Serendipity Singers Dazzle Du Quoin State Fair Crowd
The Serendipity Singers delivered a 50 minute set at the Du Quoin State Fair on Sunday. They performed a Fiddler on the Roof medley and a Civil War song trio. The group highlighted their 1963 Colorado origins and a hit Dont Let the Rain Come Down. The audience of all ages enjoyed handclapping finale Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show. They return for daily appearances during the fair week and a 7 pm concert.
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Cindy Harrell
Serendipity Singers
du Quoin State Fair
Hollingsworth
du Quoin
Brother Love
Miss Kitchen
Perry County adopts 911 emergency system countywide
Perry County will implement a 911 emergency dialing plan in December affecting most residents except a Rice area. In Du Quoin Perry Cutler and Willisville residents dial 357 911 while Pinckneyville and Tamaroa use 911. Costs are 12.70 per Pinckneyville trunk line and 118 per Tamaroa trunk line monthly.
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Perry County
Rice
J. R. Hargrave
General Telephone Co
du Quoin
Percy
Cutler
Willisville
Pinckneyville
Tamaroa
Hargraves
Sheriff's Department
Barney West
Sheriff’s Department
County Board of Commissioners
Highland woman wins first in Du Quoin baked goods display
Linda Lou Le Duc, who began baking at 12, won the first place in the baked goods display at the Du Quoin State Fair. She earned a third place for her white cake with lemon icing and filling among 51 awards across five baking categories.
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John Stewart
du Quoin
Linda Lou le Duc
Miss le Duc
Harvey Cramer
Nashville
Burglary at Kirby Market prompts manhunt in Carbondale
Police investigate a Saturday burglary at Kirby Market 800 West Sycamore Carbondale. A black man entered at 2 51 pm demanded change with a gun like object, forced the clerk to the floor and emptied the cash register about 400 dollars. Suspect described as young with small Afro and a mustache.
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Kirby Market
800 West Sycamore, Carbondale
Francis Simons
Laura Holman dominates Du Quoin canned goods exhibit
Laura Holman of Benton wins top prize in the canned goods display at the Du Quoin State Fair with 12 cans for a balanced meal, adding multiple firsts across categories like tomato juice sauce pickles and jams. The 79 year old veteran runs recipe books, consults for Kerr Canning Co. and displays her 1948 first prize.
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Gary Blackburn
du Quoin
Laura Holman
Benton
Bill Hayes Jr
S. First St
K. A. Toler
Anna
Muriel Toler
Ortus M. Whigginton
Royalton
Lottie Buhrman
Nashville
F. C. Toler
Whigginton
Buhrman
Mary Sumner
Fairfield
Mrs. Sumner
Alice G. Schmitt
Highland
Harvey Cramer Nashville
Illah Bidwell
Sumner
Schmitt
Max Green
Green
Bidwell
Agnes Rezabek
Collinsville
Rosemary Bayles
Centralia
Harvey Cramer
Piccalilli
Robert
Joyce Lambert
Bulls and broncs triumph at Du Quoin rodeo
The Du Quoin State Fair rodeo over Saturday and Sunday saw bulls and saddle broncs dominate at times, tossing several cowboys. Yet several riders emerged as winners, pocketing prizes as animals were returned to pens.
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du Quoin
Meat Shortage Sparks Humorous Denny's Mixup and Rodeo Wins
A man at a Carbondale Denny's found a burger missing the patty prompting a joke about meat shortages. Rodeo results feature Sandy Kirby winning $250 in bareback, Kenny Compton and Mike Quick splitting $770 in calf roping, Sammy Groves taking $290 in saddle bronc, Roy Duval and Raymond Brooks sharing $400 in steer wrestling, Dave Reiter earning $360 in bull riding, and Martha Josey claiming $285 in the girls barrel race as two days of competition concluded.
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Sandy Kirby
Greenville
Tex
Kenny Compton
Colorado Springs
Colo
Mike Quick
Hemet
Calif
Sammy Groves
New Deal
Roy Duval
Raymond Brooks
Warner
Okla
Duval
Dave Reiter
Woodman
Wis
Martha Josey
Marshall
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