Christopher School to Start Up Sept 2 With New Teachers
Christopher high and grade school students return Tuesday Sept 2. Seniors register Aug 20, juniors Aug 21, sophomores Aug 21, freshmen Aug 22. New staff include Mrs. Josephine Byers teaching home economics and William R. Browning teaching English, speech and science. The grade school gym is completed at $80,000 and lands for a new playground were acquired.
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Christopher High
Orland Kelley
Christopher Community High School
Frank Groves
Groves
University of Illinois
Josephine Byers
Bert Venegoni
Christopher
Christopher High School
Byers
Christher Community High School
Southern Illinois University
William R. Browning
SIU
Charles Geittman
Ida Mae Jones
Lesser
W. D. Berry
Jesse Neal
Washington, Jefferson
Lincoln
Lincoln School
Glen Byers
Elkville High School
Effingham Youths Held in Dynamite Cap Theft
Two Effingham youths faced charges for stealing 3 000 dynamite caps and were jailed after failing to post 5 000 bond each. Conrad Rentfrow Jr aged 18 and Charles Frederick Miller 21 were arraigned before U S Commissioner Marie Burnett and held in Vermilion County jail. Authorities found 1 400 caps in 14 boxes on Pennsylvania Railroad tracks and another 1 400 caps were being sought.
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Danville
Effingham
Conrad Rentfrow Jr
Charles Frederick Miller
U. S
Marie Burnett
Vermilion County
Noble Claar
Effingham County
Rentfrew
Burglar Tries in Disguise. Ends Up Wearing Skirt
London police report burglar James ONeill attempted theft and fled when the owners returned. He later reentered the scene wearing a woman's skirt, then was sentenced Wednesday to three months in jail for theft.
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James O'Neill
American Military Planes and Tanks Highlighted
Fragmentary report notes about a U S military air program and allied tanks, with references to international news sources and agencies. Mentions Rome News Agency, AP, and unspecified totals around 800 tanks and 328 aircraft in a broad defense context.
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Rome
Pote
Mas cot radiator ornament called in England
In England the radiator ornament on an automobile is known as the mascot. The term refers to a decorative figure or emblem placed atop the radiator shell, used for branding or personal flair.
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England
Pinckneyville Woman Turns Peacocks and Dogs Into Income
Miss Eleanor P. Wilks near Pinckneyville reports a dual venture raising peacocks and German Shepherds. She started with peacocks about 15 years ago, expanded to dogs in 1947, now keeps a small peacock flock and a growing line of PrimE Shepherds with pups sold nationwide.
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Eleanor P. Wilks
Pinckneyville
Wilks
Keno
Allegan, Mich
Miss Wilks
Dongola Opens Schools Ahead of New Term
Dongola plans a full return to classes starting Monday August 25 with registration at 8 30 a m for all grades. Buses will run and students return home for lunch and the day ends early. Full sessions resume Tuesday August 26. Three new teachers join the Dongola Unit School division and classroom assignments are noted.
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Dongola
R. S. Ward
Melba Peeler
Cypress
Geneva Weece
Peeler
Southern Illinois University
Bert G. Hurt
Carbondale Ete
Luther Parr
Southern
Cobden Peach Festival Set for August 23
Cobden will stage its 15th annual Peach Festival on August 23 at the Cobden ball park. Union County peaches headline the event with the Peach Queen coronation at 8 p.m. and carnations at 10 30 p.m. The Cobden Lions Club sponsors the festival with A Flamm as club president and S L Spear and Bert as key organizers in charge of arrangements and coronation ceremonies.
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Cobden
Union County
Kellerman Now Serving in Germany with Armored Division
Pvt. Cecil H. Kellerman of Pinckneyville is serving in Germany with the 2nd Armored Division nicknamed Hell on Wheels. The unit arrived in Europe to join NATO forces in July 1951 and was noted as the first American unit to enter Berlin during World War II. Kellerman entered the Army in January 1952.
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Cecil H. Kellerman
William Kellerman
Pinckneyville
Germany
2Nd Armored
Europe
Berlin
Walter Dillow Buys Frankie’s Dinette in Anna
Walter Dillow of Anna purchases Frank Womick’s Frankie’s Dinette and will run it at East Davie Street location. Dillow, a six year Spires’ Cafeteria cook, is assisted by Mrs. Dillon and former cafe staff.
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Walter Dillow
Anna
Frankie
Frank Womick
East Davie Street
Dillow
Spires
Dillon
Deadly Snakes Lurk in Southern Illinois Region
Southern Illinois hosts three poisonous snakes the copperhead cottonmouth and timber rattler. Recognize bites by pain swelling blackened flesh. Seek medical care quickly and antivenin is available though given by a physician due to allergy risks.
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Illinois
William M. Lewis
Southern Illinois University
Southern
Jackson County
Cyce
Union
Eisenhower Nixon Plan Illinois Campaign
President Richard Nixon announced with Dwight D. Eisenhower that the Republican ticket will push into Illinois for a campaign swing. Nixon said a whirlwind side trip by bus or car may occur during the Illinois stop before rejoining the campaign train.
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Illinois
Springfield
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Educator Named With Degrees From Southern Illinois University
He holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Southern Illinois University and has taught industrial arts biology and physical education. He has nineteen years of teaching and coaching fencing in Union schools.
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Fied
Southern Illinois University
Union
Truman Stays In Background
A Democratic strategist says President Truman will stay in the background of the 1952 campaign to avoid harming Stevenson’s drive. He notes Truman’s aim to be remembered for continued policies and warns a Republican victory could alter major Truman policies.
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Washington
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Barkley
Stevenson Organization
Wolters Arrives in Setops for Occupation Duty
Cpl. Edgar Wolters of Steeleville has arrived in Setops for occupation duties with the U S Army alongside his wife. The couple is reported to have relocated from Steeleville to begin postwar service in Japan.
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Cpl
Edgar Wolters
Steeleville
Hes
Setops
Jin
Teachers train for driver education at Southern Illinois University
Twenty teachers from 19 communities completed a one week driver training short course led by health education instructor Frank Bridges. Lectures and five days of laboratory work prepared the group to start school programs this year. Readings and road demonstrations followed classroom instruction with students Alma Webb and Judy Crandle among the learners.
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Southern Illinois University
Frank Bridges
Bridges
Uniee
Southern Iinois University
Eden weds Clarissa Churchill in brief civil ceremony
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden married his boss’s niece Clarissa Churchill in a civil ceremony at Londons Colton Hall. Prime Minister Winston Churchill witnessed the union as Clarissa, daughter of his late brother, joined Eden in a second marriage after a prior divorce, with no royal attendance due to royal rules on divorce.
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Winston Churchill
London
Anthony Eden
Clarissa Churchill
Loden
Colton Hall
Eden
Beatrice Cross
Church of England
Woman pedals 100 miles for mongrel dog in Hills county
A 55 year old farm woman rode a bicycle about one hundred miles to obtain a pet mongrel dog from Hillsborough County Humane. The action shows the lengths some residents go to adopt a pet.
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Tampa, Fla
Hillsborough County Humane
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Carl Jones
Carbondale
Vasil Eftimoft
Granite City
James E. Fisher
Karnak
Virginia Vetti
Syracuse
N. Y
Marvin Martin
Nashville
E. Woods
Lebanon
Dwight Mannen
Waltonville
Dale Huff
Cisne
Robert Smith
Hurst
Robert Althoff
Walmeyer
Howard Thurman
Salem
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de Soto
Judy Crandle
Ross Partridge
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Charles Hopson
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