Birds Open Later in Illinois Say Sportsmen
Southern Illinois hunters pressed for a Nov 11 opening and Dec 2 close. The Interior Department set Nov 4 to Dec 20, aligning with Mississippi flyway limits. Rules keep four geese per day and four in possession with species options, plus dove limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
Fish and Wildlife Department
Chicago
Secretary of the Interior
J. A. Krug
Crab Orchard Sportsman’s Association
Illinois
Mississippi
Interior Department
Grass Fire Quelled on Linden Street in Carbondale
Carbondale firefighters responded around 11:30 this morning to a grass fire on a vacant Linden Street lot. No injuries or damage were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Linden Street
Daily Free Press Local Rates and Postal Info
The Daily Free Press lists subscription rates for carrier and mail delivery with weekly and multiweek options. It notes mail subscriptions not sold where carrier service exists and states Carbondale Illinois postal classification and AP affiliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Free Press
Southern Mindsan
West Main Street
Carbondale
Illinois
Associated Press
AP News
Illinois Avenue store remodel opens for Greenberg Mercantile unit
The Illinois brokerage store at Illinois Avenue and Monroe Street closes remodeling to debut a modern interior with asphalt tile, fluorescent lighting, new self service equipment, three dressing rooms, a 30 foot rear balcony, and a new 18 by 4 foot display window. The neon sign tops the corner, as Carbondale hosts one of 19 Greenberg Mercantile stores. Fred Meagher oversees the local branch. J C Williams Construction handled work with Carbondale Electric and Weller Plumbing and Heating and Gene Temple painting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Brokerage
Illinois Avenue
Monroe Street
Estelle Patterson
Carbondale Store
Illinois
Missouri
Indiana
Greenberg Mercantile Corporation of St. Louis
Fred Meagher
J. C. Williams Construction Company
Carbondale Electric Company
Weller Plumbing and Heating Company
Gene Temple
July Carbondale Finances Show July Receipts Versus Disbursements
City of Carbondale reports July totals with receipts of 4675.84 and disbursements of 7585.59. Wheel tax 1002.50 and parking meters 1773.70 built 2776.20. Cemetery 361.00 receipts. expenses 718.40 and salaries 413.20. General fund receipts 1194.38 and expenses 638.85 plus office salaries 593.35. Other funds include dog tax 27.00 and fire tax 314.38. county costs 2.88. Police expenses 152.99 and salaries 1151.55. fire expenses 27.03 and salaries 959.59. Health salary 90.00. garbage 35.71 and salaries 446.09. Water district 2 special assessment 80.56.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Harry Grater
Health Department
Map to Publicize Carbondale Center of Midwest Play area
Carbondale will be promoted nationwide as the center of the mid west playground area through a three color map brochure. The Interservice Club Council produced the map which will appear on local business stationary and letterheads. A council committee led by Paul McRoy oversaw publication and the information booth at Main and Illinois streets offers free brochures. Carbondale Community High School students run the booth under N F Rosan supervision with Ellen Abbot Marcella SeguA and Martha Ram staffing. Jaycettes Boy Scouts and American Legion Auxiliary have provided workers since the booth opened in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Mid-West
Interservice Club Council
Southern Illinois
Main
Illinois Streets
Paul McRoy
Carbondale Community High Schol
Ellen Abbot
Marcella Ségar
Martha Ramsay
N. 4
Rosan
Jaycettes
Boy Scouts
American Legion Auxiliary
Woman Injured in Auto Crash Taken to Hospital
Mrs. Clarence Williams of Del Soto was rushed to the Marshall-Browning hospital around 2:35 a.m. with facial lacerations and bruises after an auto accident. Details of the wreck were not learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Williams
del Soto
Marshall- Browning Hospital
250 Miners Idle at Truax Traer Strip
More than 250 miners walked out at the Truax Traer strip seven miles north of Murphysboro after a wildcat strike. Strippers control the tipple and washer causing underground drift miners to quit. Union officials cite alleged favoritism in assigning posts on the tipple as the dispute driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truax-Trear
Murphysboro
Fred Huff
June Record Set At Carbondale Post Office
Postmaster Virgil Brown reports Carbondale post office receipts for July 1949 at 11 030 58 dollars, with July 1948 and June 1949 figures showing increases. The June 1949 total of 11 467 89 dollars set a local record due to two new postage meters at SIU and GMAC, plus refills and sealed machine components.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Virgil Brown
Brown
Southern Illinois University
General Motors Acceptance Corporation
Mr. Brown
Teen Town To Move To Temporary Quonset Huts
Teen Town shifts to two quonset huts at Lincoln school today moving from 404 West Main. Cliff Baggett and Coca Cola trucks aid the move. Reopening expected in 10 to 14 days with an open house. Directors seek funds and a permanent site. Mrs. Ruth Smith notes no contributions yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teen Town
Lincoln School
Cliff Baggett
West Main Street
Ruth Smith
John L. Hudgins
Rural Phones Proposal Made
Congress moves to create a coast to coast rural telephone network under the Rural Electrification Administration. Eu gene Comte cites slow local effort as delaying Jackson County project while 350 local residents sign for service in the Mississippi valley area from Grand Tower to Cora. Illinois Commercial Telephone Company reviews maps as it completes a rural system from Chester to Cora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Rural Electrification Administration
Jackson County
Eugene A. Comte
Mississippi Valley
Grand Tower
Cora
Illinois Commercial Telephone Company
Chester
Enlistments at Carbondale Station Reach Seventeen in July
Carbondale Army and Air Forces recruiting station reports seventeen July enlistments led by Sgt. L. R. Toler. Recipients hail from Du Quoin Murphysboro Jonesboro Chester Carbondale De Soto Makanda and Cobden with Betty I Edwards 18 of Wolf Lake enlisting in the WAF for three years and training at Lackland AFB Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Carbondale Army and Air Forces
L. R. Toler
du Quoin
Murphysboro
Jonesboro
Chester
de Soto
Makanda
Cobden
Toler
Betty I. Edwards
Wolf Lake
Women In
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Interest in Area High at Parley Bitterman Returns from Small Community Meet
Delegates at the sixth annual The Small Community conference held in Yellow Springs Ohio last week showed strong interest in Southern Illinois and its programs. Norman Bit terman Carterville executive secretary said two Illinois businesses expressed interest and that the S IL program appears unique nationwide. The conference ran Friday to Sunday and included leaders from Northwestern University the University of Illinois Monongehela Power company Upjohn Institute Ohio State University and several universities and institutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Area High
Parley Bitterman
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois, Incorporated
S. S
Norman Bitterman
Carterville
Pitterman
Bitterman
S. IL
Monogehela
West Virginia
Community Service, Inc
Arthur E. Morgan
TVA
India
South
Ern Illinois
Prof
Baker Brownell
Northwestern University
Alvin T. Anderson
University of Illinois
E. D. Smith
Monogehela Power Company
Harold Taylor
Upjohn Institute For Community Research
Kalamazoo
Mich
Ronald B. Berger
Bureau For Community Development
University of Wisconsin
James P. Schmidt
Ohio State University
Margaret Snyder
University of Virginia Bureau of Research
E. L. Kirkpatrick
Marietta
Ohio College
Bard McAllister
Rural Life Center
Alpine
Tenn
Mrs. Elizabeth Duncan Dies at 72 in Carbondale
Elizabeth Duncan 72 died suddenly Monday at her home 805 West Pecan Carbondale after a heart attack while in the yard. Funeral services Thursday 2 pm Huffman Funeral Home. Burial Rose Hill cemetery Marion. Survived by daughter Lillian B. King sister Dialthea Boyd Creal Springs and grandson Whitney Duncan King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Duncan
West Pecan Street
Carbondale
Huffman
M. E. Phillips
Rose Hill
Marion
Duncan
Carbondae
Lillian
Peach Retailing Change Advised by Illinois Growers
The peach season is delayed by heavy foliage and cool weather. Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange manager R S McBride notes the setback. Makanda grower E D McGuire urges local stores to adjust prices with growers cuts to boost sales and reduce spoilage. Migrant pickers may account for about half the labor, with picking prices similar to last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. S. McBride
Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange
E. D. McGuire
Makanda
McGuire
Property Transfers March Through Local Deeds
Elmer B. Jacobs transfers land to William Reinecke in section 18 township 9 range 2 for 1700 dollars. Hattie Fuller sells lot 2 block 3 Big Muddy Coal and Iron Co. L D for 1 dollar. D. C. Thompson Sr. sells part lot 95 Tower Grove Cemetery to Clem Morris for 25 dollars. Thomas A. Newton sells lots 1 and 2 block 1 Logans addition to Carbondale for 10 dollars. Marion J. Dahms sells and repurchases lots 1 and 2 block 1 Logans addition to Carbondale with Thomas A. Newton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer B. Jacobs
William Reinecke
Hattie Fuller
Carl Lee
Big Muddy Coal and Iron Co
D. C. Thompson, Sr
Clem Morris
Tower Grove
Thomas A. Newton
Marion J. Dahms
Logan
Carbondale
Carbondale Builds Schweigeman Home in Elizabeth Street
The Virgil Schwegeman family moved into their new residence at 804 South Elizabeth Street in Carbondale, a year after construction began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Schwegeman
South
Elizabeth Street
Carbondale
Just
Hospital Notes Across Multiple Towns Include Carbondale
Hospital notes list patients by town and department including Carbondale Marion Herrin Cobden and Fairfield. Entries cover medical surgical and accident cases with names Mrs Nellie Lewis Dr C C Hall Joyce Bailey and Tommy Stewart among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Lewis
Carbondale
C. C. Hall
Joyce Lee Bailey
Marion
Pete Valco
Herrin
Homer Cunningham
Dallas Adams
Hazel Vancil
Makanda
Sam Flanigan
Lloyd L. Pathael
Surgical
Harriet Lockard
Cobden
Logan Colp
Carterville
Peggy Garret
Fairfield
Tommy Stewart
Betty Martin
Lloyd Bullar
de Soto
Charles E. Dycus
Lawrence Stanley Nance
July Rainfall in Carbondale Falls Short of 1948 Levels
July rainfall in Carbondale totaled 2.60 inches, well below the 4.08 inches recorded in July 1948. June's rainfall reached 3.54 inches, exceeding July by a substantial margin, with the monthly period totaling 94 more inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
West Frankfort Woman Released to Federal Marshal
Lola Frasier a 32 year old West Frankfort nurse was released to Deputy U S Marshal John Small from Harrisburg after being held in Jackson County jail in Murphysboro for investigation into allegedly obtaining narcotic substitute prescriptions at Carbondale drug stores. She was taken to Benton and likely to Lexington Kentucky for treatment with a possible federal grand jury appearance in Danville next month. Narcotic agents recovered the prescription tickets used by Frasier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lola Frasier
West Frankfort
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Carbondale
John Small
U. S
Harrisburg
Benton
Lexington
Federal
Danville
Cleanup Underway As Volunteers Given Words
The Truax Traer Coal company owner of the Burning Star mine in Jackson County has options on 300 acres northwest of St John in Perry county. Fred Huff said no immediate plans exist to work the land. Perry county circuit court records show $45000 involved in the land purchase largely from the estate of Marion Teague the Du Quoin minister and merchant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truax-Traer Coal Company
Burning Star
Jackson County
St. John
Perry County
Fred Huff
Marion Teague
du Quoin
Illinois Central retirement filings for two workers in Illinois
Two Illinois Central Railroad employees seek retirement. A J Rader of Carbondale signal helper and Clayton Perryman of Herrin section laborer both aged 65. Rader began in 1904, Perryman in 1924, with family ties to other IC workers and long local addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central
Carbondale
Herrin
A. J. Rader
Clayton Perrymen
Rader
Marion
Anna
St. Louis
Signal Department
Railroad Retirement Board
Jim
Henry
Hiram
Centralia
North University Avenue
MR. Perryman
Thompsonville
The
Tri County Labor Group Plans 1949 Celebration
George N Bantel of Carbondale represented the Carbondale Central labor body at the Tri County Labor Day association meeting in Marion. Delegates will meet August 7 at 2 p.m. in Marion for further planning of the Labor Day celebration sponsored by the association, with The Murphysboro Independent awarded the printing of the 1949 souvenir book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George N. Bantel
Carbondale
Tri-County Labor Day Association Board
Marion
Carbondale Central Labor Body
Murphysboro
Carbondale Sprayers to Follow Clean-up Trucks
Carbondale launches a citywide cleanup with 22 trucks ready to scrub alleys and vacant lots in a coordinated effort led by Mrs. E L Borkon. Workers are split by ward to cover mapped areas as police and fire departments join in washing streets and preparing spraying teams for Wednesday and Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
E. L. Borkon
Paul Brown
Illinois
Order of Eagles
Carbondale Tavern
Carbondale Fire Department
Brown
Willard Smith sues for North Park property fire loss
Willard L. Smith of Herrin sues Grain Dealers National Mutual Fire Insurance Co. in Marion circuit court seeking 2500 for a blaze at 916 North Park Avenue Herrin that damaged a dwelling and North Park Cafe. Smith, previously tried for arson, was acquitted on fraud. insurer declined payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard L. Smith
Herrin
Williamson County
Smith
Marion
Grain Dealers National Mutual Fire Insurance Co
North Park Avenue
North Park Cafe
H. L. Zimmerman
Lan Haney
Four Youths Fined After Murphysboro DUI Incident
Four Carbondale youths were fined by Murphysboro Police Magistrate George Ozburn after a late night traffic mishap at Eighteenth and Walnut. Driver George Alley, 20, faced a driving while intoxicated charge. three companions also cited for liquor. Alley paid 10 dollars plus 8 in costs. others paid 3 dollars plus 8 in costs. All released after payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Carbondale
George Ozburn
John Ed Brannon
Eighteenth
Walnut
Alley
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Mexico
United States
Sportsmen’s Association
Paul Barrett
Association
Kentucky
Barrett
Cairo
Carbondale-Herrin-Murphysboro
Truax-Traer
E. Duncan
Schwegeman Home
Mr. Schwegeman
Truax-Tracr
Railroad News
I. C
Perryman
North Maple Street
R. A. Pasternak
Vicksburg
Miss
Instrumentman
Giant City Park
Pasternaks
J. E. Slicker
L. E. Brault
B. C. Logue
Brucie
Diane
E. G. Lewis
Lynn
S. E. Nunn
Debby
C. W. Pierce
Tri-County Labor Group
Willard Smith
North Park Insurance
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