These Five Men From Carmi Served In Congress
The article recalls Clip Pinger who organized a company in the 1930s to build the New Pfarmony bridge and led the White County Bridge Commission. In 1945 he was elected to Congress to fill the seat of James W. Heidinger and was reelected in 1947 before retiring when his term ended in January 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clippinger
White County
Chppinger
Congress
James W. Heidinger
Mairfield
Experiences Of Early Teaching Continued From Page 3
Copy of 1893 grade card shows Maud Melvin Cater Fairchild of Norris City Public Schools with grades in Orthography 80 Reading 90 Arithmetic 65 Scotography 85 Grammar 100 Department 90. Resolutions express sympathy for three departed White County Teachers Association members and note publication in local papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Melvin Cater Fairchild
Norris City Public Schools
Maud Melvin
J. J. Ison
Charles W. Wynant
White County Teachers Association
Malcolm Fairchild
Roo. Mettinnies
Ralph Smith
White
Carmi Post Office Built Occupied Since 1938 Remodeled
The Carmi Post Office, built and occupied in 1938, underwent recent upgrades including air conditioning, lighting, heating, painting, new furniture, and planned counter line remodeling. It moved from The National Bank building to its current site in 1988, with William BR. Tegan as postmaster and a long history of postmasters, carriers, clerks, and routes detailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willam R. Logan
Carmi
National Bank
Finance Department
The
Brantley Shoe
Bank
William BR. Tegan
Clyde P. Stone
Newt Arbaugh
Louis Ude
Lyle Boyd
Will S. Rice
Clarence Iy
Stein
Gene Bingman
David Johnston
Karlyn Crawford
Rawler
Cletus Dietz
George Clark
Jonve Dixon
Hubert Murdoch
John Funkhouser
Harvey Wheeler
Howard Shook
Frank Biggers
Frank Hubele
Marx Detrov
Walter Youn Jr
Walter Young Sr
Momer Apple
Ernest Russell
Herman Bingman
William McGuire
Walter Lowe
Elmer Bingman
Herb Anderson
Walter Young, Sr
Raymond Speck
Hal Nelson
Hal Upton
Richard Beller
Orvab Pretarsch
Carl Jarmpp
Devil Carmack
Les Murdoch
Gene Cox
Sidney Young
Homer Appl
Curt Matz
Warshall Dill
Martin Wampler
Doyle Hart
New Mexico
Halsey Lamont
Leland Robinson
Orval Bingman
Wilford Edmondson
David Bratton
Vernon Hubele
Ervin Hargraves
Frank Elliott
Clyde Roser
Ted Donehue
Jewell Crawford
Greenway Park
Randolph Village
Barnes
Montgomery Circle
Neeley Circle
Yairview Drive
Mann
Tillsdale
Capture of Booth Tied to Conger Home History
The account links Col. Everton J. Conger to capturing John Wilkes Booth at and near the 202 West Main Street home of Mr. and Mrs. William McKoelligott. It notes Conger’s career as dentist, police magistrate, and federal judge, plus a 1865 pursuit led by Lt. Dougherty and a posse that killed Booth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McKoelligott
West Main Street
Everton J. Conger
Col. Conger
John Wilkes Booth
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Baker
United States Detective Service
Dougherty
Conger
Booth
Sgt. Corbett
Montana Territory
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ora Clayton
Stella Schoemann
Singer
Ella Berry
Anna Berry
McCullough
Johnson
Marnie
Ted Johnson
S. A. Johnson
Cecil
Guy
Ermal
Ted
Leona
Giltner’s
Maunie
Rising Sun School
Dogtown
Marshall Ferry
Emma Pomeroy
Daniel C. Frashier
Conrad Maus
Howard Mullin
Clarence French
William Frashier
Richard Kilmer
Stella Mobley Patrick
Edith Mobley Cummings
Frieda Maus
Clara Stitts Forrester
Ruth Beckley Richter
Pearl Brumblay Auerswald
Fred
Effie Stitts Beasley
Lillie Mullin Whitlow
Anna Beckley Dagley
Dulea Mullin Rose
Cecil French Kilmer
Grace Adkins Simpson
Clarissa Adkins Street
Orvin Stitts
Lillie James
Lela James Morgan
Ina Frashier Frymire
Alta Emery Jones
Ervin Emery
You! Emery
William BR. Logan Carmi
J. Wilkes Booth
Alfred Gord Tennyson
Roman
Everton & Conger
Main and
Church Streets
Highway 460
Carmi, Illinois
ARM Illinois
Carmi Chamber OF Commerce
Carmi Chamber OF Commerce Officers
Albert W. McCallister
David L. Stanley
Howard G. Draper, JR
Charles H. Atteberry
Ruth H. Burdette
Exec
Doris Kemp
Morris E. Appel
Everett Nelson
W. Herbert Bayley
Donald L. Campbell
Walter E. Finch
Talmage W. Kisner
Paul H. McClellan
C. F. Reestock
Ie Ee
John K. Rice
George H. Schanzle
Robert L. Summar
E. R. Veatch
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