Southern Illinois Calendar Public Meetings and Obituaries
Calendar notes meetings for West Frankfort Carbondale Jonesboro Carterville Anna Vienna Township High School and regional commissions. Also listings for Benton Jackson-Williamson Action Agency and SIU art exhibit. Movie listings across multiple theaters. Obituaries: Amy Knowles of Anna and Guy Wilkinson of Anna with funeral plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton Airport Authority Board
Airport Administration
Jackson - Williamson Community Action Agency Executive Board
Carbondale City Hall
Southern Ilinois University
Charles V. Hitner
Bonnie Slocum
Mitchell Gallery
SIU
West Frankfort officer resigns after 20 years service
West Frankfort City Council accepted the resignations of a 20 year police veteran William Willis effective Monday and Fire and Police Board member John M Vincent. Willis cited another job. Mike Drumstra was re appointed to a three year board term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire and Police Board
West Frankfort
William Willis
John M. Vincent
Mike Drumstra
Louis Tresso
Stotlar
Taft Streets
Orchard
7Th Streets
Trinity Methodist Church
Maynard Arnett
S. Ida St
Jim Doak
E. Main St
Zetta Lee
Chestnut St
Two fined for exposure in Carbondale Court
James T. Walker, 19, of Anna Illinois, and Karen Ann Schuster, 18, of Sheboygan Wisconsin, were fined 10 dollars and 5 dollars costs after pleading indecent exposure in Carbondale City Court. They were arrested Saturday night on North Oakland avenue while riding a motorcycle in their undergarments with a denim jacket on the bike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. Walker
S. Main St
Anna
Karen Ann Schuster
Sheboygan
Wis
Carbondale
Walker
Miss Schuster
Oakland Avenue
Theft reported in Carbondale residents and businesses
Carbondale Police investigate two Monday thefts including a residence loss of a $350 silver dinner service and $150 in jewelry from Mrs. Lillian Andresen at 2005 Dale Drive between 5 and 9 10 p m. Earlier, auto parts were taken from Vic ee Chevrolet and Koenig's parts department with a pried door entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Lillian Andresen
Dale Drive
Vic Ee Chevrolet
E. Mainz
Hamilton Memorial Nursing Home to Add 36 Beds
A $129,192 federal grant funds a 36-bed addition at Hamilton Memorial Nursing Home in McLeansboro. Total project cost reaches $388,000 for a new long-term patient wing funded under the Hill-Burton Act from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Orval Mertz serves as nursing home administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Memorial Nursing Home
McLeansboro
Kenneth J. Gray
D-West Frankfort
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Orval Mertz
A L Gassaway rites in Benton
Services for Arthur Loren Gassaway 63 of 1007 S First St Benton will be at 2 p m Wednesday at Poulson Freeman Funeral Home Benton The Rev William Bohn will officiate Burial will be in the Masonic and Odd Fellows Cemetery He died Sunday in East St Louis of a heart attack He was owner and operator of Summers Commercial College in East St Louis an accounting instructor and college president He was a World War II Army veteran and a Baptist Church American Legion member He is survived by his mother Mrs Etta Lampley Gassaway Benton sisters and brother Floyd of St Louis Mo
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lela Gosnell
S. 24Th St
Herrin
Crab Orchard
Frank
Susan Motsinger Jackson
Andy G. Gosnell
Paducah
Andy
Mildred Nielson
Genoa Meneese
Mary Ottolini
Petrynicc
Chicago
Eva Metheny
Marion
Essie Hobbs
Pauline Barnes
Carterville
George van Natta
Edward E. Souders
East Lawn Memorial Gardens
Gaither
Vera Irene Summers
Battle Creek
Mich
John and Paul
California
William
Wisconsin
J. C. and
Mack
Benton
Lula Akin
Madge Trendel
West Frankfort
Flora Payne
Akin
Alden
Washington
Columbus
Oral
Thompsonville
Pleasant Hill Church
Church
Poulson-Freeman
Arthur Loren Gassaway
S. First St
Poulson . Freeman Funeral
William Bohn
Masonic and
Odd Fellows
Gassaway
Summers Commercial College
East S. Louis
East St. Louis
Business College
Barney Gassaway
Etta Lampley Gassaway
The
Baptist Church
American Legion
Floyd
St. Louis
Walter J. Wild
Waterloo
Three West Frankfort men held on copper theft charges
John Hogan Ralph Curtis and George Finney were detained in Marion on theft of 300 pounds of copper from Pollack junkyard West Frankfort. The trio was present as a check for the sale was issued by Bert Wilson at his Dogwalk yard. They await transfer to Franklin County jail for theft accusations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
Williamson County
Harold Farner
Marion
John Hogan
Ralph Curtis
George Finney
Farner
Franklin County
Pollack
Ova Greer
Bert Wilson
Dogwalk
Wilson
Jewel Route Salesman Opportunity
One of the nation’s leading food concerns seeks a bread milk or dry cleaning route man or any sales or service worker. Minimum weekly guarantee of 100 with averages of 140 or more, five day week. Hospital life insurance fringe benefits company vehicle merchandise furnished Mount Vernon Illinois 242-3051.
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Mount Vernon
Illinois
Planners Schedule Two Meetings On Long Range Plans
The Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission sets two meetings this evening. At 6 p.m. at the LBJ Steakhouse in Carbondale the executive committee reviews the balance sheet and salaries. At 8 p.m. Allen Y. Baker will chair the business industry advisory committee at 211 W Main St, discussing Local Action Programs including a five county industrial preparedness center and hiring a professional developer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
City Hall
City Lake
Carbondale
Grand Tower Plan Commission
Greater Egypt
W. Main St
Commission
Fire destroys vacant one story house near Herrin
A vacant one story frame house southeast of Herrin burned around 12 30 a m today. Fire Chief LaVerne Kerley said an anonymous caller reported the fire outside the city limits. only a few two by fours remained when firefighters arrived. Ownership is uncertain though Peabody Coal Co. properties border the site and the cause was not determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
LaVerne Kerley
Kerley
Peabody Coal Co
Three accused of damage face charges in Jackson County
Jackson County authorities arrested three youths early today for criminal damage to property and underage alcohol use. Michael Yates Gary Duffield and Darrell Maymon all 19 were booked by Deputy W E Bryant after a rock was thrown through a garage window owned by Edward Sausaman. They were released on bond pending hearings. Wayne Shurtz 42 of Sesser died Monday at Veterans Hospital Marion after six days as a patient. He leaves a large family including widow and many children. Funeral at First Baptist Church Sesser Wednesday at 2 p m with burial Maple Hill Cemetery. Lesser notices indicate 91 year old Thomas Batey Johnston City funeral 2 p m Wednesday. time error noted from Monday’s edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Michael Yates
Gartside St
Murphysboro
Gary Duffield
Rt. 1
Darrell Maymon
W. Oak St
Carbondale
Sherriff W. E. Bryant
Edward Sausaman
Rt. 2
Sausaman
Bryant
Wayne Shurtz
Sesser
Veterans Hospital
Marion
Mr. Shurtz
Frank
Elnora Revelle Shurtz
Mary Foley
Wayne
Bainbridge
John
Michael
Steven
James
Douglas
Lesser
Judith Shurtz
Princeton
N. J
Mary Lou
Eileen
Head Start Picnic Set At Evergreen Park
Carbondale Head Start plans an end of summer picnic at Evergreen Park Thursday at 10 a.m. as part of a week of activities across 11 teaching centers closing the eight week Jackson Williamson program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Evergreen Park
Jackson-Williamson
Carbondale Center
Thomas School
Southern Illinois University
Jackson County Health Dept
Giant City State Park
Fire Department
SIU
Demonstrators Zap the Draft in early hours
At 3 a.m. Tuesday Barbara Givens of the Murphysboro Selective Service saw about 15 peaceful demonstrators marching near 1101 Chestnut St urging boys ordered to St. Louis for draft physicals to refuse. Police from Murphysboro Carbondale and SIU Security watched the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Givens
Murphysboro
United States Selective Service
Chestnut St
Miss Givens
St. Louis
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
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Campus Drive-In
Yours
Marion Drive-In
Fox
Rosemary
Baby
Varsity
Fox” Orpheum
Family
Amy Knowles
Douglas St
Knowles
Union County Hospital
Elkville
Roy
Nora Swan Giffin
Lombardi
Miss
Edward V. Knowles
Delta Theta Tau Sorority
American Legion Auxiliary
Mt. Moriah Lutheran Church
Judy Halstead
Clifford Giffin
Sparta
McCarty
Richard Teaford
First Presbyterian Church of
Anna City Cemetery
Guy Wilkinson
Grand Ave
Union County
Mr. Wilkinson
Rufus and
Mary Adams Wilkinson
Mabel Kaufman
Warren
Alvin
Hobart Adams
Crain-Norris Funeral Home
Walter M. Bartels
First Baptist Church
Anna Cemetery
Crain- Norris
Anna Drive-in
Marlow’s
Guns of
Christopher High
Carbondale Plan Commission
Vienna
N. 14Th St
Marlow’s Theatre
Katie Elder
Samson and Delilah
Angus Mack Gaither
Franklin Hospital
Sarita Heard Gaither
Lola Moss
Cleta Summers
du Quoin State Fair
Koenig
Olin
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp
L. D. Hall
Donald C. Breeze
Zeigler
Illinois Army National Guard
Camp Ripley
Minn
Breeze
Pfc
Tony Ejcchelberger
Spec
John D. Froelinger
Erie
A. L. Gassaway
Frankfort
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Ilinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 16Th Street
Walnut Street
Tillno
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
MT. Vernon, Illinois
Thomas Batey
Johnston City
City National Bank
Nellie Wild
Pinckneyville
Nellie K. Wild
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Perry County
Artie and
Pauline Keith Keller
Iman
Stars OF Grand Ole Opry
Buck Owens
Lynn Anderson
Red Foley
Homesteaders
Sonny James
Connie Smith
Roy Clark
Tex Ritter
Hank Snow
Hambletonian
Phil Harris
Bobbie Gentry
Ben Inspector Mattingly
Don Rice
Lou Breese
Labor Day
Lawrence Welk
Grandstand Ag
du Quoin
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