Deaths Relate to IC official and others in area
Obituaries list John F. Sharkey 74 of Carbondale retired Illinois Central Rail Road executive, died Aug 1 1978 in Styrest Nursing Home after long illness. Also noted are deaths of Lula M. Campbell 85 Mt Vernon. Ellis Lee Hudson 75 Carbondale. Ruth Mae Haines 75 Christopher. Lora Burgess 67 Stuart Fla.. Mabel Roach Bracy 85 Marion. Helen Myers 64 Du Quoin. Ethan Elliott Sr. 79 Murphysboro. Betty Hutton 47 Winter Park Fla.. Gertrude McDonald 79 West Frankfort. Funeral arrangements and survivors listed for each, with churches and cemeteries named.
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John Francis Sharkey
Oakland
Carbondale
Styrest
Sharkey
Illinois Central Railroad
St. Louis
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
Clinton
William
Mary Sheedy Sharkey
Yvonne Fox
Jackson, Tenn
Mary Kay Grimes
Glendale
Ida Bogan Funeral Services in Metropolis
Ida Bogan 85 of 503 W 11th St Metropolis dies July 30 1978 at home Funeral services set for 2 p.m Thursday at First Baptist Church Metropolis Burial in Metropolis Masonic Cemetery calling hours 6 p.m Wednesday to 11 a.m Thursday Mt Horeb Free Will Baptist Church Metropolis arrangements by Jackson Funeral Home Survivors include four daughters Clara Walker Mary Thomas Essie Mae Brasher Flora Halton two sisters Hollie Trimm Blanche Yarbro 27 grandchildren 42 great grandchildren eight great great grandchildren.
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Ida Bogan
11Th St
Metropolis
First Baptist Church
Masonic Cemetery
Friends
Mt. Horeb
Free Will Baptist Church
Jackson Funeral Home
Clyde Shadowens Funeral Services in Johnston City
Clyde Shadowens 74 of 608 Follis Street Johnston City dies July 31 1978 in Marion Memorial Hospital Funeral services set for 11 a m Wednesday at Murman and Wilson Funeral Home Johnston City burial in Rosehill Cemetery Marion Friends may call after 4 p m today at the funeral home He was born August 11 1903 in Herrin to Jim and Lois Shadowens married Dena Sprague June 28 1973 a retired coal miner and United Mine Workers Local 9111 survivor list includes wife two sons a stepson a brother Fern and a sister eight grandchildren and three others listed Clyde Croslin 59 of Sparta former Carbondale resident dies July 30 1978 at Sparta Community Hospital funeral at 10 a m Wednesday at First Baptist Church Sparta McDaniel Funeral Home Sparta.
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Lula M. Campbell
S. 23Rd St
Mt. Vernon
Pinckneyville
Good Samaritan Hospital
Campbell
Logan Street Baptist Church
Perry County
F. M
Mary T. Strait Marlow
S. Dyer Campbell
Virginia Purnell
Hughey
Paradise Prairie
Ellis Lee Hudson
N. Wall St
Carbondale
Rock Hill Baptist Church
Oakland Cemetery
Jackson Funeral Home
Hudson
New Haven Center
Ilinois
Pauline Webb
Hewitt Hudson
Bashierdeen Hudson
Doris Hudson
Uj. L
Archibald
Dorothy Jones
Charlotte Hudson
Milwaukee
Wis
Marilyn Fortman
Aurora
Ruth Mae Haines
W. Market St
Christopher
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
New Madrid
Joseph R. Schneider
Jay Branam
Tamaroa
Glen Branam
Hickman
Anthony Branam
East Prairie
Shelby Funeral Home
Kringer-Searby Funeral Home
Taylor United Methodist Church
Vienna
Lora Burgess
Stuart, Fla
Taylor Church
Whitney Funeral Home
Florida
George
Lizzie Smith Phillips
Bill
Kenneth
Cobden
Ruth Isom
Bud Phillips
Martha Ellison
Montpelier
Iowa
Beatrice Casper
Bessie Staples
East St. Louis
Mabel Roach Bracy
S. Market St
Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
Carterville
Eli
Mary West Drennan
Disciples of Christ Christian Church
Leon Earl Bracy
Murphysboro
Betty Hall
Baldwin, Mo
Mary Jo Kelley
Columbus
Jessie Roach
Lorraine Bragg
Washington, D. C
Lula Roach
Wilson Funeral Home
Rosehill Cemetery
Funeral
Neal Memorial Chapel
du Quoin
Helen Henrietta Myers
W. North St
Myers
St. Paul Baptist Church
Muncie
Ind
Clarence
Pearl Fisk
Bleyers
Ark
van Allen Myers
Barbara Myers
JoAnn Jackson
Louise Lilly
Wilma Freeman
Richard
Michael
Carl
Donald
Billy Myers
Zelma Kelley
Halbert Rivers
George Caldwell
Mounds
West Lawn Cemetery
Jonesboro
Ethan Clyde Elliott Sr
North 16Th St
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Elliott
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Henderson
Mary Jane Elliott
Julia Cantrell
Buster Elliott
Connie Hall
Chattanooga
Crawshaw Mortuary
Clyde Shadowens
Follis St
Johnston City
Murman and Wilson Funeral
Rosehill
Mr. Shadowens
Herrin
Jim
Lois Shoemake Shadowens
Dena Sprague
Shawneetown
United Mine Workers of America
Melvin
Sarasota
Fla
James Leon Sprague
Saline County
Fern
First Baptist Church
Sparta
Clyde Croslin
Sparta Community Hospital
McDaniel Funeral Home
Woman’s purse stolen at Marion reunion in Missouri
Neelyville, Missouri woman Barbara Baccus attended a Marion family gathering at Joe Collins home Route 1 Saturday night. Her purse was left on a pickup hood, later found empty in a field. Loss included two $400 checks made to a chemical company, cash, jewelry, and other items.
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Neelyville
Marion
Williamson County Sheriff's Deputies
Barbara Baccus
Joe Collins
Route 1
Livestock National Stockyards Hogs and Cattle Prices Report
Hogs trading active at the National Stockyards with barrows and gilts up about .50, some $1 higher for weights over 250 lbs. Latest bids show 48.25 to 48.50 for 200-240 lb, 48.00-48.25 for 230-250 lb, and 46.50-47.50 for 240-270 and 270-290 lb weight ranges. Sows steady, bears 38.50-39.00. Cattle and calves 1,400 on offer with moderate activity on slaughter steers and heifers, cows down 1.00-2.00. Slaughter steers 53.00-54.00, 2-4 1050-1200 lbs mix of good to prime. 51.50-53.50 for 975-1250 lbs. Holsteins 48.50 for 1150 lbs. 1100-1325 lbs Holsteins 46.00-47.50. Slaughter heifers 49.00-51.00 for 900-1050 lbs. 47.00-48.50 for 700-1000 lbs. Cows utility 35.50-39.00. boning utility 39.00-40.00. cutters 33.00-37.50. canners 30.00-33.00. Bulls 1,050-1,800 lbs 42.00-46.00. Sheep, 100 spring slaughter lambs steady. 58.00-61.00 for 90-110 lb, prime prices.
Human aura topic at SIU talk Wednesday set
A lecture on the science of the human aura is 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the SIU Carbondale Student Center Mississippi Room. The event is free and open to the public at SIU C. A slide lecture precedes at 7:30 p.m. in the same venue with details on aura studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SIU
Eddyville
Board ‘of Fire and Police Commissioners
City Hall
Carbondale
Willisville
Benton Planning Commission
Mississippi Room
Siuc
Emma C. Hayes
W. Willow
Logan mining class registration opens for fall
John A. Logan College announces fall registration for coal mining technology classes. New and returning students may register from 9 a.m. to noon at the coal mining technology office on campus through Aug. 11. For non morning times contact Kay Brown to schedule an appointment.
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John A. Logan College
Logan
Kay Brown
Showers Forecast Across Maine and Southern States Today
The National Weather Service notes showers in Maine and parts of the South including northern Texas Louisiana Oklahoma and Arkansas. Hot conditions prevail nationwide with higher readings in the Southwest. In Southern Illinois Monday high reached 8 degrees with early morning and late afternoon readings around 6 degrees. Observed 9 am temperature was 79 degrees with sunset at 8 05 pm and sunrise at 5 49 am.
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Maine
Ational Weather Service
Texas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Ilinois
Cocaine sale brings suspended sentence
Steven D. Fain, 24, of Chicago, a former Southern Illinois University Carbondale student, received a three year suspended sentence for distribution of a controlled substance. He was placed on five years probation and ordered to serve consecutive weekends in custody 6 p.m. Friday to 6 p.m. Sunday. The undercover cocaine sales occurred between Oct 12 and Apr 5 and involved 9.5 grams. Four other counts were dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steven D. Fain
Chicago
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
U.S
Mary Beauparlant
Fain
Gailty
James Foreman
Benton
Foreman
Southern Illinois Enforcement Group
SIEG
Flat tire stops car thieves in De Soto case
Jackson County deputies report a flat tire stopped burglars who had stolen Cheryl Alstat’s 1976 Ford LTD from De Soto early Friday. Carterville police sighted the same car noon Saturday and, after checking registration, found the suspects had fled on foot following a tire failure. No trace of the thieves was found and the car sustained only a flat tire.
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Cheryl Alstat
de Soto
Jackson County
Carterville
Alstat
Route 1
de Sote
U.S
Carbondale Station Robbery and Car Theft Report
An armed robber took cash from attendant Bret Crone at Glenn's Standard Service, 600 E Main St, Carbondale, about 10 45 p.m. Monday. The suspect is a black man about 20, 5 feet 5 inches tall, armed with a small blue steel revolver. Police continue the investigation. In a separate incident Esther Siderman of Route 3 reported her 1966 Volkswagen stolen from the Synergy lot, 905 S Illinois Ave, between 6 and 11 55 p.m. Monday. The beige car had 1978 license UB1914.
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Bret Crone
Glenn
E. Main St
Carbondale
Esther Siderman
Route 3
Synergy
S. Illinois Ave
Kansas Man Hurt in Crash on U S 51
A Kansas man remains in stable condition at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale after a two car collision on U S 51 a mile south of Carbondale. The 2:25 p m crash involved Steven M Drauchli 19 of Chicago and another driver Rob ert Bistiner 22 of Litchfield who were uninjured. A passenger Titus Clayr 49 of Hudson Kan was admitted with multiple lacerations.
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Kansas
Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
U.S. 51
Steven M. Drauchli
Chicago
Drauchli
Robert Bistiner
Litchfield
Drauchli Auto
Titus Clayr
Hudson, Kan
Local Cinema Listings Open with Classic Titles in Carbondale Area
The Carbondale calendar features Saluki screenings including Corvette Summer at Saluki 1 and Star Wars at Saluki 2. Other venues in Harrisburg Marion Eldorado Murphysboro Herrin and Coulterville present a mix of 1970s and early 1980s films such as Heaven Can Wait Jaws 2 American Graffiti Grease and Star Wars across multiple theaters.
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Carbondale
Cinema
Harrisburg
Orpheum
New Liberty
Murphysboro
FOX
Marion
Hooper
Marion Drive-In
Herrin
ROXY
Coulterville
Desire
University 4
How to Submit a Public Calendar Item
The Southern Illinoisan prints free public meetings and entertainment items. Send calendar notices to Calendar, The Southern Illinoisan, 710 North Illinois, Carbondale, IL 62901 one work in advance. Include date time place a brief description and admission charge if any.
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Southern Illinoisan
North Illinois
Carbondale
Stolen Hertter’s Market truck found near Grand Tower
Murphysboro police recovered a 1967 GM pickup stolen Thursday night from Hertter’s Market on old U.S. 51 south of Carbondale. The truck, found on Snakes Ferry Road near Grand Tower, had dents that blocked a door. Thieves may have hit a tree and spun the truck. No arrests. Owner Louis Hertter Jr. reported the theft Friday morning. value about $1,200.
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Hertter
U.S. 51
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Grand Tower
General Motors
Louis Edward Hertter Jr
Youth's injuries from accident near Energy mine
Todd Fowler a 17 year old from Energy was found injured after leaving home on a motorcycle July 25. He was returned by an unidentified driver to a coal mine near Energy the next day. Police recovered his motorcycle and see no evidence of a beating. Fowler is hospitalized at Herrin Hospital.
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Energy
Williamson County Sheriff’s Deputies
Todd Fowler
Fowler
Herrin Hospital
Fire damages mobile home in West Frankfort
An early morning fire gutted the back bedroom of a mobile home at 816 W Wardens Street in West Frankfort. The blaze started about 5 25 a m and was confined to the bedroom. Owned by Kathy Griffith of West Frankfort, the cause is undetermined and no injuries were reported. The trailer suffered heavy heat and smoke damage.
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Mobile
Warden St
West2Frankfort
Kathy Griffith
West Frankfort
Correction on Williamson obituary and SIU campus photo
The Monday obituary misidentified Leonard Williamson as an elder of First Christian Church. He was a deacon. A photo caption about the School of Technical Careers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale was wrong. only the far right building in the image is under construction for the school.
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Leonard Williamson
Onley St
Carterville
First Christian Church
School of Technical Careers
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
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John F. Sharkey
Ariz
Hugh M. Delaney
Decatur
John Joseph Grimes
William James Grimes
Patricia Grimes
Judith Marie Grimes
St. Xavier Catholic Church
Oakdale
Huffman
St. Francis Xavier Church
Mabel Roach
Bracy
Helen H. Myers
Ethan C. Elliott Sr
Betty Hutton
Winter Park
Karnak
Wilson
Masonic
Cypress
Ms. Hutton
Sears Roebuck and Co
First Baptist Church of
Lawrence and
Laureen ‘Farris
Eddie James
Artie Farris
Gertrude McDonald
American Beauty Nursing Home
Murman and Wilson Funeral Home
Sunset Hills
McDonald
Carbondale Jaycees
Sirloin Stockade
Alcoholics Anonymous
E. College
Jackson County Community Mental Health Center
Illinois State Music Teachers Association
Morris Library
Siu C
Terry. Martin
Logan Mining
Varsity
National Weather Service
NOAA
Dept. of Commerce
Carbondale Station
A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc
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