Mt Vernon area social notes and travels of residents
Ronnie Levy returns from Champaign state basketball, staying at Kappa Sigma on U of I campus. Many locals attend funerals in Sandwich and Vernon, visit Mayo Clinic patient Dr. D D Stewart in Rochester, plan two years in Japan for Major Ellison, and attend gatherings from St Louis to Nashville. Names include Shelton, Chambliss, Griffey, Perry, Ellison, Pasley, Jones, Mayer, Summers, Damie, Truran, Kelley, Wells, Stonecipher, Baldridge, Greenwalt, Brown, Glass, Howie, McCarty, Orrick, Fredericks, Hayes, Kern, McCarter, Marlow, Stahlberg, Huntington, Ford, Kekow, Cannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronnie Levy
Champaign
Conrad Dodds
Kappa Sigma
U. of I
Harvey Shelton
Walter Shelton
Bruford
Stella Chambliss
Claude Shelton
Pearl Henley
Mt. Vernon
Sandwich
J. O. Shelton
Marlon Ellison
Johnetta Perry
C. J. Griffey
Rochester
Minn
Dd. B. Stewart
Stewart
Mayo's Hospital
Japan
Ellison
Camp Whittington
Tokyo
Frances Pasley
Norma Jones
Helen Mayer
Charlotte Summers
Rosemary Damie
James Truran
Nason
Vernon
Monay
Walter Kelley
Leland Wells
Cravat
Stephen Leigh
McCarty
Marianna Moore
Ed. W. Moore
Park Avenue
J. Arthur Orrick
Vandalia
A. A. Kergan
Fort Recovery
Ohio
Josie Orrick
Walter Fredericks
St. Louis
Hillard Flanagan
Leroy Downes
Cecil Oral Marcum
Lavada
Grand Ole Opry
Nashville
Department of Labor
J. Haynes Hawkins
Harold Dycus
Sigma Chi House
W. W. Andrews
W. A. Kern
Walter McCarter
Melba Marlow
R. B. Stahlberg
Beecher, Ill
Earl Huntington
Lenora Alcorn of Mahomet Is Dead
Lenora Alcorn 32 of Mahomet died at 1 30 a m in a Champaign hospital. Daughter of Mrs Kate Pasley and the late Hiram Pasley. Survived by husband Paul and three children Connie 8 Jimmy 5 and Paulette 1. Funeral Thursday afternoon at Mahomet Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mose Pasley
RFD
Lenora Alcorn
Mahomet
Champaign
Kate Pasley
Hiram Pasley
Paul
Connie
Jimmy
Paulette
Methodist
Hospital Notes and Good Samaritan Admissions and Discharges
Hospital notes list admissions and discharges across Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan units. Names include Mrs Stella McCord Keenes David Bum pus Jennings Hillman Wood lawn Joe Adcock Wood lawn Laura Long Percy Qil Oscar Richardson Keenes Virginia Shreve Fairfield Mary Ellen Upton Fairfield Ricky Joe infant son Agnes Louise Grove Cisne Lodema Ann Eileen Dickey Geff Janis Janette Hellen Shain Anthony Roy Elnora Lowry Ronald Lynn LaVonne Scott Sharon Lynne Charles Williams Opdyke Virginia Rutherford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Samaritan
Joe Adcock
Woodlawn
Laura Long
Percy, Qil
John Hassakis
Virginia L. Shreve
Fairfield
Mary Ellen Upton
Ricky Joe
Agnes Louise Grove
Cisne
Lodema Ann
Eileen Dickey
Geff
Janis Janette
Hellen L
Shain
Anthony Roy
Elnora Lowry
Ronald Lynn
LaVonne Scott
Sharon Lynne
Charles Williams
Opdyke
Virginia Rutherford
Dancer to Appear At Annual Auxiliary Style Show Here
Miss Farrel, a Ford's School of Dancing pupil in St. Louis, has appeared in the Light Opera Guilds Blossom Time Countess Maritza Rose Marie and The Merry Widow productions. She danced with St. Louis Municipal Opera's The Red Mill at age 11. Tickets for Fashions of Fifty are available through AMVET Auxiliary members or by calling Ferne Webb at 2948-J-X. Granada Theatre doors open Wednesday at 1 p.m. Shirley Ann Crouch of Herrin Ill, will perform acrobatics at the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farrel
AMVET
Ford's
School of Dancing
St. Louis
Light Opera Guild
Countess Maritza
Ferne Webb
Granada Theatre
Shirley Ann Crouch
Herrin
Ill
Carla Farrell
Send Bands Students To King City Parade
Mt. Vernon students led a parade through town with out of town visitors. Two backfiring Model A Fords added noise while policemen waved and two coaches drove decorated cars. Participating towns included Anna Jonesboro Benton Carbondale Chester Du Quoin Harrisburg Herrin Johnston City Marion Antivilleo Nashville Pinckneyville Salem Sparta Trico Consolidated Centralia and West Frankfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Bob Horton
Sparta
Joe Morin
West Frankfort
Anna- Jonesboro
Benton
Carbondale
Chester
du Quoin
Harrisburg
Herrin
Johnston City
Marion
Antaivsboro
Nashville
Pinckneyville
Salem, Sparta
Trico Consolidated
Centralia
Roy Albert Hall Rites Planned in Nason
Funeral services for Roy Albert Hall of Nason are set for Wednesday at 2 00 p m at the Free Will Baptist church in Nason. Interment will follow in Abner Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the family residence until the hour of service after a brief illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Albert Hall
Nason
Free Will Baptist Church
Abner Cemetery
Hall
Births Bring Diane Jerry and David Paul into World
A daughter named Diane was born March 19 to Mr and Mrs William R Baugh of Evansville Indiana. She is the daughter of Doris Ethel Webb of this city. A son named Jerry Allen arrived March 20 at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St Louis to Mr and Mrs Robert W Pesek of St Louis. He weighed six pounds five ounces. His mother is Thelma Pace of this city. A son named David Paul weighed seven pounds 12 ounces at birth March 19 at the Naval Hospital Great Lakes to QM1 C and Mrs Joseph Lynch of Great Lakes Illinois. Lynch is the son of Mr and Mrs Paul Lynch of the Salem Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diane
William R. Baugh
Evansville
Ind
Baugh
Doris Ethel Webb
Roger G. Webb
Robert W. Pesek
St. Louis
Missouri Baptist Hospital
Jerry Allen
Pesek
Thelma Pace
Joseph Lynch
Great Lakes, Ill
Naval Hospital At
Great Lakes
David Paul
Lynch
Paul Lynch
Salem Road
Russ Whalers Returning After Successful Antarctic Season
Soviet newspapers report the Russian whaling fleet is returning from the Antarctic after a highly successful season. The flotilla commander said by radio that the Soviet catch in the Antarctic is increasing yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RUSS
Associated Press
Moscow
Antarctic
Awarded Farm Feed Diploma to Joe L Sutton
Joe L Sutton received a diploma for completing a training program in scientific farm management feeding and sanitation at a graduation ceremony last week at the Deming Hotel in Terre Haute Indiana. R V Kirk presented the diploma and noted Sutton is now a Graduate Feeding Advisor. he also received a class ring from Ralston Purina Company for outstanding work. Sutton, employed by Sutton's Hatchery Mt Vernon feed dealer, began the program about fourteen months ago, attending classrooms and field trips with demonstrations of the latest livestock and poultry feeding methods and completing required field work between meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe L. Sutton
Deming Hotel
Terre Haute
Indiana
R. V. Kirk
Central Division
Ralston Purina Company
Sutton
Mt. Vernon
Cox Infant Dies at Good Samaritan Hospital
Elizabeth Ann Cox infant of Mr and Mrs Howard Cox of 617 S 19th street died at 6 30 am seven hours after birth. Services by Rev Bird Green at Bethel cemetery at 10 am Wednesday. Survived by the parents and two brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Ann Cox
Howard Cox
S. 19Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Bird Green
Bethel Cemetery
Storms Delay Liners Shaping New York Schedules
Rough seas and high winds on the Atlantic disrupt schedules of at least eight ocean liners bound for New York, delaying arrivals and frustrating passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Atlantic
Miss Carmen Moore Weds Vern E Wilson in East St. Louis
The society note details the March 18 wedding of Miss Carmen Ellen Moore daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed W Moore of Mt Vernon to Vern E Wilson of Peoria son of Mr and Mrs A F Wilson of Los Angeles California. The ceremony at Winstanley Baptist Church East St Louis was officiated by Rev William J Purdue with attendants Mr and Mrs Marion R Mc Carty. The bride wore cocoa brown gabardine with pale beige accessories and deep yellow rose buds. matron of honor wore navy with white accessories. Both spouses work for Caterpillar Tractor Company Peoria. An informal reception followed at Mrs Mc Carty’s home and a short honeymoon will precede residence at 1320 N Monroe Peoria Illinois. The item also covers Beta Sigma Phi Eta Beta Chapter officers installation and a program on literature, and a Block Home Bureau meeting with lessons on furniture care and parliamentary procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmen Moore
Carmen Ellen Moore
Ed W. Moore
Park Avenue
Mt. Vernon
Vern E. Wilson
Peoria
A. F. Wilson
Los Angeles
Calif
Winstanley Baptist Church
East St. Louis
William J. Purdue
Marion R. McCarty
Moore
Mt. Vernon Township
University of Missouri
Caterpillar Tractor Company
Wilson
George Washington High School
U.S. Navy
N. Monroe
Peoria, Ill
Beta Sigma Phi
Eta Beta Chapter
Register-News
LeBen Garrison
Betty Welch
Art Laird
John R. Fry
Roberta Keef
Frank Feltmeier
Elaine Bonnell
Garrison
Arthur Dorfff
James Cummins
Loretta Wall
K. R. Bridgers
Welch
Nu Phi Mu
Robb
J. R. Fry
Franklin P T A Meeting Slides Into Lincoln School
The Franklin Parent-Teacher Association will meet Thursday afternoon March 23 at 2 39 o clock in the Lincoln school. Mrs Ayers will give several humorous readings and the first grade pupils will entertain. Franklin pupils in the Lincoln building will not be dismissed. Parents are urged to attend and visitors are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin P. T. A
Franklin Parent-Teacher Association
Lincoln
Taylor Ayers
Franklin
Rotary Luncheon Speakers Appellate Court History
The Rotary Club met at Hotel Emmerson at noon with N. W. Draper of Mt. Vernon discussing the Appellate Court building in the city and its history. Visiting Rotarians included William B. Sanders of Crossville and Roger Holmes of Beardstown. attendees also included Bob Russell of the Chicago Daily News and Eddie Furtwangler of St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Rotary Club
Hotel Emmerson
N. W. Draper
Mt. Vernon
Appellate Court
William B. Sanders
Crossville
Ill
Roger Holmes
Beardstown
Bob Russell
Chicago Daily News
Eddie Furtwangler
St. Louis
Pleasant Grove PTA Meeting Announced For March and April
Mrs Frances Dial and Mrs Glen Northcut visited. The next Pleasant Grove PTA meeting will be at Mrs Minnie Whites home 725 Dewey on April 17 at 1 pm. A March 24 meeting at 7 30 pm will feature J L Buford Mt Vernon City Schools superintendent as speaker with films. Women are asked to bring pies and all are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Dial
Glen Northcut
Minnie White
Dewey
Pleasant Grove
P.T.A
Parent- Teacher Association
J. L. Buford
Mt. Vernon City
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Jefferson Memorial
Stella McCord
Keenes
David Edward Bumpus
Jennings Hillman
Nasan
W. B. Rickey
Wayne City
Oscar Richardson
Mle
Whale Kson Hon
Sean
Bier
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Lewis? Brake
Jefferson County Memorial Hospital Association
Fredericks
King City
McLaughlin’s Cafe
Cox
Marion Lodge No. 13
I.C.C.F. Hall
W. Bell
N. G. Coyne
Pepele
Royal Arch Masons
Andrew D. Webb
Glen F. Cole
Cecil N. Lovin
Home Bureau
Block Home Bureau
The
Harry Northcut
Fairfield Road
Margaret Young
Emily Goodin
Carl Houser
Goodin
Edna Weatherly
Mary Ann Weatherly
Kiwanis
North Side Square
Alice Lacey
Mgr
Southern Illinois University
Mt. Vernon High School
MT. Vernon Jaycees
Walgreen, Boswell and
Jones Drugs
Laird Jewelers
Airport News
Harold Hollett
Carl Edmison
Morton
FOX Theatres
Cathy O'Donnell
Farley Granger
Howard da Silva
Say C. Flippen
Dee
Bowman Elyse Knox
Granada
Ella "Raines
Walter Brennan
Humphrey Joe Kirkwood, Jr
Leon Errol
Robert Coogan
Humphrey Pennyworth
Tom Thumb
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