Foreign Visitors Learn American Ways in Carbondale
Five European youths visit Carbondale during the Experient in International Living program. Belgian twins Jacques Pourbaix and Jean Montanus, plus Collette Escoffier from France, and Miss Aria Wouters and Marie Claire Vroomans from Belgium stay with local hosts through August 19. They observe American life, note church abundance and racial segregation as striking, and plan future careers in law medicine and teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Floyd
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Donald B. Watt
Vermont
United States
Europe
Latin America
New York
Venda
Canada
Belgium
France
Jacques Pourbaix
Jean Montanus
Anna Wouters
Marie- Claire Vroomans
Brussels
Colette Escoffier
Rheims
Illinois
Richard Vogler
South Maple Street
Vogler
Jeff Sanders
Jack
University of Brussells
Belgian Congo
Mexico
Jean
Institute of Commerce
Paris
Colette
Donald Schwachow
Aria Wouters
V. A. Beadle
John Lewis
Marie-Claire Vroomans
Brussells
Miss Vroomans
Charles E. Tenney
Pre Inductees Enlistment Rules Expanded in Carbondale
Sgt Leonard R Toler announces no enlistment for men ordered to pre induction processing though general enlistment for ages 17 to 35 remains open. Regular Army 21 month term now authorized, Far East assignments allowed, former Cavalry and Infantry units may enlist directly for Korea duty. Contact room 202 post office Carbondale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard R. Toler
Regular Army
Air Force
Toler
Far East Command
1St Cavalry
Korea
Army
Navy
Marine
Air Force Reserve
Post
Carbondale
Webb Leads University Tour To Mexico
Mrs. Gerald Webb of Carterville manages the tour and works in the university president’s office. The group includes Mrs. Webb Barbara Webb from Harrisburg and Marjorie Eneagy from Chester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Webb
Carterville
Webb
University
Barbara Webb
Harrisburg
Marjorie Eneagy
Chester
David Brian Rites At St. Andrew's Wednesday
The casketed remains of Dave Brian 55 a former Murphysboro resident who died in Los Angeles are to arrive Monday night for funeral services next week. The body arrives 825 p.m. aboard the GM&O Railroad train and will be cared for at Roberts Residence Funeral Home. Services set for 9:00 a.m. Wednesday at St. Andrews Catholic Church with Mrs Brian the former Marion Ward and son Eugene accompanying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Brian
Murphysboro
California
Brian
Los Angeles
Calif
Gm&o
Roberts
Strike in Seventh Week at Koppers Plant Carbondale
The wood preserving division workers of Koppers in Carbondale enter their seventh week on strike with no negotiations scheduled. Local 12176 of the United Mine Workers of America led the walkout after wage demands of 15 cents and a later 3 cent increase were rejected by the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koppers Company
Carbondale
The
UMWA
Property Transfers Involving Loftus and DeWitt in Ava and Carbondale
Fred C Loftus transfers lot 2 part of lot 3 block 24 rev plat addition Carbondale for 1. Son Virgil Robinson transfers land in section 35 township 9 range 1 to Leonard E DeWitt for 1. William Tegtmeyer transfers lots 5 and 6 block 2 William Muhlenbrock s 5th addition Ava for 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred C. Loftus
Peter E. Loftus
Carbondale
Virgil Robinson
Leonard E. DeWitt
William Tegtmeyer
Henry F Rathert
William Muhlenbrock
Ava
Visitors Explore Small American Towns and Modern Homes
A group of first time visitors note one million population in a region favoring smaller towns. They are surprised by numerous wooden houses in Carbondale and the advanced American home, especially the kitchen, contrasting with Belgium. They show wide eyed interest in jalopies drive in theatres and square dancing along with complex topics like economics geography and religion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Belgia
National Guard Entrainment To Camp McCoy Details
Carbondale National Guard units depart by rail for a two week Camp McCoy maneuver. Soldiers from Anna Cairo and Murphysboro join the trains amid light delays and casual farewells as recruits joke about the soldier's bonus and future base status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. I
Carbondale National
Camp McCoy
Carbondale
Hospital Notes List Admissions and Discharges
A hospital notes section lists admissions on Friday including Robert Fox and Mrs Albert Corders with various medical and surgical statuses. Discharges on Friday include Mrs William Hewitt and Fred Borger among others from Carbondale Marion Herrin and Carbonale facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Corders
Surgical
Herrin
F. L. Kerley
William Hewitt
Marion
Ray Platt
Anna
Robert Lavell
Carbondale
Union County Old Men Beat Jackson 14 to 8 for State Bid
Union County over 35 team defeated Jackson county Farm Bureau softball 14 to 8 at the Jackson 4-H diamond north of Murphysboro. The victory earns Union County the right to compete for the state title in Champaign later this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Farm Bureau
Union County
Jackson
Murphysboro
Champaign
Guard Arrival Directed Via Walkie Talkies at Camp McCoy
The 44th National Guard division moved into Camp McCoy Wisconsin for its second postwar two week training stint led by Maj. Gen. Harry Bolen. Troop arrivals were guided by walkie talkie radio with 12 trains and motor convoys bringing in the 129th Infantry and artillery elements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp McCoy
Wis
44Th National Guard
Illinois
Harry Bolen
Cairo
44Th
John Homfeldt
McCoy
Homfeldt
129Th
Jackson County Wheat Allotment Up 715 Acres in 1951
Jackson County increases 1951 wheat acreage to 26 691 acres, 715 more than last year. PMA chair Claude A Terry expects mailed individual allotments by month end. State total rises to 1 697 406 acres, while Illinois-wide allotment falls four percent. Arthur O Wood notes state allotment matches seed acreage in 1950 despite reduced planting due to weather. Wood urges producers to farm within allotments and stresses national calculations aim to meet future needs and keep land fertile for emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Claude A. Terry
County Production and Marketing Administration
Arthur O. Wood
PMA
Wood
Local Boys Visit St Louis For Welfare Trip
Twenty eight Carbondale boys joined a March outing to a St Louis ball game sponsored by the State Welfare Department. About 1,500 Southern Illinois boys are on the trip with tickets donated by the department and local groups. The Carbondale contingent traveled by car, will lunch in Belleville, attend batting practice before a Detroit Tigers versus St. Louis Browns game, and each boy receives 25 cents at the park. Alan Domer and Charles Ellis accompanied the group. several local civic groups contributed. Names of participating boys listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
St. Louis
State Department of Welfare
Southern Illinois
State Department
Belleville
Detroit Tigers
St. Louis Browns
Ball Park
Eagles
Elks, Lions, Builders Lumber and Supply Company
R. R. Colp
Alan Domer
Charles Ellis
State Welfare Department
Larry Crowell
Date Crowell
Jim Ebbs
Bob Swain
Lee Swain
Joel Holder
Bill Knowles
Jim Manning
Bill Murray
Cecil Adams
Eddie Nelson
Bob Kelley
Vernon Eaton
Gordon Cavada
Charles Stanley
Jim Hunter
Bernard Greer
Raymond Wise
Robert Robinson
Charles Alexander
James Alexander
Jimmy Harris
Buddy Littlejohn
Roger Williams
Bart Bridges
Gene Patterson
Rickey Domer
Bob White
Taxable Real Estate and Personal Property in Jackson County
Jackson County totals about 57 million in taxable real estate and personal property based on 1949 1950 assessments by County Supervisor James Lawder. The 1950 real estate and personal property value is 15 511 222 with a 26 to 28 percent assessment rate and a multiplier of about 3 7 to reach full cash value. Carbonale leads with 5 381 073 asset value and Murphysboro shows a drop in personal property from 1 008 291 in 1949 to 972 651 in 1950. Population around 38 000 yields an assessed value near 1500 per resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
James Lawder
Lawder
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Township
Elk
Vergennes
Ora
Bradley
Somerset
Levan
Serene
Kinkaid
Eeeeee
Degognia
Nd Ridge
FB . Bluff
Makanda
Pomona
Grand Tower
Elks Vergennes
de Soto
Eeneee
Sand Ridge
Ft. Bluff
Guard training trip for Boulden and Day
Lt. Col. M. P. Boulden and Lt. Col. Oscar Day left Friday for Camp McCoy Wisconsin for 15 days of training with the Illinois National Guard. Both officers are stationed at the district highway office in Carbondale with Boulden in design and Day in research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P. Boulden
Illinois National Guard
Oscar Day
Engineer Corps Reserve
Camp McCoy
Wis
District Highway Office
Carbondale
Boulden
Day
Metzler Fruit Packing Shed Near Cobden Opens
A new 34 acre Metzler plant near Cobden features 63 500 square feet of floor space in a 220 by 167 foot fireproof building. Peaches and apples will be packed at a rate of 38 cars in a 10 hour day. The facility is owned by Metzler and Sons, Inc and operated by Metzler Orchard Co., Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metzler
Inery
Metzler and Sons, Ind
Metzler Orchard Co., Inc
Cobden
Metzler and Sons
Decatur Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Company
Route 51
Police arrest man on charge of desertion
Charles Anderson a former Carbondale resident was arrested by local police and held for the FBI on a charge of Army desertion. He had been AWOL since August 1949 and had sent a telegram to his commander in Florida. Anderson was found in the Illinois Central parking lot and had recently worked in a Gary steel mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Anderson
Carbondale
FBI
Anderson
Mark Anderson
West
Sycamore Street
Delmar Crews
Illinois Central
Elgin Field
Fla
Gary
Hurst Lawyer plans move to Carbondale
Jim Zimmer a 30 year old Hurst city attorney with ties to Elmer Medlin plans relocation to Carbondale. He holds Illinois Missouri licenses and is a Washington University Law School graduate who served as chief storekeeper on the U S S Enterprise during World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Zimmer
Hurst
Elmer J. Medlin
South Illinois Avenue
Carbondale
Zimmer
H. Zimmer
Combe and Twente
Harrisburg
Illinois
Missouri
Hurst-Bush
Southern Illinois University
Southern
Washington University Law School
Hawaiian Sugar Corporation
San Francisco
U. S. Naval Reserve
U. S. S. Enterprise
Pearl Harbor
Air Force Atlantic Fleet
Norfolk
Lions Club Tours New Carbondale Hospital
Members of the Lions club toured the Doctors hospital after their weekly meeting. Dr John Lewis and Dr J W Barrow showed the new facility to visitors. Dr W E Keepper described Costa Rica customs life and economics, recounting a year as exchange teacher. Jim Zimmer of Hurst Bush attended as a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Doctors Hospital
John Lewis
J. W. Barrow
W. E. Keepper
Agriculture Department
Southern Illinois University
Costa Rica
Keepper
Jim Zimmer
Lion
Hurst Bush
Southern Illinois Daily Free Press notice page
Local publication details include edition scope evenings only, carrier rates 25 cents weekly, mail options 6 weeks to 52 weeks with set prices, and post office filing notes for Carbondale Illinois. Associated Press exclusive republication rights noted for local news content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinoisan
Daily Free Press
Southern Illinois Publications Inc
West Main Street
Carbondale
Illinois
Ulinois
Associated Press
Also Mentioned on This Page
Illinois Central Depot
Lydia
Mary Lee Kneip
Clara Taggart
Muhiel Fults
Hattie Mameese
Joseph Prelec, Jr
Kell
Burl Simms
Inez Coressmen
Zeyphora Will
du Quoin
David Brian
St. Andrew’s
National Guard
BY Frank Weller
Free Press
W. ©. Boucher
Boucher
Cairo-Anna
Mac
Holden Hospital
Robert Fox
Johnston City
Fred Borger
Elon Meeks
Palas
Henry Edwards
Clarence Addison
Eva Russell
Doctor’s Hospital
Leonard Turner
Ellen McCullough
James Rust
Gene Lichliter
Mur
Physboro
Elza Brantley
Lichliter
Jack O’daniel
Ished
Altha Huth
Miss Huth
List Township
NEW Metzler Fruit Packing Shed
Ships Service
Naval Air Station
New Carbondale Hospital
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