Poppy distribution planned in Mt Vernon Saturday
Residents of Mt Vernon and Jefferson county will receive Buddy Poppies on Saturday May 26 as volunteer workers from Wm Merritt Moss Post Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Ladies Auxiliary distribute the emblem. Proceeds support disabled veterans and the VFW National Home for orphans and widows. no fixed sum is asked, wear a poppy to show remembrance.
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Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Merritt Moss
James Glover
V. F. W. National Home For Orphans
Service Office
Births Report from Jefferson Memorial and Nearby Hospitals
Mr and Mrs Lugene Smith of 909 South 7th Street announce a daughter Phyllis Elaine born at Jefferson Memorial Hospital today at 12 50 weighing 7 pounds 7 ounces. Mr and Mrs John Tolliver Route 4 Fairfield report a daughter born at Jefferson Memorial Hospital Monday evening at 7 20 weighing 6 pounds 4 1/2 ounces. Mr and Mrs Wayne William Piercy of 208 North 4th Street announce a daughter Susan Jane born at Good Samaritan Hospital Monday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Oral Campbell of Eighier are parents of Claudia Marie born May 13. Campbell are former Mt Vernon residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lugene Smith
South 7Th Street
Phyllis Elaine
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
John Tolliver
Route 4
Fairfield
Wayne William Piercy
North 4Th Street
Susan Jane
Good Samaritan Epital
Oral Campbell
Eigier
Claudia Marie
Campbell
Mt. Vernon
Nursing Services chair named by Red Cross here
Mrs. Harry P. Stine was named Nursing Services chair for the local Red Cross chapter by Father John E. Gill. She will coordinate with Civil Defense on Home Nursing training. A Home Nursing Instructors course is offered June 11–15 at the chapter office 226 South 6th Street. Enrollment details via phone 2083. The 30 hour instructor course covers training and demonstrations. Home Nursing classes start June 18 with morning afternoon and evening options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry P. Stine
Nursing Services
Red Cross
John E. Gill
Stine
South
6Th Street
Elderly Resident Fractures Arm at Home Mishap
Celia Edmison 78 of No 9 Rushton Drive is listed at Jefferson County Memorial Hospital with fractures of both bones in her left arm from a mishap at home Sunday. The report notes her residence and hospital treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celia Edmison
Rushton Drive
Jefferson County Memorial Hospital
Chiropractor Flown From Kennett to Mt Vernon Crisis Care
Faye Mayfield, 45, a Kennett Missouri chiropractor, was airlifted to Jefferson County Memorial Hospital in Mount Vernon yesterday afternoon after his plane was met by an ambulance at the local airport. He was listed in serious condition today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faye Mayfield
Kennett, Mo
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County Memorial Hospital
Mayfield
Hospital Notes and Court Fines Reported in Jefferson Memorial
Admitted patients include Pauline Smith Dorothy Rollinson Kell Gertrude Record Genevieve Tolliver Irene Gambler and Edre na Wiehn at Jefferson Memorial with several discharges. Good Samaritan unit lists Agnes Parker Delos Gordon Harry O Hamilton Waltonville. Police Court fines: George Walls 13.40 Jimmy Myers 13.40 Billy Shurtz 15.40 Dale F Smith 10.00 plus costs for license issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Memorial
Pauline Smith
Dorothy Rollinson
Kell
Gertrude Record
Genevieve Tolliver
Fairfield
Irene Gambler
Christopher
Fay Mayfield
Kennett
Edrena Wiehn
Jake Shafer
Paul Patton
W. A. Wooldridge
Francis Craig
Good Samaritan
Agnes Parker
Delos Gordon
W. O. Page
George Walls
Jimmy Myers
Billy Shurtz
Dale F. Smith
Deaths and Funerals Clyde Johnson Dies Near Fairfield
Clyde W. Johnson 37 production superintendent for Roach and Voyles Oil died suddenly at his home near Bethel church in Lamar township west of Fairfield. Cause was myocarditis per coroner. Born October 25 1913 near Wayne City he married Goldie Fry December 12 1936 in Mt. Vernon. Funeral Wednesday 2 p.m. at Bethel church with Rev. W. E. Portright officiating. Burial Thomason cemetery Wayne City. Survived by parents, wife, two daughters Jean 17 and Glenda 11, two brothers Kenneth Mt. Vernon and Clarence Keenes, two sisters Nettie Williams and May Lawson Rochelle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde W. Johnson
Roach and Voyles Oil Company
Bethel Church
Lamar¢ Township
Fairfield
Mr. Johnson
Wayne City
William and
Etta
Dalton) Johnson
Mt. Vernon
Goldie Fry
Bethel Methodist Church
W. E. Portright
Geff
Thomason
Johnson
Keenes
Jean
Glenda
Kenneth
Clarence
Gertrude Garrison Funeral Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs Gertrude Gregory Garrison will be held Thursday at 2 00 p m at Myers Chapel. The Rev Bird Green will officiate and burial will take place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Gregory Garrison
Myers Chapel
Bird Green
Buford to Speak At Indiana Athlete Program
J. L. Buford Vernon school superintendent and Citizenship Award winner will address Gary high school senior class letter winners in all sports at a Gary Lions Club luncheon on the topic This Is My Country. He will deliver the same patriotic address tonight at a joint Carmi Eldorado Rotary meeting in Eldorado after recent talks at an Edison PTA and Central Church of Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Buford
Vernon City
Gary
Ind
Buford
Gary Lions Club
Carmi
Eldorado
Marriage License Issued in Mt. Vernon for Colclasure and Hayes
Omer Colclasure and Joyce Arlene Hayes, both residents of Mt. Vernon, obtained a marriage license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omer Colclasure
Joyce Arlene Hayes
Mt. Vernon
Mabry Dies at 77. Rites Planned for Mt. Vernon
Charles Eddie Mabry 327 North Fourth Street died at 1 20 p m yesterday at Jefferson County Memorial Hospital. A retired Mt Vernon Car Mfg Co employee he was born January 4 1874 in Thompsonville Ill and had lived in Mt Vernon 40 years. Survived by two sons Harry Mabry and Leo Mabry, a sister Sally Puckett, two brothers Tommy and Neal Mabry, and four granddaughters. Funeral Wednesday 1 30 p m at Myers Chapel with Rev Ace Summers officiating. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Body at Myers Chapel until service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Eddie Mabry
North Fourth Street
Jefferson County Memorial Hospital
Mr. Mabry
Mt. Vernon
Myers Chapel
Ace Summers
Oakwood Cemetery
Thompsonville
St. Franklin County
John H
Mary Elizabeth (Brown) Mabry
Allie Short
Mabry
Harry Mabry
Leo Mabry
Nashville, Il
Sally Puckett
Tommy Mabry
West Frankfort
Neal Mabry
Mrs Garrison Dies at Home After Long Illness
Mrs Garrison 48 wife of William Garrison died at 3:00 yesterday morning at her home 522 North Street. She will be buried in Thomason cemetery at any time after 7:00 p m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomason
Wayne City
Myers Chapel
Garrison
William
Bill) Garrison
North Street
Home Break‑in Reported at 19 Rushton Drive
Harold Hoben notified police that his residence at 19 Rushton Drive was entered between Saturday and Monday while the family was away. A basement window was forced to gain entry and, according to initial findings, nothing was stolen.
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Harold Hoben
Rushton Drive
Air travel updates on medical and local arrivals
Carl Edmison and Neil May field flew to Kennett Missouri to bring Fay May to Jefferson Memorial Hospital where he lies seriously ill. J W Johnson arrived from Paragould Arkansas. F P Henry J C Todd C J Griffin and Joe Thomas arrived from El Dorado Arkansas. Frank James and C Wenn flew in from St Louis Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Edmison
Neil Mayfield
Kennett
Fay
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
J. W. Johnson
Paragould
Ark
F. P. Henry
J. C. Todd
C. J. Griffin
Joe Thomas
ElDorado
Frank James
C. Wenn
St. Louis
Mt V Man Joins Socony Vacuum To South America
Robert R. Johnston of Mt. Vernon is among six geologists chosen to join Socony Vacuum Oil Company foreign exploration in Venezuela. He will fly from New York on June 13 for duty in Caracas and return to the University of Illinois mid September to finish his geology master's degree. He has a year’s leave from the U S Naval Reserve and is in Canada on a field trip with Illinois professors. En route to Caracas he will stop in Miami to visit his brother Donald, a University of Miami graduate student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Socony Vacuum Oil Company
United States
Robert R. Johnston
Mt. Vernon
Theoreign Exploration Division
Socony Vacuum
Venezuela
South America
New York
Caracas
University of Illinois
U. S. Naval Reserve
Canada
Robert
Miami
Florida
Donald
University of Miami
E. G. Johnston
Davis Cancels City Clerk Boston Trip
City Clerk Lester Davis announced cancellation of a planned Boston trip to attend the national convention of municipal clerks due to pressing duties at home. The assembly had voted to pay $150 expenses for the trip, but the funds will stay in the city treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Davis
Boston
Mass
Parking stickers available Monday in city
City Clerk Lester Davis announced that parking privilege stickers at 35 dollars will be available here next Monday May 28. The old stickers issued last year will be honored until Friday June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Davis
Halt Bus Service Ends Between Golconda and Harrisburg
Bus service linking Golconda Rossclare Elizabethtown and Harrisburg has been suspended. Originated about ten years ago by Harrisburg Coach Line it was later taken over by Forest B Hutson's Coach Line. Hutson announced the suspension last weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golconda
Rossclare
Elizabethtown
Harrisburg
Forest B. Hutson
Hutson
Weather Summary of Rainfall and Storms Across Regions
Rain fell across central states with heavy totals in Kansas Missouri and Texas. Western Kentucky and Tennessee saw little rain. Forecast calls for more rain in dry areas of Arkansas Kentucky and Tennessee. A hurricane with 90 mph winds moved northeast off Maryland coast with uncertain position. warnings extended from Sandy Hook New Jersey to Cape Ann Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Kentucky
Tennessee
Weather Bureau
Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri
Texas
Dodge City
Kan
Hill City
Ixan
Vichy, Mo
Fort Worth
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
North Central
Minnesota
Washington
Atlantic
Maryland
Ocean City
Sandy Hook
N. J
Cape Ann
Mass
Aldermen Approve City Contracts and Fees
The city council renewed Kenneth Setzekorn's engineer contract for another year and ordered a street light installed at 25th and Westcott. It kept taxi license fees at 15 dollars per cab annually and added two men to the police eligibility list. A small storm sewer project on Cherry street west of 24th received attention as part of ongoing paying contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry Street
24Th Street
Police Department
Kenneth Setzekorn
25Th
Westcott
Auto Damaged by Fire on Short Street
Firefighters responded to a Monday blaze at 1 40 p m damaging the rear cushion of a parked 1947 auto on Short street. A passer by reported smoke from the unoccupied car, owned by Paul Coleman of West Frankfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Short Street
Paul Coleman
West Frankfort
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Royal Arch Masons
Andrew D. Webb
Mark Master
Eyrrett R. Talbott
Cecil NM
Lovin
Secy
Nursing Service
Snes Seee
Steg
Wilma Christensen
Fannie Smith
Ilinois
Virgil T. Bailey, Inc
Clyde Johnson
Gertrude Garrison
Indiana
Chas. E. Mabry
Rushton Bridge
Airport News
Mt.v. Man
Davis
Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Square
Dewitt-Maxey Motor CO
DODGE
Plymouth
J. H. Carr Motor CO
Kaiser-Frazer
Broadway — Phone
Holman Motor CO
Ford Sales and Service
Jefferson Motors, Inc
W - G Motor CO
Lincoln
Mercury
COX
BUICK
Broadway
Henderson Nash Nash
S. 8Th
Bayer Motor Co., Inc
Oldsmobile
N. 10Th
Virgil T. Bailey Motors, Inc
Hudson
Care Motor CO
Chrysler
Johnson Motor CO
Studebaker
Harrison
Pease
Attention Elks
Mt. Verack
Bulova
Elgin
Ae Gift
Jackson
Gruen Verithin
Hamilton Wrist Watch
Jewel Bulova
Gruen
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