Death of Walter Warren Former Mammoth manager
Walter Morrison Warren longtime Mammoth Department Store general manager died at Good Samaritan Hospital at 1 45 p m Tuesday aged 67 7 20 His health declined after a hip fracture in an earlier accident He lived at 200 North Seventh Street and was active in Mason and retail circles Born September 15 1891 in Mt Vernon he married Bertha Klosser January 7 1912 in Alton Ill Survived by Bertha his wife a Chicago brother Ray and several nephews and a niece Funeral services are set for Thursday at 2 00 p m at Myers Chapel with burial at Oakwood The body lies in state after 4 00 p m today
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Walter Warren
Walter Morrison Warren
Mammoth Department Store
Myersapel
Lester E. Pifer
Oakwood
Warren
Good Samaritan Hospital
The
Mammoth
North Seventh Street
Masonic Lodge
King City
Associatiie
United
Mt. Vernon
David E
Martha (Kernodle) Warren
Alton, Ill
Bertha Klosser
Ray
Chicago
Funeral Friday For Mrs. Egbert
Funeral services for Ermol Jane Egbert wife of Bene Egbert will be held Friday at 2 00 pm at the Central Church of vist The Rev Lester E Pifer will conduct the services and burial will be in Egbert cemetery Friends may call at Myers Chapel after 4 00 pm Thursday At noon Friday the body will be removed to the church to lie in state until the funeral hour Survived by her husband two sons Olen in Korea and Donald Howard of Albany Oregon two sisters Vera Garvin Mt Vernon Pearl Whittington Ewing and five grandchildren
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Ermol Jane Egbert
Bene Egbert
Central Church of Vist
Lester E. Pifer
Egbert Cemetery
Myers Chapel
Martha Monday
Mt. Vernon
Olen
U. S. Army
Korea
Donald Howard
Albany
Oregon
Vera Garvin
Pearl Whittington
Ewing
Allie Williams Mommie Williams Dies at 83
Mrs Allie G Williams known as Mommie of 807 South 23rd Street died at 12 05 am at Good Samaritan Hospital after a nine day illness She was 83 years three months and 27 days old Funeral services set for Friday at 4 pm at Myers Chapel Rev Lester E Pifer to officiate Burial at East Hickory Hill The body will lie in state at Myers Chapel Friends may call after 4 pm Thursday She was born January 8 1876 in Jefferson County daughter of George and Sarah Esmon Davis A lifetime resident of the community She married Thomas Williams November 24 1894 who died May 5 Survived by three daughters Edna Pasley and Ethel Greene Mt Vernon and Dorothy at home two brothers Sam Davis Mt Vernon and Tom Davis Pinckneyville a half sister Lizzie Flood Mt Vernon 16 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren One daughter preceded her in death
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Allie G
Mommie” Williams
south 23rd _ street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Myers Chapel
Lester E. Pifer
Surial
Hickory Hill
Edna Pasley
Ethel Greene
Mt. Vernon
Dorothy
Sam Davis
Tom Davis
Pinckneyville
Lizzie Flood
Births Lydia Melody Ann and Michael Todd Chambliss
Mr and Mrs David Keith Lynch of 2422 Casey welcomed a daughter Melody Ann born this morning at 1 41 in Good Samaritan Hospital weight seven pounds fifteen and a half ounces A son born today to Mr and Mrs Richard Lee Chambliss of 933 Airport Road at 12 32 am in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing eight pounds one ounce and named Michael Todd.
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David Keith Lynch
Casey
Good Samaritan Hospital
Melody Ann
Richard Lee Chambliss
Airport Road
Michael Todd
Hospital Notes and Admissions Report
Hospital notes list admissions and discharges across facilities. Patients admitted include Mrs Winnie Haines Barkley Scott Fairfield and several others with varied names from Good Samaritan and Earl Coleman Adcock to Mae Evelyn Witter and Marion Keith Wood. Discharges include Mrs Alice Jane Campbell Leona Louise Good and infant Mark Allan among others.
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Barkley Scott
Fairfield
Alice Jane Campbell
Leona Louise Good
Mark Allan
Wayne City
Harold Edward Clark
David Nordin
Good Samaritan
Harold M. Burnett
Guy Andrew Capps
Earl Coleman Adcock
Wilma Jane Donoho
Emil Gasban
Gordon Russell Sechrest
Della Mae Wicks
Mae Evelyn Witter
Marion Keith Wood
Eleanor Jessie Dethrow
Louella Hoffman
Viola Mae Salley
Martha Teal Toney
Jeseié Lorraine Frazier
Minnie Maude McKitrick
Betty Jean Levin
Baby Penny Suet
Carl Nelson
John
Catherine Karcher
rGebdle
Evelyn Witten
Gnes
Five Day Forecast With Variable Winds and Rain
Forecast shows temperatures near or slightly below normal with highs around 66 to 70 north and about 70 south. Lows mainly 44 to 49 north and 48 to 54 south. Cooler by Thursday and Friday with minor changes into Monday. Rainfall expected from three quarters to two inches as scattered showers or thundershowers tonight through Thursday, possible Friday and again Monday.
Illinois Weather Ends Four Day May Heat Wave
Illinois sees a cooling trend as a cold front moves in bringing chances of showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures peaked at 91 in Chicago and several cities, with highs near 80s to 90s today, then expected to slip to near normal for the next five days. The heat aided oats growth and spurred early corn planting in the southwest.
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Mercury
Chicago
Elleville
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Peoria
Rockford
Springfield
Recreational Survey In Mt V Progressing
The Community Development Association met at the Chamber of Commerce to review recreation surveys in progress. Jim Wilson chairs the committee which plans cooperation with the White House Conference on Youth. Thirteen city areas were named as resources to be explored for full community use.
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Community Development Association
Chamber of Commerce
White House
Jim Wilson
Fifty-Seven Births In Mt Vernon and Jefferson County
April vital statistics show fifty-seven babies born in Mt Vernon and Jefferson County. City Clerk Paul Hayes notes 30 boys and 27 girls. Jefferson County also recorded 36 deaths in the same month.
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Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Paul Hayes
Fire scare on public square at Douglas Drugs
Smoke in the basement caused a fire scare yesterday afternoon at Douglas Drugs on the west side of the public square. Firemen checked and found air conditioners at the store pulled smoke into the basement from a neighboring incinerator fire.
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Douglas Drugs
Public Square
Mt Vernon Library Sees Rise In Use And Finances
Mt Vernon public library reports average five circulations per book last year, total holdings 18 053, first time per capita exceedance. Financials show a current balance and paid off prior year deficit, with planned improvements to the 54 year old building and grounds.
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Mt. Vernon
Mildred Metcalf
Leo Heffington
Roy Simpson
Southern Illinois
Robert Lewis Taylor
Jaimie McPheeters
Washington
Agnes Meyer
N. W. Draper
Taylor
Leone Threlkenild
Jewel Fuller
Jane Maynor
State Historical Society Tour Chester Area
The State Historical Society will tour Randolph County on Saturday and Sunday visiting sites in the first capital region of Illinois at Kaskaskia. French customs foods music and architecture of early settlers will be studied and a trip to Ste Genevieve Missouri will include tea in Louis Bolducs restored 18th century home. The Illinois State Memorial on Waskaskia will also be visited where a French settlement grew around a 1675 mission.
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Chester, II
State Historical Society
Randolph County
Illinois
Kaskaskia
Ste. Genevieve
Louis Bolduc
Ilinois
Milk route runs a lifetime of service in Elizabeth
Henry Schaper took over his father’s milk route and has worked seven days a week for 18 years without a vacation. After a two week illness three years ago his wife neighbor and 14 year old son Charles covered the 20 to 30 mile daily rounds by truck at 5 a.m. until he could return to work.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Henry Schaper
Henry
Schapers
Charles
Democrats Seek Tax On Corporations In Illinois
Democratic members of the Illinois House Revenue Committee failed to clear a bill extending the capital stock tax to foreign corporations. The measure tied 15-15, with Rep. John Morris planning to break the deadlock at another meeting. The issue is part of a broader Democratic program to replace Gov. Stratton's sales tax hike with corporate taxes to fund school aid, plus proposed raises in corporation franchise taxes. Opponents warned of retaliatory taxes and businesses relocating. In a separate matter, the Senate Insurance Committee backed a proposal barring policy refusals based on race color or creed amid claims of discrimination in writing fire insurance for Chicago's South Side Negro community.
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Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Truman
Washington
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Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Dmass
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Adlai
Stevenson
Missouri
Symington
Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Price Daniel
Springfield
House Revenue Committee
John Morris
Stratton
Illinois
Morris
Ilinois
Othr
William Avery
Kenilworth
Illinois State Chamber of Commerce
Cetys Utilities
Senate Insurance Committee
Fred Smith
Chicago
Nouth
Valier Coal Mine Reopens Thursday
Old Ben Coal Co plans to reopen its No 22 mine at Valier on Thursday after a 13 month shutdown. Vice president George Strunck said recall notices will be sent to 250 miners as the mine runs about 5000 tons daily. He forecasts 1959 to improve for Illinois coal and notes Wisconsin utilities are major buyers. In West Frankfort, Orient No 2 resumes operations with 500 miners returning after a February 4 closure due to market conditions.
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Old Ben Coal Co
George Stunck
Old Ben
Strunck
Wisconsin
West Frankfort
Dee Stover Fined For Disturbance In Court
Jd P COURT Dee Stover was fined $25 and costs for disturbance in justice of the peace court this morning.
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Jd. P
Dee Stover
Justice of the Peace Court
Two Divorce Suits Filed In Circuit Court
Two divorces filed in circuit court on Tuesday list Garnetta Fay Sweat versus Simm Sweat with the couple wed June 15 1955 and separated April 1 1958 and Barbara Foster versus Floyd Foster with the marriage date April 25 1958 and separation April 29 1959 with alimony sought.
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Garnetta Fay Sweat
Simm Sweat
Foster
Foster Barbara Foster
Floyd Foster
Rotary Club Field Day for Kids Set May 16
Mt. Vernon Rotary Club will host a full day field day for third to sixth graders from Mt. Vernon and surrounding districts on Saturday May 16 at the Mt. Vernon Fairgrounds. There are 29 events led by States Attorney Lawrence Starman Rotary chairman, activities run from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Ribbons will be awarded for top five places in every event, with refreshments available.
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Mt. Vernon
Hit Run Damages Parked Car at Seventh and Broadway
A hit-run driver damaged a parked car at Seventh and Broadway. The car, owned by Donnie Bond of 612 South 12th Street, was damaged while Bond attended classes at the high school. Estimated damage about $25.
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Seventh and Broadway
Donnie Bond
South 12Th Street
Bond
Ice land highways stretch across 2728 miles
A notable statistic notes that Iceland has no railroads but maintains about 2728 miles of highways guiding travel and transport across the country.
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Iceland
Outstanding Patrol Boy Jim Pardee Heads Free Washington Trip
Jim Pardee son of Mr and Mrs Charles Pardee of 2007 Broadway Mt Vernon was named outstanding patrol boy and leaves with AAA support for a Washington trip. He will meet his congressman tour Capitol buildings visit Raleigh Hotel Smithsonian parade Mount Vernon Gettysburg and celebrate 30th anniversary of the School Boy Patrol originated in 1929 saving many lives.
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Raleigh
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Capitol
Smithsonian Institute
National Safety
Mount Vernon
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Gettysburg
St. Louis
Dahlgren Community high school seniors trip and music contest notes
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Chambers visited in Janite City with the Mitchells while the Dahlgren Senior Class left by Greyhound to Washington D C for the week. Barbara Jones goes to Chicago. Edith Wilson weekend in McLeansboro. Frank Shipley family in Carbondale. Cindy Rumburg visits grandparents in Dahlgren. R R Cross and Mollie Hunter hosts in Springfield and Jasper Goin weekend in Dahlgren. Gus Karcher and daughter Matilda visit Leonard Audt in Mt Vernon. Frank Devers and Tom Devers visit Centralia. J D Jines visits Salem. Patty Shelton wins second in violin, Linda Trotter wins first in clarinet at State Music Contest in Greenville. Helen Allen piano accompaniment.
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Janite City
Ernest Mitchell
Dahlgren Community High School
Greyhound
Washington, D.C
A. W. Fisk
Gordon Adamson
Barbara Jones
Chicago
Edith Wilson
McLeansboro
Ed Black
Frank Shipley
Carbondale
Herman Ahifield
Cindy Rumburg
Fair‘field
Carl Bogan
R. R. Cross
Springfield
Mollie Hunter
Jasper C
Gus Karcherland
Matilda
Leonard Audt
Mt. Vernon
Frank Devers
Tom Devers
Willisville
Centralia
John Watson
J. D. Jines
Salem
Patty Shelton
Luther Shelton
Linda Trotter
Kenneth Trotter
Green‘Ville
Dahlgren
Helen Allen
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