Mrs Georgie L Moore 1896 Good Samaritan obit Mt Vernon
Mrs Georgie L Moore 78 of 1303 Main St died at 10 48 a m Tuesday at Good Samaritan Hospital Graveside services 10 30 a m Friday at Oakwood cemetery Rev Merritt Strickland officiating Visitation 5 p m Thursday until 9 30 a m Friday Born Bluford October 14 1896 daughter of Enoch and Laistiene Green Methodist member Survivors include daughter Betty Lash brook son Melvin Moore sister Lora Keen and nieces and nephews Preceded in death by parents two sisters one brother one son and one daughter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgie L. Moore
Main St
Good Samaritan Hospital
Oakwood Cemetery
Merritt Strickland
Hughey-Pulley Funeral Home
Moore
Bluford
Homer P Cox dies at 68 in Vernon community
Homer P. Cox 68 of 232 Casey Ave. died at 11 50 a m Tuesday at Good Samaritan Hospital He was a sheet metal worker at Vernon Inc born Oct 28 1906 in Jefferson County son of George Lee Roy and Lockie Cox married Noma Campbell July 29 1925 in Nashville She survived with three sons Grover Lee Cox Centralia George LeeRoy Cox Marion Ky and David R Cox Mr Vernon a daughter Jawana Payne of Mr Vernon a brother Warner F Cox of Fostoria Ohio 11 grandchildren and five great grandchildren Preceded in death by one grandson and two brothers Funeral services Friday at 2 p m Myers Chapel with Rev Russ Hart officiating Burial in Oakwood Cemetery Funeral Chapel after 6 p m Thursday
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Homer P. Cox
Casey Ave
Good Samaritan Hospital
Cox
Vernon, Inc
Jefferson County
George Lee Roy
Lockie, (Tolley) Cox
Nashville
Noma Campbell
Casey Avenue Baptist Church
Modern
Obituary: Anton J Rubenacker of McLeansboro dies at 81
Anton J Rubenacker 81 of McLeansboro died Monday night at Hamilton Memorial Hospital. Retired farmer, born February 1 1894 in Hamilton County. Survived by four sons Richard Robert Lee Melvin, one daughter, 15 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, and siblings. Funeral at St Johns Church Piopolis with burial at Gholson Funeral Home McLeansboro. Rosary tonight at the funeral home.
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Anton J
Tony) Rubenacker
McLeansboro
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
St. John's Catholic Church
Piopolis
Joseph Trapp
Gholson
Rubenacker
Hamilton County
William and
Mary (Karcher) Rubenacker
Carolyn Frey
Karcher
St. John’s Catholic Church
Propolis
Richard
Union Lake
Mich
Robert
Union Pier
Lee
Dahlgren
Melvin
Christina Frey
Anna Renfert
St. Louis
Bernice Smithpeters
Memorial services for Mrs Alta Irwin of Decatur
Mrs Alta Scott Irwin 63 of Decatur died Tuesday morning at St Marys Hospital in Decatur. Funeral services set at Dawson-Wickoff Funeral Home 515 W Wood St Decatur at 10 a m with a second service at Memorial Gardens west of Mt Vernon. She was born Sept 19 1912 in Jefferson County and married Oscar Irwin in Decatur who survives along with two sons four daughters several grandchildren two brothers and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alta Scott Irwin
Decatur
St. .Mary’s Hospital
Dawson-Wickoff Funeral Home
W. Wood St
Memorial Gardens
Mt. Vernon
Irwin
Jefferson County
Jasper
Nancy Scott
Oscar Irwin
Oscar Irwin Jr
Bluford
Bill Irwin
Don
Emma) Braddy
Rufus
Pat) Haynes
Keenes
Larry
Darla) Otis
George
Mary) Ward
California
Lee Scott
Vernon
Carence "Boatt
Chester
Leroy
Ines) Kirkpatrick
West
Chicago
McLeansboro Woman Frankie Grimes 77 Dead
Frankie Grimes 77 of McLeansboro died at 2 05 p m at her home Funeral services were held at 2 p m Thursday at the Gholson Funeral Home McLeansboro with Rev R L Schlag officiating Burial will be in Richardson Hill cemetery She was born February 17 1898 in Harrisburg daughter of Gideon and Emma Bond Miller She was married to Elmer Grimes who preceded her in death Survivors include two daughters Laura telle McLeansboro and Maxine Brookfield Olney seven grandchildren five great grandchildren one brother Raymond Miller Dahlgren and one sister Mrs Sadie Clark Dahlgren
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Frankie Grimes
McLeansboro
Gholson
R. L. Schlag
Richardson Hill Cemetery
Grimes
Harrisburg
Gideon and
Emma (Bond) Miller
Elmer Grimes
Lauratelle
Maxine Brookfield
Olney
Raymond Miller
Dahlgren
Sadie Clark
Reynolds D Dean Reynolds funeral in Oakwood cemetery
Funeral services for Russell Dean Reynolds 59 of San Jose California were held at Oakwood cemetery at 3 30 p m with the Rev Howard Kraps officiating Myers Funeral Service arranged the services He died Sunday in San Jose He is survived by two sisters Mrs Walter Price Mt Vernon and Mrs Virgil Ferren Mattoon and a nephew Tom H Wells Mt Vernon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Dean Reynolds
San Jose
Calif
Mt. Vernon
Oakwood Cemetery
Howard Kraps
Myers Funeral Service
Walter Price
Virgil Ferren
Mattoon
Tom H. Wells
Calvin Harris Receives Fine and Probation for Weapons Charge
Calvin Harris aged 38 of 1013 S 10th St pleaded guilty to unlawful use of weapons in circuit court. He received a $100 fine and two years probation after the May 5 incident involving a loaded .32 caliber revolver in his car, with Judge Alvin Lacy Williams presiding.
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Calvin Harris
S. 10Th St
Mt Vernon Market Prices and New York Stock News
Mt Vernon prices show soybeans at 5.14, wheat 2.90, corn 2.68 at 10:00 am. Chicago AP reports mixed grain and egg prices, butter notes, and USDA quotes. New York stocks slide as consumer prices rise 7.2 percent annual rate in April, Dow off, volume 18.31 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Vernon
New York
Dow Jones
New York Stock Exchange
Labor Department
Ampex
Philip Morris
Westinghouse Electric
Loral
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Indus
Midwest Dubuque
Madison
South Bend
Paducah
Social Security tax boost eyed by Burke says House panel
James A. Burke leads a House Ways and Means subcommittee motion toward raising Social Security payroll taxes this year. He warns the system faces multi-billion deficits and warns of possible use of general revenues if emergency trust funds are depleted. Weinberger opposes taxes before 1977 to protect economic recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stowell
Associated Press
Washington
House
Social Security Panel
Ford Administration
Congress
James A. Burke
D-Mass
Ways and Means Subcommittee On
Social Security
Burke
Health, Education and Welfare
Caspar W. Weinberger
Weinberger
Ford i
Two U S Air Force officers shot to death in Tehran
In Tehran two U S Air Force officers, Col. Paul R. Shaffer Jr. and Lt. Col. Jack J. Turner, were killed on a city street as they went to work. The killers fled. The Iranian government blamed Marxist guerrillas and vowed justice.
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Tehran
U.S
Paul R. Shaffer Jr
Bryan
Ohio
Jack J. Turner
Christopher, Ill
Shaffer
Ohio State University
Turner
University of Nebraska
Mt Vernon City Council Schedules Thursday 7:30 PM Meeting
Mayor Rolland Lewis called a special Mt. Vernon City Council session for 7:30 p.m. Thursday to review the First Interstate Subdivision plat on West Broadway at the old West Salem School site. Action was deferred at Monday’s meeting awaiting Plan Commission handling.
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Rolland Lewis
Mt. Vernon
West Broadway
West Salem School
City Plan Commission
Mt Vernon Weather Snapshot Tuesday Forecast
Mt Vernon reports a Tuesday high near 90 and low around 71 with 70 degrees this morning. Rainfall to date for 1975 stands at 24.17 inches. Compared figures show one year ago a high of 89 and low of 68. five and ten years ago highs were 88 and 85 with lows of 61 and 63. Sunrise is 5 39 and sunset 20 06 with daylight saving time in effect. Bend Lake main dam water level sits at 409.74 feet above mean sea level.
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Mt. Vernon
Bend Lake
Main Dam
New Resident Moves In As Fire Destroys Vacant House
A fire southeast of Mt. Vernon gutted a vacant five room house owned by Howard Clifton and son Howard Gene Clifton. Firemen responded to an attic origin after a couch fire 12:30 a.m. today, after first arriving 8:02 p.m. Tuesday. Mike Green, moving in, lost belongings. State temps listed for Rockford Moline and Quincy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Howard Chapel Road
Jefferson Fire Protection District
Howard Clifton
Welkifis "St
Howard Gene Clifton
Bakerville Road
Jim Tate
Mike Green
Tate
Community Church Joins United Church Of Christ
First Community church on Salem Road gains full membership in the Illinois South Conference of the United Church of Christ at a recent legislative session. Founded in 1955, its pastor is Dr. Andrew Caraker. The Illinois South Conference has 94 churches and 33,696 members in the southern half of the state, with headquarters in Highland. The UCC, formed in 1957, unites the former Evangelical and Reformed Synod and Congregational Christian Churches, and comprises about 7,000 churches and 2,000,000 members nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Community Church
Salem Road
Ilinois South
United Church of Christ
Andrew Caraker
Illinois South
Highland
United Church, of Christ
Evangelical and Reformed Synod
Congregational Christian Churches
Essay Contest Nominee Joins Bicentennial Judging Panel
Ron Marlo, WMIX Mt Vernon station manager, named to the 24th Congressional district bicentennial essay judging committee. The 15 member panel helps pick top essays across red white and blue divisions with a June 1 entry deadline. A grand champion will win a $1000 savings bond, runners up $500 bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ron Marlo
Wmix Am-Fm Radio
Mt.Vernon
Illinois
Michael J. Howlett
Springfield
Howlett
Ilinois
Collision Damages Car Belonging To Belle Rive Resident
Mary D. Robertson of 1706 South 12th Street rolled from a drive and struck a parked car owned by Halle A. Boyles of Belle Rive at 3 55 p m Tuesday in the 300 block of South 12th Street. Boyles reported major damage to the vehicle.
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Mary D. Robertson
S. 12Th St
Halle A. Boyles
Belle Rive
South 12Th Street
Boyles
College Board approves program and hires staff at Olney area college
The Board approved the new program and filled four positions. Gary Wade was named to a $16 000 annual post with seven years teaching electricity and welding. Robert Graham will oversee student services at $18 000. Karen Muench takes a full time nursing role at $10 454, replacing Shirley McHaney. Terry Clark was made full time in agriculture at $10 422. Patricia Stieren resigns from SICCOM nursing program amid cited difficulties with the arrangement. Board also arranged funds, deposits, and insurance, and approved maintenance hires and three new courses.
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Gary Wade
Wade
Robert Graham
Olney Junior College
Graham
Karen Muench
RSC
Shirley McHaney
Terry Clark
Agriculture Department
Patricia Stieren
Southern Illinois Collegiate Common Market
Siccom
Snyder
Germania Federal Savings and Loan
Mt. Vernon
First American Savings and Loan
Benton
Bank of Benton
Rebekah Lodge Meeting at 8 PM on May 22
The regular meeting of Varnell Rebekah Lodge No. 296 will be held in the I.O.O.F. Hall Thursday evening May 22 at 8:00 oclock. Ruth Gant N.G. Naomi R. Bogan Sec.
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Rebekah Lodge
Varnell Rebekah Lodge
C.F
Ruth Gant
N.G
Naomi R. Bogan
Illinois judge approves kidney donation by sister duo
In a brief Circuit Court session Judge F Emmett Morrissey approved an Illinois based plan for a woman to donate a kidney to her twin sister. The procedure is tentatively set for June 23 with Carol likely hospitalised about two weeks while Barbara faces a longer recovery. The family plans a Disneyworld trip after both recover with a firm commitment to go this summer.
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Illinois
F. Emmett Morrissey
Circuit Court
Carol
Barbara
Searing
Disneyworld
Memorial Day Speaker Highlighted by Amvets Post
Post No.4 Amvets announces a Memorial Day ceremony in Mt. Vernon with Commander Ritchey praising the outstanding speaker obtained for the event.
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Amvets
Commande Ritchey
Board votes to raise tuition. Ausmus leads
Ausmus who chaired the Citizens Advisory Committee before his election to the board moved for the tuition increase. The only No vote was cast by Skorch.
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Ausmus
Citizens Advisory Committee
Skorch
Awards Day at Webber High This Friday May 23
Webber Township High School Bluford will host Awards Day on Friday May 23. The ceremony starts at 10 15 a m with public invited. Each department will honor students for high achievement or notable service, an event at the school for six years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webber Township High School
Bluford
Illinois Weather Forecast With Regional Showers Ahead
Periods of showers likely Friday through Sunday with warm conditions Friday, cooler north on Saturday and south on Sunday. Highs reach the 80s to 90s, then drop to 70s north and 80s south over the weekend. Lows range from the 50s to 70s north and 60s to 70s south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
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DEA
Georgie- Moore
Ths
Tony Rubenacker
Alta Irwin
Tro Devine
Russell D. ‘Reynolds
Mr. Reynolds
Alvin Lacy Williams
USDA
National Stockyards
Ill
Freewill Baptist Church
Wilbur Musgraves
the Wheeler
Christopher
Iran
Radiotelevision
Ebrahim Nushirevani
Shah
Ford
Paris
Plan Commission
Rockford
Cdy
Moline
Quincy
Logan Street
Community Church
Tone College Board
Aetna Insurance
Guy Wood
Factory Mutual
Carpet Laying Service of
Des Plaines
South Oasis
Paul Ossig
Israel
Varnell
Jerry & the
Singing Goffs
Marion Civic Center
Erry
Ean Love
Webber High
Peoria
Edy
Gr. Pk
Mid
Max
Capri II
Lincoln- Mercury
Max Pardee
Broadway
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