No Quorum Delays Murphysboro City Council Session
Murphysboro city council met Friday night in a brief session halted by absence of a quorum. Five aldermen were present of ten required, delaying any business until a full meeting Wednesday August 27 at 7 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Joe Williams
Ralph Norman
L. E. File
Bryden Craine
William Kiel
Fred Beattie
Ralph Dale
Homer Roberts
Robert Clipner
Walter Wright
C. A. Hart
Murphysboro Officer Completes CBR Training
Second Lt. Robert G. Williams son of Mr and Mrs S C Williams 1801 Spruce St Murphysboro has completed training at the Sixth Army Chemical Biological Radiological Defense School in California and is now assigned as a CBR instructor with the 135th Engineer Battalion at Camp Gooke California. His instruction covered the latest defensive tactics against chemical biological and radiological attack. Prior to service he worked as an auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert G. Williams
S. C. Williams
Spruce St
Murphysboro
Sixth Army Chemical-Biological Radiological Defense School
California
Williams
San Francisco
135Th Engineer
Camp Gooke
Calif
Better Timbering Recommended at Two Marion County Mines
The Federal Bureau of Mines urged improved timbering as a miner safety measure at two Marion County mines. No 2 Mine of Wilkins Coal Co employed 18 men producing 230 tons daily. No 8 Mine of New Plack Diamond Coal Co had 19 workers producing 275 tons daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
Federal Bureau of Mines
Wilkins Coal Company
C. L. South
New Plack Diamond Coal Company
Frank Kolisek
Marion
Williamson Band to Play in Johnston City
The Williamson County Band directed by C B Chick Nesler from Herrin will present a one hour concert in Johnston City at 7:30 PM Tuesday. This second annual Johnston City performance features 24 Williamson County musicians from Local No 280 of the American Federation of Musicians paid through the Musicians Performance Trust Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
C. B.chick Nesler
Herrin
Johnston City
Veterans of Foreign ‘Ars Memorial
American Federation of Musicians
Musicians Performance Trust Fund
Carbondale Man Serves Aboard USS Rodman
Paul M. Bryant a radarman third class in the U.S. Navy from Carbondale is aboard the destroyer minesweeper USS Rodman now visiting Adriatic seaports. The Rodman was detached from a Sixth Fleet task group in the Mediterranean to call at Venice and the Free Territory of Trieste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul M. Bryant
USN
T. L. Bryant
South Poplar Street
Carbondale
Rodman
Adriatic
U.S
Venice
Free Territory
Trieste
Carbondale Spanish War Veterans Attend National Encampment
J. D. Boren commander of the Carbondale Camp of Spanish War Veterans sails to Louisville Kentucky to attend the 49th Annual Encampment of the Limited Spanish War Veterans. He is joined by Henry Bailey and Albert Charles as Carbondale delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Boren
Carbondale
Louisville
Boren
Henry Bailey
Albert Charles
Carterville High Registration and Faculty Listing
Carterville High announces freshmen registration at 1 p.m. and football prospects view at 2 p.m. on Monday. School starts Tuesday Sept 2 with an expected enrollment around 225. Faculty include Dean as principal and teachers in commerce, mathematics, English, physics, health, physical education, social studies, band and chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carterville Community High School
Elbert Smith
WS. B. Dean
LaVerne Armstrong
D.J. Cox
Dorothy Cox
W.S. B. Dean
Mary McCluskey
Irene Watsory
Johnston City
Sue Rich
Gladys Smith
Florence Weller
James Farmer
Murphysboro Sailor Returns From Korea
Roger Quigley fireman apprentice St Navy is serving aboard USS Lofberg which recently returned to the United States from duty in the Korean War theater. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Orvel Quigley of Murphysboro. The ship is undergoing overhaul and repair in San Francisco California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Quigley
St Navy
Jowes
USS
Lofberg
United States
Quigley
Andrey Orvel Quigley
Kennedy Murphysboro
Lusheoee
San Francisco
Calif
Former Murphysboro Man Dies Thursday
Vern C. Gilmore, 56, long time Murphysboro resident, died Thursday at St. Marys Hospital in East St. Louis. He is survived by a brother Britton Gilmore of Tamaroa. Funeral services will be held Monday at 9:30 a.m. at Robin Funeral Home in East St. Louis, with burial at Jefferson Barracks Military Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
East St. Louis
Britton Gilmore
Tamaroa
Robin Funeral Home
Jefferson Barracks Military Cemetery
H.T.H.S. Freshmen Register Monday
Freshmen at H.T.H.S. are to report at 9 a.m. Monday for study hall registration as announced by Principal E. C. Eckert. Students should bring pencils and expect the process to last no more than one hour.
Williamson Grand Jury Drawn for September Court
Grand jury panels for Williamson County Circuit Court September term have been drawn. Regular panel lists 23 jurors from Marion Herrin Carbondale and nearby areas. a supplemental panel of 20 includes residents from Carterville Marion Pittsburg and Herrin among others. Circuit Clerk Burl Turner and Williamson County Bar Association members are handling docket setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County Circuit Court
Board of Commissioners
Herman Allsup
Cambria
Frank Caliper
Corp
Melvin Hall
Carterville
Victor Stocks
Silas King
Route 3
Carbondale
Muriel Cox
Herrin
John Drennen
Walter Mosley
Johnston City
James Crick
Herman Potts
Lou McCuan
Marion
Muad Wahl
Lawrence Campbell
Ed Jones
Blanche Aikman
Faye Boles
Aud Moore
Willie Holmes
Creal Springs
Roy West
Thompsonville
R. W. Absher
Carrier Mills
Waymond Rickey
Stoneport
Hartwell
Davenport
RFC
Roy Cundiff
Philmp Wiks
Colp
Freeman Greet
Rodney Choate
Cyrus Bloodworth
Josephine Evans
Janis Paysinger
William Gulledge
Harry Pierson
Pittsburg
Moody Five
Carolyn Roberts
Jennie LaBurgie
W. G. Raegan
Virgil Motsinger
Robert Holmes
Stonetort
Roy Mann
Vida Lang
Charles Rogers
Burl Turner
Wiliamson County Bar Association
Annex Jackson School Units Dissolved Under New Illinois Law
In Murphysboro Jackson County two grade school districts were annexed to neighboring districts after public hearings. District 53 Bower was folded into District 32 Ava and District 148 Jerusalem into District 144 Pomona. Superintendent V N Wheeles announced both actions with no opposition.
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Jackson County
Murphysboro
Bower
Ava
Jerusalem
Pomona
V. N. Wheeles
Illinois
Murphysboro Soldier Finishes Basic Training
Pvt. James Hubbs husband of Mrs. Sylvia J. Hubbs of Murphysboro completed basic training at the quartermaster replacement training center in Fort Lee Virginia. He was inducted in June 1952 and formerly worked as an advertising salesman for the Southern Illinois office. He will receive a new permanent duty station assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hubbs
Sylvia J. Hubbs
Murphysboro
Quartermaster Replacement Training Center
Fort Lee
Hubbs
Army
Southern Illinoisan
Eaton Receives Air Force Promotion
Alan N. Eaton of Carbondale has been promoted from A B to A-3C in the U S Air Force. He is assigned to the Human Resources Research Center's Technical Training Research Laboratory at Chanute AFB Illinois. The center, headquartered at Lackland AFB Texas, conducts psychological research to improve classification and training with units at 12 bases in seven states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan N. Eaton
Carbondale
U.S. Air Force
Eaton
Olyn E. Eaton
Walnut 'St
Human Resources Research Center
Chanute Afb
Ill
Lackland Afb
Tex
Air Force
Ex Carterville Nan Named Secretary of Cornbelt Insurance
Wyatt A Lindsey, formerly of Carterville and now Urbana, has been elected secretary of the Cornbelt Insurance Company of Champaign. Lindsey, a Carterville native, earned a bachelor of education from Southern Illinois University and a law degree from the University of Illinois. He practices law in Rantoul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyatt’ A. Lindsey
Urbana
Carterville
Cornbelt Insurance Company
Champaign
Lindsey
Southern Illinois University
University of Illinois
Rantoul
Jackson County Wins Trophy In Sports Festival
Jackson County won its fifth straight district championship with 1330 points at the University of Illinois Folk and Sports Festival in Urbana. A group of 80 Farm Bureau and 4-H club members competed in softball and folk shows, with awards for Jackson County Trio, Mary Crawshaw, Clover Girls, and others. Notable results include second place in Senior Girls 50 yard swim, a vocal solo rating, and several losses in softball events. The district trophy is on display at the Farm Bureau office in Murphysboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
University of Illinois
Urbana
Farm Bureau
Mary Crawshaw
Clover
Joyce Hastings
Little Women
Charlotte Lungitz
Buckles
Carbondale
Jo Ann Lively
Helping Hands
Ava
Lawrence Dietz
DN Soto
Ius
Pleasant Grove
Adams County
Farm Burau
Edgar County
Beskerdell Hustlers
Fayette County
Murphysboro
Jackson School Board Sets Special Session on District Changes
Jackson County School Trustees meet at 7 p m in Murphysboro courthouse to review four petitions for small territorial changes. Districts 147 to 144, 22 to 17, a Carbondale 95 to Buckles 98 detachment, and Ava 32 to 209 near Perry counties are proposed. Changes can proceed without election unless residents object.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Board of School Trustees
Murphysboro
V.N. Wheeles
Ellis Ridge
Pomona
Simpson
Vergennes
Carbondale
Buckles
Ava
Jackson
Perry
Big Year for Marshall Herrin Retired Miner to Reign Labor Day
Albert James Edwards 87 as Herrin labor day marshal Sept 1 at Herrin city park celebrates two milestones. He began in Herrin in 1902 joining United Mine Workers 50 years ago, spent 63 years in coal mines and recalls early work in Wales England. He came to America with friend Bill Maughan and now lives with granddaughter at 1010 N 16th St. his wife passed away three years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Herrin
Labor Day
Albert James Edwards
Herrin
Tri- County
Labor Day Association
Herrin City Park
Mr. Edwards
United Mines Workers
Wales
Cardiff
South Wales
Old Squirrel
B. Weaver
No. 7
America
England
Brightside
Yorkshire
Edwards
Bill Maughan
16Th St
Carbondale and Du Quoin Women Aid Easter Seal Exhibit
Women from Carbondale and Du Quoin join the Easter Seal exhibit staff at the Du Quoin State Fair. James Porter of the Southern Illinois Association for the Crippled Inc confirms the arrangement. Carbondale chair is Mrs Rovide Jr with a group including Mrs Wesley Morgan and Miss Laurie Kunz. Du Quoin chair is Mrs Lowell Moran with assistants Mrs Judson Harriss and Miss Lilian Sawyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
du Quoin
James Porter
Southern Illinois Association For the Crippled, Inc
Rovide Jr
Carbondale Group
Wesley Morgan
Laurie Kunz
Raymond Schmidt
Richard Locherby
James Boyd
Joe Morris
Paul Barrett
William Howe
Roy Singer
Ernest Simon
Sam Hunter
Claire Ide
du Quoin Group
Lowell Moran
Judson Harriss
William Leeach
Charles Toler
Lilian Sawyer
Eric Laurell
F. Kelly Jr
Harvey Hungate
Lewis Baico
Couple Named Secretary for Sheep Owners Association
Mrs. Faye Stumpe of Pinckneyville and her husband Jack cover nine Southern Illinois fairs assisting secretaries and keeping records. They created a modern method enabling early premium payments and serve Metropolis to Du Quoin before retreating to their 300 acre Pinckneyville farm. Jack Stumpe previously served as Pinckneyville mayor 16 years during WPA and PWA programs. The couple, married 37 years, have two children Ernestine Harper in Brazil and Jack Jr. in Pinckneyville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Stumpe
Pinckneyville
Illinois
Greenville
Stumpe
Stumpes
Jack
Faye
Metropolis
du Quoin
WPA
PWA
Ernestine _ Harper
Brazil
Jack, Jr
Registration at St. Mark's Lutheran School Held
Set registration at St. Mark's Lutheran School will be held on Aug 25 26 and 27. Classes begin Sept 2 at the Steeleville school campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steeleville
St. Mark’s Lutheran
Drowning Death in Ava Inquest Rules Accidental
A coroner's jury in Ava Missouri ruled the death of 9 year old Thomas Michael Griffin an accidental drowning. The inquest at Wilson Funeral Home heard Griffin slipped into a deep drainage ditch near GM and O tracks while a companion Harley Harestie aged 7 testified. Town Marshall Fred Hunsaker recovered the body from about 10 feet of water after Harestie summoned help. Funeral services were held Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ava
Thomas Michael Griffin
Jackson
Edward Knowles
Wilson Funeral Home
Griffin
Gm&o
Harley Harestie
Hardestie
Fred Hunsaker
Hunsaker
Metropolis Man Dies in Memphis Explosion Aftermath
W. F. Marberry 64 of Metropolis died at 4 30 am at Campbell Clinic Memphis Tenn from injuries suffered in the Metropolitan power plant explosion. Born December 23 1887 in Massac County he leaves a wife Vertie a son Kenneth three brothers Ward Leonard Metropolis and John Paducah Ky two sisters Ada Marberry Carbondale and Anna Cagle Metropolis Funeral at First Methodist Church Metropolis tomorrow at 2 30 pm with Reverends W A Spence and O T Bryant officiating burial in Masonic Cemetery Friends may call Baynes Funeral Home Metropolis beforehand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Marberry
Metropolis
Ward
Leonard
John
Paducah
Ken
Ada Marberry
Carbondale
Anna Cagle
First Methodist Church
W. A. Spence
O. T. Bryant
Masonic Cemetery
Baynes Funneral Home
Mining Exhibit Draws 6000 Visitors at West Frankfort Club
About 6,000 people are expected to tour the Mining Electrical Group exhibit at the West Frankfort Country Club through today and Saturday. Eighty-nine exhibitors from 125 firms fill two tents with equipment ranging from small bits to large augers for shaft mining. Exhibitors come from Wisconsin, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Illinois. E. E. Green Christopher heads the shows with A E Pickard Vernon and Ralph Ricart as assistants. Charles Walker of Benton is group president and Gene Spani of West Frankfort is secretary. The exhibit began Thursday.
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Mining Electrical Group
West Frankfort Country Club
Kentucky
Tennessee
Indiana
Illinois
Mining Electrical Group of
Southern Illinois
American Mining Congress
Cleveland
Bluefield
W. Va
Wisconsin
Missouri
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylania
Sipe
Fabick
Marion
E. E. Green
Christopher
A. E. Pickard
Mr. Vernon
Ralph Ricart
Benton
Charles Walker
Mining Eleetrical Group
Gene Spani
West Frankfort
Carbondale Jaycees Attend Hayride During Centennial
Thirty five members and guests of the Carbondale Junior Chamber of Commerce took an old fashioned hayride Friday night as part of the Carbondale Centennial. The group left at 7 30 p m for Giant City park where they enjoyed a musical trio. Tom Kell taught square dancing as social chairman Bob Dillinger noted the hayride begins a series of Jaycee sponsored events.
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Carbondale
Thebes School to Open Despite Fire Damage
Thebes students will start on schedule August 28 despite the destruction of the town's only school building by fire on August 11. High school classes will be held in the gymnasium and in local churches, while grade students will ride buses to McClure, Illinois, for classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thebes
Thebe
McClure
Ill
Hospital Auxiliary Packs Peaches at Anna City Hospital
Eight auxiliary members worked eight hours each peeling and preparing ten bushels of peaches donated by Biggs Orchards Union County. They produced 33 one gallon containers 16 quarts for freezing and several quarts for other uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna City Hospital
Biggs
Union County
Boy Fractures Wrist After Fall From Tree
Billy Lilly nine of Wolf Lake son of Carl Lilly fell from a tree yesterday at 4 p.m. fracturing his wrist. He was examined at Anna City Hospital and discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Lilly
Wolf Lake
Carl Lilly
Anna City Hospital
Six Area Delegates To Attend Legion National Parley
Six area men travel to New York as delegates to the 25th District American Legion National Convention. Delegates include Ed Driemeyer Ray Hubbs Ed Bennett Charles Shoemaker Paul Nehrt and J R McGinnis with Chase C Shaw as chairman and Percy Brautigam as aide. Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson will escort the governor to the convention floor.
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New York
25Th District of the
American Legion
Netena Legion
Ed Driemeyer
Herrins
Ray Hubbs
Herrin
Ed Bennett
West Frankfort
Charles Shoemaker
Mauryboro
Paul Nehrt
Chester
J.R. McGinnis
Carbondale
Mmander Chase C. Shaw
Paton
Milinois
McAlpin
34Th
Broadway
Shaw
Percy F. Brautigam
Chicago
Driemeyer
Brautigam
Illinois
Adlair. Stevenson
Madison Square Garden
Stevenson
Jim Stelle
McLeansboro
Omar J. McMackin
Salem
William R. McCauley
Olney
Jeff Roberts Dies at Home in Murphysboro
Jeff Roberts 59 died at his rural Murphysboro home Friday after a five year illness. A lifelong farmer, he was married in 1916 to Bessie Gimmer and leaves two sisters Olive Miller of Cleveland Heights and Jamie Williams of Stoney Creek. He belonged to Murphysboro’s Mason Lodge and the Eastern Star. Friends may call at Robert Residence Funeral Home. burial Monday at Pleasant Gun Memorial Cemetery with Masonic rites at the graveside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Roberts
Murphysboro
Bessie Gimmer
Olive Miller
Cleveland Heights
Jamie Williams
Stoney Creek
Mason Lodge
Order of the Eastern Star
Robert Residence
First Baptist Church
H. T. Rafael
Pleasant Gun Memorial Cemetery
Mrs Ora Felts Dies at 73 in Herrin Nursing Home
Mrs Ora Evelyn Felts 73 Crainville died at Ridley Nursing Home Herrin at 4 40 am after a yearlong illness. Born Oct 26 1878 in Crainville to Pierce and Amanda Jane Crain. Husband Troy died 1948. Survived by daughter Cleo Phillips Lombard Ill two sons Roscoe Carterville Bruce Chicago four sisters Maude Fox Carterville Pearl Boren Ida Hutton Ruth Wynn all Carterville two brothers Paul Crain Chicago Dewey Gary Ind 11 grandchildren five great grandchildren. Funeral at 2 pm Monday Crainville Baptist Church Rev Hugh Stearns officiating burial Oakwood Cemetery Riggin Funeral Home Carterville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora Evelyn Felts
Crainville
Ridley
Herrin
Mrs. Felts
Pierce
Amanda Jane Crain
Troy
Cleo Phillips
Lombard
Ill
Roscoe
Carterville
Bruce
Chicago
Maude
Gordon M Lucy Dies At 53 In Sparta Home
Gordon M Lucy 53 died at his Sparta residence Friday. Born in Wayrie County Missouri he had worked 20 years at Hirsch clothing. Survived by wife Beulah and son Donald. Services Sunday 2 p.m. Lynn Funeral Home Sparta Rev M O Connett. Burial Memorial Park Cemetery Cape Girardeau Missouri. Inquest not yet set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon M. Lucy
Sparta
Wayrie County
Hirsch Clothing
Beulah
Donald
Lynn
M. O. Connett
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Williamson Young Democrats Set Sept 4 Election
Williamson County Young Democrats will elect officers on Thursday Sept 4 at 7 30 p m in Herrin city hall. Joe Shoemaker Herrin president said the election was delayed due to time spent on other matters following a Thursday night meeting in the city hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson Young Demo Group
Williamson County Young Democrats
Herrin
Joe Shoemaker
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Williamson
Carbondale Man
A. Vick
Olive Branch
Eschwege
Germany
Ordinance School
Europe
Clede, Vick
U.S. Army
UDF
Stillman J. Stanard
United Defense Fund
Stanard
Centralia
Mt. Vernon
Carterville High Registration
Korea
H.T.H.S
Jackson School Board
Alfred E. Pickard
Spain
M.E.G
Pickard
Albert J. Edwards
Carbondale-Du Quoin
Metropolis Man
Memphis
Carbondale Jaycees
Legion National Parley
Ora Felts
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