Hambletonian Society Re-Elected At Du Quoin Fair
Hambletonian Society officers were re elected at Du Quoin confirming the big race will stay through 1966. Race results included Race Time winning the McMahon Memorial Pace and Spry Rodney taking the Hambletonian Maturity as track conditions slowed. The fair schedule lists stage shows and six sprint car races with autos and stock cars on tap through the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Hambletonian Society
du Quoin
E. Roy and
Harriman
Goshen
du Quoin State Fair
Spry Rodney
Sprite Rodney
One Applies At Mallory After Firing
One former employee of P. R. Mallory & Co. in Du Quoin reapplied and was hired, the only among 110 laid off workers offered rehiring. The local Machinists union may protest the firm’s refusal to rehire, with no officials available for comment. Gala Waters said Mallory would not accept applications after 4 pm today, and rehired workers would keep pension, profit sharing, and vacation time but lose seniority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. R. Mallory & Co., Inc
du Quoin
International Association Machinists
Unon
James Woolsey
Gala Waters
Mallory
Overcrowded Opening Day At Herrin High School
Over 800 students filled Herrin High School on opening day with enrollment expected to exceed 800. Principal Russell Emery announced last year’s figure at 770 and noted space additions including converting the former yearbook room into a classroom. Non science classes are using the chemistry lab as classrooms run full each period. The board blocked a planned addition following a court action on a plan to form a unit district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin High School
Russell Emery
Emery
Board of Education
Ick
Herrin Chamber Seeks Data On Water Project Plans
Herrin Chamber of Commerce directors met to assemble details requested by the federal Area Redevelopment Administration for a potential 620000 water facility improvement grant. Officials say industrial expansion hinges on water. regional director Chet Townsend aims to compile all data for Washington by the coming Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Area Redevelopment Administration
Herrin
ARA
Chet Townsend
Washington
District 105 Greets Staff at annual new faces dinner
Carbondale High School District 165 hosted its third annual new faces dinner at Enigel's Restaurant Thursday evening. Thirteen of fifteen new faculty members attended with spouses, plus Board of Education members and administrators. Superintendent C K Bowen noted the district’s 1987 faculty of 17 has grown to 59 across Carbondale Community and Attucks High Schools, and he listed new teachers’ qualifications as salaries and faculty preparation standards were raised.
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Carbondale
Enigel's
New Face’ulty
Board of Education
C. K. Bowen
Attucks
Bowen
Mines Working Saturday Fidelity Mines Not Working Saturday
Mines listed as Fidelity and Burning Star and Orient show mixed Saturday status. Fidelity Mines operates Saturday while Burns Star and Orient sites appear inactive. Other assets Old Ben and Orient 3 4 5 are noted without clear schedule details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mine Report
Fidelity
Burning Star
Orient
Williamson County Fair Opens With Races and Acts
The Williamson County Fair starts its 17th annual run at Marion fairgrounds Saturday. Horse races return Tuesday through Friday nights culminating in the Williamson County Derby Friday. Exhibits feature $30,000 in cash premiums for blue ribbon winners. Nightly shows run on the grandstand with acts like Dorothy Brown Dancers and the Chessmen of Marion. Sunday highlights stock car racing with 57 cars from the Turnpike Association. Admission is $1 for adults, 50 cents for under 12, box seats $1.50. the grounds will be sprayed to control mosquitoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donnie “Flash Jr." Hayes
Don Hayes
du Quoin Fair
Rhodes Conklin
Sir Dell
Andy Williams
Red Skelton
Illinois
Williamson County Fairgrounds
Marion
Dorothy Brown
Chessmen
Belly Archibald
Tumblettes
The
Turnpike Association
Murphysboro Park District forms games committee
Murphysboro Games Park Committee to run six diamonds at Riverside Park with a concession stand and $1 for player board to defray lighting. John Hale Jr named chair of reps from each baseball or softball group. Committee to schedule games, maintain fields at Carruthers Longfellow Riverside and St. Andrews, seek reps, and meet Oct 31 to set policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro Park District
Ioits
John Hale Jr
Riverside Park
Park District
Ray Crawshaw
Hale
Park Board
Crawshaw
N. Mth St
Clara Blanche Diers
Carruthers
Murphys,boro
Park
Longfellow
St. Andrew's Catholic School
Riverside
Murphysboro Township High School
Murphysboro Planning Commission Reviews 1988 Report Findings
The Greater Egypt Regional Planning Commission presents an 88 page preliminary study on Murphysboro city growth plans. It forecasts a 1990 population near 10,400 with growth tied to economic factors and recommends traffic relief measures, tighter parking enforcement, a land use plan, housing repairs, and expanded school and park facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
City Planning Commission
Greater
Grissom
Murphysboro enrolls 2,500 in district schools
Murphysboro Unit School District 186 reports 2,467 students for the year, with the high school at 801, Carruthers Junior High 342, Lincoln 240, Logan 201, Lone Fellow 200, McElwain 192, Orchard Hills 175, Washington 172, and Douglas 93. The district notes the kindergarten class at Douglas was not registered, prompting some pupils to seek other schools.
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Murphysboro
James Blackwood
Board of Education
Blackwood
Carruthers Junior High School
Lincoln
Logan
Lonefellow
McElwain
Orchard Hills
Washington
Douglas
Murphysboro Board Reopens Lake Street Bill Negotiations
Murphysboro Unit District 186 plans to renegotiate a $1,300 bill dating to 1959 for Lake Street work tied to a sewer project at Douglas School. City officials claim a verbal agreement existed. the district denies it. Board president Bill Green appointed a committee to seek settlement with city leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Board of Education
Bill Green
Murphysboro Unit District
Bill Riseling
Edward Althoff
John King
Lake Street
Old Rt. 13
Bridgewood Homes
Douglas School
Douglas
Greene
Joe Williams
Underground Radio Center Linking 11 Counties in Franklin County
A $10,000 underground radio headquarters will be built at the former Ezra School near West Frankfort to serve as a base for an 11 county civil defense mutual aid area. Fifteen amateur operators and four defense directors attended the Franklin County Civil Defense meeting. Construction starts Oct. 1 and will include air and food supplies for up to 50 people. Normal communications failing will route through Chicago and Battle Creek to the national CD network. The Ezra School site was chosen for its existing equipment and planned underground facilities.
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Franklin County
Mutual Aid
Franklin Williamson
Jefferson
Hamilton
White
Gallatin
Saline
Johnson
Pope
Harding
Massac
Fely
C. 4 Defense
Franklin CD
Ezra School
West Frankfort
Rt. 149
Wite
Herrin
Ray Cole
Mary
Franklin County Civil Defense
Brown
Chicago
JCD
Battle Creek
Mich
Ti-County
Kerner OKs $100000 for Kinkaid Lake survey
Gov Otto Kerner signed a bill granting 100000 to fund a survey of the proposed Kinkaid Lake in Jackson County. State Rep Gale Williams explains the plan calls for engineering and economic feasibility studies by the Division of Waterways. Surveys will assess watershed, required dam size, and aid applications, with work likely starting next year. The lake would form behind a dam on Route 49 west of Murphysboro, backing Kinkaid Creek toward Ava and Campbell Hill, within a Jackson County conservancy district excluding Carbondale Makanda and Pomona Townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Kerner
Kinkaid Lake
Jackson County
Gale Williams
Murphysboro
Williams
State Division of Waterways
Dept. of Public Works and Buildings
Rt 49
Kinkaid Creek
Ava
Campbell Hill
Conservancy District
Carbondale Makanda
Pomona
Thieves Crack Anna IGA Safe Steal 3000 In Break-In
Thieves broke into the Anna IGA Foodliner on Route 52, cracking a front safe and stealing about 3000 plus hundreds of pounds of merchandise. Police found a fingerprint as investigators seek more clues. store manager Roscoe Jerrell discovered the break-in this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Iga
Roscoe Jerrell
Anna
Dallas West
West
Herrin Pushes County Dog Pickup Proposal
Herrin officials aim to unite Williamson County communities on a countywide dog pickup and pound service with shared costs. Police Chief Roy Cole will approach Cartersville, Hurst, and Cambria officials, then Marion representatives, before presenting the plan to the county board. Mayor Henderson will discuss with Johnston City Mayor Thurmond today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Williamson County
Roy Cole
Carterville
Hurst
Cambria
Marion
Cole
Fred Henderson
Johnston City
K. Neil Thurmond
Replacement Awaits Letter Amid City Council Showdown
Carbondale Mayor D Blaney Miller said the city council would act on a successor to Commissioner Virgil Barringer only after a written resignation is submitted. Barringer announced plans to resign over a dispute on a sanitary landfill contract, forecasting a costly trash haul, as other council members favored using the landfill.
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Carbondale
D. Blaney Miller
Virgil Barringer
Berringer
Barringer
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Osmond Brothers
Mark Wilson
Alakazam
United States Auto Club
Herrin High
Tumbletles
the Turnpike Association
Sherman Willams
Vernon Rogers
Fairgrounds
Murphysboro Red Wings
American, Legion
Little League
Coal’ Belt League
Ial
Murphysboro Board
Civil Defense
Kerner Signs Survey
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