Ruth Henry Dies at 64 in Mt Vernon Tuberculosis Sanitarium
Ruth Henry of 1105 South P2nd Street died at 1 28 p m Thursday at Mt Vernon State Tuberculosis Sanitarium She was 64 years five months and 27 days old Funeral services will be at 3 30 p m Saturday at Myers Chapel Rev Marsh Harpole officiating Burial will be in South Hickory Hill Cemetery She was born November 16 1900 in Jefferson County daughter of Jessie and Ada Bodine She married Neal Henry on August 16 1918 in Mt Vernon who preceded her in death November 10 1964 She is survived by son Mack Henry two sisters Mrs Inez Quinn and Mrs Pansy Luther two brothers Luther and Jessie Bodine and three grandchildren
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Ruth Henry
South P2nd Street
Mt. Vernon State
Myers Chapel
Marsh Harpole
South Hickory Hill Cemetery
Henry
Jefferson County
Jessie
Ada (Drennan) Bodine
Neal Henry
Mack Henry
Inez Quinn
Pansy Luther
Luther
Jay) Bodine
Mt. Vernon
Belle E Link dies at 71 in McLeansboro area
Belle Elton Link of RFD 9 McLeansboro died at 10 33 a m after a long illness. Services set for 2 p m Saturday at Little Springs Chapel near McLeansboro with Oscar Smith officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Survived by wife Deke Brownlee. sons John Robert Link and Jack Elton Link. daughters Bonnie Sue Harrison Anita Miller. eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. Burial at Gholson Funeral Home location. He was born July 18 1893 in Ewing to John and Eliza Link.
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Belle Elton Link
RFD
McLeansboro
Little Springs Chapel
Oscar Smith
Gholson
Mr. Link
Ewing
John and
Eliza (Johnson) Link
Deke Brownlee
John Robert Link
Benton
Jack Elton Link
Bonnie Sue Harrison
Melrose Park
Tll
Anita Miller
Link
Kennedy Boy Skins His Knee In London Park
John Kennedy a four year old son of the late president fell and skinned his knee while playing in Regent's Park. He cried as two Secret Service agents and two nurses intervened. Mrs Kennedy and her children stay with Princess Radziwill in London.
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London
John Kennedy
Regent’s Park
Secret Service
Little John
Caroline
John
John F. Kennedy
Hospital Notes at Jefferson Memorial Admission List
Jefferson Memorial admitted Gary Dwaine Richards and Nellie G Howell. Discharged Victor Walker and Lavann Headlee. Good Samaritan admitted Marvin Ray Allen Eva Arilla Harding Edna Marie Harris William Stinson. Discharged Leon Harris Dorothy Huntman Mary Phillips and multiple named patients including two babies such as Mrs Glenda Arnaud and baby Carla Jean, Mrs Carol Brehm and baby, and others.
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Jefferson Memorial
Gary Dwaine Richards
Bonnie
Nellie G. Howell
Good Samaritan
Marvin Ray Allen
Eva Arilla Harding
Edna Marie Harris
William Stinson
Leon Harris
Dorothy Mae Huntman
Mary Phillips
Glenda Joyce Arnaud
Carla Jean
Carol Ann Brehm
Clarence Tyson
George R. Shephard
Glenn Lee Schierbaum
Carol Ann Hughey
Gina Susanne Hageman
Linda Diane Payne
Robert Allen
Retired Civil Employees Meet in Mt Vernon May 17
Mt Vernon Chapter 688 of the National Association of Retired Civil Employees schedules a 6 30 PM pot luck dinner Monday May 17 in the civil service room of the new office. A business meeting will follow. John C Kell secretary.
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Mt. Vernon
National Association of Retired Civil Employes
Civil Service Room
John C. Kell
Rome Eastern Star Meets in Dix Masonic Temple
Rome Chapter of Eastern Star invites members to Monday 8:00 PM at Dix Masonic Temple with Advance Night observed. Special Mt Vernon Lodge No 31 AF and AM to meet Friday May 14 1965 at 7:30 PM to work in Third Degree. A general practice for Mt Vernon Shrine No 66 officers at 1:30 PM Sunday at the Masonic Temple.
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Rome
C.es
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Dix
Lavin Keele
Nellie Hawkins
Mt. Vernon
Joe Claxton
W. M
Byron D. Weld, Jr
Mt. Vernon Shrine No
White Shrine of Jerusalem
Elizabeth Kell
W.H.P
Naomi R. Bogan
Hog market prices steady at Mt. Vernon
Markets report unchanged prices through 12 30 p m with hog top at 20 75 for 200 to 220 lb hogs Sows 17 00 for 300 lb down sow 300 lb and over 16 75 down Boars 11 00 and 11 50 After 12 30 p m prices will be based on the next day's market
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Reported This Afternoon
Mt Vernon quoted prices for grain show wheat at 1.28, soybeans at 7.72, shell corn at 1H and ear corn at 1.3) with values noted for the local market.
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Mt. Vernon
Egg and poultry price report from St. Louis AP data
The report lists egg pricing by grade and size with consumer grades A large 26-28 cents A medium 21-23 A small 17-18 B large 2-3 wholesale grades standard 24-23 unclassified 2174-2214 and checks 17-18. Hens heavy 16-17 cents light over 5 Yb 10-14 under 5 tb 5. Broilers and fryers 18-1914.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Grain Prices Reported for Wheat Corn and Soybeans
Chicago grain prices list Wheat No 2 red at 149n No 2 hard 15ln Corn No 2 yellow 1.38n No 3 yellow 1.35 37% No 4 yellow 1.32% Oats No 1 heavy white 78 Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.90 4n Soybean oid 10.55n.
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Chicago
Chicago Produce Market Butter Prices and Grading Notes
Chicago Mercantile Exchange report shows butter steady at 98 score AA with varied grades and initials. Grading figures include whites and mixed categories with percentages and weights. EEGs marked irregular with an overall 70 percent or better threshold noted.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Livestock Prices and Figures From National Stockyards
Estimates for Monday at National Stockyards Illinois show hogs about 9,000 head, cattle 5,000, calves 200, sheep 400. Hogs barrows and gilts 20.50 to 21.75, sows 16.75 to 18.50. Cattle 250, calves 100, cows 14.00 to 16.00. Vealers 20.00 to 29.00, calves 18.00 to 22.00. Sheep 25, lambs 23.00.
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National
Iil
Wall Street mixed as late trading steadies after early rise
Wall Street in late trading showed a mixed tone after an early rally, with volume around six million shares. GM a point higher, Sears down, DuPont up more than eight, rails weak on merger setback, and Grumman leading volume gains with several issue advances on the American market.
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New York
General Motors
Sears, Roebuck
Y8m
Xerox
DuPont
Chrysler
Ford
Atlantic Coast Line
Seaboard
Pennsylvania Railroad
Grumman
Shahmoon
American Bakeries
Pan American Sulphur
Revere Copper & Brass
Honeywell
Sunshine Mining
Electronic Associates
National Distillers
Reliance Manufacturing
General Tire
Mohasco
Comsat
American Stock Exchange
U.S
Officer's Car And Guns Stolen In Boston
Major Les lie Williams of Connecticut State Police attended a law enforcement conference in Boston when his unmarked state police car was stolen from a parking garage. The vehicle held a loaded 32 caliber revolver and a 30 caliber U S Army carbine with 100 rounds of ammo.
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Boston
Leslie Williams
Connecticut
Weather Snapshot Mt Vernon Thursday Forecast
MT VERNON weather shows a high of 88 and low of 50. Rainfall for 1965 to date is 10.16 inches. Compared with past years the highs and lows vary: one year ago 70/43, five years ago 80/45, ten years ago 70/58. Saturday sunrise at 4:45 and sunset 7:08 CST.
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MT. Vernon
Storms Strike Plains States with Injuries and Damage
Storms raked central sections of the nation with tornadoes rain hail and strong winds across south central Kansas West Texas western Oklahoma and the Nebraska Panhandle. A tornado hit a West Wichita trailer court injuring several, one seriously, others in traffic accidents. Over two inches of rain fell in six hours. Twisters touched near Lubbock Ackerly and Andrews with minor damage and no injuries. Spearman Grover area highways closed by seven inches of rain. No injuries from tornadoes in Oklahoma and Nebraska.
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Associated Press
Kansas
West Texas
Oklahoma
Nebraska Panhandle
West Wichita
Kan
Lubbock
Ackerly
Andrews
Texas
Hall
Spearman-Grover
Panhandle
Spearman
Nebraska
Illinois Weather Mixes Showers With Warm Temps
Chicago area forecasts call for April showers and June temperatures with locally heavy downpours in the south. Forecasters expect rain across all sections by nightfall and temperatures in the low to mid 80s. The Weather Bureau says showers taper Saturday but warm spell continues through the weekend.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Weather Bureau
Southern Illinois Temperatures Project Five Day Trend
Weekend through midweek temperatures across Southern Illinois will run 3 to 9 degrees above normal, with highs generally in the 70s and warm nights. A cooler Saturday gives way to a warming trend before another drop by Tuesday or Wednesday, as showers or thundershowers total about an inch.
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Illinois
Poppy Day Proclamation Boosts Legion Benevolence
Mayor urges observance of Poppy Day to support the American Legion and Auxiliary. Poppies crafted by disabled veterans are offered to raise funds for charitable work and aid families. Citizens are asked to wear a poppy and contribute to the cause.
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Martin
American Legion
Joe Martin
Mt. Vernon
Loyd Marlow
Jefferson Post 141
Mildred Coleman
Josephine Baril
Cleanup Week drives Mt. Vernon city beautification
The Mt. Vernon Chamber of Commerce committee plans to remain intact as the City Beautification committee between cleanup weeks. Reports praised student volunteers, Girl and Boy Scout efforts, and a gratis house painting by Local 888. residents urged to report eyesores to the chamber for ongoing improvements.
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Mt. Vernon
Ione McVey
Little House
Girl Scouts
Public Works Department
Girl Scout
Garden Glory Club
Central Business District
Baker
John Alford
Sydney Burnette
Robert Dethrow
City Public Works Department
Crooks
South 21St Street
Hannah Deitz
888
Painters Union
Leon Knappier
Smith-Alsop
Cook's
Sherwin-Williams
Glidden’s
Ward
Spirited Testimony Heard In Park Trial
Witnesses testified on timber valuations for the proposed park site. Officials from Hoosier Desk and Jasper Lumber cited per thousand values for species including walnut and white oak as cross examination revealed mixed quality. A Mitchell Industries agent appraised the timber at $19,882.34 while other witnesses described varying timber conditions and spoilage.
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Maurice Coswell Klepzig
Martin Renner
Ireland
Ind
Hoosier Desk Co
Jasper Lumber
Dewey Barker
Greensburg
Mitchell Industries, Inc
Herman J. Stecker
Mt. Carmel
Eisenhower Plans Class Visit at Grinnell College
Former President Dwight Eisenhower, enjoying a "great time" with Grinnell College students, planned to attend a politics class on the final day of his two day visit as a politician in residence.
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Grinnell
Iowa
Dwight Eisenhower
Grinnell College
Eisenhower
Payroll at Mt. V. TB Sanitarium shows six hundred thousand
The Tuberculosis Sanitarium reports fiscal year 1964 results with 33,987 patient days and 1,804 outpatients. Staffing totals 125, with payroll over $600,000 and local spending about $80,000 yearly. Medical staff support tuberculosis clinics elsewhere in southern Illinois.
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Herman C. Rogers
William C. Davis
Sanitarium
Illinois
Tuberculosis Sanitarium
Beall Property Sold Quietly in 1962 Private Auction
The Beall property changed hands in 1962 via a private auction in the Mt. Carmel area, the same year another Beall asset was sold to Bower. The sale reflects local land transfers during that period without further public details.
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Mt. Carmel
Beall
Bower
Bloodmobile visit seeks 113 pints in Hamilton County
McLeansboro announces a Bloodmobile stop at East Side Grade School from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on May 1. The Red Cross targets 113 pints to fill the county quota and offers transportation. Also noted are social visits, enlistment news, travel, and local municipal actions including tearing down a damaged porch at Decatur Garment cutting room.
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Mcleansboro
Hamilton County
East Side
Red Cross
Robert Green
Rebecca Ritchey
Olney
Charles Ritchey
Richard Woods
Murray
Donald Pierce
Champaign
Jim Woods
Carl Compton
Longview
Texas
Max Woolard
East St. Louis
Mary Compton
Kenneth Nelson
Pontiac
Carl Nelson
Kenneth Coulter
Thomas Wesley Biggerstaff
J. W. Biggerstaff
Mass vaccination of dogs begins next week in Jefferson County
Jefferson county schedules mass rabies vaccination for dogs over three months old. Fee remains 3.00 with one dollar into the County Rabies Fund. Clinics across Dix Opdyke Belle Rive Bluford Boyd Moore’s Prairie Woodlawn Field’s town Gables Blissville Harmony Leon ard Wilson's Rowe's Nason Cravat Bethel and Dodd’s schools or vets.
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Jefferson County
Merle
Happy) Williamson
F. L. Puckett
Dix
Leuty's
Opdyke
Belle Rive
Bluford
Hill’s Grocery
Bethel School
Dodd's Consolidated School
Driver cited in five car mishap here
A five car crash about 9:30 p m yesterday led to Alford J. Smith 40 of 307 Jordan street cited for failure to yield right of way. One passenger Alan Noles 16 of 404 South 7th treated and released. Three other passengers from a car driven by C D Ham injured. Several drivers named, three cars reportedly parked.
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Vernon
Alford J. Smith
Jordan Street
Alan Noles
South 7Th
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Ice plant fire in Micberly injures five firefighters
A major blaze at the City Products ice plant in Micberly Missouri destroyed a three story block long facility used to ice railroad refrigerator cars. Five firemen and the plant manager were injured in the Thursday night incident.
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Micberly
City Products, Inc
Theft Report From YMCA Board President Rolland Lewis
Rolland Lewis of 100 S. Sth street reported to police that $30 disappeared from his coat pocket last night while he worked at the old Washington school site where a Mt. Vernon YMCA unit is being established. Lewis, president of the YMCA board, said he hung his coat and continued his duties.
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Rolland Lewis
S. Sth Street
Old Washington School
Mt. Vernon
YMCA
Lewis
Ymca Board
Alton Man Killed Driving in Downtown St. Louis
Jeffrey Alan Gallop, 2, of Alton was killed when his car struck a retaining wall in downtown St. Louis early today. He was alone in the vehicle as it skidded about 200 feet before stopping.
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ST. Louis
Alton
Hils
Jeffrey Alan Gallop
Rural mail box improvements urged for May week
Postmaster William Lee of Mt. Vernon reports the National Post Office designates May 17 to 22 for rural patrons to fix and improve mail boxes. He urges everyone to help carriers on routes and lists local carriers ready to assist with lowering or raising boxes painting names clearing approaches and checking flags lids and alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lee
Mt.Vernon
Post Office Department
Washington, D. C
Lee
Joe Sutton Mt. V. Poultry Expert Is Going Overseas Again
Mt Vernon poultry expert Joe Sutton has been invited by Northern Nigeria to lead a poultry training program for the Ministry of Agriculture over 18 months requiring three 60 day trips. A ministry project in the western region ended in April. En route he will visit Russia to observe at the World Poultry Congress in Keely, Russia. This will be his 20th Atlantic crossing to developing countries.
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Joe Sutton
Mt. Vernon Poultryman
Nigeria
U.S
Dept. of Agriculture
Kely
Russia
Tuberculin Re Tests In Mt Vernon Next Monday
The Division of Tuberculosis Control plans to send technicians to Mt Vernon to offer Hypo Spray tuberculin retests to students, school employees, and food and drink handlers who missed readings due to February weather. Tests run in the courthouse basement Monday May 17 from 1 to 5 pm, and readings Friday May 20 from 1 to 5 pm with a mobile chest X ray unit on May 20 on the courthouse east side from 1 to 5 pm to X ray reactors.
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Division of Tuberculosis Control
Springfield
Mt. Vernon
Court House
Survival Kits For Students Sell In Mt Vernon
Survival kits for high school and college students will be sold in Mt Vernon tomorrow by the University of Tinois Mothers Association. Orders for the special final fodder kits will be taken in front of the Mammoth at Ninth and Broadway from 1:00 to 4:00. The kits contain candy cheese sandwiches wafers and other foods designed for students to keep in their rooms while studying for final exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
University of Tinois Mothers Association
Mammoth
Ninth
Broadway
Suit Over Accident Seeks $150 Damages in Court
An accident a year ago at Tenth and Jordan streets led James S. Hall to file a $150 lawsuit in circuit court. Hall sues Lloyd Arnett and Ron Johnson for car damage from a collision with a truck driven by Johnson and owned by Arnett.
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Tenth
Jordan Streets
James S. Hall
Lloyd Arnett
Ron Johnson
Hall
Johnson
Arnett
Attendant Reports Coin Box Stolen From Station
An attendant at Liberty Service Station 922 South 10th Street told police yesterday afternoon a coin box containing not more than 30 dollars was taken from a cigarette machine at the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty
South 10Th Street
Rear view mirror stolen from car on Main Street
William C. Davis of 820 Maple Avenue told Mt. Vernon police last night that a rear view mirror was removed from his car parked in the 200 block of Main Street.
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William C. Davis
Maple Avenue
Mt. Vernon
Main Street
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