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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1949
Page
14
Mayor C A Hart praised the start of the citywide cleanup but noted the effort was larger than expected. The program will run this weekend and next week if needed with continued refuse pickup and alley spraying to reach all areas. Funds allow hiring more workers and at least one truck.
The Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce Retail Division will meet at the Famous Shoe store next Thursday night to discuss the second annual Merchants Fall Festival chaired by Gene Comte. Dates tentatively set are October 26 27 28 with focus on Halloween themes and business value.
The text presents the Southern Illinois Daily Independent masthead with address Murphysboro Illinois published Evenings Except Sunday June 12 1891 staff titles and subscription rates, and AP affiliation details. It notes carrier and mail rates and that mail subscriptions require advance payment along with telephones.
The House Appliance store at 1111 Walnut St announces a delay in the promised 300 cans of DDT powder. The shipment was due this morning and is expected momentarily, with free distribution planned as soon as it arrives.
A Jackson County AAA spokesman said southern Illinois likely won’t receive new surplus grain storage bins due to modest regional grain growth. He noted no official CCC notification yet and expected word in about 10 days as CCC plans storage bins across the Midwest with contracts for 112,837,640 bushels.
Jackie Blankenship 14, Murphysboro polio victim, scheduled for quarantine lift today. Sisters Jill 9 and Cynthia 2 remain under observation until next Thursday. Family plans include a Cape Girardeau checkup in about two weeks.
Pfc. Bernie Allen son of Mr and Mrs Luther Allen of Murphysboro serves as radio operator with the 19th Fire Fighting Company stationed in Yokohama Japan a major port city and Eighth Army headquarters. He and his unit combat fires in the Yokohama area using modern equipment and metro area fire department efficiency. Allen entered the Army in June 1945 and arrived in this theater August 1947 after serving with the 857th Engineer Aviation Battalion in the Philippines.
Vaudeville comes back to Murphysboro at the Marlowe theater with Jimmie Dickens and a WSM Grand Old Opry cast performing Sunday and Monday. The act marks a revival trend as old vaudeville stars regain popularity via television and theaters resume regular shows.
Mrs. Latimer, a parole agent in Southern Illinois, discusses supervising girls from Geneva and women from Dwight reform school. She emphasizes strict rules, regular visits, and the goal of turning wards into productive citizens through patience, support, and community engagement.
Mrs. Lillian Latimer, parole agent for girls and women across 19 Southern Illinois counties, oversees Geneva and Dwight facilities. She explains rehabilitation over policing, detailing intake, housing, education, training, and foster placements to support displaced girls and their families.
The Goodwill truck arrives in Murphysboro Saturday to collect wearable and repairable clothing shoes and electrical appliances for handicapped workers at Goodwill Industries Inc. Send a contribution card today to Goodwill Industries in care of General Delivery Murphysboro.
Three residences have been completed to date in Morgan Place the planned 25 unit building addition conceived by Mr and Mrs T Martin Morgan for the area north of Illinois avenue and adjoining State r1 Foundations for the fourth house were poured Thursday and basements are being opened for other units. The curve for drive through the addition this week if possible.
A local druggist urged city officials to wash down paved streets weekly using paid street workers and city crews. The discussion followed reports of water charges and urban cleanliness efforts as other residents recounted traffic and safety observations along state roads.
The Murphysboro Carpentry union 604 AFL postponed their picnic at Riverside Park. The delay was announced by Henry Born amid union activities.
In Murphysboro a polio scare spurred a clean-up drive that trimmed litter and improved streets and alleys. The piece urges citizens to sustain cleanliness and fly control, warning against a return to pre-cleanup neglect and possible forced measures.
Murphysboro public schools and affiliated institutions tentatively set August 29 as the start of fall term pending approval by city health officer Dr. A R Esposito. If approved, MT HS junior high and five grade schools will reopen. St Andrew’s Catholic and Immanuel Lutheran grade schools aligned to that date.
Milton Craig 36 of Pinckneyville died at Southerland Hospital Sparta at 9 45 AM today from injuries from a two vehicle crash near West Mine between Tilden and Coulterville about 11 45 PM yesterday. Harlan Hepp and Alex Hanna were listed in serious condition at Sparta Hospital. Craig and Hepp were construction workers en route to Pinckneyville after the collision with Hanna.
The Du Quoin State Fair will host a 100 mile National 100 mile dirt track championship race on Sept. 3 limited to 1949 Indianapolis Speedway drivers with about 12000 dollars in awards. Time trials start at 11 30 a m and expect to trim entrants to 16 or 18 for the main event. Top Indianapolis finishers Bill Holland Johnnie Parsons George Connors and Myron Fohr will race alongside Rex Mays Paul Russo Emil Andres and other noted drivers.
Centralia area peach growers consider delaying harvest as prices for Elberta peaches slip to 1.25 to 1.50 for 2 inch minimums. McBride of the Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange notes many Carbondale south growers have finished or are finishing, while Centralia ramps up. Rain hampers picking, shipments total 49 rail cars and 92 truck cars, with Illinois Central reporting 52 cars in St. Louis division and Cobden leading load totals.
President Truman has nominated Col. Louis Huber Renfrew of Cairo Illinois for promotion to the temporary rank of Brigadier General. Renfrew, 53, a former assistant military aide to Truman, serves as assistant and military aide to Defense Secretary Johnson and accompanied the defense headquarters when Johnson became secretary. He is a close friend of Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughn and a graduate of Southeast Missouri State College and Washington University School of Dentistry.
Dr. Lowell R. Tucker acting chairman of Southern Illinois University agriculture department visits Champaign to participate in the American Farm Bureau Institute. The event runs all week at the Tint-weity of Tilinei.
The Egyptian Chapter of the Illinois Association of Engineers will hold its fifth annual picnic Saturday at the Jackson Country club. More than 700 members are expected for a social gathering from 2 to 5 pm followed by bouf fett dinner on the clubhouse lawn at 5. Ed Keehn of Carbondale is president and J L Burnett of Carbondale is secretary. John T. Blankenship of Murphysboro is program chairman.
Admissions include Mrs. June Snyder at 428 North Fourteenth Murphysboro maternity and Mrs. Helen Reynolds at 2222 Lindell Murphysboro maternity. Also listed are Fred Clutts medical Cobden Tl and Mrs. Mildred Brouillette medical 2340 Roble Murphys. Discharges cover Ollie P. Consert Route 2 Mur, Dale Peters 2237 Robiee Murphysboro and Mrs. Jessie Rowan 1845 Pine Murphysboro.
Maggie Agnew transfers Lot 31 Block 7 Mt. Carbon Murphysboro to William Lee Cole for 1 dollar. R. R. Cole transfers Lot 78 Oaklawn Add Carbondale to Henry L. Wilson for 1 dollar. Elbert Waller transfers land in section 27 township 9 range 2 to Roy E. Leisich for 1 dollar. Roy E. Leisich to Elbert Waller Izabeth Ceretto et al to Ralph W. Carter lots 12 and 13 block 17 Dowell for 1 dollar. Herschel McCree to Clifford Claxton pt A/L 46 Carbondale for 1 dollar. Harvey McBride to Leroy Mc Bride Lot 52 Sam T. Brush I D Carbondale for 1 dollar. Steve Koros to Cecil R. Brown Lots 3 and 4 Block 1 Dowell errr for 1 dollar.
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