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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1950
Page
3
Dr. R F Sondag, Jackson county public health officer, warns measles can be dangerous despite usually mild appearance. He urges physician supervision and isolation to prevent pneumonia and other complications, noting 90 percent of measles deaths follow pneumonia.
In 1937 Jesse Wilson starts a mink herd behind his Carbondale home after buying a female from Barbton Ohio. His 100-strong pens, stocked with cooperative dogs and many cats, illustrate a fledgling regional fur business and the breeds’ March mating cycles.
Six Jackson County girls earned State Fair trips by topping 144 entrants in the county 4 H foods and room improvement show at Riverside Park Murphysboro The winners include Mary Elizabeth Crawshaw Joyce Hastings Louise Camp Shirley Dillinger Sharon Hall Joan Lively and Juanita Troutman The awards were given with blue ribbons by local bankers and the group will participate in Aug 16 18 along with clothing show winners.
Jackson County Farm Advisor W C Anderson announced August pasture tours in Murphysboro on the 1st and Carbondale on the 10th. Stops include James Barrow and Clarence Moore farms with talks on forage mixes and soil conservation film shows at 8 p.m. in local high schools.
Willis Wilson 37 of Jonesboro died Wednesday. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 1 pm at Valley Mission church with burial in Beach Grove cemetery. He is survived by wife Eula two sons Johnny and Everett a daughter Ruth Ann parents Mr. and Mrs. Willis R. Wilson a brother Clarence East St Louis a half brother Theodore Reed three sisters Annabelle Phillips Myra Devis Gladys Land and a half sister Gertie Smith.
A Thompson Manufacturing of Algood Tennessee truck became wedged under the Illinois Central crossing on Route 13 in Murphysboro. After about an hour the vehicle was freed by partial unloading and deflating tires, with minimal damage and one table reportedly damaged.
Roy E. Yung state director of agriculture will address a public Monday night meeting at 7 30 in Shryock auditorium on the SIU campus opening the four day state soil conservation district conference at Southern Illinois university. The event is hosted by SIU and the Mississippi Valley association with director Raymond Dey in charge.
A B Stoelzle vice president and cashier of City National Bank of Murphysboro suffered a stroke yesterday while on a month long vacation in California. Relatives were informed and details were not available, with the stroke’s extent and nature not yet known.
Funeral services for Eugene M. Ottesen 43 of Tilden will be held Saturday afternoon. He and Edward Franklin 35 of Marissa were killed when their car crashed into a truck on Route 13 south of Belleville. Chester Isbell 25 of St Louis was injured.
After visiting Barrow farm where three mixtures are studied the Carbondale tour continues to Southern Illinois University farm to view pasture plots with different mixtures and fertilizer treatments. The first tour in this series occurred Thursday in Gorham.
Southern Illinois University names two specialists to direct new applied arts programs. Ernest J. Simon will lead the Technical Institute for vocational training and serve as associate director of adult education. Ester Johnson will head the Nursing Education program and survey nursing needs in Southern Illinois. Training begins with a three year basic course, aiming to eventual degree programs. Johnson holds degrees from Boston University and Columbia University.
Relatives in Carbondale received a telegram claiming Staff Sgt. Lewis McNeill is dead, but a later published report clarifies the death notice was incorrect and he is still missing in action. The Southern Illinoisan details the mix up and ongoing family uncertainty.
Three men from the State Water Survey Urbana conduct a reconnaissance silt survey of Crab Orchard lake this week to judge if a larger study is needed next year. The project, requested by Norman G. Bitterman, involves U S Fish and Wildlife Service, Illinois State Water Survey, U S Soil Conservation Service, and Southern Illinois University.
About 254 Southern Illinois University graduates will receive degrees this evening at 7 p.m. in McAndrew Stadium with Shryock auditorium as fallback in case of rain. Four students earn high honors and six earn honors. High honors: Grace Helen Miller Duff, Betty McHenry Gray, Irene Elizabeth Oberlieu, Kent Werner. Honors: Betty Ann Heisner, Dorothy Lou Helmer, Esther Patricia Pajak, James Lee Pilasterer, Harry C. Pirtle, Mary Isabel Judith Wilson. The program features Dr. Harold C. Hunt as principal speaker and Russell F. Harrison delivering the invocation.
Cpl. Thomas W. Penland 21 of Jonesboro was accidentally killed July 27 near Merced California while stationed with the U S Army Air Force. Services set for Saturday at 4 p m at First Baptist Jonesboro with burial in Jonesboro cemetery under American Legion auspices. He leaves a wife Norene a mother Mrs Eva Mallory a sister Mrs Maudeda Emmerson a brother Carl two half brothers Eugene and Samuel Mallory and grandmother Mrs Etta Penland all of Jonesboro.
Altha Huth of De Soto won the Jackson County Rural Youth championship at the 4 H softball park north of Murphysboro. She will compete for the state title at the State Fair on August 18. Vergennes's Gene Lichliter finished second. Ten Rural Youth members tested under Elza Brantley and Jack O Daniel with tasks in stopping distance, parking, signaling, and weaving through flags. Last year’s county winner Ray Blacklock could not defend due to ineligibility.
Hospital notes show admissions on Thursday for Mrs Cyrus Etherton medical in Carbondale Mrs Ed Smith medical Makanda Frank Rendleman medical Goreville George Crowell medical Carbondale Mrs Orman Moulton medical and Mrs W E Kelley medical in Marion Discharges on Thursday include Mrs Andrew Bell medical Stonefort Mrs George Fergus surgical Mrs Dora Grisham medical Howard Meecham medical Carbondale Mrs Chester Hale and son Carbondale Mrs John Fisher and daughter Frank Crispin Rt 2 Buck Carbon dale admitted to Barnes hospital St Louis last Friday for rest and observation no report on his condition yet available.
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