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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1978
Page
11
Deaths reported for Christina Louise Youngman Loren J Keene Lloyd R Collins Essie M Chambers Anna Odle Ruth M Frank Bert Kirchner John Ted Burris Harold A Phillips Catherine Brandon Herbert M Pikey Wesley Wilson and Willhelmine Trucano. Funeral services set at Neal Memorial Chapel Pyatt Funeral Home Crain Funeral Home and other local churches with burials in Sacred Heart Mueller Hill Tower Grove East Lawn and Vancil Cemeteries.
Harold Martin Weston 74 of Dowell funeral path pending Neal Memorial Chapel Du Quoin. Audie Melvin 83 of West Frankfort died 2:50 a.m. Aug 24 1978 at Union Hospital West Frankfort. Parker Reedy Funeral Home West Frankfort handling services.
Ledah Kelley of Cobden died at 8 10 a.m. Thursday August 24 1978 at her Cobden home. Funeral arrangements through Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home Cobden.
Funeral services for Velma Ruth Verhines 71 of Orient are set for 1 30 p.m. Friday at Union Funeral Home with burial in Denning Cemetery West Frankfort. Irene Purcell 74 of East Moline formerly Christopher died Aug 23 1978 in East Moline after a prior life in Christopher. Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery Percy with calling hours after 5 p.m. Friday. Survivors include husband James two sons Bill and Larry Smith and L C Smith plus five grandchildren and a great grandchild. Irene Slattery is survived by son Robert and brother John Slattery with three grandchildren. Funeral arrangements through Gilbert Funeral Home Christopher.
Preview Day at the Du Quoin State Fair features a 4 p.m. carnival opening and a 7 30 p.m. concert by Head East with Wet Willie. Fort de Chartres hosts free 8 p.m. film showings The Silversmith of Williamsburg The Birch Canoe Builder and Daniel Boone. Alcoholics Anonymous meets 8 p.m. Friday at the First Baptist Church in Carbondale. SIU events include an art print sale and film screenings in Carbondale Student Center.
Local schedule shows VARSITY at Carbondale with Animal House and Jaws, plus CINEMA screenings Revenge of the Pink Panther Foul Play The Cat From Outer Space The Buddy Holly Story and Jaws across Harrisburg Eldorado and Carbondale venues including ORPHEUM STARLITE and SALUKI 1.
Herrin Community Unit School District 4 gears up for the new term with Aug 29 as opening day and Aug 30 as the first full day. Kindergarten and special education have different start times. buses run, and classes run 8 30 a.m. to 3 15 p.m. on Aug 29. Aug 30 starts at 8 15 a.m. for South Side Junior High. Senior year schedules and registration details are outlined for high, middle, and elementary students.
Johnston City Community Unit 1 will open Aug 29 at 8 25 a m with first full day Aug 30. Grades 1–12 report at 8 25 a m while grades 1–8 dismissal at 10 15 a m and high school at 10 30 a m. Elementary dismissal then 2 p m and high school 2 15 p m for rest of week.
The Baldwin family requests donations in memory of Elisabeth Baldwin 88 of 807 W Schwartz Carbondale be made to the Elisabeth Regina Baldwin Memorial Fund at the City Public Library.
Carterville Historical Society sponsors the annual Teen Town Review at Carterville High School gymnasium. Eleven children ages 5 to 7 compete for Little Miss and Mr Carterville titles with prizes including crowns trophies a $25 savings bond and a 10 speed bicycle. Proceeds fund Heritage House renovations and maintenance. Participants include Jennifer Laake Matthew Geisthofer Ralph Arnold III Kristy Cooper Julia Wiggs Craig Culp Tracy Forbes Phylis Turner Jason Dickerson Susan Crabb and Deirdre Long.
Local listings show film schedules across Saluki 2 Carbondale and nearby venues. The Buddy Marion Drive In at County Prison area promises a retro lineup including Grease and Jaws 2. Other theaters like Cinema 4 Marion and ROXY Coulterville feature Hooper The Cat from Outer Space and Casanova amid Week.
The Southern Illinoisan prints open meetings and entertainments without charge. Send calendar notices to Calendar The Southern Illinoisan 716 North Illinois Carbondale Ill 62901 one week before the event. Include date time place brief description and any admission charge.
Michael Gaffney, 22, of Carbondale, was convicted in Jackson County Circuit Court of delivery of a controlled substance. Sentencing set for Oct. 6. He allegedly sold eight tenths of a gram of PCP to SIU Carbon dale agents on Evergreen Terrace housing. Arrested February 1977 after a PCP sale for $70 on Oct. 12, 1976. Bond posted at $2,000. His arrest was part of about 18 drug arrests by the enforcement group in February 1977. Gaffney’s wife Edessa faces a pending charge of delivery of a controlled substance.
The forecast calls for sunny and warm conditions through Friday morning across much of the country. Rain is expected in western Oregon and Washington, plus the Great Lakes and Northeast. Cooler conditions will replace warmth from the Pacific Northwest to the upper Great Lakes. In Southern Illinois Wednesday’s high reached 9 degrees, with 7 a.m. readings at 58 degrees and 80 degrees at 9 a.m. today, and no precipitation. Sunset today is 7:36 p.m., sunrise Friday 6:12 a.m., sunset Friday 7:34 p.m.
AP reports hogs at 5 500 head with moderate trade. Barrows and gilts steady except under 210 lb weak. 210-240 lb mostly 49.75 to 50.00. Cattle 1 600 head slaughter cows steady, other slaughter classes scarce. feeders rising. Sheep 25 head not enough on offer to test prices.
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