Personal health notes and social visits in Mt Vernon area
The records note several local residents undergoing tonsillectomies at Good Samaritan and Jefferson Memorial Hospitals. Other items report residents visiting relatives, attending library meetings in Salem, bridal shower events in Tuscola, and various short trips to Louisville St Louis Detroit California and nearby towns.
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Allen Ramsey
Donnie Dodnon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Charles Mill
Route 6
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Glen Beal
Gainsville
Fla
Hughs Hirons
Waltonville
Orian Metcalf
Paula McCracken
Anna Setzekorn
Leone Threlkeld
Mildred Warren
Salem
Miss Warren
Ernie Pigg
Emma McClure
Dahlgren
Layman Copple
Dix
Clyde Hock
St. Louis
Kirby Rogers
Tuscola
Torono
Dorothy Phillips
Leslie Rogers
Thomas ‘Todd
Christopher
Equitable Life Assurance Society
H. C. Ransburgh
New Madrid
Sandra Kay
Norman Summers
Uninvited 1500 Pound Steer Roams Peoria Basement
A 1500 pound steer wandered into Mrs. Mary E. Welch’s West Bluff basement in Peoria Illinois at about 2 AM. Police and packing-house workers discussed options but a smasher’s head blow and a winch rescue finally freed the animal which had escaped earlier from a farmer’s truck en route to the stockyards. The steer later was found on Bradley University tennis courts before heading back toward the basement entrance.
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Associated Press
Peoria
Mary E. Welch
West Bluff
Welch
Bradley University
Notice of Abner cemetery meeting and trustees
All day working basket dinner and meeting at Abner cemetery Saturday May 7. All interested requested to be tiny TRUSTEES.
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Abner Cemetery
Disabled American Veterans Meeting at City Hall
The Disabled American Veterans will hold a regular session at City Hall at 7:39 p.m. Thursday May 5. Attendance of all members is urged. A. L. Richards, Commander.
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A. L. Richards
South Hickory Hill PTA wraps year with program and officers
The South Hickory Hill Parent Teachers Association held its final meeting of the year on Friday April 29 with a basket lunch. New officers were installed: Roma Morgan president Helen Edmis on vice president Opal Black secretary treasurer. Aileen Jones presented honorary pin to past president Geraldine Bodine and former presidents were recognized. A school program featured songs, choruses, recitations and plays by students.
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Hickory Hillp. T. A
South Hickory Hill
Parent-Teacher Association
Birdie Crosnoe
Glodene Goble
Roma Morgan
Helen Edmison
Opal Black
Aileen Jones
Geraldine Bodine
Fay Davis
Alice Baker
Eric Beckman
Lucille Rightnowar
Margaret Denham
Dologs Wilson
Freddie Sefried
Wanda Morgan
Kenneth Irvin
Sharon Denham
Wilma Edmison
Charles Wilson
Enoch Morgan
David Stewart
Tommy Rightnowar
Billie Bodine
Sonny Denham
Johnnie January
Kay Stewart
Martha Morgan
James Rightnowar
Lewis Morgan
Mary Jane Wilson
Johnnie
Dwight Stewart
Past Noble Grand Club Meeting at Helen Owens Home
The Past Noble Grand Club of Varnell Rebekah Lodge will meet at 1502 College, the home of Helen Owen, Thursday night at 7 30. Members are asked to bring a needle and thimble.
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Noble Grand Club
Varnell
Rebekah Lodge
Helen Owen
College
Beery Estate Sued Over Paternity Claim in Los Angeles
Gloria Schumm 34 sues Wallace Beery estate for 104135 alleging a son is hers and Beery denied paternity in a will. Petition filed yesterday after Beery's death on April 15. she rejected a $20000 settlement offer. Estate valued up to 2 million but will states no inheritance to the child.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Wallace Beery
Gloria Schumm
Beery
Voice of America improves reach through Russian jamming wall
Assistant Secretary of State George V. Allen reported that Voice engineers using new transmission devices have begun to break through intensified jamming in Russia. He noted partial success in overcoming interference with higher power broadcasts to the Soviet Union, though tonal quality is slightly reduced.
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Associated Press
Voice of America
Russia
George V. Allen
Voice
Soviet Union
AMVET Auxiliary Holds Meeting With Prizes Awarded
The AMVET Auxiliary held a regular meeting Monday night in the club rooms. Prizes were awarded to Roxie Sammons Jean Carpenter and Myra Murray. The entertainment committee led by Fern Webb Cele Atlas and Bertha Pearson organized refreshments and games. The Presbyterian Choir will meet for rehearsal at 7 o clock tonight with all members asked to attend.
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AMVET
Roxie Sammons
Jean Carpenter
Myra Murray
Fern Webb
Cele Atlas
Bertha Pearson
Presbyterian Choir
Mrs Pickard Hosts Mt Vernon Business Women Dinner
Mrs Enid Pickard entertained the Mt Vernon Business and Professional Women's Club board members with a dinner at her home. After dinner the regular business meeting was conducted by president Mrs Ruby Holt.
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Pickard
Enid Pickard
The
Mt. Vernon Business and Professional Women's Club
Ruby Holt
May Day Marriages and Community Notices from Mt. Vernon
May 1 weddings unite Mary Lou Boyd and Charles Sigworth in Morganfield Kentucky and Patricia Ann Coryell with Donald Barker. Addresses given include 1609 North Street and 908 South 24th Street. Bethel PTA hosted a May meeting with entertainment and a picture machine demonstration. Eastern Star members plan a May 5 funeral service attendance. Dahlgren Home Bureau to meet May 6 with lessons on shock and preschool understanding.
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Mary Lou Boyd
Walter A. Boyd
1609
North Street
Charles Sigworth
Sid Sigworth
South Sixth Street
Morganfield, Ky
Harold R. Coryell
Mt. Vernon
Patricia Ann
Donald Barker
William R. Barker
Morganfield
South 24Th Street
O.E.S
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Fay Hungate
Myers Chantel
Funeral Ship Haiti Victory Docks With War Dead
May 4 report that the Army Transport Haiti Victory will dock in New York with 5 319 bodies of American war dead. The return brings total fallen at sea and abroad to about 150 000 since the war’s end.
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Associated Press
New York
Haiti
Recently Married Patsy Stroud and James Irvin at Logan Street Baptist
Patsy Lynne Stroud and James Paul Irvin wed at Logan Street Baptist Church on Easter Sunday April 17. The ceremony featured pink snapdragons, four pink candles, and Wagner’s Wedding March. The couple, now of 715 Jordan Street, will reside in town. Stroud works as secretary to the Clerk at the Appellate Court, Irvin as a railroad telegraph operator.
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Irvin-Stroud
Logan Street Baptist Church
Patsy Lynne Stroud
Clarence Stroud
James Paul Irvin
Noble E. Irvin
Bluford
Kyle Wyatt
Wanda Stroud
Maire Taffeta
Wilma Jean Irvin
Bill Danner
Glynette Hutchison
Maid of Honor
Miss Hutchison
Noel Whalen
Ernie Mossberger
John Donoho, Jr
Carl Gutzler
Bruford
Theodore Lindsay
Joycelyn Hicks
Stroud
Tolle Road
Howard Fowler
Jean Clemons
Eva Swartzlander
Leona Sanders
Lloyd Esmon
Jordan Street
Irvin
Appellate Court
Amanda Phillips Funeral Friday
Mrs. Eldridge Webb has received word of the death of her aunt Mrs. Amanda Phillips in Collinsville. She was 78, widow of W A Phillips and a former resident of Mt. Vernon. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon in Collinsville.
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Eldridge Webb
Amanda Phillips
Collinsville
W. A. Phillips
Mayor Forsyth Says No Special Council Meeting Planned
Mayor Milton D. Forsyth announced no special city council meeting before the regular session on May 16. He will announce various appointments at the May 16 meeting, with personnel from the last administration continuing in their roles in the interim.
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Milton D. Forsyth
Births Highlight Local Families Welcome Newborns
Mr and Mrs William Chapman of Woodlawn welcomed a son named Steven Lee born this morning at Good Samaritan Hospital. Mrs Chapman is Catharine Coats of Woodlawn. Leonard Mendendall and Vernon are noted as parents of a seven pound 14 ounce son born at Jefferson Memorial Hospital at 3 58 a m. Mr and Mrs David Welel of 3004 Sterling El Vista Peoria are parents of a 7 1 2 pound daughter born Tuesday. Mr Weigel, a former Mt Vernon resident, is linked to the family.
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William Chapman
Woodlawn
Good Samaritan Hospital
Steven Lee
Chapman
Catharine Coats
Leonard Mendenhall
Route 2
Vernon
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
David Welel
el Vista
Peoria
Weigel
Mt. Vernon
Hospital Council Meeting Gathers Veterans Therapies
The regular monthly Marion Veterans Administration Hospital Council meeting is set for Thursday at 7:30 PM at Marion Hospital. Attending will be Red Cross reps Judge Frank H. Walker and Mrs. Howard Casey. The council provides recreational and occupational therapy items to hospitalized veterans.
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Marion Veteran's Administration Hospital
4 H Clubs Live Wires Meet The Dix Live Wires
Four 4 H clubs report meetings and activities in May. The Dix club met at John Robert Warren’s home May 2 with 18 members and 15 visitors including Helen Garrison. reports on Poultry Equipment Sail Conservation and Caring for Your Calf. a weiner roast followed. next meeting May 16 at Merrill Duncan’s home.
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John Robert Warren
Gale McBride
Paul Stewart
Allen McBride
Carlyn Duncan
Helen Garrison
J. T. Warren
F. A. Stewart
Merrill Duncan
We Agree on Davis and Eggs
Moscow reports Pravda calls Garry Davis unappealing and a “rowdy and maniac” figure. It notes Davis renounced American citizenship to pursue a world government and world peace, while American experts are viewed as equally unpalatable to Europe.
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Davis
Associated Press
Moscow
Pravda
Garry Davis
Europe
Clover Leaf 4-H Club Elects Officers at Meeting
The Clover Leaf 4-H Club held a Saturday meeting at 2 p.m. at the leader’s home. Officers elected for the coming year are President Katherine Bennett, Vice President Violet Harnsan, Secretary Chloe Ann Tolley, Reporter Audrey Cravens, Assistant Reporter Carol Ann Barbee, Recreation Chairs Barbara Irvin and Ben Keifer, Program Committee Laura K. Garrison Zoe Adams Bernadine Rubenacker. Fourteen members enrolled with guests Mrs. Silas Hamson and Mrs. Mena Garrison assistant leader. May 14.
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Clover Leaf
Katherine Bennett
Violet Harnsan
Chloe Ann Tolley
Audrey Cravens
Carol Ann Barbee
Barbara Irvin
Ben Keifer
Laura K. Garrison
Zoe Adams
Bernadine Rubenacker
Silas
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges List Names
Jefferson Memorial admits Mrs Hester Farriss Miss Patricia Cave Lloyd Saffell Mrs Rosemary Bauksch Discharged Mrs Virgie Wilson Robert Shehorn Good Samaritan admits Miss Mildred Lacey Discharged Leona Kearfott Karl Quarterman Lucile Goforth Martha Redwine Aileen Waggoner and infant Van Eat
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Jefferson Memorial
Hester Farriss
Patricia Ann Cave
Opdyke
Lloyd Saffell
St. Louis
Rosemary Bauksch
Bunker Hall
Virgie Wilson
Ashley
Robert Shehorn
Good Samaritan
Mildred Lacey
Woodlawn
Leona Kearfott
Fairfield
Karl Quarterman
Centralia
Lucile Goforth
Martha Redwine
Aileen Waggoner
van Eat
Mrs. Stich Dies in California at 75
Mrs. Mabel Wilkerson, sister of Mrs. Fred Stich and former Mt. Vernon resident, died Tuesday at 2 p.m. in San Carlos California at age 75. Survived by husband two daughters and three brothers L N Scott Mt Vernon William and Arthur Scott Bluford.
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Mabel Wilkerson
Fred Stich
Mt. Vernon
San Carlos
Calif
L. N. Scott
William and
Arthur Scott
Bluford
Local Flights and Broadcasts Highlight Airport News
Airport news lists Carl Edmison Roger Satims Earl Smith and Donald McLean flying to Centralia today. Charles Fader of Alten landed at the local field. AL RL McEwen from St. Louis flew in for business. Mrs Charles Y Breant former resident interviewed on Breakfast in Hollywood. Her mother Mrs A Wy Aiken reports the nationwide Hollywood broadcast. Mrs O Bryant won a souvenir cup.
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Central Church of Christ
Mattie Milner
Minnie Smith
L. L. Record
Carl Mustaine
Edwin Hayden
Charles Goodin
Nellie Hayden
Salem
Candace Dougherty
Stella Northcutt
Laura Mills
Stacy Kern
Carl Edmison
Roger Satims
Earl Smith
Donald McLean
Centralia
Charles Fader
Alten
AL RL McEwen
St. Louis
Charles Y Breant
Breakfast In
Hollywood
A. Wy. Aiken
O'Bryant
New Police Chief Named in Johnston City Illinois
Arno Stiritz state policeman named police chief of Johnston City by Mayor Neil Thurmond, effective May 15. He succeeds John Arms who retires after 25 years on the force.
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Associated Press
Johnston City
Arno (Catton) Stiritz
Neil Thurmond
John Arms
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Steer
Ie Ip
Harry Owen
Edgar County
Paris
First Methodist Choir
Wesley Methodist Sunday School
Hubert Leonard
South 12Th Street
Elizabeth Circle
Elizabeth
Westminster Society of the Presbyterian Church
Maude Mudge
Metta Rutherford
Nell Kell
Horace Mann
Mann
Mann School
EY. Ies Ay
Beery Estate
Bethel Parent-Teacher Association
Veneta Gregory
America
Lurene Culine
Alberta Bailey
Oneta Tucker
P.T.A
Mildred Fitts
Lloyd Hughes
Deanie Erwin
Patsy
Elaine Hughes
Denzil Flora
Evelyn Bell
W. M. Jessif. Hill
Sec
Pavle Des Photo
Hospital Council
Boyd
Boyd Stitch
Betty Barr
Boyd Oilers
Marilyn June Copple
Nancy McGee
Norma Jean Simmons
Cleta Mae Sar
Bent
Marilyn Douthit
Marilyn
Doris Copple
Webb Workers
Webb Willing Workers
4-H Club
Esther Sanders
Jo Alice Rector
Ila Mae Gardner
Mary Brown
Bethel
Busy Bees
Marie Goddard
ST. Mary's Church
Whitman's Box
Webb's Book Store
California
Eagles Lodge
Eagles
MOOSE
Airport News
Ogletree
Main
FUR Institute OF America
And
Harper's Bazaar
the Mammoth Dept. Store
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