Summer Vacation Nearing End For Murphysboro Students
City and county officials outline opening dates for Murphysboro schools and rural districts. Superintendent William Carruthers promises a late week schedule for city schools while rural boards set start dates around September 1. Murphysboro Township high school plans rearranged classes for 1950 51 with a decision pending after Labor Day scheduling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Carruthers
Murphysboro
Jackson County Superintendent of Schools
V. N. Wheeles
Schoo
Murphysboro Township
Prinicpal
Fred Shappard
Saic
Bert Pierson Tops Lamb Sale At National Stock Yards
Bert Pierson of Murphysboro sold 14 lambs at 28.50 cwt for 82-lb animals on a consignment through the Producers Live Stock Marketing Association. Other local sales included Gus Vogel with 116 head of 233-lb cattle at 24.10 ewt and Keith Thomson’s Meatowlark Farms shipment of 24 steers at 25.00 and 1245-lb heifers at 28.00.
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Bert Pierson
Murphysboro
National Stock Yards
Producers Live Stock Marketing Association
Gus C. Vogel
Jacob
Park
Meatowlark Farms
Campbell Hill
Keith Thomson
Lawrence Shields
Cora
Williams 47 dies in California after nine month illness
Floyd H. Williams a 47 year old construction engineer and former Southern Illinois resident died at 2 45 pm Sunday at his Bakersfield California home after a nine month illness Born July 1 1903 in Willisville he moved to California seven years ago He was married April 1948 in Las Vegas to Opal Hebert He leaves a blended family including two sons Floyd Ray and Donald one daughter Bobbie Jean and a stepdaughter Barbara Hetet He was a member of Dean Lodge No 833 AF and A M Ava and the First Baptist Church of Ava Funeral arrangements were pending arrival of the body at Wilson Funeral Home in Ava from California
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Floyd H. Williams
Southern Illinois
Bakers Field
Calif
Willisville
Williams
California
Las Vegas
Nev
Opal Hebert
Donald
Springville
Floyd Ray Belleflower
Ella Mae Etherton
Route 1
Murphysboro
Bobbie Jean Williams
Barbara Hetet
Denton Williams
Ava
Ruth Cottom
Maqnon
Raymond
Archie
Local Newspaper Masthead and Subscription Rates
The Daily Independent Edition of Southern Illinois prints with AP content rights and lists subscription rates. Carrier 25 cents weekly. mail options include 6 weeks 12 dollars, 12 weeks 24 dollars, 24 weeks 4 dollars, and 52 weeks 7.50.
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Southern
Llinoisan
Daily Independent
Southern Ilinois Publications, Inc
South
Murphysboro
Ilinois
Associated Press
X-Ray Canvass Pre-register Urged for Free Chest X-ray
Dr. R F Sondag announces a Jackson county house to house canvass to pre register adults for a free chest x ray. Those pre registered save time at the unit and reports will be mailed. The survey runs Aug 29 30 with locations in Murphysboro and Carbondale and ongoing afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
R. F. Sondag
Sondag
Mayor Hart Returns Home After Emergency Appendectomy
Murphysboro Mayor C. A. Hart returned home from St. Andrew's hospital Saturday after a week convalescing from an emergency appendectomy. His physician called the recovery satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Hart
Murphysboro
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Hospital Notes Admissions and Dismissals At Local Facilities
Admissions on August 12 include Mrs Rosella Leaders maternity Chester William Brewer surgical 909 Chestnut street Mrs Dorothy Crain maternity 2120 Wall street Mrs Juanita Hart medical 617 North Fourteenth street Mrs Ruth Rice accident Cairo. dismissals on August 12 include Mrs Alfred in Alstat Miss Jean Beck 1916 Spruce Charles Bergman Ellis Grove Mrs Myra Blades 2309 Dewey Clarence Hart 1331 Olive street Alfred Keller Dongola Mrs Mary Poe Grand Tower. Admissions August 18 Charles Hart medical De Soto Mrs Evelena Akin maternity 2120 Hortense street Mrs Beatrice Boucher maternity Ava Mrs Margaret McBride fracture Ava Mrs Tillie Robinson surgical 215 South Eighth street Harry Halligan surgical Dowell Mrs Lois Pollock surgical 723 North Ninth street. dismissals August 13 Baby Joyce Holt Murphysboro route 3 Mrs Maude Gale Gorham Lloyd Frye Johnston City
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Rosella Leaders
Chester
William Brewer
Chestnut Street
Dorothy Crain
Wall Street
Juanita Hart
North Fourteenth Street
Ruth Rice
Cairo
Alfred
Alstat
Murphysboro
Jean Beck
Spruce Street
Charles Bergman
Ellis Grove
Myra Blades
Dewey Street
Clarence Hart
Olive Street
Tillie Robinson
Surgical
South Eighth Street
Harry Halligan
Dowell
Lois Pollock
North Ninth Street
Joyce Holt
Maude Gale
Gorham
Lloyd Frye
Johnston City
Rosary for Murphysboro Man David Brian Tuesday
A rosary for David Brian, a Murphysboro resident who died in California, will be recited Tuesday at 7 30 p m at Roberts Residence Funeral Home in Murphysboro. Funeral services follow Wednesday at 9 a m at St Andrew s Catholic Church in Murphysboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Brian
Murphysboro
California
Roberts
St. Andrew’s Catholic Church
Property Transfers in Carbondale and Grand Tower
Walker Schwartz trustee transfers lot 57 re subdivision in Univ Place Carbondale for 1500 to Leslie Norman. Illinois Central Railroad Co sells land in Grand Tower for 500 to Allen Godair. Lydia Wiehm transfers land in section 5 township 7 range d to Edward J. Perry for 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker Schwartz
Leslie D. Norman
Univ. Place Add
Carbondale
Illinois Central Railroad Co
Allen Godair
Grand Tower
Lydia Wiehm
Edward J. Perry
Ranged
Fred W. Carr 69 Dies at Ava Home
Fred W. Carr 69 of Ava died at 8:15 a m Sunday at his sister Ada Underwood’s Ava home after three years illness. He was born March 30 1881 in Ava and married Louise Schuetz who died Feb 18 1935. he later wed Irene Waschnicht. He leaves a daughter Ruth Kilpatrick Star City Idaho a son Lester Carr Ava a brother Walter Jr Illmo Mo and five sisters Ada Underwood Ava Eva Fletcher Granite City Mollie Fisher Venice Alice Grettersen St Louis Zoe Bilderback East St Louis. Funeral services under Ava Lodge No 672 I C C F will be Tuesday at 2 30 p m at Wilson Funeral Home Ava Rev Kyle Shawn officiating with burial in Ava Evergreen Cemetery. Friends may call at Wilson Funeral Home until services.
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Ava
Louise Schuetz
Irene Waschnicht
Ruth Kilpatrick
Star City
Idaho
Lester Carr
Walter , Jr
Illmo
Ada Underwood
Eva Fletcher
Granite City
Mollie Fisher
Venice
Alice Grettersen
St. Louis
Zoe Bilderback
East St. Louis
Ava Lodge No. 672
1.C.C.F
Wilson Funeral Home
Kyle Shawn
Ava Evergreen Cemetery
Ava Man Badly Beaten in Murphysboro Streets
Harvey Gladwell of Ava was found unconscious with a slashed face at Fifth and Dewey streets in Murphysboro. He was taken to St. Andrew's Hospital, then police headquarters, and woke Sunday morning with no memory of his attackers or motive.
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Fifth
Dewey
Murphysboro
Harvey Gladwell
Ava
Gladwell
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Clarence Ward
Stumble Inn
Bridge Street
Mary Violet Stephens Dies In Murphysboro
Funeral services for Mary Violet Stephens aged 66 were held at Roberts Residence Funeral Chapel in Murphysboro with Rev Clyde Funkhouser officiating. Burial followed at Tower Grove cemetery. She died Saturday afternoon at 527 Bridge Street leaving a half brother as her only near relative.
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Mary Violet Stephens
Murphysboro
Roberts
Clyde Funkhouser
Bridge Street
Chester Homecoming to Continue Tonight at Legion Park
Chester's Fifth Annual American Legion Homecoming resumes tonight after rainouts. The Chester high school band opens at 7 o'clock at Legion Park with the grand prize drawing announced during the program.
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Chester
American Legion
Chester High School
The
Legion Park
Peach Stealers Get Old Time Thrashing and Long Walk Home
Three Chester youths, whose names were not released, attempted to steal peaches from Joe Colvis orchard on Route 2. The owner beat them and took their car keys, sending them home to retrieve the keys from Sheriff Richard Bendorf. No charges had been filed by Monday morning.
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Chester
Joe Colvis
Route 2
Randolph County
Richard Bendorf
Three Women Hurt In Wreck Near Murphysboro
Three Cairo women injured when their car left Route 3 near the Route 3144 junction west of Murphysboro. Driver Mrs. Herbert Sullivan and Mrs. Hazel Hails suffered minor injuries. Mrs. James Rice Sr. had a fractured vertebra, broken arm, facial cut, and shock. Rice remained hospitalized. Sullivan and Hails released after first aid. Sheriff D L McGregor said Sullivan lost control at the Wye intersection, car overturned in a ditch after a 40 foot slide. Vehicles removed by Bob and Mrs. Zimmer of Murphysboro.
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Cairo
St. Louis
Murphysboro
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Herbert Sullivan
James Rice
Hazel Hails
Car overturns on Route 144. man escapes unharmed
Dewey Herron of St. Louis, a former Murphysboro resident, escaped serious injury when his car skidded on wet pavement west of Murphysboro on Route 144 and overturned. He received first aid at St Andrew's Hospital before returning to his mother Vesta Herron's home.
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Dewey Herron
Murphysboro
St. Louis
Route 144
Herron
Vesta Herron
Hamilton Street
Rt. 144
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Odds and Ends Recovers Old Bill by Bill Pagett
A 1929 First National Bank cashier’s note with the signer’s name returns to Roger Q Kimmel. He recalls it as a keep sake and jokes about the confluence of finders keepers. Grandma Mary Steber raises pennies for a Chester hospital and a Chapel organ via the Pennies From Heaven Campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Q Kimmel
First National Bank
Kimmel
Grandma Mary Steber
Chester
Chapel of St. Ann’s
Grandma Steber
Bible Found in Circuit Clerk Archives
Circuit Clerk James McRoy uncovered a worn Bible containing old and new testaments in the office archives during a cleanup of historical books. The discovery, tied to past court uses, highlights archival efforts in preserving legal history.
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James McRoy
McRoy
Draft Eligibles Fail to Report for Physical Exams
Twenty West Suburban Chicago draftees were notified for Service Board No 111 physical examinations but none appeared. The article notes possible misreadings of the call or pessimism about Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Service Board No. 111
Korea
Former Marion coal miner sues railroad for 375000 in damages
Robert Yearack 21 of Marion claims he lost both legs when he fell under a siding car near Marion on February 1. He seeks 375000 for damages plus 114 weekly income for 46 years and 61000 for attendant services. Bond D Jones challenges barren county claim as he tests oil production from Todd well in Franklin County.
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Marion, Ill
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Robert Yearack
Marion
Bond D. Jones
Barren Township
Franklin County
Tenton
Jones
Todd
West Frankfort Art Citizens Rally Amid Mosquito Concerns
Citizens in West Frankfort discuss unusual efforts to deter pests as state health specialists deploy in salt marsh areas near O Beiries Tos. The Elberta peach crop declines while orchard-run peaches fetch $4 a bushel, a dollar above last year’s No 1 fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
St Frankfort
O' Beiries
State Certification Board to list full candidates for Nov 7 election
The State Certification board will release official candidate lists for the General Election of Nov 7 1950 this week. Jackson County Clerk Thorp said the week of Aug 14 21 sets the certification period and noted no changes can be made after certification. Offices include state officers, U S Representative, General Assembly, and county posts with Circuit Clerk on a special two year term to finish a prior term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Certification Board
Jackson
Bthorp
Thorp
Boar
State Board
United
Illinois
Illinois Supreme Court
Appellate Court
Congress
Jackson County
Slight Increase In Marriages In Jackson County 1950
July 1950 saw 37 marriage licenses issued in Jackson County up from 29 in July 1949 though county clerk Boyd Thorp says the rise cannot be directly linked to draft calls. One third of July licenses were to out of county residents. licenses are issued where couples plan to marry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Boyd Thorp
Thorp
Jakkson
Murphysboro
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Illinois Central Railroad
Eighth Street
Thompson Manufacturing Company
Algood, Tenn
Woodrow W. Gore
Fred W. Carr
Red W. Carr
Ava Man
Ward
Urial
Tower Grove Cemetery
St. Andrew's Hospital
Bob Zimmer
Sullivan
Lonnie Nelson
John Nelson
Grimsby
Lonnie
Odds and Ends
By Bill Pagett
Florida Ever Glades
Carbon Lake
Everglades
Pete
Lake Murphysboro
Southern Illinoisan
Selective Service
Walnut Street
City National Bank
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