Funeral for Gay Robinson Retired Farmer at 78
Gay Robinson a retired farmer dies at noon at Allen Nursing Home age 78 years 11 months 22 days Funeral services scheduled Sunday 2:00 p.m. at Myers Chapel with Rev Dennis Ramsey officiating burial in West Salem cemetery Body to lie in state at Myers Chapel after 11 a.m. Saturday Born in Shiloh township April 3 1876 son of William C and Martha Bullock Robinson Survived by brother William Robinson of Woodlawn
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gay Robinson
Allen Nursing Home
Cherry Street
Myers Chapel
Dennis Ramsey
West Salem
Mr. Robinson
Shiloh Township
William C
Martha (Bullock) Robinson
William Robinson
Woodlawn
Spring Meeting Of Shell Dealers Held Last Night
Approximately 150 Shell Oil Company dealers from nine southern Illinois counties attended an annual spring dealer meeting at the Moose Lodge. The event featured the theme Nail The Sale Down and included in charge Schuermann of St. Louis, a report that TCP in Shell premium gasoline will be doubled this year with higher octane promised. Skits illustrated basic business, while Charles E. Taylor of Cape Girardeau and Manuel Levin of Alton outlined Shell’s 1955 advertising campaign across newspapers magazines TV radio and point of sale material. The meeting was the sixth of 11 in the St. Louis division with attendees from Jefferson Saline Williamson Franklin Marion Wayne White Hamilton and Washington counties. A business session and buffet dinner followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shell Oil Company
Illinois
Moose Lodge
Schuermann
St. Louis
Shell
Charles E. Taylor
Cape Girardeau
Manuel Levin
Alton
Jefferson
Saline
Williamson
Franklin
Marion
Wayne
White
Hamilton
Washington Counties
Airport visitors travel through local field
H J Shuman Bob Idding and Co Wood of Lansing stopped at the local airport today en route to Indiana. Frank Weatherford and City Manager Chester Lewis made a round trip to Springfield Illinois yesterday afternoon. Paul Davis flew here Thursday from Eldorado. H F Holis of Danville flew to the local field yesterday. Bernard Cohen flew here Thursday from Centralia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Shuman
Bob Idding and Co. Wood
Lansing
Mich
Indiana
Frank Weatherford
Chester Lewis
Springfield
Paul Davis
Eldorado
H. F. Holis
Danville
Bernard Cohen
Centralia
Hospital Notes and Admits at Jefferson Memorial
Jefferson Memorial admits Homer Meadows and Roy G. Stewart along with several discharged patients including Laura Dalton Blevord and Bessie York. Good Samaritan lists admissions Catherine Clark Donna Mae Storey Elizabeth Eller Mary Elizabeth Tolley Alice Johnson and discharges Francis Dare Alesia Bain Marjorie Austin Pamela Alyeen Roberta Sledge Alice Mae McClain Elsie Lena Martin Mae Hussey Robert Fally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Memorial
Homer Meadows
Walnut Hill
Maurine Helverson
Roy G. Stewart
RFD
Darlene Peterson
Laura Dalton
Bluford
Bessie York
Good Samaritan
Catherine Clark
Donna Mae Storey
Elizabeth Eller
Mary Elizabeth Tolley
Alice Johnson
Francis Eugene Dare
Alesia Diane Bain
Marjorie Ann Austin
Pamela Alyeen
Roberta Helen
Top Pop Hits Snapshot from a 1950s Radio Playlist
A compact list of charting tunes and artists including Tennessee Ernie Ford Johnny Ace Perez Prado Jaye P Morgan Andy Griffith Georgia Gibbs Joni James Frankie Laine Ames Brothers Johnny Ray Les Elgart Four Aces Nat King Cole Ralph Marterie Johnny Desmond Sauter Finegan Eddy Arnold Jo Stafford Mindy Carson Eddie Fisher and more with a new hit Take My Love Just One More Time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davy Crockett
Tennessee Ernie
Johnny Ace
Perez Prado
Jaye P. Morgan
Andy Griffith
Henry
Georgia Gibbs
Joni James
Bubbles
Frankie Laine
Ames Brothers
Johnny Ray
Les Elgart
Four Aces
Nat King Cole
Ralph Marterie
Johnny Desmond
Mobile
Sauter-Finegan
Eddy Arnold
Jo Stafford
Call
Jean Weber
THE
Mindy Carson
Eddie Fisher
Sinatra and College Pop Medley at Budget Price
Frank Sinatra selections Hello Young Lovers Only Have Eyes For You Falling in Love With Love and Youll Never Know join Buckie Down Winsocki Betty Co ed Collegiate and You Gotta Be A Football Hero in a collegiate pops set priced at $1.47 a record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sinatra
Buckie Down
Winsocki
Betty Coed
Ex-Sergeant Credits Red Cross With Saving His Life
Ex-sergeant Nowland recalls Red Cross aid during World War II as he describes food parcels carried by villagers from St Lo to Paris and in camps near Triers and Stalag 3-0. He notes weekly parcels, warm blankets and clothing during December’s bitter cold and hospital aid from Grey Ladies before returning to the United States in 1945. He praises the Red Cross for aiding POWs who could not help themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Nowland
Triers
Germany
Red Cross
St. Lo
P.O.W
Stalag 3-0
Berlin
Odessa
Russia
Naples
Italy
United States
Harmon Nowland
Waltonville
Belvadine Norris
Orient Mine
Suits Filed Here To Collect Taxes
Assistant States Attorney Milton Ecker filed numerous county court suits this week to collect delinquent personal taxes. Debtors include Alvis Conner Inc for 7.98 in 1948, Louis Conner Inc for 11.16 in 1947, Lou Hammond Inc for 16.66 in 1950, Arren Howard Bonnie for 39.14 in 1950, William D. Brockman Magnolia Ill for 11.95 in 1947, Leland Carroll Bluford for 9.38 in 1951, Walter E. Fritsch Gibson City Ill for 24.96 in 1946, C J Gossage RFC 4 for 15.41 in 1950, Henry Gunn Jr Mounds NL for 12.70 in 1950, Hallie Lewis Bluford for 8.55 in 1949, Paul Lowerey Bluford for 10.13 in 1950, Hershel Tate Bluford for 8.13 in 1951, Howard Townes RFD 7 for 27.54 in 1950, H D Bowers RFD 2 for 24.94 in 1949, James E Browder Belle Rive for 7.61 in 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Ecker
Alvis Conner, Inc
Louis Conner, Inc
Lou Hammond, Inc
Arren Howard
Bonnie
William D. Brockman
Magnolia
Ill
Leland Carroll
Bluford
Walter E. Fritsch
Gibson City
C. J. Gossage
RFC 4
Henry Gunn, Jr
Mounds
Hallie Lewis
Paul Lowerey
Hershel Tate
Howard Townes
RFD
H. D. Bowers
James E. Browder
Belle Rive
Ice Jam Shuts Niagara River Blocks Shoreline
Niagara River remains blocked by a massive ice dam as Army engineers and Coast Guardsmen monitor the situation. Ice piles up to 50 feet deep, threatening nearly a million dollars in property and damaging cottages from Lewiston to Queenston. Lake Ontario runs about 20 feet higher than normal at Rochester. dynamite attempts fail to break the jam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Niagara River
Lake Ontario
Lewiston
Fort Niagara
U. S
Queenston
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Canadian
Toronto
Ontario
Rochester
Corn Support Price To Average $1.59 A Bushel
The Agriculture Department announced a flexible price support system for corn. The basic rate will average not less than $1.58 a bushel across 805 major producing counties in 21 states, with outside areas set at 75 percent of the commercial rate. County rates will reflect local price differences and be announced later. The 1955 crop is expected to be supported at about 87 percent of parity. The department also projected total corn supply next Oct. 1 at 107 percent of normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Agriculture Department
Midwest
Roosevelt Road Unpopular Now in Taipei
Read letters to the Taipei papers urging a new name for Roosevelt Road after the Yalta papers release. Citizens blame Roosevelt for concessions to Russia at Nationalist China's expense amid postwar diplomacy debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Road
Associated Press
Taipei
Formosa
Yalta
Roosevelt
Russia
China
Say FDR Sought To March Through Swiss Territory
Swiss newspapers claim a letter from Franklin D Roosevelt demanded a march through Switzerland similar to Stalin’s request noted in Yalta records. Basel and Die Tat urge Swiss release for public scrutiny, while officials neither confirm nor deny its existence and caution against publishing nonstandard documents.
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FDR
Geneva
Switzerland
Roosevelt
Stalin
Basler Nachrichten
Liberal Democratic
Die Tat of
Zurich
Yalta Record
Yalta
Churchill
Basel
Bible Written In Christ's Language To Be Displayed
The Library of Congress receives the Yonan Codex, the world’s oldest complete New Testament in Aramaic Syriac. The 1.4 million dollar insured transfer from a downtown bank lasted about 90 minutes. The 1600 year old codex will be kept in a vault before an April exhibition, remaining with the Malek Yonan family for centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Library of Congress
Malek Yonan
Assyria
L. Quincy Mumford
Congress
Young Mr V Man Joins U S Navy
Jerry Lee Pigg son of Cleatus and Mrs Pigg of 114 North Sixth street has enlisted in the U S Navy announced today at the Marion recruiting station He is now in nine weeks of recruit training at Great Lakes Ill Upon completion he will have two weeks leave before reporting to a naval technical training school ship fleet or shore station Navy recruiters at Marion say there is no waiting list and many openings for enlistments
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Lee Pigg
Cleatus Pigg
North Sixth Street
U.S. Navy
Marion
Jerry
U.S. Naval Recruit Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Navy
Watts Appointed As Chairman For Business Group
John R. Watts Jr of Midwest Seed Co is named chairman of the Mt. Vernon chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business by district manager Charles A. Papp. Members vote by ballot monthly and Watts tabs results before Congress votes, with ballots and totals sent to Congressman Charles W. Vursell in Washington. The NFIB, a large national nonprofit, gathers votes from independent business and professionals across vocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Watts, Jr
Midwest Seed Co., Inc
So. 10Th
Street
Mt. Vernon
National Federation of Independent Business
Charles A. Papp
Watts
Charles W. Wursell
Washington
Vursell
Congress
Federation
United States
Subzero Blizzard Roars Through Three Mountain States
A spring blizzard battered Montana Wyoming and Colorado with snow and subzero wind chills. One death reported in Windsor Colorado in a no car crash. Montana saw record lows while Denver logged six inches of snow and high winds disrupted traffic and power.
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Denver
Rocky Mountain
Montana
Wyoming
Evanston
Colorado
Carl Gustave Koch
Windsor
Colo
Weather Bureau
Helena
Great Falls
Cody
Wye
No Republican Votes, GOP Judge Loses His Job
In a recent primary, no Republican votes were cast in a precinct. Edward Herweck, a Republican judge, admitted voting in a school tax election but declined to confirm voting for party line aldermanic candidates. The Board ruled he is no longer a Republican judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Board of Election Commissioners
Edward Herweck
Herweck
Four Candidates For Constable In Mt. Vernon Township
Four write in candidates are running for constable in Mt Vernon township for the April 5 election. Democrats Guy Page Roscoe Quinn and Charles Lyons have announced as candidates. Republican Willard Walker has also announced. No names will appear on the ballot, but spaces are provided for write in votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constable
Mt. Vernon Township
Guy Page
Roscoe Quinn
Charles Lyons
Willard Walker
Minor Collision Reported Here Yesterday
A minor accident occurred yesterday at First and Opdyke involving cars driven by Willard Rightnowar of RFD 2 Mt. Vernon and Ray Wilson of RFD 6 Mt. Vernon. No injuries were reported and the incident was handled by local police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Rightnowar
RFD
Mt. Vernon
Ray Wilson
Mt. Veron
Opdyke
Circuit Court Here Monday
Judge Charles T. Randolph of Carmi will hold a one day circuit court session in Mt. Vernon next Monday. Several cases are set for motions but most of the day will handle default cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Randolph
Carmi
Circuit Court
Mt. Vernon
Starling cargo ship spills wine from burst casks
The bilge pumps of the cargo liner Starling sprayed sherry and port wine after several casks burst in the hold during a gale. The 1,563 ton vessel faced the incident on Thursday at Bristol England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
England
Two Day Forecast Sees Cold Spell with Slow Warmup Ahead
TV winds and temperatures run 10 to 15 degrees below normal. Normal highs near 50 north and around 60 south, with lows in the 30s north and upper 30s south. Widespread cold continues with a warming trend beginning Monday or Tuesday. Precipitation ranges from about 0.1 inch in the extreme north to 0.5 inch in the extreme south, with rain or snow in the southern portion Friday night and likely Tuesday or Wednesday in most areas.
Fines Assigned by Police Magistrate Dulaney
Rosa Stroud of Wayne City charged with drunkenness pays $10 and costs. Richard Lacey fined $10 and costs for speeding. William Lemons Lessor fined $10 and costs for speeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Dulaney
Rosa Stroud
Wayne City
Richard Lacey
William Lemons
Lesser
Salt Rain Clings to Salt Lake City Homes and Cars
Salt Lake Valley experienced a salty rain as winds kicked up dust from salt flats. The Weather Bureau said the airborne salt mixed with rain, coating homes and automobiles with a white sticky residue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Salt
Salt Lake Valley
Weather Bureau
Cancer treatment options in use today
Surgery and radiation, including X-ray or radium therapy, are the only approved methods for curing cancer at present.
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Vandalia
Scott Field Sence
Niagara
Young Mr.v. Man
Flowerphone
Curtis-Florist
Business Group
Tang Ca
Jordan ST. Mt.vernon
Mt. V. Township
Utah
Mt. Vernon Lumber Co
Crown Finance
Main St
Joe E. Herbst
Mgr
Evelyn’s Place
Southern
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Walcrest
Glass Shop
Lasco Glass Shop
Lasco Glass
ED Arnold
Mar
J.w.walker & Sons
Herrin
Marlen
Weet Frenkfort
Beaton
Mt. Vernon - du Queln
Carbondale
Carterville
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