Sherry Richardson Wins 1050-Pound Farm City Days Steer
The Richardson family of Ewing will not lack beef this fall after Sherry Richardson won a 1050-pound steer at Benton Farm City Days. The steer, entered in the drawing by a relative, was displayed as Farm City Days promoted by Franklin County Farm Bureau and Benton Promotion Association.
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Sherry Richardson
Ewing
Sherry
Benton Farm City
Robert Paige
Ray Mellon
Farm Bureau
Farm City
Franklin County Farm
Not a meteorite finds at Thompsonville pond
SIUC geologists determine a rock found at Frankfort pond on the Trobaugh farm is volcanic and igneous. Gary Land says the basaltic rock formed from molten lava over hundreds of millions of years, likely carried by glaciers from Minnesota or Canada, and will go to the Frankfort Historical Museum in September.
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Thompsonville
Southern Ilinois University
Carbondale
West Frankfort
Frank E. Trobaugh
Harry E. Walder
Siuc
Trobaugh Farm
Gary Land
Geology
Minnesota
Canada
Land
Trobaugh
Frankfort
Burglars Strike Murphysboro Home. Loot Includes Guns and Meat
Burglars hit the home of Joe Sciales at 511 North 9th Street in Murphysboro on Friday night or early Saturday. Missing items include two pistols, about $10 in change, a $300 coin collection, and roughly $200 worth of beef and pork from the freezer.
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Joe Sciales
9Th St
Murphysboro
Sciales
Gent's Addition: Pastor Voices Psychological Barriers in Marion
Marion pastor Rev Robert Buchanan of Bethel AME discusses Gent's Addition as a ghetto of substandard housing and unemployment. He cites segregation in housing and scarce black professionals, urges education and cross community exposure to overcome invisibile walls and racial complacency.
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Southern Illinoisan
Robert Buchanan
Bethel Ame Church
Marion
Monroe Street
Gent’s Addition
Gent’s
Buchanan
Mr. Buchanan
Gent
Tennessee
Ethel
Bank of Marion
Bank of Egypt
General Telephone Co
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Marion Federal Penitentiary
Williamson County Fair to Award Premiums and Host Eight Day Event
Williamson County's 117th annual fair will offer 43 300 in premiums to exhibitors and eight days of grandstand attractions September 1 through 8. Highlights include wrestling at 8 p.m. opening day and September 7, rodeos, a western horse show, a junior rodeo, and a Miss Williamson County pageant on September 6. The Marion Kiwanis Club sponsors the event with plans for a trophy and scholarship for the Miss Illinois pageant. Admission is one dollar for ages 12 and up. parking is free.
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Williamson County
Illinois
Marion Kiwanis Club
Jack Lindle
Don Harper
Ray Miller
R. D. White
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Pepsi-Cola Co
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Bloomington, Ill
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