Dianne Peak Crowned Miss Herrin at Jubilee Ball
Dianne Peak won the Miss Herrin title at Herrin's Golden Jubilee celebration ball in the Elks' club ballroom. The event featured 14 princesses led by Jo Conti, with sponsors Lion's Club and Rotary, and gifts from local merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dianne Peak
Fred Schoonover
Herrin
Lovely
Jaycees
Miss Peak
Jo Conti
Vera Mae Frick
Marilyn Melvin
Jo Ann Calcaterra
Delores Hulsey
Margie Holland
Hazel Jones
Rosemary Gothard
Gwyn Martin
Glenna Whitaker
Guida Smith
Mayor Schoonover
Mrs. Pugh Dies in Johnston City at 72
Mrs. William M. Pugh, 72, of Johnston City, died at home on Washington Street after weeks of illness. Funeral services are set for Thursday at Tabernacle Baptist Church with Rev. Claude Chilgers officiating. Burial will follow in Johnston City cemetery. Surviving are her husband, two daughters Mrs. J. B. Cuthbertson and Mrs. Herbert Olehy, two sons Orwin H. Pugh and William I. Pugh, and three sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Pugh
Johnston City
Washington Street
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Claude Chilgers
Carterville Grade School Opens August 28 1950
Carterville Grade School will begin the 1950-51 school year on Monday August 28 announced Principal Taft Baker. The faculty includes Violet Wagner Noree Hal Agnes Bruce Margaret Felts Lena Martin Assa Tygett Naomi Love Mabel Craig Freeman Greer Ethel Hall Ivas Trammell Fern Boswell Mamie Walker Agnes Stewart and Taft Baker. A music teacher has not yet been hired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carterville
Taft Baker
Violet Wagner
Noree Hal
Agnes Bruce
Margaret Felts
Lena Martin
Assa Tygett
Naomi Love
Mabel Craig
Freeman Greer
Ethel Hall
Ivas Tramell
Fern Boswell
Mamie Walker
Agnes Stewart
Southern Illinoisan The Daily Journal front page snippet
Local newspaper masthead and billing details list edition timing and contact information. Publication notes AP content rights and staff roles including publisher and managers. Subscription rates are shown for weekly and longer terms with some typographical errors in the scanned text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinoisan
Daily Journal
Southern Illinois Publications, Inc
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Ilinois
Associated Press
Edwar Lindsay
Grant Coover
Marie Franklin
Zeigler High Sets Aug 31 Start Date and Registration
Zeigler Community High School announces opening on August 31 for students attending fall classes. Students must report August 30 to secure class schedules, locker numbers, and books with a $5 fee. Freshmen register 8 to 10, sophomores 10 to noon, juniors and seniors 12:30 to 3. Principal Ianthus Krutsinger leads a staff including George Bauer and H. L. Gartner with various department assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ianthus Krutsinger
Zeigler Community High School
George Bauer
Paul Beaty
H. L. Gartner
Leland Grizzell
Phillip Hass
Jane Hedley
Adeline Lakin
Martha Miller
Mildred Neal
Evelyn Patterson
William Ramsey
Rosalee Restivo
Eileen Carroll
Stops and Starts Two Cabbages Weigh 18 Pounds
The prize cabbages of the year were grown by coal miner J. W. Parker of 501 South Twenty second Street. One head weighed 9% pounds, the other 8% pounds, with both trimmed and ready for cooking. Parker raises multiple crops on a 40 foot square plot behind his home and advises keeping fertilizer and compost intact rather than burning leaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Parker
South Twenty-second Street
Mr. Parker
Band Members Sought for Saturday Parade
High school band director William F. Wetherington invited all Herrin residents who have played in the high school band or can play an instrument to join the parade band this Saturday. Interested persons should meet in the high school music room Saturday at 1 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
William F. Wetherington
Wetherington
Rev Sutton to Speak at Herrin Methodist Church
Retired Methodist minister Rev John Sutton will recount a three month England visit at a Wednesday 7 30 pm meeting in Herrin First Methodist Church. Pastor Rev Carl D Mitchell says the public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sutton
England
Herrin First Methodist Church
Mr. Sutton
Herrin
Carl D. Mitchell
Whittenberg Named Illinois VP for Bank Auditors Group
H A Whittenberg vice president of The Bank of Herrin is appointed Illinois state vice president of the National Association of Bank Auditors and Comptrollers. The national group governs about 4 000 banks with 110 conferences and a technical committee. Whittenberg to serve the remaining term before Sept 1 and will join the national organization committee for the Kansas City meeting ahead of the Oct 23 national convention. He has led the Egyptian conference the past two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Whittenberg
Bank of Herrin
Illinois
National Association of Bank Auditors and Comptrollers
National Association of Banks
United States
Territories
Association
Herrin
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Stanley E. Bennett
Wisconsin Bankshares Corp
Milwaukee
Wis
National Association
Whittenberg
National Organization Committee
Kansas City
Williamson County Band Concert Program Tonight
C B Nesler directs Williamson County band at city park 7 30 listing Belfords Carnival March Alexander Burrs Triumphant March Alexander Silver Moon from My Maryland Romberg Mexican Overture M J Isaac World Events J S Zamecnik Alexander Ragtime Band Berlin Gershwin selections D Bennett Fiesta Paso Doble Caneva McAllister The Blue Room The Girl Friend Rodgers Army Harry L Alfred Louisiana Hayride Flying Colors Dietz Schwartz Eldorado Paso Doble Caneva Stars and Stripes Forever Sousa Music funded by Herrin Federation Local 280 through Music Performance Trust Fund grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B
Chick) Nesler
Williamson County
Belford
Alexander
Silver Moon
Maryland
Romberg
M. J. Isaac
J. S. Zamecnik
Alexander’s
Ber
George Gershwin
D. Bennett
Caneva McAllister
Rodgers
Army
Harry L. Alfred
Flying Colors
Dietz and Schwartz
Caneva
Sousa
Herrin Federation of Musicians Local
American Federation of Musicians
Music Performance Trust Fund
The
Recording Industry
No Charges Filed Against Drivers in Williamson County
George W. Kearns 45 from St. Louis was fined 25 dollars and costs for intoxication after a Marion justice of the peace arraigned him following a collision with Ottie Kerley’s car near Dewmaine. No charges were filed against William Carpenter of Marion after a pair of Sunday wrecks on Route 37 Herrin Johnston City junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
George W. Kearns
St. Louis
W. B. Roberts
Marion
Kearns
Ottie Kerley
Carterville
Dewmaine
Hospital Admissions and Discharges List Local Residents
Hospital notes show admissions Monday at Herrin hospital for Randolph Emery Nina Gooden Pearl Zanotti Clara Smothers Lewis Brevi Reba Crawford Naomi Endrizzi Rozine Jones and Golden Boneberger Dismissals include Elsie Baggett Clara Smothers Patsy Sanders and son and Mary Swain land names reflect local residents with towns Herrin Johnston City Marion Zeigler Benton West Frankfort Hurst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Hospital
Randolph Emery
Herrin
Nina Gooden
Pearl Zanotti
Johnston City
Clara Smothers
Marion
Lewis Brevi
Reba Crawford
Zeigler
Naomi Endrizzi
Rozine Jones
Golden Boneberger
Benton
Elsie Baggett
Hurst
Patsy Sanders
Mary Swainland
West Frankfort
Hurst Schools Open Aug 28 for 1950 51 Year
Hurst grade and high schools begin the 1950 51 year on August 28 as announced by principals. The high school staff includes Bert Crain as principal and Robert Smith as coach, with several teachers new to the year. Spagnoli and Wells note master degrees earned at SIU summer commencement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurst
Bert Crain
Southern Illinois University
Robert Smith
Joe Spagnoli
Vandalia
Royalton
Pauline Morris
Herrin
Elmo Ricci
Johnston City
Frank Bridges
Carbondale
Emery
Robert Wells
Karnak
Bob Ferris
Johnston’ City
Morris
Gene Allsup
Allsup
Hurst High School
SIU
Geneva Pollack
Cecil Allen
Earl Harris
Julia Hrvol 60 Dies in Christopher Ill
Julia Hrvol aged 60 of Cleburn died at Miners hospital in Christopher at 9 p m after a week long illness. She is survived by husband John two daughters Mrs Mary Vukaslovich and Mrs Anna Messa three sons Joseph John and Michael all of Chicago and seven grandchildren. Funeral 9 30 a m Friday at Sacred Heart church Zeigler with Rev Charles F Seifert officiating. Burial in Royalton Catholic cemetery. Friends may call Wilson funeral home Zeigler until Wednesday noon then body goes to the family home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Hrvol
Cleburn
Miners’ Hospital
Christopher
John
Mary Vukaslovich
Anna Messa
Joseph
Michael
Chicago
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Zeigler
Charles F. Seifert
Royalton Catholic Cemetery
Wilson Funeral Home
S L U Building Work Resumed
A labor dispute at Southern Illinois University training school project ends as plasterers and about 100 other crafts resume work. Plasterers had struck Aug 7 over acoustical tile installation rights for the carpenters union. An AFL official ordered them back last week, but they returned today per Constructors Inc. spokesman reporting a telegram from J T Dunlop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
American Federation of Labor
Federal ‘Constructors, Inc
General Contractors
J. T. Dunlop
No Enlistments After Draft Call in Herrin Area
Sgt Charles R Gualdoni announced no enlistments for regular army or air force after draft preinduction processing. Enlistments for ages 17 to 35 with no quota restriction remain open, plus 21 month army enlistments now authorized. Direct Far East Command assignments and prior unit veterans may enlist for duty with those outfits. Reserves with technical skills may be recalled. former service members eligible for air force reserve at discharge rank. Gualdoni offices in Herrin IL, Park Avenue. West Frankfort station open 8 am to 9 pm daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Gualdoni
Herrin
Regular Army
Air Force
Gualdoni
Army
Far East Command
1St Cavalry
2Nd
7Th
24Th
25Th Infantry
Korea
Navy
Marine
Air Force Reserve
Guardon
Illinois Employment Service
South Park Avenue
Court C
Egyptian Heights
West Frankfort
Masonic Building
Penland Child Recovering After Polio Illness
Larry Penland seven from Route 1 Carbondale has been sick for about a week and is reported today to be recovering from a light case of polio. Doctors were not sure of diagnosis until several tests were completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Penland
Carbondale
AFL joint board settles plasterers dispute urged return to work
The AFL joint board member urged plasterers to resume work while inter union quarrel is settled by properly elected officials. The spokesman said the employer may assign crafts as long as it follows regional labor policy and existing agreements with AFL crafts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.F.L
Dunlop
Af.l
Christopher High Set to Open September First
Christopher Community high school will begin classes on September 1 with freshmen registering August 23 and other grades on subsequent days. The new gym and classrooms will be ready, five new courses added including general mathematics mining homemaking office practice and business arithmetic. Thelma Mather will teach homemaking replacing Mary Green. Frank Groves will teach band replacing Carl Lutes. one vacant position remains for girls' physical education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd C. Smith
Christopher Community High School
Thelma Mather
Overland Mo
Mary Green
Mather
Christopher
University of Oklahoma
Frank Groves Willi
Carl Lutes
Paris
France
Groves
Carterville
Southern Illinois University
Christopher High School
Green
Roy Armes Hearing Set Thursday at Benton
Roy Armes 33 of Herrin faces a Franklin County Court hearing before Judge Thomas J. Layman at 1 p.m. Thursday on a petition to declare him mentally ill. Armes was arrested Wednesday by West Frankfort police after allegedly writing two obscene notes and dropping them in women’s laps at the State Theatre. States Attorney Joseph W. Hickman will seek commitment to a mental institution. no bond is allowed for such charges. Armes has been held in the Franklin County jail at Benton since his arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy
Tony) Armes
Herrin
Franklin County
Thomas J. Layman
Armes
West Frankfort
State Theatre
Joseph W. Hickman
Benton
Hickman
50 Year Herrin Residents Migrate in Early 1900s
Fifty year Herrin residents Lester Dwyer of 2608 North Fifteenth street moved to Herrin on December 1 1900. Mrs John W Jochum of Box 221 came to Herrin in 1898 with her husband who died in March 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Dwyer
North Fifteenth Street
Herrin
John W. Jochum
League Withdraws Sponsorship of Jubilee Carnival
The Herrin Township Softball League withdrew its sponsorship of the Jubilee Carnival at Herrin City Park during the Golden Jubilee celebration. League President Paul Davis said the sponsorship has been taken over by the Jubilee Central Committee and gave no reason for the withdrawal.
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League
Jubilee Carnival
Herrin Township
Herrin City Park
Paul Davis
Central Committee
Davis
Enrollment holds near seven hundred at Herrin high school
Herrin Township high school enrollment is stabilizing around 700 with about 675 students expected this fall. Principal E C Eckert outlined past years figures showing little variation and noted average instructor salaries at 2864 dollars with nineteen masters degrees among staff. He cited staff replacements and discussed school consolidation considerations and teen era Rotary club interest.
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Herrin Township High School
E. C. Eckert
Herrin Rotarians
Club Mondry
Eckert
Herrin High School
Herrin
Rotary
Avery
Hurst approves tax levy and road plans amid health scare
The Hurst town board passed a 12826 tax levy ordinance. City Attorney James Zimmer presented the fiscal year budget in July. Plans to repair Bush Avenue into a permanent road were sent to Springfield for approval with expected consent by Friday. Fire Chief Bert Madden, who suffered a July heart attack, entered Barnes Hospital for observation. Deputy Lenard Wasson serves as acting fire chief.
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Hurst
James Zimmer
Bush Avenue
Springfield
Charles O. Whittington
Whittington
Bert Madden
Barnes Hospital
St Louis
Madden
Lenard Wasson
400 Children March in Herrin Jubilee Parade
Four hundred costumed children led by Grand Marshal John Doughty paraded from the Christian church to Hampton's Barbecue in Herrin as part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations. Prizes were awarded for pets and costumes, with Freddie Moulton winning top honors for dog and cat, and prizes given for bicycles and horse entries. All participants received free theater admission and roller rink passes. the Egyptian Theatre fire truck accompanied the parade.
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Herrin
John Doughty
Christian Church
Park Avenue
Hampton
Freddie Moulton
Skip
Fuzzy
C. D. Pope
Butch
Shirley Jean McPherson
Paul McCasland
Ray Maneese
Joan Robinson
Norma Sanders
Delores Ramsey
Jon Coover
Loel Springer
Flower Queen
Dick Henderson
Marlow’s Theatre
Egyptian Theatre
Doughty
Jaycee Tennis Tourney Presses Ahead Despite Showers
The Jaycee city wide tennis tournament moved ahead with 52 entrants remaining. Seeded results dominated open singles with wins by Pisoni, Stotlar, McCluskey and others as weather opened more play and tomorrow promises quarterfinals and semifinals across open, senior, junior divisions and doubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycee
Charles Pisoni
Sam Stotlar
Jack McCluskey
Gale Newlin
Junior Noe
Carl Mitchell
Bob Smith
Bill Dugger
Dick Qualls
Don McNeill
Bob Harris
Bill Keen
Ed Hahesy
Ivan Lewis
Don Karr
Jim Smith
Dick Gerard
Charles Helleny
Gordon Vonk
Jack Cooper
Jim Norton
Terry Cline
Bob Matthews
Ronnie McConnell
Bob Coover
Jerry Karr
Ronnie McMurrey
Floyd Horner
Roby McFadden
John McCasland
Jim Ranchino
Jim Ballone
Lewis Fierke
Tom Miller
Charles Pison
Mary Alice Lewis
Joan Petrosky
Qualls
Smith
Helleny
Gerard
R. Lintner
Hahesy
McCluskey
Karr
Noe
Coover
Ballowe
Cline
McFadden
Pisoni
Harris
Cancer Society Jubilee Exhibit at Industrial Exposition
The American Cancer Society sponsors a “Let’s Look on the Brighter Side” exhibit during Herin's Golden Jubilee at the Industrial Exposition tent in the city park under district director Mrs. Robert Howell. The display, previously shown at county fairs, includes a seven danger signals panel and a cancer lesson slate with free cancer facts booklets offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Cancer Society
Herrin
Robert Howell
ACS
Illinois counties with no highway deaths in six months
Springfield Illinois August 15 The State Highway division reports only 13 counties escaped fatal highway accidents in the first six months. It lists Clay Crawford Edgar Gallatin Hamilton Hardin Jersey Johnson Pratt Richland Scott Stark and Wabash as free of deaths. Cook county recorded 305 deaths and Winnebago led downstate counties with 35.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Clay
Crawford
Edgar
Gallatin
Hamilton
Hardin
Jersey
Johnson
Pratt
Richland
Scott
Stark
Wabash
Cook County
Winnebago County
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Alma Jean Chandler
Suzanne Kuehner
Alex Peak
1501
West Cherry Street
Lion’s Club
Miss Kuehner
Rotarians
Lady Elgin
Don MecNeill
John Reed
Larry Keen
Dianne
Wm. Pugh
J. City
Mrs. Pugh
Jackson County
Sutton
Methodist
Bank Group
Burr
Lin
Hospital News
Jubilee Headquarters
Mariana Ranchino
Charlotte Dungey
Grover Allen Ridgway
Fred Ridgway
Noel Shadowens
Ridgway
Penland Child
Christopher High
Roy Armes
Jaycee Tourney
Jim Ballowe
Dick Gerrard
Junicy¢ Noe
Charles Tygett
Junior No
Mike Smith
John Tidwell
Clark Absher
Ronnie McMurray
Cancer Society
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