Tri-County Labor Day Fete Outlines 1949 Marion Program
Final plans for the Tri County Labor Day celebration were made at a Marion meeting with over 200 delegates. The program lists a parade, morning program with honors and prize announcements, afternoon speakers including Mayor Rodd and Judge Searcy, and local talent performances. Cash prizes exceed 400 dollars for parade and union entries. A Sunday program features Mayor Rodd and gospel music. Bands from multiple towns are expected, with 1950 location decisions pending for Murphysboro or West Frankfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-County
Marion
Association
Marion Legion Hall
North Market Street
William Jackson
American Legion
Homer Butler
Harry Rodd
Earl B. Searcy
Supreme Court of State of Illinois
Jona T. Jones
C. W. Bishop
Howard Doyle
U. S
Springfield
Ill
E. T. Theiss
Marshall
W. B. Roberts
Rodd
Murphysboro
Christopher
West Frankfort
Walier
Jackson, Williamson
Frankin
Tri- County
Mitchell Infant Dies Eight Hours After Birth
Larry Stephen Mitchell died eight hours after birth at St. Andrew's hospital Murphysboro. He was the son of Edward and Mrs. Mitchell of Makanda. Funeral services were set for two this afternoon at Parker funeral home Carbon dale with Rev. Hugh Stearns officiating. Burial in Lipe cemetery. Relatives include Joyce Mitchell a sister and Dennis Ronald Randy three brothers all of Makanda. Grandparents Amos Mitchell Carterville and Mrs Elsie Brewer Murphysboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Stephen Mitchell
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Murphysboro
Edward Mitchell
Makanda
Parker Funeral Home
Carbondale
Lipe
Hugh Stearns
Joyce
Dennis
Ronald
Randy
Amos Mitchell
Carterville
Elsie Brewer
Real Estate Transfers Listing June Morgan to Morgan and Woolward to Jines
Real estate transfers show June Frances Morgan conveying part of blocks 9 10 11 in Cons Coal Co first addition for $1 to Charles E Morgan. L F Woolward transfers land in section 33 township 8 range 2 for $800 to Joseph L Jines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Morgan
Charles E. Morgan
Cons. Coal Co
L. F. Woolward
Joseph L. Jines
The Daily Free Press Carbondale Rates Notice
The Daily Free Press lists subscription options for Carbondale readers including carrier 25c weekly and mail plans of 6 weeks 1.00 12 weeks 2.00 24 weeks 4.00 and 52 weeks 7.50. Mail subscriptions not available in areas with carrier service. The paper is filed as second class matter and is a member of the Associated Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Free Press
West Main Street
Carbondale
Ill
Illinois
Associated Press
Oldest Cairo area flyer Hears Life Begins at 80
Mrs. Otto Murrie of Vienna Illinois, aged 80, flew from Carbondale airport in a small plane piloted by Charly Beatty Red Bud to mark a reunion on her 27th wedding anniversary. Onlookers praised the moment as life beginning at 80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Rocky Peebles
Gene Seibert
Otto Murrie
Vienna
Ill
Charly B. Beatty
Red Bud
Mattie Lou Murrie Beatty
Murrie
B. J. Murrie
S. Elizabeth Street
Loren S. Murrie
Rebecca
Allen Lee
Lewisburg
N. C
Charles B. Beatty
Steven
Doris Murrie
MacMurray College
Jacksonville
200 4-H Members Compete Tuesday at Riverside Park
More than 200 Jackson county 4-H youths will wrap up summer projects with the county agricultural show at Riverside Park Murphysboro. Over 250 in prizes will be awarded in dairy swine beef and sheep classes with top pay from 2 to 4 dollars for A B or C entries. Judges include Glen Diamond Durwood Stansislawsky Homer Heape E. E. Glick and Albert Schulte. Judging starts at 8 30 a.m. followed by a 4-H softball league playoff between Vergennes Hotshots and Basketdale Ridge Runners with the winner advancing to the State Sports Festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
4-H
Riverside Park
Murphysboro
Glen Diamond
Carbondale
Durwood Stansislawsky
Homer Heape
E. E. Glick
Makanda
Albert Schulte
Campbell Hill
Mildred Benz
Vergennes Hotshots
Baskeydell Ridge
University of Illinois
Two Cars Crash at Big Muddy Bridge
A two car collision on Route 13 at the Big Muddy river bridge near Murphysboro tied up traffic for about 20 minutes. Don ald Beltz of Carterville sustained an eye injury and was treated at St. Andrew's hospital before release. Edward E. Karr of Herrin escaped injury as both cars sustained heavy damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Muddy River
Murphysboro
Trafic
Donald Beltz
Carterville
Beltz
St. Andrew’s Hospital
D. L. McGregor
Edward E. Karr
Herrin
Karr
Inquest Tonight Into Dave Rendleman Death
An inquest into the death of Dave Pete Rendleman aged 55 follows a Tuesday encounter with Herbert Slick Sellers aged 31. Coroner Roy Huff will preside at 7 30 tonight in Carbondale city hall with Sellers in Jackson County jail at Murphysboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave
Pete” Rendleman
Herbert “Slick” Sellers
Roy Huffman
Carbondale
Sellers
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Traax-Traer Wildcat Strike Enters Second Week
The Wildcat strike by tipple workers at Traax-Traer mine enters its second week confined to the tipple area. Miners say prospects for immediate settlement exist as the stacker operation remains shut, with Mine Superintendent Fred Huff labeling the walkout as unauthorized by the national union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traax-Traer
Fred Huff
National Union
Reuben Qualls Dies Saturday at 77 in Murphysboro
Funeral services for Reuben Qualls 77 of 425 North Street Murphysboro were held at 2 00 p m at the Methodist church in Grand Tower with Rev William Lively officiating Burial was at Walker Hill cemetery Grand Tower He died Saturday afternoon at St Andrews hospital Murphysboro after a several month illness He was born in Ava Illinois in 1872 and was a lifelong farmer He married first to Lottie Kessel who died and later to Florence House who preceded him In addition to his immediate family he left two daughters two stepdaughters a son a stepson three brothers and two sisters He was a member of the Grand Tower Methodist church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Qualls
North Street
Murphysboro
Methodist Church
Grand Tower
William Lively
Walker Hill
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Ava
Ill
Lottie Kessel
Florence House
Ethel Ellett
Mildred Rose
Grace Burns
Granite City
Bessie Fugerson
Buffalo
N. Y
Charles Qualls
Walter House
East St. Louis
Fred
John Qualls
Sam Qualls
Myrtle Hiller
Nettie Wilkins
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges Across Several Cities
Admission and discharge list from hospitals on Saturday and Sunday includes patients in Dongola Taylorville Carbondale Vienna Marion Fairfield Carterville Carrier Mills and Caterville. Names include David Richard Kearney Alice Hutchinson Art Woods Elmer Rogers Michael Johnson Peggy Garret H G Owens Tommy Crain Charles Owen W A Jones William McCluskey Logan Colp Phillip Cottonaro Frank Ashby Emma Bush and John Land among others with many medical surgical and accident cases noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Richard Kearney
Dongola
Alice Hutchinson
Taylorville
Art Woods
Carbondale
Robert C. Burt
Vienna
Elmer Rogers
Marion
Michael Johnson
Peggy Garret
Fairfield
H. G. Owens
Surgical
Tommy Crain
Boston Williams
John Cannon
James Berry
Charles Owen
Carbonale
W. A. Jones
William A. McCluskey
Carterville
Logan M. Colp
Caterville
Phillip Cottonaro
Frank Ashby
Carrier Mills
Emma Bush
John Land
William Hinchcliff
Advance Guard Units Leave for Wisconsin Camp
Five men from Headquarters company Illinois National Guard Carbondale depart tonight to Camp McCoy Wisconsin to manage mess and training prep for the 44th infantry division portion. About 70 more Carbondale guards arrive Saturday Aug 13 for two weeks of field training with 9,000+ Illinois troops under Governor's Day events on Aug 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
3Rd Battalion
Illinois National Guard
Carbondale
Camp McCoy
Wisc
Carbonale
44Th Infantry Division
Illinois
Ross F. Priddy
Ralph Mungle
Bill Bridwell
Robert Stevens
Pfe
Charles Borger
Frank P. Brock
Ernest Arms
George Rayfield
Paul Townes
Howard Goin
Bernard Sandberg
Carl E. Rhodes
De Soto Cyclist Suffers Skull Fracture in Crash
John E. Shirley, about 20, of De Soto, is in Holden hospital Carbondale with a fractured skull after his motorcycle left Route 51 south of De Soto and flipped him this morning. Rev L E Clayton of Ft Wayne Indiana witnessed the crash and rode with him to the Carbondale hospital after the bike left the highway about one mile south of De Soto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Soto
Holden Hospital
Carbondale
John E. Shirley
Denzil Shirley
L. E. Clayton
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Sherley
Shirley
Carbondale Hospital
Parker Neral
Clayton
Ft. Worth
Texas
Cletus Bagley Dies in Levan Township Home
Cletus Bagley aged 43 died Sunday afternoon at his sister’s home in Levan Township. Born in Levan in 1905 he lived most of his life there. He leaves a daughter Mary Carol Bagley Sugar City Idaho a brother Loren Bagley Ava and four sisters Mrs Roy Worthen Mrs James Davis both of Ava Mrs Joseph Ledbetter Bell Flower California and Mrs Mezo. Services 2 30 p m Wednesday Assembly of God Ava Rev G A Brewer officiating burial Lone Oak cemetery Ava.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cletus Bagley
Fred Mezo
Levan Township
Mary Carol Bagley
Sugar City
Idaho
Loren Bagley
Ava
Roy Worthen
James Davis
Joseph Ledbetter
Bell Flower
Calif
Mezo
Wilson Funeral Home
Assembly of God Church
G. A. Brewer
Lone Oak Cemetery
Marion Youth Killed in Highway Crash Near Marion
Billy Jean Jenkins 22 of Marion died when the car carrying him left Route 37 two miles north of Marion and struck a tree. Driver Leon Fries 21 and Frank Bleyer 19 were hospitalized with non critical injuries after the car rolled two or three times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Jean Jenkins
Marion
Jenkins
Leon Fries
Frank Bleyer
Carterville
Herrin Hospital
Fries
Bleyer
Elsie Fries
West Frankfort
Paducah
Williamson County
Frank Jenkins
Hospital Reports Busy Weekend With 15 Accident Cases
Herrin hospital treated 15 accident victims over a two day period due to car wrecks. Most injuries were slight and several incidents had no official report. Notable cases included Richard Davis, 22, of Toledo Ohio, with a severe head laceration after a Colp area crash and Mike Castagna 34 Herrin and Carl Beard 28 West Frankfort with minor injuries after a Carterville road collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Hospital
Colp
Richard Davis
Toledo
Ohio
Carterville Road
Mike Castagna
Herrin
Carl Beard
West Frankfort
Christopher Man Pays Fine in Murphysboro
Albert Draper, 28, of Christopher, paid a fine and costs totaling 18.40 before Justice C. M. Held in Murphysboro on a peace disturbance charge. Draper was visiting relatives in Murphysboro when the dispute occurred and was jailed until the hearing. He was released after payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Draper
Christopher
Justice of the Peace
C. M
Murphysboro
D. L. McGregor
Draper
Funeral Services Today For James Berry Infant
Funeral services were held this morning at 10 30 at the Carbondale funeral home for the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs James Berry R F D 2 Carbondale who died at 4 pm Sunday at Holden hospital Rev H B Sheaff officiated Burial was at Oakland cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale Funeral Home
James Berry
Carbondale
Holden Hospital
H. B. Sheaff
Oakland Cemetery
Ava Homecoming Attracts 12 000 In 1949 Final Night
The Ava Homecoming closed at midnight with the largest crowd in history, about 12 000 total attendance and more than 4000 on Saturday night. Gail Williams, the homecoming chair, said the 28th observance was the most successful yet, with platform dancing wrestling shows concessions and carnival rides. A 1949 sedan was presented to Thomas Kruapa of East St. Louis at midnight. The American Legion Joe Lynch Post sponsored the event and about 1500 was cleared from concessions for remodeling a Legion home in Ava.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ava
Gail Williams
Williams
Charlie Stookey
KXOK
Chuck Austin
Thomas Kruapa
East St. Louis
Kruapa
American Legion
Joe Lynch Post
Legion
Ava American Legion Post
Valier Mine Seen Reopening After Temporary Closure
Observers expect the Valier Coal Co. mine to reopen after a near term closure and note it could operate 20 to 30 years more with 45 million tons remaining. Chicago Burlington and Quincy owns the mine, employs about 640, and argues for equipment upgrades to stay competitive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County Coal Corporation
Valier
The
Valier Coal Co
Illinois
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Egypt
Mo-Pac
Illinois Central
Southern Illinois University approves Belleville off campus center
The SIU board lifts salary ceilings and approves an off campus Belleville residence center. President Morris gains a 4000 dollar raise to 14000 annually. Board also plans land purchases, a board office, an advisory terminal vocation panel, and graduate course expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Southern
Belleville
Carbondale National Bank
State Teachers College Board
D. W. Morris
Southern Illinois University Quiet During Five Week Vacation Lull
The SIU campus returns to a tranquil summer mood after graduation and a long break. Faculty and staff plan vacations as library hours are limited from August 15 to 29 while offices stay open. Orientation week begins September 7 and campus projects continue, including new departments, a Diamond Jubilee effort, and power plant work. D W Morris and Mrs Morris and two children depart for roughly two weeks in the East, touring Orono Maine and relatives’ homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
S. I. U. Board
D. W
Morris
Orono
Maine
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Mitchell
Pleasant Grove Boys
Beaucoup Bumble Bees
Big Muddy
Dave Rendleman
Traax-Traer Wildcat
Wisconsin
Howard Pepple
Louis Topping
Leo L. Greer
Charles Koch
James Montgomery
James Travelstead
Chester L. Peterson
Bud Mifflin
Cris
Edwin L. Bryant
Francis Holland
Carl Keller
Charles Koons
Walter Krusher
Charles Goss
John McDowell
Jack, Moore
Robert Proctor
Carl Bauer
William R. Bozzeta
Hubert Chapman
Bernard Dillon
Wilfred Dillon
George Drew
Harold Fite
Frank Fulmer
William Gardiner
Russell Goforth
William Hall
Billy Hurst
Carl Jackson
James Louden
Johnny Raymond
Homer Reed
James Beck
Bobby Broker
Paul Bryant
James Capps
Hastings Cook
Bill Cremeens
Ray Drew
Joe Edwards
Tommy Glisson
Robert Lence
Ronald McCalla
William McCloskey
Ralph Thiele
Donald Toler
Glen Erwin
Stearman
Erwin
G. H. Ferguson
South
Mississippi
Christopher Man
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
Taylor 5
Freeman
C. W
Orient
Orient 2
Old Ben 11
U. Residence
Boa U’s
Turer
Charles Tenney
Willis G. Swartz
S. IL. U
Tenney
Swartz
Robert Davis
Leo Brown
Guy Gladeson
Kenneth Davis
O. W. Lyerla
John Page Wham
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