Deaths and Funerals Delve Into Dethrow and Tarr Losses
Mary Ann Dethrow 69 of Good Samaritan Hospital Whittington died. services Sunday 2 p.m. John son Funeral Home Whittington with Rev Katte man. Burial Brown Cemetery. Survived by son Norma Joliet and daughters Leota Bancroft Geraldine Cathcart Margaret Jordan 8 grandchildren 6 great grandchildren 2 sisters. Virginia May Tarr 90 of Ashley died Good Samaritan Hospital. Funeral Sunday Hogan Funeral Home Ashley Rev Joe Treat. Burial Brick Cemetery near Ashley. Survived by 2 sons Alonzo and Ernest 3 daughters Mary Frances Jessie 21 grandchildren 36 great grandchildren.
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Mary Ann Dethrow
Good Samaritan Hospital
Dethrow
Ilinois
Mike
Sarah Stace
William) Cockrum
Floyd Dethrow
Hazel Dell Freewill Baptist Church
Virginia May Tarr
Ashley
Hogan Funeral Home
Joe Treat
Brick
Tarr
Amherst
Virginia
Robert and
Mollie (Williams) Mays
Frank Eugene Tarr
Union Church of Christ of Ashley
Alonzo Tarr
Jackson
Ernest Tarr
Collinsville
Mary Tarr
Chicago
Frances Newcomb
Jessie Donley
Freeburg
Obituary: Raymond Presnell 72 of 601 S 18th St dies
Raymond Presnell also known as Shorty Presnell, 72, of 601 S 18th St, died at 12:40 am at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Born Aug 5 1900 in Wayne county, he married Goldie Young in 1919. He worked at a Mt. Vernon shoe factory 19 years and for the state of Illinois eight years before retirement. Funeral Tuesday 1:30 pm Myers Chapel. burial Cisne cemetery. He is survived by wife Goldie, son Darrel Presnell of Los Angeles, and daughter Norma Jean Upgefraft of Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Eldo
Shorty
Presnell
S. 18Th St
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Mr. Presnell
Wayne County
Elijah and
Amelia (Hoover) Presnell
Goldie Young
Waltonville man dies after Ramsey home visit
Quentin Lacey 64 of Waltonville died at 4 30 p m yesterday at his daughter Phyllis Tate’s Ramsey home. Funeral services are set for 2 p m tomorrow at Fry Funeral Chapel Waltonville with Rev Clarence Coats officiating. Burial at IOOF Cemetery near Woodlawn will include Mt Vernon American Legion graveside rites. He was born October 27 1907 in Jefferson County and was a World War III veteran. He leaves a son Eddie Lacey of Waltonville a daughter Phyllis Tate Ramsey two brothers John Lacey Oklahoma City and Benton Lacey Woodlawn three sisters Mildred Lacey Woodlawn Mrs Maxine Lacey Pekin and Mrs Katherine Bredall Perryville Mo. He was preceded in death by his parents a brother and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quentin McCulley Lacey
Waltonville
Phyllis Tate
Ramsey
Mr. Lacey
Fry
Clarence Coats
IOOF
Woodlawn
Lacey
Jefferson County
Lorenzo and
Mary (Rosenbarger) Lacey
American Legion
Mt. Vernon
Eddie Lacey
John Lacey
Oklahoma City
Okla
Benton Lacey
Mildred Lacey
Maxine Lacey
Pekin
Katherine Bredall
Perryville
Southeast Asia POW and MIA Totals Reported in Defense List
The Defense Department lists 639 Americans known captured and held prisoner in Southeast Asia including those held by Viet Cong in South Vietnam and Cambodia and by North Vietnam. Another 1,123 Americans are listed as missing and many are believed prisoners.
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Defense Department
Southeast Asia
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Lesser Teachers Push For Round-the-Clock Bargaining
District 196 negotiations continue as the Lesser Education Association backs its leadership and vows constant talks until a settlement is reached. The board schedules a public meeting at the high school tomorrow at 2 p.m. as Supt Claude Lewis says he has conducted 28 interviews and will present qualified candidates for board hiring decisions.
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Board of Education
Lesser Education Association
Lesser Board of Education
Claude Lewis
Tail Gunner Davis Faces Lonely Missions Over War
Irving Davis, M.Sgt. at UTAPAO Thailand, has flown 225 missions over Laos and Vietnam without firing a shot. The 36 year old from Bath Maine sits in a cramped tail gun position aboard a B52, unable to move during long flights from Guam or to join crew on the flight deck. He earns 105 dollars a month extra plus combat pay and remarks on the lonely view of the stars at night.
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Utapao
Thailand
Irving Davis
Davis
Laos
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Bangkok
Vietnam
Guam
Bath Maine
Singer Arizona Entrant Crowned Miss World-USA in Hampton
Lynda from Tempe Arizona, a singer and model, won Miss World-USA with 28 26 38 measurements. She was crowned by Bob Hope and will compete in London on November 1. First runner up Miss Texas-World Jackie Behrendt, second runner up Rita Jo Fitzgerald of Oklahoma, third runner up Sandra Leland of Florida, and fourth runner up Melanie Anne Chapman of Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Hope
Lynda Carter
Tempe
Ariz
Hampton Roads Coliseum
Miss Carter
England
Hampton
Lynda
London
Jackie Behrendt
San Antonio
Rita Jo Fitzgerald
Stillwater
Sandra Leland
St. Petersburg
Melanie Anne Chapman
Atlanta
Livestock Auction Highlights Prices Across Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Receipts at Price's Livestock Auction Salem Illinois on August 31 1972 totaled 500 cattle 15 calves 200 hogs and 59 sheep Slaughter cattle comprised about 60 percent steers and heifers with 30 percent feeders Slaughter steers 50.60 36.60 per cwt Slaughter heifers 29.00 35.10 Cows 21.00 26.60 Bulls 28.50 82.00 Feeder cattle steers over 550 pounds 38.00 41.60 steer calves 36.00 47.50 heifers over 509 pounds 30.30 39.00 heifer calves 33.00 45.00 Hogs barrows and gilts 27.50 28.50 Sows 23.60 25.10 Sheep slaughter lambs 29.00 top Ewes 7.50 top.
Off-Duty Officer Fatally Fires Two Burglary Suspects in Home
Kankakee Illinois police investigate the shooting by patrolman Dennis Flowers 33 at his home during an apparent robbery. Two youths, Roosevelt Hardy 18 and Kenneth Wells 14, died from gunshot wounds. A 15-year-old was arrested. a .22 revolver was found beside Hardy. Wells had been released recently from a youth facility.
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Kankakee
Ill
Dennis Flowers
Flowers
Roosevelt Hardy
Kenneth Wells
Flowers Residence
John Gerard
Hardy
Corrections
Wells
Katakakee
Former Marine Draft Fighter Dies In Apartment Fire
Tom Trost a 38 year old former Marine drill instructor and Beaver 55 member died Friday in a fire at his Chicago apartment. He was convicted in May 1970 of breaking into Selective Service offices in Indianapolis on Oct 31 1969 and destroying federal records and was sentenced to four years in prison and a 5000 dollar fine. The cause of the fire was not determined and Trost appeared to be overcome by smoke before he could escape.
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Chicago
Tom Trost
Trost
The
Beaver 55
Selective Service
Indianapolis
Mixed Reaction To Maddox Starts Controversial TV Show
Lester Maddox debut on his own show at WSB-TV drew mixed reactions. The pilot featured Johnny Desmond and Jeanne Dixon with Maddox promoting patriotism and humor, but lacked debate and spontaneity. Viewers flooded the switchboard with 253 calls, split between praise and sharp criticism.
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Lester Maddox
Atlanta
Georgia
Peter Maddox
ABC
Dick Cavett
America
Cavett
Maddox
Desmond
Seeress Dixon
Lester
Gospel Singing Statesman
Bob Thomas
Wsb-Tv
Highway resurfacing contracts awarded in District 7
The state Department of Transportation awarded a $148000 package for highway work in District 7 including Jefferson county. A $115227 resurfacing contract went to Wabash Asphalt Co. Inc. of Mt. Carmel for 4.61 miles on routes across White Lawrence Jefferson Fayette Effingham and Wabash counties.
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State Department of Transportation
Jefferson County
White
Lawrence
Jefferson
Fayette
Effingham
Wabash
Wabash Asphalt Co., Inc
Mt. Carmel
Fischer's Victory Ends 35 Years of Russki Dominance
The Associated Press reports American Bobby Fischer won the world chess championship, ending a 35 year Russian supremacy run. The article lists past titleholders from 1894 through 1972, noting the pattern of defeating predecessors to claim the crown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fischer
Russki Kings
Associated Press
Bobby Fischer
Emanuel Lasker
Germany
Jose Raul Capablanca
Cuba
Alexander Alekhine
France
Max Euwe
Netherlands
Alekhine
Mikhail Botvinnik
Soviet Union
Vasily Smuyslov
Botvinik
Mikhailo Tal
Botvink
Tigran Petrosian
Boris Spassky
United States
Illinois hunter killed in field near Astoria
James Hutton, 22, of Moline, was killed in a hunting accident Friday near Astoria Illinois. Police said he was struck by a stray bullet while hunting with his father and a friend amid a large opening squirrel season crowd making it hard to identify the shooter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astoria
Ill
UPI
James Hutton
Moline
Hutton
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Virginia Tarr
Raymond Presnell
Vernon
Lewis
Arizona
Federal-State Market News Service
Springfield, Ilinois
Price
Salem, Ill
Marine Soft
Wareaat Salteres Mearicnas
Central Chess Club
Moscow
Curtis Delano
Illinois Power Building
Broadway
MT. Vernon, Ill
MT. Vernon Art Guild
Main Street
Illinois
MR. and
Mrs
Frank A. Harlow
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