Deaths Bessie Atchisson Mt Vernon
Bessie G. Atchisson 78 of 705 S 24th St was pronounced dead on arrival at Good Samaritan Hospital. She owned Bessies Cafe retired and will be buried in Arnold cemetery after funeral at Myers Chapel Monday at 1 30 p m. She was born January 5 1898 in Jefferson county survivor list includes Wayne Atchisson two sisters two brothers and several nieces and nephews.
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Bessie G. Atchisson
S. 24Th St
Good Samaritan Hospital
Bessie
Myers Chapel
Arnold Cemetery
Atchisson
Jefferson County
Wilson
Ina (Jenkins) Estes
Ellis Lee Atchisson
Second Baptist Church
Wayne Atchisson
Mt. Vernon
Lois Mathus
Bonnie
Leta Johnson
Alva Estes
Orrin Estes
Ind
Funeral services for Flora Keck of McLeansboro
Funeral services for Mrs. Flora Keck, 77, Route 1, McLeansboro, are set for 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Gholson Funeral Chapel in McLeansboro with Rev. Gene Rister officiating. Burial follows at Knight's Prairie cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel today. Mrs. Keck died Wednesday in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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Flora Keck
Route 1
McLeansboro
Gholson
Gene Rister
Knight's Prairie Cemetery
Keck
Mhattanooga
Tenn
Death notice for Mrs Hester Patterson of Wayne City
Mrs Hester E Patterson died at 7 40 am today at her daughter Mrs Leota Klinker home in Wayne City Funeral services are incomplete at Richard son Chapel Wayne City She was born August 15 1847 in Wayne Henry Snider and Sarah Cameron She was married to Charlie Patterson who preceded her in death Survivors include three daughters Mes Ethel Allen Mr Vernon Mrs Leota Klinker Wayne City and Mrs Vivian Wininger Mr Vernon two sisters Mrs Mett Henson Flora and Mrs Edna Brewer Paw Paw two brothers Fred Cameron Decatur and Button Cameron Sarcoxie Mo two grandchildren four great grandchildren and one great great grandchild
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hester E. Patterson
Hoss
Lord St
Leota Klinker
Wayne City
Richardson Chapel
Batterson
Wayne County
Henry Snider
Sarah
Conran) Cameron
Charlie Patterson
Mes
Ethel Allen
Vernon
Vivian Wininger
Mett Henson
Flora
Edna Brewer
Paw Paw
Fred Cameron
Decatur
Button Cameron
Sarcoxie
Marionette cast missing from Chicago stage show
The complete cast of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Steadfast Tin Soldier has vanished in the Chicago area. Puppets including a ballerina cook six soldiers a bag an imp and an octopus were stolen from the Cole Marionettes back of a parked station wagon along with backdrops and sound equipment.
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Chicago
Hans Christian Andersen
Lucile
George Cole
Lake Village
Jad
Cole
Coleman Appointed Scout Membership Enrollment Head
Gilbert Coleman, president of Security Bank & Trust Co., named sustaining membership enrollment chairman for the Black Gold District in the Okaw Valley Council. He holds an Indiana University masters, 17 years banking experience, and serves on several local groups. The piece also covers Jefferson County unemployment rates in December 1975 and comparisons with surrounding counties, plus notes on data methods and statewide figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Coleman
Security Bank & Trust Co
Paul Scoggins
Okaw Valley Council
Indiana University
Coleman
Ilinois Bankers Assocation
Mt. Vernon Kiwanis Club
Boy Scouts of America
Jefferson County
Mt. Vernon
Minais State Employment Service
Ray Porter
Porter
ME. Vernon
Wayne County
Hamilton County
Washington County
Marion County
Office of Research and Analysis
Chicago
Ilinois State Employment Service Office
Mt Vernon Y Opens Spring Class Registration
The Mt Vernon YMCA starts its spring program with a 10 week session from March 29 to June 5 offering arts painting ceramics pre school crafts golf gym and swim for all ages gymnastics judo kinder gym men's fitness racquetball tennis trampoline volleyball women's slimnastics yoga and square dance activities for youths and adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Offer Beginning Advanced Golf At YMCA This Spring
Mt. Vernon YMCA begins golf instruction at both beginner and advanced levels led by new staffer Robert Filberth. First class Tuesday March 30 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Registration available by calling the Y at 242-5345. class size limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
Mt. Vernon
Robert Filberth
Illinois Extended Outlook Delivers Mild Week Ahead
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies from Monday through Wednesday. Temperatures will be seasonal with highs around 40s to 50s and lows in the 20s across northern and southern zones.
Talks Bog Down In Beer Strike
CHICAGO AP No new talks have been scheduled in the almost three week old strike by employees of nine Anheuser Busch breweries across the country. A federal mediator has been unable to budge either side since talks broke off Thursday night between Anheuser Busch and the brewers, members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The strike began March 1 and affects about 8 000 workers, mostly brewers and bottlers. The dispute centers primarily on non monetary issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Anheuser-Busch
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Illinois Airports Association Names Stan Koziara VP
The Illinois Public Airports Association annual meeting in Springfield drew 204 attendees, with officers elected for the coming year. Edward N. Zinschlag of Mattoon was named president, Stan Koziara of Mil Vernon as vice president, and Joseph F. Gerzin of Springfield as secretary treasurer. Koziara also became chairman of the new Illinois Air Carriers Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Public Airports Association
State of Illinois Department of Transportation
Springfield
Federal Aviation
State Aeronautics and Transportation
Airport Authority
IPAA
Edward N. Zinschlag
Mattoon
Stan Kozlara
ML Vernon
Joseph F. Gerzin
PAA
Ilinois Air Carriers
Stan Koziara
Ex Boxer Carter Granted New Trial On Triple Murder
Former middleweight Robin Carter and co defendant John Artis won bail after a private 3 hour session in Passaic County Court. Bail posted 20000 for Carter and 15000 for Artis to allow release once paperwork completes. defendants forbidden to discuss case. Carter remains at Clinton Reformatory and Artis at Leesburg State Prison.
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Paterson
Robin
Passaic County
Burrell Ives Humphreys
Bruno Leopizzi
Carter
Artis
Myron Beldock
Lewis Steel
Leopizzi
Clinton Reformatory
Leesburg State Prison
Coalcon Seeks 25 Million Subsidy for New Athens Plant
In Mt. Vernon police say a 17 year old Bluford youth, Marty Lewis, led two high speed chases before being arrested for reckless driving and eluding officers. The Coalcon plan at New Athens seeks a 25 million state subsidy as part of a 70 million package approved in 1974, with 120 million federal backing for Minols pilot. The project aims to create about 1000 jobs by 1980 and expects revenue for energy dependent industries.
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Bluford
Mt. Vernon
Marty Lewis
Mt. Vernon-Outland
Perkins Avenue
Lewis
Chicago
Coalcon
New Athens
Ill
Stanley Noss
Illinois Energy Resources Commission
John L. Knuppel
D-Virgina
Commission
Illinois
Knuppel
St. Louis
Coulton
Union Carbide
Mt Vernon Weather Forecast Highlights and Extremes
Mt Vernon Friday high 72 low 57 with 65 at 7:00 a.m. today. Rainfall to date in 1976 stands at 3.85 inches. Historical comparisons show today’s high 88 low 54 a year ago, 47 and 29 five years ago, 72 and 40 ten years ago. Sunday's sunrise 6:58 sunset 6:09 CST. Monday sunrise 5:57 sunset 6:10 CST.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Vernon
Mercy mission sparks hope for infant life in Mt Vernon
Capt Cummings, husband of Diane Gibbs, and wife and two children Paul and Kent, are featured as details of a mercy mission unfold. The infant’s surgery in Denver involved cardiac specialists, offering renewed life. Cummings, a 1965 Mt Vernon High School graduate with an engineering degree from SIU Carbondale, plans a career in the service and future missions, including a flight to Spain.
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Mercy
Denver Hospital
Capt.Cummings
Diane Gibbs
Ivan Gibbs
Mt. Vernon
Monot
Paul
Kent
Capt. Cummings
Mt. Vernon High School
SIU Carbondale
Texas
Spain
Desegregation Activity and Board Committees Plan
The board announced plans to select seven community members for a desegregation advisory committee with at least 17 percent minority representation. It will study short and long term measures to achieve racial balance and form two board committees to advise on membership and on the panel’s scope, duties, budget, and duration, with reports due by April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Committee
City Directory Entry for Aaron to Zwick Occupants
Telephones listed in numerical order with the individual or business name alongside. Alphabetical section names Mrs Janette Aaron and Ivan Zwick mark the first and last entries in the directory. This item documents the structure of the last major section of the book.
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Janette Aaron
Ivan Zwick
Abduction Case Tied to Mellon Family Heiress Split
In a Brooklyn case, Mere Mellon, using the name Roberts, fled with her children after divorcing in 1974. In North Carolina, three men posing as FBI agents abducted the daughters near a school, taking them to a Chrysler and then away. A bodyguard reported the incident, and authorities said the girls were later with their father. The Mellon family holds vast holdings in Gulf Corp and Aluminum Co, with Mere Mellon connected to the family empire through inheritance of control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Mellon
Roberts
Brooklyn
North Carolina
Lasses
Catherine
FBI
Lester Carew
Carew
Cartw
New York
Anthony Voelker
Wiggins
Fry Family
Gulf Corp
Aluminum Co
Mellon Bank
Pittsburgh
Meetings of World War II VFW Veterans in King City
King City veterans group Barracks No. 102 VFW will hold regular meetings at the VFW Home Eighty and Broadway on Tuesdays March 23. Members urged to attend. A carry in dinner served at 12 noon. District officers as guests will be called at 1 PM. Ralph Baskin, Commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King City Barracks No. 102
V.F.W
Eighty
Broadway
Ralph Baskin
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Bessie Atchisson
Hester
Income Tax Service
Broadway PH
Peoria
Bloomington
Mt. Vernon “Y
Llinois
Mabel Mount
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Rosa Partridge
Fred Diel
Gretta Osborn
Pallbearers & Qeborm Funeral Home
Velma McCann
Bob Sallee
Glenn Tate
Dick Fassett
Lord Snowdon
Sydney
Princess Margaret
Snowdon
Australia
Illinois Airports Association
Herbert
Kennedy
Robert J. Parks
Jessie Allen
Friendship Free Will Beptiet Church
Maurice S. Pees
Lucy
Judy
Rockford
Ody
Lower Moline
Quincy
CY Springfield
Hgo
Chee
Mid
ST Dubuque
Madison
Tay
South Bend
Edy
Paducah
Jurlington
State Farm
Bill Thackrey
Breedwey
USA
State Palm Fire and Casualty Company
Capt
Cummings
City Directory
Bob Ruddick
Man's & Ladies
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