Kue and Karom Center Opens in Carbondale Parlor
The Kue and Karom Billiard Center opened Saturday at 104 W. Jackson St. Carbon dale. Paul Bryant and Luther Halliday hold the city license. The parlor features 11 tables nine pocket billiards two snooker a shuffleboard table and an electric bowling game. Two women will be hired for the coffee bar and one man for janitorial work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Jackson St
Carbondale
Paul Bryant
W. Cherry St
Luther Halliday
N. Almond St
Bryant
Rechter
Architects Firm Opens in Murphysboro With Gettle and Gould
Dean Gould and Stanley Gettle have opened an architectural consultant firm in Murphysboro with temporary offices at 14002 Walnut St. Gettle, 41, formerly assistant professor at Southern Illinois University Vocational Technical Institute from 1960 to January, has lectured in the School of Technology and worked with the university architect. Gould, 21, attended the University of Kansas and is pursuing a business degree with a minor in architecture at SIU. The firm will provide architectural design and planning services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Gould
Stanley Gettle
Murphysboro
Walnut St
Gettle
Southern Illinois University
Vocational Technical Institute
School of Technology
Yale University
Elgin
Gould
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Kan
SIU
Forty Stores In Cash-Day Club Contest In Carbondale
Forty downtown Carbondale stores join the Cash-Day Club run by the Downtown Carbondale Merchants Association. Adults may join by asking for a card. no purchase needed. Winners get amounts based on the number of registered stores, with a weekly jackpot plus 100 added, and prizes depend on prior registrations. The first winner, Jenel Trulove, registered in 18 stores and won 180 dollars, planning to use the money for taxes or bills and not continue registering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Downtown
Seach
Jenel Trulove
W. College S
Gun Stolen From Car of Carbondale Man
Wayne Koltmeyer of 300 South Graham Street Carbondale told police a .22 caliber pistol was stolen from his car last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Koltmeyer
Graham Sr
Carbondale
Service Area Expanded at Claunch Motor Co
Claunch Motor Co has announced a new 1,350 square foot service department at 920 S Park Ave Herrin. The east side addition will feature 14 foot high doors for commercial vehicles and is expected to be completed by the end of August per owner Fred J. Claunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claunch Motor Co
S. Park Ave
Herrin
Fred J. Claunch
Moonlight sale planned in Marion by merchants group
A Marion Retail Merchants Association moonlight sale runs from 7 to 11 p m on August 25. Stores close at 5 p m and reopen at 7 p m with employees dressed in sleepwear. Four specials per store each hour. A twist and square dance contests run 5 30 to 7 p m with cash prizes. Joe Thompson leads MAMA, JC Co in charge of dances.
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Marion Retail Merchants’ Association
Joe Thompson
MAMA
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Telephone Conversion Today in Five Rural Areas
Five rural communities Christ o pher Buckner Walier North City and Mulkeytown switched to direct distance dialing at 1 01 am today. Benton Ewing Lesser Thompsonville and Zeigler already on dial service and joined today. The Franklin County towns are served by General Telephone Co.
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Christopher
Buckner
Walier
North City
Mulkeytown
Benton
Ewing
Lesser
Thompsonville
Zeigler
Franklin County
General Telephone Co
Library Class Set At SIU
A five day workshop for public librarians the first of its kind in the state will be held Aug 24 to 28 at Southern Illinois University. It is sponsored by SIU Division of Technical and Adult Education and the Illinois State Library. Librarians enrolling will be reimbursed for housing meals tuition and workshop materials. The workshop aims to acquaint librarians with new ideas in reference work library promotion administration and cataloging shortcuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
SIU Division of Technical and Adult Education
Illinois State Library
H. B. Bauernfeind
Captain Cutrell Pursues Advanced Degree at ASU
U S Air Force Captain Charles C. Cutrell Jr of Herrin has been reassigned to the Air Force Institute of Technology’s School of Business Administration at Arizona State University to study for a master’s degree. He is a 1962 SIU graduate, son of a Herrin couple, and is married to Barbara Jean Clark with three children.
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U. S. Air Force
Charles C. Cutrell, Jr
Herrin
Air Force Institute of Technology
School of Business Administration
Arizona State University
Cutrell
Charles C. Cutrell
Southern Illinois University
Barbara Jean Clark
Expansion plan for Carbondale area hospitals underway
The Southern Illinois Hospital Corp begins over 1 million dollar expansion including a new kitchen at Doctors Hospital Carbondale costing about 60 000 and a Herrin Hospital basement wing start within a month for about 250 000 with a two month later second floor at 500 000. Other projects include a maternity unit in Carbondale 500 000 and Holden Hospital boiler room renovations 90 000. The Herrin addition will add beds.
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Carbondale
Herrin
Southern Illinois Hospital Corp
John B. Taylor
Doctors Hospital
Taylor
Holden Hospial
Honda Rental Firm Opens In Carbondale Area
Three Carbondale men have opened Honda Rental Inc a motor bike rental service at the Bill Corp Mobil Service Station on Rt 51 north of Carbondale. Eugene Stevens serves as president with Carl Williams as vice president and Alton C Woodruff as secretary and treasurer. Rentals are hourly daily or half day with seven bikes currently available and three more ordered.
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Carbondale
Bill Corp Mobil
Rt. 51
Eugene Stevens
Honda Rental Inc
Carl Williams
Alton C. Woodruff
Magazine to Use Teacher's Article in National Issue
Mrs Audrey Ashley an art instructor at Marion Unit Two School District will see her article Use a Sponge for a Big Paint Job published in a national magazine next year John W Cataldo School Arts editor praised the work calling it a unique achievement and noted another piece 3-D Assemblages was not published due to space and other commitments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrey Ashley
Parrish St
Marion
John W. Cataldo
Cataldo
National Geographic Photographer Visits Southern Illinois
A National Geographic photographer is in Southern Illinois this week gathering material for a July issue story on the state. Joe Scherschel has flown over the Mississippi River regions and plans to visit Cave In Rock and Shawnee National Forest before returning for area festivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Magazine
Illinois
State of Illinois
Joe Scherschel
State Board of Economic Development
Mississippi River
Cave In Rock
Shawnee National Forest
New Station To Be Built On Rt 148 149 Near Zeigler
Construction of a Phillips 66 service station at the intersection of routes 148 and 149 near Zeigler will start late this month. Gene Dinguid Oil Co of Herrin is building the station after purchasing the Cross Roads Inn from Wilma Jenkins. The restaurant will be moved and remodeled behind the site this week.
Hecht Plans Open House in Herrin Homes
Hecht Development Co of Carbondale will show new homes in Herrin at an open house on Stotlar and 9th streets from 2 to 8 p m. Two completed houses and a shell will be shown. Hecht is also building a five house subdivision in northeast Herrin.
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Hecht
Six Attend Illinois Education Conference in Western Illinois
Six attendees from area cities participated in an Illinois Education Association conference at Western Illinois. Representing Southern Illinois were Afton Wolfe from West Frankfort and Aline B. Travelstead with Ruth Sanders from Marion along with Madelyn Treece and Orvan Clark from Carbondale and Bill Brunty from Murphysboro.
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Illinois Education Association
Western Illinois
Afton Wolfe
Comb
Southern Illiois
West Frankfort
Aline B. Travelstead
Ruth Sanders
Marion
Madelyn Treece
Orvan Clark
Carbondale
Bill Brunty
Murphysboro
Smith Heads New Section at General Telephone Co
Leslie E. Smith will head the General Telephone Co of Illinois Southern Division accounting section. An accountant transferred from Bloomington, he will coordinate accounting, assist plant payroll, and maintain property records for IBM processing. Smith began as a bookkeeper in June 1958 and studied at the University of Georgia and Illinois Junior College at Springfield. He and his wife Jacquelyn with sons Roger C. and David plan to move to Marion soon.
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Leslie E. Smith
General Telephone Co
Illinois
Smith
Bloomington
IBM
The
Company
University of Georgia
Illinois Junior College
Springfield
Combo Will Be Honored In Herrin
The Egyptian Combo will be honored at a Monday musical session in Herrin at Yuill Music Co. from 2 to 4 30 p m and 6 to 10 p m with about 10 area bands expected to perform and members autographing their records.
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Herrin
Yuill Music Co
Cherry St
Robert Yuill
Combo
the Music Company
New Funeral Home Opens in Campbell Hill
Bernard Wilson, longtime Ava funeral director, opens a second funeral home in Campbell Hill. His family will operate both Ava and Campbell Hill locations, with Ava continuing preparation and ambulance services. Williamson Bros. built the 56 by 30 foot residential style structure just north of the city park on the former Dudenbostel site, featuring a 160 seat oak paneled chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Wilson
Ava
Campbell Hill
Wilson
Ava Funeral Home
Williamson Bros., General Contractors
Dudenbostel Funeral Home
Dudenbostel
Bank of Marion Cashier Attends Wisconsin Banking School
Harry W. Beneke assistant cashier at the Bank of Marion begins two weeks of sessions this week at the University of Wisconsin graduate school of banking in Madison. This is his first year at the school which requires two weeks resident attendance each year for three years to earn the certificate. Between sessions students complete extension work covering all banking aspects. The school is sponsored by the Central States Conference of bankers associations in 16 midwestern states. About 1,300 bankers from 39 states Washington DC and Central America are expected.
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Harry W. Beneke
Bank of Marion
University of Wisconsin Graduate School of Banking
Madison
Central States Conference
Bankers’ Associations
Midwestern
Washington, D.C
Central America
Trailer Group Names Officers
Three area residents were elected to offices at the Southern Illinois unit meeting of the Wally Byam Caravan Club Sunday at Ramsey Lake State Park north of Vandalia. Maurice Campbell of West Salem was named president, Lester Turner of Carbondale vice president, Rae L. Holman secretary, and Clifton T. Holman treasurer. The Holmans are from Carbondale. The rally attracted 27 Airstream trailers and marked the group’s first anniversary. A rally is planned for October at Pounds Hollow near Shawneetown.
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Southern Illinois Unit
Wally Byam
Caravan Club
Ramsey Lake State Park
Vandalia
Maurice Campbell
West Salem
Harry Boyd
Harrisburg
Lester Turner
Carbondale
Rae L. Holman
Clifton T. Holman
Holmans
Southern Illinois Group
Pounds Hollow
Shawneetown
Terry Hart Joins Insurance Agency in Murphysboro
Terry Hart aged 21 of 315 S 20th St Murphysboro has joined Zimmer-Cherry Inc as an insurance salesman. He previously worked a year with another firm. Hart is a Murphysboro Township High School graduate and attended Southern Illinois University. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Floyd Hart of 433 S 15th St.
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Terry Hart
S. 20Th St
Murphysboro
Zimmer - Cherry Inc
Murphysboro Insurance
Hart
Murphysboro Township High School
Southern Illinois University
Floyd Hart
S. 15Th St
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Kue, Karom Center
Gun
Stelen
Capt. Cutrell
Herrin Hospital
Clara M. Wood
Carbondale Exchange
Carmi
Robinson Exchange
Fairfield
Honda Rental
Oye
Mann
Southern
Geographic
Hove Lumber
New Funeral Home
Orewe
Marion Banker
W. Monroe
Duncan Pest Control
Nat'l Pest Control
East Main
Marion, Ill
Water Bugs
Silver Fish
Johnny Weissmuller
TATUM
Bill Tatum
West Main
Carbondale, Illinois
Paul Brown
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