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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1963

Page

7

Marion Building Funeral Home Enlarged by Addition

Peabody Coal Corp purchased the Midland Electric Coal property to add an 18-foot extension to the Mitchell Funeral Home in Marion at 800 N. Market St. The plan includes a 61 by 24 foot chapel and a 32 by feet space for two simultaneous services. The acquisition expands Peabody’s coal reserves in Indiana and Michigan. 1962 output from the properties was about four million tons.

Peabody Coal Corp Midland Electric funeral/Corp M. C. Kelce Peabody Press new/dent T. C. Mullins Midland Purfoot Chase Indiana Minos Galesburg-Peporgen Ria Kelce Peabody Mullins

Carterville Subdivision Under Rapid Development Near Carterville

Don Gentry and George Small announce Carterville's first subdivision near Rt 13 and Division Street with 27 lots developed and 18 sold. Three houses to be completed within 60 days. two more started this week. Sewer lines, lift station, curbing to be turned over to city. another section planned for spring. Contractors Cox Lumber Yard and Delmer Emery. Southern Illinois University Vocational Technical Institute cited as factor in swift growth. area spans Carterville, Herrin, Marion, Carbondale and Crab Orchard Lake vicinity.

Don Gentry Carterville George Small Nash Division J. D White Herrin Crab Orchard Lake Marion Carbondale Rnddividuals Eral Prison Orcill Ilinois University Vocational Technical Institute Carterville Crossroads Rt. 13 Division Street Gentry Cox Lumber Yard Delmer Emery

Architect's Sketchbook Wishing Well Plan by Bill Meyerbecks

The Sketchbook design offers an easy to build wishing well plan that adds rustic charm and garden usefulness. It shows step by step concrete and stonework details and uses standard lumber plus scraps, with customization options and a plan sale of 50 cents through the newspaper.

Bill Meyerbecks

Farmers Home Office Moves to 412 S Court St

The Farmers Home Administration relocates to the Soil Conservation and Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation office at 412 S Court St, open 9 a.m. to 12 noon each Wednesday. An old garage is torn down and a new two story garage and casket display room are under construction by Bearden Construction Co. of Marion.

Soil Conservation and Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation S. Court St

Judges Named to County Supervisory Panel in Illinois

Delbert E. Magers is named to county supervisor duties serving Williamson Baline and Gallatin Counties. Trvin Hillyer and H W Miller invited to judge State Fair entries at the Marion office and Harrisburg district respectively. Calls or letters to professors of plant industries FHA main office and nisburg National Bank Building.

Delbert E. Magers Williamson - Baline Gallatin Trvin Hillyer H.W. Miller Magers Southern Illinois University Marion School of Agriculture FHA Mar|animal Industries Nisburg National Bank Illinois Harrisburg

Carbondale Man Held in Jail for Disturbing the Peace

Edward Jewell Cavitt, 22, of 305 East Sycamore Street Carbondale, was held in the city jail Saturday charged with disturbing the peace. His mother Mrs Louberta Cavitt said he took her car without consent and argued with her.

Carbondale Edward Jewell Cavitt E. Sycamore Louberta Cavitt

Easy remodeling plan offers 50 cent order coupon

You can carry out this architect designed project using an easy to follow plan available for 50 cents. Contact a contractor or lumber dealer for advice on other aspects of the remodeling idea. To order this plan fill in blanks below cut out this coupon and mail with 50 cents to Southern Mindsan Box 2215 General Post Office New York 1 NY CITY.

Editor Takes Prison Post at Menard Penitentiary Training Staff

Herb Gerdemann, former city editor of The Southern Illinoisian, takes a posting at Menard Penitentiary near Chester to teach printing and general newspaper work for the prison publication Me tard Time. His wife, Mrs Alice Evans, previously worked at The Illinois Man as clerk and stenographer. they have a daughter Lynn.

Herb Gerdemann Hertin Ioigan Menard Penitentiary Ross. Randolph Chester Gerdemann Metard Time Post Gerdemann Alice Evans Rt. 2 Chester Herald Ter Tribune Fonte T’hejern Illinoisan Menard University of Mis South School of Journalism The Chester Memory-Gerdemann

Also Mentioned on This Page

F. W. Woolworth Midland Coal Mitchell Funeral Home N. Market St Leonard Mitchell Architect's Sketchbook Farmers Home Office Farmers Home Administration Southern Mindsan General Post Office New York 1 N.Y Trade Today Kingsberry Appling West Highland Subdivision Hewitt ST. Carbondale Kingsberry Homes Crab Orchard Lake Construction CO Southern Illinois Carbondale, Ill SIU Bylines Southern’ Ilinois University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences College of Agriculture School of Business Edwardsville Limpus Realty Main Street Dial House & Gardens House Beautiful Better Homes and Gardens Smith-Alsop Smith. Alsop Anna West Frankfort UMC
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