Herrin Park Labor Day celebration plans announced
Herrin prepares for a Tri County Labor Day event with concession stands bleachers and lights ready at Herrin City Park. The parade will start 10 a.m. Monday at 300 S Park Ave and proceed to the park featuring bands floats and horsemen from Williamson Jackson and Franklin counties along with American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts. Sunday events begin 1 45 p m with an invocation and gospel entertainment. Monday features Tri County Band entertainment, talks by Peter McGavin and David Fowler and prize announcements with officers elected for 1953. If rain delays the parade may precede or be moved to the Rome Club hall.
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Herrin City
Fwesay Tri-County Labor Day Association
A. W. Jeffreys
S. Park Ave
Williamson
Jackson
Franklin
Jeffreys
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Robert DeGasperi
Hertin
I. E. Meredith
Herrin
Okla
United the Workers of America
Benton
Rome Club
14Th
Ste
Colp Standard School Opens Registration With Upgrades
Colp Standard School will register at 8 30 a m Tuesday. Improvements include new restrooms and a lunchroom with rooms freshly painted. A filmstrip projector and screen were bought from proceeds of a school party. Teachers and principal return. board members, custodian and transportation head named.
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Colp
Fay Crain Skinner
Katie Salmo Samuel
Joan Williams
Frank Culpiper
David Copening
Mike Crespi
Roy Copening
John Hogg
Robert Freeman
Bo Williams
Bob Wade
Lawrence Williams
School Teacher Hurt In Accident Near Anna Jonesboro
Miss Lena Brown, a Union County rural school teacher, was seriously injured Friday at 1 p m when her car overturned on highway 146 between Anna and Jonesboro. Police say she was driving toward Jonesboro. injuries included a badly hurt left arm and other bruises. She remained at Anna City Hospital for X rays and exams.
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Lena Brown
Union County
Anna
Jonesboro
M. M. Stokes
Finna
Miss Brown
Stokes
Anna City Hospital
Siu Janitors Form Employees Union Local 253
Janitors at Southern Illinois University organized as Local 253 of the Building Service Employees Union AFL. Charles Pirtle from East St. Louis, Louis Meissner of Breese, and John S. Rendleman SIU legal adviser served on the election board which found janitors, maids and laboratory attendants favored the union as their bargaining agent. Local membership is about 30.
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Southern
Ilinois University
Building Service Employees Union
Af.l
Charles Pirtle
East St. Louis
Louis Meissner
Breese
State Department of Labor
John S. Rendleman
SIU
Rendleman
Anna Boy Shot by Brother in Accident
Ten year old Harry Taylor, son of Mrs Anna Taylor of Anna, was admitted to Anna City Hospital Friday with a gun shot wound in the left groin while he and his brother were shooting birds. Paul, handling the gun, accidentally shot his brother.
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Anna
Harry Taylor
Anna Taylor
Anna City Hospital
Cher
Paul
Dentist To Open Office In Hexrsx By Dr Arthur L Lenzini
Dr Arthur L Lenzini plans a new dental office in Hexrsx occupying the former W Curry building. A U S Army veteran and St Louis School of Dentistry graduate, he aims to practice after completing studies at Kugler Community High School and nearby university. He is married to Clementine Marco and they have a son, Mare. They intend to reside in Hegrin once a suitable home is found.
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Arthur L. Lenzigag
Dee
W. Curry
Ooid
Herri
Lenzini
St. Louis
Spaths
U. S
Iediol
Marriied
Clementine
Marco Ot Deigh
Mare
Fryands
Fian
Hegrin
Josephine Lenzini
Donald
St. “Andrear
Mugiinshaee
Six Shrine Girls to Acapulco for Mexico trip
Shirley Womick and Mary Stokich headline a group of six Shrine Circle Queens from the Shrine clubs who win an all expense paid trip to Acapulco Mexico. The girls travel via plane from St. Louis and stay at the Lee Dagnoteds Hotel through Friday morning before returning to Mikpexytée for upcoming events.
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Shirley Womick
Mary Stokich
Turasinag
Wild Lodge
Mexico City
Acapulco
Lee Dagnoteds
Grade School Opens After Fire
Pinckneyville grade school reopened yesterday after a fire. Registration for July was postponed by a faculty meeting. Classes will not meet until Tuesday.
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Pinckneyville Grage
Japanese funds set for international student exchange program
The Japanese foreign office set aside about 700 008 for the next fiscal year to support international student exchange and to develop Japanese language schools, according to Kypsla News Agency.
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T Okyus
Saad
Kypsla
Fragmented OCR Passage Affects Readable Details
A garbled OCR text fragment shows mixed letters and stray phrases. It references various names, numbers, and items without coherent context, making precise event or subject identification impossible from the readable content.
Rohn Galen Hie Wat 9s Ipfosshom Wane
Fragments describe events and people with unclear names and places. The readable text mentions attendees and a date cue though specifics are obscured.
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Rohn Galen
Montana based air crew linked to river project funding
A report ties Air Force personnel to plans in the Kaskaskia river area. It notes a $10,000 allocation for control studies and outlines plans for a Carlyle reservoir and protections for New Athens.
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Kaskasia
Carlyle
New Athens
Fragmented OCR Text From Unknown Local Page
The readable parts show scattered names and phrases, including personal names and places with unclear context. The garbled text resembles an OCR dump from a historical newspaper page containing mixed letters and breaks, lacking coherent narrative or verifiable events.
Police Patrol Plan Amidst Quarantined City Streets
Police announce patrol routes and schedules as city tightens restrictions. Officials cite staged deployments, traffic controls, and community outreach to maintain order.
Unclear Headline from Damaged Text
A partial and garbled obituary fragment mentions Sheila or ShereTy genie Slay Bose Selaased, age 96, with references to death and a jail incident. The readable text is too fragmentary to identify a clear event, date, or full names.
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Sherety
Genie
Slay Bose
Selaased
Local obituaries and flood control funds noted in brief
The notice mentions tributes for Bowie Elkins, 46, of Herrin, and references funeral plans at Hillside Memorial Chapel in Los Angeles. It also reports a district receiving 720 dollars in federal funds and 280 dollars for flood control and navigation projects along the Mississippi Valley, with Colonel F. Lk. Assegiew noted in the district report.
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Cahitontenh
Pete Ned
Hillside Memorial Socke
Los Angeles
Ealaas
Dae Fits &K
Mississippi Valley
Bean
Roy Honey's Mother Passes at 46 in Floods
A fragile notice reports Roy Honey's mother dying at age 46 amid floods. The brief obituary mentions Cenna Taree Desinane and related details, with limited readable names from the damaged text.
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Roy Honey
West Frankfort Mourns Loss Amid Coal Mine Tragedy
In Egypt land the West Frankfort community mourns fallen coal miners. Survivors recall lives lost and the dangers of underground work as families grieve and local officials vow to honor the dead.
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PaceneSf
Egypt Land
West Frankfort
Fragmentary Chronicle Of Loss And Courage At Scene
A garbled account recalls a deadly blast where several perished and many were injured. It salutes survivors and asks for prayers for safety, mentioning a west region and a Maker as a moral frame.
Fragmentary notice hints at a night tragedy
An unreadable OCR fragment hints at a deadly incident from that night. The readable bits mention death and a request for prayers, with no clear names, places, or dates identifiable in the fragment.
Song about Orient Mine Disaster Gains Southern Illinois Attention
Ph L Motsinger of Creal Springs and Mabel Gibbons of Fehnston City wrote and performed a song honoring Orient Mine Disaster survivors. About 1150 printed copies were distributed with copyright pending, sung in Creal Springs and spread across Southern Illinois.
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Orient
Illinois
Ph. L.motsinger
Creal Springs
Orna- Bet Permman
Mabel’ Gibbons
Fehnston City
Tare
Gibbonses
Motsinger
Everett Rich
Mrs Pauline Savage Injured In Herrin Car Crash
Mrs Pauline Savage of 1314 W Mertree Herrin sustained a contusion of the right elbow and shoulder Friday after an automobile collision at the intersection of Cherry and 16th Street. She was treated at Her Hospital at 6 p.m. The accident report lists Leota Kinsen of 704 S 16th St as the other involved party.
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Pauline Savage
W. Mertree St
Herrin
Cherry
16Th St
Savage
Leota Kinsen
S. 16Th St
Benton Mayor Edwin Hair to Speak at Murphysboro Rotary
Benton Mayor Edwin Hair will address the Murphysboro Rotary at 6 16 p m Tuesday in the Logan Hotel. He will discuss the topic Sympype Employer Labor Rewaieps.
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Benton
Murphysborg
Edwin
Two Southern Illinois Men Earn Advanced Degrees
Two Southern Illinois men were among 328 graduates at the University of Chicago ceremony. Albert A. Gross of Carbondale received the Doctor of Leporosity and David H. Heller earned the Doctor of Philosophy degree.
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Ilinois
University of Chiee
A. Gross
Bure
Carbondale
David H. Heller
SIU Accountant Leaves for California
Bruce Benedict chief accountant at Southern Illinois University and his family plan to move from Carbondale to Los Angeles, California, due to their nine year old daughter's health. Benedict joined the University staff in August 1949. future employment in California remains undecided.
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Bruce Benedict
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Southern California
Los Angeles
Benedict
California
Doreen Loiselle Wins First in Five-Gaited at Du Quoin
Doreen Loiselle daughter of Percy Loiselle head of Tri angle Construction Co. of Carbondale rode her bay mare Janet Blane to first place in the five-gaited event at the Du Quoin State fair horse show. Petroleum products have been used since Neolithic times for bitumen in tool cement.
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Doreen Loiselle
Percy
Loiselle
Triangle Construction Co
Carbondale
Janet Blane
du Quoin
Soldier George Wingett serves with 7th Military Police in Korea
In Korea, Pfc. George A. Wingett of DeSoto is serving with the 7th Military Police Company. He began overseas duty May 29 and currently lists his address as U S 55 120 645 7th M P Co 7th Inf Div AP O 7 c o Postmaster San Francisco California.
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Korea
George A. Wingett
Allen Wingett
DeSoto
7Th Military Police Company
Wingett
U.S
M. P. Co
Inf
C-O
San Francisco
Calif
Fair Livestock Judging Ends Thursday at Du Quoin
The Du Quoin fair wraps up a week of livestock judging with champions across beef cattle dairy cattle swine and sheep. Top titles include Champion Polled Hereford bull from Senatobia Mississippi and Champion Holstein cow from Mt. Carmel, with area winners across Chester White swine Shropshire and Southdown classes.
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du Quoin Fair
Swing
Senatobia
Miss
C. M. McHatton
Baldwin
Ravendale Farm
Belleville
Pix-iey Holstein Farm
Mt. Carmel
Shropshire
Kenny Knox
Champaign
Clyde Simms
Albion
Southdown
Robert Cresep
Seymour
Cresep
Chester White
Allie Bryant
Sparta
Elizabeth Bryant
Sarah Wilson of Herrin Dies at 92
Mrs. Sarah Frances Wilson, a Herrin resident for 17 years, died Friday at her home aged 92. Born July 12, 1860 in Montgomery Alabama she was the daughter of William and Ellen Smith. She is survived by four children and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Services set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Storme Funeral Home with Delno Brown of the Herrin Christian Church officiating. Burial in Herrin City Cemetery.
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Herrin
Sarah Frances Wilson
N. Park Ave
Montgomery
Ala
William
Ellen Smith
Robert G. Wilson
Lucy Bartol 45 Dies in West Frankfort
Lucy Bartol 45 of Stiritz died at 1 30 p m Friday in Union Hospital West Frankfort after an eight month illness. She leaves husband Mike sisters Mary Gerina River Grove Rose Paul West Frankfort brothers Frank Rubell John Aubell both of West Frankfort River Grove. Born in Oklahoma she lived 33 years in Stiritz. Married 1928. Member of St Pauls Catholic Johnston City. Funeral Monday Murman Wilson Funeral Home Rev Albert Buratto officiating Burial Maplewood Cemetery. Friends may call.
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Lucy Bartol
Ralph Ellis Dies in St. Louis
Ralph Ellis of Carbondale died this morning at Mount St. Rose Hospital in St. Louis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete but friends may call at Parker Funeral Home after 7 p.m. tomorrow.
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Ralph Ellis
ST. Louis
R&d
Carbondale
Mount St. Rose Hospital
Parker Funeral Home
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