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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1950
Page
5
The Illinois State Employment Service reports May 15 to July 15 saw 700 more jobs in construction in the Crab Orchard area. Unemployment fell to 9,750 as out-migration and weather impacts curbed other sectors. manufacturing rose about 200 with gains in several subfields.
The 826th Officers Reserve Corps Replacement company in Murphysboro has openings for three inactive reservists up to private first class. Captain Robert E. Edwards, commanding officer, announced today. Meetings for interested reservists are set for Tuesday Aug. 22 and Tuesday Aug. 29 at 7:30 pm in the Jackson County courthouse basement.
Wages for common laborers in the Murphysboro Grand Tower area increase from 1.40 to 1.50 an hour effective Monday August 21. The raise, part of new agreements signed with contractors about a month ago, covers the western half of Jackson County and lasts one year.
The tenth and final free movie night will be shown tonight at Washington school Murphysboro on the north side of the building. Cartoons and comedies have played each Tuesday since June 13 except July 4. Washington school students' parents organized the series drawing 150 to 200 attendees. A meeting later this week will discuss plans for next summer.
Admissions list includes Mrs Ida Lee Reames surgical 1829 Kennedy Street and Miss Bonnie Franklin surgical Vergennes. Dismissals note Mrs Catherine Allison and baby 421 East Walnut Street and Mrs Irene Henson Cutler.
Unemployment fell by 700 in Jackson Perry Union counties with 400 more jobs added as of July 15, driven by gains in construction apparel food processing leather goods and wholesale and retail trade. About 300 area workers left for teaching and professional jobs, leaving 2250 unemployed. The report notes rising fall activity in lumber wood products agriculture coal mining and retail trade.
Edward C. Walker, 82, retired barber, died 10 40 p m Monday at 1902 Hardy street Murphysboro where he lived with brother George Walker He was born Aug 22 1867 in Jackson Missouri and moved to Murphysboro as a boy He was married to Margaret McClintock who died Aug 1 1924 He leaves daughter Mrs Harry Zimbleman and siblings George Walker Ella Swafford Funeral Thursday 2 pm at Crawshaw Mortuary Rev William Boatman officiating burial Tower Grove Cemetery
Two children Toni Trico and Gary Gideron asked the Daily Independent editor to print their pictures. The editor questioned the social significance and finally agreed after more questions and delays. Toni claimed to be one and a half, Gary seven, with fathers at Brown Shoe Co and a plumber respectively. A caller later noted their dirty jeans. Robert Casey, former war correspondent, commented on meeting interesting people in the newspaper business.
A derailed freight train near Columbus Kentucky involved 38 cars on the GM and O line with no injuries to trainmen. Unconfirmed reports say a broken rail caused the wreck with the north Rebel detouring around the site and not delaying. The southbound freight carried general merchandise including canned goods fresh meats and automobiles.
Margaret Gillenberg 82 of 231 South Ninth Street Murphysboro died after a long illness. Born December 22 1867 in Rich Fountain Missouri she moved to Murphysboro early and married John Gillenberg April 11 1893. Survived by husband four daughters two sons eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren. funeral 2 pm Wednesday at Meyer Funeral Home with Father Bernac Sullivan officiating burial in St Andrew's Cemetery. Economy Cash Market closes noon Wednesday for the funeral.
Funeral services for Herman H. Duensing 71 retired Bremen farmer were held Sunday at St John’s Lutheran Bremen and Welge Funeral Home Chester. He died Friday in Anna after three months illness. Born November 18 1888 he lived in Bremen all his life. He leaves his wife and two daughters Mrs Mary Runge Lincoln and Mrs Hulda Diercks Steeleville. Burial was in St John’s Lutheran Cemetery Bremen.
Chester firefighters answered a 1 a m call Sunday to put out a car fire at the home of R. B. Tiller on Water Street. The 1941 model car was completely burned inside before Mrs. Tiller woke from the smoke.
The Riverside park lagoon in Murphysboro hosts a Saturday fishing rodeo for children under 16 from noon to 5 pm. Sponsored by Better Fishing Inc., the event offers a rods and tackle set to each top catch, with no entry fee. Eligible contestants come from Jackson County, and the judging committee includes C. A. Hart Frank Crews Robert Wahl and Vern Grissom.
More than 500 boosters members attended a gathering hosted by the Missouri Pacific Boosters at Cole Memorial Park in Chester on Sunday. Attendees came from Murphysboro Hurst Bush Sparta Mt. Vernon Cape Girardeau and Chester for an afternoon of music by the Chester High School band a ball game and swimming.
Voters may back normal mail delivery and a second daily run before the November off year elections, with business leaders praising earlier mail hours for efficiency. Seismologists discuss possible earthquakes in Tibet Burma or Eastern India as global rumblings, while Miss Babb laments old maids lacking birthdays and gifts.
Miss Dorothy Babb of North Texas State College in Denton conceived Old Maid's Day as spinster residents were invited to a celebratory event. The mayor declared the day with merchants offering free corsages and movie tickets to attendees amid lighthearted joking and town pride.
The 18 pound grand champion country ham sold at the Daniel Boone day auction in Boonville August 16 brought 4.50 dollars per pound. An Earl Jaeger retailer bought the famed ham. The column notes debate over big name hams versus farm cured varieties.
Haughton Robinson and his niece Ro sella Robinson faced charges of fighting and disturbing the peace, fined eight dollars each by Police Magistrate George Ozburn. Haughton Robinson allegedly beat Miss Robinson, who allegedly struck back with an axe. He will work off his fine on city streets while Miss Robinson remains jailed awaiting payment.
U S Fish and Wildlife Service official Gene Crawford proposes lowering Crab Orchard lake this fall to drive out trash fish from shoreline cover and let bass and other game fish feed and breed more effectively. The plan includes a staged lowering from August through March with potential flood-control benefits along the Big Muddy river. Local backers warn the approach alone cannot solve regional floods and would require complementary dam levee and reforestation efforts.
A circuit court in Marion with Judge Harold Zimmerman will begin the September term on September 11. Monday’s docket setting heard all day, with the court secretary keeping the docket for formal arrangement. The grand jury term starts the sessions, and many civil cases are expected to be heard after the grand jury.
Jackson county draft board No. 139 had received no word by noon today on the physical examinations given four men who traveled to St. Louis yesterday as part of the county quota in the first draft call. Officials said results were not expected until later this week.
Thirty-two Jackson county 4-H members depart Carbondale at 4 a m Wednesday for the State Sports Festival in Champaign to compete for state honors in singing and softball. The Boskydell Hustlers win over Johnson County earns a trip for girls softball and a newly formed county 4-H chorus accompanies the softball team in performances at 7 p m Thursday. The Farm Bureau softball team also heads to Champaign to contest the state title, with sixteen teams in the feminine division and Edwards County meeting the men in a first round. Chorus members include Carbondale Elkville and De Soto youths, with chaperones Mrs. Harold Wolfe Miss Joy Fry and Bill Hall guiding the group. The returns are due Friday afternoon.
Forty-three Jackson County residents named to serve on the September term grand jury and a supplemental panel for Jackson circuit court. Names include Arnold Thies Campbell Hill Jake Weakley Ava Wilma Louden Condle W I Wright Carbondale Hubert Hagler Carbondale William Guetersloh Jacob T J Ross De Soto Otto Rath Elkville John Manus Elkville Edward Lester Jacob Clyde Will Grand Tower Kenneth Beisner Ava John Bryant Jr Murphysboro Makanda Ina Sanders Murphysboro Frank Byrd Murphysboro Excell Robinson S R Ripley Oroville James Webb Carbondale route 4 John Menkin Gorham Harold Connor Murphysboro route 3 W E Spencer Vegennes. Supplemental jurors: Kenneth Modglin Av August Schatte Campbell Hill Etta Jackson Carbondale C R Stevenson Carbondale Frank Korando Jr Jacob Jacob Ebersohl De Soto Robert Cruse Elkville Willis Eater Elkville Sam Lester Jacob Carl Todd Grand Tower Murry Smith Ava Earl Bastien Murphysboro route 4 Charles Davis Makanda Minnie Jones physboro Tom Turner Vergennes John Meininger Vergennes Ray Penrod Carbondale route 4 Charles Rosenberger Gorham Lillian Rubisc physboro route 3 Charles Serferth Vergennes.
John T. Purcell Sr. of Murphysboro announced the former Chester Ice plant has been sold to the Missouri Pacific railroad. The building will be torn down to clear a railroad right of way. The plant closed August 12 and its equipment has been shipped to Mexico to the buyer there.
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