E Bee Company Leases Carbondale and Ordill Sites
Ernest J Blest president of E Bee Company announced leasing the Stotlar building in Carbondale for 22 000 square feet and the Ordill industrial center for a five year term. The Ordill plant will manufacture filing and school supplies and part of the building will be a warehouse with a retail store serving Southern Illinois. Operations begin Oct 1 with four administrators from other branches and local hiring for remaining staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebee
Stotlar
West
Monroe Street
Carbondale
Ordill
Crab Orchard Refuge
Ernest J.blest
Blest
Reail
Brest
Dixie Cups
Sealright
Underwood
Southern Illinois
E-Bee Company
Belleville
Columbia
Special Legion Meeting Called in Carbondale Post
Carbondale American Legion schedules an important meeting Monday to seek member guidance on post plans and by law changes for property administration. Commander-elect Joe Barringer notes more details will follow after the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale American Legion
Joe Barringer
Barringer
Post
Jim Romano
Legion
Carbondale Approves 600 Foot Dixon Street Water Main
The Carbondale city council approved laying about 600 feet of six inch water main on Dixon Street. Contractor J. Wilams noted recent home builds and taps, while water superintendent Tiny Corbit estimated $3 per foot, totaling roughly $1,650 with tapping fees around $840.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Dixon Street
J. €. Wilams
Williams
F. Eldridge
Corbit
Old West Main
Council bans trash fires near Rogers theater
Carbondale officials decided to post signs behind the Rogers theater on West Monroe Street prohibiting trash fires on nearby property. Merchants burning refuse near the theater were cited as a hazard with smoke and odors entering the building. Fire Chief Carl Crain warned of danger, and Police Commissioner Paul Brown urged enforcement with possible police action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers Theater
West Monroe Street
Carbondale
Pete Gloriod
Carl Crain
Paul Brown
Pharoah Scout Leaders Outline Recruiting Drive
Pharoah district leaders map a recruiting push as Boy Scouts of Jackson County plan a three day camporee September 23 to 25 at West Frankfort city park in coordination with Sphinx district. The program redefines ages and roles from Cub Scouts to Explorers with new sponsor goals and roll calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of
Jackson County
West Frankfort
Pharoah
Sphinx
Perry
Franklin
Murphysboro
Lester Barnes
Carbondale
Meters Moved Near New Mid-Continent Station
Three parking meters were removed from the site of a $25 000 Mid-Continent Petroleum service station under construction at University avenue and West Main street. The move followed a suggestion to relocate meters to 204 West Jackson street if allowed by city ordinances. Police officials debated funding for uniforms amid a $6000 meter fund and delayed any immediate decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid- Continent Petroleum Corporation
J. C. Williams Company
University Avenue
West Main Street
Cal Cavaness
Leslie
Dixcel
West Jackson Street
Paul Brown
Brown
Centralia
Cooksey
Carbondale Clinic
404 West Main
Carbondale
Teen Town
Main Street
Teen Town Board
Lincoln
Masons
James Feirich
Hugh Watson
Ruth Smith
University and
Jackson Corner
Editor Moran Dies After 50 Years at Belvidere Daily Republican
Belvidere veteran newspaperman Frank T. Moran 77 longtime editor publisher of the Belvidere Daily Republican died last night after more than five decades at the helm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belvidere
Frank T. Moran
Belvidere Daily Republican
The Daily Free Press Subscription Rates Notice
The notice lists carrier delivery 25c per week and mail rates 6 weeks 1.00 12 weeks 2.00 24 weeks 4.00 52 weeks 7.50, with restrictions on mail in areas with carrier service. It notes post office filing in Carbondale Illinois and AP rights for local news and AP news exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Free Press
Lollinoisan
West Main Street
Carbondale
Illinois
Associated Press
AP News
Illinois Central to Replace 12 Miles of Track in Illinois
Illinois Central officials plan 12 miles of new 115 pound rail to replace 110 pound steel at Ashley Du Bois Dongola Cobden and Murphysboro. Rail lengths total 905 at Ashley 635 at Du Bois 1355 at Dongola 172 at Cobden and 185 at Murphysboro. The new rail is 39 feet long and a weed killing machine, operated by C E Byard of Memphis, now works in the Iowa division before finishing in the Springfield division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central Railroad
St. Louis Division
Carbondale
Ashley
du Bois
Dongola
Cobden
Murphysboro
Illinois Central
Iowa
Chicago
Council Bluffs
Springfield
St. Louis
C. E. Byard
Memphis, Tenn
Local Softball Line-up Listed
The battle of the sexes opens at 7 30 tonight at Carbondale Community High field with West Frankfort All Star Girls against Carbondale men in a Teen Town benefit double header. Ambulance and doctors will be present. Proceeds go to Teen Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale Community High School
West Frankfort All Star
Carbondale
Kiwanis
Eagles
Elks
Lions
Moose
Rotary
Jaycees
Business Men’s Association
Ruth Smith
Jaycettes
Evelyn Flynn
Business and
Glenn
Abe) Martin
Southern Illinois University
John I. Wright
Leo Brown
William Bicknell
Dago Williams
Charles Oliver
Ellis
Alex Reed
H. W. Brown
Harry Goetz
Orren Wallace
John C. Williams
Kenneth Parrish
Teen Town
Eagles Back Rezoning Plea for 300 North Renfro Street
A petition read to Car bondale city council signed by Paul Maloney asks rezoning of 300 North Renfro Street to permit sale of alcoholic liquors for leasing to the Eagles club. The petition, referred to the zoning commission, notes the club seeks a two floor building behind Lynn Culley service station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Paul Maloney
North Renfrosteet
Maloney
Eagles Club
Zoning Commission
Eagles
East Jackson Street
Robert Calhoun
Lynn Culley
Egyptian Blind Factory
Hospital Notes Admitted and Discharged Patients Listed
Admitted Tuesday C Hawthorne surgical De Soto Wills medical Cardon dale Mrs M S Moake medical Marion Beth Ann Alsip surgical Vienna Discharged Tuesday A R Reichert medical Carbon Mrs Gertrude Smith surgical Gorham Mrs W E Pickering medical Marion Mrs Richard Crane surgical De Soto Mrs Charles Riggs surgical Murphysboro Thomas J Vaughn medical Cambria Alfred Hall medical Carbon Mrs Wayne Hardin and daughter Glendale Mrs James Colbert McDaniel and son Marion
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale
M. S. Moake
Marion
Beth Ann Alsip
Vienna
A. R. Reichert
Carbondale
Gertrude Smith
Gorham
W. E. Pickering
Richard Crane
de Soto
Charles Riggs
Murphysboro
Thomas J. Vaughn
Cambria
Alfred Hall
Wayne Hardin
Glendale
James Colbert McDaniel
Four-year-old struck by car at Murphysboro intersection
Doris Ann Guiette, 4, of 12% North Tenth Street, suffered multiple bruises and scratches after being hit at the Eleventh and Locust streets crossing. She was taken to St. Andrew's Hospital in not serious condition. Driver Reuben Nesbitt, 514 E Willow Street, said he did not see her. No charges filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Ann Guiette
Edward Guiette
North Tenth Street
Eleventh
Locust Streets
Murphysboro
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Clarence Ward
J. E. Smith
Birch Street
Carbondale
Reuben Nesbitt
Willow Street
Ward
Nesbitt
Eleventh Street
Pinckneyville
R. L. Boatwright
Marion
Free DDT distributed at Easterly Paint in Carbondale
Over 1 000 packages of DDT donated by Sherwin Williams and Easterly store will be given away by the Carbondale Jaycees at 102 E. Jackson Friday and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 30 p.m. The powder home use pesticide retails for 39 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Jackson
Sherwin Williams Company
Carbondale Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Southern Illinois Plots Growth With World Interest
Southern Illinois Incorporated executive Norman Bitterman urged a regional development push to grow the area. He spoke at the Carbondale Rotary about SII projects, the book Southern Illinois, and international inquiries from Canada India and England. He noted SII's Carterville office as the U S Commerce representative for the region and plans for an expanded industrial program. Bitterman warned housing shortages and relief costs while outlining a stronger advertising drive and aims to recruit more 100 a year members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
Norman Bitterman
Southern Illinois Incorporated
Bitterman
Carbondale Rotary Club
Hotel Roberts
University of Illinois
Southern Illinois University
Canada
India
England
Carterville
U. S. Department of Commerce
Department of Commerce
Crab Orchard Refuge
Carbondale
Illinois
Neighborhood Objections May Block Teen Town Site
Carbondale’s Teen Town, facing a possible relocation, weighs a proposed Masonic Lodge site at University and Jackson after residents petition against it. Teens, sponsors, and civic groups defend the project, citing past success and a need for youth activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Masonic Lodge
Lincoln School
University Avenue
Jackson Streets
Masons
Murphysboro
Anna
Marion
University
Lutheran
PTA
American Legion
Elks Lodge
Civice Organi
Retreat Planned For Freshmen At Southern Illinois
A weekend retreat for new freshmen at Southern Illinois University will be sponsored by the Student Christian Foundation Sept. 9-10. The event, open to students during Freshman Week Sept. 7-10, aims to acquaint newcomers with university procedures and activities and to complete tests and physicals. Fifty-one attendees are from Marion, 34 from Herrin, with others from area communities. Discussions on goals and campus life will occur at the camp alongside a full recreation program led by Arnold Haack, Ray Sikkel, Ruth Haddock, and Rev. Elwood Wylie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Student Christian Foundation
Elwood Wylie
Wylie
Arnold Haack
Washington University
Ray Sikkel
Carbondale
Southern
Ruth Haddock
Enroute to California a veteran travels with antiques exhibit
Fred Sheldon, a disabled veteran who left a Spencer Nebraska second hand store in 1943, journeys across 44 states in his truck base full of old items. Bennie Sheldon and Suzi the monkey joined in Louisville as they head toward California with the exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Sheldon
Spencer
Nebr
Bennie
Sheldon
Louisville
Suzi
California
Iron Workers Ordered Back to Grand Tower Site
About 30 iron workers from Paducah represented by W. B. Sanders returned to the Central Illinois Public Service project at Grand Tower in southwest Jackson County after a jurisdictional dispute over unloading switchyard steel. John Dunlop in Washington DC ordered the workers back. protest possible. Work paused only briefly and was set to resume the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paducah
W. B. Sanders
Central Illinois Public Service Company
Grand Tower
Jackson County
C. Boyne
New York Foundation Company
Foundation
Boyne
John Dunlop
Washington, D. C
Dunlop
Mrs Myrtle Lavender Dies at 52 in Hurst
Mrs Myrtle Irene Lavender 52 died at her home in Hurst at 2 48 p m Tuesday after long illness. Friends may call Parker funeral home Carbondale until 6 p m Thursday. Funeral Friday 2 30 p m First Christian church Hurst with Rev Marion Farmer officiating. Burial Blairsville. Survivors: husband Odis S Lavender daughter Virginia Madsen nephew Forest Sweaney Jr. pledges in railroad workers group and Ches ta Methodist church member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Irene Lavender
Hurst
Parker Funeral Home
Carbondale
Parker Funeral
First Christian Church
Marion Farmer
Maplewood
Blairsville
Odis S. Lavender
Virginia Madsen
Blue Island
Forest Sweaney, Jr
Canal Zone
Great Lodge No. 709
Railroad
Cleveland
Ohio
Methodist Church of
Chesta
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Orcill, C'dale
Special Legion Meeting
Carbondale Post
Chicago Red Cross Ofice
Ben Ward
Council
Pharoah Scout
W. E. Thacker
Marion Harriss
Oscar Hudgins
Nathan Nagle
H. C. Lambert
R. E. Wiggins
Carl McCord
George Borchett
Hosea Elliott Jr
Bill Corder
Benton Field
Carbondale Hospital
J. E. Jones
Jones
Ailroad News
Carbondale Eagles
Herrin Stags
C. Hawthorne
Wills
SII
S. E. Smith
Jaycette Group
Main _ street
Herrin
Enroute
Myrtle Lavender
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