Aims of Crab Orchard Group Told to Rotary
W J Goodpaster secretary of the Crab Orchard Sportsmen Association spoke to Carbondale Rotary at Hotel Roberts outlining a long range Fish and Wildlife plan for Crab Orchard Refuge. He described funding via migratory waterfowl stamps and defended private enterprise over socialist government ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of Interior
Crab Orchard Refuge
W. J. Goodpaster
Crab Orchard Sportsmen's Association
Goodpaster
Carbondale
Hotel Roberts
Illinois
Transfer Soil Conservation Service
War Assets Department
Army Ordnance Department
Treasury Department
Crab Orchard Sportsmen’s Association
Washington
New SIU Dean I C Davis Takes Over This Week
I C Davis, new dean of men at Southern Illinois University, begins duties Thursday. The Benton native and SIU alumnus brings extensive teaching and counseling experience and aims to expand testing and student services while preserving existing policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.I.U
Dean
I. C. Davis
I. Clark Davis
Southern Illinois
Suceczés
Marshall S. Hiskey
Southern
Hart Chooses Port Appointee Candidate to Be Named Next Week
Mayor C A Hart of Murphysboro announces he has chosen a successor for Claude Stewart Ozburn on the Mardale Airport authority. The term ends Oct 12. three finalists were considered for the $1000 yearly post. Ozburn plans to move to Evansville. Other board members include General Robert Davis and Dr. O B Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Hart
Murphysboro
Claude Stewart Ozburn
Mardale Airport Authority
Hart
Ozburn
Evansville
Ind
Robert Davis
Carbondale
O. B. Young
C. T. Houghton
Fred Wills
J. Edward Helton
Alleged Slayer Released on Bond in Marion Slaying
Levi Kent aged 77 of Marion faced manslaughter charges for the fatal shooting of Marshall Meredith 71 of Marion after a Friday night argument. He posted a $1000 bond set by Justice of the Peace Hudgens. Inquest by Jackson County Coroner Huffman followed Meredith’s six hour hospital death in Carbondale Holden hospital. Kent said he shot Meredith with a .32 caliber revolver as Meredith tried to break through his screen door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi
Josh) Kent
Marion
Marshall Meredith
Williamson County
Charles Denham
Kent
Justice of the Peace Anh Hudgens
Jackson County
Roy S. Huffman
Huffman
Meredith
Carbondale
Holden
Hickey Begins 16th Year In Glen Ellyn School Job
Joe Hickey, son of Mr and Mrs J W Hickey Ava, starts his 16th year as head of Glen Ellyn Junior High School. He is a former Carbondale and Southern Illinois University alum who has coached, taught science and manual arts, and held roles with the Du Page Educational Association and Boy Scouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Davis
Southern
Benton
Southern Illinois
WPA
University of Colorado
Navy
Notre Dame
Columbia University
Davis
Benson
Walier Community High School
Indiana University
Interfraternity Council
Purdue University
Indiana
T. C. Davis
Dorothy Frailey
E. C. Frailey
Robert Clark
West Chautauqua Road
The
Southern Illinois Historical Society
Joe Hickey
J. W. Hickey
Ava
Glen Ellyn
Carbondale
Chicago
Southern Illinois University
University of Chicago
Hickey
Cobden
Elmhurst
du Page Educational Association
Boy Scouts
Hospital Notes Admitted and Discharged Monday
Admitted Monday are Mrs G W Deeds surgical De Soto Claude Lingle surgical Marion William J Latta surgical Car terville Richard Young accident Carbondale Mrs Lloyd Huelson surgical Anna Mrs Dewey Lampley surgical Mounds Discharged Monday are Mrs Monroe Demming and daughter Carbondale Mrs Chester Hale and son Carbondale Mrs Don Higgerson medical West Frankfort L L Holbrook medical Goreville Mrs Bertha Rentfro medical Carbondale Ethel Faugust medical rbondale
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Deeds
de Soto
Claude Lingle
Marion
William J. Latta
Carterville
Richard Young
Carbondale
Lloyd Huelson
Anna
Dewey Lampley
Mounds
Monroe Demming
Chester Hale
Don Higgerson
West Frankfort
L. L. Holbrook
Goreville
Bertha Rentfro
Rbondale
Ethel Faugust
Cook to Lead Talk on Parks at Kiwanis Meeting
Rex Cook, president of the Carbondale park board, will head a discussion on the city park system at the Kiwanis Weekly meeting tonight at 6 15 at First Christian church. Dr William C Bicknell of Southern Illinois University is named chair of a Kiwanis recreation and city planning committee, with Dr Floyd F Cunningham and Prof Ben P Watkins as members.
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Rex Cook
Carbondale Park Board
Kiwanis Club
First Christian Church
William C. Bicknell
Department of
Industrial Education
Southern Illinois University
Kiwanis
Floyd F. Cunningham
Southern
Ben P. Watkins
Department of Art
Richard Young Sustains Leg Fracture
Richard Young, son of Mr and Mrs Graydon Young of 315 East Hester street, was admitted to Holden hospital with an incomplete simple fracture of one leg. The cause of the accident was not learned and discharge was expected today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Young
Haven for ambulatory veterans delayed at Marion hospital site
Construction of the Haven for ambulatory veteran patients at Marion Veterans Hospital on Crab Orchard Lake is delayed a week. The project was to start Monday. Johne Stelle of Brazil Indiana, a member of the American Legion Past Commanders' club sponsoring the Haven, is donating tile for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Veterans Hospital
Crab Orchard Lake
Johne Stelle
Brazil
Ind
American Legion
Legion Starts Negotiations To Sell Home In Carbondale
The Donald Forsythe American Legion post in Carbondale voted last night to begin negotiations to sell its current home at 500 West Main Street and to explore buying or building a new facility. A regular meeting in September will revisit the purchase or construction plan. Installation of officers is set for Thursday with Eddie Driemeyer of Herrin presiding, as commander of the 25th district, in a joint ceremony with the auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Forsythe
American Legion
Carbondale
West Main Street
Joe Barringer
Barringer
Eddie Driemeyer
Herrin
Driemeyer
Auxiliary
Teen Town Gets Many Lot Offers
Teen Town board weighs relocation sites after residents oppose a Mason owned lot. Officials will study all possible locations in coming weeks before deciding. Contributions and suggestions are being accepted through Mrs. J. O. Hudins.
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J. O. Hudins
Guard Splits $7 200 Melon
National Guard pay totaling 7200 dollars was distributed to 3rd Battalion headquarters company in Carbondale after two weeks at Camp McCoy Wisconsin. Camp pay reached 4200 dollars with 3000 dollars in regular drill pay for the quarter ending July 31. Recruits earned 2 50 per day for 16 days totaling 40. the top pay was 134 40 for a first sergeant with 21 years tenure. Company had 64 men and nine officers. Two Carbondale businesses closed for camp, Model Cleaners and Southern Barbeque, to allow workers to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Carbondale
Camp McCoy
Wisc
Model Cleaners
Nernard
Wilfred Dillon
Southern Barbeque
Jimmy Capps
Meehan elected Newman delegate from Carbondale
Bill Meehan of Carbondale 112 North Poplar and a Southern Illinois University student has been elected as a Newman club delegate to the 35th annual Newman Club Federation national convention in Chicago. The event runs from September 7 to September 10 and aims to provide Catholic thought centers at secular universities with religious intellectual and social programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Meehan
North Poplar
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Newman Club
Newman Club Federation
Chicago
Newman Clubs
Funeral for Mrs. Thomas Wednesday at 10 a.m.
Mrs. Robbie M. Thomas age 64 died at Holden hospital Monday morning at 11 05. Funeral services set for Wednesday at Huffman funeral home at 10 a.m. Rev. Morton Merrell of Golconda will officiate. Burial in Odd Fellows cemetery Golconda. She is survived by her husband Roy B. Thomas of 706 West College Street. She taught in Carbondale public schools for years and was a Presbyterian church member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robbie M. Thomas
Holden Hospital
Huffman Funeral Home
Morton Merrell
Golconda
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Roy B. Thomas
West College Street
Thomas
Carbondale
Presbyterian Church
Death of Mrs Delber McKinney at Carbondale R F D 3
Mrs Delber McKinney aged 33 of Carbondale R F D 3 died at her home this morning at 8 30 from a heart ailment. The body will lie in state at the Carbondale funeral home with funeral arrangements still incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delber McKinney
Carbondale
Carbondale Funeral Home
Illinois Reports 71 New Polio Cases
Illinois public health officials record 71 new polio cases in the past 24 hours, lifting the state total to 1,623 with 124 deaths. The 1946 epidemic year saw 999 cases by August 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
State Public Health Department
Illinois
Construction method shifts to in-place concrete pours
The report notes Galway style favors building forms then setting them and pouring concrete, a process once prohibitive for average builders. It highlights practical steps to streamline work and reduce costs through streamlined form setting and pour timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galway
Trebaugh Wins Fruit Awards At Du Quoin Fair
The Trebaugh Homestead of Carbondale won the fruit display contest at the Du Quoin fair with several other area exhibitors garnering prizes. Mrs. Myrtle Schelley Goreville and Iva Young Eldorado also earned top honors in fruit and cake and basket displays. Livestock judging saw Bigham Parrish Pinckneyville and Quentin Lacey Mt. Vernon lead with multiple top placings. Lloyd Hanna Farmersville claimed grand champion in Barrow classes. show horse and mule events produced multiple winners as the schedule lists trotting and pacing colt races and various cattle contests for today.
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Trebaugh
Carbondale
Myrtle Schelley
Goreville
Iva Young
Eldorado
James E. Hood
Coulterville
Trobaugh Homestead
Jonathan
Schelley
Young
Betty Crocker
Bigham and
Parrish
Pinckneyville
Quentin Lacey
Mt. Vernon
George Bigham
Millard Leroy
Highland
Barrows
Moore Quality Farms
Kirkwood
R. V. St. Clair
Miller Burns and Sons of
Sparta
Senator S. Charmer
Joan Jenson
Los Angeles
Calif
Red Rose Sea
del Conrad
Palestine
Berkshire
Kentucky Trotter Wins Feature Race
Poplar Byrd a Kentucky bred trotter won both heats of the 3525 dollar feature at the Du Quoin State fair yesterday with Wayne Smart driving. Lana Direct placed second and Merry Way third in both heats. Other first day winners included Dwight Hanover Prince Jay and Deanna from listed owners and stables.
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Poplar Byrd
du Quoin State Fair
Poplar Hills Farm
Lexington
Wayne Smart
Lana Direct
Merry Way
Dwight Hanover
H. Wilson Stables
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Prince Jay
C&c Ranch
Shafter
Calif
Deanna, White &Shepherd
Hanover
Enrollment Record Seen at Lincoln School
Pupil registration at Lincoln school building reached 484 by noon with principal Norman Moore noting good signs that the 1948 record of 510 may be broken this year. Classes start tomorrow though about 25 more pupils may enroll after Labor Day weekend. elementary 314 and junior high 170. Carbondale Community High School had 275 registered by noon, including 75 seniors, 85 juniors, and 115 sophomores with freshmen registering this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln School
Norman Moore
Moore
Carbondale Community High School
Car straddles rails at Murphysboro dead end
A car driven by C. W. Grammer of Route 2 Murphysboro rode onto the elevated rails guarding Illinois Central tracks at Hall street dead end Monday night. The car was removed by a wrecker leaving bare train clearance. The driver escaped with no serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Grammer
Murphysboro
Illinois Central
Hall Street
Ray Robinson
Robinson
Group Meets at Giant City Park Lodge
Southern Illinois Employment Service managers and field workers gather at Giant City State Park Lodge for a five day conference. Mrs. Anna Cook reports 14 IS ES attendees. Meetings run twice yearly at the park to review order recruitment and job placement methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
Giant City State Park
Anna Cook
Carbondale Man Pleads Not Guilty to DUI Charge
Carbondale man J S Goddard 36 pleads not guilty to reckless driving while intoxicated before Judge N C Garrison. Bond set at $500. Trial scheduled for Sept 12 after a Saturday night crash near Carterville when Goddard’s car failed to turn and struck John Clarida’s panel truck.
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Carbondale
Williamson County
N. C. Garrison
Garrison
J. S. Goddard
John Clarida
Carterville
Goddard
Wye
Clarida
Dee Kerley Threatens Police Lands in Carbondale Jail
Dee Kerley formerly of Cairo is jailed in Carbondale after threatening to "clean out" the police force. He paid a $15.80 fine for disturbing the peace while intoxicated at 200 East Walnut and a $37.80 fine for resisting and fighting a policeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee Kerley
Cairo
Carbondale
Kerley
East Walnut Street
Two Murphysboro Truckers Injured In Gruesome Crash
Two Murphysboro truckers were injured when their trucks collided on a curve near Keller Highway and overturned. Injured were Robert Daily and Fred Finke, Daily in critical condition with a broken left leg and arm. Finke suffered cuts and bruises and was trapped for about 30 minutes before help arrived.
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Murphysboro
Keller Highway
Dwn Hill Rock
Robert Daily
North Sixth Street
Fred Finke
Walnut Street
Daily
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Finke
Illinois university libraries chief tours modular West building
S I U Libraries Director Robert H. Muller visits Washington State College to study a new modular library building. He examines wings designed for easy additions and interior changes to guide Southern Illinois University's upcoming library on West Chautauqua Street. He returns to duties September 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Muller
Southern Illinois University
Thompson’s Grove
Chautauqua Street
The
University
New Church of Christ to Be Finished Soon
The Church of Christ building on West Sycamore Street is under construction and due to be completed in two weeks. Carpenter John F. Durbin leads the project with volunteer aide Orlan Campbell, as about 17 regular members met in a private home. The 2 by 40 foot structure will seat around 200. Building began about six weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Christ
West Sycamore Street
John F. Durbin
Orlan Campbell
Campell
Tax Payments Due Wednesday for 1948 Real Estate Taxes
Jackson county taxpayers face August 31 as the last day to pay second installments on 1948 real estate taxes without penalties. A 1 percent penalty applies from September 1. postmarks by Aug 31 avoid penalties. Total county assessments are $1,335,228.07 with $1,167,647.05 collected through Monday. Delinquent properties will be advertised mid next month, with payment accepted until sale in early October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
James Lawder
Lawder
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Johnston City
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North University
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