Mt Vernon Social Roundup Spans Travel, Visits, and Birth
Mrs H Rockenmeyer returns from Chicago Patriotic Conference. Miss Phyllis Baker heads to Albuquerque for a two week vacation. Many Mt Vernon residents host or visit relatives across Illinois and neighboring states. An infant son to Mr and Mrs Max Galloway of Bonnie named Alan Eugene weighs nine pounds at birth. Various trips to St Louis Cairo Harrisburg Olney and other towns mark a busy social period.
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H. Rockenmeyer
Chicago
American Legion Auxiliary
Morrison Hotel
Phyllis Baker
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Frank Wilkey
Charles E. Dodson
San Diego
Calif
Mt. Vernon
Robert Shehorn
Pittsburgh
Penn
B. Lee Warren
Shehorn
John Alburn
Princeton
Ind
B. L. Warren
Herman Lockey
St. Louis
Elsie Hodge
Waltonville
Betty Bedford
Tulsa
Okla
Kay Gilbert
Samuel Keen
Bluford
Ray Knox
Daughters
Salem
Jim Birkhead
Belle Rive
Ollie Bolen
Iown City
Iowa
Betty Jane Hedegaard
San Maeo
Caiif
John James Luther
Jefferson
Bert McBride
Dix
Rela Taylor
Hettie Ingram
McLeansboro
Stanley Zewiski
Ashley
Stanley Noble
Amarillo
Texas
Guard Marvin
Edwin Wachowski
Radom
Robert Crosnoe
Mary Lakey
Chester
Barnes Hospital
L. B. Elliott
Excelsior Springs
Equitable Life Unit Managers
Helen Waugh
Dahlgren
Sylvia Huff
Wayne City
Carlos Kersh
Kenneth Burchett
Meclkendree College
Lebanon
Oren Kersh
Max Galloway
Bonnie
Alan Eugene
Ina Drennan
Stockton
Arthur Drennan
Jefferson County
Charles Balsover
J. W. Jamerson
Martha Green
Ben Black
Macedonia
Rose Sledge
Macel Bousman
Charles
Farina
Ill
Ed. Varner
Mr. Bousman
Varner
Morton Clark
Cairo
Herbert ‘Tate
Texico
Johnnie Hartman
Evansville
Aeavis
Bryan Dycus
Leland Wells
Olney
Ray Dycus
Finest Higginson
Donna Mae
Society Celebrates Birthday and Club Notices in Vernon
Mrs Art Mueller hosted 15 children at 1005 South 23rd Street for Arties third birthday with prizes for Patrick McManamy Mary Helen Myers Glenda Carroll Karen Kay Brehm and Susan Collins A floral cake arrangement and a pink white and yellow theme highlighted the party. The day also carried reports on Women Society of Christian Service Circles meetings Fortnightly Club activities and multiple local engagements across Vernon including marriages anniversaries and a garden club meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Mueller
South 23Rd Street
Artie
Patrick McManamy
Mary Helen Myers
Glenda Carroll
Karen Kay Brehm
Susan Collins
W.S.C
Women's Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Clara Swain
John Watts
Oakland Avenue
Glenn Dare
Margaret Pittman
Baird
Jenny Hartzell
R. ST. Grissom
North 15Th Street
J. E. Valentine
Lloyd C. Douglas
Harry L. Bates
Isabella Thoburn
Casey Avenue
E. H. Klein
Lucy Webb Hayes
J. “. Smith
J. J. Corlew
Mariella Aikman
Field School
Charles Ray Bender
Charles Westman
Tommy Johnson
Gordon Fore
Mary
Jerry Dycus
All Circle
Rankin to push pension bill on House floor
Mississippi Democrat Representative John E Rankin aims to use a Civil War era rule to bring his veterans pension bill to the House floor. As veterans committee chairman he can invoke the rule to advance a bill granting World War I and II veterans a 90 dollar monthly pension at age 65.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Rankin
Mississippi
Rankin
Veterans Committee
Births in Fairfield and Bluford at Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs Carl Shelton of Fairfield welcomed a seven pound seven ounce daughter born at 3 55 pm Sunday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Mr and Mrs Ray Oliver Banes of Route 3 Bluford welcomed a daughter weighing seven pounds one ounce born at 5 18 pm Sunday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Shelton
Fairfield
Jeferson Memorial Hospital
Ray Oliver Banes
Route 3
Bluford
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Mt. Willing Lodge special meeting notice
A special meeting of Mt. Will Lodge No. 31 A F and A M will be held at 7:30 on March 28. Work in the second degree. Frank Ancona W M C W Peckenpaugh Secy.
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A. F
A.M
Mt. W
A. M
Frank Ancona
W. M
Marion Lodge to Confer Initiatory Degree Tuesday Night
Marion Lodge No 13 1.0.C.F. meets Tuesday at 7 30 to confer the Initiatory degree with Grand Instructor I M Cobb expected. Brothers traveling to Centralia tonight should meet at the lodge at 6 30. Kenneth Sandusky N Frank Biggerstaff WG William Shehorn Rec Secy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Lodge No. 13
C.F
I. M. Cobb
Centralia
Kenneth Sandusky
Frank Biggerstaff
William Shehorn
Mt Vernon Wins 29 Firsts in Southern Illinois Music Contest
Mt Vernon high school captured 29 first division ratings at the Southern Illinois district music contest, including vocal solo, string and band solos and ensembles, with 13 second division awards. The event drew 800 students from 34 schools, with a second session on April 9 and state finals set for April 29 at Lamphier high school in Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon High School
Southern Illinois
Mt. Vernon
First Baptist Church
Lamphier High School
Springfield
Vernon
Polly Smith
Kenneth Willams
Mary Ann Ohms
Charlotte Gordon
Dan Musick
Mary Frances la Salle
Ted Garrison
Benny Jackson
Sharon Borah
Leann Inskeep
Barbara Brown
David Brown
David Albrecht
Jimmy Gowler
Homer Campbell
Haynes Hawkins
Don Neuville
Rufus Hawkins
Elizabeth Leers
Jerry Gibson
Maxie Smith
Mary Ann Hard
Wanda Drew
Kenneth Williams
Pat Smith
Ann Talbot
Shirley Stratton
Otto Brown
Richard Terry
Joel Bender
Elizabeth Leev
Mary Ann Oams
Jack Cox
Lester Ross
James Westman
Richard Mabry
Clifford Karch
James Witter
Mary Frances LaSalle
Mary Lou Weller
Mary Lou Keller
Donna Jean Crocker
Sue Hauk
Lyle Sledge
Doris Hertenstein
Emmagene Boyd
Juanita Tennyson
Deloris Hughey
Coletta Ahters
Sue Peckenpaugh
Betty Cole
Pat McFaring
Allan Greene
Sybil Cooper
Nancy Walker
Gen Roy
Green hair mascot Mary Lorraine Bradley in Hollywood
Hollywood report notes Mary Lorraine Bradley ex burlesque dancer dyed her hair green to gain publicity. Agent Paris Eager booked her at a night club. she drew attention outside a Los Angeles theater showing The Boy With Green Hair. The piece also mentions industry gossip on Cary Grant Hepburn satire Europe and the Bull and other Hollywood items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Mary Lorraine Bradley
Mary
Paris Eager
Eager
RKO
Los Angeles
Agent Paris
M-G-M
Cary Grant
Katherine Hepburn
Europe
Talent Quest Finals Thursday at Granada
The Illinois finals of the Stars of Tomorrow talent quest are set for Granada Theatre next Thursday evening March 31. An elimination starts at 7:30 with 11 contestants. five advance to the 9:30 grand finals. Judges will be from cities not represented in the contest. Mt. Vernon winner Howard Goin will compete, with entrants including June Vore, Marion Hall, Gerald Jones, Bill Howell, Hi-Tones, Myrtle Price, Bob Beltz, Teke's Merry Mates, Frank Buffa, and Von Young. The Kansas City winner earns a screen test and a paid Hollywood trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Granada Theatre
Mt. Vernon
Kansas City
Middle West
Big Fox Theatres Company
Hollywood
Howard Goin
June Vore
Centra
Marion Hall
West Frankfort
Gerald Jones
Cape Girardeau
Bill Howell
du Quoin
Hi-Tones
Springfield
Myrtle Price
Christopher
Bob Beltz
Benton
Teke
Merry Mates
Marion
Frank Buffa
Belleville
von Young
Jacksonville
Boston Store Mobbed in First War Sale
Boston crowds pack Filene's basement for a one price sale on men's suits topcoats and overcoats at 11 dollars. H D Hodgkinson says about 3000 inside in three minutes and a similar number outside await entry as a crew of 200 salesmen handles the milling throng. About 3000 garments are on sale with all cash sales and no alterations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Filen’s
H. D. Hodgkinson
Filene’s
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges Across Several Towns
Good Samaritan records admit Mrs Thelma Matthews Fairfield Marvin C Rust Bluford. Discharges include infant Sharon McKenzie and several adults and infants from Fairfield Bluford Wayne City Ashley Bonnie Salem Alton and East St. Louis. Jefferson Memorial lists admissions and discharges across St Louis Bonnie Salem Dahlgren and Alton hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Samaritan
Thelma Matthews
Fairfield
Marvin C. Rust
Bluford
Sharon McKenzie
Vida Price
Hazel Gregory
Carolyn Ruth
Juanita Payne
Thomas Lowell
June Shreve
Donnie Gayle
Wayne City
Dorothy Galiher
Virginia Vaughn
Barbara Ann
Floyd A. Howard
Ashley
Jefferson Memorial
Catherine Bartnicki
St. Louis
Grace Vaughn
Norma Williams
Alonzo Sechrest
Johnnie Modlin
Bonnie
Opal Cockrel
Salem
Evelyn Bower
Alva L. Williams
Harley Harlow
Joseph C. Baker
Beecher Paige
East St. Louis
Yewell Elmore
Wilma Smith
Alton
Ray Murphy
Dahlgren
Mary Lou Moore
Stephen Warne
Vandalee Osborn
White Gold film on Las Vegas borax industry stars Arlen Holt Joy
A contract to Howard Hughes for White Gold places Richard Arlen Jack Holt and Leatrice Joy as co stars. The Las Vegas backed project will be produced by Vic King with funding from Las Vegas money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Hughes
Las Vegas
Richard Arlen
Jack Holt
Leatrice Joy
Vic King
All-School Play Set by Mt Vernon High April First
Mt Vernon township high school plans an all-school production titled And Came the Spring. The comedy of modern youth will be staged in the Hartman living room Friday at eight. Cast includes Haynes Hawkins Anne Golightly Betty Anthis Charles Highsmith Marilyn Endicott and others. Student council handles ticket sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon Township High School
Hartman
Haynes Hawkins
Mr. Hartman
Anne Golightly
Mrs. Hartman
Betty Anthis
Virginia Hartman
Charles Highsmith
Elliott
Marilyn Endicott
Midge
Jack Carpenter
Buzz Lindsay
David Brown
Keith Nolan
Richard Smith
Alan Fields
Elizabeth Darnold
Carollyn Webster
Harold Dycus
Clancy
Donna Lee
Babich arraigned as killer in West Allis case
Milton Babich and Kathleen Babich faced murder charges after a fatal slaying linked to their elopement to Kalamazoo and return to Milwaukee area. Kathleen’s parents defend, brother Victor backs Milton, while both suspects work at suburban West Allis factories as relatives handle younger siblings amid investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Babich
Kathleen
Kalamazoo
Mich
Minneapolis
Albert
Victor
West Allis
Definition of a solar day
A day is measured from the time the sun crosses a meridian of longitude until it crosses that same meridian again. This standard unit defines the daily cycle used in civil timekeeping and navigation.
Seven Airmen Rescued From Arctic Crash on Ellesmere Island
In the Arctic Circle, seven American airmen were rescued after their U S C-84 cargo plane crash landed Thursday 1100 miles from Cornwallis Island. The crew, rescued off Ellesmere Island, were reported unhurt and evacuated to Thule then Goose Bay Labrador. Air Commodore Costello announced Evacuation successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Edmonton
Alta
U. S. Air Force Dakota
Ellesmere Island
Arctic Circle
Cornwallis Island
Martin Costello
Royal Canadian Air Force
Thule
Goose Bay
Labrador
Mt. Vernon Woman Sentenced to State Reformatory
Sheriff J. Chris Johnston delivered Ela Jones, 41, to the state reformatory for women at Dwight Hl after she pleaded guilty to manslaughter in circuit court. Jones will serve one to 14 years for the fatal February 5 shooting of Rosa Chapman, also colored, in Mt. Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Chris Johnston
Ela Jones
Mt. Vernon
State Reformatory For Women
Dwight
Probe Big Theft At County Tavern
Jefferson county officers investigate a theft at The Gables tavern west of Mt. Vernon. The incident last week involved $155 in cash and $466 worth of whiskey plus several liquor cases reported by county authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Mt. Vernon
Local Boy Severely Cuts Foot Chopping Wood
Charles Donoho a 14 year old Bluford youth suffered a severe cut to his right foot while chopping wood at home Saturday afternoon. He received treatment in a local physician's office with stitches applied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Donoho
Richard Donoho
Bluford
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Vandalia
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Thompsonville
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Harald Poole
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Mwada Neal
Thorton and Minor Hospital
A. W. Akin
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Kniffen
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Frank Kniffen
Dahlgren High School
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South Pacific
Tri-State Gas Corp
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Grace A. Henry Rebekah
Clinton Cannon
Tyrone M. Cannon
Harrison Street
University of Illinois
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D. W. Morris
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South 24Th Street
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Judy
Decatur
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