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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1963
Page
6
The Chester Municipal Band plays at 7 p.m. during the 18th annual American Legion homecoming in Chester. Legion Post 487 and Auxiliary sponsor the event at the legion home on Rt. 3 south of Chester. A chicken dinner starts at 11 a.m. and carnival rides run 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Jerry Coleman and his Del-Tones perform for a dance at 9:20 p.m.
Murphysboro Bobby Griffin fined 15 dollars including costs by Justice of Peace Jim Bob Kerley for disturbing the peace. The brief incident report notes local enforcement action and the small-claims style outcome.
West Frankfort police lost their new car after a 5:45 p.m. collision on Emma Street. Patrolman John Walley, driving south, was struck by a car driven by Charles Reed, 77, of Rt. 4. Reed was cited for careless driving and failure to yield. The car had only 32 miles on the odometer. damage estimate not yet available.
Wiliam E. Skadden of the Springfield State Department of Mental Health will deliver the keynote for Southern Illinois University's second annual Youth World Program on Monday evening in Morris Library auditorium. Skadden has promoted the nursing scholarship program since 1955 and previously served as executive secretary of the Illinois Welfare Association. One manufacturer reports selling over 2000 gyroglider kits.
A Marion man reclaimed his car an hour and a half after it was seized for nonpayment of a $35.51 tax tow bill. Dewey Horn of 1219 N Glendale had the vehicle towed by a deputy tax collector and later paid the charges totaling $50.51 to recover it. The incident occurred amid a Franklin County effort to merge protesters and tax objectors into one group. About 100 people attended a West Frankfort meeting where merger talks were approved and four new members joined the committee. The Franklin County Board of Review may adjust assessments only after individual objections, with changes likely in August and a September public meeting planned. Funeral services for Mrs. Elsie Creal, 80, Creal Springs, were set for 2 p.m. today at the Creal Springs Cemetery, with Rev. Kenneth Bissey officiating. She died Friday night in the Creal Springs Nursing Home. born January 1883, she leaves a son Clifton of East Chicago, Ind., and half brothers Cyrus Odum of Ferguson, Mo., and Orley Odum of Creal Springs.
Fire at 1004 N 3th St Herrin is blamed on lightning. An unoccupied two story frame house owned by Donald Davis caught fire before 5 30 a m Saturday. Fire Chief Carl Mayers said the blaze started near a stairway in the false ceiling on the first floor and was confined to that area. Firefighters kept it under control in about 30 minutes and remained two hours. No damage estimate was available.
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