Local visits and travel fill Mt. Vernon social page
A bustling roll of neighbors and relatives visits. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Murphy return from Detroit while Clifford and Chris Johnson families travel from Canada and Petoskey. Willis Groves remains in Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Numerous locals visit Mt. Vernon from Flora Ashley Fairfield and beyond including Pattens, Koenemans, and Liebengood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Murphy
Detroit
Mich
Clifford Johnson
Jack
Judith Ann
Chris Johnson
Canada
Petoskey
E. R.skinner
Marion
Ohio
Willis Groves
M. Weedon
Fairfield
Mt. Vernon
Paul Witters
McLeansboro
Oren Koeneman
Bruno Koeneman
Chester
K. E. Koeneman
Steelville
Earl D. Jamison
Bruno Keeneman
Jamison
Manien Highland
Robert Lockhart
Aden
Vern Farthing
Lawrence Terry
Tom Pentecost
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Nick Powell
Flora
Lester Ford
Centralia
E. F. Jacobs
St. Louis
Gilbert Woods
John Casey
W. W. Adamson
Danville
Norman Clark
Salem
Great West Life Assurance Co
Six on One Bicycle Sparks Police Bicycle Crackdown
Police opened a blitz on law breaking cyclists in St. Boniface after discovering six riders on a single hike. The incident sparked the ongoing campaign to curb unsafe biking practices in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Boniface
Man
Martage license issued to Haley and Porter in Mt Vernon
Paul EL Haley of rural route Mt Vernon and Marjorie L Porter of rural route Mt Vernon received mortgages licenses in the latest local recorder's office action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul EL Haley
RFD
Mt Vernon
Marjorie L. Porter
Mt. Vernon
September Weddings Reece Williams and Turner Turn in Elgin and Whittington
Miss Barbara Jean Williams and Ralph Reece wed at a home ceremony in Whittington on September 12 with few relatives present. The Rev W R Spurlock officiated, and the couple will reside near Whittington after a reception. Separately Mrs. Clarence Cornell announces her daughter Stevie’s marriage to Berlyn Blandford Turner in Elgin on September 11 with church music and family attendees. The couple will live in Elgin after a brief trip to Wisconsin Wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reece-Williams
Barbara Jean Williams
Stoward Williams
Whittington
Ralph Reece
Willie Reece
Emma Hayse
W. R. Spurlock
Bonnie
Wesley Williams
Reece
Benton Township
Clarence E. Cornell
Park Avenue
Steiie
Berlyn Blandford Turner
T. B.turner
Dccatur
A. E. McKenney
Helen Hasty
John Schmitt
Dorothy I. Mason
Elgin
Robert K. Turner
Boston
Mass
David C. Cook Publishing Co
Turner
Wisconsin Wells
Prospect Street
Antique and Hobby Show Opens at Mt Vernon Armory
The seventh annual Antique and Hobby Show sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary begins at 10 o clock tomorrow at the Mt Vernon Armory. The event runs Friday through Sunday with varying hours and features local collectors displays plus antique dealers offering items for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Mt. Vernon Armory
Local Hospital Admissions and Discharges Names List
Mrs. Marie Queen and infant son Teddy Gene Maurice Leroy Smith Mrs. Verneda Whitson Mrs. Naomi Richardson and infant son David Eugene Mrs. Lillath Stanford Good Samaritan Admitted Clarence Lementa vieh of Centralia Discharged Willie Ellis of Blu ford Wilford Snelling of Kin mundy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Queen
Teddy Gene
Maurice Leroy Smith
Verneda Whitson
Naomi Richardson
David Eugene
Lillath Stanford
Largest Salt Bed in Wieliczka Claim Described
A Wielizka Poland deposit is claimed to be the world’s largest salt bed. The salt rock measures about 500 miles in length, 20 miles in width, and 1200 feet thick according to the description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wielizka
Poland
Local births in area hospitals report newborns
Mr and Mrs Lester Bradford Route 4 welcomed daughter Ruth Ann born this morning at Good Samaritan Hospital. Mr and Mrs Kenneth G McKenzie Salem Road welcomed daughter born at 1 45 p m yesterday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. She weighed seven pounds 11 and three fourths ounces. Mr and Mrs Charles Edward Hertenstein Salem Road welcomed son James Russell born Tuesday September 11 at Bodpoo Good Samaritan Hospital. Mr and Mrs C B Anderson Salem Road were notified of birth of a diaroph ier to Rev and Mrs Floyd K Brewer on September 1 8 at St Francis Hospital in Macomb. Brewer is formerly Margaret Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Bradford
Route 4
Ruth Ann
Good Samaritan Hospital
Kenneth G. McKenzie
Salem Road
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Charles Edward Hertenstein
Bodpoo
James Russell
Abs. C. B. Anderson
Floyd K. Brewer
St. Francis Hospital
Macomb
Brewer
Margaret Anderson
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admission List
Admitted at Jefferson Memorial include Mrs. Harry Edwards of south Lath street and Mrs. Minnie Baldridge. Discharged are Reverend Kyle Woratt, Mrs. Lala Betta Lockers and infant son Larry Mingene, Mrs. Roy Shelton, Mrs. Pbeten Booten and infant son Lee Alan, and Mrs. Dulste Lehman of Lebanon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Memorial
Harry Edwards
South Lath Street
Minnie Baldridge
Kyle Woratt
Lala Betta Lockers
Larry Mingene
Roy Shelton
Pbeten Booten
Lee Alan
Dulste Lehman
Lebanon
Optimists Club presents hunting trip films at luncheon
Dr. A. W. Modert showed films from a Canadian Rockies big game hunting trip at the Optimists Club luncheon in Hotel Emmerson. The club planned quarterly Ladies Night events after the success of last week’s inaugural program, with 79 members, wives and guests in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Optimists Club
Canadian Rockies
A. W. Modert
Hotel Emmerson
Optimists
Community gatherings and notices from Jefferson County
Multiple brief items cover a joint meeting of Home Bureau units at Dix Methodist church with 52 attendees, a Savage family reunion near Monday, a Van Dorn Unit meeting, Ashley area Jaycees event, Rural Letter Carriers picnic, G and G Class at a Presbyterian church, Fern Leaf Camp assembly, Belle Rive Christian church annual picnic, a chapel wedding of Eugenia Bedard to Eduardo Harrerias in St Louis Cathedral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Mt. Vernon
Anna Betty Hluck
Eugenia Ann Bedard
Lawrence Alphonse Bedard
Kingsbury Boulevard
University City
Eduardo Fernando Harrerias
Mariano Lopez Herrarte
Guatemala City
Harpoles Celebrate 60th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Henry A Harpole of 113 Second Street quietly marked sixty years of marriage with a family dinner at their daughter Mrs W J Sendelbachs home 204 South Second Street. They were wed September 12 1888 and have seven grandchildren nine great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Harpole
Second Street
W. J. Sendelbach
South Second Street
Harpole
Mary Rainey
Thomas and
Sarah
Bennett) Rainey
Clinton
Bluford
Mr. Harpole
Adam and
Cynthia
Boone) Harpole
Mt. Vernon
Lillie Sendelbach
California
Alvey
Airport Figures Highlight Regional Travel
Don R. Wood of Springfield and William H. Morgan of Henderson Ky visited the local airport yesterday. Ralph K. Hebb of Raleigh N C also arrived today. Carl Edmison and Arthur Haw Hn flew to St Louis Mo today signaling ongoing regional air traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don R. Wood
Springfield
William H. Morgan
Henderson
Ralph K. Hebb
Raleigh
N. C
Carl Edmison
Arthur Haw Hn
St. Louis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harold Chrisman
Bradshaw, Neb
Wilma Borchett
Nashville
Anna Costephens
Ashley
Maggie Reynolds
Waltonville
George Cullem
Joy and
Ray
Vernon
Ann Tucker
P. V. Wakefield
Judy
Pensacola
Fla
Robert Klee
Associated Press
Martage
Happy
Barbara Ann Quinn
Hempstead
N. Y
Banti
Lucile Cornell
B. BB. Turner
Leitzell
Darte Windsor
Hollywood
Evansville
Ind
Harry Savage
Hillsboro
Lepton Lowery
Effingham
Ill
Everett Savage
Wentyville
Dale Savage
Belle Reve
Agnes Dale
Ralph Savage
Dean Savage
Roland Brownfield
William Kennedy
Dahlgren
Jaycees
Southern League
The
Presbyterian Church
Taylor Ayres
South 20Th Street
Kenneth Setzekorn
Fern Leaf Camp
Fern Leaf Camp No
Royal Neighbors of America
Ninth and
Jordan Streets
Marie Jones
Oracle
Minnie Smith
Sec
Belle Rive Christian Church
Glen Echo Country Club
Guatemala
Coralia Herrerias
Jose Goubaud
New York
William L. Bedard
Bert Starker
Nicholas Gianokos
Houston
Tex
Herrerias
Pablo Biener
Lily
Jose Drive
Fito Cordon
Bedard
Glen Reddick
Riverton
Wyo
A. F. Bedard
Grace F. Borah
W. D. Jordan
J. J. Corlew
Marybelle Arthurs
A. E. Pickard
First Methodist Choir
Rome
Nettie Hawkins
Anna Betty Huck
Eula Gaston
Minnie Johnson
Florence Tate
Neith Clark
Charles Goodwin
Lois Pennington
Mrs
Henry A. Harpole Statt
Kenneth Gardner
Milwaukee
Wis
Kenneth
American Legion Auxiliary Armory
Twelfth Street
Pee Wee Hunt
Freddie Slack
Roy Rogers
Bull Moose Jackson
Clyde Moody
Steve Gibson
Art Gibson
Frankie Laine
Darktown Strutters
George Hartman
Frank Sinatra
Andy Russell
Nellie Lutcher
Stan Kenton
Hank Thompson
Minos Jacquet
Bennie Moten
Chloe
Waters OF
Minne
Tonka
Ethel Smith
Deacon Blues
Rosetta Howard
Doris Day
Buddy Clerk
New Orleans
Alexander
Spike Jones
Bennie Strong
Ravens
Jones
Tommy Dorsey
Steven
Chinatown
Josephine
Broadway
Leo Dare
Waltonville Road
Pate Roofing and Insulating CO
Airport News
Popular Records
Priscilla
M. E. Jackson
Amvet Dance
Amvet
Kurt Bradley and
the Rhythmaires
U.S
Ders
North 9Th Street
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