Deaths and Funerals Jack Alexander Veteran Music Teacher
Jack Arion Alexander a Mr Vernon musician and school music instructor died at 2 30 am Sunday at Good Samaritan Hospital after a heart attack at his home 601 South 22nd Street He was 43 years four months 28 days old He taught at Rome Consolidated and McClellan Consolidated Schools Funeral services will be at 1 30 pm Wednesday at the Pulley Funeral Chapel with Rev William Malottke officiating Burial at Ashley Cemetery Military rites will be at the grave The body lies in state at Pulley Funeral Home from 2 pm Tuesday Masonic rites Tuesday at 8 pm He was born October 27 1918 in Mt Vernon to David and Pearl Alexander He is survived by his mother Pearl Alexander He was a World War II veteran and a member of the Mt Vernon American Legion and the Masonic Lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Arion Alexander
Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
South 22Nd Street
Alexander
Rome Consolidated School
McClellan Consolidated School
Pulley
William Malottke
Ashley Cemetery
Pulley Funeral Home
Mr. Alexander
Mt. Vernon
David and
Pearl
Dixon) Allexander
Pearl Alexander
City
Emma Holland Dies at 74 Rites Wednesday
Emma Christine Holland of RFD 7 Vernon died at 7 15 am at Good Samaritan Hospital at age 74 years nine months twelve days. Services 2 00 pm Wednesday at Myers Chapel with Rev Olen Weatherford officiating. Burial East Salem cemetery. Visitation after 4 00 pm Tuesday. Survived by son Fred Holland. three daughters Beulah Mercher Lena Ford and Dorothy Arnold. sister Adel ine Clark. seven grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Member of Christian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Christine Holland
RFD
Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Myers Chapel
Olen Weatherford
East Salem
Holland
New Baden
Karl
Theresa Hertenstein
Andrew J. Holland
Fred Holland
City
Beulah Mercher
Lena Ford
Dorothy Arnold
Evansville
Ind
Adeline Clark
Chillicothe
Ill
The
Christian Church
Death of Alva Downen 70 Leaves 56 Descendants
Alva Downen 70 of near Wayne City died at 4 15 p m Sunday at Fairfield Memorial Hospital. He leaves 56 descendants including three sons six daughters 39 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral at 2 00 p m Tuesday at Richardson Chapel Wayne City officiated by Rev Rudolph Schlag and Rev H H Mayberry. He was born September 29 1881 in Wayne County to Allen and Nervie Litrell Downen. He married Edna Legg May 14 1914 who survives, along with sons Arthur Junior Downen Russell Downen and three daughters and many relatives. Continuous memorials list survived siblings and grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Downen
Wayne City
Fairfield Memorial Hospital
Richardson Chapel
Rudolph Schlag
H. H. Mayberry
Shonda
Downen
Wayne County
Allen and
Nervie
Litrell) Downen
Edna Legg
Arthur Downen
Junior Downen
Sims
Russell Downen
Ida Mae Butler
Lela Bernice McCormick
Fairfield
Mt V Oil Producer Joe Slivka Dies At 75
Joe Slivka longtime Mt Ver non oil producer and horse breeder died at 1 05 p m Sunday at his home 1909 Richview Road aged 75 years two months and 22 days He was born January 2 1887 in Macoupin County Ill and married Lois Tober February 11 1919 Surviving are his son William J Slivka a sister Elizabeth Jackson two brothers Frank Slivka and C A Slivke Burial will be at Mt Vernon Memorial Garden with services at Myers Chapel"}
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Slivka
Mt. Veres
Richview Road
Slivka
Myers Chapel
Herbert J. Wilson
Mt. Vernon Memorial Gard
Mr. Slivka
Macoupin County
Ill
William
Katherine (Obermeyer) Slivka
Lois Tober
William J. Slivka
Mt. Y Terner
Elizabeth ‘Jackson
Avene Ga
Frank Slivka
Alton, TL
C. A. Slivke
San Diego
Calif
Carl Neahrkorn Dies Suddenly at 59 in Dubois
Carl Neahrkorn 59 of RFD 1 Ashley Dubois died of an apparent heart attack suffered at 9:00 am while working as a section foreman on the Illinois Central Railroad at Centralia. He died en route to St Marys Hospital Centralia. He had worked for the railroad 42 years. Services set for 9:00 am Thursday at St Charles Catholic Church Dubois with Msgr Ceranski. Burial in St Charles Cemetery. Rosary at 8:00 am Wednesday at Kringer Funeral Home Ashley. Survived by wife Bertha, two daughters Annabelle Zienta St Louis and Irene Schwartzkopf Dubois, brother Arthur Neahrkorn Dubois, sisters Clara Blythe Tamaroa and Elsie Stoker Fort Worth Tex, and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Neahrkorn
RFD
Dubois
Illinois Central Railroad
Centralia
St. Mary's Hospital
Neahrkorn
St. Charles Catholic Church
Msgr
Ceranski
St. Charles
Kringer
Ashley
Chris
Ann
Fisher) Neahrkorn
Bertha (Waldman) Neahrkorn
Annabelle Zienta
St. Louis
Irene Schwartzkopf
Arthur Neahrkorn
Clara Blythe
Tamaroa
Elsie Stoker
Ft. Worth
Tex
Four Skindivers Missing After Gulf Swim Off Pensacola
Four Fort Walton Beach youths aged 14 to 16 vanished after abandoning a tide swept rubber raft in the Gulf of Mexico near Fort McRae. Brian McCleary, 16, swam ashore near dark Sunday after helping two others, who later cramps forced a split. The missing teens are Bradford Rice, Warren Felley, Eric Royle, and Larry Stuart Bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Bradford (Rice
Warren Felley
Eric Royle
Larry Stuart Bill
Brian McCleary
Fort McRae
McCleary
Gulf l
Bill
Ruyle
Fort Walton Beach
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted List
Incomplete hospital log entries show admissions at Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan. Patients admitted include Mrs Bertha Bumpus Wills, Charles Finn, Meira Beckham, Alice Duggan, Ora Bumpus Adcock and others. Discharges list numerous patients from Good Samaritan with many names and babies noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Memorial
Bertha Bumpus
Wills
Charles Franklin Finn
Belle Rive
Meira Louise Beckham
Bonnie
Alice Jean Duggan
Ora Bumpus
Adcock
Charles Columbus
Cantrell
Salem
Good Samaritan
Marel Grace Harper
David Dwight Flora
Madge
Lorene Downes
Freeda Lee Hayes
Floreda Lyons
Susan Elizabeth Hecht
Ray Henry Brown
Kendall Carlisle Hobbs
Lillian Elizabeth Shehorn
William Luther George
Connie Sue Kiel
John W. Riead
Mary Inez George
Margaret Virginia Smith
Pansy Ziegler
Effie May Partridge
Clarence Fleming
Lena Gilbert
Rose Ellen Flanagan
Bertha Lousetta Bundy
Grover Cleveland Cooke
Alma Jean Gentry
Mildred Irene Rube
Mary Velveretta Swift
Blanche Gertrude Allen
Eva Ossy
Sarah Jane Owens
Charlies
Neal Greathouse
Mary Ethleen
Thornbach
Shirley May
Hayes
Douglas
Lee
Nancy
Jane
Loehr
David Edward
Mary Ann Keller
Robert Andrew
Celia Evelyn Kniffen
Maxine C. Henry
William
Earl Phelps
Roger Allen
Bodine
Aliie Isabelle Harris
Floretta B. Lyons
James Edward Shehorn
Tiki Linn Harrell
Ora Jeannette Linville
Rolla Trent
Cephas Tucker
Minnie Catherine Phillips
Mona Jeannine Scofield
Kimberley Ann
Josie Mae Baugh
Mt Vernon Masonic and Veterans Meetings Notice
Mt Vernon Lodge No 31 AF and AM holds a special meeting Monday March 26 at 730 pm in the Masonic Temple with second degree work and visiting brethren welcome. Also funeral service for Jack Alexander Tuesday 8 pm at Pulley Funeral Chapel with 730 pm gathering at the Masonic Temple. Veterans of World War 1 King City Barracks No 102 meet at Legion Hall 7 30 pm Tuesday March 27. Eastern Star Chapter No 233 Past Officers Night 7 30 pm at the Masonic Temple with formal for officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon Lodge
Lester L. Williams
W. M. James Apgar
Sec’y
Mt. Vernon Lodge No
AF & AM
Jack Alexander
Pulley Funeral Chapel
Masonic Temple
Lester Williams
King City Barracks No
Legion Hall
Grover Scott
Comar
Mt. Vernon
Order of the Eastern Star
Eva Mae Adams
Naomi R. Bogan
Seo
Arizona Hosts Nation’s Largest Indian Population
Arizona has the highest number of Indians among the 50 states with 83,387 residents, making about one in 16 people in the state. This reflects a significant Native American presence in Arizona’s demographic makeup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. States
Arizona
Mt. Vernon Hog Market Prices Steady on Local Market
The Mt. Vernon hog market closed with unchanged prices as top hogs weighed 190 to 220 pounds bringing 13.85. Sows weighing 300 pounds and up sold at 14.25 to 14.75, with lighter sows 8.25 and 9.75, reflecting steady demand.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon prices were quoted for wheat at 1.92, soybeans at 2.38, and corn at 31.08 this afternoon. Market notes reflect the grain outlook in the Mt Vernon area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Grain market bulletin from Chicago
Chicago grain report shows no wheat or soybean sales. Corn values include No 2 yellow 1.1334 1.434, No 3 yellow 1.10 1.214, No 4 yellow 1.074, No 5 yellow 1.05. Oats list No 1 extra heavy white 72 1 4, No 2 extra heavy white 71 72, No 1 extra heavy mixed Tl. Soybean oil 10% n. Barley reports choice 135 1.55 n, feed 106 1.25 n.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Egg and live poultry price guidelines released in St Louis
AP report outlines consumer grades for eggs and live poultry in St. Louis with specified standards for large medium and small egg sizes, wholesale grades, and dirties checks. It lists hens heavy and light categories, broilers and fryers price ranges, reflecting market transparency efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K31
Rezuy Aj
ST. Louis
Livestock prices at National Stockyards summarized
In National Stockyards Illinois buyers and sellers reported hogs totaling about 12 000 head with various weights trading from 11.75 to 16.85 per hundredweight. Cattle and calves saw choices and good categories priced up to 26 50 per hundredweight for 900 to 1 250 lb steers and 25 25 for slaughter heifers. Sheep and lambs offered small lots with woolly lambs at 16 00 to 17 50 and ewes around 6 50 per hundredweight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Stockyards
USDA
Wall Street slides in uneven late trading as tobacco shares fall
The Dow Man index moved irregularly lower in moderate volume with tobacco stocks leading declines. American Tobacco Reynolds Liggett & Myers dropped three points or more while Lorillard and Philip Morris fell over two and five points respectively. Some sectors like airlines edged higher, but electronics oils and drugs softened. Stocks such as Texaco Royal Dutch and Standard of Indiana posted fractional losses amid a mixed market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Tobacco
Reynolds
Liggett & Myers
Lorillard
Royal Dutch
Standard of
Indiana
TXL Oil
Smith Corona- Marchant
Chrysler
Republic Steel
Union Carbide
American, Stock Exchange
U.S
Chicago Produce and Poultry Prices Steady in Market
Chicago AP reports wholesale butter prices steady with 93 score AA grade at 59 percent and other grades near 56 to 60. Live poultry wholesale prices hold or dip slightly with roaster at 27 to 29 cents and special fed white rock fryers around 19 to 20 cents. heavy hens noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Ane Lee & C
USDA
Births at Good Samaritan Hospital Promote Carla and Kevin
Mr and Mrs Carl Doty of 4112 south 23rd street welcomed a daughter Carla Renee born at 3 12 Sunday morning weighing eight pounds four ounces. Mr and Mrs Joseph Hill of No 1 Cherry Drive welcomed a son Kevin Edward born at 10 01 Sunday night weighing seven pounds 18 ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Doty
South 23Rd Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Carla Renee
Joseph Hill
No. 1
Cherry
Kevin Edward
New Optimist Club Receives Charter At Mt Vernon Banquet
The Breakfast Optimist Club of Mt. Vernon will receive its charter at a 7:00 pm banquet at Hotel Emmerson. International VP Gene Sternberg of Granite City will speak, with other Optimist officials attending. Seibert serves as club president with Griffiths Tucker and Bullock as officers. Mayor Cox to welcome, Lt. Gov. Leffler to serve as toastmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Optimist Club
Mt. Vernon
Hotel Emmerson
iGene Sternberg
Granite City, Ill
Sternberg
Gene Hermann
Havana
Gilbert Lorenz
House Springs
New Club
Milton Sautter
Highland,Ill
Harry Shehorn
Chester Seibert
New Optimist Club
William E. Griffiths
Charlie Tucker
Sherman Bullock
Ivan Cox
Optimist
al Leffler
May 1 construction date set for pool project
Mt Vernon recreation club directors announce construction of a swimming pool and recreation area near Mt Vernon will start before May 1. To complete the drive 50 additional memberships must be sold in ten days. Co chairs Seb Kraft and Luther Beecher urge teams to report information. fees are deposited in trust at First National Bank. if no start by May 1 funds are restricted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Kraft
Beevherer
Bob Kraft
Luther Beederer
Ross Webb
Shirley Cusumano
Jack Setzekorn
Recreation Club
Four Weekend Crashes Cause $1000 Damage on Mt Vernon St
No injuries reported as four weekend accidents on Mt Vernon streets caused about $1000 in damage. At Tenth and Jordan on Sunday three cars were damaged in a collision involving Randall Monneyhan Benton and Robert Carnahan. Abernathy of Caraway Ark contributed to the damage. Weld was cited for speeding after colliding at Tenth and Harrison bringing total damages around $100. A station wagon driven by Ku Wheeling Ala and a Mississippi driver collided at routes 37 and 148. Ku paid $5 in a right of way charge. Saturday at Tenth and Jordan Maierhoffer and Kehrer sustained damages in a two car crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proparty
Mt. Vernon
Tenth
Jordan
Randall E. Monineyhan
Benton
Robert B.carnahan
North 11Th
M. E. Abernathy
Caraway
Ark
Monneyhan
Carnahan
Abernathy
Harrison
Leonard F. Spelling
Terre Haute
Ind
Ralph D. Taylor
Chicago
Walter E. Weld
South 24Th Street
Snelling
Taylor
Weld
Clarence Ku
Wheeling
Boler
Laurel
Miss
Leonard L. Maierhoffer
North Tenth
Donald R. Kehrer
Shawnee Street
Maierhoffer
Kehrer
Kansas State collects over 10,000 grain insect specimens
Kansas State University's department of entomology maintains a storage grain insect collection exceeding 10,000 identified specimens. Officials say it ranks among North America’s most complete collections, with some specimens dating back to 1896.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State University Department of Entomology
North America
Journal and American Home seasonal publication plan
The document outlines a winter issue covering January and February and a summer issue for July and August. It notes a weekly post to print 45 issues per year with unchanged reibarkation for the magazines. Osman states current ail critics generis receive all paid issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weekly Post
Journal
American Home
Osman
Aihecriters Generis
Des Moines Executive Ed Sullivan Follows Two Hobbies
Des Moines Iowa retiree Edwin L Sullivan a former magazine publishing company executive volunteers for the Iowa Heart Fund and belongs to the Men s Gardens Club of Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines, Iowa
Edwin L. Sullivan
The
Iowa Heart Fund
Men’s Gardens Club of
Des Moines
Rusk Tries Again With Gromyko
In Geneva US Secretary of State Dean Rusk met Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko amid deadlock over Berlin. A vague Soviet plan for international watch on corridors linking West Berlin to West Germany was rejected by the United States, while talks also touched on disarmament and a nuclear test ban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Geneva
U.S
Déan Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
Berlin
Rusk
Washington
Gromyko
West Berlin
West Germany
U.N
T. G. (Narayanan
Narayanan
Andrei Gromyko
Kennedy
United States
Soviet Union
Lord Home
Blind Repay Investment Aids Sharples Inspector
Russell Bowers, a 19 year quality control inspector who is blind, works for Sharples Corporation which has developed a gauging stand attachment with a control unit that measures to within five ten thousandths of an inch. The system uses buzzers to signal oversize or undersize parts and those within tolerance. Sharples says equipping a blind inspector costs about 150 dollars more than for a sighted worker, but the firm expects quick repayment as blind workers often outproduce sighted workers in this role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Russell Bowers
Sharples Corporation
Bowers
Ian Inch
Sharples
Illinois Weather Report From The Weather Service
Illinois enjoyed fair pleasant spring weather with sunshine and milder temps in the north. The five day forecast calls for rain possible Thursday or Friday and mild, sunny periods in southern Illinois with near normal highs in the upper 50s to mid 50s and little rain expected.
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Illinois
Associated Press
Linois
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Springfield
Moline
Peoria
Rockford
Quincy
Ilinois
Carbondale
When To Look For Satellite
CHICAGO AP The Echo Sat timetable lists March 27 4:15 am CST at 57 degrees above the north horizon moving northeast March 2 3:28 am at degrees above north horizon moving northeast March 29 2:41 am at 74 degrees above north horizon c ying northeast 4:44 am 52 degrees above north horizon moving southeast March 30 3:57 am 53 degrees above north horizon moving northeast March 31 3:10 am 57 degrees April 1 2:23 am 64 degrees northeast 4:26 am 53 degrees above north horizon moving southeast April 23 39 am 53 am above north horizon m southeast
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chcago
Echo
North Perteen
Ring Of Authority Coin Story From St Louis University
John T. Thurmond of Dallas asserts a Texas man paid his tuition with 405 silver dollars. He says they have an authority no other coins possess, highlighting the unique status of the coins presented to St Louis University in payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
St. Louis University
John T. Thurmond
Dallas
Extra-Musical Practice in Jamestown Bell
Jonas Johnson uses a giant school bell as a practice instrument for music class. He carries his lunch in the bell on the way back to school, a quirky scene from Jamestown, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
N. Y
Jonas Johnson
Methodist Refugees Move to New Homes in Illinois
Ninety seven Cuban refugees arrive at O'Hare from Miami then head to northern Illinois underRock River Conference Methodist sponsorship. They receive prepaid rent and groceries as host families integrate them. most are skilled, speak little English, and fear family repercussions in Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
O'Hare
Miami
Ilinois
Josefine Hernandez
Castro
Cuba
Rock River
The
Methodist Church
Church World Service
Downers Grove
Elmhurst
Evanston
Freeport
Ivanhoe
Lanark
Libertyville
Lisle
Naperville
Oak Park
Peotone
Barrington
Crete
Riverside
St. Charles
West Chicago
Wilmette
Los Angeles
Cleveland
Methodist
Charles
Russia
Former bank exec carves a new life winning senior hobby prizes
Vincent R. Tilden of Newark New Jersey at age 83 picked up wood carving after seeing a toy ad inviting “from 8 to 80.” He started at 81 with no prior experience and has since won top prizes two years in a row at senior citizen hobby shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Vincent R. Tilden
Hub caps stolen in Mt. Vernon car crime
James Langa of Route 2 Woodlawn reported to police Sunday night that two hub caps were stolen from his car while it was parked in Mt. Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Langa
Woodlawn
Mt. Vernon
Kennedy Seeks 600 Million Public Works Plan
President Kennedy asked Congress for a 600 million immediate public works program to create jobs in areas with high unemployment. He urged prompt enactment of both the immediate and a 2 billion standby program, backed by labor leaders, to combat persistent joblessness across nearly 1000 communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Congress
House Public Works Committee
White House
Joseph S. Clark Jr
D-Pa
John A. Blatnik
D-Minn
Secretf
Arthur J. Goldberg
Abraham Ribiecoff
David Ey Bell
Walter Heller
Red Cross Calls Off Disaster Institute Here
A three day Red Cross disaster preparedness institute planned for April 3 2 to 5 in Mt Vernon was postponed as regional representatives were called for disaster work in the east west and south due to floods tidal waves and mud slides. The program will be rescheduled for a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Mt. Vernon
Disaster
Mt Vernon Officials at State Postal Meeting
Three Mt. Vernon postal officials joined 230 Illinois attendees at a state wide postal management seminar in Du Quoin. Postmaster William M. Lee Assistant Postmaster Elmer Snodk smith and Supt. of Mails John Bugal represented Mt. Vernon. Lee served on a panel as Swanson Donegan and Sulewski led sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Dw Quoin
William M. Lee
Elmer Snodksmith
John Bugal
Lee
Donald L. Swanson
Ralph G. Donegan
Frank G. Sulewski
Chicago
Water balloons dropped on cars in Mt Vernon incident
Mt Vernon police investigated a dangerous prank Saturday night after a report that boys stood on the Daniel's Hill wall on north Tenth street and dropped water filled balloons on passing cars. The youths fled before officers arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Daniel’s Hill
North Tenth Street
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A. M
Mt. Vernon Grain
Wall Street
Interstate Department Stores
Gene Sternberg
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
Melvin L. Krulewitch
Griffith
Ruby Goldstein
Ringsiders
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Alfaro
Alexander Schiff
New York State Athletic Commission
Bobby Shell
St. Nicholas Arena
Don Jordan
Big Bug
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Ring of Authority
Methodist Project
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Disaster Institute
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Gale Monroe
W-G Motors
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