Legislators Attend Annual State Fair News Picnic
Lt Gov Paul Simon and Rep Clyde Choate mingle with Mrs Carolyn Hayes at the Du Quoin State Fair annual picnic for legislators and news media. Absent is the late Secretary of State Paul Powell who died last fall in Minnesota. Others present include Sen John Gilbert and Sen Gene Johns.
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Paul Simon
Clyde Choate
D-Anna
Carolyn Hayes
du Quoin State Fair
Bill Hayes
Dia
Paul Powell
Minnesota
Area
John G. Gilbert
Carbondale
Gene Johns
Marion
Gale Williams
Murphysboro
William Cunning
Calendar notices and public meetings listing
Southern Illinoisan advertises open public meetings and events including Christopher Grade School board 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Carbondale city council 7:30 p.m. Tuesday with ethics discussion. Also notes 1990 land use plan review and livestock judging at Hambletonian Day events, with immunization clinic 1-7 p.m. Wednesdays through September by Jackson County Health Department.
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Christopher
Carbondale
Dean Bush
Warren Road
Warren Mobile Home Park
Jersey
Corridale
Dorset
Hampshire
Barrow
Effic
Highland
Carpenters
The
George Kirby
Peter Nero
Diane Shelton
Swinging Ambassadors
Charlie Dornan
Lou Breese
Jackson County Health Department
Jackson County
Fire and death notices mix in regional briefs
Fire departments logged incidents in Herrin Benton and Du Quoin with minor damage reported to a panel truck stove and a Turco Manufacturing paint booth. Obituaries note deaths of Harold Proffer Loren Roberts Phillip Pyle Ira Neal with funeral details and family notices.
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Herrin
Rudy Scaler
Benton
Ben Higgerson
Oak St
du Quoin
Turco Manufacturing Co
Graveside rites for James Dean in Festus Missouri
James L. Dean 81 of Festus Missouri died Monday at Burt Manor Nursing Home De Soto He born April 29 1890 Ava son of Murry and Caroline Dean married to Irma Mathews She preceded him in death May 6 1965 Survivors include three sons a daughter a brother two sisters nine grandchildren two great grandchildren Graveside services 3 pm Thursday Ava Evergreen Cemetery Rev Ernest Crawford Wilson Funeral Home Ava in charge
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Mary Roberts Lybarger
Charles W. Booker
James Robertson
Vandalia
Buelah Anderson
Sterling
William Booker
du Quoin
Henry Lybarger
de Soto
Neal
Theodore Beck
Conant
Pinckneyville
Trinity Lutheran Church
Andrew
Caroline Schrader Beck
Mr. Beck
Trinity Lutheran Church of
James L. Dean
Festus
Burt Manor
DeSoto
Ava
Murry
Caroline Cheatham Dean
Irma M. Mathews
Palm Beach
Fla
David Dean
Livermore
Calif
Caroline Hoffman
St. Louis
Charles Dean
Leesburg
Maude D. Wilson
Wewoka
Okla
Dorothy D. Foster
Jackson
Miss
Ava Evergreen Cemetery
Ernest Crawford
Wilson Funeral Home
Services Wednesday for Hansel Ezell in Benton
Funeral services for Hansel Ezell 63 of Benton will be at Mitchell Funeral Home Benton with burial in the Masonic and Odd Fellows Cemetery. He died at Franklin Hospital Benton after a brief illness and was a retired coal miner and UMWA Local 1265 member. He is survived by his wife Geneva two daughters two sons a stepson three sisters seven grandchildren and two step grandchildren.
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Harrison Cemetery
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Raleigh
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Buckner
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Emporia
Kan
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Urbana
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Carrier Mills
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Cleburne
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Herrin
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Dwight Jones
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Orient No. 2
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Hansel Fred Jr
Granite City
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Lela Gunter
Yes Davis
Collinsville
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George A. Roznowski
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Mabel Shabel
Eugene
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Overland
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du Qoin
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Rug earns Best of the Fair in textile at Du Quoin
Mrs. Barbara Lorek of Carbondale won Best of the Fair in the textile division for a hooked rug she made to keep her mind off smoking. The 3 by 5 foot rug cost about 55 dollars and took about a year of spare time to complete.
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Barbara Lorek
Carbondale
du Quoin
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