Deaths Carl Smith 67 Dies At Home
Carl Smith barber died at his home 806 North 12th Street at 00 o'clock this morning. He was 67 years and one month old. Funeral services Sunday 3:30 p.m. at Myers Chapel with Rev. Andrew Karker officiating and burial in Bethel Memorial Cemetery. The body lies in state at Myers Chapel after 2:00 p.m. Saturday. Born August 6, 1890 in Jefferson County to Isaac and Etna Smith. Married February 5, 1911 in Spring Garden to Della Bumpus, who survives along with son Jack Smith of South Bend Indiana, daughter Mildred Bays of Peoria Heights Illinois, sister Fern Pifer of Sullivan Illinois, and five grandchildren.
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Carl Smith
North 12Th Street
Myers Chapel
Andrew Caraker
Bethel Memorial Cemetery
Mr. Smith
Jefferson County
Dallas J Prior Funeral Sunday
Funeral services for Dallas James Prior will be held Sunday at 2 00 p m at Myers Chapel with the Rev Wallace Malone officiating. Burial will be in Bethel Memorial cemetery. Friends may call after 1 00 p m Saturday at Myers Chapel. Prior, 38, died in an automobile accident near Collinsville Thursday. He formerly lived in Vernon and worked as a foreman at A O Smith Mig Co plant in Granite City. He resided in Edwardsville at his death. A World War II veteran and former German POW, he belonged to the VFW post in East Alton.
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Dallas
James Prior
Myers’ Chapel
Wallace Malone
Bethel Memorial Cemetery
Myers Chapel
Prior
Thursay
Collinsville
Vernon
A. O. Smith Mig. Co
Granite City
Edwardsville
Germany
V. F.W. Post
East Alton. Ly
Sullivan Named Route Sales Manager at Mt Vernon Co
Jack Sullivan, president of the Bout-Of-Town Workers' Club, is named route sales manager for Mt. Vernon Tobacco Co. He will oversee distribution in southern Illinois and the firm handles tobacco products, razors, drugs sundries, fountain supplies, and school items. Sullivan has kept his Mt. Vernon home during his council service.
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Jack Sullivan
Bout-Of-Town Workers ‘Club
Rami City
Panyaey
Mt. Vernon
Rocking Window Vandalism Reported in Mt Vernon
Rock throwing vandals shattered a bedroom window at Thelma Reynolds home at 2001 Forrest in Mt Vernon. The incident occurred shortly after ten o clock last night and is under investigation.
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Mt. Vernon
Thelma Reynolds
Forrest
Hospital Notes Good Samaritan Admissions and Discharges
Good Samaritan records list admissions including Charles McConmaughhay Carl Shurtz Roy Griffith Thomas Yarber Mrs Ruth Augusta Davis Scott Gregory Talbert and Will Campbell Emery Branson Salem Mrs Betty Helfer Wayne City Mrs Georgia Savage. Discharges include Mrs Olive Combs Bobbe Dean Brookman Frank Mays Doris Hicks Mrs Dorothy Merlene Smith baby Robert Dale Mrs Cora Green Jerry Dee Martin Mrs Mary Lou Higginson Esta Connelly Jefferson Memorial and Bluford.
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Good Samaritan
Charles McConmaughhay
Carl Shurtz
Roy ‘Griffith
Thomas Yarber
Ruth Augusta Davis
Scott Gregory Talbert
Olive Combs
Bobbe Dean Brookman
Frank Mays
Doris Hicks
Dorothy Merlene Smith
Robert Dale
Cora. Green
Jerry Dee Martin
Mary ‘Lou Higginson
Esta Connelly
Jefferson Memorial
Births in local area announce five newborns
Mr and Mrs John Simmons of Bluford welcomed a daughter Brenda Mae born August e at 5 40 AM at St Marys Hospital Centralia weighing six pounds six ounces. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Tom Simmons of Texico and Mr and Mrs Eddie Ward of Bluford. Roland N Heifner and wife added a son born at Jefferson Memorial Hospital Wayne City at 9 02 AM weighing seven pounds three ounces. Jack McCoy and wife of 309 South 11th Street had a daughter Rhonda Kay born yesterday at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing five pounds one ounce. Vern Johnson and wife of Bluford welcomed a son Carl Eugene born at 10 43 PM weighing eight pounds.
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John Simmons
Bluford
Auguste
St. Mary's Ospital
Centralia
Brendan~Gae
Tom Simmons
Textico
Eddie ‘Ward
Roland N. Heifner
Ayne City
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jack McCoy
South 11Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Rhonda tKay
Vern Johnson
Carl Eugene
Legion Post 241 to Meet at Legion Home Monday Evening
Members of Jefferson Post 241 American Legion will meet at the Legion Home next Monday evening September 9 at 8 o'clock.
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American Legion
Jefferson Post
Legion
Killer claims Hawaiian sanctuary right in dispute
South Carolina fugitive George Leroy Page returned to Honolulu after a failed bid for sanctuary at the City of Refuge on Hawaii. He surrendered Thursday night under protest, claiming a historic sanctuary that dates to Queen Kaahumanu. Attorney Bernard Trask vows to fight extradition, while officials say the sanctuary does not apply.
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Honolulu
George Leroy Page
South Carolina
Hawaii
Trask
Page
City of Refuge
Kamehameha
Paged
Quinn
Kenneth Emory
Bishop Museum
Sanctuary
Cameron
S. C
Port Huron
Mich
San Mateo
Calif
Islands
Board of Review Finishes Work on County Tax Books
After three months of work the Jefferson county Board of Review will adjourn at noon tomorrow announced Walter Rhodes chair man. Eleven of sixteen townships have completed tax books and turned over to the county clerk. The remaining five will be turned in tomorrow morning after hearings held for all sixteen townships since June 4.
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Jefferson County
Board of Review
Walter Rhodes
35000 Asian Flu Cases In Country
A Public Health Service spokesman said there are at least 35,000 Asian flu cases in the country, up 5,000 from last week, as 1,028,770 more vaccine doses were released, bringing total doses available to 3,705,770.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Cook files for divorce in circuit court here
Sue C. Cook sues Earl Cook for divorce on desertion and cruelty charges. She seeks custody of two minor children, alimony for support, and a property settlement. Married May 10, 1934, separated June 5, 1956. Attorney George W. Howard represents the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue C. Cook
Earl Cook
George W. Howard
County Board Meets Tuesday
The Jefferson County Board of Supervisors will hold its annual meeting next Tuesday September 10. Budgets will be adopted during the statutory session.
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Jefferson County Board of Supervisors
Local flights report to Alton and nearby cities
Bill Tumbleson made a flight to Alton today. Herb Grubb flew to Alton this morning. Tom Oakley took a flight to Alton today. Larry Forrestal flew to Decatur Illinois yesterday. Another flight went to Springfield, Illinois yesterday. Herb flew to Richmond Indiana yesterday.
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Bill Tumbleson
Alton
Herb Grubb
Tom Oakley
Larry Forrestal
Decatur
Ill
Springfield
Herb
Richmond
Ind
Open Class For Retarded Here Monday
The Jefferson County Association for Retarded Children announced a class for educable handicapped children will open Monday September 9 at Edison school at 9 a.m. in Mt. Vernon and Jefferson county for ages 6 to 16 not in regular school. There is no charge, funded by contributions, with Eleanor Hall as teacher. The class will run two sessions daily for individual attention and inquiries may call 5053.
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Jefferson County Association For
Edison School
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Eleanor Hall
Jefferson County Organization For
First National Bank
United Fund
National Association For Retarded Children
St. Louis
Sidney Hirons
Schoal
Huge Increase In High Schools Coming In 1964
Springfield Illinois public high schools will graduate 65 049 pupils next year and rise by about 25 000 by 1964 State Supt Vernon L Nickell based the forecast on births 18 years earlier He projects 70 333 graduates in 1959 and 80 504 in 1960 with a dip in 1943 44 45 war years and a jump to 90 933 in 1964 Readings for 1964 rely on 52 2 percent of the birth rate from 1956 data Current year totals are incomplete with about 62 041 expected graduates.
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Springfield
Tilinois
Ted
Vernon L. Nickell
Nickell
Man Leaves Two Dollars After Car Collision
Stamford police traced 88 year old Charles C Weed after he dented a parked car and cracked a window then left two dollars on the fender to cover repairs. The owner, Fred A Hanson of Ridgewood New Jersey, filed an accident report estimating damages over 100 dollars.
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Stamford
Conn
Charles C. Weed
Weed
Fred A. Hanson
Ridgewood
N. J
Races On River At Mt. Carmel
Mount Carmel III will host hydroplane speed boat races on the Wabash River this weekend for the world championship under National Hydroplane Assn. rules. About 300 entries are expected and more than 10,000 spectators watched the 1955 event.
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Mount Carmel
Wabash River
National Hydroplane Assn
Wabash Valley Boat Club
Tense Arkansas school crisis tests federal role
Reports describe Gallinson mistaken for a news photographer as guardsmen move quickly down the street while a smaller demonstrator crowd gathers across from Central High. Federal judge Davies set to hear the Little Rock School Board plea for a pause in integration as tension eases slightly and a cross is burned near Mayor Mann’s home. President Eisenhower promises legal action to uphold the federal Constitution as Arkansas Governor Faubus seeks peaceful resolution while troops remain on duty and leave uncertainty about custody or tapping lines.
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Unsuch
Gallinson
Little Rock
Ronald N. Davies
Woodrow Mann
Mann
Davies
Davis
Orval Faubus
Eisenhower
Faubus
Newport
R. I
Washington
Brownell
Arkansas
National Guard
Central High School
Eeeors
Thursay
Fisenhower
Detailed Weather Report for Missouri and Illinois
Cool autumn like weather dominated Illinois with a chance of showers tonight and Saturday. Missouri forecasts show scattered thunder showers this forenoon, then mostly cloudy skies with a cooling trend and cooler statewide Saturday with highs in the 60s to 70s.
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Missouri
Chicago
Ilinois
Vandalia
Quincy
Fairbanks
Alaska
Three Auto Crashes Reported Yesterday in Marion
Three automobile accidents occurred yesterday afternoon on Mt Vernon streets with no injuries. At 1 30 p m Bertha Tolliver of Christopher and B E McClure of No 2 Circle Drive collided at Tenth and Broadway causing slight damage. At 2 15 p m Loren Ray Phillips 1129 South 26th and Norma Jean Russell 311 South 18th collided at 18th and Lamar. Russell cited for failure to have a driver's license. At 4 11 p m a Marion Illinois woman Mary Smith hit Clara A Baker turning off Salem Road. Smith fined 5 dollars plus costs for faulty brakes.
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Mt. Vernon
Bertha Tolliver
Christopher
B. E. McClure
No. 2
Circle Drive
Tenth
Broadway
Loren Ray Phillips
South 26Th
Norma Jean Russell
South 18Th
18Th
Lamar
Salem Road
Mary Smith
Marion
Clara A. Baker
North 14Th
Retired Glass Worker Wins Pizza Eating Championship
In Zanesville Ohio John Scarpella, a 240 pound ex glass worker, devoured five 14 inch pepperoni pizzas to win the pizza pie eating championship of south eastern Ohio. He won $25 and his fill of pizzas in the contest conducted by the Sons of Italy here.
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Zanesville
Ohio
John Scarpella
Sons of Italy
Girard had no orders to shoot during Jap defense trial
Gigante 24 of Detroit recalls pushing aside scrap collectors at a machinegun while noting young Japanese men hoard shell casings and that soldiers sometimes give them to women and children. Victim Lared Girard is accused of luring Mrs Sakai by tossing casings as Tokio Takai reports seeing a woman chased and shot. Judge Kawachi says range sessions will be roped off and only courtroom deliberations are open. Defense attorney Hayashi plans to question prosecution witnesses after Sept 24 25 and stresses the phrase get out of here fired by Girard merits interpretation.
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Fiom Gigante
Detroit
Gigante
Lared Girard
Kawachi
Hayashi
Girard
Sakai
Changing Clouds Shape Through Evaporation
Clouds alter their shape as parts evaporate when they meet warmer unsaturated air.
State Senator Grindle Denies Ouster Suit Motive
State Senator William L Grindle of Herrin charged the quo warranto action filed in Marion by Williamson County State Atty Carl Sneed is political. Sneed alleged a conflict of interest from Grindle holding two posts while Grindle, a Democrat, argued the suit targets him with Republican support.
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Sneed
Grindle
Lawrence Smothers
Herrin
Anna to Award Bravery Medal for Rescue Effort
Anna American Legion unit plans to honor Frank Venus with a bravery medal for the Aug. 2 rescue of Robert Brimm. Venus crawled into a partially submerged cistern, kept Brimm’s head above water, and helped free the injured man after a collapse trapping him head-down for 45 minutes.
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Anna, II
Anna American Legion
Frank Venus
Robert Brimm
Venus
Brimm
Miss America Pageant field narrowed to ten beauties
The Miss America contest reduces contestants to ten with rounds in swim suit evening gown and talent. Arizona's Lynn Freyser won the swimwear segment then moved to evening gown. Miss Cooper won the talent championship with a Charleston interpretation.
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Miss America
Miss Cooper
Small Boy Dies In Refrigerator Tragedy
A 5 year old boy named Dwayne Reed died after being placed in an empty basement refrigerator by three girls during hide and seek. His father searched parks before locating him in the refrigerator at about 9 p.m. The incident occurred around 3 p.m. and authorities are investigating.
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Washington
Dwayne Reed
Robert Reed
Dwayne
Window Cleaner Free Below 12th Floor Rescue
Melvin Howell 36 of Brooklyn dangled from a single safety strap for 15 minutes after an anchor hook pulled out above a rear courtyard window. Police and firemen rescued him in New York. Howell received shock treatment and was checked after the incident.
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New York
Melvin Howell
Brooklyn
Negro Adopts Eight Children of Various Races in France
In Sarlat la Nouvelle adoption decree in L'Essor Sarladais reports Josephine Baker, born American, now naturalized French citizen, has adopted eight children of different races. Baker, married to Jo Bouillon, a white Frenchman, has pursued an interracial parenting experiment aboard in France.
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Sarlat
France
Josephine Baker
L'Essor Sarladais
Miss Baker
Jo Bouillon
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