Deaths and Funerals Pearl Van Dyke
Mrs Pearl Myrtle Van Dyke of 21 South 15th Street died at 6 35 am today at Jefferson Memorial Hospital Funeral services set for Saturday at 3 00 pm at Pulley Funeral Chapel with burial in Oakwood Cemetery Viewing at Pulley Funeral Home after 6 00 pm Friday She is survived by two daughters Mildred Hugueley and Daisy Kelso two brothers Roy Holland Frank Holland and Tom Holland and two great grandchildren She was widow of Harry Dees Van Dyke who died in 1922 and a Wesley Methodist church member Her death follows the recent truck accident death of her grandson Max David Van Dyke.
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Pearl Myrtle van Dyke
South 15Th Street
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Pulley Funeral Chapel
Oakwood Cemetery
Wesley Methodist Church
Mildred Hugueley
Rutherford
Clara Groves
Max David van Dyke
Myrtle King Dies in Idaho Former Resident 78
Mrs Myrtle King aged 78 a former resident of Ace quid Idaho died at 3 30 p m Tuesday at her home Funeral services will be at 2 00 p m Friday at Rupert Funeral Home Rupert Idaho She was born in Jefferson County daughter of Alonzo and Sarah Jane Payne married to Harlan King who preceded her in death Survivors include two daughters two sisters Cecile Summers Mt Vernon Effie Auten Rupert and one grandchild
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Myrtle King
Acequid
Idaho
Rupert Funeral Home
Rupert
King
Jefferson County
Alonzo
Sarah Jane Payne
Harlan King
Cecile Summers
Mt. Vernon
Effie Auten
Ann Chwascinski Dies At 82 In Beaucoup Rites At Radom
Mrs. Ann Chwascinski 82 of Beaucoup died 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Washington County Hospital Nashville. Rites set 8:00 a.m. Saturday at St. Michael's Church Radom with Rev. Stanley Ksycki officiating. burial in church cemetery. Kringer Funeral Home Ashley notes Rosary 8:00 p.m. Friday. Born June 10, 1882 in Rudka Poland. Married John Chwascinski September 1905 in Radom. Survivors: seven sons Leo Frank Steve George Nashville Christopher Cleveland. two daughters Sophia Krzyzanoski Regina Nagil. one brother Joe Blush. one sister Mary Maslouski. 30 grandchildren 26 great grandchildren.
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Ann Chwascinski
Beaucoup
Washington County Hospital
Nashville
St. Michael’s Catholic Church
Radom
Stanley Ksycki
Church
Kringer Funeral Home
Ashley
Kringer
Chwascinski
Rudka
Poland
Ill
John Chwascinski
Leo
Frank
Steve
George
John
Joe
Christopher
Ray
Cleveland
Ohio
Sophia Krzyzanoski
Regina Nagil
Joe Blush
Detroit, Mich
Mary Maslouski
Springfield
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted Patients
Admitted to Jefferson Memorial are George Ralph Auxier Dahlgren Clarence Gilbert Harrison Dahlgren Pearl Myrtle Van Dyke. Discharged are Frank Shaw Daniel Webster Blood Earl J Austin Walter Marion Hester. Good Samaritan admits Florence Lillian Johnson William A Schuster Mary Frances Kujawa Ruth Evelyn Connelly Anthony Duane Moore Clara Walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Memorial
George Ralph Auxier
Dahlgren
Clarence Gilbert Harrison
Pearl Myrtle van Dyke
Frank Shaw
Daniel Webster Blood
Earl J. Austin
Walter Marion Hester
Good Samaritan
Florence Lillian Johnson
Wiliam A. Schuster
Mary Frances Kujawa
Ruth Evelyn Connelly
Anthony Duane Moore
Clara Walls
Jane A. Malashewski
Michael Lynn Sommers
Alberta Roberta Newell
Charlotte Jean Aissie
Earl Williamson
Linda Joyce Burroughs
Timothy David
Minnie M. Mille
Leroy Hunt
Pearl Jane Starck
Phyllis H. Douthitt
Leathen Ann
Doris Lee
Dennie Lee Hale
Vernus Edward Marvel
Hannah Mae Volder
Mason Lodge to Hold Special Meeting in Mt Vernon
Mt Vernon Lodge No. 31 A F and A M will hold a special meeting Friday night May 2 1965 at 7 30 p m Work in the third degree with Joe Claxton W M in charge.
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A. F
Mt. Vernon
Joe Claxton
W.M
Nancy Flanigan Dies at 135 in Mt Vernon
Nancy Evelyn Flanigan age 135 died 12 10 p.m. Wednesday at Letzekorn Nursing Home Mt Vernon. Funeral 3 00 p.m. Friday at First Church of the Nazarene with Rev Ray Jewell officiating. Burial in South Hickory Hill cemetery. Visitation after 4 00 p.m. today at Pulley Funeral Home. Body moved to church at 2 00 p.m. Friday to lie in state. Survived by son Pearl Alexander Dale East St Louis and four daughters Katharine Irene Lane Josephine Shelton Cleo Steinberg Bessie Goings Mt Vernon Valley Park Mo and step son William Dale Pueblo Colo. one brother Arlie Hayes Mt Vernon. 15 grandchildren 19 great grandchildren. Preceded by three daughters two brothers one sister.
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Nancy Flanigan
Nancy Evelyn Flanigan
Letzekorn
Church of the Nazarene
Ray Jewell
Hickory Hill
Pulley Funeral
Mrs. Flanigan
Jefferson County
Henry and
Lear Bodine
Robert Alexander Dale
Hugh Flanigan
Pearl Alexander Dale
East St. Louis
Josephine Shelton
Katherine Irene Lane
Cleo Steinberg
Mt. Vernon
Bessie Evelyn Goings
Valley Park
William Thomas Dale
Pueblo
Colo
Arlie Hayes
24 700 Killed In Accidents In First Quarter
CHICAGO AP The nations death toll from accidents in the first three months this year reached 24,700 persons, up 300 or 1 percent from the same period last year. Due to population growth, the death rate fell from 5.4 to 54.7 per 100,000, a 3 percent decline.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Traffic Jam on Autobahn Near Helmstedt
AP reports construction on the East German side of the Iron Curtain crossing to Berlin caused a traffic jam by Helmstedt. West German customs police noted cars backed up about a mile with about an hour delay before officials said traffic was flowing normally at noon.
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Germany
Berlin
Elizabeth II
Iron Curtain
West Berlin
East Germany
Berlin Wall
Kennedy
Wall
Reinhard Gehlen
Foreign Office
Erhard
West Germany
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Gatow
Willy Brandt
Britannia
Britain
Meeting of Red Leaders Is Shot Up
The Sommers' guns killed 12 Viet Cong and wounded 20. one casualty among Sommers. Seaman Jimmy C. Stinnett of Cartersville, Va., killed when a 5 inch gun on the destroyer exploded. A U S plane shot down was one Crusader in support of eight Skyhawks raiding a railroad yard at Vinh. Radio Hanoi claimed two pilots. The raid dropped eight tons of bombs and hit the yard with rockets and cannon fire, inflicting moderate damage. Two American advisers with Vietnamese units were killed. New Zealand offers to send a four gun artillery battery of 120 men to South Vietnam to join the Australian battalion leaving Sydney for South Vietnam.
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Triat
Saigon
Sommers
Jimmy C. Stinnett
Cartersville
Vinh
Hanoi
Radio Hanoi
U. S
Radio
U.S
New Zealand
Wellington
Keith Holyoake
South Viet Nam
Sydney
Markets Mt. Vernon Hog Prices Unchanged At Noon
Prices paid until 12 30 p m today were unchanged with hogs at 20 75 per cwt for 200 to 22 lb animals Sows 18 00 for 300 weight down and 17 73 for 300 weight and over Boars 11 50 and 12 00 After 12 30 p m prices will be based on next day’s figures
Mt Vernon grain prices quoted this afternoon
Mt Vernon grain prices were quoted this afternoon with Wheat at 1.24 Soybeans at 2.70 Shell corn at 1.35 and Ear corn at 1.32.
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Mt. Vernon
Market Prices for Eggs and Live Poultry in St Louis
AP report lists egg grades A large 25-27 A medium 20-21 A small 16-17 B large 2-24 wholesale 23-24 unclassified 2112-2243 and checks 16-17. Poultry hens heavy 16-17 light over 5 lb 10-11 under 5 lb 5. Broilers and fryers 20-21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Chicago Grain prices from AP report
Chicago market update lists Wheat No 2 hard 14734n No 2 red 14544n Corn No 2 yellow 13743n Oats No 2 heavy white 73%n No 2 extra heavy white 75% Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.85%-84%n Soy bean oil 10.26n
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Chicago
Chicago Produce Prices Reported By Exchange
Chicago Mercantile Exchange butter and eggs listed with steady quotes and grade breakdowns including AA 58 percent A 92 percent B 90 percent C 89 percent. Egg prices show A whites 2744, mixed 2714, mediums 23, standards 25 with percentages noted.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Livestock Receipts At National Stockyards Friday Auction
AP dispatch reports Friday receipts at National Stockyards with hogs 4300 cattle 300 calves 100 sheep 100. Hogs ranged 21.00 to 75.00 for barrows and gilts 203-270 pounds and 17.00-19.25 for sows 285-660 pounds. Cattle 1000 calves 150 with choice steers 26.50 and 23.00-26.00 for other grades. Heifers 22.00-25.00, cows 14.00-16.50, vealers 20.00-29.00, calves 17.00-21.00. Sheep 100 with spring lambs 27.50-28.50.
Wall Street ends with mixed losses after late decline
The New York market slipped late with heavy trading, tracing a 5.9 million share volume. Major declines appeared in Union Carbide and several others while Penick & Ford rose on a Reynolds Tobacco deal. gains noted for Eastern Air Lines and Northwest. Bond markets showed mixed corporate, and Treasury bonds drifted lower.
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New York
Union Carbide
du Pont
Kerox
IBM
International Nickel
Boeing
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Penick & Ford
Reynolds Tobacco
Reynolds
Johnson & Johnson
Delanese
Comsat
W.R. Grace
Glidden
Great Northern Paper
Louisville & Nashville
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York Central
Litton Industries
Mesta Machine
Monsanto
Scott Paper
General Baking
Allegheny & Western Railway
Eastern Air Lines
Northwest Airlines
American Stock Exchange
Treasury
U.S
Birth Announcements From Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr and Mrs John O Jones of 613 South 22nd Street became parents to a daughter at 10 41 yesterday in Good Samaritan hospital weighing eight pounds three ounces Mr and Mrs Danny Eaves of No Two Bishop Court welcomed a son at 12 25 this morning in Good Samaritan hospital weighing six pounds five ounces Mr and Mrs Larry Burton of 728 North 11th Street reported a birth at 3 34 this morning in Good Samaritan hospital with details incomplete in the record
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John O. Jones
South 22Nd Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Danny Eaves
No. Two
Bishop Court
Larry Burton
North 11Th Street
Weather snapshot for Mount Vernon and Illinois region
Mount Vernon forecast shows Wednesday high 85 and low 61 with 25 inches of rainfall from 7:00 a.m. Wednesday to 7:00 a.m. Thursday. Year to date rainfall 11.34 inches. past years noted. Friday sunrise 4:35, sunset 7:19 CST. Northern Illinois had cooler 50s to 60s with fair to partly cloudy skies. southern Illinois saw 70s to upper 70s with continued cool weather and lows in the 40s to upper 40s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Vernon
Ilinois
Illinois
Tractor-Trailer Separates in Ditch East of Mt Vernon
A tractor trailer separated on Highway 460 about four miles east of Mt Vernon early today and both sections slid into a ditch. Driver Charles L. Norman of Evansville Indiana escaped injury. He said the trailer broke loose from the tractor while he traveled west. The trailer overturned and suffered extensive damage with a broken windshield in the cab.
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Highway 460
Mt. Vernon
Dewey Barton
A.m
Charles L. Norman
Evansville
Ind
Norman
Baby Michelle Renee Born to Burgess Burton Family
A baby girl weighing seven pounds nine ounces has been named Michelle Renee. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Harvey Burgess of this city and Mr and Mrs Earl Burton of West Frankfort.
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Michelle Renee
Harvey Burgess
This City
Earl Burton
West Frankfort
Young Mob Tries to Crash Chicago Hearing
A mob of youths stormed the entrance of the House Committee on un American Activities hearing in Chicago. Police halted the breach and 24 demonstrators were rounded up as some sang We Shall Overcome. Inside, teenage girls caused disturbances and four were escorted out by a U S marshal. Witness Versta Miller refused to testify, marking the third day of hearings on Communist activity in Illinois.
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William J. Conway
Chicago
House Committee On UN- American Activities
U.S
America
Versta Miller
Alfred Nittle
Nittle
Miller
Communist Party
Illinois
Nine motorists fined in circuit court yesterday
Nine motorists were fined in circuit court here yesterday for traffic offenses. The list includes Jack Ray Willhoite of Miami Arizona for speeding at $10, G. W. England of West Memphis Arkansas for no certified copy of authority to operate at $25, Pedro Mata of La Villa Texas for speeding at $10, Roberto Gonzalez of Rio Grande City Texas for speeding at $10, Herschel Hanley Blood of Nashville Tennessee for speeding at $18, LeRoy Bevel of Centralia for overweight at $10, Larry G. Goss of Mt. Vernon for illegal mufflers at $10, Ronald Lewis Etchison of Santa Cruz California for speeding at $18, and Jackie L. Wilkey of Mt. Vernon for speeding at $12.
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Jack Ray Willhoite
Miami
Ariz
G. W. England
West Memphis
Ark
Pedro Mata
la Villa
Tex
Roberto Gonzalez
Rio Grande City
Herschel Hanley Blood
Nashville
Tenn
LeRoy Bevel
Centralia
Larry G. Goss
Evergreen
Mt. Vernon
Ronald Lewis Etchison
Santa Cruz
Calif
Jackie L. Wilkey
Mt Vernon YMCA gains $500 donation from General Radiator
The General Radiator Co. donated $500 to the Mt Vernon YMCA, presented by Norman S.S. Cook, new resident and vice president of accounting. YMCA president Rolland W. Lewis praised the gift as faith in the community and noted two desks donated. Health room work will begin this week, to serve Key Club and later Century Club, Sustaining and Business members. Meetings and lounges will host non-profit groups. art supplies are still being sought for crafts rooms.
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Mt. Vernon
Lewis
Century Club
Vote Bill Now Faces House Poll Tax Fight
The bill to pass the Senate measure faces a House split as Democratic leaders trust large GOP backing. Republicans back a version by Rep. Ford and Rep. McColluch with no automatic trigger for Southern states. Federal registrars would be sent to any state or county where 25 voters allege racial denial.
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Senate
House
GOP
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
William M. McCulloch
Ohio
Elizabeth in Berlin and Poppy Poster Winners Named
Elizabeth II flew over East Germany to West Berlin amid Cold War tension while East German claims of planned Western provocations faded. The American Legion Auxiliary announced Poppy Poster contest winners Helen Baker Larry Rainwater and Larry Duane McAdoo with prizes of 10 5 and 3 dollars.
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American Legion Auxiliary Today
Helen Baker
Opdyke
Larry Rainwater
Burns Avenue
Larry Duane McAdoo
South 15Th Street
Lucinda
St. Mary's School
Floyd Collins
G.G. Purcell
Mildred Coleman
Windstorm Ravages Mt. Vernon Area Causes Property Damage
Severe winds battered Mt. Vernon and surrounding areas, toppling trees and damaging roofs. Haas Industries front wall damaged, power lines fell, and several TV antennas were leveled. Lake Miller reservoir damage included swamped boats and broken window. Power crews restored service, Civil Defense operated through the night with key personnel away. A tree struck the Moose Club House at Jaycee Lake, causing further damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haas Industries
Mt. Vernon
Charles Vaughn
Liberty Road
Jansen
South Tenth Street
Lake Miller
Winds Power Co
Power Company
Dix
Erwin Seitz
Paul Bellamy
Martin Helsing
Hubert Payne
Woodlawn
Ross Horton
Belle Ri
Handbills From Planes Illegal in Illinois
Gov Otto Kerner signed a law banning dropping circulars from airplanes for advertising. Violators face up to a year in jail or a $1000 fine. He also signed a bill allowing the Southwest Regional Port District to acquire and run aquariums museums and planetariums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield, Ill
Otto Kerner
Kerner
Southwest Regional
Illinois House approves auto theft license loss bill
The Illinois House backed a measure to automatically revoke a driver’s license after auto theft convictions and gave the secretary of state power to suspend licenses for minors who steal hub caps or tamper with cars. The bill moves to the Senate for concurrence and then to Gov. Kerner.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois House
Secretary of State
Senate
Otto Kerner
House
Good Samaritan
Illinois Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Commission
Robert Mann
Chicago
Albert Hachmeister
Dan Pierce
Highland Park
Lake, DuPage
Winnebago
Madison
Cook St. Clair
Rock Island
Robert Canfield
Rockford
Illinois Veterans Commission
Don Moore
Midlothian
Danville man cited after two car collision at Main and 7th
Danville Kentucky Charles Gardner was cited for failure to yield after his car and Gary L Bullock 16 collided at about 3 36 p m at Main and 7th in Mt Vernon no injuries reported
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
7Th
Main
Mt. Vernon
Charles Gardner
Gary L. Bullock
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