William E Williford former Mt Vernon official dies at 76
William Eli Williford longtime Mt Vernon resident and former lice chief died at 10 10 p m Saturday at his home 2223 Broad jay age 76 He served as assistant tax assessor and previously as city engineer and secretary of Carpenters Local Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2 00 p m at Myers Chapel with Rev Joy Vandeveer officiating Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery He lay in state after 4 00 p m Monday He was born October 3 1882 in Jefferson County to John Sylvester and Mary Elizabeth Williford He married Hattie Ketteman August 4 1904 she died 1957. he married Mary Neal Warren January 2 1959 who survives Also surviving are two sons five daughters a sister and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Eli Williford
Verren
Broadjie
Williford
Mt. Vernon Township
Mt. Vernon
Carpenters
Myers Chapel
Joy Vandeveer
Seville
Oakwood Cemetery
Jefferson County
John Sylvester
Mary Elizabeth (Willis) Williford
Hattie Noel Ketteman
Mary Neal Warren
Primitive Baptist Church
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Carl
Woodrow
Coffeyville
Kansas
Jeanne Anderson
St. Louis
Mary Ellen Jay
Dison
Eva Cook
Birmingham
Ala
Nilah Roback
Ihr
Blanche Smith
Mt Vernon
J. T. Pierce
Mtt. Vernon
Former Minister L. R. Oathout Dies at 58
The Rev. Lester R. Oathout a former Mr. Vernon Nazarene pastor died at 1 20 am Sunday in Sparta Tl hospital aged 58 years four months and 17 days He served churches in Inn Middleton Markham City Hervin and Mt Vernon His funeral is set for Tuesday at First Church of the Nazarene Mt Vernon with burial in Hamm Grove cemetery He was born October 12 1900 in Jefferson County Ill and married Pansy Hanklin May 19 1923 survivors include his wife a daughter Laura Ford four sons John Carl Ralph and Paul a stepmother three sisters and three brothers plus ten grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester R. Oathout
Vernon
Sparta
Oathout
Church of the Nazarene
Tilden
Inn
Middleton
Markham City
Hervin
Mt. Vernon
Harold Daniels
W. E. Allison
Hams Grove
Myers Chapel
Mr. Oathout
Jefferson County
Ill
Charles W
Elsie (Toney) Oathout
Pansy Hankln
Laura Ford
John
Carl
Ralph
Waukegan
Paul
Ethel Book
Alma Bevis
Ina
Mrs. Caroline Overturf Dies at 52 Rites Wednesday
Caroline Hanna Overturf 52 died Sunday afternoon at home 1216 Jones. She worked for International Shoe Co. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 PM at Pulley Funeral Home with Rev. Prebble officiating. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery. She lies in state after 10 AM Tuesday. Born January 26 1907 in Dubois Tr to Peter and Anna Miller. Survived by husband Edgar Overturf and seven brothers and five sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Hanna Overturf
Jones
International Shoe Co
Pulley Funeral Home
Nam Prebble
Oakwood Cemetery
Mrs. Overturf
Dubois, Tr
Peter
Anna Elos Miller
Nashville
Edgar ‘Overturf
Christ Gospel Ch
Louis Miller
Duels
Walter Miller
Mar- Heights
Eeene
Essen
Carl and
LeRoy Milie
Mt. Vernon
Paul Miller
Tamaroa
Harold Eee
Bhanier
Etha’ Grapa
Elda Glasscack
Duuate
Leta Tee
Doro Jeek
Katie Ford
Herman Dennis Dies At 68 Funeral Today In Leestown
Herman W. Dennis of 2113 Herbert street died at 2 10 p m Saturday in Good Samaritan Hospital. He was 68 years old. Funeral services were held at Pulley Funeral Chapel with Rev. Amos Ledford officiating and burial in Sandy Creek Cemetery in Leestown Kentucky. He was born February 24 1891 in Morgantown Kentucky, married to Bertha Davis, survived by four sons James Leon Dennis and Bobby Dennis of Princeton Indiana Jesrue Dennis of Mt. Vernon and another son. two daughters Mrs Larue Pate and Mrs Irene Dunne. two brothers Jim Dennis of Morgantown and Fletch Dennis of Indianapolis. two sisters Mrs Essa Tines and Mrs Iva McKinney. 12 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. He attended Big Muddy schools and was a member of the First Church of God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman W. Dennis
Herbert Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Pulley Funeral Chapel
Amos Ledford
Sandy Creek
Leestown
Dennis
Morgantown
Garviner
Nannie Dennis
Bertha Davis
Jesrue Dennis
Mt. Vernon
James Leon
Bobby Dennis
Princeton
Ind
Larue Pate
This City
Irene Dunne
Clinton
Jim Dennis
Fletch Dennis
Indianapolis
Essa Tines
Ohio
Iva McKinney
Big Muddy
Butler County
First Church of God
Alice E Boyd of Route 7 Dies at 83 in 1959
Mrs. Alice Elizabeth Boyd of Route 7 died Saturday at 6 45 pm at her daughter Lelia Hall’s home 213 Main Street. She was 83. Services Tuesday at 2 pm at Camp Ground Baptist Church with Rev Joe Sledge. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery. She was born February 8 1876 in Jefferson County daughter of Lee and Arminda Humphrey Jackson. Survived by daughter Lelia Hall brother Fred Jackson and sister Ora Jackson five grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by husband James W Boyd and other family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Elizabeth Boyd
Route 7
Lelia Hall
Main Street
Camp Ground Baptist Church
Joe Sledge
Oakwood
Pulley Funeral Home
Boyd
Jefferson County
Lee
Arminda
Humphrey) Jackson
James W. Boyd
Royal Neighbors of America
Fred Jackson
Ora
Boat Salesman Wins Park Dock Permit at Elizabethtown
Elizabethtown officials allow Merl Cox of Harrisburg to tie a 75 foot dock to the village park shoreline on the Ohio River for displaying boats and serving customers. The agreement auto renews yearly with payments of 100 dollars first year and 200 dollars thereafter. Cox recently bought boat making equipment from S A Ferbend Co Morganfield Ky and plans a Harrisburg boat line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethtown
Ohio River
Merl Cox
Harrisburg
Cox
S. A. Ferbend Co., Inc
Morganfield
Births in area include four newborns at Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan
Four birth notices report new daughters and a son in the region. Christye Lynn Dean born at 5:25 pm, Christie June Davis born at 9:02 am, Robert Roy Mandrell Jr. born in Wood River on March 28, and Tammy Lees Wilson born at 10:55 am with weights ranging from seven pounds three ounces to eight pounds seven ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Dean ‘Kelly
Dahlgren
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Christye Lynn
Leanna Loehr
Charles Robert Davis
Salem Road
Christie June
Sharon Elaine Borden
Berthold Borden
Frank Davis
Robert R. Mandrell
Harrison Street
Wood River
Robert Roy, Jr
Verehrearden
Arch
Imaritan Hospital
Ae Charles
Robert
Executioner for Castro named US criminal with long record
Milwaukee native Capt. Herman Marks, named executioner for Fidel Castro, has a lengthy US criminal history including 32 arrests for theft, robbery, burglary, assault, and drunken driving. Burke calls him a "real stinker" as he serves in Havana at La Cabana Fortress with about 200 ready fire orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Herman Marks
Fidel Castro
John C. Burke
Wisconsin State Prison
Marks
Burke
Wisconsin
United States
Havana
la Cabana
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Kansas Mother of Year mixup ends with real selection
In Wichita the Kansas Mother of the Year mixup prompted 39 women to believe they were state recipients. The board, led by Mrs. John Selfridge, will name the actual state mother after a mailing error from New York. Some Kansas women received wrong letters, causing brief confusion and mistaken nominations before the proper choice is announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Kansas
John Selfridge
New York
American Mothers Committee
Aileen Fogarty
Nellie Krueger
Washington, Kan
Seven Children Die In Cottage Fire In Dantetown Virginia
In Dantetown Virginia seven children aged 10 months to 11 years perished as a four room frame cottage burned while their parents Edward and his wife attended Easter Sunrise services at Mt. Zion Church. A passerby Lynn Towers found the blaze at 5 40 am and tried to kick in the back door but could not enter.
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Danteltown
Edward Lewis
Lewis
Mt. Zion Church
Lynn Towers
Towers
Hospital Notes and Good Samaritan Admissions
Hospital notes list admissions including Dora Vanatta Alice Knappier Mild red Wilson Le anna Mae Kelly Ira G Simmons Doris Benard Ralph Story Sharon Elaine Davis Lorraine Mitchell and discharges Eunice Barbie Mary Voyles Good Samaritan lists many patients from Dix Salem and surrounding areas with multiple names and babies noted. Discharges include Helen Louise Middeka Alvina Marie Mary Evelyn and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Memorial
Dora Vanatta
Alice Knappier
Mildred Wilson
Bonnie
Leanna Mae Kelly
Dahlgren
Ira G. Simmons
Dix
Doris Benard
Ralph Story
Sharon Elaine Davis
Lorraine Mitchell
Salem
Eunice Mabel Barbie
Mary Alice Voyles
Good Samaritan
Neil Edward Williams Sr
David Max Poston
Katherine Decima Greer
Charles Judson Goodin
Robert Chastain Eubank
William Simmons
Irma Louisa Yaeger
Emma Louise Cox
Willis Robert Illiamson
Alice Robbin Grigg
Ruby Lorene Savage
Mary Ellen, Boswell
Eva Jamerson
Kathleen Kirk
Mabel Minervia Squier
Cecile Elizabeth Garrison
Evelyn Lina Evans
Helen Louise Middeka
Alvina Marie
Shirley Blanche Donoho
Kevin Todd
Mary Evelyn. Strickland
Marlene Elizabeth Quigley
Linda Jean Ivaan
Berrie
Taeernum
Cane
Anita Faye Ellis
Gala Eleanor Rust
Mary Louise Coll
Karleen Frances Smith
Edna Geraldine Smith
Theresa Joann
Willis Robert Williamson
Wilma June Buchanon
Baby
Room For Journalism Review Panel Aims for Improvement
American journalism faces room for improvement according to a CBS Great Challenge panel. Eric Sevareid moderated J Russell Wiggins Barbara Ward Eugene C Pulliam John Fischer and Sig Mickelson discussed foreign news, reader engagement and the media’s role in informing the public about crises such as Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
We Journalists
Columbia Broadcasting System
Eric Sevareid
CBS News
J. Russell Wiggins
Washington Post & Times-Herald
Barbara Ward
The
London Economist
Eugene C. Pulliam
Indiana
Arizona
John Fischer
Harpers Magazine
Sig Mickelson
CBS
Sigma Delta
Pulliam
Wiggins
Fischer
Miss Ward
Mickelson
Jand
Berlin
Protestant Protests Over Queen Mother Rome Visit
AP London report states Princess Margaret may accompany Queen Elizabeth II to Rome to meet Pope John XIII next month. Protestants protest Royal audience as Elizabeth II heads the Church of England. palace officials caution against a second papal audience for royalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Margaret
Elizabeth
John XIII
Rome
London Sunday
John
Elizabeth II
Pius II
Vatican
Foreign Office
Flood Recedes In Pecatonica Illinois Towns
The Pecatonica River fell about a foot as floodwaters receded in McConnell Winslow and Freeport. McConnell saw three feet of water in streets and basements flooding while a dike breach at 2 a.m. CST caused evacuations. Freeport water levels dropped from a crest near 16.72 feet and residents prepared to return home. Health officials urged boiling drinking water as debris was cleared and plants planned to resume by midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MC Conelll
Pecatonica
Illinois
McConnell
Winslow
Main Street
City of
Freeport
Cigarettes Stolen in Murphysboro Heist
Police report $1,200 worth of cigarettes stolen from a Murphysboro location. Six hundred cartons vanished after robbers entered through a front door and fled through a rear exit, leaving behind a basket and causing fright among locals. No suspects named in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muphysboro
Is Murphysboro
Aled Stooge
Weather Outlook for Illinois Shows Mild Temperatures
Five day forecast indicates temperatures averaging 2 to 4 degrees above normal. Normal highs range from the low 50s in the north to the low 60s in the south, with lows from the low 30s to the low 40s. Day to day changes are small and rainfall totals are expected to be a half to three quarters of an inch, with showers forecast tonight or Tuesday and again Wednesday and Friday night or Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Illinois Weather Brisk Spring Temps Rise Across State
Illinois enjoyed mild spring weather with morning fog in Chicago clearing to sun. Partly cloudy skies covered most areas as highs reached upper 50s to low 60s after overnight lows near 30. Rantoul and Rockford dipped to 28. Scattered showers expected tonight with a five day trend near normal to slightly above.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Associated Press
Tiinois
Chicago
Rantoul
Rock- 0
Clothing Stolen From Auto Here
Two suits and two coats were stolen from a car parked on west Broadway. Bennie Melton of Memphis Tennessee, visiting relatives, reported the theft to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Broadway
Bennie Melton
Memphis
Tenn
Election Notice for Board of Education in District 201
On Saturday April 11 1959 voters in Jefferson County Illinois will elect two school board members for the full term. Precincts include Mt Vernon area with Mt Vernon High School lobby as polling place. Precinct 2 Spring Garden at Inn Grade School. Precinct 3 Moore’s Prairie and Pendleton areas at Belle Rive Grade School. Precinct 4 Field Township and parts of Rome Township at Rome Community Consolidated School. Polls open noon to 7 PM. Gilbert N Wood President. Secretary dates March 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
County of Jefferson
State of Illinois
Mt. Vernon Township
Dodds Township
McClellan and
Shiloh
Spring Garden Township
Inn
Moore's Prairie
Pendleton
Belle Rive
Field Township
Rome Township
Rome Community Consolidated School
Unusual Theft Here Four Guinea Pigs Taken
Mt. Vernon police received a report of four guinea pigs stolen from a yard pen. The owner, William R. Munshower of 1116 South 13th, valued the animals at 30 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
William R. Munshower
South 13Th
NATO Seeks Peace Steps as Italy Hosts Missiles
NATO talks begin on Italian soil with West Germany’s arrival late Tuesday. Soviet Tass press release outlines proposals including a Warsaw Pact non aggression pledge, the Rapacki plan, Berlin as a free city, and a pre-summit ministers meeting. Britain and the U S already approved IRBM sites in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Germany
Soviet Union
U.S
NATO
iTass
Warsaw Treaty Organization
Berlin
Italy
Britain
United States
Chiefs claim America invincible in nuclear era
Admiral Burke and General Taylor told Congress that the United States can destroy the Soviet Union many times over with current weapons if war breaks out, urging higher defense spending for mobile forces. Joint Chiefs chair Twining said the Soviet air threat trails U S capability, while Representative Mahon warned the panels over strategic disagreements and unsteady arms planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adm
Arleigh Burke
Soviet Union
Burke
Maxwell D. Taylor
Army
Taylor
Navy
Congress
Nathan F. Twining
Joint Chiefs of Staff
George Mahon
Dtex
Joint Chiefs
Mahon
Safe robbed at Duty Motor Co found on country road
A safe missing from Duty Motor Co was located early today on a country road a mile north of Anna by a quarry worker en route to work. Loss estimated at 100 dollars after the safe was blown open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna, Tr
Duty Motor Co
Anna
Washington in Spring Draws Crowds to See Blossoms
Washington bursts with tourists during spring as about 200 000 visitors expected over Easter weekend. Cherry Blossom Festival slated for April 7 features torchlight parade and bands, while the Capitol rotunda is closed for repairs. Will Rogers statue in Statuary Hall remains a bright stop for visitors and school groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Cole
Washington
Capitol
Ashington
Jefferson Memorial
The
Congress
Rotunda
Statuary Hall
Will Rogers
Oklahoma
India Keeps Hands off In Tibet Revolt continuing page one
Western observers in Hong Kong questioned claims of Chinese planes arming rebels as Kalimpong jawed Tibet uprising spreads beyond Lhasa. The report notes a puppet regime under the Panchen Lama and ongoing resistance south of the capital with rebel forces collecting taxes and a radio active in remote areas. Pravda acknowledged remnants but framed defeat as total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalimpong
Hong Kong
Formosa
Tibet
China
Dalai Lama
Red China
Lhasa
National Defense Army
Pravda
Liz Pays 500 Week Rent To Be Near Fisher
Las Vegas report says Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher arrived for a Nevada stay. Taylor, three children, a nurse and valet checked into a $500-a-week ranch near town while Fisher rehearsed at the Tropicana. A guard kept watchers back as sightseers gathered. Fisher declined comment on marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liz
Fisher
Las Vegas
Nev
Debbie Reynolds
Miss Taylor
Nevada
Bulk Blending Fertilizer Plant Under Construction in Mt Vernon
H and B Schwartz announces construction of a new bulk fertilizer blending plant at 8th and Pauline in Mt Vernon served by the C and E I Railroad. The facility will blend nitrogen phosphate and potash to soil tests, store 1 200 tons, five bins, plus weighing and loading gear. Five new employees to be hired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. &. Schwartz
Jefferson Service Company
8Th
Pauline Streets
Mt. Vernon
E Company
Jefferson County
Schwartz
Five Fire Calls Over Weekend Mt Vernon Area
Firemen answered five alarms in the Mt Vernon area Saturday with four city calls. Harold Morgan 723 Conger suffered an electrical short in a truck causing wiring damage. At 1:30 p m the Walgreen Drug Store on the square reported a short in a light fixture. Two grass fires were controlled during the day and rural firemen managed a grass fire in Homestead Hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Harold Morgan
Conger
Walgreen Drug Store
Homestead Hills
Mt Vernon couples wed in license notices
Marriage licenses issued to Charles L Beal 20 Route 6 Mt Vernon and Phyllis Collins 16 Route 3 Mt Vernon. Walter A Antonowicz 28 and Theresa Ziarnek 28 both of Chicago Ill obtained licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Beal
Mt. Vernon
Phyllis Collins
Walter A. Antonowicz
Theresa Ziarnek
Chicago, Ill
Low Bidder On New SAC Base
A Springfield Illinois contractor, S. J. Groves & Sons, submitted the apparent low bid of 7 845 454 40 dollars for an aircraft refueling system and related facilities at the Richard I Bong Strategic Air Command Base near Kansasville, with award expected within 10 days and project completion in 550 days. The base north of Kenosha began last summer and is slated to be operational in 1962.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Springfield
Kansasville
Army Corps of Engineers
S. J. Groves & Sons
Kenosha
Groves
Japan Court Rules Bases Illegal in Defense Posture
A Japanese court ruled bases illegal under the special criminal code while noting the right to station troops. The government has 14 days to appeal with appeals possible to the Higher and Supreme Courts, potentially taking years. The U S general Douglas MacArthur had directed interpretation that Japan could defend itself with forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Japan
Douglas McArthur
U.S
Collision on North Tenth Street in Mt Vernon
An 8 29 Sunday morning car crash in the 200 block of North Tenth Street Mt Vernon involved Kenneth E Moore 1005 Pace and Robert Blair 1411 South 29th. Police charged Blair with following too closely in traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Kenneth E. Moore
Pace
Robert Blair
South 29Th
North Tenth Street
Blair
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L. R. Oathout
Caroline Overturf
Herman Dennis
Alice E. Boyd
Park Dock
Castro
U. S
Pope
Albany
Couny
St. Paul
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Oklahoma City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburg
Portland
Ore
Rapid City
Richmond
San Francisco
Seattle
Tampa
Illinois Temperatures
Rock
Motine
Peoria
Vandalia
iScott Air Base
Gilbert N. Wood
America
Tore Ge Flock Wastngton
India
Broadway
Jerusalem
Emmaus
Jesus
Christ
God
New Sac
Florist
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