A B Stoelzle 55 banker dies while on vacation in California
A B Al Stoelzle 55 former bookkeeper who rose to vice president at City National Bank Murphysboro died Sunday in a Los Angeles nursing home after a stroke during a month long western vacation. Funeral in Los Angeles with Forest Lawn burial to honor a son buried there earlier. banks in Murphysboro closed Tuesday noon. He is survived by wife Reynolds daughter Ann grandchild Laurie two brothers and three sisters. He joined City National Bank in 1916 at age 21 and served 34 years under President Henry Quernheim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B
al” Stoelzle
City National Bank
Murphysboro
Los Angeles
Calif
West
Reynolds Stoelzle
Ann
James Laughlin
St. Louis
Laurie
J. D. Stoelzle
Kirkwood
Wilton Stoelzle
California
Irene Stoelzle
Lynn Hackney
Carrol Chapman
Herrin
Stoelzle
Sonny
Griffith's Park
Forest Lawn
John Stoelzle
Walnut and
Tenth Streets
Old
Henry Quernheim
Murphysboro Sailor Joins Naval Amphibious Training Cruise
James D. Russell of Murphysboro is a fireman aboard the landing ship USS 1154 taking part in a summer amphibious training cruise. The postwar program, the largest of its kind, involves over 8000 officers and men, marine reservists, midshipmen from 51 colleges, Naval ROTC students, and Air Force ground personnel. The LST 1154 will sail, host trainees, and serve as an observation vessel in Chesapeake Bay while drills and lectures proceed. Trainees stand watches and learn the ship’s wartime mission aboard the vessel.
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James D. Russell
USN
North 22Nd St
Murphysboro
Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
U. S. Air Force
LST .1154
Chesapeake Bay
LST
Murphysboro Hogs Sold at National Stock Yards
Virgil Yeaman of Murphysboro sold 11 head of 188-lb hogs at 24.25 per cwt through the Producers Live Stock Marketing Association at National Stock Yards. Other Jackson county sales included Wilbur A. Graff with 13 hogs at 24.00, John A. Bost cattle including six 670-lb heifers at 28.50 and two 937-lb steers at 28.75, dozer hogs at 24.00, Homer McNeil eight hogs at 24.00, Ray Williamson top calf at 34.00, and other hogs from William Lipe and Grover Davis at 23.75 and 22.50 respectively.
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Virgil Yeaman
Murphysboro
Producers Live Stock Marketing Association
National Stock Yards
Wilbur A. Graff
John A. Bost
Frank Friedline
de Soto
Homer McNeil
Gorham Farm
Ray Williamson
Ava
William Lipe
Carbondale
Grover Davis
Spastic Clinic Planned in Murphysboro Meeting Set
Representatives from the St. Clair League for Crippled Children East St. Louis and Mrs Roxanne Newell will visit Murphysboro Tuesday to help establish a home for spastic and polio children A public meeting at city hall at 2 pm on Tuesday will be held A summer benefit raised over 200 for the project including the Newell spastic clinic effort in St Louis
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St. Clair League For Crippled Children
East St. Louis
Roxanne Newell
Newell Spastic Clinic
St. Louis
Murphysboro
Two Groups Off For Mexico From Carbondale
Two groups of area residents and SIU students depart for a two week tour in Mexico led by Mrs Olive Webb and Dr Floyd V Cunningham. They travel by rail and bus, plan to meet in Mexico City, and will return via different routes with course credit awarded.
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Mexico
Carbondale
Illinois Central
New Orleans
Olive Webb
Carterville
Southern Illinois University
Burkett Tour
St. Louis
Lydia Kneicp
Grand Tower
Muriel Fults
Ava
Inez Coressmen
du Quoin
Burl Simms
Marion
Mary Lee Kneicp
Marjorie Kneagy
Chester
Joseph Prelec, Jr
Kell
Clara Taggart
Hattie Mameese
Herrin
Zeyphora Wills
Barbara Webb
Harrisburg
Floyd V. Cunningham
Geography
Mexico City
Chester Man Receives National Honor Award
District Representative W. E. Reinke of Chester earned the National Quality award from the National Association of Life Underwriters for quality life insurance underwriting. He, with the A. W. Fiegel agency, contributed over a half-million dollars in life insurance annually from 1946 to 1949 and maintained a persistency record above 98 percent.
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National Association of Life Insurance Underwriters
W. E. Reinke
Chester
Beinke
A. W. Fiegel
County Passes Bond Quota in Campaign
Illinois residents participated in the U S savings bonds drive named Independence. Over 58 business days the state averaged more than a million dollars daily in Series E bonds. Across 102 counties 59 met their quotas, final totals 65,079,573 dollars or 117.4 percent of the 56,048,000 dollar target. Jackson County contributed 176,151 dollars, reaching 115.9 percent of its 152,000 dollar quota.
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Illinois
U. S
Jackson County
Water level in Big Muddy River drops amid July drought
Murphysboro area fishermen report a very low Big Muddy River with stagnant pools and only about a foot of water near the GM&A bridge. They blame heavy pollution harming nets which become slick with slime and rot if not cleaned after use.
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Murphysboro
Gm&a
Fire Damages Mt. Carbon Home and Zhao McGeath Arrest
Fire at 6 15 p m Sunday caused 200 to 300 dollars in damage to the Mt Carbon residence of Mr and Mrs Paul McGeath and damaged clothing in the room of origin. McGeath was arrested at his home by Murphysboro police on a disturbing the peace and destroying property complaint. He was held overnight and faces a sanity hearing in Jackson County court. The fire chief said the origin was unknown.
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Mt. Carbon
Paul McGeath
McGeath
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Urba Hanson
Pen Enclosure Heralds No Shave Rule in Murphysboro Centennial
The first concrete sign of a legal action against shavers appeared at Murphysboro's Centennial with a circular 12 by 12 foot open wire mesh pen on the court house lot. Donated by Montgomery Ward, the pen will hold men arrested for beard removal as part of a proposed no shave program to be enforced from Aug. 15. Local civic groups back a Kangaroo court at the jail with fines tied to offense severity and the offender's finances. Centennial official Gilbert Ebersohl says actions rely on voluntary compliance and no legal status is guaranteed. Dozens of spectators and sidewalk observers debated who will be first to test the jail’s grip.
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Shavers
Murphysboro
Court House
Eleventh and
Walnut Streets
Montgomery Ward
Gilbert Ebersohl
Centennial Committee
Murphy Boy in Naval Service Listed in Tokyo Address
The list shows Arthur J. Meyers of Murphysboro in the United States Navy stationed in Tokyo. His address reads USSLST 611 Div 1 Care Postmaster San Francisco California.
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Murphy Boy
Arthur J. Meyers
Murphysboro
United States Navy
Tokyo
Japan
Usslst
Care
San Francisco
Calif
Hospital Notes Admissions and Dismissals: August 5 6
Admissions on August 5 include Ruth Anne MacDonald maternity at 201 North Twenty third, Lloyd Dean Ellet surgical, Paul Bambrook accident in Eddyville Iowa, Ruth Sills maternity De Soto, James Hanna medical at 2011 Hortense Street, Ida Muray medical route 3 Murphysboro, Catherine Marber maternity route 3 Murphysboro. Dismissals: August 5 include Doris Sirls and baby Elm Street, Fannie Brown and baby Coulterville. Admissions August 6 include Mayor C A Hart emergency surgical Olive Street, Zita Schaffer maternity route 1 Murphysboro, Maude Gale surgical Gorham, Louise Martin maternity Percy, Magdalene Raines maternity route 1 Murphysboro. Dismissals August 6 include Bessie Hughes and baby Walnut Street, Laura Moore route 1 Murphysboro, June Phillips and baby Hurst, Ruth Sills and baby De Mrs Vera Taylor and baby 2127 Wells Street, Frances Wilder Louisville Ky.
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Paul Bambrook
Eddyville
Iowa
Ruth Sills
de Soto
James Hanna
Hortense Street
Ida Muray
Murphysboro
Catherine Marber
Doris Sirls
Elm Street
Fannie Brown
Coulterville
C. A. Hart
Olive Street
Zita Schaffer
Maude Gale
Gorham
Louise Martin
Percy
Magdalene Raines
Bessie Hughes
Car Hits Girls On Way To Church In Chester
Two small girls walking to Sunday school in Chester were struck by a car driven by Stan Connor. Judy Watson seven suffered losing two front teeth and leg and hip injuries while Karen Hoppel four escaped with bruises. Both were on their way to the Lutheran church yesterday afternoon.
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Chester
Judy Watson
Carolyn Wilson
Karen Hoppel
William Hoppel
Lutheran Church
Stan Connor
Watson
Fine Two For Reckless Driving
A youth from Iowa and a Harrison man were fined by Murphysboro Police Magistrate George Ozburn for reckless driving over the weekend. Jack Long, 18, of Eddyville Iowa, paid 20 dollars and costs for a crash with a pickup driven by J Ray Ellet on Route 3 near Grand Tower. Five other Eddyville youths were present. Paul Bambrook, 21, remained hospitalized with a badly cut arm. James Bramlett of Harrison paid 5 dollars and costs for reckless driving. Sam Connor of Murphysboro was fined 5 dollars and costs for disturbing the peace after a Sunday arrest at the Stumble Inn.
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Iowa
Harrison
Murphysboro
George Ozburn
Jack Long
Eddyville
J. Ray Ellet
Grand Tower
Long
Ellet
Paul Bambrook
St. Andrew’s Hospital
James Bramlett
Sam Connor
North Tenth Street
John Roberson
Stumble Inn
Inspection at Campbell Hill Mine Recommends Safer Blasting
The Jackson County Brick mine at Campbell Hill employs 11 men and yields 15 tons of coal and 80 tons of clay daily. Inspector Seip urges permissible explosives and electric caps, improved timbering, and better ventilation safeguards to meet the Federal Mine Safety Code. Official report copies are available from the Bureau of Mines in Washington, D. C., or Vincennes, Indiana.
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Jackson County Brick Company
Campbell Hill
Bureau of Mines
Jackson County
A. N. Seip
Seip P
Department of Interior
Washington, D. C
Vincennes
Ind
Returns From Bible Conference At Benton
Rev. F. G. Attig returned to Murphysboro Saturday from a one week Young People’s Bible conference at Lake Benton under the American Sunday School Union. Twenty two Sunday schools from nine southern Illinois counties reached as far north as Litchfield. Thirty eight of the nearly one hundred attendees accepted the Christian faith with several dedicating their lives to service.
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F. G. Attig
Murphysboro
Young People’s Bible
Lake Benton
American Sunday School Union
Illinois
Litchfield
Officials Return From Carpenters Union Meet
E A Bantel and Charles Mileur of Carpenters Local 604 Murphysboro and O F Carrington of Carpenters Local 841 returned Saturday from the 22nd annual Illinois State Council of Carpenters convention held August 2 4 5 at the Broadview hotel East St Louis They reported a very successful gathering with representatives from five neighboring states Talks were given by several state representatives Alvin Fields acting mayor of East St Louis gave the welcoming address.
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E. A. Bantel
Charles Mileur
Carpenters
Murphysboro
O. F. Carrington
Illinois State Council of Carpenters
Broadview Hotel
East St. Louis
Illinois
Alvin Fields
Conservation Chiefs Begin 4 Day Parley
Leaders from across Illinois gather at Southern Illinois University for a four day Illinois soil conservation district directors conference sponsored by the Mississippi Valley association. About 225 delegates will stay at Anthony Hall and other SIU dorms with a noon luncheon opening and public meeting at Shryock auditorium.
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Southern Illinois University
Illinois Soil Conservation District
Mississippi Valley Association
Extension Division
Agriculture Department of S.I.U
Anthony Hall
Baptist Foundation
Southern
D. W. Morris
Everett T. Winter
M.V.A
Frank Jacquot
S.I.U
Association of Illinois Soil Conservation Districts
Dixon Springs
Crab Orchard National Wild Life Refuge
S.I.U. Farm
Alfred Tate
Illinois Association of Soil Conservation Districts
Robbs
Dixon Springs Station
Makanda Man Held on Fraud Charges
J. R. Reichert alias Junior Ellis, 24, Makanda, held in Murphysboro jail on charges of writing bad checks with intent to defraud and obtaining an auto under false pretense. He was arrested by Carbondale Officer Delmar Crews after mortgaging a horse and cow he did not own to buy a car. Archie Walters of 501 South University Street held the mortgage before discovering Ellis lacked the listed items.
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J. R. Reichert
Junior Ellis
Makanda
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Delmar Crews
South Illinois Avenue
Ellis
Clarence Wright
Archie Walters
South University Street
Squirrels Hard To Find In Area Woods During Season
Murphysboro area squirrel hunters report difficulty finding quarry in the first week of the season. Many hunters return empty handed or with one or two tails, while limit kills are rare. Heavy foliage and skilled concealment keep squirrels elusive.
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Murphysboro
Herrin Team Picnics At Murphysboro Park
Herrin boys minor VFW softball team enjoyed an all day picnic in Riverside Park Murphysboro hosted by parents and friends. Team members presented managers T. J. and Ray Creek with leather billfolds. Creek brothers have managed the team five years. After lunch fathers played the VFW players, finishing 9 to 3 for the boys.
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VFW
Herrin
Riverside Park
Murphysboro
T. J
Ray Creek
Creek Brothers
Edward Wilkerson Dies in Hospital at 70
Edward Wilkerson 70 of Carbondale died Saturday at 11 a.m. in Holden hospital. Friends may call at Jackson funeral home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete pending arrival of relatives.
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Edward Wilkerson
North
Barnes Street
Carbondale
Holden Hospital
Jackson Funeral Home
Youth 13 Bags Unique Squirrel On First Solo Hunt
Bobby Wright, 13, of Murphysboro, killed a fox-white cross squirrel on Dry Hill south of Ava with his gun the day before. Cecil and Virgil Lipe witnessed the catch and noted its distinctive white back bronze tail and light red belly. The pelt will be salted and tanned for keeping. Bert Wright is the boy’s father.
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Bobby
Cecil
Virgil Lipe
Lipes
Dry Hill
Ava
Bert Wright
DeMolay Initiations Set For Tuesday Night
Murphysboro's Chapter of the Order of DeMolay will confer the Initiatory and DeMolay degrees Tuesday at 7 30 o'clock at the Masonic Temple. Master Councillor John Wesley McDowell invites all Master Masons to attend the initiation ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Order of DeMolay
Masonic Temple
Councellor
John Wesly McDowell
County Tug-of-War Team Set for Aug 9 at Fair
Jackson county Farm Bureau members will compete in tug-of-war against other counties at the Williamson county fair on August 9 at 8 30 p m. Organizer Howard J Struck announced the lineup includes Dick Etherton Carbondale route 4 Velma Etherton Carbondale route 4 Dean Roy Carbondale Everett Sickler Gorham Howard Pinkerton Murphysboro route 1 Calvin Bright Ava Gilbert Carter Carbondale Harold Wolfe Carbondale William Donenen Jacob Raymond Korando Jacob and Volney Parrish Carbondale route 2.
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Husky
Jackson County Farm Bureau
Williamson County
Howard J. Struck
Farm Bureau
Dick Etherton
Carbondale
Carvel Etherton
Dean Roy
Everett Sickler
Gorham
Howard Pinkerton
Murphysboro
Calvin Bright
Ava
Gilbert Carter
Harold Wolfe
William Donenen
Jacob
Raymond Korando
Volney Parrish
4 H Members To Show Projects At County Fair
Murphysboro's Riverside Park hosts the Jackson County 4 H agricultural show a one day event featuring about 370 livestock and garden projects. Judging begins 9 a m with swine colts sheep garden poultry rabbits and dairy. Premiums pay on two top ratings with A ranks yielding four dollars in beef cattle and dairy classes. All hogs must be cholera immune and calves four to eight months old should be Bangs vaccinated. A tractor operating contest at 2 p m showcases equipment attachment belt setup and trailer backing updates.
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Murphysboro
Riverside Park
Jackson County
Open House At Mardale Airport Draws 2000 Visitors
About 2000 people attended an all day open house at Mardale airport to tour facilities and view aircraft. Winners included Mrs. William Lipe of Boskydell who earned a free private pilot course from Western Aero Service.
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Mardale
William Lipe
Boskydell
Midwestern Aero Service, Inc
Mooney Aircraft Compan
Wichita
Kans
Harry Barkley
Carbondale
Murphysboro Model Builders Club
Jon Kelley
Marion
Elliott Ketring
Pete Sawyer
Murphysboro
Retired Zeigler Miner Carl McPherson Dies at 68
Carl McPherson of Zeigler dies Saturday after a weeklong illness at Christopher Miners Hospital. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Zeigler First Methodist Church, with burial in Tower Grove Cemetery, Murphysboro. He leaves a widow Lottie, a son Martin, daughters Evelyn McPherson Fox Alsbury and Billie Alsbury, nine grandchildren, and three sisters. He belonged to Mine Local Union No. 40 and worked at Bell and Zoller No 2 mine before retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeigler First Methodist Church
Carl McPherson
Zeigler
McPherson
Christopher Miners’ Hospital
Clifford Sullivan
Tower Grove
Murphysboro
Lettie
Martin
A. E. Fox
Billie Alsbury
Evelyn McPherson
Hattie Kratsch
Herrin
C. H. Mathis
Louisville
Colo
Allie Adams
Benton
Bell and Zoller No
Old Murphysboro Well Exhibit And Centennial Plans
Murphysboro prepares a Centennial exhibit of the ancient village well at Court House Square. Clyde Wisely envisions a near original reconstruction with a metal top and buckets, near Walnut and Eleventh streets. The piece recalls water troughs, dirt streets, flagstone sidewalks, and early local life before street paving. A veteran fire department mascot joins the Centennial caravan to St. Louis. A Chester Chamber committee urges using Chester Field for military training, pending government needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Pigott
Murphysboro
Court House Square
Clyde Wisely
Walnut Street
Walnut
Eleventh Streets
Julius Wides
Wides Country Place
New Hill
Fire Department
Lawrence Stearns
Sportsman’s Park
St. Louis
Larry
Chester
Baseball Fans Rally With Ray Chancey In City Event
Baseball fans and city firemen gathered for a community event featuring Ray Chancey. The activity highlighted local sports interest and public safety outreach in a joint gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Chancey
City Firemen
Gare
Nursing home contract awarded for Sparta facility
Construction began late last week on the Randolph County 90 room nursing home at Sparta. Barnac Construction Company of Chester won the contract on a fixed fee basis with a guarantee cost will not exceed the $450,000 bond issue. The bid came in $100,000 above the estimate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph County
Sparta
Barnac Construction Company
Chester
Red Bud's pistol toteing constable Beth Durfee tenure
Beth Durfee serves as Red Bud constable after succeeding her husband ten years ago and has held the post through repeated elections. She previously worked at American Device Company and was a 1918 street car conductor in St Louis, raising questions about her current age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth Durfee
Red Bud
Ex Johnston City Youth Wounded in Korea
First Lieutenant Lowell Grissom, 29, grandson of Mrs. Alice Lawrence of Johnston City, was wounded in action during the Korean War. He is recuperating in an army hospital in Japan and is the son of Mrs. Frank Grissom of Belleville. He was raised in Johnston City before moving to Belleville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Grissom
Alice Lawrence
West Twelfth Street
Johnston City
Grissom
Japan
Frank Grissom
Belleville
Johnston City Youths In Minor Auto Crash
Carl Ernfelt 21 and Charlies Wells Jr 19 of route 1 Johnston City received first aid at Herrin hospital after an early Sunday auto accident south of Marion on route 37. They were treated and dismissed. they thought a passing car may have struck their vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Ernfelt
Charlies Wells, Jr
Johnston City
Herrin Hospital
Marion
Mrs. Cox Named Commerce Teacher at Vergennes High School
Mrs. Mary M. Ogden Cox of Carbondale has accepted a commerce teaching post at Vergennes Community High School. She majored in commerce and graduated in 1941, according to Roye Bryant of Southern Illinois University Placement Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Cox
Vergennes H. S. Post
Mary M. Ogden Cox
Carbondale
Vergennes Community High School
Roye Bryant
Southern Illinois University
Cox
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S. Flower Street
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Big Muddy River
Ruth Anne MacDonald
North Twenty-third Street
Lloyd Dean Ellet
Surgical
Carpenters Union
Conservation Chiefs
Little Theater
Shryock Auditorium
Roy E. Yung
Murphysboro Park
Waayor & A. Hart
Hart
Bobby Wright
Hamilton Street
County
4-H
F. G. Stevenson
Southern Illinois Breeders Association
H. H. Fulkerson
E. E. Glick
Odds and Ends
Korea
Southern Illinoisan
Daily Independent
Southern Illinois Publications, Inc
South 12Th Street
Llinois
Associated Press
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