Deaths Former Lizzie Walker Dies in Urbana
Lizzie R. Walker born Dahlgren July 6 1909 died Friday in Urbana after a career as teacher and principal in Urbana Lincoln and Thornburg elementary schools She married twice first to James Peyton McReynolds and later to C James Walker She is survived by three daughters two grandsons parents and seven siblings Funeral rites in Urbana and Dahlgren with interment in Dahlgren Odd Fellows cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie McReynolds
Dahlgren
Lizzie R. Walker
Lizzie R. McReynolds
Urbana
A. C. Lamport
Dahlgren Hools
Catur High School
University of
Kent Miller
Roswell
N. Mex
Gretshem Ann
Jeri Lou
McReynolds
Walker
Lincoln
Thornburg
C. James Walker
Bonnville
Iai
Varley H., Richard
Ward Lamport
Peoria
Hassel W. Lamport
Evansville
Elmond. Lamport
Fort Wayne
Ind
June L. Jones
Miami
Chas Carroll Dies Ex Woodlawn Resident at Oswego
Charles Henry Carroll a former rural mail carrier at Woodlawn died at 4 30 p m Friday in Oswego Kansas at 77 years 1 month 10 days. His body returns to Woodlawn for 3 00 p m graveside rites at the I O C F cemetery Monday conducted by Rev James Feamon. He is survived by a son Arthur of Topeka Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Henry Carroll
Woodlawn
Oswego
Kansas
Carroll
James Feamon
Arthur
Topeka
Relative's Death Word Reaches Hermonia Faulkner
Hermonia Faulkner receives notice that her cousin Mrs. Frank Davidson of St. Louis died at her home on Hebert Street at 10:30 p m Thursday. She was 55, survived by husband Frank Davidson, two daughters Virginia and Betty, one brother John Reno Johnston of Illinois and one sister Mrs Bert Lewin of St Louis. Daughter of Mrs Cora Johnston and the late A F Johnston of Danville Illinois. Funeral Monday 10:00 a m Drehmann and Harral Funeral Home 1905 Union Boulevard St Louis, burial there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermonia Faulkner
Frank Davidson
St. Louis
Hebert Street
Virginia
Betty
John
Reno Johnston
le, Til
Bert Lewin
St.Louis
Cora Johnston
A. F. Johnston
Danville, Til
Drehmann and Harral
Union Boulevard
City
Edna Brake of Dahlgren Dies at 60 in Illinois
Edna Ethel Brake 60 died at 7:00 p.m. at her Dahlgren area home on RFD 1. She was a Middle Creek Baptists member with funeral services Sunday at 2:00 p.m. The body lies at the family home after 2:00 p.m. She was daughter of the late Frank and _____ Kohl. A lifetime Middle Creek resident, she married Chester Brake in 1914 at Delafield. Surviving: husband Chester of Bethalto, one son Chester of Bethalto, one grandchild, two sisters Letha Cross of Dahlgren and Zela Dailey of Granite City, and a brother Floy of Dahlgren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Ethel Brake
RFD
Dahlgren
Middle Creek Baptists Church
Scence
Delafield
Chester Brake
Chester
Bethalto, Il
Letha Cross
Zela Dailey
Granite City
Floy
Sypret Funeral Set For Monday
Funeral services for Sam Jones Sypret, who died Wednesday at the Veterans Hospital in Marion, will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Campbell Parker Funeral Home. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery with the body lying in state Sunday at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Jones Sypret
Veterans Hospital
Marion
Campbell- Parker Funeral Home
Oakwood Cemetery
Funeral Home
McLeansboro High School to Graduate 85 Seniors
Eighty five seniors will receive diplomas from McLeansboro township high school in the gymnasium on Monday May 28 at 8 p m The commencement speaker will be C C Byerle first assistant to the state superintendent of public instruction Valedictorian is Stephen Bell and salutatorian Kathryn Hunt The program includes processional invocations solos address presentation of diplomas salutatory and valedictory and benediction with students Madonna Ruth Moore Alma Lee Sneed Carrie Jacobs Band Arlene Yoder Kenneth Ray Kirkpatrick and Rev Earl C Phillips all noted locals noted
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcleansboro
McLeansboro Township High School
C. C. Byerle
Stephen Bell
Katheran Hunt
Madonna Ruth Moore
Alma Lee Sneed
Earl C. Phillips
Greg
Carrie Jacobs
Arlene Yoder
Kenneth Ray Kirkpatrick
C. C. Byerly
Carl E. Nation
Russell H. Pemberton
Board of Education
Kathryn Hunt
Burton C. Betow
Miss Moore
Miss Sneed
Memorial Day Program by American Legion Post 106 McLeansboro
American Legion Post 106 McLeansboro presents a Memorial Day program in the courtyard next Wednesday afternoon starting at 1 30. Parade of school bands from the high school to the square near the Gold Star Mothers monument. Principal speaker Father Mennard Dunn. Events include invocations, wreath placements, address, anthem, taps, and benediction. All veterans urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Post 106
McLeansboro
Mennard Dunn
Gold Star Mothers Monument
R. T. Hickerson
Legion
Gold Star
Father Dunn
Taps
Earl C. Phillips
Local notices of travel and visits across towns
Mrs Charles Gollihur leaves for Chicago for brother-in-law Robert Kas er funeral, with other residents traveling to Brazil Ind and Flora, plus Army Private John H Pemberton en route to Ft Gordon Ga and Ft Sheridan Il. Meetings among mayors in Herrin and hospital stays noted, including Paul Utley returning home after auto accident injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Gollihur
Chicago
Robert Kaser
Zella Davis
Brazil
Ind
Zela Daily
Wm. Mangis
Flora
John Daily
William Campbell
Salem
B. F. Munsell Sr
Paul Campbell
John H. Pemberton
U. S. Army
Ft. Gordon
Ft. Sheridan
Gene James
Gainesville
Texas
Lee Donelson
Sally Jacobson
Centralia
R. S. Hall
Ronulus
N. Y
Wendell Hall
H. W. Adams
Ted Satterfield
Elmo Gholson
Jack Fields
Clayton Howell
St. Illinois
Herrin
J. B
Moore
Benton
J. W. Hogan Jr
Paul Utley
Eldorado Hospital
Centralia Man Fined for Assault and Battery
J. P. Court Buck Earl Mays of Centralia was fined $100 and costs before Justice J. R. Thomas on an assault and battery charge. County officers said the arrest followed a complaint by a Mr. Vernon, a colored woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P
Buck Earl Mays
Centralia
J. R. Thomas
Husband Slayer Sues Taverns For $360,000 Damages
In Effingham Illinois a 33 year old woman crippled by polio and mother of two filed two circuit court suits seeking 360000 dollars under the Dram Shop Act against tavern operators Ralph A. Jackson Pleasant Point Cafe Arthur L. Herman The Oasis Cordin and Hazel Klinghammer The Horned Palace Woody W. Wallen The 32 Club Aubrey C. Andrews Orchard Inn and Thomas Rinehart Farmers Home Tavern alleging their establishments' serving of alcohol led to her husband Noble Larimer's death after he returned home drunk and threatened her She says she fired a shotgun in defense discharging it and killing him and the lawsuits seek damages for the loss of support to her and her children a grand jury was called for Monday to consider the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effingham
Naomi Larimer
Noble Larimer
Three Accidents Here Yesterday in Mt. Vernon
Three accidents occurred in Mt. Vernon yesterday with no injuries. At 2:00 p.m. a collision at 25th and Lamar involved Jerry A. Allen of RFD 2 Centria and Gladys Fruend with fines for careless driving and failure to yield. At 9:15 p.m. Gary Ben Williams and Walter Richards collided in the 800 block of south Tenth Street. Williams charged with leaving the curb without due caution. At 8:50 p.m. Francis Pickles struck the rear of Ermel K. Boyer at Tenth and Perkins after Boyer stopped for a traffic signal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Jerry A. Allen
RFD
Centralia
Gladys Fruend
Herbert
Lamar
Allen
South Tenth Street
Williams
Francis Pickles
RFD 3
Joliet
Ill
Ermel K. Boyer
North 16Th
Boyer
Hospital Notes and Discharges Across Jefferson Memorial
Jefferson Memorial lists admissions including Mrs Aston Jones Ina Mrs Dorothy May Opdyke Charles Adams Paul May Opdyke Mrs Margie Tate George Nicholas Moore Goldman Salem Mrs Vera Thorpe. Discharges include Mrs Bessie York Mrs Roy L Gibbs and baby and Mc Leansboro Isaac B Mordan. GOOD SAMARITAN notes admissions Bennie Alcridees Mrs Wanda Lee Crowder Mrs Gertrude Williams Leonard Hester James Briesacher Louie Rodatz Mrs Nora Rose Master John Edward Lee. Discharges include Mrs Margaret Lee Mrs Vera Place Thomas Lco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Memorial
Aston Jones
Ina
Dorothy May
Opdyke
Charles Adams
Paul May
Margie. Tate
George Nicholas Moore Goldman
Salem
Vera Thorpe
Bessie York
Roy L. Gibbs
McLeansboro
Isaac B. Mordan
Good Samaritan
Bennie Alcridees
Wanda Lee Crowder
Gertrude Williams
Leonard Hester
James Briesacher
Louie Rodatz
Nora Rose
John Edward Lee
Margaret Lee
Vera Place
Thomas Lco
Police Court Fines For Reckless And Careless Driving
In Police Court before Police Magistrate Allan Dulaney Nolan L Hart was fined 100 dollars plus costs for reckless driving. Tommy Brown was fined 15 dollars plus costs for careless driving. Ted E Bond faced 10 dollars plus costs for speeding forty miles per hour in a twenty five mile zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Dulaney
Nolan L. Hart
Tommy Brown
Ted E. Bond
Adlai Charges Ike Deceives U.S. About Cold War
Adlai Stevenson accuses President Eisenhower of deceiving the nation over Cold War policy. The piece notes Eisenhower resting at his Gettysburg farm after a Waco trip and a conference with Texas leaders, plus shifts in Texas and Wisconsin political races and McCarthy urging support for the Eisenhower-Nixon ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adlai
Ike
U.S
Kefauver
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Waco
Texas
Allan Shivers
Shivers
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Wisconsin
Alexander Wiley
Milwaukee
Wiley
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
Stop And Start Heart With Use Of Electric Shock
Surgeons at State University of New York College of Medicine halted an 11 year old girl's heart with a low voltage electric shock and restarted it after 30 minutes using a heart lung machine. The operation, performed to repair a hole in the heart’s inner wall, marked the first successful use of this technique in the United States. Michele Lauer of Brooklyn underwent the procedure last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
State University of New York College of Medicine
Michele Lauer
Phony Officers Take Real Cash
Benjamin F. Deal 75 a retired Baltimore railroad worker said two men posing as detectives robbed him of 1300 dollars after he handed over a wallet containing bogus bills. He dressed for a trip to headquarters then returned to find the detectives and money gone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Benjamin F. Deal
Deal
Births Inglett and Jones Twins Reported in Cincinnati and Inn
Dr. and Mrs. George Inglett of Cincinnati welcome a son born Friday night weighing five pounds. Grandmother is Mrs. Pearl Inglett of Mt. Vernon. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Jones of Inn announce a daughter born at 9 40 p m Friday in Jefferson Memorial hospital weighing six pounds fourteen and one half ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Inglett
Cincinnati
Inglett
Pearl Inglett
Mt. Vernon
Kenneth Jones
Inn
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
District Meeting 102 Open Saturday Evening
The 1.0.0.F. and Rebekah meeting district 102 will hold an open gathering Saturday May 26 at 8 pm in the 1.0.0.F. Hall. All friends of the order are invited. John F. Kitch N. G. J. B. Marlow Rec. Sec. may announce entertainment and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah
Friends of the Order
Entertainment
Wafuashman
Guard Against New Rioting In Union Dispute
In Flint Michigan deputies and state police guard the Grand Blanc Fisher Body plant after a riot left 11 men hospitalized, two in critical condition. Sheriff Carmichael sent four patrol cars as unions once allied with AFL clash over work assignments at Darin & Armstrong Inc. crews amid ongoing dollar tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Mich
General Motors
Fisher
Grand Blanc
Don H. Carmichael
Carmichael
Books Stolen From Morgan Trading Post At Night
Thieves stole books valued at 50 dollars from the Morgan Trading Post at 1500 South 12th Street. County officers report the building was entered through a rear door and are investigating the theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan Trading Post
South 12Th Street
Charles Adams Hurt In Crash Near Kinmundy
Charles Adams aged 21 of 1211 North 2th Street suffered shoulder and leg injuries in a late night car crash near Kinmundy. Relatives said his car was struck by a speeding vehicle on a highway curve. He was taken to Jefferson Memorial Hospital and remained hospitalized today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Adams
North 2Th Street
Kinmundyv
Adams
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Steamfitters Unions Clash Over Plant Dispute
A spokesman for the riggers says trouble began Thursday as steamfitters swarmed the plant and attacked workers. They claim tools were destroyed and clothing scattered while some were roughed up. The riggers led a Friday walk through the area with clubs and bats as leaders vow to escalate to the international presidents over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darin & Armstrong
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Chas. Carroll
Edna E. Brake
Airport News
Bill Tumb
Cincinnat, Oy
G. Murphy Real Estate
H. S
Travelers Cafe
Kentucky
Bernard Stein
Hammond Organ
DuBois
West Ashley Wye
John F. Kitch
N. G
J. B. Marlow
Russell and
Reid
Hoyleton
Albion
Blue Goose Cafe
King City Lumber CO
Southern
Ilinois
Illinois
U. High Bay
King City Lumber Co, Way
King City Lumber Way
Mt. Vernon, Illinois
12Th
Casey Ave
Kankakee, Ill
Salem Ra
Cleopatras
Cole
California
Bank of Friendly Service
THE
First National Bank
Jefferson County
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
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