Deaths and Funerals Virgil Ray Jones of DeKalb
Virgil Ray Jones 55 former Blu ford resident died at 6 00 am Friday at Sycamore Community Hospital Sycamore IN Funeral services set for 2 00 pm Monday at Ronan and Moore Funeral Home DeKalb Rev Roy Blanton will officiate with burial in Fairview cemetery DeKalb The body lies in state 2 00 4 00 pm and 7 00 9 00 pm Sunday Survived by wife Pauline Keen Jones of DeKalb two daughters Margy Pierce of DeKalb Carolyn Barnes of Alegan Mich four sons Ivan Dale Bill all of DeKalb and S Sgt Howard Jones USMC one brother Robert Jones of Bluford four grandchildren and one sister He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Ray Jones
DeKalb
Bluford
Sycamore Community Hospital
Sycamore
Jones
Ronan and Moore
Roy Blanton
Fairview Cemetery
Alva
Mona (Voyles) Jones
Pauline Keen
John
Margy) Pierce
Jack
Carolyn) Barnes
Alegan
Mich
Ivan
Dale
Bill Jones
S Sgt. Howard Jones
U.S. Marine Corps
Robert Jones
Bruford
Barbara Carey Dies At 42 Funeral Sunday
Barbara Ellen Carey 42 of 222 south 18th street died 1:20 p.m. Friday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Funeral 2:00 p.m. Sunday at Myers Chapel with Rev. Everett LeMay officiating. burial in Memorial Gardens. Friends may call after 5:00 p.m. today at Myers Chapel. She was born December 13 1926 in Mt Vernon to Ross and Oma Brown and was a Park Avenue Baptist member employed at Uncle Charlie’s Sausage. Survived by one daughter Debra Kay Carey and her parents.
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Barbara Ellen Carey
South 18Th Street
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Myers Chapel
Everett Lemay
Memorial Gardens
Carey
Mt. Vernon
Ross and
Oma (Neal
Herbert Ralston Funeral Sunday At Fairfield
Funeral services for Herbert Ralston 80 of Fairfield will be held Sunday at 1:00 p.m. in the Dixon Johnson Chapel Fairfield with Rev Charles Crowley officiating burial will be in Richland cemetery The body lies in state at the Dixon Johnson Chapel after 4:00 p.m. today He died Thursday at the Wayfair Restorium He was the son of Robert and Ellen Ralston He was married to Gertrude McClain who survives Also surviving are two sons Claudie and Jake both of Fairfield and a daughter Mrs Lucille Porter of Fairfield
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Herbert Ralston
Fairfield
Dixon-Johnson Chapel
Charles Crowley
Richland Cemetery
Dixon- Johnson
Ralston
Wayfair Restorium
Robert
Ellen
Marshall) Ralston
Gertrude McClain
Claudie
Jake
Lucille Porter
Mary J Welnick of Ashley Dies At Age 52
Mrs Josephine Welnick 52 of Ashley dies at 1 10 pm Friday at St Mary s Hospital Centralia She was born November 7 1916 in Radom daughter of Leo and Josephine Rybacki She is survived by Jack Welnick her husband three sisters four brothers one half sister two half brothers and other relatives Funeral to be at St Mary s Catholic Church Centralia with burial in Calvary cemetery Rosary at Kringer Funeral Home Ashley We regret to note the passing of a local resident with a large family in the area.
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Josephine Welnick
Ashley
St. Mary’s Hospital
Centralia
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Shumaker
Calvary Cemetery
Kringer
Welnick
Radom
Leo
Josephine
Sodka) Rybacki
Jack Welnick
Barbara Kuberski
Tamaroa
Clara Rybacki
Theresa Sturgeon
Richview
Edward
Aurora
Tony
Lewis
St. Louis
Joseph
Cahokia
Irene "Miller
Cattler
Eugene Rybacki
Dubois
Leonard Rybacki
DuQuoin
Herbert Johnston Dies At 76 In Fairfield
Herbert Johnston 76 of Fairfield died Friday at 3 30 p m in Fairfield Funeral services will be Sunday at Burnt Prairie Cemetery with the Rev J Wesley Reed officiating Burial will be in Burnt Prairie cemetery The Dixon Johnson Chapel will be open for friends after 6 p m Survivors include Henry Vaught and Mrs Hob Allison both of Carmi Johnston was born February 8 1893 in Burnt Prairie Illinois
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Herbert Johnston
Fairfield
Dixon-Johnson
J. Wesley Reed
Burnt Prairie
Mr. Johnston
Ill
Henry Vaught
Hob Allison
Carmi
Fire damages home near Dix in Mt. Vernon area
Rural firemen responded to the home of John Traver north of Dix at 8 22 p m Friday. They assisted the Kell fire department. Damage to the residence was estimated at 300 dollars.
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Mt. Vernon
John Traver
Dix
Kell
Respect Key To Survival Of U S Respected Speech On Veterans Day
A speaker appeals for respect as the key to national survival amid Vietnam war tensions and domestic discord. He recalls past wars, urges honoring fallen soldiers, stresses family as the nation’s core, and honors Bend Lake College Veterans Association while urging duty and unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viet Nam
United States
Vietnam
Bend Lake College Veterans Association
Eastern University
Three Area Accidents Reported Over The Holiday
Three major auto accidents were reported in the Mt. Vernon area over the holiday. Brenda Martin, 17, of Opdyke was driven through a bridge railing by an unknown car at the Tolle Road and Jaycee Lake Road intersection at 11 10 p m Friday, with over $100 damage to her car. Kathryn Land, 57, of St Louis, and Clyde R Skinner, 69, of 1701 south 12th street, collided at 12th street and Broadway at 6 35 p m Thursday, with over $100 damage to both cars and Land charged with failure to yield right of way. Richard D Hunt, 16, of 2400 Pace, struck a parked car owned by Sally E Bagby in the 300 block of Main at 9 10 a m yesterday, with both cars over $100 damage.
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Mt. Vernon
Tolle Road
Jaycee Lake Road
Brenda Martin
Opdyke
Clyde R. Skinner
South 12Th Street
Kathryn Land
St. Louis
12Th Street
Broadway
Richard D. Hunt
Pace
Sally E. Bagby
Main Street
Main
Hospital Notes and Discharges List Local Patients
Hospital notes show multiple discharges and new admissions across Bluford Dahlgren Pottersville Mt Vernon Centralia and surrounding areas. Names include Orville McKennis Cecil Trotter Andrea Stewart William White Linonel Harshbarger Clifford Fields Edward Moore Dorothy McClellan and many others with addresses in Mt Vernon Bluford Reinhard Woodlawn Texico and nearby towns.
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Andrea Stewart
Pottersville
William White
Casey
Wilma McGhee
Mt. Vernon
Linonel Harshbarger
Salem Road
Clifford Fields
Edward Moore
Dorothy McClellan
Thomas Nesbit
Kathryn Tweedy
North 10Th
Brenda Fisk
Polk
Herbert Dare
Crownview
James Upchurch
South 10Th
William Hussey
Lila Watts
Inn
Lula Goff
Xenia
Maude Bean
Bluford
James Barker
Opdyke
Janie Donoho
Texico
Beverly Leslie
York
Ruby Lemons
Robert Poninski
Mable Blackard
Castleton
Anna Davis
South
North 4Th
Brent Wood
Mt .Vernon
Doris Siros
Steven Matthew
Belair
Jessie Keef
Martha Martin
Ruth Ann
Marcella Hatchcraft
Cam
Patricia Taylor
Lamar
Mary Neal
Tammy Sue
Bell
Marjorie Stover
Roy Summers
Benton
Robert Kraft
Edgewood
Freda Marks
Warren
Don Flanagan
Vernon Kincaid
Albert Sinks
Wayman Sledge
Bonnie
Goldie Rogers
Scheller
Georgia House
Broadway
Bennie Hayes
Birth of Daughter to Mr and Mrs Larry Jones
Mr and Mrs Larry Jones of 3109 Cherry are the parents of a daughter born at 10 23 Friday morning May 30 in Good Samaritan Hospital. The baby weighed seven pounds four ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Jones
Cherry
Good Samaritan Hospital
Holiday Vandalism Reports Spur Mt Vernon Police
Over Memorial Day police logged several vandalism incidents. Indian Hills Golf Course owner Tom Puckett reported real estate signs placed on greens and missing flagsticks. Eggs were thrown at a trailer on Wilshire and Lambert. Bob OBrien reported yard light and for sale sign damage. A car was spray painted at 10th and Lamar and a car was damaged on Thursday evening by paint.
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Mt. Vernon
Indian Hills
Tom Puckett
Jack Elliott
Wilshire and
Lambert
Bob O’brien
Wilshire
10Th
Lamar
Bob Gulford
Arrest Youths Inside Cafe
Two Mt. Vernon youths aged 18 and 19 were arrested inside Jones cafe at 1125 South Ninth Street after police found a broken front window and a forced door at 12:15 a.m. Friday. Eddie L. Taylor and Curley Robinson were charged with burglary and placed in county jail. Two coin machines were broken into but no money was taken. Bond not set.
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Mt. Vernon
Jones Cafe
South Ninth Street
Eddie L. Taylor
Newby
Curley Robinson
South 13Th Street
Bond
The Byerly Turk and Darley Arabian Start Thoroughbred Line
The Byerly Turk, alongside the Darley Arabian, was imported into England and began the thoroughbred horse line.
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England
Little League Stand Burglary Hits concession goods
thieves broke into the Little League concession stand Thursday night and stole eight to ten soda cases from the cooler. Everett Thompson reported the entry by door and east window at 8 10 p.m. Friday. A separate report from Tom Sweetin at 1 34 a.m. Friday noted a theft from his car at the Ramada Inn lot, with a man chased toward West Salem church.
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Little League Baseball Field
Everett Thompson
Tom Sweetin
Inn
Ramada Inn
West Salem Church
Dull Receives Rest Leave From Vietnam
First Lt. James Dull of Mt. Vernon reports from Saigon he will depart Vietnam on June 11 for a rest and relaxation visit in Hawaii. He has served at Long Bien, north of Saigon, since last September and asks his parents to join him in Hawaii.
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James Dull
Mt. Vernon
Saigon
Joe A. Dull
Hawaii
Vietnam
Dull
Long Bein
Siagon
Arrest Man On Girl's Charge Archie Fairchild Held
Archie Fairchild twenty one of 1917 South Ninth Street was arrested yesterday and charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He faced a charge of giving intoxicating beverages to a fifteen year old girl on April twenty seven. Bond set at two thousand dollars.
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Archie Fairchild
South Ninth Street
Picket Governor At Lake Glendale
Five locals of the State Em ployes union picketed Governor Ogilvie in southern Illinois yesterday protesting the firing of four women at the Mt. Vernon State TB Sanitarium Local 1754 Mt. Vernon joined the Lake Glendale protest as the governor and Senator Percy toured Shawnee Hills scenic areas The union said the governor was also picketed earlier at the airport in Cape Girardeau Missouri
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Employes Union
Ogilvie
Illinois
Mt. Vernon State
Two Chamber Groups To Meet Here Monday
Mt Vernon chamber of commerce units meet Monday at the Lawrence restaurant luncheon of the Mt Vernon Automobile Association and a 4 pm membership committee session in the chamber conference room. Ronald Kruppa Rend Lake College dean will discuss the college intent to train students for technical endeavors especially automobile mechanics. Melvin Bayer of Bayer Motors chairs the automobile association.
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Mt. Vernon Chamber of Commerce
Mt. Vernon Automobile Association
Lawrence
Chamber
Ronald Kruppa
Rend Lake College
Melvin Bayer
Bayer Motors
The
Automobile Association
High School Campus Expansion and Street Closings Planned
City officials expect closing two streets Sixth Street from Casey Avenue south to Shapiro Brothers Iron and Metal Co. and Opdyke Avenue from Seventh Street east to Southern Railway Fifth Street. Three alleys and a 15 foot railroad easement would also be closed as the school’s South Campus grows.
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Russell Laur
Sixth
Casey Avenue
Shapiro Brothers Iron and Metal Co
Opdyke
Seventh Street
Southern Railway
Fifth Street
Southern Railroad
Shields
Lake Jaycee
Park Board
City Water Department
Park Department
Water Department
Mt. Vernon
Fires Hit House And Car In Mt Vernon
Mt Vernon firemen answered two calls on Thursday a burning auto at 22nd and Perkins owned by Mike Knappier with the motor heavily damaged from a carburetor fire and a house at 900 Perkins owned by Robert McGuire damaged by a short in wiring. Estimated total damage around 100 dollars.
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Mt. Vernon
22Nd
Perkins
Mike Knappier
Robert McGuire
Meetings for Opdyke and Mt Vernon OES chapters
A stated meeting of Jefferson Chapter No 686 OES Opdyke will be held Tuesday night June 3 at 8 00 pm in the Masonic Temple Opdyke Past worthy matrons and worthy Patrons will be honored guests Arline Dare WM Marguerite Piper Sec The Past Matrons Club Mt Vernon Chapter No 233 OES will meet in the dining room Masonic Temple Monday evening June 2 at 730 o clock Hostesses Grace Fenton Lula Miller and Naomi Bogan Candace Dougherty Pres Naomi R Bogan Secy
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Jefferson Chapter No
Order of Eastern Star of
Opdyke
Masonic Temple
Arline Dare
W. M
Marguerite Piper
Club of
Mt. Vernon
O.E.S
Grace Fenton
Lula Miller
Naomi Bogan
Candace Dougherty
Naomi R. Bogan
Sec’y
Not all fiddler crabs have a large claw
The text notes that females and immature fiddler crabs possess a pair of small claws, while males typically have a large dominant claw. It also mentions that cinnamon bark comes from a tree in the laurel family native to Ceylon.
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Ceylon
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Virgil R. Jones
Barbara Carey
Mary J. Welnick
U.S
Canada
Earth
J. D. Shields
Mt. Vernon High School
Court House
Mary Witt
Florenceo Trout
Minnie Ingran
Duane Allison
American Legion Honor Guard
Delo
Jefferson Memorial
Orville McKennis
Cecil Trotter
Dahlgren
Good Samaritan
Loyal Order of Moose Danc
the Sundowners
Byerly Turk
Roy
Mercury
Roy Atkinson
Lake Glendale
Franklin D. Roosevelt
West Indies
Niagara Falls
Defense Department
Textron
Bell Aerosystems Co
Artinane
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