Funeral Rites Set For Mary M Boswell
Mrs. Mary Matilda Boswell of 416 South Seventh Street dies at Jefferson Memorial Hospital at 3 45 am aged 70 years eight months and nine days Funeral services are scheduled for Thursday at 2 pm at Myers Chapel Reverend E Co Michels to officiate burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery The body may be viewed after 11 am Wednesday at Myers Chapel Mrs Boswell born September 2 1883 in Jefferson County was the daughter of Meredith and Cynthia Lynch Shaffer She was married to Timothy L Boswell who survives
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Mary Matilda Boswell
South Seventh Street
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Myers Chapel
Jefferson County
Meredith
Cynthia (Lynch) Shaffer
Timothy L. Boswell
McCarthy clash over Army hearings slows testimony
McCarthy urged delaying testimony and limiting witnesses while accusing Army leaders of shielding subversives. Stevens defended the Army, denying a "selective memory" on anti communist actions and denying any such division existed. The exchange grew heated as McCarthy pressed for names and links to Communist connections within Army programs.
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McCarthy
Ray H. Jenkins
Army
John G. Adams
Asst
Defense
Hi. Struve Hensel
Roy M. Cohn
Francis P. Carr
McClellan
Jenkins
Stevens
Wisconsin
New Gonnel Research and Procedures Division
Linen Goes Practical in 1954 Fashion Trends
Alicia Hart notes linen gains popularity for cool elegance with crease and shrink resistance and new textures like meshes and tweeds. She advises choosing quality, plain skirts with folds, warns against sheer fabrics, and covers washing, drying, bleaching, and ironing guidance for practical care.
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Alicia Hartner
Mt Vernon students raise 114.33 for Cancer Crusade
Mt Vernon high school students, staff and faculty donate 114.33 to Jefferson County Cancer Crusade. Campaign continues through May with prior gifts from Nelson Concrete Culvert Co. and Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club among many contributors including Sears Roebuck, Hometown Furnishings, and dozens of individuals from local businesses clubs and churches.
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Mt. Vernon High School
Cancer Crusade
Jefferson County
Nelson Concrete Culvert Co
Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club
Charles J. DeWiut
Jake Baer
William T. Roach
Hometown Furnishing Co., Inc
Sears Roebuck & Co
Harold White
H. W. Faulkner
W. E. Richardson
Edward Hertenstein
C. M. Dixon
Claud Melton
Webster Hill
Gatewood & Fields
Ford National Auto Supply
H. C. Griffith
Frank W. King, Jr
E. Earl Neal
Schroeder's Wholesale
Delo Photo- Craft
J. R. Winn
American Legion Auxiliary
Douglas Drugs
Gerald Metcalf
C. W. Harris
J. A. Breeze
Lucille Roth Smissman
Grover Weber
Glen Price
Don Morgan
Norman Garber
Guy Wood
D. T Baltzell
Q. R. Buford
Clarence Pearson
Etta Richardson
All
Bird causes power outage in Oxnard by string mishap
Oxnard residents faced delays as a bird flew near a 16,000 volt line with wet string causing a short circuit. The incident triggered a circuit breaker on a 66,000 volt feed, cutting power to the town for almost an hour before service resumed.
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Oxnard
Calif
Southern California Edison Co
Births: Will Lewis III and Sammy Dale twins and Jerry Louis
Birth notices report Will Lewis Jr and wife welcome son Will Lewis III born May 5 Denver. Sammy Dale Barbee born May 7 San Diego to Kay Hughey Barbee. Jerry Louis Furby born at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing seven pounds nine ounces at 9 17 am today.
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Denver
Cole
Will
Lewis, Jr
Lewis III
Will 1
San Diego
Calif
Sammy Dale
Barbee
Kay Hughey
Sears, Roebuck and Company
John Furby
RFD
Vernon
Jerry Louis
Good Samaritan Hospital
Motorist Denise Fields Killed in Rural Illinois Crash
Denise Fields 50 wife of Decatur clothing merchant Charles J. Fields was killed when her car overran a curve on a rural road southwest of Decatur and struck a tree.
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Associated Press
Decatur
Til
Denise Fields
Charles J. Fields
Ellis Elected Commander of District VFW
Larry Elis of Mt. Carmel was elected commander of District 14 Veterans of Foreign Wars at a Mt. Vernon meeting. Other officers elected include Paul Staten Centralia senior vice commander, Larry Biebel Lawrenceville junior vice commander, and several district trustees and officers. Joe Carnelian presided, with former State Commander Lewis Brake in attendance. District 13 covers Jefferson Marion Wayne Clay Richland Wabash and Lawrence counties.
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Larry Elis
Mt. Carmel
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Mt. Vernon
Meeting at Camp Ground Discusses School Addition Plans
Residents of Camp Ground neighborhood in district 77 convene at the grade school on Thursday night to discuss additions to the Camp Ground grade school building. The session starts at 7 45 with county superintendent Sidney S. Filrens and architect J G Gatewood as guests.
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Camp Ground
Sidney S. Filrens
J. G. Gatewood
Army Air Force recruiter to visit Mt Vernon city hall
A U S Army and Air Force recruiter will set up in the Mt Vernon city hall council room on the second floor. He will operate every Tuesday and Thursday from 10 30 a m to 2 30 p m to interview applicants.
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U. S. Army Ad Air Force
Mt. Vernon City Hall
Contagious dog disease prompts fatality in Vernon
A dog foaming at the mouth was killed by Vernon police near Pace Avenue after showing signs of a brain disease not rabies. Officials said the illness is highly contagious to other dogs. owners should monitor pets for several days and note vaccines can prevent infection. The dog had been playing with neighbors' dogs.
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ML. Vernon
Pace
Avprkc
Church Man Is Accident Victim
An elder of the Latter Day Saints Church of Beardstown was killed Monday night and two other church members were injured in an automobile truck collision on ULS near Pana. The dead man is Randall Tart. Injured are Harold Widler of Beardstown and James Dougherty of Taylorville. Dougherty said they were en route to a meeting at Vandalia when Tart's car collided with a truck driven by George Pugsiey of Vandalia. Pugsiey was not hurt.
Masonic Stated Meeting and Memorial Service Planned
A stated Mt Vernon Chapter 293 Order of the Eastern Star meeting is set for Tuesday at 7 PM at the Masonica Temple with a memorial service. Officers Lada Miller W M and Alva Mathews secretary are listed. Andrew P D Webb Chapter 160 holds a May 12 meeting at 7 30 PM with Oscar Stockton THP as officer. Turner Boehm Post 4 Anavers will meet May 12 in a repair session at 7 30 PM with refreshments served by adjutant Leo Lenty.
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Mt. Vernon
Order of Astern Star
Tao P.m
Masonica Temple
Lada Miller
W. M. Alva Mathews
Sec'y
Royae Arcte Masons
Andrew PD. Webb
Turner Boehm
Anavers
Leo Lenty
Godfrey To Have Checkup On Hip
Boston television radio star Arthur Godfrey will undergo a checkup of his year old hip operation within a week. Dr Otto Aufranc, bone specialist, will travel to New York to perform the examination as Massachusetts General Hospital confirms. Godfrey said on air there is something mechanically wrong with the hip after the May operation by Dr Marius Smith Petersen following a Washington auto crash that shattered both hips over 20 years ago.
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Associated Press
Boston
Arthur Godfrey
Otto Aufranc
Godfrey
Marius M. Smith-Petersen
New York
Massachusetts General Hospital
le Pot
Smith- Petersen
Washington
Jet Pilot Lands Safely In Lake Kenosha Wis
A U S Air Force Sabrejet pilot 2nd Lt Theodore R Miller bailed out of a disabled plane into Lake Michigan near Kenosha Wisconsin and was found uninjured two hours later in a one man fire raft He was picked up by a Coast Guard cutter about 12 miles offshore after rescuers spotted him from O’Hare search planes Ten planes and Coast Guard cutters aided the search. Miller's home is Venice California He had departed O’Hare on a practice mission
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Associated Press
Kenqosita
Wis
Lake Michigan
Theodore R. Miller
O' Fare Air Force Base
Chicago
Coast Guard
Kenosha
O'Hare
Miller
Venice
Calif
Woman Killed by Train in Sandwich
Chicago-bound Denver Center Montana train struck Mrs. Myrtle Benard, 70, as she crossed the west Sandwich tracks. Police said the locomotive ran at 90 miles per hour. engineer identified as J A Splain of Galesburg, husband of a retired farmer.
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Associated Press
Sandwich
Denver
Montine
Myrtle Benard
J. A. Splain
Galesburg
Zsa Zsa To Wed Rubirosa When They're Divorced
Hollywood report says Zsa Zsa Gabor and Porfirio Rubirosa are engaged, announced as Rubirosa unloads luggage on arrival from New York. Rubirosa is still married to Barbara Tutton, and Gabor has an interlocutory divorce from George Sanders. a final settlement is not yet set.
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Hollywood
Ysa Asa Gabor
Porofirio Rubirosa
Dominican Republic
Rubirosa
New York
Barbara Tutton
George Sanders
Miss Hutton
Fender Skirts Stolen From Car Reported in Centralia
Will T. Lewis of Centralia Road told police thieves took a pair of fender skirts from his car late yesterday. No suspects named and no injuries reported. The incident adds to a string of auto accessory thefts in the area.
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Will T. Lewis
Centralia Road
Bride Corrects Minister on Marriage Date
The minister struggles to read the date while filling a marriage certificate. The bride insists that the date shown is wrong, stating that it is her second marriage, not the fifth as the official thought.
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Letome See
Temperatures Rise Across Illinois Cities
A brief reader note reports varying temperatures in Rockford Moline Quincy Rantoul and Springfield as part of a weather update for the region. The item mentions historical gum chewing in America since the early 1800s as a contextual aside.
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T Rockford Moline
Quincy
Rantoul Springfield
America
Firemen Respond to Neon Sign Short Circuit
Mt. Vernon rural firemen were called at 1:40 A M to the Cardinal service station on state route 37 where a neon sign shorted. Firemen reported the electric wire burned in two but there was no fire damage, alerted by a passing truck driver.
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Mt. Vernon
Cardinal
Awarded Watch Draw Wins Free Eligibility At Bank
Mr. Marvin Powers of Security Bank drew the name of the lottery winner who did not need to buy to qualify for the watch prize, with the promotion positioned as a paid advertisement.
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Marvin Powers
Security Bank
Leks
Ralph Maxey Improves After Car Crash
Ralph M. Maxey of 614 North 2th Street is improved today at Barnes Hospital St Louis after his car overturned near the old reservoir four miles north of the city. He suffered severe head injuries last midday night and entered Barnes Hospital Thursday for treatment.
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Ralph M. Maxey
North
2Th Street
Barnes Hospital
St. Loui
Mr. Maxey
Hospital Notes and Discharges at Good Samaritan and JEEFPERSON Memorial
Admitted patients include William Riley Scrivner Amos Neubuhr Jan Lou Howerton and Wanda Lorrain Derry among others. Discharged list features Herman Ganson Riley Oscar Cope Beatrice Flota and infant Vince Alan along with several others. JEEFPERSON MEMORIAL dischargees include Oscar Bates Mill Shoals Josephus Tucker Flomer Coax and Ray Trives plus Mildred Cox and Donna Kester Salem.
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Good Samaritan
William Riley Scrivner
Amos Neubuhr
Jan
Lou Howerton
Wanda Lorrain Derry
Carl Schweinfarth
Oscar Wilson
Herman Ganson
Filla Pearl Davis
Mar Iyn June Scott
Riley Oscar Cope
Beatrice Elizabeth Flota
Anthony Blackwood
Betty Ann Brown
Vince Alan
Walter l Edward Ingram
William Nathan Pigg
Molean J. Menoney
Jeefperson
Oscar Bates
Mill Shoals
Josephus Tucker
Flomer Coax
Ray Trives
Mildred Cox
Ewing
Donna Kester
Salem
Marriage Licenses Granted in Petersburg and McLeansboro
Samuel R. Hudspeth and Barbara J. Adams of Petersburg HL. Donald L. Anderson and Mars Lou Turner of McLeansboro obtained marriage licenses in the local area.
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Samuel R. Hudspeth
Barbara J. Adams
Petersburg
Donald L. Anderson
Mars Lou Turner
McLeansborea
Teen-Age Brooklyn Boy Lives In Cave Below Street
A 15 year old Brooklyn runaway used an unused subway cable splicing room 20 feet beneath a busy street intersection as a hideout for 12 days. He furnished the space with an auto seat bed, a wire chair, a flower wall basket, and survived on small handouts and root beer and beans. Police evicted him after a friend informed his family.
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New York
Brooklyn
Robert C. Lindahl
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