Births Across Counties Honor New Arrivals
In multiple communities the following couples welcomed newborns: Benton Benton and Ms Benton a daughter born Sunday. Carbondale Cooper a daughter Thursday. Carbondale Rogers a son Saturday. Carbondale Sealey a daughter Sunday. Carterville Webb a son Friday. Benton Woolard a son Monday. Energy Johnson a son Monday. Goreville Young a daughter Monday. Gorham Raines a son Sunday. Johnston City Planty a son Sunday. Marion Cameron a daughter Monday. Marion Daniels a daughter Friday. Herrin Hickey a daughter Monday. Percy Clayton a daughter August 22. Sparta Hicks a son Thursday. West Frankfort Martin a daughter Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton
Henley
Sidney
Franklin Hospital
B. Benton
Sooxey
Kirby
Carbondale
Cooper
Ben
Doctors Memorial Hospital
Rogers
Denzil
Sealey
Ronald
Carterville
Webb
Dennis Eugene
Marion Memorial Hospital
Woolard
Thomas
Energy
Johnson
Steven
Herrin Hospital
Goreville
Young
Carl
Gorham
Raines
Tommie
Herrin
Stevens
Aot
Sohnston City
Planty
Marion
Cameron
Ronald Lee
Daniels
Michael David
Hickey
Marvin
Percy
Clayton
Paul
Memorial Hospital
Chester
Sparta
Hicks
Virgil Bruce
Marion’ Memorial Hospital
West Frankfort
Martin
Elvis
Marriage Licenses Granted in Local Counties
Marriage licenses were issued for Jimmie D. Lindsey of Chester and Catherine Ann Davis of Steeleville. Thomas E. Loos of Pinckneyville and Darla Kaye Stork of Walsh. Benjamin R. Wheeles and Sheron L Owen, Coulterville. Dale Trotter and Pamela Jean ee, Chester. Additional licenses: David R. Caron and Helen A. Rohrich of Chester. Donald B. Crane of Oak Lawn and Janet S. Miller of Steeleville. Thomas W. Strong of Charleston and Sheila J. Coleman of Percy. Mervin E. Sides of Tilden and Patsy Puritt of Coulterville. Dale Mueth of St. Louis and Judith A. Melliere of Prairie du Rocher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie D. Lindsey
Chester
Catherine Ann Davis
Steeleville
Thomas E. Loos
Pinckneyville
Darla Kaye Stork
Walsh
Benjamin R. Wheeles
Sheron Lowen
Coulterville
Dale Trotter
Pamela Jeanee
David R. Caron
Helen A. Rohrich
Donald B. Crane
Oak Lawn
Janet S. Miller
Thomas W. Strong
Charleston
Sheila J. Coleman
Percy
Mervin E
Herrin City Council Acts On Lumber Dispute And Lights
Herrin officials review possible action against George Dohanich over piling lumber at 1617 N 18th St. Aldermen approve 12 new mercury vapor lights at $47 yearly per unit and accept Lee Roy Brandon's resignation from the parking committee. Mayor McVey reappoints two to the Public Building Commission and a new airport rep is named. Federal cable hopes noted. Williamson and Franklin county actions paired with local hires, zoning changes, and bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Herrin City
Charles Sadler
Tom Haney
George Dohanich
18Th St
Tony Magnotti
North 13Th Street
Sadler
Dohanich
Herman Branca
Lee Roy Brandon
Brandon
Herrin Chamber of Commerce
Hlinois
Industrial Career Authority
Marion
John McVey
John Anderson
Don Quaglia
Herrin Public Building Commission
Du Quoin District Outlines Three Day Teacher Workshop Start
Du Quoin Community Unit District 300 opens with a three day teacher workshop. Grade school begins September 4 at 8 30 am with staggered school start times for Wheatley Lincoln McKinley and Ward schools. Bus service runs for all but kindergarten. Registration schedules differ by grade level. Book rental ranges from 5 to 17 dollars and yearbooks cost 5 or 5 50. Insurance and physicals are available or required for certain grades. Parental notices will inform school placements. All buses run September 7 and cafeterias open that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DU Quoin
Wheatley
Lincoln and
McKinley
Ward School
Paradise Prairie
Lincoln
Ward
Deaths and obituaries listed in regional notices
Multiple funeral services and obituaries announced for residents of Warren, Franklin, Jackson and surrounding counties. Names include C Taylor, Mable Hanson, Cecil Emerick, Michael Korando, Joe Reginato Sr., Atlanta Williams, Sarah Chamness, Edna Levinson, with services in Monmouth Du Quoin Christopher Marion Murphysboro and Benton, and graves at Warren County Memorial Park Glenn Cemetery Masonic and Odd Fellows Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis C. Taylor
C. Taylor
Rt. 1
Macedonia
Turnbull
Monmouth
Warren County Memorial Park
Hobbs
Warren County
George
Cynthia Clayton Taylor
Fannie Snodgrass
Les
California
James Richardson
Rock Island
Eva Mason
Nellie Clausen
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
du Quoin
Cecil Doyle Emerick
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Mary Eamore Emerick
Marion
Martha McAllister
Emerick
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Roy Mitchell
United States Government
du Quoin Ae Co
St. Louis
Ruby Monte Verde
Levita Jackson
Virginia Reinking
Los Angeles
Calif
Edward Bud Emerick
William
Epurial
Vandalia City
Joseph A. Duehren
Neal Memorial Chapel
Michael A. Korando
Jacob
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Albert
Fannie Vachata Korando
Santa Fe Railroad
Korando
St. Ann Catholic Church
Raddle
Amiel
Joseph J
Leo J. Hayes
Glenn Cemetery
Rt. 3
Wilson Funeral Home
Ava
Funeral Home
Joe Reginato
Joe. Reginato
McKinley St
Benton
Franklin Hoston
Ben
United Mine Workers of America
Boccie Ball Club
Italy
John
Louise Reginato
Reginato
Josie Blanchard
Joe
Kankakee
Eugene
Bensonville
Tony Reginato
Tessie Reginato
McLeansboro
Angelina Spenger
Kansas
Linda Alexander
Texas
Mary Temperell
Celia Anderson
Poulson Funeral Home
Masonic and
Odd Fellows
Funeral notices for Simmons Chester Simpson Shadowers in Herrin Anna
Funeral and burial services are planned for Ava Jean Simmons in Herrin, with calling times today. Clydie Chester dies in Anna at 81 with services Wednesday in Anna, burial there. Harold Frame Simpson of Johnston City dies. services Wednesday with Masonic rites today. Pearl Mae Shadowers of Herrin, formerly Carbondale, dies. services Wednesday in Carbondale with burial in McKinney Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ava Jean Simmons
Herrin
George van Natta
Robert Miller
Simmons
S. 29Th St
Phana
Ernest
Eva Whittinghill Moore
Jack McCormick
Bronzil Simmons
Brenda Lence
Janice Shahadey
Energy
Marshall McCormick
Duncanville
Tex
Ava Moore
First Baptist Church
Anna
Clydie Chester
St. Louis Infirmary
Louisville
Smithville
Tenn
Jesse F
Mary Catherine Moser Vickers
Charles B. Chester
Harry Chester
Greeley C. Vickers
Alexandria
Frank Cantrell Sr
McMinnville
Walter Bartels
Chester
Crain
Harold Frame Simpson
8Th St
Johnston City
Murman and Wilson Funeral Home
George Jenkins
Lakeview Cemetery
Simpson
Herrin Hospital
Quincy
Garfield
Jennie Frame Simpson
Maxine Kemper
Martin Oil Co
Blue Island
Masonic Lodge
Shrine
Aiiad Temple
East St. Louis
National Transformer Co
First Methodist Church
Maxine
Janet Ruth Iverson
Charles and
Carol Simpson
Glenwood
Harold Thomas "Simpson
Harry Morrow
Phoenix
Ariz
Robert Simpson
Pearl Mae Shadowers
S. 17Th St
E. Green
Carbondale
Walker Memorial Chapel
Doctors Memorial Hospital
The
Apostolic Church
Jackson County
John
Vinessa Neal McCluney
Nathan Skelcher
Livestock Receipts Hover as Prices Rise in East St Louis Market
Estimated Wednesday receipts show 5000 hogs 500 cattle and 200 sheep with hogs 6 we 50 higher and sows up to 50. US 1 3 hogs 200 250 lb 29 00 29 50 and cattle values listed while two obituaries note Louie G Sulsar 95 Lesser and Wilson Plunk 56 Zeigler with funeral details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Southern Illinois News Record Fills Local Coverage Gaps
The page documents ongoing news events in Southern Illinois, supplementing the Southern Illinoisan with additional local stories, schedule notes, and community updates from the region. It reinforces the paper’s role in comprehensive regional reporting and public interest items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinoisan
Hospital admissions and discharges across Illinois counties
The record lists admitted and discharged patients across multiple hospitals in Franklin, Williamson and adjacent counties. Notable entries include Rebecca Allen and Diana Sue McLearin among Benton admissions, and Mrs. Sue Ellen Hays with baby discharged from Herrin. The report notes many names, with locations spanning Carbondale, Benton, Murphysboro, West Frankfort, Pinckneyville and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Allen
Rebecca
Marion Allen
Patricia
Lesser Reedy
Lydia
Eldorado Davis
Darthamne
Ligon
Essie
Woolward
Mary
Benton Rady
Danny
Marion Harre
Catherine
Hays
Sue Ellen
Baby
Herrin Kenedy
Rosalind
Murphysboro
O’boyle
Sharon
Brooks
Norma
Carbondale Hickam
Grover
Wyatt
William
Cam
Franklin
Benton
Judith
Benton McLearin
Diana Sue
Benton Mooam
Vernon
Christopher Odum
Nellie
West Frankfort
Cook
Lena
Benton Rentfro
Zelma
Mulkeytown Mitchell
Naomi
Buckner Stafford
Houston
Zeigler Hallock
Ruby
Vienna Carey
Tuli
Eldorado Talkindon
Benton Ogan Casey
Lynette
Benton Legerski
Paul
Bucknerarnes
Willard
Benton Run
Mae
Christopher Rowe
Rick
Calendar listings open to public events sought
The Southern Illinoisan invites readers to submit upcoming public events for the Calendar. Call or write with event name date time location and contact details so the paper can publish open meetings and community notices.
Weekend drive in listings and shows at regional theaters
Multiple drive in venues list film pairings for Wednesday through Tuesday including REND Lake Drive In with Junior Banner and Silent Running. MARION Drive In offers Straw Dogs and Candy. VARSITY Carbondale features Joe Kidd with ARROW Drive-In showing Angels Die Hard and Angels Hard as They Come. Webster Steeleville shows The Legend Nigger Charley. Hillcrest hosts a bridge club and Ananda Marga Yoga lecture. State Fair judging and Vikki Carr show headline the evening schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rend Lake
Campus Drive
Iin
Marion Drive
Varsity
Carbondale
Joe Kidd
Arrow Drive-In
Webster
Steeleville
Charley
Tuesay
Strand
West Frankfort
Judging Schedule and Grand Circuit Results at County Fair
Wednesday events include morning cattle and sheep judging followed by a grand circuit harness race with the Hambletonian Stake worth 125000 for three year olds and other co races. Evening highlights feature Budweiser Clydesdales exhibition and a Vikki Carr show with Tex Beneke and The Establishment plus Lou Breese Orchestra. Reserved seating ranges from 3 to 7.75 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DU Quoin
Hampshire
Barrow
Auto accidents reported around Gorham area
Edna Miesner and Jacob treated at St Joseph Memorial Hospital Murph after a one car crash on a blacktop west of Gorham. A second crash near Carrier Mills left 18 year old William D Schell with minor injuries and a 19 year old Mary Ann Drone with minor injuries. A rear end collision near Harrisburg injured 19 year old Patricia King and 28 year old David Wiman. Clifford Harrell injured when a Dunn Brothers Concrete truck overturned after leaving the road near Pinckneyville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Miesner
Jacob
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murph
Blacktop
Gorham
Jackson County
Carrier Mills Road
Mary Ann Drone
Harrisburg
David W. Wiman
Shawneetown
Wiman
Patricia D. King
Rt. 13
Rt. 45
Clifford Harrell
Pinckneyville
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Harrell
Dunn Brothers Concrete
Rt. 154
Rt. 51
Henley mistakenly listed as server at sister’s wedding
Correction: Bruce Henley of Herrin was a musher at the August 26 wedding of his sister Ramona Jean Hen ley and Charles Arthur Alexander. A Sunday story incorrectly named him as a server at the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Henley
Herrin
Ramona Jean Henley
Charles Arthur Alexander
Weather Outlook Shows Warm National Trend by Night
Sunny and warm conditions forecast nationwide tonight with cooler air moving into the Northeast. Isolated showers expected across the northern Rockies and east Texas as a broad high pressure system dominates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockies
Texas
Du Quoin State Fair Needlecraft Winners Named
Needlecraft winners announced at the Du Quoin State Fair home show across classes including embroidery, applique, all hand sewing, sewing, tailoring, weaving, textiles, and infant divisions. Winners include Marie Gallmeister of Du Quoin with multiple awards, Dorothy Schwend of Highland, Lottie Buhrman of Nashville, Mary Sumner of Fairfield, and Leon Jayne of Bellflower among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie Buhrman
Nashville
Dorothy Schwend
Leon Jayne
Marie Gallmeister
Mildred Ziegler
Pinckneyville
Gallmeister
Clara McMurray
Bellflower
Dorothy Schwent
Highland
Elva Gamber
Christopher
O. E. Burge
Grinnell
Iowa
W. B. Schneider
Carbondale
Carenel
Charlene Brooks
du Quoin
Alta M. Herford
Mary A. Sumner
Fairfield
LaDonna Etherton
Vergennes
Irma Clark
Brentwood
Dorothy Feira
Lesser
Lorene Moody
Sharon Kaufman
Rt. 5
Irene Showmaker
Sesser
Roger A. Cook
Land
Marian Brockschmidt
Springfield
Maxine Pieron
Murphysboro
Earl Upton
Vienna
Alta M. Hereford
Edna Baker
Cleda Vaughn
Carterville
Essie Rieves
Pulaski
Rosemary Bayles
Centralia
Harvey Cramer
Lurene Connor
Infant’s Department
Fant
Mittens
Hood
Maxine Rodgers
Cambria
R. E. Troxwell
Oakford
Robe
Lucia L. Cristandeo
Dore
Beaty
Roberta Wendling
Altamont
Mary Sumner
Darlene Lewis
Albo
Irene Shmaker
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Williamson County
Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Standard Oil Co
Franklin County Board
Jack Licata
Rt. 2
Licata
J. D. Barter Construction Co
Franklin County
Will
W. Clem Bundy
Charles Dawson
Bundy
Benton City
Archie Moore
Roy Richardson
Brown
East Parrish Street
Hospital
C. B. Taylor
L. H. Smith
H and W Oil Co
Lake Benton
City Hall
A. C. Hengst Office Equipment Co
Otto Biggs
James Odum
West Frankfort City
Tori Griffin
Prititity
Municipal League
Chicago
Ted Seddon
Seddon
Mable Hanson
Vantrease Funeral Home
Zeigler
S. Pine St
Hanson
James
Effie Elliott Stearns
PEO
Zeigler Library Board
Willliam
James W
Bill’ Hanson
Chapel Hill
N. C
Alice Hawkins
Ruth Deming
Sue Herron
Bessie Hoffstetter
Elsie Clark
Berkley, Mo
Robert
William Stearns
Atlanta Williams
Helen Ave
Doctors Hospital
Harry Williams
Ralph
Howard
Warren, Mich
Donald Compton
Watson
Vanada Schwinn
Denver
Colo
Maxine Cotton
Florida
Sarah L. Chamness
Mitchell Funeral Home
W. Stockton St
Bruce Patton
New Rosehill
Chamness
Edna Florence Levinson
St. Larence St
St. Ann
Barnes Hospital
Chris
Anna Clipper Bullar
Herman Levinson
Levinson
Ruby Kepplar
Fort Myers
Fla
Sadie McBride
Alma Bradley
Ruth Ahlheim
Helen Whitson
Denny and Pettett
Mar
Lee Pope Ward
Funeral
Cancer Fund
Harold F. Simpson
Pearl Mae Shadowens
East St. Louis Livestock
Louie G. Sulsar
Good Samaritan
Mt. Vernon
Sulsar
Brayfield Funeral Home
Floyd Hartley
Old Baptist Cemetery
Wilson Plunk
Marshall Browning
Lively
Bernice
Tamaron Saunders
Florence M
du Quoin Tulo
John P
Royalton Leomons
Deborah Y
Scheller Lively
Eric Dean
Feltmeyer
Ezra
du Quoin Leehy
Carlotta
Hutson
Beverly Jr
du Quoin Leuty
Reda
du Quoin Modglin
William Best
Waltonville Martin
Lela
Dowell Williamson
Sam
Royalton Gossett
Leila
Mulkeytown
McDonnough
Marian
Tamaroa
Christopher Sneddon
Dorothy
Christopher Cockrum
Lesser Cantrell
Lula
ST. A Murphysboro
Admitte
Imhoff
Christepher
Jolene
Miesner
Rudolph
Jacob Mansfield
Harold
Pritchett
Raymond
Worthen
Lora
Eastman
Charles
Quats
Mileur
Robinson
Lawrence
Poe
Tonette
Alfa Pass
Estel
Margaret
Jacob Endsley
Pamela
de Soot
Gaston
Lewis Lee
Kari Murphysboro
McManus
Mrs. George
Jones
Joseph L
Kiselewski
Clara
Lesser Carden
Barbara
Tamaroa Loos
Tilden Kever
Michael
Lucas
Alberts
Maris
Kellerman
Sheila
Ernsting
Dora
Merideth
Irene
Kinney
Lee
Union County
Rivers
Jessie
Mill Creek
Wiggs
Anna Pitts
Edith
Anna Youngblood
Cypress Wynn
Tucker
Ceashere Marks
Wilburn
Alto Pass
Russell
Melvin
Herrin Turner
Nona
Jonesboro
Hileman
Mabel
UNION
Murphy
Woodrow
Freeman
Fay
Wharry
Edward
Sanders
Laura
Thorpe
Agnes
Dorris
Emma
Cima
Celia
Dotson
Georgia
Thompson
Judy
Zéigler Smothers
Bertha
Logan Carney
Sarah
Thompsonville
Braggs
Clyde
Frye
Magazine
Washington County
Smith
Meier
Anderson
Amelie
Konkel
Koralewski
Barton
Muriel
Adams
Okanville
Bierman
Hoyleton Sloat
May
Hillcrest Delicate Bridge Club
Hillcrest Dr
Caire
Ananda Marga Yoga Society
Acharya Sarit Kumar
P.m
First United 1St Church
W. Main St
Rodgers
Saluki
Kansas City
Murphysborn
FOX
Carroll O’daniel
National Weather Service
NOAA
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Oklahoma
Georgia-Florida
du Quoin State
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