Long list of seasonal visitors and local residents
Numerous Mt. Vernon area residents and relatives are noted visiting and returning from trips this week. Names include Fanning, Harlow, Chambliss, Bristol, Cobb, Kerr Patterson, Green, Johnson, Russell, Vaught, Youngblood, Fry, O Chap, Charlene Russell, Schambliss, Nill, and many others visiting Mt. Vernon, St. Louis, Salina, Hutchinson, Benton, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Ray Fanning
Guam
James Fannin
Nasan
States
Fanning
E. O. Harlow
Fred O. Harlow
Anita
Natalie
D. G. Melton
Salina
Hutchison
Kansas
Rose Chambliss
St. Louis
D. Clark
E. Bristol
Opdyke
Leland Wells
Jesse Cobb
Leta
Dix
Kerr Patterson
du Quoin
Morris Green
Bluford
Mt. Vernon
H. G. Johnson
Duncan
Okla
O. A. Russell
Charlene Russell
Charles Vaught
Johnson
Millie Youngblood
Keenes
W. E. Fry
Fairfield
Pete O’chap
Walton- Wille
William Daniel
Marsh Harpole
William Carpenter
Cisne
Hart Martin
Waltonville
George Blankenship
Kell
Mae Ridgeway
Irene Whitsell
Ashley
Charlie Rapp
Belle Rive
W. F. McNulty
Dunoin
Wm. Booker
Marvin Chambliss
Nelson “Shambliss
Wayne City
Walter Nill
Alma Newby
Mary Langdon
Virginia
Clyde Swanner
Benton
Mit. Vernon
T. Jolly
Casey Ave
Franklin Grade School
Oscar Pierce
Lowell Pierce
Waukegan
Kalamazoo
Lancing
Clare
Detroit
Mich
Wisconsin
Cecile Pierce
Chicago
Harry Howard
Elgin
Everett Williams
Benton Road
Ed Curtis
Rushton Drive
Dora Reinbolt
Anderson
Ind
Hospital Notes: Admits and Discharges Listed
Good Samaritan admits Margaret Downes of Woodlawn. Discharges include Theron J Flora Jr Dolores Lucas Edna Patterson Maxine Bean Jefferson. Memorial admits Floyd Williams Norris City Harry Ossig Rose Mary Harvey Mrs Rose Marie Myers Kell. Discharged Miss Marilouise Ma honey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Samaritan
Margaret Downes
Woodlawn
Theron J. Flora, Jr
Dolores Lucas
Edna Patterson
Maxine Bean
Jefferson. Memorial
Floyd Williams
Norris City
Harry Ossig
Rose Mary Harvey
Rose Marie Myers
Kell
Marilouise Mahoney
Airport News Roundup From St Louis Area
T O Dickens of Lambert Field St Louis Mo flew to Mt Vernon airport today on business Neil Myers of Mt Carmel landed at the local field today Mrs Earl Myers of Texico was flown to Davenport Iowa yesterday by Earl Outland She was called there by the serious illness of her father Dr Jean Modert flew to Fairfield on business today A W Rea flew to Decatur on business today Earl Smith of Flora flew to Wear field today on business
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. O. Dickens
Lambert Field
St. Louis
Mt. Vernon
Neil Myers
Mt. Carmel
Earl Myers
Texico
Davenport
Iowa
Earl Outland
Jean Modert
Fairfield
A. W. Rea
Decatur
Earl Smith
Flora
Wear Field
Birth of Karen Lynn Pedergraft at St Louis Maternity Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. Normand J. Pedergraft of 1105 South 25th Street welcomed a daughter born at 4:25 p.m. Saturday at St Louis Maternity Hospital. The baby weighed eight pounds two and a half ounces and was named Karen Lynn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normand J. Pedergraft
South 25Th
St. Louis Maternity Hospital
Karen Lynn
Summersville P T A opens school year in Mt Vernon area
The Summersville Parent Teacher Association held its first meeting of the school year at the Summersville school with president Mrs James T Moore conducting. Attendance honors went to the fourth grade under Mrs Florence Tate. A vote kept the school year at eight months as staff introductions were given by Principal Lester Hicks. Other items include a gymnasium petition, a movie, and next meeting set for Oct 24. Separate notes report a marriage in Ashley of Elmer L Severs and Helen Barnett, Rotary club visit by Governor Jim O Neal, a Pleasant Hill B T U birthday party for Clarence Benard, new Mt Vernon teachers introduced at a board meeting, Three Cs meeting at Blanche Hughes home, and a wedding shower for Mr. and Mrs. J H Norris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summersville P. T. A
Summersville
Parent- Teacher Association
James T. Moore
America
Fred Lowery
John Ward
Mae Sumner
Florence Tate
Lester Hicks
Tom Mick
Ivan Gibbs
Elmer L. Severs
Ashley
Helen Barnett
Scheller
Justice of the Peace
O. E. Yandell
Grover E. Cooke
Alva Bundy
Mt. Vernon
Rotary
Dave Furnall
Rotary Club
Hotel Emmerson
Furnall
Jim O'Neal
Harrisburg
Ill
National Broadcasting Company
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Mt. Vernon City
Grace Rausch
Patricia Tucker
Edison Jeanne Acks
Judson DeWitt, Jr
Field
Eunice Hanbaum
Franklin
Marian Davis
Lincoln Beatrice Bond
Myrna Cecil
Helen Riley
Hazel Quinn
Grace Brown
Mann
Gertrude Roy
Irene Brake
Beulah Dycus
Obed Tucker
Mary Lou Rhodes
Kathryn Richardson
Vada Irvin
Ermal Apgar
Nora Lee Jones
Parent
Meeting at Church Near Waltonville Sunday
An all day meeting of friends and neighbors of Dryden church southwest of Waltonville will be held Sunday October 2. The public is cordially invited to attend. The Good Samaritan Class of Pleasant Hill Baptist church had a wiener roast on September 20 with 17 members and six guests. Mrs. McGhee led the class which donated to the polio drive. The roast was at Helen Roper’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends and Neighbors
Dryden Church
Waltonville
Good Samaritan
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
McGhee
Helen Roper
Bloodmobile to Visit Mt Vernon Set for Sept 30
Red Cross plans increased capacity with ten beds and 12 to 6 donor hours for Mt. Vernon Bloodmobile visit. 80 pints quota hit last month and aims to be met monthly. Recruitment chair urges organizations to pledge donor numbers. Blood Center at 226 S 10th. next visit Sept 30. appointment line 2083.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Mt. Vernon
Howard Casey
Jefferson County
J. Lester Buford
S. 10Th Street
Summersville School Keeps Eight Month Term In PTA Vote
Summersville grade school with 221 students remains on an eight month term after a PTA meeting. Parents backed continuation of the current schedule, resisting a nine month extension. The article notes a historical aside about the European house sparrow introduction in the 1850s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
State Police Fine Drivers for Overweight Truck Loads
Twenty one fines were issued in the court of Justice of the Peace W O Page after state police arrests for truck law violations. Fines ranged from 5 to 50 dollars plus costs for overweight loads, with names including Paul Survange Albion John Parker Atlanta Ga Owen Jones Miami Herman R Davidson Evansville Elmer Sprehe Sandoval and others from Centralia Mt. Vernon Flora and surrounding areas. Nine earlier fines also listed for overweight loads and safety sticker failures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenty
W O. Page
Justice of the Peace
Paul Survange
Albion
John Parker
Atlanta
Owen Jones
Miami
Fla
Herman R. Davidson
Evansville
Ind
George Allison
Centralia
Elmer Sprehe
St. Louis
Court of Justice of the Peace
Elmer Wells
Lloyd C. Prater
Vandalia
C. J. Boudreaux
Houma
Frank T. Pitchford
West Frankfort
Leo Peco
New Orleans
S. E. Boles
Clyde Brown
Herrin
Lloyd Miller
Pascora
Harold E. Carraher
Youngstown
Ohio
Field School Pack 102 Seeks New Cub Scouts
The Field School Pack 102 is recruiting boys aged eight to ten for a 32 member pack with 16 openings. Parents should send a note to the boy’s teacher expressing interest. Mrs Harl Ryder serves as Field Chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harl Ryder
Palestine War Years lecture and film at First Baptist
Rev Walter J Field a Palestine based English educator and missionary presents Life in War Torn Palestine at First Baptist Church on Wednesday Sept 28 at 7 30. The event features the sound film The Holy Land Passing Parade and Field discusses Jewish Arab tensions and his field experiences with the British Middle East Army and Bethlehem Mission Clinic. Free admission with a free will offering for Holy Land Christian Missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter J. Field
Palestine
First Baptist Church
Holy Land
Field
England
Middle East
Mr. Field
Free Fish Fry at Mt Vernon Sportmen’s Club Open House
Mt. Vernon Sportsmen's Club sponsors an open house at the Lake Miller grounds seven miles north of Mt. Vernon on Sunday October 2 starting at 1:00 p.m. More than 300 pounds of catfish will be prepared and served free to guests. Public invited with club members enjoy boating and fishing. entertainment includes a ham and bacon shoot at the skeet field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Miller Lake
British Put New Tax on Business
London reports that the British government raised the tax on dividends from 25 percent to 30 percent and warned it may constrain all dividend payments by law if companies do not keep them down. The levy is applied before profits are distributed to stockholders and adds to regular income taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hollywood Gossip Roundup From Erskine Johnson
Hollywood scoop from Erskine Johnson bundles notes on Jean Harlow reissue pre censors Howard Hughes era stars like Bette Davis Eddie Cline and Kinsey sightings Kirk Douglas and Barbara Stanwyck quips. It mentions Lew Ayres Lew Ayres Sugarfoot plans Barbara Hale Doris Day Abbott and Costello Meet the Ritz Brothers and Doris Day pairing with Gene Autry plus a N Y censorship angle and theater quirks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollywood
NEA
Jean Harlow
Johnston Censorship Office
Legion of Decency
Hollywood
Howard Hughes
Jean
Hell's Angels
Hughes
Link Quarberg
Gene Autry
Doris Day
Columbia
Sagebrusher
Marriage Licenses Recorded for Severs and Barnett
Elmer L. Severs of Ashley and Helen Barnett of Scheller are issued a marriage license. The filing lists Severs and Barnett as the contracting couple with Ashley and Scheller identified as their respective locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer L. Severs
Ashley
Helen Barnett
Scheller
Mt Vernon Members Attend SI Art League Meet in St Louis
A Mt Vernon group attended the 59th semi annual Southern Illinois Art League meeting at the Edgewater Club in St Louis. Members include Mr and Mrs Marshall Leitzell Mrs Thelma Flanagan Mr and Mrs Louis Pavledes and Mrs Marilyn Newton. A highlight was a Flexichrome color print demonstration from black and white negatives. The next meeting will be in Du Quoin in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Southern Illinois Art League
Edgewater Club
St. Louis
Marshall Leitzell
Thelma Flanagan
Louis Pavledes
Marilyn Newton
du Quoin
Fifth Armored Unit Begins Fourteen Week Training
Meredith A Willard son of Mrs Grace Willard 1415 S 14th St assigned to the Fifth Armored Division for fourteen weeks basic training at Camp Chaffee Ark Reactivated July 6 1948 the Fifth Armored Victory Division once earned a strong World War II record in six European campaigns Trainees start their fourteen week cycle likely to be among the last before the camp and division close by 15 April 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meredith A. Willard
Grace Willard
S. 14Th Street
Fifth Armored Division
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Fifth Armored
Girl Scout Troop 13 Meeting at Logan Street Baptist
Second Grade Brownies from Horace Mann School will meet from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday September 28 at Logan Street Baptist Church. Registration fees are due and should be paid at this meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Mann School
Logan Street Baptist Church
Doubts Russia Has Stockpile Of Atom Bombs
Senator O Mahoney says Russia lacks industrial know how and facilities to stockpile atomic bombs while Hickenlooper argues loose AFC security helped leaks. McMahon disputes charges, noting wartime Army control and later screenings and cases of risky employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
O'Mahoney
D-Wyo
Russia
Hickenlooper R Lowald
Wyoming
Hickenlooper
Senate
Atomic Energy Commission
McMahon
FBI
Geese Fly South Over Mt Vernon Near Home
Mrs. Oscar Pigg of 517 S 17th street reports seeing a large flock of geese flying south over Mt Vernon Sunday morning. The birds were low and formed a typical V-shaped formation, signaling approaching winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Oscar Pigg
S. 17Th Street
Auto Stolen Here Last Night
Theft of a black 1942 model Chevrolet sedan was reported to city police headquarters at 10 30 last night. The car belongs to Mallard Williams of RFD 1 Opdyke according to the police report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sity
Mallard Williams
RFD 1
Opdyke
Also Mentioned on This Page
Young People
Pleasant Hill Church
Emma Bryant
Clarence Benard
Clarence
J. H
Toby Norris
Norris
BOY Scout News
Walter Field
Sportman’s Club
Michael
Mona Smith
Edwin Smith
Erskine Johnson
Rod Cameron
Marie Windsor
Lew Ayres
Sugarfoot
Warner Brothers
Bette Davis
Eddie Cline
Olsen and Johnson
NBC
Barbara Stanwyck
Kirk Douglas
The
Dells
Alfred Kinsey
Tommy Dorsey
Skipper
Williams College
Bob Taylor
Century Theater Group
Lloyd T. Binford
Memphis, Tenn
M-G-M
O. K
Brave
Jolson
Barbara Hale
Arthur Freed
Mexico
Paulette Goddard
Pedro Armendariz
Anna Lucasta
Florence Nightingale
Diana Herbert
F. Hugh Herbert
Ralph Meeker
Jed Harris
Phil Baker
Tennessee Williams
Bowie Knife
San Fernando Valley
Bill Williams
Randy Scott
Bill
Marguerite Raymond
Korreston
Art League
Mt. W
Girl Scout News
Marion Lodge
Old Ha
Frank Bigg
Sear
Melvin King
Amazon River
South America
Associated Press
John B. Rogers
Mt. V
Robinson Hearing Aid Center
Harry Hooker
Mgr
Register-News
Llllerr
Erence Ae
FOX Theatres
Granada
Paul Henreid A
Venture
Tedd
Sa Ae Pot
June Haver
Ray Bolger
Gordon Macrae
Miata
Doc Robbin
Paul Douglas
Feaure
Merle Oberon
Turhan Bay
Paradise
Grady
Moe Ito
Mrs
Matt Warren
Isreaatine
Mr. Vernon
Walton
Lle
Stor, Betty Grable
Dan Dailey
Coayyarel
Coovrigat
Leigu
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