SIU Museum to reconstruct turn of century farm life
SIU Museum plans to assemble photographs tools and implements to recreate a typical turn of the century Southern Illinois farm. Anthropology graduate student Michael Luck and project director Frank Rackerby will also tape resident recollections and compile a composite history funded by the Wenner Gren Anthropological Foundation. Donations of materials or information are welcome at the SIU Museum Carbondale 62901.
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Southern Timois University Museum
Michael Luck
SIU
Frank Rackerby
Wenner Gren Anthropological Foundation
Luck
Illnois
Rackerby
Carbondale
Samples Case Fees Contested In Marion Court
A hearing is set for September in Marion circuit court to decide if Charles Samples must cover attorney fees and competence tests tied to his son Terry Samples. Terry faces multiple charges, with one declined and probation imposed after guilty pleas to criminal damage to property and battery.
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Marion
Charles Samples
Terry Samples
Samples
Public Defender
Janice
Tombstone found in Carbondale police station deposit
A tombstone for Sarah Melinda Cox, daughter of W J and M A Cox, died November 20 1874, was brought to Carbondale Police Department. Police seek the owner, believing it was stolen from Woodlawn Cemetery on East Main Street.
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Carbondale
East Main Street
Sarah Melinda
W. J
M. A. Cox
Woodlawn
Unity Point budget plan unveiled by Carbondale district
A tentative Unity Point School District budget of 523,860 is open for public review. Talks with teachers continue as wage freezes loom. Major costs cover education 476,960 building 25,800 and transportation 54,310. State aid remains uncertain due to pending gubernatorial bills. Police brief notes Charles L McKinnies 42 cited for speeding in Du Quoin with $30 fine.
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Carbondale
Unity Point
Gerald Cuendet
Cuendet
Rednour weighs 58th district state senate run
John Rednour, 36, of Du Quoin, says he may run for the 58th district senate in 1972. He heads Perry County Democratic groups and is Perry County Board of Commissioners chair. Rep. Gale Williams and Sen. John Gilbert are also involved in the race. Rednour notes his service on local boards and his role as president of a steel supply firm and two construction companies.
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Perry County
John Rednour
du Quoin
Rednour
Gale Williams
Murphysboro
John Gilbert
Perry County Board of Commissioners
Trico Unit Dist
Cutler
Area youth commended for Navy leadership aboard USS Saratoga
Emmett Lewis Klump, son of Mrs Amanda Klump of Murphysb urn, is serving aboard the USS Saratoga in the Mediterranean. A Carbondale Community High School graduate in his 1st year of the Navy, he was commended in Familygram for leadership in renovating enlisted men’s living quarters. The publication noted the improved habitability contributing to high squadron morale.
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Emmett Lewis’ Klump
Amanda Klump
Murphysburn
Carbondale Community High School
Navy
Naval
Picnic to Open Walker Campaign at Crab Orchard Lake
M. Walker of Herrin will launch his bid for Williamson County Board of Commissioners with a public picnic on August 19. The Democrat seeks a seat on the all Republican board. The 5 p.m. event at Crab Orchard Lake group picnic area No 1 offers hot dogs soft drinks and boat rides.
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M. Walker
Herrin
Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Walker
all-Republican
Crab Orchard Lake
Free Clinic to examine migrants at Cobden camp tonight
A Carbondale Free Clinic medical team led by Dr. Bruce Hector will visit the Union-Jackson Farm Labor Association camp two miles north of Cobden from 6 30 to 10 pm to give physical exams to migrant workers and their families. Over six to ten weeks the team will visit seven other camps in Jackson and Union counties. about 400 people may be examined.
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Carol Alexander
Southern Tiioisan
Carbondale Free Clinic
Bruce Hector
Union- Jackson Farm Labor Association
Cobden
Jackson
Union
Hector
St. Mary’s Hospital
Cairo
Lee
Free Clinic
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Eree Clinic
E. Jackson St
Carbondale
Chevy Garage Sale Offers 72 Models Under One Roof
A local Chevy dealer hosts a garage sale to clear stock and make room for 72 new models. Buyers can select Impala Chevelle Camaro Monte Carlo Nova and Vega at attractive prices. Drop in during the event at the dealer’s showroom.
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SIU Museum
Ben
Wendy Schulmeister
Wilson
Schulmeister
Wendy
Ben Schulmeister
Orval Shaw
Allen
Shaw
Little Grassy Road
Randy Jay Gascik
Williamson County
James R. Wilson
Blake Layton
Boyton
Iim
Anna Drive-In
Fox
Saluki
Plaza
Liberty
Riviera Drive-In
Campus Drive-In
Marion Drive-In
Webster
Steeleville
Vanishing Point
Orpheum
Rend Lake College Board
Inn
Thompsonville Grade School
Warton School District
Board of Education
Hendrickson Street
Anna Jonesboro
Bar-San Hall
Franklin County Board of Supervisors
Benton
Anna
Carterville
Sweet Adelines Women’s Barbershop
First Presbyterian Church
Greater Egypt
American Agricultural Economies Association
Southernlinois University
Charles L. McKinnies
Race Rednour
Murphysbore
Family Services
Frankis
Stephen Frank
Ilinois
Southern Llinoisan
Southern Winalsan, Inc
Milnois Avenue
Garbondale
Walnut Street
Minais
Southern Ilisoisan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Associated Press
Chevelle
Chevrolet
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