Visiting Experts Add Impetus to S I U Survey
Three visiting educational experts joined Southern Illinois university to assess organization and procedures. Dr. Harvey H. Davis and Dr. Arthur J. Klein supervise the study with aim to align practices with other universities. Dr. M. M. Chambers and R. W. Kettler assist, visiting Springfield to review procedures and advise over the coming weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Harvey H. Davis
Graduate College
University of Iowa
Arthur J. Klein
Ohio State University College of Education
Klein
Southern
State Capitol
Chambers
Ohio
Wesleyan University
Ohio State University
University of Kansas City
Brooking Institute
American Council On Education
Army Air Forces
Kettler
Purdue
University of Illinois
Dean Klein
Unemployment Rise in Murphysboro Area Indiana Illinois Survey
Unemployment in the Murphysboro section rose to more than 300 during May 15 to July 15, per a Illinois State Employment Service survey covering Jackson Perry and Union counties. The increase of 500 since mid January is blamed on many migrants returning after layoffs elsewhere. Temporary relief is expected from agricultural work including peach picking as firms in the area remain steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphys_oro
Illinois State Employment Service
Jackson
Perry
Union
ISES
Murphysboro
Hospital Notes Admitted and Discharged Patients
Admitted Thursday are Mrs. Harry Crawshaw surgical Carbondale Mrs. Walter Ramsey surgical Omaha Mrs. Alvie Schmidt surgical Henry Erwin medical Dalgren Mrs. Mark Hall medical Carterville Discharged Thursday are Mrs. Clyde Hornick medical Garbondale Miss Luella Amon surgical Carbondale Mrs. Jennie Gentry medical Carterville Carl Anderson medical Carbondale Sam Edmondson medical Marion Mrs. Jesse Anderson surgical Mrs. George E Galloway and son Carbondale
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Crawshaw
Surgical
Carbondale
Walter Ramsey
Omaha
Alvie Schmidt
Henry Erwin
Dalgren
Mark Hall
Carterville
Clyde Hornick
Garbondale
Luella Amon
Jennie Gentry
Carl Anderson
Sam Edmondson
Mar
Daily Free Press Carbondale Rates and Post Office Entry
The Daily Free Press lists subscription rates for carrier and mail delivery in Carbondale Illinois with weekly and multiweek options. Mail subscriptions are restricted where carrier service exists and the paper notes second class post matter status and AP rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Free Press
Southern Illinoisan
West Main Street
Carbondale
Illinois
Associated Press
Green Mill Restaurant Reopens With Modern Redesign
The Green Mill on Illinois avenue reopens February 1 1949 after September remodeling. Owned by Elizabeth Rieth Evanston the two story 68 by 920 foot venue features indirect lighting air conditioning stainless steel equipment a 36 foot serving counter seating 88 with 15 employees including Mrs Licos as cashier. John Licos Sr and Jr operate the business begun in Carbondale in 1916 and at this location since 1930. Construction was by J C Williams Arnold Grady Plumbing and George Hayes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Mill
Illinois Avenue
Elizabeth Rieth
Evanston
John Licos
Licos
Greece
Carbondale
J. C. Williams Construction Company
Arnold Construction Company
Grady Plumbing Company
George Hayes
Opening Crab Orchard Bird Dog Training Area Schedule
The Crab Orchard bird dog training area opens Monday August 15 under Cr ab Orchard Field Trial association president Tom Mofield. Training runs through April 1 with four field trials in fall including Steeleville and Pinckneyville club stakes October 8 9 and October 15 16 plus Brittany Spaniel Illinois Regional and Futurity events. The association reports abundant young birds and has completed 36 kennels two per and stables to house about 65 horses at headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crab Orchard
Tom Mofield
Crab Orchard Field Trial Association
Crab Orchard Lake
Sneed Road
Mofield
C. A. Nelson
Fish and Wildlife
Eugene Crawford
Steeleville Sportsmen’s Club
Pinckneyville Sportsmen’s Club
Steeleville
Pinckneyville
Brittany Spaniel Field Trial Club
Illinois
Crab Orchard Association
Modern Woodmen District Picnic Plan Canceled
A Southern Illinois district picnic planned for Sunday August 21 at Riverside Park Murphysboro is canceled as a precaution against polio says Oscar Atherton district manager Modern Woodmen of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
Riverside Park
Murphysboro
Oscar Atherton
Modern Woodmen of America
Carbondalian Bob Robertson Signs With Cards
Carbondale athlete Bob Robertson of 608 North Almond Street signed a St. Louis Cardinal contract after tryout camp in West Frankfort. He reports to Lynchburg Georgia on April 1 1950 to join a class B minor league team and will finish the season with the Carbondale Merchants coached by Charles Doty. Robertson, tall and versatile, preferred shortstop or pitching and impressed with control and stuff earning praise as the best pitching prospect at the 57 camps this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
St. Louis Cardinal
Bob Robertson
North Almond Street
West Frankfort
Robertson
Inez
Robert
Lynchburg
Charles Doty
Carbondale Merchants
Doty
Merchants
Pinckneyville
Cardinals
Carbondale Budgets Approved by District Boards
The grade schools in District 95 with a budget of 257 515 approved by the board led by Clyde Winkler. The high schools in District 165 receive a 251 196 82 budget prepared by N A Rosan. District 95 also approved four lunch cooks Mrs Mary Cooney Mrs Kate Anderson Mrs Pearl Allman and Mrs Milo Eaton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Winkler
N. A. Rosan
Mary Cooney
Kate Anderson
Pearl Allman
Milo Eaton
Marion Woman Treated Here for Razor Slash
Mrs. Mary Gulley, 74, of Marion, was reported improved this morning at Holden Hospital after being seriously injured Wednesday when she sustained a razor slash. She was treated at Holden after the incident and remained under care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Mary Gulley
Holden Hospital
Hurst Man Hurt After Car Crash On Route 51
Oscar Simpson aged 62 of Hurst was injured two miles north of Carbondale when a car driven by Ruth Robinson of Jonesboro struck a suitcase he carried on Route 51 near the Big Muddy bridge. He suffered a fractured knee and other injuries and was described as much better at Holden hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Simpson
Hurst
Carbondale
Holden Hospital
Simpson
Big Muddy Bridge
Ruth Robinson
Jonesboro
Corn Prospects Improve After Jackson County Rainfall
Jackson county farms received over two inches of rain late yesterday boosting corn prospects. Farmers had lowered yield hopes to 40 or 50 bushels per acre from earlier 70 to 80, but County Farm Advisor W. C. Anderson said the rain came at a crucial moment as ears begin to set and corn appears to recover from drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
W. C. Anderson
Campbell Hill
Ava
Corn
Anderson
Carbondale
Elkville
Vergennes
Oroville
de Soto
State Physician Visits County for Polio Update
Dr. Norman Rose, state health officer from Highland, visited Murphysboro to learn polio status and confer with regional health officials and Dr. A R Esposito. He noted polio in general urging sanitary swimming rules, limited daily swim, and school gatherings for rest. He cited vaccine research but warned some materials are unsafe or undeveloped for safe use. Favreau and Marlin greeted him at the airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Rose
Highland
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Rose
A. R. Esposito
R. E. Favreau
Carbondale
Aleen T. Marlin
Possible Site For Teen Town Being Surveyed
Officials of Teen Town and Carbondale Masonic lodge study using a lot at North University and West Jackson for Teen Town near Lincoln school. A open house and ice cream social are planned to raise funds while surveys check neighbor sentiment before long term use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teen Town
Carbondale
Lincoln School
Merchants Host Carbondale in Egyptian Baseball League
The Murphysboro Merchants welcome the Carbondale Merchants at Stagno Park north of Murphysboro for an 8:00 p.m. game. Admission costs 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children. Manager Dutch Flanigan undecided between Jack Tule and Carrol Dobbs for the starting mound. Murphysboro beat Carbondale earlier this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro Merchants
Carbondale Merchants
Stagno Park
Murphysboro
Dutch” Flanigan
Jack Tule
Carrol Dobbs
Carbondale
Lions Entertained By Rev W L Reppenhager
The Rev. W L Reppenhagen pastor of the First Baptist church entertained the Car bondale Lions at the Hotel Roberts during the weekly meeting. Dr Marshal S Hiskey served as program chairman with sleight of hand tricks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Reppenhagen
First Baptist Church
Carbondale Lions Club
Hotel Roberts
Marshal S. Hiskey
Guardsmen Leave Saturday for 550 Mile Camp McCoy Trip
About 400 National Guardsmen from Southern Illinois head to Camp McCoy Wisconsin for two weeks of field training. The train departs Carbondale at 2 00 am with 50 men from the local company and six officers aboard. They travel via the S C to Chicago then switch lines for the final leg, arriving 7 30 pm Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
Camp McCoy
Wisc
Carbondale Illinois Central Yards
Frank Brock
Carbondale
Carbondale Guard Company
Paul Townes
Cairo
Murphysboro
Anna
Clinton
Col
Brock
S. C
Chicago
Andrew Welch Funeral Monday Afternoon
The funeral of Andrew Welch who died Tuesday night at his home in Carbondale will be held Monday afternoon August 15 at 1 30 at the Jackson funeral home. Rev A A Crim will officiate. Burial will be in Oakland cemetery. He leaves two sisters Mrs Tim mer Gill Carbondale and Mrs Hulmer Gill Carbondale and Mrs Hulda Barnett Fulton Ky three nieces Mrs Louise Coleman Sheridan Wyo Mrs Juanita Sample Carbondale and Mrs Irene Gibbs Galesburg. Mr Welch was a World War I veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Welch
East Oaks Street
Carbondale
Jackson Funeral Home
A. A. Crim
Oakland Cemetery
Timmer Gill
Hulmer Gill
Hulda Barnett
Fulton, Ky
Louise Coleman
Sheridan
Wyo
Juanita Sample
Irene Gibbs
Galesburg
Welch
Illinois Central to retire longtime director of personnel
Illinois Central Railroad announces director of personnel c c Young will retire September 1. He will be succeeded by Gideon J. Willingham of Chicago who has a 32 year I C service record and began as a rodman in the engineering department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. C. Young
Illinois Central Railroad
Gideon J. Willingham
Chicago
Mr. Young
I. C
Carbondale
Mr. Willingham
Library Diploma Exercise At Carbondale Library
About sixty children in the library reading club will receive certificates for reading at least ten books this summer. The 3 p m program led by Mrs. E W Rees includes a book quiz by Mrs. Katy Rushing, with refreshments served by Mrs. Fern Brewer. Parents may attend in the basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Library Reading Club
E. W. Rees
Library Board
Katy Rushing
Fern Brewer
Rumor Truax Tracr May Close Because of Strike
Rumors persist that Truax Tracr mine may close if the strip miners’ wildcat walkout continues. No work scheduled rest of the week amid John L. Lewis’s three day week. About 250 miners idled across the two operations. drift workings suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truax-Tracr
John L. Lewis
Fred A. Huff
St Louis Man Drowns at Crab Orchard Lake
A Marion inquest returned a death by accidental drowning for Charles P. Neeson 33 of St Louis who drowned at Crab Orchard Lake while on a swimming party with Betty Malcolm near the Carterville Carbondale crossroads. Neeson jumped to save Malcolm and perished. body recovered about an hour later. He left wife Ruth and a daughter from Corando St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Charles P. Neeson
St. Louis
Crab Orchard Lake
Neeson
Betty Malcolm
Carterville
Carbondale
Lawrence Cannon
Miss Malcom
Malcolm
Cannon
Herrin
Frank G Murrah
Maller Fueneral
Ruth
Coronado
Murphysboro hunter found dead in woods near Anna
Charles Black 68 of Murphysboro was found in a dense rural area along Lick Creek road near the J. P. Morgan farm. Coroner Henry Hileman ruled death from natural causes a heart attack after an inquest at Norris funeral home. Black lived at 905 North Twenty third Street and often hunted. Funeral arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Black
Murphysboro
J. P. Morsgan
Anna
Lick Creek
Henry Hileman
Union County
Norris
Jonesboro
Mr. Black
North Twenty-third Street
Crawshaw
C. M. Draper
Bleck
Black
Draper
Walter Sitter
Jesse Manus
Manus
Fred Sitter
Hileman
Earl Batson
Vv. J. Black
Centralia
Nolan Dean
Gale Tucker
Helen Brick
Mounds
Summer Welfare Parley at Dixon Springs
The Egypt district of the Illinois Welfare association will host a one day summer conference at Dixon Springs State Park on August 19. Attendees from 16 southern Illinois counties will hear discussions and speeches on welfare issues, with a luncheon and park tour included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon Springs
Egypt
Ilinois Welfare Association
Dixon Springs State Park
Illinois
Property Transfers in Carbondale and Murphysboro
Fred Baggett transfers lots 1 2 73 and 74 in Oak Grove Heights Carbondale to George Hayes for 1 dollar. Helen J. Jackson transfers part of lot 1 block 41 in Murphysboro to Harold N Jackson for 1 dollar. John W. Brumley transfers lot 1 block 21 Rev. Plat Comm. addition Carbondale for 1 dollar. Raymond Hoffner transfers lot 9 block 1 Harker Keesee and Clements addition Carbondale to Oliver W Meimfohr for 1 dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Baggett
George Hayes
Oak Grove Heights
Carbondale
Helen J. Jackson
Harold N
Jackson
J. A
T. M. Logan
Murphysboro
John W. Brumley
Ahen Baine
Raymond Hoffner
Oliver W. Meimfohr
Harker, Keesee and
Clements Addition
Also Mentioned on This Page
S.I.U. Survey
Jesse Anderson
George E. Galloway
Woodmen
Southern Ice Cream Company
Coca Cola Company
Claude Ross
Teen Town Board of
Eagles
Delta Theta Tau
Hagland
Murray Furniture
Community Council
Jaycettes
Elks
Parent-Teachers Association
Kiwanis Eagles
VFW
American Legion
Women’s Club
Lions
Masonic Lodge
Joan Schultow
Shirley Bridges
Bob Whittenberg
Marcella Seager
Gene Biggs
Tommy Hunt
Bill Turner
Johnny Hill
Cdale Club
W. L. Reppenhager
Capt. Riddle
Cairo Company
Fifth Army
C. R. Young
G. J. Willingham
Truax Tracr
Lake
Hunter
Woods
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