Mt Carbon Pattern Shop Offered for Pipeline Work
Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce places the former Harrison Steel Castings pattern shop in Mt. Carbon at the disposal of Texas Illinois Natural Gas Pipeline officials for a 30 inch pipeline project from Texas to Chicago. The $117 million plan runs from Grand Tower across the Mississippi River then northward to Pinckneyville and Oroville with work expected to start late September and the company forecast 200 to 300 local workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Chamber of Commerce
Harrison Steel Cor&tings Company
Mt. Carbon
Texas-Illinois Natural Gas Pipelise Company
Illinois
Chicago
Mississippi River
Grand Tower
Red Town
Oroville
Grimsby
Pinckneyville
Ebersohl
GOP Maps Fall Strategy Meeting in Murphysboro
Republican party members will meet Tuesday night at the Jackson county headquarters in Murphysboro to map plans for the fall election. Work assignments will be handed out to committee men and committee women, per county chairman D. L. McGregor. Candidates will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Jackson County
Republican
Murphysboro
GOP
D. L. McGregor
Brush Brothers To Look Pretty For Photographer
Murphysboro Centennial committee calls bearded men to Ray-Mar Drive-In at 3 15 p m Wednesday for a mass photo. Executive Chairman Gilbert Ebersohl notes a 50 beard ed men photo from Taylorville gained wide attention and hopes for several hundred bearded participants for a region wide feature before three busloads head to the St Louis Cardinals game against the Phillies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Ray-Mar
Taylorville
Gilbert Ebersohl
Middlewest
Murphysboro Lodge No. 1591 Receives Moose Charter
Secretary of State Edward J Bar rett announced a non profit corporation charter for Murphysboro Lodge No 1591 Order of Moose The charter authorizes a club and social or lodge rooms The lodge has bought the former Spinning Wheel night club southeast of Murphysboro for use as a meeting place for members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Barrett
Murphysboro Lodge
Order of Moose
The
Lodge
Spinning Wheel
Murphysboro
Funeral services for ex Chester man in Du Quoin
Funeral services will be held in Du Quoin for George Roegler Jr 32 a former Chester resident who died Sunday at the Veterans hospital in Marion of lead poisoning Roegler served in the U S Navy during World War II and worked as a painter while living in Chester He leaves his wife and three small children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du Quoin
George Roegler, Jr
Chester
Veteran’s Hospital
Marion
Roegler
U. S. Navy
Bantel to Represent Carpenters at Illinois Labor Meet
E. A. Bantel of Murphysboro named to represent the Illinois State Council of Carpenters and Joiners at the Illinois State Federation of Labor convention in Peoria in October. Bantel also serves as Jackson County’s representative in the Tri-County Labor association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Bantel
Murphysboro
Illinois State Council of Carpenters and Joiners
Illinois State Federation of Labor
Peoria
Bantel
Jackson County
Tri-County Labor Association
Guardsmen recall Camp McCoy training with mixed views
Murphysboro Company A of the 135th engineers battalion returned from a two week Camp McCoy Wisconsin training trip. They praised aspects of the program while noting harsh conditions and crammed schedules. Several members described the experience as profitable yet strenuous with emphasis on demolition and booby trap work. Four men were assigned to a medical unit for continued service with the local outfit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
135Th “Engineers
Camp McCoy
Wis
Robert C. Nausley
Outfit
Nausley
George S. Patton
Thomas M. Morgan, Jr
South Twentieth Street
Vincent J. Cottonaro
Maple Street
Pfc
Cottonaro
Wisconsin
Cottonary
Herbert E. Marshall
Marshall
Army
G.I
John Batson
Clifton Swafford
Paul E. McRoy
Bryan Snider
Beard Bearers To Tickle St Louis And Murphysboro Queen Nominations
More than 100 bearded men depart Ray-Mar Drive-In at 4:00 p.m. for a St Louis ball game between the St Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Phillies. At 7:30 p.m. in the Jackson County courthouse nominees will learn how the Centennial Queen and court are chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Ray- Mar
St. Louis
St. Louis Cardinals
Philadelphia Phillies
Jackson County
Ray-Mar
Ball Park
Harry Carey
Gabby Street
Centennial Committee
Fred Shappard
Gertrude Snider
Ruby Herbert
Lela Williams
Mildred Benz
Queen
Marjorie Richrath
North Fourteenth
Betty Cleland
Jane Purcell
Spruce Street
Rosalie Norman
Olive Street
Norma Lee Norman
South Eighth Street
Elene Hanrahan
Twentieth
Walnut Streets
Jo Ann Bowden
Turner Street
Phyllis Yeager
North Ninth Street
Pat Wooldridge
Carol Shaver
North Fifteenth Street
Christina Young
RFD
Dorothy Boucher
Sally Derossett
North Fifteenth
Marianette Beet
Keough
Vivian Crews
Wall Street
Mary Ditzler
Herbert
Mona Delucca
Pauline Worthen
Ruth Verbal
Hirsch
Mary Jane Crombar
Charlotte Bean
Charlotte Bean, 1905 Hortense Street
Mary Darlene Butcher
Virginia Williford
Pine Street
Ruth Hewitt
Marilyn Martell
South Seventh Street
Virginia Miller
Elm Street
Jo Ann Kennedy
Twenty-first
Bonnie Fager Ray-Marcafe
Madeline Galway
Twenty-third
Clay Streets
Marion Tweedy
North Street
Jo Ann Lawder
Rover Street
Shirley Ann Penrod
Box 14
Rose Mary Pieron
Illinois Avenue
Frances Calandro
Rose Mary Tule
North Eleventh
Margaret A. Weber
Walnut Street
Rose Mary Bishop
Ray Marcafe
Jo Ann Trigg
Maple Street
Jo Ann Green
Utopia
Peggy Wills
North Twelfth Street
Pauline Blaylock
Phyllis Fricke
Murphy Street
Lunch Clinic Draws Sixty School Personnel in Murphysboro
A regional lunch program clinic in Murphysboro drew about 60 people from Jackson Randolph and Monroe counties. The State Office of Public Instruction organized the session at Murphysboro Township High School with 16 administrators present. Stella Graff and Araminta Biglow led talks on preparing low cost, high value school meals and surplus food usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Jackson
Randolph
Monroe
State Office of Public Instruction
Murphysboro Township
Stella Graff
Araminta Biglow
Southern
Illinois
Ina Morris
United States Departent of Agriculture
Miss Morris
Property Transfers From Local Residents to Various Buyers
A sequence of land and lot transfers recorded in Murphysboro and Carbondale areas. Lora M. Gloyd and others sell land in section 1 township 8 range 3 for 1 dollar to Troy S. Bradley. John Morris transfers lot 14 block 7 Tower Grove add Murphysboro for 1 dollar to John Douglas. Pauline Dillinger sells land in section 4 township 9 range 1 for 775.12 to Central Ill Public Service Co. Trustee Penecostal Church sells lot 14 block 7 Tower Grove add Murphysboro for 150 to G H North. Maggie L Johnson and others sell lots 12 and 13 block 1 Mt Carbon add Murphysboro for 1 to Charles Johnson. Louisa Wallis sells land in section 22 township 9 range 2 for 100 to Elmer L Ether ton. Other transfers include Phillip Fillrio Jr to William Brunty for 1 dollar and T L Wilfiford to Louis Rodabaugh for 1 dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lora M. Gloyd
Troy S. Bradley
Joe L. Duncan
Charles T. Calhoun
Phillip Fillrio, Jr
William O. Brunty
Pauline Jennett Dillinger
Central Ill
Pub. Serv. Co
Maggie.l. Johnson
Et al
Charles Johnson
Carbon Add
Murphysboro
Louisa Wallis
Elmer L. Etherton
Hospital Notes Admissions and Dismissals
Admissions list includes Mrs Mary Rath in Vergennes for maternity and others in Murphysboro Steeleville and Chester for medical and surgical care. Dismissals note Mrs Doris Jones and baby and Mrs Mary Cochran and baby from Murphysboro and Murphysboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Rath
Vergennes
Ida Miller
Percy
John Reid
Murphysboro
Clara Schroeder
Chester
Wilma Presler
Surgical
Steeleville
Doris Jones
Mary Cochran
Lieutenant Pullis Reaches Luzon in WWII Assignment
First Lieutenant Edgar R. Pullis of Murphysboro route 3 has been assigned as adjutant for an aircraft squadron of the Philippine Islands command Thirteenth Air Force at Clark Field Central Luzon. His wife Myra and their 19 month old son Edgar Allen reside in Fairborn Ohio. He arrived in the Philippines in August and entered military service in July 1945. He joined the Air Force in June 1947 after serving as design and development officer at Wright Patterson. He is a graduate of Murphysboro Township High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar R. Pullis
Eddie Pullis
Murphysboro
Phillipine Islands Command
Thirteenth Air Force
Clark Field
Luzon
Air Force
Pullis
Myra
Edgar Allen
Fairborn
Ohio
Phillipines
Aero Medical Laboratory
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Air Force Officers Candidate School
San Antonio
Texas
Murphysboro Township
Burglars Steal Guns and Jackets in De Soto Store
Deputies report burglars pried open Albion's store front in De Soto and stole five shotguns a rifle and two sports jackets. An ammunition display was untouched. The thieves also damaged a Marion Petroleum station window and stole 177 pennies and $15.91 in gasoline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albion
de Soto
Roy Carter
Marion
Vanity and violins in a city’s 107th year
A reflective column mocks vanity and public aid in tough times. It contrasts a beggar’s sly glee at beards with a doctor’s high pay in wartime service, notes on government pay, and critiques of political and social leaders amid labor strife and looming rail disruption.
Domestic worker and employer face new social security tax
A domestic worker declines to carry out chores at home and loses her job. The text explains upcoming Social Security rules taxing both employer and employee when a domestic works two days or more, with potential three percent if the housewife covers both taxes. It critiques frugal behavior while hinting at broader legal changes.
Lake border timber ropings and lakeside plans robing acre near Murphysboro
Sash Reiman and son own land within a mile of State at 144, adjoining Lake Murphysboro. Sam led a logging crew to extract logs from the lake basin before impoundment, hiding one log in a deep hole and planning to fish from it next summer. The Reimans moved thousands of feet of oak for a lakeside picnic area and plan to rent a club house to groups. They reportedly traded with the state to ease acreage restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sash Reiman and Son
Lake Murphysboro
State
Sam
State Lake Engineers
Reimans
Reiman
Pfc Charles Blaise Sends New Address
Pfc Charles Blaise nephew of Mr and Mrs Ralph Reiman Murphysboro now stationed in Korea notifies the Reimans of his latest address. The address is Pfc Charles T Blaise RA 163-08498 Wire Co 304th Signal Operations Bn Cusak APO 301 San Francisco Calif.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Blaise
Ralph Reiman
Murphysboro
Korea
Reiman’s
Charles T. Blaise
Wire Co
304Th Signal Operations Bn
Cusak
Apo
San Francisco
Calif
Omer Webb Assigned to Wichita Falls Air Base Texas
Pvt. Omer E. Webb formerly of Murphysboro has been enlisted in the United States Air Force and is now stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base Wichita Falls Texas. His new address lists AF 17283900 3742nd Sydnn Flight 5398 at the base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omer E. Webb
North Twelfth Street
Murphysboro
United States Air Force
Wichita Falls
Texas
Sheppard Air Force Base
Tex
Three Days Left to Pay Real Estate Taxes in Jackson County
Jackson County Treasurer Ruffin Mitchell warns only three days remain to pay second and final installments on 1950 real estate tax bills without penalty. Deadline is Friday September 1, with a 1 percent monthly penalty thereafter. Approximately 20 percent of the county’s total tax bill remains unpaid, with the 26 percent figure described as slightly above normal due to late bill delivery and delays in assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Ruffin Mitchell
Mitchell
Southern Illinois Students Complete 9000 Mile Mexico Field Trip
A 23 day field study led by Dr Floyd F Cunningham, chair of SIU geography and geology, traveled 5000 miles by bus through Mexico and the Pacific coast with stops at Salina Cruz and El Monte. The trip aimed to study human economic activity and regional geographic environments with readings in industrial geography, including a boat excursion on the Houston Ship Channel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Southern Illinois University
Floyd F. Cunningham
Cunningham
S. I. U. Department of Geography and Geology
Southern
Dr. Cunningham
Salina Cruz
Pacific
Mexico City
el Monte
Houston Ship Canal
Boyd Butler
Gorham
Mildred Corzine
Carbondale
Martha Currier
Creal Springs
Marie Cole Davis
Zeigler
Dean Dodig
Marion
Mary Ann Deitz
Belleville
Mary Fanti
Decatur
Harold Henne
Salem
Maude R. Hudson
Troy
Bernadine Hudson
Fairfield
Harold Kuehn
Elkville
Mike Makah
Berid
Nannie Marie Maxey
Lake Worth
Fla
Lena Melvin
Carmi
Andy Patterson
Sullivan
Mildred Preucil
Oak Park
Ruth Schiber
Collinsville
John Schneider
Metropolis
Gertrude Shingleton
East Alton
Gertrude Tippy
Carterville
Cecil G. Trainor
Elgin
Virgil Warnecke
Breese
J. Eugene M. Wells
Mount Vernon
Bonnie Willhite
Benton
Joyce Wise
Orville Wallard
Centralia
Baby Stricken On Train In Carbondale
One year old Robert Hale, son of Mrs Geogiana Hall of Detroit, on the Illinois Central City of New Orleans train, developed bronchial pneumonia near Cairo and was taken to Holden hospital in Carbondale. He is improving. Mrs Hale and her other son James stay in Carbondale with the local Red Cross as they continue home from Lavine Miss after a funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hale
Georgiana Hall
Detroit
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Mt. Carbon Pattern Shop
Pipeline Co
G. E. Ebersohl
Grand Tower-Centralia
Harold Grob
Ray Hagler
Chamber
Sion
Brush Brothers
St. Louis Cardinal
Phillies
Moose
Norman McRoy
St. Louisand
Thebes
Union
Pulaski
Alexander
Harrisburg
Saline
Gallatin
Johnson
Pope-Hardin
Massac
Slean Gardner
Cliffie Stewart
Registra
INDEX
Mountain OF Books
S Emma,Hough
Carol Crowell
Audrey Alice Stearns
Carter
Graystone Building
Bill Pigott
Harry Bridges
Irving Cowan
Milwaukee
U. S. Army Induction Center
Cowan
Surgeon General’s Office
Washington
Mr. Turman
Harry
Omer Webb
Texas Air Base
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