Local residents travel and recoveries in Mt Vernon area
The morning overview lists numerous residents visiting, traveling, or recovering. Linda Buskool underwent an appendectomy at Good Samaritan Hospital. Many others, including Mrs. Mary Panzler, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond, Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins, and Miss Myers, plan or completed trips to visit relatives, attend funerals, or resume work in places from Shell City to Washington, D. C. and Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Lou Buskool
Henry Buskool
South 13Th Street
Good Samaritan Ospital
Mary Panzler
Waitonville
Robert Raymond
Pansy
Jean
Big Rock
Inl
Raymond
Eunice Higginson
William Jenkins
Opdyke
E. E. Cornelius
Fairfield Road
Paul Murray
West Frankfort
Mt. Vernon
Pearl Wagner
Shell City
George Motsinger
Mulkeytown
Herman Price
Gons
David
Donnie
Orlando
Fla
E. M. Busch
Price
Eleanor Busch
R. E. Dowdy
Salem
Madge Franscovitch
Pana
Ill
Frank Nichells
Inn
Charles Talbott
Wilmington
Iowa
J. P. Irvin
Noble Irvin
Carl Gutzler
Kentucky
Tennessee
Noble Phillips
Benton
G. J. Wilhite
Greenfield
Paul Fellinger
Betty Armentrout
Mattoon
Roberta Hock
Carl Kramer
Rushton Drive
Wisconsin
Irene Cornelius
South Bend
Ind
Dora McNabb
Golden Gate Blackard
Layman Reed
McLeansboro
John B. Casey
North 11Th Street
Adel
Casey
M. L. Knowles
E. H. Jacobs
St. Louis
Leonard Stone
Decatur
Robert Floyd
Pontiac
Charles Shadoan
South 15Th Street
Norma Kirkpatrick
Waltonville
George Geer
Peoria
Randall Dilliner
Lesser
J. R. Cochran
Eleanor
Alie
Roxie Williams
Colorado
Salt Lake City
Yellowstone Park
Don Irvin
Donna
Carol Ann Barbe
Dahlgren
Vernon
Herman Riley
Jim
Ann
DuQuoin Fair
Maud Edmonds
Stanley Jones
Levi Lape
Harry Dobson
Sandra
Vandalia
Roy Jacobs
Joy
Milwaukee
Wis
L. D. Broyles
Jewell Butler
Bruford
James Salee
Durant
Okla
Southeastern College
Cyrilla Ann Myers
Washington, D. C
War Department
Pentagon
Births at Good Samaritan Hospital Amid Morning Rush
Connoughhays of 308 South 9th Street welcome a daughter Dana Robinette born at 8:09 weighing 6 pounds 9 ounces. Robert Wendler and wife at 1206 South 12th welcomed a son at 8:45 weighing seven pounds. John Dale Hails and wife of Bluford greet a daughter Toni Lynn weighing 5 pounds 14 ounces born at 10:09 p.m. yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connoughhay
South 9Th Street
Dana Robinette
Good Samaritan Hospital
Robert Wendler
South 12Th Street
John Dale Hails
Bluford
Toni Lynn
Fairfield man posted $500 bond on check charge
Everett Bullock of Fairfield was arrested by Jefferson County officers this week on a charge of defrauding via check. He posted a $500 bond and was later released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Bullock
Fairfield
Jefferson County
Australia imports near one billion annual lumber demand
Australia consumes about 24 million board feet of lumber annually and imports nearly one billion units to meet demand,reflecting large reliance on foreign supplies for building and manufacturing sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Missionary Guild to Picnic at City Park Sept 5
The Junior Women's Missionary Guild of Central Church of Christ invites families to a picnic at the city park on Tuesday night Sept 5 at 6:30. Members should bring sandwiches a covered dish and table service. Rain plan is the shelter house. The Mt Vernon Day unit Home Bureau meeting is postponed to Friday Sept 8 at West Calem church with hostesses Mrs Lela Robinson and Miss Brownie McPherson. Mrs Gladys Ward to give floor finishes lesson and Mrs Gene Walker the minor lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missionary Guild
Mt. Vernon Day
The
Home Bureau
West Calem Church
Lela Robinson
Brownie McPherson
Gladys Ward
Gene Walker
Fifteenth Birthday Celebrated at IsabellA Avenue Home
The Hi Class of the First Presbyterian Church gathered at Beverly Bailey's Isabella Avenue home last evening to celebrate her fifteenth birthday. Twelve guests enjoyed music and games, and birthday cake with ice cream was served by hostess and her mother Mrs. Virgil T. Bailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Beverly Bailey
Isabella Avenue
Virgil T. Bailey
Quail Release Planned at Mt Vernon Gun Club
Three hundred fifty quail will be released at the Mt Vernon Gun and Sportsman Club tomorrow at 9 0 a m to improve hunting in Jefferson county. Members who did not receive quail at the first release will have first call. bring own boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Edward Hamson 73 Dies At Home Near Dahlgren
Edward Hamson aged 73 died at 11 p m Friday from a heart attack at his home five miles south of Dahlgren. Funeral services are set for 2 30 p m Sunday at the Dahlgren Methodist church with Rev Rudolph Schlag officiating, burial in Bethel Cemetery northeast of Dahlgren. He is survived by one son Vern of Belle Rive and five daughters Mrs Clarence Bocock of Decatur Mrs H A Mee Tear of Detroit Michigan Mrs Louis Ruark of Louisville Ky Mrs Joe Torre grossa of Mr Vernon and Mrs Paul Spreen of Belle Rive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hamson
Dahlgren
Rudolph Schlag
Bethel Cemetery
Hamson
Vern
Belle Rive
Clarence Bocock
Decatur
H. A. MeeTear
Detroit, Mich
Louis Ruark
Louisville, Ky
Joe Torregrossa
Vernon
Paul Spreen
Norman Coffey Enlists in U S Air Force at Lackland
Norman Lee Coffey son of Mrs Jennie Coffey and the late L M Coffey has enlisted in the U S Air Force and is training at Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio Texas He enlisted in Evansville Indiana after attending college there and working for Briggs Mfg Co of Evansville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Lee Coffey
Jennie Coffey
L. M. Coffey
U.S. Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Evansville
Ind
Briggs Mfg. Co
Cars Collide At 19th And Broadway
Two cars collided at 19th and Broadway at 4 15 P M yesterday. No injuries reported per police. Drivers were Walter Cook 17 of Mt Vernon and L R Beckett 48 of Edwardsville Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
19Th
Broadway
Walter Cook
Mt. Vernon
L. R. Beckett
Edwardsville
Fremont man charged with stealing two fishing rods
A vagrancy charge was filed today against Benny Peticos of Fremont Ohio. Peticos was arrested by local officers on a charge that he stole two fishing rods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny Peticos
Fremont
Ohio
Peticos
Royal Neighbors Meet at Mrs Kissel Home
Royal Neighbors social club gathered at 1911 Cherry avenue Friday at 2 pm with Mrs Lora Kissel presiding. They sang and prayed, played games with prizes, and refreshments were served by the hostess with two helpers. Mrs Martin Henn closed with a prayer. Wesleyan Service Guild event planned for Sept 6 at Miss Mildred Halbrooks Bluford home with 5:45 pm assembly at First Methodist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Neighbors
Royal Neighbors Social Club
Lora Kissel
Cherry Avenue
Kissel
Tom Johnson
George Carr
Martin Henn
Wesleyan Service Guild
The
First Methodist Church
Mildred Halbrooks
Bluford
Fist Methodist Church
Burial rites for L M Heggy in Mt Vernon Monday
Lawrence M. Heggy 63 former Mt Vernon resident died yesterday in Evansville Indiana. He worked 45 years for L and N as a passenger train conductor and belonged to the Brotherhood of Railway Conductors Reed Masonic Lodge Royal Arch Chapter No 12 and Howell Methodist Church Evansville. Surviving wife Lena Claybourn two sisters Mrs Carl Green Los Angeles Mrs Emil Bleicker Belleville IL and two brothers Joe and Will Evansville. Burial in Mt Vernon Oakwood Cemetery via L N train No 52 at 2 40 p m Monday with graveside service by Rev Bayne D Wilson and Masonic rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence M. Heggy
Mt. Vernon
Evansville
Ind
Mr. Heggy
Thomas M
Frances (Lee)Heggy
L and N
Brotherhood of Railway Conductors
Reed Masonic Lodge
Royal Arch
Howell Methodist Church
Lena Claybourn
Carl Green
Los Angeles
Emil Bleicker
Belleville
Joe
Will
Oakwood Cemetery
Bayne D. Wilson
Marriage Averts Cretan Civil War
In Crete Constantine Kephalovannis and 19 year old Tassolia Petracogeorgi wed in a monastery ending a 12 day feud that drew 3000 police and gendarmes searching for the missing lovers. The Petracogeorgi family had threatened war with the Kephaloyannis clan before the marriage restrictions eased and the couple appeared in Mount Ida village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garazo
Crete
Constantine Kephalovannis
Tassolia Petracogeorgi
Mount Ida
Tassoula
M. P
George Petracogeorgi
Kephaloyannis
Petracogeorgi
Hospital Notes Bel le Prairie and Centralia admissions
Jefferson Memorial records admit Richard Lee Webb Elsa Smith Sara Harrison Belle Prairie and Grace Dale with Betty Jeannine Wells. Discharges include Mrs Paul Crane Centralia Catherine Atteberry Hillsboro and an infant. Good Samaritan lists admissions Linda Lou Bus kool John Jacobsen Vernon McDonald and Richard Weatherly. Discharges Violet Wilson Dora Lowry and Charles Sartin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Memorial
Richard Lee Webb
Elsa Smith
Sara Harrison
Belle Prairie
Grace Dale
Betty Jeannine Wells
Paul Crane
Centralia
Catherine Atteberry
Hillsboro
Betty Davis
Good Samaritan
Linda Lou Buskool
John Jacobsen
Vernon McDonald
Richard Weatherly
Violet Wilson
Dora Lowry
Charles Sartin
Mt Vernon and Centralia Pairs Awarded Marriage Licenses
Lowell Green and Deloris Linder of Mt Vernon receive marriage licenses. David E. Gaskins and Arletta Carroll, both of Centralia, are likewise licensed to wed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Green
Deloris Linder
Mt. Vernon
David E. Gaskins
Arletta Carroll
Centralia
Allies drive to seize Masan and ward front in Korea
U N forces pressed a multi‑front assault across 120 miles toward Masan and the ward front southeast of Hainan. Despite heavy Allied bombardment and air support, Reds held key terrain and the day ended with cautious progress as units advanced near Pohang Uihung and Waegwan while North Korean air activity remained limited and airfields under construction drew attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masan
Hainan
Yongsan
Pusan- Taegu
U.N
Army
Air Force
Navy
U. S
Fifth Airforce
Red Army
Kumchon
25Th
William B. Kean
Tom Lambert
Pohang
Naktong
Hunghae
Uihung
Taegu
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Waegwan
United Nations
MacArthur
U. N
Swinton
Russia
China
Abnormal clotting of the blood during surgeries
A brief report notes abnormal blood clotting during operations can lead to fatal outcomes. Medical observers emphasize monitoring coagulation and blood loss to prevent deadly complications during surgical procedures.
Illinois to more than double draft boards within 30 days
State Selective Service Director Col. Paul G. Armstrong announced Illinois will raise local draft boards from 217 to 494 within 30 days of a national manpower call. Chicago gains 129 boards, Cook County 31, downstate 119, with expansion contingent on age brackets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Paul G. Armstrong
Selective Service
Illinois
Cook County
Armstrong
Congress
Fluorspar as slag purifier improves steel refining
Fluorspar is a mineral that enhances slag efficiency in purifying steel.
Truman Pledges Peace as U S Plans Call Up 3 Million
President Truman lays out aims for world peace and security urging free Korean and Far Eastern nations while avoiding general war. He promotes Chinese and Formosan restraint, opposes aggression, and pledges to defend against aggression with a strong U S military posture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Formosa
Asia
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Fall fashions to be shown at Hotel Emmerson luncheons
Fall fashions will be shown at Hotel Emmerson luncheons each Thursday for six weeks starting September 7. Mt. Vernon girls will model in programs sponsored by The Morton Shop The Mammoth and the Judy Shop. Shows run 12 to 1 p.m. with luncheon menus offered at no extra cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Emmerson
Bill Passed For Doctor Draft with $100 Bonus
Congress completed action on a bill to draft physicians dentists and other medical specialists. It requires medical men under 51 years to register for the draft with 21 months service if drafted. Those who join the Reserves now avoid active duty but can be called. Volunteers receive $100 monthly extra pay, but drafted doctors do not. The measure targets 5600 doctors and 3000 dentists trained at government expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Armed Services
Lawmakers Keep Tax Free Salary Fight Fails
The Senate voted to defeat a bill repealing special tax exemptions for the President, vice president, speaker, and Congress members. The President already has a $50,000 tax free expense account plus $100,000 salary. the vice president and speaker $25,000. Congress members $2,500 each. Senator Williams argued for paying taxes outright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Congresa
Congress
Williams
R.-Del
Truman
Barkley
Greeks to Send Brigade to Fight in Korea
Athens dispatch reports Greece plans to deploy a brigade of about 5,000 soldiers to Korea as directed by the cabinet source. The move signals active participation in the Korean conflict with a sizable infantry contingent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Greece
Korea
Police Court Fines Lee Holman for Stop Light Violation
Lee Holman was fined 86.40 before Magistrate Allan Dulaney on a charge of running a stop light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Holman
Allan Dulaney
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Sportsman’s Club
Norman Coffey
L. M. Heggy
Mt. V. Mon
Brenda Fay
G. S. Souris, Jr
Alexandria
Gen. MacArthur
Missouri
South Koreans
VFW
Clyde Lewis
Charles C. Ralls
Seattle
Wash
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Lewis
Plattsburg, N. Y
Associated Press
Gerald Williams
Pace Ave
U.S
Marlow
City Park
le Roy Marlow
7Th
Jordan Streets
Dick Halleman
His
Amvets
Leck H. Fry
Branch 175
Seventh and
Beulah Malone
Taylor Avenue
Terry Egbert
Charles M. Norris
Norris
Montgomery Word
Virgil T. Balley, Inc
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