Local residents and visitors share a Mt. Vernon update
A long list of social visitors and travelers was reported today in Mt. Vernon. Residents and guests include Mrs. Mabel Koons of Corona visiting her sister Mrs. J. W. Metcalf, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ely returning to San Bernardino after mt Vernon relatives, and many others from Kell Kell, Opdyke, Benton and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Koons
Corona
Calif
J. W. Metcalf
Earl Ely
San Bernardino
Mt. Vernon
McLeansboro
Clyde Creed
Opdyke
Fred Burney
Wayne City
Mike Elko
Benton
Edgar Dial
Paul
Kell
Rosalie Myers
Doris Whitacre
Fairfield
Arlene Harris
Anna Jones
Waltonville
Bob Frick
Cape Girardeau
Oliver Knapp
Dahlgren
Emma Gossage
Con Croy
Biloxi
Mobile
New Orleans
Olin Bryant
Wilmore, Ky
John
Ashbury College
Denton Pasley
Warren Avenue
Moslem Marriage For Rita and Aly
Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan prepared for Moslem marriage rites after civil marriage in Wallauris. Two Moslem Imams arrived from Paris to perform the ceremony while the exact time remained undecided. Si Kaddour Ben Ghabrit described a Moslem marriage as a simple dowry declaration and registration in Moslem records. The couple remained secluded at Chateau de L'Horizon.
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Associated Press
Cannes
France
Paris
Rita Hayworth
Prince Aly Khan
Wallauris
Rita
Aly
Si Kaddour Ben Ghabrit
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admissions and Discharges
Admissions list includes Mrs Dorothy Green walt of Keenes Wade Strader of Texico infant Linda Catron Mrs Alice L Edson Mrs Alice Cook of Dahlgren Mrs N E Marshall Admitted also Ardell Miller Discharged include Mrs Bernadine Green infant daughter Mrs Orpha Bruce infant daughter Mrs Helen Chaney Belle Rive infant daughter Mrs Elwanda Shelton Bonnie infant son Adron McNeely Fairfield Mrs Mary Clayton Fairfield infant son Robert Eugene
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Good Samaritan
Wade Strader
Texico
Linda Catron
Alice L. Edson
Alice Cook
Dahlgren
N. E. Marshall
Bernadine Green
Orpha Bruce
Helen Chaney
Belle Rive
Elwanda Shelton
Bonnie
Adron McNeely
Fairfield
Mary Clayton
Robert Eugene
Marriage Licenses Listed for Mt Vernon and Nearby Areas
Albert D. Stewart and Mildred Morgan of Mt Vernon. Loran I. Bumpus of Bonnie and Geraldine Presley of Ina. Eugene T. Estes of Mt Vernon and Reita Halena Hayes of RFC. Donald Summers of Dahlgren and Ollie May Spreen of Belle Rive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert D. Stewart
Mildred Morgan
Mt. Vernon
Loran I. Bumpus
Bonnie
Geraldine Presley
Ina
Eugene T. Estes
Reita Halena Hayes
RFC
Donald Summers
Dahlgren
Ollie May Spreen
Belle Rive
Visit Parsonage Cordial Society Event List
Society invites all members and friends to visit the parsonage at 1018 Maple Street with Sunday hours. Various church groups announce May meetings, lessons, and devotional programs including Home Bureau, Youth Federation, W S C S Circles, Wesley Methodist, and Presbyterian sessions with speakers, music, and potluck and Bible school plans for June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Maple Street
Bluford Home Bureau
Hazel Jones
Ann Betty Huck
W.S.C.S
Clara Swain
Aubrey Watson
South 20Th Street
Paul Capps
Bradley
Leicester
England
Lucy Webb Hayes
J. W. Smith
Lewis Berthold
James Roderick
David
John Hicks
Jenny Hartzell
J. J. Corlew
Lyons
Sarsh
Sarah Circle
Westminster Society of the Presbyterian Church
Harold Hutchins
South 24Th Street
Leila Mudge
Fines Set by Magistrate For Local Offenses
Fines assessed before Magistrate A M Dulaney include W L Burns fined 15.40 for speeding and Horace Green Calvin Jones and Ed Wilson each 14.40 on disturbance charges while Robert Crocker paid 13.40 on a drunk charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Dulaney
W. L. Burns
Horace Green
Calvin Jones
Ed Wilson
Robert Crocker
Hollywood and New York duel over television claim
Hollywood and New York clash over television primacy as New York claims ownership of the medium while Hollywood pushes for its status as television capital. Industry figures weigh in on network reach, sponsorships, and the evolving influence of eastern financiers on casting and production.
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N. Y
Hollywood
New York
Video
a _ network
Five Generations in J D Breeze Family Celebrates Lifetime
Mr Breeze aged SS years in July marks five generations with Dix roots and Jefferson county service. Father of Heber Breeze, Mrs May Harvey, Mrs Denton Bullock and other children Lester, Ernest, Frank Breeze, and Mrs F L Barton. A longtime public servant, he was County Superintendent of Highways for 12 years and chaired the Board of Supervisors, then honored as notary public from 1890 for over four decades before retiring five years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breeze
Dix
Heber Breeze
May Harvey
Denton Bullock
Lester Breeze
Bluford
Ernest
Frank Breeze
du Quoin
F. L. Barton
Jefferson County
Sup't
Board of Supervisors
Blood Bank Donors Fall Short in Jefferson County
Jefferson County Blood Bank reports 31 of 120 appointment holders kept their slots yesterday with seven rejected. Only 24 pints were collected from the Bloodmobile, the smallest donation since the bank began. Blood donated locally is for the sick free of charge, but donations have not met demand in recent months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Red Cross
Rose Marie Myers Seeks Divorce and Custody in Circuit Court
Rose Marie Myers filed suit for divorce against Russell Myers in circuit court today alleging desertion. She also seeks custody of a minor child and alimony for the child’s support. Married December 24, 1943, the couple separated February 14, 1948. Attorney Alvin Lacey Williams represents the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Marie Myers
Russell Myers
Alvin Lacey Williams
Births at local hospitals add three daughters
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Leon Belan Ree of Mill Shoals welcomed a daughter born at 8 34 a m today at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stanley Young of 307 South 18th Street welcomed a daughter born this morning at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing six pounds eight ounces named Marjorie Ann. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Simmons of 71 South 23rd Street welcomed a daughter born this morning at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing seven pounds one ounce named Janice Elaine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Leon Belan- Ree
Mill Shoals
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Robert Stanley Young
South 18Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Marjorie Ann
Jesse Simmons
South 23Rd Street
Janice Elaine
Rites Sunday For Robert Hamann
Funeral services for Robert T Hamann 76 of Mt Vernon will be Sunday at 3 00 p m at Hamann Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau Missouri He worked at International Shoe Co since 1929 and died Thursday at Barnes Hospital St Louis He lived at 19th and Perkins Avenue Survived by son Otis of Olney Illinois daughter Mrs Walter Poe of Cleveland Ohio sister Mrs John Wilson of St Louis and brother Bill Hamann of Cape Girardeau
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert T Hamann
Mt. Vernon
Hamann
Cape Girardeau
International Shoe Co
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
19Th and
Perkins Avenue
Otis
Olney
Walter Poe
Cleveland
Ohio
John Wilson
Bill Hamann
It's Murder For Revenge Continued From Page One
Judge Barngrover argues the defense question of Conrad Hartman’s killers hinges on circumstantial evidence. He stresses no witnesses to the December 14 fatal fight between Rutledge and Hartman and urges jurors not to convict on weak circumstantial proof. The state's case rests on reasonable doubt, he claims, with no direct testimony tying Hartman to the murder.
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Barngrover
Hartman
Rutledge
Memorial Day Program Planned At Mc Leansboro
Memorial Day will be observed in McLeansboro Monday afternoon with a program at the IOOF cemetery. The VFW will lead, parade forms on North Jackson near the Model Mill at 1 00 p m and proceeds to Route 14 then to the cemetery. Program includes Star Spangled Banner high school band invocation by Rev Knepper introduction of speaker by Commander Gibbs address by H W Felty and wreath placing by Commander Ibbs with salutes and taps by the firing squad.
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Mcleansboro
IOOF
VFW
Jackson Street
Model Mill
Washing Street
Route 14
Knepper
Buddy
Paula Miller
Gibbs
H. W. Felty
Ibbs
Chaplin Srl Farlow
Stolen Underwear Hoard Uncovered After Basemen Laundry Incident
Police recovered thousands of bras panties slips and girdles after arresting a man described as having a peculiar hobby. A skirt dropped from his trouser leg during questioning about a basement laundry room sighting leading to a search of his apartment containing two steamer trunks a bushel basket and four suitcases full of undergarments. The suspect, a negro carpenter, allegedly stole items from Bethesda Maryland apartment dwellers over the past year and did not attempt to sell them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Bethesda
Arrest in Salem Road Car Crash Ends in Charge
John Wells, 23, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Russell Dalby after a collision on Salem road near George street. Wells’ car struck an automobile driven by William Bradford of 705 Dewey. A traffic charge will be filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wells
Russell Dalby
Salem Road
George Street
Wells
William Bradford
Dewey Avenue
West Side 4 H Club Meeting Noted Featured Royals on Quiz
The West Side Bob Cats will meet June 2 at 2 pm at Mason Newell's home. Baron Istan de Palagny and Baroness Lilli Iona Sepeda will join as the first Hungarian royalty to participate in Groucho Marx's You Bet Your Life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side
Bob Cats
Mason Newell
Istan de Palagny
Lilli Iona Sepeda
ABC Press Department
Groucho Marx
Popgram
Groucho
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Icolor
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