Logan Junior High Gets New Principal Roberts
Murphysboro City Schools announce Charles Red Roberts will become Logan Junior High principal for 1950-51. Longfellow principal Robert Crombar moves to Longfellow. Leland Lockard becomes Logan Grade School principal. Mrs. Sabine shifts to Logan fifth grade. Mrs. William Smith adds full time vocal instructor duties system wide.
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Murphysboro City
William Carruthers
Charles ‘Red’ Roberts
Longfellow School
Logan
Roberts
Robert Crombar
Longfellow
Leland Lockard
Murphysboro
Carruthers
William T. Davis
Washington
Howard Abernathie
Lincoln
Carl Lee
Douglas
John Sabine
William Smith
Miriam Cooper
Carbondale
Smith
Logan School
Ham Roberts
A. H. Roberts
Southern Illinois University
Civi
Paul Stout
American Legion
Southern Illinois Junior High School Athletic Association
First Methodist Church
Masonic Order and Elks Lodge
Southern pilots invited to Chanute Air Force Base fly-in
Private pilots from six states are invited to a Chanute AFB fly-in on August 26 led by Brig. Gen. Byron Gates and Joseph McLaughlin. The program includes a preview of the F 86 jet engine, base tours, luncheon with airmen, and unrestricted access to inspect facilities. The Flying Farmers of Prairieland and Missouri members join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Chanute Air Force Base
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Missouri
Byron E. Gates
Joseph K. McLaughlin
Illinois Department of Aeronautics
Flying Farmers of Prairieland
Longfellow PTA Sets Safety Theme and Committee Roles
The Longfellow school PTA announced its primary theme Safety for Our Schools for the upcoming term. Committee chairmen and officers were named with plans for roles, duties, and coordination across parent, scout, and education activities.
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PTA
Longfellow School
Garry B. Richard
Delmar Ward
Murphysboro Woman To Teach At Chester
Chester trustees hire six new teachers for the coming year. Anna Marie Harn of Murphysboro will teach girls physical education. Virginia Hailey Cobden becomes librarian and Spanish instructor. Gloria Allender of Parks Kentucky will teach commerce. Esther Twarog of New Athens covers Smith Hughes and home economics. Marie Bollinger of Chester takes elementary classes. Chester schools open August 31 for registration with classes starting September 1. Five buses will begin county pickup and hot lunch and cafeteria projects start September 5.
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Ester
Board of Education
Anna Marie Harn
Murphysboro
Virginia Hailey Cobden
Fogf
Herberts
Chester
Gloria Allender
Parks, Ky
Commerce
Esther Twarog
New Athens
Smith-Hughes
Marie Bollinger
Chester Public Schools
De Soto Youth Takes Third in State Tractor Contest
Lawrence Dietz of De Soto finished third in the Iowa State Fair 4-H tractor driving contest. Jackson County girls Marilyn Wakeland and Christina Young earned outstanding ratings in the 4-H Dress Review with selfmade dresses. Sixty-four girls entered, with fifteen earning outstanding marks.
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Lawrence Dietz
de Soto
Jackson County
Marilyn Wakeland
Carrantase
Christina Young
Murphysboro
Route 1
Marilyn
Christina
Dietz
Charlotte Fox
Elkville
Jane Kopp
Juanita Troutman
Carbondale
Parthenia Sage
Elkin
Partricia Endress
Vergennes
Mary
Donald
Mary Sue Walker
Joan P
Merv Elizabeth
Rawshaw Carbondale
Joyce Hastings
Sharon Hall
Buckle
Hospital Notes Admissions and Dismissals List
Admissions on August 18 include Mrs Catherine Allison maternity 421 East Walnut. Dismissals include Mrs Magnolia Bates Mt. Carbon William Brewer 909 Chestnut Ollie Cowsert Murphysboro route Mrs Blanche Hodge 535 North Fifteenth Mrs Mae King 2204 Clay Mrs Irene Kutiert Pinckneyville Mrs Rosella Leaders Chester route 2 James Robinson St Louis Mrs saliean Seufer Ellis Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Allison
East Walnut Street
Magnolia Bates
Mt. Carbon
William Brewer
Chestnut Street
Ollie Cowsert
Murphysboro
Blanche Hodge
North Fifteenth Street
Mae King
Clay Street
Irene Kutiert Pinckneyvile
Rosella Leaders
Chester
James Robinson
St. Louis
Saliean Seufer
Ellis Grove
Jackson County Reports High Forfeited Taxes Amid Valuation Rise
County records show forfeited taxes for Jackson County totaled 449 442.76 in 1949, down from 681 227.37 in 1938, the peak in county history. Thorp notes taxes accumulate on unsold lands and lots since 1921 and rise with new construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Boyd Thorp
Thorp
Vision messages spark vast crowds at Wisconsin shrine
A Nevilled Wisconsin farm wife, Mary Ann Van Hoof, drew about 100000 believers to her door-yard shrine for a seventh vision claiming the Blessed Virgin Mary urged prayer for global peril and Pope Pius XII. Skeptics warned such visions blur faith and reason amid wartime anxiety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann van Hoof
Necedah
Wis
America
Pope Pius XII
Korea
Fatima
Alaska
Pacific Coast
Miners Face Pension Fund Strain Cited by John L. Lewis
Disabled coal workers report from John L. Lewis that the pension fund will no longer support disabled miners their widows and orphans. Yet they must still pay $1 monthly while intact miners receive $100 monthly. Lewis blames a slump in coal demand and shorter working hours for the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Lewis
Met
Cape Girardeau man pockets local used car lot
A visiting Cape Girardeau resident nicknamed Nick Carter charmed locals and allegedly emptied a Cape Girardeau area used car lot of all its saleable vehicles. No bank robbery occurred.
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Nick Carter
Cape Girardeau
Cape
Murphysboro Tavernian Sends Holland Beer to Ripley
A Murphysboro bartender sent Everett Ripley of Oraville a bottle of Holland beer. Ripley, aged 80, learned a Holland friend had visited town the night before and left the bottle, but he remains unsure who his friend from Holland might be.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Everett Ripley
Oraville
Ripley
Holland
Britain and Russia Crabs at Odds over U S Dockside Load
U S longshoremen refused to unload $250000 of Russian crab meat at New York docks. Britain allegedly sold the crabs to American importers and the cargo heads toward Boston Harbor. Russia demanded Britain accept the crabs as part payment on a trade deal, raising talk of further shipments such as caviar as a potential down payment on war-era debts.
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Britain
U. S
New York
America
Boston Harbor
Boston
Russia
Lay Heavy Trackage On Mo Pak Coal Line
The Missouri Pacific Railroad plans heavier 110 pound rails on its east west Illinois coal line replacing 90 pound rails. Anetra crew lays track from str ham to starst Buch with 10 winter trains between Gorham and Bush, each train carrying 125 cars. Coal burning switch engines and pushers operate in the coal belts.
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Missouri-Pacific Railroad
Illinois
Anetra
Strham
Starst Buch
Roy Turnage
Mo-Pak
Murphysboro
Property Transfers in Carbondale District Sales Grow
Harry W Bracey transfers 165 parcels including lots 22 23 and 24 in Patton SD Carbon dale to Community High School District for 3000 dollars. J H Ridgeway transfers part lots 14 and 15 block 2 Harker Keesee and Clemen s add Carbondale to Frederick Sobery for 8500 dollars.
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Harry W. Bracey
Community
Patton SD
Carbondale
J. H. Ridgeway
Frederick Sobery
Harker
Keesee
Clemen
Wreck damages sought in Murphysboro case
A $40 000 damage suit filed in Saline County Circuit Court alleges injuries from a September 16 car crash near Harrisburg involving Shirley Williams Ruth Fulmer and Harold Williams of Murphysboro The plaintiffs claim $20 000 each for injuries including fractures and compression injuries suffered by Shirley Williams and Ruth Fulmer The filing names Harold Williams as defendant Attorneys Elmer J Medlin and James R Zimmerman of Carbondale represent the plaintiffs.
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Murphysboro
Harrisburg
Circuit Court of
Saline County
Shirley Williams
Ruth Fulmer
Harold ‘Fat’ Williams
Williams
Jordan
Harold Williams
Junior Williams
Mary Lou Ballard
Lucier Street
Elmer J. Medlin
James R. Zimmer
Carbondale
Trucker Cleared in Chester-Area Fatal Wreck Inquest
Vernon Wright of Carterville was absolved of blame in the July 21 fatal collision near De Soto that killed Lee Zgonina of Radom. The inquest heard Wright and witnesses describe a near head-on crash on the De Soto to Hurst Bush road. Zgonina, a file foreman at Menard prison, died at the scene. Wright had been fined for lacking insurance. The inquest was led by Jackson County Coroner Roy Huffman at the De Soto Town Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carterville
Chester Area
de Soto
Vernon Wright
Lee Zgonina
Radom
Cheste
Wright
Faye Claxton
Zgonina
Jackson County
Roy Carter
George Talley
Hurst Bush
Prisner
Murphysboro
Illinois State Penitentiary
Menard
de Sote Town Hall
Roy Huffman
Rains Cut Receipts From Murphysboro Parking Meters
Murphysboro parking meter receipts fell to 315.95 this week the lowest since April 22. Torrential rains kept residents off the streets contributing to the drop. This week’s total included 60.70 in nickels and 155.25 in pennies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Murphysoro
Moose Lodge to Move Into Spinning Wheel Building
Murphysboro Loyal Order of Moose Lodge No 1591 will assume the Spinning Wheel night club on Route 13 southeast of Murphysboro Monday and hold its first meeting there Tuesday at 8 p m. The lodge has bought the building and one acre of surrounding land. Plans call for a playground next to the lodge hall for members children. the new quarters will be open for members families and guests.
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Murphysboro
Loyal Order of Moose Lodge
Spinning Wheel
Route
Orientation Week Planned At University
Southern Illinois University gears up for fall orientation week for freshmen led by Dean S. Clark Davis and Helen A. Shu. The four day program includes registration, convocation, panels with deans, campus tours, library tours, counselor assignments, tests, sorority and fraternity rushing, a library lawn picnic, and preliminary advisement to ease main registration.
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Southern Illinois University
S. Clark Davis
Helen A. Shuman
Libary Lawn
SIU
Davis
Local Newspaper Rates and Publication Details
The South Illinois Daily Independent lists subscription options and pricing. Rates include 98 cents weekly, six weeks for a dollar, twelve weeks for three dollars, and fifty three weeks for seven fifty, with mail subscriptions available where carrier service exists.
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Southern Illinoisan Che Daily Independent
Southern Ilinois Publications, Inc
South 13Th Street
Mysboro
Ulinois
Ted
Joyful Ukrainians Find Welcome in Murphysboro
Dymitry Bereson 24 his wife and daughter moved July 28 from a German displaced persons camp to Murphysboro Illinois. Harold Grob provided a home and work on the Suits Us ranch where Dymitry values hard effort. Mrs Bereson helps at the Grob home and their child Victoria begins English phrases daily. Don Roger Munoz from Chicago visits with the Grobs learning rural life and horse riding.
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Murphysboro
Dymitry Bereson
Dymitry
Dymitry Beresov
Ukraine
Europe
Harold Grob
Beresows
United States
Grob
Nineteenth Street
Brob
U.S
Germany
The
Baptist Church
Chicago
Carbondale
Don Roger
Mrs. Grob
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Crombar
General Gates
Joe Gillenberg
Fred Shappard
Ida Michael
Wil'' Carruthers
Russell Marshall
Tom Cardwell
William Turnage
Garry B. Richardson
Margaret Lovan
Longfellow Group
Virginia Jennings
Charles Betts
Hortense Beckman
Lottie Marshall
Betty Reiman
Evelyne M. Smith
State Fair
Ristar
Harold Connor
Adlai Stevenson
Connors
Governor’s Mansion
Mrs. Connor
Mr. Connor
Emma
James
Patricia
Lucille
Odds and Ends
Bill Pogott
Christ Mother
Joe Stalin
Hitler
Lewis
Icoge
Shryock Auditorium
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