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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1966
Page
2
A Red Cross lifesaving course starts Monday at Herrin City Swimming Pool. The two week program runs 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday through Friday with junior and senior divisions and free manuals. John Carnaghi leads the instruction and certification lasts three years.
Two Carbondale youths, 19 year old George Jessop Jr and a minor, are charged with stealing two loud speakers from Sparta High School football field. Tools to remove the speakers were recovered. Jessop posted a $500 cash bond. the minor was released to parents. Hearing set in Randolph County Circuit Court in Chester.
The state Division of Highways announces a bid opening for pavement storm sewers and sidewalks in Harrisburg. The project covers about one-third of a mile with the bid opening set for 2 p.m. August 15 in Harrisburg.
Jonesboro Grade School board approves a tentative 1965 66 budget of 185 753 with a 7 000 increase to fund more teachers. Education fund 155 153 building 9 000 bonds and interest 12 200 transportation 7 900 retirement 1 500. state aid 96 800 district taxes 36 000 hot lunch 21 000. Budget on display for 30 days. board to act at September meeting.
Fire calls came from Carbondale Marion and West Frankfort with incidents including a flare igniting rags on a Charlie Williams Plumbing truck causing paint damage, a pool hall and restaurant in Jonesboro with slight damage, and several other fires. One train wreck near Marion caused no fire damage while other fires damaged telephone lines and motorbikes or sheds with estimated losses.
Southern Illinois University will train students to research problems of culturally deprived elementary school children under a $30,000 grant from the U S Office of Education. Five doctoral students will work in elementary education statistics computer programming sociology and anthropology. The grant pays each student 2400 for nine months and 400 for each dependent.
A 73 year old Carbondale resident Dora Ebbs attended a public forum on motorcycle restrictions at Southern Illinois University. She said the meeting offered only one side and urged officials to consider residents and merchants and to discuss bus service needs.
Herrin Illinois based reporter Mike Qualls describes a two day journey to St Louis for Armed Forces Examining Station processing. He and Greg Townsend experience the induction center tests, medicals, and the Army way of doing things in detail. Townsend earns airborne school, while others face the long, comic maze of forms, lines, and procedures.
George Bethel of Energy was appointed merchant police man and patrolman for 30 days at a village board meeting last week. He will earn a $50 monthly salary plus a commission on fines. The village had been without a patrolman for several months.
Gov. Otto Kerner approved release of funds for Menard Penitentiary in Chester. The hospital project will receive 32,283 dollars for general heating plumbing ventilating and electrical work on the main building alterations. An additional 36,206 dollars is approved for an addition for social service offices.
Marion L. Wills of Carbondale fined 20 dollars for speeding. Raymond Vincent of Carbondale fined 15 dollars for disobeying a stop sign.
Glendale School Board approves a $55,915 budget for the coming year, up $3,912 from 1965, with $42,255 to education, $4,500 to building, $2,800 to transportation, and $6,360 to bond and interest. The board also accepts bids: Colonial Bakery supplies bread at 19 cents per 20 ounce loaf, New Era Dairy milk at five cents white and six and a half cents chocolate, Southern Gas heating fuel 12.5 cents per gallon, Wide's Oil transport fuel 16.4 cents per gallon, Ed Burris Disposal Service trash pickup $25 monthly.
The Carbondale city clerk will start next week verifying wheel tax receipts against state registrations. Unpaid residents will face court summons and owe the wheel tax plus costs. So far 2,425 car owners paid 3.50, 27 motorcycle licenses paid 3.50, 314 truck licenses and 326 dog licenses issued. Truck fees range 5 to 10 dollars by weight. dog licenses 1 to 2 dollars. The license deadline for cars trucks motorcycles pets and other listed2 entities was July 15.
A fire in an alley near 1015 W. Main St. West Frankfort melted telephone wires and disrupted service to 30 customers. Fire Chief Fred Harkins said the building suffered no damage and the General Telephone Co. resumed service by midnight. The incident may have started from a discarded cigarette tossed into an unused incinerator. The building is owned by Paul Gray.
Funeral services for William L. Fosse 84 of Marion were held at Wilson Memorial Chapel with the Rev J D McCarty officiating burial followed at Odd Fellows Cemetery. Fosse a retired miner and farmer died Friday at his home born July 21 1882 in St Clair County son of Louis and Louisa Metzger Fosse married to Carrie Hampton in 1919 He belonged to Knights of Pythias Odd Fellows United Mine Workers of America and Woodmen of the World He survived by his wife a daughter Ruth Watson a brother E A Fosse a granddaughter Mrs James Moake and a great granddaughter Kim Moake One son Earl Lee Fosse was killed in the Battle of the Bulge.
Carbondale authorities fined Joe W. Holmes fifteen dollars after a charge of immoderate driving. The brief notes minor penalty without further details of the incident.
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