Murphysboro Directory Push Distorts Census Totals
Frank J. Zick reports that Hoenens City Directories workers list Murphysboro population at 8 542 within city limits, higher than preliminary 1940 census figure of 8 417. City, New Hill totals broken out, printing to begin after fall or early winter with improved pages and paper.
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Murphysboro
Ho Inen
Quincy
Frank J. Zick
Centralia
Ill
Hoffman
Zick
New Hill
Illinois Avenue
Mt. Carbon
Breaks Up Brawl: All Participants Released
Murphysboro policeman James Hiller stopped a fight on the second floor of a Grant Street home at 5 p m. Wednesday involving six African American men and two African American women. One man was arrested for disturbing the peace on a complaint by his mother in law, his former wife, but charges were dropped after the incident drew a large crowd. The brawl led to two trips to the city jail, but all charges were eventually dropped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
James Hiller
Grant Street
Hiller
Southern Illinoisan Local Notice Ledger Fragment
Fragmentary newspaper masthead text lists publication details, pricing, and mailing notes for The Daily Independent in Murphysboro Illinois. It references evenings edition schedule, AP rights, and subscription rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinoisan
Daily Independent
Southern Illinois Publications, Inc
South
Murphysboro
Ilinois
Ave Ilinois
Associated Press
Beer Bottle Explosion Blinds Woman At Texas City Store
Mrs. Helen Hiller, 46, mother of Murphysboro Policeman James Hiller, lost sight in her right eye when a hot beer bottle exploded in the Texas City package store where she works. She was taken to Harrisburg hospital with a slit eyeball and glass fragments. the blast damaged her left tear duct and optic nerve. Previously she suffered a leg wound when her son dropped a service revolver at their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Hiller
Murphysboro
James Hiller
Texas City
Music Under The Stars Season Finale Tonight
Concert at River side Park Shell features Joe Williams and the Municipal Band with two two hour sets. The Murphysboro Federation of all union musicians plays Aug 16 at the Illinois State Fair Coliseum in Springfield. Tonight breathes a return of the German Band troupe with Marion selections and popular overtures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Park Shell
Joe Williams
Murphysboro Federation
Springfield
Truman Cannot Attend Murphysboro Centennial
President Harry S. Truman informed Murphysboro Centennial committee exec chair Gilbert E. Ebersohl that he cannot attend the event due to commitments. The letter thanks the committee and notes the president’s regrets. Governor Adlai Stevenson has accepted to appear in Murphysboro on September 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry S. Truman
Gilbert E. Ebersohl
Murphysboro
Adlai Stevenson
Teens battle for 4-H softball title at 4-H Park
Jackson county 4-H softball final tonight features Beaucoup Bumblebees versus Campbell Hill Crusaders at 8 pm at 4-H Park north of Murphysboro. Winner advances to August 15 district final against Pope Hardin 4-H to reach State Sports Festival in Champaign.
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Jackson County
Beaucoup Bumblebees
Campbell Hill Crusaders
Murphysboro
Pope Hardin
Jackson Diamond
Champaign
Beaucoup
Crusaders
Campbell Hill
Vergennes Hot Shots
Vergennes
Baskeydell Ridge
Boskeydell
Mildred Benz
Jackson County Farm Bureau
Union County
Mrs. Meyers wins radio prizes on Grand Slam program
Mrs. Kenneth Meyers of Percy won a vacuum cleaner a floor polisher a handbag and a family set of flashlights on the Grand Slam radio program this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Meyers
Percy
County 4-H Tractor Show Highlights Praise and Plans
The county 4-H tractor operation contest drew praise as dairy calves showed improvement and several calves could compete at the state fair. Lawrence Dietz with the low score will represent the county at the state fair. ORA Snyder leads farm electricity projects with a Steeleville REA meeting on the 19th and exhibits planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Dietz
Ora Snyder
REA
Jackson
Randolph
Perry
One Day Old Brush Boy Dies At St Andrew's
John Bennett Brush Jr the one day old son of Mr and Mrs John Brush Sr of 2121 Walnut Murphysboro died Wednesday morning at St Andrew's Hospital after being born there Tuesday. He leaves parents a sister Anita a brother Richard and grandparents Mr Mrs Park Jarrett and Mr Mrs Charles Brush. Funeral at Wilson Funeral Home Ava at 2:00 pm with Rev Bernard Sullivan officiating burial in Glenn Cemetery.
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John Bennett Brush
John Brush
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Anita
Richard
Park Jarrett
Cora
Charles Brush
Jacob
Wilson Funeral Home
Ava
Father Bernard Sullivan
St. Andrew’s Church
Glenn Cemetery
Elks Plan Two Day Barbecue and Picnic in Murphysboro
Murphysboro Elks announce their annual barbecue and picnic will be held Saturday and Sunday, September 2 and 3. The Saturday events move indoors to 1329 Walnut Street to avoid rain, while Sunday’s family outing returns to Borgsmiller's Lake on South Seventeenth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro Elks
Frank Eovaldi
Edvaldi
Walnut Street
Eovaldi
Borgsmiller's Lake
South Seventeenth Street
Ed Brooks
Hospital Notes Admissions and Dismissals List
Admissions include Mrs. Barbara Wright maternity at Grand Tower and Mrs. Myra Blades medical on 2309 Dewey, Miss Jean Beck medical 1916 Spruce, Mrs. Mary Jane Golliher surgical 1934 Elm, Mrs. Alfreda Alstat maternity Murphysboro route 3, Mrs. Rosalie Rathert maternity Campbell Hill, Master Nelson D Rule surgical Cutler. Dismissals include Mrs. Laura Brush 2121 Walnut, Mrs. Mildred Kimzey and baby Pinckneyville, Frank Rose 108 North Fourth, Mrs. Zita Schaefer and baby Murphsboro route 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Wright
Grand Tower
Myra Blades
Dewey Street
Jean Beck
Spruce Street
Mary Jane Golliher
Surgical
Elm Street
Alfreda Alstat
Murphysboro
Rosalie Rathert
Campbell Hill
Nelson D. Rule
Cutler
Laura Brush
Walnut Street
Mildred Kimzey
Pinckneyville
Frank Rose
North Fourth Street
Zita Schaefer
Murphsyboro
Many Answer Call For Old Pictures
Murphysboro Centennial committee reports strong early response to requests for old community and settler photographs. Residents are urged to locate and donate scenes from Murphysboro’s early days for the Centennial pageant program and the special Daily Independent edition ahead of the Sept. 26 to 29 celebration.
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Murphysboro
Daily Independent
Rains Help Corn Crop Across Jackson County Farmlands
Recent steady rains in Jackson Perry and Randolph counties improved most corn stands says Willard Moore FmHA supervisor. Some fields remain stunted from drought though. He adds soybeans should be fair and alfalfa late cutting will be decent. Plowing for wheat and late alfalfa will be easier. Claude A. Terry notes beans look good and corn will be fairly crop despite dry spell damage.
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Jackson County
Willard Moore
Farmers Home Administration
Jackson
Perry
Randolph
Moore
Claude A. Terry
Jackson County Production and Marketing Administration
Freight Delays Highlight Local Business Struggles
Local firms report slowed freight from railcar shortages impacting refrigeration and heavy home furnishing deliveries. An official notes one large dealer may need to source units from Dayton while others adapt. The column also mentions Congress seeking 40 million dollars to unload surplus butter and dairy products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
City Water Extension Sparks Rate Battle in Buster Brown Area
A resident asks The Column when the water service will arrive in the waterless Buster Brown addition. City Hall says the decision lies with the water company. The contract would raise water rates by 50 percent for main extensions and softer water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buster Brown
Cigarettes Top Grocery Sales Surpass Tobacco Shops
Progressive Grocer cites a survey showing cigarettes outsell any packaged commodity in grocery stores. Stores also purchase more from wholesale food dealers than from wholesale tobacco dealers, and tobacco shops rank behind groceries in cigarette sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Grocer
Couple's three week trip through the South and Italy recall
Mr and Mrs George Ferrari of 2004 Wall Street have completed a three week vacation spanning Smoky Mountain Tennessee Florida and several southern states. They recounted reading about Italy in World War I where he served five years and rose to top sergeant before returning home with his wife.
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George Ferrari
Wall Street
Smokey Mountain
Tennessee
Old South
Florida
Atlanta
Silver Lake
Tallahassee
Ala
Palm Beach
Pensacola
Fla
Mobile
Mississippi
Kentucky
Illinois
Italy
Judy Hickam Birthday Appeal Urges Cards Saturday
Judy Hickam who lost a foot in a car train wreck last September will celebrate her sixth birthday Saturday August 12. Mrs A G Williams a campaign leader asked admirers to flood the girl with birthday cards as a show of support for her cheerfulness during recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Hickam
Murphysboro
Judy
A. G. Williams
Jackson County Tug-of-War Team Wins District Prize
Jackson County Farm Bureau tug-of-war team placed second in a district contest at the Williamson county fair on Wednesday night. Williamson county team won the title and a trip to the State Sports Festival in Champaign on August 18 and 19. The Jackson entry, new to competition, had not competed before.
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Cliff Terrell
Forester
Soil Conservation District
Southern Illinois Camp
Jackson County
Farm Bureau
Williamson
Champaign
Jackson
Anna Dennison Dies At 65 In East St. Louis
Anna Dennison 65 daughter of the late James Dennison Murphysboro died Tuesday Aug 8 in East St. Louis She was cousin of W J McDonald and John Waite Murphysboro and Earl McDonald East St. Louis Services will be held Friday Aug 11 at 9 am at St Josephs church East St. Louis burial at Calvary cemetery St Louis
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Anna Dennison
James Dennison
Murphysboro
East St. Louis
W. J. McDonald
John Waite
Earl McDonald
St. Joseph’s Church
Calvary Cemetery
St. Louis
Property Transfers Listed in Murphysboro and Carbondale Records
A series of property transfers reported include Joseph H Bastien to Francis Maier part of lot 13 block 29 Murphysboro for 14500, Earl G Bradley to Gordon A Parrish land in section 7 township 9 range 1 for 1, Charles Marvin Hamilton to D D Monroe lots 95 and 96 Oakland Heights Carbondale 10, Fred C Loftus to Peter E Loftus lot 2 part lot 3 block 24 rev plat Carbondale 1, Son Virgil Robinson to Leonard E DeWitt land in section 35 town William Tegtmeyer to Henry F Rabert lots 5 and 6 block 2 William Muhlenbrock 5th addition Ava 1, John H Brush to Allen Weathers tot?? block 2 Dunns addition Gorham 7000 W A Snider to Allen Weathers land in section 16 township 9 range 3 1, D C Ledford to G R Huffman lot 11 block 1 Huffmans addition Carbondale 1, G R Huffman to Marjorie Kelly Dunsmore Martin lot 11 block 1 3000, Curtie E Bagwill to Albert C Schutte lots 5 and 6 William Muhlenbrock 4th addition Campbell Hill 1000.
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Joseph H. Bastien
Francis Maier
J. W
W. H. Logan
Murphysboro
Earl G. Bradley
Gordon A. Parrish
Charles Marvin Hamilton
D. D. Monroe
Oakland Heights
Carbondale
Fred C. Loftus
Peter E. Loftus
Virgil Robinson
Leonard E. DeWitt
William Tegtmeyer
Henry F Rabert
William Muhlenbrock
Ava
John H. Brush
Allen Weathers
Dunn
Gorham
W. A. Snider
D. C. Ledford
G. R. Huffman
Huffman
Marjorie Kelly Dunsmore Martin
Curtie E. Bagwill
Albert C. Schutte
William Mohlenbrock
Campbell Hill
Jackson County Union Names New Local Officers
Guy Hardin releases a revised list of presidents and secretaries for Jackson County locals following recent elections. Notable entries include Local 208 barbering with Ralph Norman and Owen Johnson, Local 40 bartenders with Clyde Schwartz and Ruth Duncan, Local 217 printers with Marion Harriss and Hosea Elliott, and Local 12652 United Mine Workers with Robert Massey and Chester Strohm.
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Jackson County
Guy Hardin
Jackson County Building and Construction Trades Council
The
Barbers’ Union
Ralph Norman
Owen Johnson
Bartenders’ Union
Clyde Schwartz
Ruth Duncan
Printers and Typographical Workers Union
Marion Harriss
Hosea Elliott
Printing Pressmans’ Union
Gilbert Dreyer
Norma Smith
Expect Mayor Hart To Return Home Saturday
Mayor C A Hart of Murphysboro is recovering well after an emergency appendectomy at St Andrews hospital. The physician ordered no visitors during his stay, allowing the city council to name an alderman as mayor pro tem for Friday night’s meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Hart
Murphysboro
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Hart
Funeral Services For Walter Bagley Friday
Funeral services for Walter Bagley, 63, who died Tuesday in St. Andrew's hospital, will be held Friday at 3 30 p m at the First Baptist church in Murphysboro with Rev H T Rafael officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Grove Memorial cemetery. He leaves one son Oswald of St Louis and two daughters Mrs Claude Nobel of Murphysboro and Mrs Virgil Boucher of Peoria.
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Walter Bageley
St. Andrew’s Hospital
First Baptist Church
Murphysboro
H. T. Rafael
Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery
Oswald
St. Louis
Claude Nobel
Virgil Boucher
Peoria
4 H Classes Exhibit Projects at REA Fete
Jackson Perry and Randolph county 4 H groups will display project work at the Egyptian Electric Cooperative meeting in Steeleville on August 19. Exhibitors will receive ribbons and premiums. Ora Snider, electrification advisor, taught the classes this summer in the three counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Perry
Randolph County
Egyptian Electric Cooperative Association
Steeleville
Ora Snider
Co-Op
Leave For National Rural Mail Convention
H. O. Jacoby and family of Cutler with Willis Jacoby and family of Percy left Monday for Spokane Washington to attend the National Rural Letter Carriers convention there.
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Leave For National Rural Mail Convention
H. O. Jacoby
Cutler
Willis Jacoby
Percy
Spokane
Wash
Rattler Brought Down Near Steeleville Displayed Locally
W O Meininger of Steeleville and other men from the Egyptian Electric Cooperative killed a large rattlesnake last week near the Keller highway and Route 3 junction. The snake measured 57 inches with nine rattles and a button and was shown in Steeleville over the weekend.
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W. O. Meininger
Steeleville
Egyptian Electric Cooperative
Keller Highway
Route 3
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Marietta
U. S. Field Artillery
Truman
White House
W. C. Anderson
St. Andrew's
ELKS
Jackson County Bankers Association
Riverside Park
Juanita Troutman
Mary Elizabeth Crawshaw
Louise Camp
Joyce Hastings
Sharon Hall
Shirley Dillinger
Walter King
Fred B. Herbert
Bankers’ Association
I. H. Castleberry
Castleberry
Odds and Ends
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Cecil Thomas
Edith Street
Thomas
Blue Pond
Pomona
Wright’s
Sam
Commodity Credit Corporation
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannon
Congress
Ferrari
Jackson County Union
Butchers‘ Union
Nick Thom
Bert Hall
Harry Lavell
Paul Sorenson
Garment Workers Local No
William McCoy
Earl Thompson
Laundry Workers Local No
Joe Nordoni
Joe Martin
Bricklayers
H. E. Weber
Carpenters
Frank Fulmer
Ray Hatcher
Vincent Gillhooly
Fred Boucher
Painters Local No. 3
Edgarette
Robert Harvey
Walter Bagley
Rea Fete
Rattler
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