Deaths: Charles Edwin Shafer 79 of Mt Vernon
Charles Edwin Shafer 79 of Route 6 Mt Vernon died at 1 00 a m at his Field township home. Retired farmer. Services 2 00 p m Saturday Union Canal Methodist Church with Rev Chester Donoho and Rev Rosemary Harris officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Lying in state at Osborn Funeral Home Dix after 4 00 p.m. Friday. Born August 7 1884 in Field township to Jacob and Anna Catherine Shafer. Married Agnes Whitson March 17 1907. she survives. Also survived by son Haskell Shafer DeKalb Ill. daughter Rita McKinney Texico. brother Tra Shafer Texico. five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Preceded in death by three brothers and two sisters.
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Union Canel Methodist Church
Wich
Chester Donoho
Rosemary Harris
Osborn Funeral Home
Dix
Mr. Shafer
Field Township
Jacob
Anna Catherine (Dehnart
Clarence Earl Standerfer Dies at 73 in Macedonia
Clarence Earl Standerfer 73 of Route 2 Macedonia died 5:50 p.m. Wednesday at Vickers Hospital McLeansboro. Retired farmer. Funeral 2:00 p.m. Saturday Bell City Baptist Church with Rev Estil Murphy. Burial Crouch cemetery. Born April 6 1890 Hamilton County. Survived by wife Joyce May House two daughters Zelma Golden and Eleanor Underwood a son Darrel W. Standerfer and a step son Glenn E. Johnson.
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Clarence Earl Standefer
Route 2
Macedonia
Vickers Hospital
McLeansboro
Bell City Baptist Church
Estil Murphy
Crouch Cemetery
Gholson
Standerfer
Hamilton County
Job
Rebecca (Trotter) Standerfer
May Trotter
Joyce May House
Darrel W. Standerfer
Bartonville
Ill
Glenn E. Johnson
Lockport
Zelma Golden
Vandalia
Eleanor Underwood
Springfield
Walter Mike Williams Dies At McLeansboro
Walter Mike Williams 80 died at 3 00 p m Wednesday at his home 301 East Olive street in McLeansboro Funeral services 1 30 p m Friday at Donelson Funeral Home Mc Leansboro with Rev Marvin Jones officiating Burial will be in Mt Pleasant cemetery He was born June 6 1883 in Hamilton county son of Masten and Sarah Williams Married Lucy Barnum April 22 1909 who survives Also survived by sister Myrtle Weaver of McLeansboro He was a member of the McLeansboro Christian Church.
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Walter
Mike) Williams
East Olive Street
McLeansboro
Donelson Funeral Home
Marvin Jones
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Donelson
Mr. Williams
Hamilton County
Masten
Sarah (Crisel) Williams
Lucy Barnum
Myrtle Weaver
Williams
Faulkner of McLeansboro Dies at 59
Howard L. Faulkner 39 of 209 South Sycamore McLeansboro died at 3 30 am at Hamilton Memorial Hospital He operated the power plant in McLeansboro Funeral at 3 pm Saturday at Gholson Funeral Home with Rev Everett Gott officiating Burial Hutson cemetery Call after 6 pm today He was born January 6 1904 in Hamilton County son of William and Nettie Faulkner Married Carrie Faries on November 27 1943 Surviving: wife son Leonard one brother Charles Faulkner three sisters Alf Mary Hill Ruby Sandusky and Frances King Elk Lodge member
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Howard L. Faulkner
South Sycamore
McLeansboro
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
MecLeansboro
Gholson
Evgerett Gott
Hutson
Faulkner
Hamilton County
William and
Nettie (Blades) Faulkner
Carrie Faries
Leonard
Charles Faulkner
Alf
Mary Hill
Ruby Sandusky
Frances King
Central City
The
Elk’s Lodge
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Discharged
Good Samaritan admitted: Charles F. Swayze Claude D. Hoots Alva Vals hare Robert Arthur McKenzie Margaret Henrietta Reed. Discharged: Lincoln Todd Smith Ora Mae Owens Michael Allen Tate Glenda Joyce Dobbs Mrs. Carol Ann Willis and baby Tracy Lea.
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Jefferson Memorial
Helen Settle
Good Samaritan
Charles F. Swayze
Claude D. Hoots
Alva Valshare
Robert Arthur McKenzie
Margaret Henrietta Reed
Lincoln Todd Smith
Ora Mae Owens
Michael Allen Tate
Glenda Joyce Dobbs
Carol Ann Willis
Tracy Lea
Birth of Steven Duane Carroll in Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr and Mrs Charles Carroll of 6027 Lindbergh Hazlewood announce the birth of a son at 1 01 yesterday afternoon. The baby weighed eight pounds ten ounces and has been named Steven Duane.
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Charles Carroll
Lindbergh, Hazlewood, C
Good Samaritan Hospital
Steven Duane
Local Livestock Prices Steady With Hog Top At 14.50
Markets showed no change on the local livestock market with hogs topping at 14.50 for 200 to 230 pounds. Sows fell 25 cents to 13.25 for 300 pounds plus, and 300 weight sows at 13.00. Boars ranged from 8.00 to 10.00.
Market Prices Quoted in Mt Vernon This Afternoon
Prices reported in Mt Vernon show Wheat at 2.00 per unit Soybeans at 2.64 and Corn at 1.05 amid today’s market activity.
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Mt. Vernon
Egg and poultry price listing from St. Louis market
St Louis market report lists consumer and wholesale grades for eggs and live poultry. Details include large eggs 36-37 and 30-31 for B wholesale, mediums 20-26, small 18-20, farm run 25-27, checks 19-23, heavy hens 15-16, light over 3 pounds 8-9, under 3 pounds 61% Us, and commercial broilers and fryers 16-17.
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St, Louis
Livestock prices at National Stockyards steady to firm
USDA reports hogs 10 500 steady to 15 higher with 170 260 lb barrows and gilts at 14.75 15.50 and sows 12.23 14.00. Cattle and calves largely steady to strong with good to choice steers 21.50 23.50 and good to choice heifers 20.50 22.00, cows 12.00 14.50, choice dealers 28.00 34.00. Sheep and lambs show 25 higher with good to prime lambs 16.35 20.00 and ewes 4.50 3.50.
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National
USDA
Chicago Produce Prices Hold Steady At Exchange
Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports butter and eggs steady with wholesale buying prices unchanged. Butter scores and grades listed. 93 score AA 57 percent, 92 A 5734, 90 B 56 percent, 89 C d55ls. Eggs show grade A whites 37, mixed 36 14, mediums 26, standards 32, dirties 28. Cars 90 B 3742, 89 C 56 percent.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Grain price notes lack of sales
In Chicago market notes there were no wheat oats or soybean sales. Prices listed for Cor No 2 yellow 1.19 19 4, No 3 yellow 1.13 18 4, No 4 yellow 1.094, No 3 yellow 1.07 2, and Soybean oil 97s.
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Chicago
Cor
Wall Street Gains Seen As Market Recovers Late Session
Wall Street in New York shows a late recovery with moderate volume around 44 million shares. Blue chips rebound from recent declines led by Pennsylvania Railroad Ford Chrysler and General Motors while U S government bonds edged higher and the Dow Jones noon averages rose across multiple sectors.
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Control Data
du Pont
American Stock Exchange
Fines Issued by Justice of the Peace H F Harlow
Recent fines assessed by H F Harlow justice of the peace include John D P D Cook Montgomery Alabama ten dollars and costs for failure to have reciprocity plate on a truck Henry Osborne Shannon Mississippi ten dollars and costs for reciprocity plate George E Buggins St Louis ten dollars and costs for operating without license Ruby G King Mt Vernon seven dollars and costs for speeding 32 mph in a 40 mph zone Bobby F Garrison Ina ten dollars and costs for speeding 30 mph Melvin Kessel Herrin seven dollars and costs for speeding 32 mph Frank Stone Paris HL thirty five dollars and costs for speeding 50 mph James Rhodes Belleville ten dollars and costs for illegal lane usage James Schoff New York 83 and costs for speeding 50 mph Thomas G Johnson Kenton Tennessee ten dollars and costs for speeding 30 mph Charles J Keller Dongola ten dollars and costs for speeding 65 mph in a 33 mph zone Robert Marsilli St Louis ten dollars and costs for speeding 50 mph Guenther Boeber Evanston twenty six dollars and costs for speeding 61 mph in a 35 mph zone Maxine Loy Fatina eleven dollars and costs for speeding 64 mph in a 40 mph zone.
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Justice of the Peace
John Dpd
Cook
Montgomery
Ala
Henry Osborne
Shannon
Miss
George E. Buggins
St. Louis
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Mt. Vernon
Bobby F. Garrison
Ina
Melvin Kessel
Herrin
Frank Stone
Paris
Joseph Rhodes
Belleville
James Schoff
New York
Thomas G. Johnson
Kenton
Tenn
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Dongola
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Guenther Boeber
Evanston
Maxine Loy
Fatina
Lowell Thomas Hospitalized in Detroit
AP reports Lowell Thomas, a renowned 11 year old radio news commentator and world traveler, was admitted to Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit early today and is in satisfactory condition, with officials saying he suffers from a heart ailment.
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Lowell Thomas
Henry Ford Hospital
Thomas
Language Teachers Workshop Set for Nov 8 at Mt Vernon High
A foreign language workshop will be held Friday November 8 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Mt Vernon Township High School. Sponsored by Ogie Ellis Jefferson County superintendent and Ray Page state superintendent of public instruction. All public and private language teachers invited with no fee.
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Mt. Vernon Township High School
Ogie Ellis
Jefferson County
Ray Page
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Rockefeller Seeks GOP Edge in New Hampshire Primary
Rockefeller plans a campaign push in Concord to open his first official presidential headquarters as he fights doubts in the GOP about his divorce and remarriage. The Kennedy-Goldwater contrast is used to frame his middle-of-the-road bid as he seeks to overtake Goldwater.
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New Hampshire
Kennedy
Goldwater
Arizona
John D. Rockefeller Sr
Averell Harrriman
White House
Richard M. Nixon
GOP
Eisenhower
Nixon
Margaretta “Happy” Murphy
Car Stolen Here Found In Albion
Mt. Vernon police recovered a 1957 model car stolen from a 2200 block Broadway parking space. The vehicle, owned by Kenneth L. Hall of 1504 Paula Drive, had been abandoned in Albion after a coinciding discovery of a similar car stolen in Wisconsin last month.
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Albion
Kenneth L. Hall
Paula Drive
Broadway
Wisconsin
Weather recap and definitions for Chicago area
The Illinois Chicago weather forecast notes fog clearing to mild sunny conditions with O'Hare flights delayed by the prec dawn mist. Temperatures ranged from the 30s to 60s in various locales as daytime warmth returned and visibility recovered.
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Illinois Weather
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O'Hare
Rockford
Belleville
Russia Still In Moon Race
Premier Khrushchev told twenty visiting American businessmen that the Soviet lunar project is not abandoned. He asserted that Moscow has never said it would give up plans to put a man on the moon and countered that others had claimed they would.
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Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Senate debate on county road routing at Richview
The dialogue covers routing choices near Mt Vernon and Tivington, with remarks that a nearer alignment may be possible without moving the route from Mt Vernon. Rep Branson questions Centralia residents' use of Interstate 6 to reach St Louis if current plans are fulfilled.
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Tivington
Mt. Vernon
Branson
Centralia
St. Louis
Arrest Of Man For Indecency
Tommie Ashby, 47, of 308 South 12th Street, was arrested by city police late Wednesday at his home and booked on a charge of public indecency after police sworn out a warrant.
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South 12Th Street
Ashby
Veterans Day Program in Mt. V
Veterans Day programs at Mt V tomorrow feature Roy L. Van Horn delivering the morning invocation. The Legion color guard posts colors, a high school guard of honor stands for the colors, and the high school symphonic band directed by Gene Moore performs patriotic marches. Juniors and seniors attend the first assembly with freshmen and sophomores in the second, and taps closes with Jim Burton and Ronnie Kelley recitations and bugle taps. Relatives and friends may attend. Legionnaires should arrive by 8:20 for 8:30 start.
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Roy L. van Horn
Legion Color Guard
Gene Moore
Dees
Jim Burton
Color Guard
Ronnie Kelley
Real Estate Appraisal Course Offered In Mt Vernon
SIU and Mt Vernon High School present a Real Estate Appraisal course starting with registration at 7 p.m. Thursday Nov 14 in Room 115 G. instructor William Mahen of the American Right of Way Association will teach. The 12 week Thursday evening class targets practical land value appraisal for commercial industrial residential agricultural and rights of way. Tuition 12 and books 38. Contact Howard Jones for details.
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Southern Illinois University Division of Technical and Adult Education
Mt. Vernon Township
Howard Jones
Industrial Education Department
Mt. Vernon High School
Jailed Here On Check Charge
Milton Hansen aged 36 of Springfield was jailed on a charge of issuing a worthless check. He had been held by Olney authorities and was released to Sheriff Dewey Barton this morning.
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Springfield
Hansen
Olney
Dewey Barton
Truck And Car In Collision On State Route 7
A Wednesday afternoon collision on State Route 7, two miles north of Bonnie caused over $400 in damage. The truck driven by James E. Murphy of 1101 George Street sustained about $73 in damage while the car driven by Wayne Sims of Chicago incurred roughly $350 in damage.
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George Street
Wayne Sims
Chicago
Vote Today On Home For Parliament
Britain faces crucial special parliamentary elections as Sir Alec Douglas Home seeks to solidify his grip on government. In Kinross and West Perth Shire voters back Home for the House of Commons seat, while Luton awaits late results amid stiff Tory and Labour contest. Independent candidates and a Macmillan impersonator add intrigue to the Kinross race.
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Associated Press
Crieff
Scotland
Britain
Alec Douglas Home
Kinross
West Perth
Douglas Home
House of Commons
Luton
London
Kinross-West Perthshire
Glens
Alastair Duncan Miller
Andrew Forrester
Arthur Donaldson
Harold Macmillan
John Fletcher-Cooke
Will Howie
Police Court Fines In Disturbance And Yield Case
Fines assessed by Police Magistrate Sherman Bullock include W E Bruce Route 1 Bluford ten dollars and costs on a disturbance charge. Isabell Miller Route 1 Opdyke five dollars and costs on a traffic charge for failure to yield the right of way.
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Sherman — Bullock
W. E. Bruce
Bluford
Isabell Miller
Opdyke
American Education Week Observed in Jefferson County
Education Week will be observed November 10 to 16 in Jefferson county with the theme Education strengthens the nation. Superintendent of schools notes the theme fits current world conditions as education fuels technology and serves as a bulwark in the ideological battle east and west. National sponsors include NEA The American Legion and others. Parents are expected to attend school events to see ongoing activities.
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Jefferson County
Ogie Ellis
Tle
National Education Association
The
American Legion
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
U. S. Office of Education
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