County Illinois to Reubin and Rachel Pratt Ginther Survived by several nieces and nephews
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Anna Brown
Grace Fenton
South 26Th Street
Brown
Myer
Maple Hill
Fairweld
Bees
Wayne County
Ill
Reubin
Rachel (Pratt) Ginther
Hospital Notes Good Samaritan Admissions and Discharges
Hospital notes list admissions at Good Samaritan including Charles Wesley Finn Mrs Ethel Mae Summers Mrs Helen Louise Keller Billy Mitchell and Charles E Rose baby Brenda Faith among discharges. Second facility Jefferson Memorial records admissions Elsie Sledge Clyde Massey Mrs Helen Huff Bluford Mrs Elizabeth Harp and Edgewood with discharges including Mrs Karolyn Scott Joe Bell Frank Wicks Maria Tate and Gene Foreman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Samaritan
Charles Wesley Finn
Ethel Mae Summers
Helen Louise Keller
Billy, Mitchell
Charles E. Rose
Brenda Faith
Highland
Gertrude Esther Puckett
Ella Mary McDonial
Lewis Leach
Clyde Ralph Tucker
Myrna Davis Cummings
Richard Stanley Froelich
Richard Allen Severs
Mae Loretta Lickett
Jefferson Memorial
Elsie Sledge
Bluford
Clyde Massey
Helen Huff
Birth of Susan Lynee in Sacramento Calif with Gausman kin
Mrs Tillie Gausman of Wayne City formerly of this city has been notified of the birth of a great granddaughter in California. The mother is Mrs Enoch Schmidt of Sacramento, formerly Beverly Ann Fisher, daughter of Bernie Fisher. The baby weighs seven pounds eight ounces and was born Sunday morning in Sacramento. She is named Susan Lynee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tillie Gausman
Wayne City
California
Enoch Schmidt
Sacramento
Beverly Ann Fisher
Gausman
Bernie Fisher
Susan Lynee
Students try to kill president in Havana palace attack
Reported on an attempted assassination as tanks and troops moved into Havana eight miles from the military barracks. Batista, Cuba’s strongman ex-sergeant, was dining when gunfire erupted and he directed a counterattack from his private office after moving to a lower floor.
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Columbia’ ‘Barracks
Thhe Palace
Batista
Cuba
J Army
Notice of Funeral Claim and Property Sale
A daughter states her mother Carrie M. Green died with no debts. Funeral expenses were paid from household goods on September 6, 1955. Father Rev. Bird Green filed a claim for refund of funeral costs and a $1000 spouse award to aid selling the property at 1023 Welkins. on file with the County Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie M. Green
Rev
Bird Green
Welkins
Bernice Green Wilkerson
Langley Balke Questioned In Rackets Probe
Langley Balke, Portland district attorney born 1916, invokes the Fifth Amendment amid questioning about ties to the Teamsters and Elkins recordings. Elkins testified that Portland vice and rackets interests sought influence, while Langley faces Oregon conspiracy charges and admitted undisclosed background.
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Elkins
McClellan
D-Ark
James R. Hofta
Teamsters Union
Hotta
Sen. Mundt
R - SD
U. S. Senate
Hoffa
Langley
King of the
Underworld
Portland
Mmet Jamey B. Elkins
Ore
Multnomah County
U. S
Oregon
Violent Aleutian Quake Strikes Island Chain
The Coast and Geodetic Survey reported another violent earthquake in the Aleutian Islands, the seventh major quake since Saturday. The 9:57 a.m. EST reading showed the seismograph needle swinging fiercely for about an hour, prompting a stop. Columbia University's Palisades observatory also logged the quake, describing it nearly as large as last Saturday’s event that triggered a Pacific tidal wave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coast and Geodetic Survey Today
Aleutian Island
Elliott Roberts
Survey
Division of
Geophysics
Columbia University
Geological Observatory
Palisades
Pacific
Want to be a junior cop in Mt Vernon tonight
Boys aged 10 to 18 in Mt Vernon invited to attend a 6:00 pm meeting at city hall on forming a junior police department. Auxiliary Police lead the session to organize train and sponsor activities for the summer and summer recreation program involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
King City
Curt Bradley
Bradley
Jefferson County Youth Development Committee
Stratton Pushes Modest SIU Tuition Increase
SIU officials said Gov. Stratton indicated a need for a tuition hike at Southern Illinois University. Board chairman John P. Wham cautioned it could range from 25 to 50 percent, with current rates 95.50 a year for Illinois students and 185.50 for out of state residents. SIU aims to align with state university policy, accompanied by ISIU president Dr. Delyte Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Southern Illinois University
Stratton
John P. Wham
SIU
Ilnois
University of Illinois
David Henry
Wham
Delyte Morris
ISIU
Unseasonably Warm Illinois Day Signals Front Advancing
A mild March day across Illinois featured record highs for the date in several cities including Moline Vandalia Chicago and Quincy with readings reaching 71 or 72. A cold front was forecast to move in Friday bringing much colder conditions and only partly cloudy skies in places today, with warmer but windy afternoon.
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Chicago
Illinois
Moline
Vandalia
Quincy
Rantoul
Springfield
Rockford
Peoria
Rantoul F
Uiney
Pringfield
Scott Air Base
Missouri
Weather Snapshot by City Conditions
A compact weather report lists city by city conditions showing clear skies in Albuquerque Atlanta Boston Chicago Cleveland Denver Des Moines Detroit Fort Worth Grand Rapids Helena Indianapolis Kansas City Los Angeles Louisville Marquette Memphis Miami Milwaukee Mils St Paul New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Omaha Phoenix Portland Seattle Tampa Traverse City and brief temperatures 64 31.
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Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Fort Worth
Grand Rapids
Helena
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Marquette
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Mils-St. Paul
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Phoenix
Portland
Ore
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
S. Ste. Marie
Seattle
Tampa
Traverse City
Police Court Fines James A Hiatt for Reckless Driving
James A Hiatt of Bluford was fined 100 dollars and costs before Police Magistrate Allan Dulaney today on a reckless driving charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Hiatt
Bluford
Allan Dulaney
San
Health Improvement Association Plans Meeting
The Jefferson County Health Improvement Association held its quarterly board meeting in the Supervisors' room at the courthouse. Plans for the April 9 annual meeting were discussed, including establishing a nursing scholarship for rural Jefferson county graduates. The group, with Rural PTA Council help, bought an audiometer for county school nurses to test hearing in rural children, testing all rural students over two years.
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Jefferson County Health Improvement Association
Supervisors
Court House
Jefferson County
Blue Cross Hospital
Health Improvement Association
PTA Council
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Airport News
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VAREL
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Central States Conference of Teamsters
Teamster
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Pig’s Eye
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Johnson Motor Co
6Th and
Harrison Streets
Benny) Arnold
North
Louis Paschedag
Elks Club
S. 9Th St
Montgomery Ward
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Roy Taylor
Kelly Marquis
Hannah
She's
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