Favorable signs for Herrin water curtailment program
Herrin officials report the city water curtailment plan reducing demand during hot weather shows favorable results. Low pressure reached about 6 p m from 50 pounds while earlier in the week it dropped to 25 pounds. The council planned a volunteer program with sprinkler and car wash restrictions from 9 a m to 6 p m and 10 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Lester Jordan
Jordan
Dave H. Miller
Tordan
James Wesley Rushing Dies at 80 in Carterville
James Wesley Rushing 80 of Washington Street Carterville died about 2 30 am today at Herrin Hospital after a week of illness. He was a retired carpenter and a member of First Baptist Church Carterville. He leaves a daughter Delpy Cal Wayne of Car of Cents Earl of 7 Boa Colo and James of Hammond Ind brothers John West Frankfort and William Daytona Beach Fla. Arrangements incomplete services at First Baptist Carterville with Rev Floyd tent officiating burial in Hillcrest cemetery. Friends may call Riggin Funeral Home after 10 am Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wesley Rushing
Washington St
Carterville
Herrin Hospital
First Baptist Church of
Delpy
Cal
Wayne
Earl
Colo
James
Hammond
John
West Frankfort
William
Daytona Beach
Fla
First Baptist Church
Murphysboro Man Fined for Driving While Intoxicated
Newton Hammond of Murphysboro was fined 107 dollars including costs by Murphysboro Police Magistrate Charles Helwig Sr on a guilty plea to driving while intoxicated. He was arrested late Monday night by city police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Newton Hammond
Murphysysboro
Charles Helwig Sr
Hammond
Police Briefs From Herrin Report Minor Violations
Police briefs list Paul E. Brown of Chicago fined 11.70 for speeding in Energy. Roy Fincher of Herrin penalized 34.30 for assault battery and property destruction. Laurance Colson of Herrin faced 19.30 for assault battery and property damage. An Rt 2 resident paid 10 in Herrin for reckless driving on city streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Paul E. Brown
Chicago
Justice of the Peace
Joe Ing. Herrin
Roy Fincher
Justice of the
Laurance Colson
EEE Panshoro
Rt. 2
Charles Helwig Sr
Area Airmen First in Jets for Naval AAU 923 Unit
Lt. Orlen Wallace of Carbondale and Lt. Joyce Bailie of Herrin became the first AAU 923 pilots to qualify in the Panther jet at Lambert Field St. Louis. Three other AAU 923 pilots qualified as the unit at Cape Girardeau, Missouri joins jet aviation. Wallace believes he is the first Naval AAU pilot to solo in the Panther. Other area members include Lt. William Davis and Gary Potocki.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Aau
U. S
Lambert Field
St. Louis
AAU
Carbondale
Herrin
Naval Reserve Air Auxiliary
Orlen Wallace
Joyce D. Bailie
Navy
Cape Girardeau
Wallace
Naval
William T. Davis
Gary Potocki
Royalton
USNRR
Reicruit
Charles Hissong Dies at 82 in Tilden
Charles L. Hissong of Tilden, a retired coal miner born near Coulterville in 1873, died Sunday in Spar ta Community Hospital after a long illness. He is survived by sons John of Tilden and Harry of Manteno and daughters Mrs. Pearl Collins of Tilden and Mrs. Erma Kirkman of Manteno. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Lynn Funeral Home, with burial in Tilden Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Hissong
Tilden
Sparta Community Hospital
Coulterville
John
Harry
Manteno
Pearl Collins
Erma Kirkman
Lynn Funeral Home
Steeleville Youth Faces Larceny Charge
Bill Hatley, 24, of Steeleville is charged with attempted theft of car accessories from a used car lot on Rt 144 west of Marysboro. Hatley was arrested by Sheriff Howard Cheatham and Deputy Arch Edwards late Saturday on the lot and released from Jackson County jail in Murphysboro on a $1000 bond pending a Wednesday hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Hurley
Steeleville
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Atley
Rt. 144
Marysboro
Hatley
Jackson
Howard Cheatham
Arch Edwards
Masters Jr. to receive doctoral degree at Wisconsin
Nick A. Masters Jr., son of Carbondale Hub Cafe owners, will earn his doctorate at the University of Wisconsin on August 10. He will join Wayne University in Michigan as a political science faculty appointee after completing studies at Southern Illinois University and SIU. The family plans to move to Detroit before September 12 for new duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick A. Masters, Jr
University of Wisconsin
Young Masters
Wayne University
It. Mich
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Masters
George N
Carbondale
Herrin Council Approves Industrial Site near Peblica area
The Herrin City Council in a special session approved returning city property west of the Peblica Service Co to the city if no construction starts within 90 days. The Chamber of Commerce aims to attract a $200000 plant of 41 000 square feet potentially employing 60 to 70 workers. The four acre site, once WPA property, sits west of an ice company on 27th street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Peblica Service Co
Allen Whittenberg
Herrin Chamber of Commerce
Ray Hubbs
Chamber
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Lions Hear Student Rotary Change Possible
Carbondale Lion's Club will hear SIU speech student Chuck Gruner read humor at the Friday noon meeting. His talk is titled The Humour of Humour or Why do Men Laugh at Bermuda Shorts. W. E. Womick will be initiated. Roy Ramsey may be replaced as speaker by a German Girl Scout visiting Carbondale per John Armstrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Lion’s Club
Southern Illinois University
Chuck Gruner
Gruner
W. E. Womick
Roy Ramsey
Central Illinois Public Service Office
Rotary Club
John Armstrong
Airman Walter H. Dean Killed in Ill. Auto Crash
Airman Walter H. Dean aged 36 died when his car left U S Highway 136 near Potomac Illinois and rolled into a field about 200 feet away. He was a Belleville native.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Walter H. Dean
Potomac
Ill
Belleville
Murder Charge Brought Against Red Bud Resident
Randolph County authorities filed a murder charge against 20 year old Robert Blake of Red Bud for the fatal beating of 27 year old Russell James Eaton, a Cutler truck driver. Blake remains jailed in Randolph County with bond not set. An inquest may be scheduled after autopsy results. Funeral services for Eaton set for Wednesday in Cutler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randol County
Robert Blake
Red Bud
Russell James Eaton
Randolph County
William A. Schuwerk
William H. Schuwerk
Blake
Randolph
Chester
Eaton
Sparta
Gene Hardy
Cutler
Helen
Edith Vanover
Lester Walker
United Presbyterian Church
Walker Funeral
Metropolis Crash Kills Man, Wounds Wife and Truck Driver
A Buell Missouri man was killed and his wife critically injured when their car collided with a southbound trailer truck on Rt. 45 north of Metropolis about 5 45 a m. Percy Collar died at Riverside Hospital Paducah. His wife is listed critical Harold Gray of Nashville Tenn the truck driver is in good condition The collision occurred on a curve about four miles north of Metropolis. The truck then overturned and struck the home of L H Baker. No one in the house was hurt Collar was a boiler maker at the Joppa Electric plant all details from the scene recorded by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buell
Metropolis
Percy Collar
Riverside Hospital
Paducah
Harold Gray
Nashville, Tenn
Collar
L. H. Baker
Baker
Joppa Electric Plant
Funeral set for James J. Smith Murphysboro teacher
James J. Smith 80 a Murphysboro resident died Saturday in St. Louis from injuries suffered in a May 22 hit run on Bridge Street. Rites will be at Jerusalem Church near Pomona with Rev. Hugh Stearns officiating. Burial in Hagler Cemetery. Friends may call at Meyers Denny Murphysboro until 1 p.m. Wednesday. Survived by six children, 16 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. sisters and other relatives listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Smith
Murphysboro
Jerusalem Church
Pomona
Hugh Stearns
Haglerd
Meyers-Denny Funeral Home
Smith
St. Luke’s Hospital
St. Louis
Bridge Street
Jackson County
Deleane
Alto Pass
Glenn
Wayne
Dillon
Winford
Danville
Clifford
Pinckneyville
Uba Row
Lawndale
Investigation Demanded Into Illinois Girls School Administration
State Sen Lottie Holman O Neill urged a sweeping probe of the Illinois State Training School for Girls in Geneva after several inmates overdosed on sleeping pills. The push comes amid concerns over administration at the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois State Training School For Girls
Geneva
Lottie Holman O’neill
Downers Grove
New Dormitory Nearly Ready for SIU Coeds
A $68000 dormitory to house 60 Southern Illinois University coeds will be done in two or three weeks. Builder Paul Barrett of Carbondale said grading and landscaping around the 510 S. University Ave. building will finish next week. The dormitory, built by J. E. Brooks, George Stevens and Everett Pratt, has been filled for the fall term and room costs are similar to Woody Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Sparta Youth Injured in Hunting Accident
Harold Glenn 21 of Sparta was injured Monday while hunting near Schulmewest of Glenn. He said another hunter mistook his arm for a squirrel and fired. The shooter, Earl Carl of Tilden, was hunting on land owned by August Lindeweidel. Glenn was treated at Sparta Community Hospital and listed in unknown condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Glenn
Sparta
Schulme
Glenn
Eugene Glenn
August Lindeweidel
Earl Carl
Tilden
Sparta Community Hospital
Damaged Cheese Spark Lawsuit in Williamson County Circuit Court
Chicago Southern Transportation Co files a 1500 suit against Tennessee Packers Inc in Marion alleging a Mack Crowell driven truck crashed into a two ton tractor trailer loaded with cheese on December 18 1953 three miles south of Marion on Rt 37. The crash reportedly destroyed 160 cases of cheese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Southern Transportation Co
Tennessee Packers, Inc
Williamson County
Marion
Chicago Company
Mack Crowell
Tennessee Company
Rt. 37
Marion oil firms seek city leases amid dry well talk
Marion council heard investors describe the area as sitting on an oil field as three companies sought leases on city lands. Guy E. McGaughey Jr. said his Illinois Mid-Continent Oil Co. stays hopeful after a nonproducing Erwin Fosse farm well near 2,400 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Guy E. McGaughey Jr
Lawrenceville
Ting
New
Illinois Mid-Continent Oil Co
Erwin Fosse
Fairfield
Northeast Cemetery
L. C. Morphis
Crippled Kids Camp At Giant City Park With SIU Support
By August 13 nearly 140 handicapped children will have had two weeks of camping at Giant City State Park through a program with Southern Illinois University Illinois Division of Services for Crippled Children and the Easter Seal agency. The six week camp operates two week shifts with 60 to 70 children at a time and features dancing hiking skits and games as counselors help each child gain confidence and independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giant City State Park
Southern Illinois University
Illinois Division of Services For
Crippled Children
Southern Illinois Assn
Crippled, Inc
Easter Seal Agency
SIU
Little Grassy Lake
Murphysboro Moves Toward Downtown Parking Lot
Murphysboro completes step one in creating a 34 car municipal lot at 9S 13th St. The city pays $6,750 to former owner Tommy Morgan after council approval and resolves a legal minor error. City will clear the site and surface it using parking meter funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
13Th St
C. E. White
Tommy Morgan
Joe Williams
Mrs H C Dillow Dies Grand Tower Resident
Mrs Herman C Dillow 64 a Grand Tower resident died at Doctors Hospital Carbondale after several months illness. Survived by husband Herman C Dillow daughters Mrs Ralph Anderson Mrs Wendell Deith Mrs William O Fisher and Mrs Russell Tate sons Walter and others five grandchildren and two brothers. Body to be moved to home on Tower for services Wednesday 2 pm at Baptist Church with Rev W W Hunsaker and Rev Paul Spencer officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Dillow
Grand Tower
Herman C. Dillow
Doctor's Hospital
Carbondale
Dillon
Ralph Anderson
Wendell Deith
William O. Fisher
Orland Park
Russell Tate
Norfolk
Walter
Grand Bene Ve Gager
Lis
Dintille
Fount L. Gunn
Murphysboro
Paul Gunn
Cobden
Baptist Church
W. W. Hunsaker
Paul Spencer
Neighbor Starts Fund Drive After Carbondale Robbery
Nick Masters owner of the Hub Cafe near Laverne Trout newsstand launched a collection to repay the blind Carbondale dealer robbed last week. Donations began at $1 each with $10 reported by noon as effort to recover the $37 stolen. no suspect has been caught.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
N.A
Nick) Masters
Hub Cafe
Laverne Troutman
Masters
Radio Figure Dies in Buffalo Radio Host Magnuson
Buffalo August 2 AP J Woodrow Magnuson a 41 year old radio personality for two decades died Monday after a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Woodrow Magnuson
Scrap chair helps girl fight heat in Illinois town
A folding lawn chair costing 60 cents was built for 10-year-old Billie Jean Tattersall of Murphysboro to beat the heat this week. The chair was crafted by her 18-year-old cousin Harold Berger from scrap lumber and 60 cents worth of awning cloth and two iron rods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie Jean Tattersall
Murphysboro
Billie Jean
Harold Berger
Berger
NLRB Sets Conference On Daniel Co Case Pickets
An informal conference and a formal hearing before the NLRB are planned this month in St. Louis to decide if Daniel Grocer Co employees in several departments want union representation. Ralph Kennedy, regional director, said a petition is filed for hearings, with dates set for August 11 and August 17 if needed, amid ongoing charges of unfair labor practices by the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Labor Relations Board
Daniel Grocer Co
NLRB
St. Louis
Ralph Kennedy
Daniel Stores
Almalagmeted
Alf
Kennedy
Daniel Co
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Marion
Sparta
Chester
du Quoin
Pinckneyville
Cobd
Sheriff Probes New Shootings On Route 13
Sheriff Howard Cheatham said a mystery gunman fired at a passing car on Route 13 between Murphysboro and Carbondale. Unidentified motorist report started a county wide probe into four prior incidents since Feb 14 and another in June on the De Soto road. No injuries. damage limited to dents or broken glass. Weapon described as a .22 caliber rifle or pistol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon Rt. 13
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Jackson
Howard Cheatham
de Soto Blacktop
Elk Coal Co resumes partial operation after tipple wreck
The Elk Coal Co near Elkville resumed partial work Monday after an Illinois Central Railroad boxcar crash damaged the tipple last week. Repair crews have been straightening and raising the structure but it cannot yet handle coal washing or sorting, with only mine run coal being loaded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elk Coal Co
Elkville
Ilinois Central Railroad
Mines Report Summary for Wednesday Work Status
Mines Working Wednesday Freeburn washer and shaft Freeman 4 Buckhorn Old Ben 9 Old Ben 14 Orient 2 Orient 3 Wilkins Coal Co Fidelity New Kathleen Truax-Traer Not Working Zeigler 3 Old Ben 22 Pyramid No Report Burning Star No 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeburn
Freeman
Buckhorn Old Ben
Old Ben
Orient
Wilkins Coal Co
Fidelity
New Kathleen Truax-Traer
Zeigler
Pyramid
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Orlen H. Wallace
Usnrb-R
Byron S. Moxley
Charleston
James Rushing
Orlen Wallace, Joyce Bailie Fly
Panther
Charles Hissong
Steeleville Youth
Larceny Charge
N. A. Masters JR
Herrin Council
LIONS
Rotary
Ial
Mid-Continent
Eldorado
Raymond McCormick
McGaughey
Duane Leach
N. E. Niemiller
Edwardsville
Nils Ohlson
John Zimmer
Alton
Sir Farrell Flatt
Donald Raines
Raines
Burning Star
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