National Guard Aims at Better Public Relations
The Illinois National Guard plans stronger ties with civilians and more community involvement. Major General Joseph A. Teece urges open houses and public outreach, with Col. Wallace Nowikowski emphasizing armory use and civic projects across multiple towns.
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National Guard
Joseph A. Teece
Illinois National Guard
Teece
Wallace Nowikowski
Benton
135Th Engineer Combat Battalion
Daily Free Press and Southern Illinois Advert
The notice lists subscription rates for carrier and mail delivery at 25c weekly and higher tiered plans, with geographic restrictions. It notes post office entry in Carbondale Illinois as second class matter and AP membership rights for local news and dispatches.
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Daily Free Press
Ilinoisan
West Main Street
Carbondele
Ill
Carbondale
Illinois
Associated Press
Pvt J Nannie Rites Thursday Military funeral for Pvt James Monroe Nannie
Pvt James Monroe Nannie killed in service in the Hawaiian Islands on September 19 is to receive a military funeral Thursday at 1 30 p m at Parker funeral home Carbondale. Rev W A Wilson will officiate with burial at Burbee Chapel near Goreville and American Legion post to conduct graveside rites. The body and escort arrive in Carbondale at noon Wednesday and will be at the Parker funeral home after 1 p m. He is survived by his parents and four sisters and two brothers.
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Parker Funeral Home
Carbondale
James Monroe Nannie
Hawaiian Islands
W. A. Wilson
First Apostolic Church
Burbee Chapel
Goreville
Carbondale American Legion
Pvt
Nannie
James Nannie
Minnie Faulkerson
St. Louis
Jewell Ellis
Murphysboro
Florence Smith
Ruby Buster
Alva
Johnnie
Patient Flown From Carbondale To Mayo Clinic
Ralph Reichert of east of Boskey dell was moved from Holden hospital in Carbondale to Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota this morning in a Parker funeral home Cesna ambulance. The flight left Carbondale airport at about 5 a m and arrived around 8 30 a m. He was accompanied by Mrs Reichert and his brother of St Petersburg Florida. Diagnosis had not been made.
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Ralph Reichert
Boskeydell
Holden Hospital
Carbondale
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Jackson County Submits Real Estate Assessments Early
Jackson County Clerk Boyd Thorp announced certified real estate assessment lists have been sent to the State Department of Revenue weeks ahead of schedule after the Board of Review closed its books. The panel found the books mostly in order after 25 complaints. the state will determine the multiplier to apply to assessments so property values reach 100 percent.
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Jackson
Boyd Thorp
State Department of Revenue
Thorp
County Board of Review
Springfield
Board of Review
Sam Plant
State Department
Jackson County
Peach Shipments Drop From Centralia Area
The peach harvest in the Centralia area is concluded with only four Illinois Central train cars loaded yesterday. Growers threaten not to pick if prices fail to rise, with number one Elbertas priced around $1 to $1.50. The last peaches in orchards south of Carbondale were harvested Sunday.
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Centralia
Illinois Central
Carbondale
Cap Hines remembered as Grand Tower's first citizen
The town buries Harry Cap Hines, beloved sponsor of the Grand Tower Indians. He funded youth baseball, aided farmers during floods, and spent hours with his players. He died suddenly of heart trouble after a celebrated season and a final walk downtown. A brief Presbyterian service followed before his burial in Walker Hill cemetery.
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Grand Tower
Ill
Harry Cap Hines
Caps
Cap
Trico
Grand Tower Indians
Cape Girardeau
Mississippi River
Indians
Dowell
Presbyterian
Walker Hill
No Grade A Milk Hike Seen Here
The Decatur Milk Association announced a 15 cent rise in raw Grade A milk to $3.75 per hundredweight retroactive to August 1, due to a local shortage. No retail milk price changes are planned. class C milk runs $2.90 while inspected milk used for manufacturing has been exported. Demand and supply for uninspected milk are roughly balanced with favorable outlook for demand to exceed supply.
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Decatur
Decatur Milk Association
Prairie Farms Manager Sees Stable Local Milk Prices
Harold Brackett of Prairie Farms in Carbondale said local outlook does not indicate a price rise for grade A milk. He noted a 50 cent increase to $4.15 per hundredweight on July 1 and suggested a possible 15 cent rise for class C or unclassified milk.
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G. H. Hilleary
Harold Brackett
Prairie Farms Creamery
Carbondale
Brackett
6 Month Sentence For Writing Bad Check
George W. Burch 29 was arrested in Murphysboro on a bad check charge and pleaded guilty before County Judge C. E. Wright. He was sentenced to six months on the penal farm at Vandalia for writing a $10 check to cash endorsed in the name Jim M Blodgetta. The check was cashed at Beasley Tavern. A charge of defrauding with a check was filed by Asst States Attorney Orwin Pich.
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George W. Burch
Murphysboro
C. E. Wright
Vandalia
Burch
Zap
North Dakota
Jim M. Blodgetta
Beasley Tavern
Ninth and
Walnut Streets
Orwin Pich
Tron Workers Leave CIP S Job in Dispute
About 30 Iron workers from Paducah Kentucky Local 595 quit work at the Central Illinois Public Service Company electrical plant expansion north of Grand Tower over who unloads switch yard steel. The dispute was referred to John Dunlop chairman of a jurisdictional panel in Washington for a ruling. Work began November 1 1948, with electrical workers traditionally unloading the steel in the area. W. B. Sanders represents the iron workers.
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Paducah
Central Illinois Public Service Company
Grand Tower
C. Boyne
New York Foundation Company
John Dunlop
Boyne
W. B. Sanders
U. Launches Land Appraisals for SIT Building Program
Southern Illinois University begins land acquisition under the biennial appropriation to support expansion. The first project unit of a new service building lists a bid of 469 976 dollars with stock rooms and maintenance areas. The power plant portion, part of a 998 441 dollar total for both structures, was completed first due to high costs.
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Southern Illinois University
State Division of Architecture and Engineering
S. I. U. Service
Benefit Games Billed In Teen Town Fund Drive
A double header at Carbondale Community High School pits the West Frankfort All Star Girls against a men’s team from Kiwanis Rotary Lions Eagles Elks Moose Jaycees and the Business Men’s group at 7 30 p m A semifinalist Ha vanna state tournament links the girls Proceeds go to Teen Town for two quonset huts and a new teen center location.
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West Frankfort
Carbondale
Havanna
Kiwanis
Rotary
Lions
Eagles
Elks, Moose
Jaycees
Business Men’s Association
Evelyn Flynn
Ruth Smith
Glenn
Abe’’ Martin
Southern Illinois University
John I. Wright
Carbondale Eagles
Herrin Stags
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges Across Several Cities
Admitted Monday are J H Edmons surgical Pitts burgh Corda Schwann surgical Johnston City George Eserley surgical Eldorado Mrs Alex Bell surgical Cairo Bertha Renifro medical Carbondale Eugene Jerrales medical Cambridge Coy Rose surgical Carterville Dewey Lampley surgical Mounds Myriel Bryan medical Discharged Monday Forest George surgical Carterville Jennie Cecil surgical Carbondale John Collis surgical Carterville
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J. H. Edmons
Surgical
Pittsburgh
Corda Schwann
Johnston City
George Eserley
Eldorado
Alex Bell
Cairo
Bertha Renifro
Medical
Carbondale
Eugene Jerrales
Cambria
Coy Rose
Carterville
Dewey Lampley
Mounds
Myriel Bryan
Forest George
Jennie Cecil
John Collis
State Engineer Probes Typhoid Source in Carbondale
M R Golly of the Big Muddy River basin unit arrived in Carbondale to locate the sanitary sewage source linked to an August typhoid outbreak on North Michael Street. He will trace home sewer connections to the storm drain near the affected houses and work with Eldridge Corbit on the inquiry.
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National Guard
Decatur Guard
M. R. Golly
Big Muddy River
State Sanitary Water Board
Carbondale
North Michael Street
Golly
R. E. Favreau
Johnny White
M. T. White
Billy Rader
Robert Rader
Sharon Drew
Harvey Drew, Jr
South Bend
Ind
Trico High School Sets Sept. 1 2 Registration
Registration at Trico Consolidated High School will begin Sept. 1 with regular classes starting Sept. 6. Incoming freshmen register Sept. 1 at 9:00 a.m., sophomores Sept. 2 from 9:00 to 10:30, juniors 10:30 to noon, seniors 1:00 to 2:30. Bus routes listed with morning pickups and Ava schedule unchanged. cafeteria closed during registration but lunches start Sept. 6.
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Trico Consolidated High School
Steeleville
Webster’s Theater
Cutler
Richmond
Willisville
White’s
Campbell Hill
Ditch
Ava
Sunnyside Man Hurt in Royalton Mine Accident
Sunnyside resident Rube Engram, 57, was hospitalized in Herrin with a back injury suffered last night at the Franklin County No. 7 mine in Royalton.
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Rube Engram
Sunnyside
Herrin
Herrin Hospital
Franklin County No. 7
Royalton
Freshman Week Planned at Southern Illinois University Sept 7 10
Freshmen slated to enroll for the fall term start Sept 12 are to report Sept 7 10 for orientation. Activities include tests and physicals plus campus tours social events and meetings with campus leaders. Registration is Sept 12 13 with a convocation and a free downtown movie for new students.
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Southern Illinois University
Student Christian Foundation
Y. M
Business Administration Department
Churches of Carbondale
Varsity Theatre
Windup of 1949 Summer Farm Program in Jackson County
Jackson county Farm Bureau personnel wind up summer 4-H and home bureau activities with few remaining items. 4-H members attend State Sports Festival at Champaign. Baskeydell 4-H softball team competes with Adams county winners. County awards and state honors planned. autumn windup includes County Achievement program. Over 500 members across 44 clubs active. winter program to start with 13 clubs and a party-a-month project for 250+ members. fundraising for West Frankfort district 4-H camp exceeds 5000 dollars. Muny Opera trip marks end for home bureau activities.
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Mildred Benz
Jeanette Dean
Jackson County
Champaign
Baskeydell
University of Illinois
4-H
Riverside Park
Benz
Dean
St. Louis
Miss Dean
Miss Benz
West Frankfort
Elkville Miner Injured In Truax Traer Accident
Edward Thornton aged 63 of Elkville received bruises and contusions in a mine accident at the Truax Traer mine south of Elkville last night. He was taken to the Mar Quoin at about 11 pm. Hospital authorities said the injuries are not serious.
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Edward Thornton
Elkville
Truax- Traer
Thornton
Mar- Quoin
Hircondishall-Browning
Dutton
Nightmare Leaps Through Window During Morning Nightmare
Bill Pugh of Johnston City leaped headfirst from a second story bedroom window during a nightmare. He landed on a bathroom roof and ground, suffering cuts and bruises but no broken bones. His wife Vera had recently moved the bed to a cooler spot to avoid heat and nightmares.
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Bill Pugh
Washington Avenue
Johnston City
Pugh
Bids Opened for Area Highway Projects in Massac and Washington
Springfield highway office received bids today at 10 am for Massac and Washington county projects. Massac county work totals about 172500 with resurfacing and widening on Route 45 and nearby segments plus concrete patching near Bloomfield. Washington county project covers 12.69 miles on Route 15 from Nashville area to near Ashley with sections 8 9 19 and 11 1 at an estimated 361100.
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Springfield
Massac
Johnson
Washington Counties
Massac County
Johnson County
Mermet
Bloomfield
Vienna
Washington County
Eost
Nashville
Washington Jefferson County
Ashley
V. F. W. Auxiliary Holds Regular Meeting
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary met last night in the V. F. W. Hall for their regular business session. Mrs. Carl Crain presided as president. The group received new orders for the coming year and was assigned to Anna State Hospital in Eaton Rapids Michigan.
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V. F. W. Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
V. F. W. Hall
Carl Crain
Anna State Hospital
Eaton Rapids
Michiran
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Camp McCoy
Wisc
Col. Nowikowski
Anna
Metropolis
Norman McRoy
Hart Lawrence
Johnston City Company
McRoy
Fifth Army
Chicago
Guard
the& I. U. Board
South Thompson Street
S. I. U. Board
Alice DiGiovanna
Robert Davis
Leo J. Brown
J. Nannie
By Tony Stevens
Grand Tower Area
Tron
C.I.P. S
Is Sa
Dunlop
Washington, D. C
T. T. Benefit
Baskeydell Ridge
Vergennes Hot Shots
Chris Stearns
Marvin Braswell
Charles Heern
Johnny Bill Lipe
Frank Brimmer
Richard Lipe
Jim Heern
Frank Neal
Ronald Stearns
Jim Lipe
Donald Lipe
Gabe Elliott
Bill Lipe
Paul Lipe
Jerry Heern
Jackie Neal
Jackson County Farm Bureau
Truax-Traer
Johnston
Vera
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