Apple Festival picks prince and princess candidates
Four boys and five girls vie for the Murphysboro Apple Festival crown pages. Prince candidates Greg Murphy Dino Gavoni George Bartmans Erick D. Black are joined by princess hopefuls Nancy Stanton Sherri Ray McBride Janet Ellis Anita Jacquot and Kimberly Silas who was absent for the photo.
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Murphysboro
Prince
Greg Murphy
William Murphy
Murphys
W. C. Ellis
Anita Kay Jacquot
Gene Jacquot
Kimberly Michelle Silas
Sam Silas
Carbondale
Marion Veterans Hospital 31st Anniversary Dinner Speaker
Deputy administrator Fred B Rhodes of the Veterans Administration will speak at Marion Veterans Hospital 31st anniversary dinner hosted at Southern Illinois University Carbondale Student Union Center. A. Paul Morris notes the $2.9 million modernization completes the 1942 built hospital with air conditioning, six-bed ICU, upgraded utilities and expanded generator.
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Fred B. Rhodes
The
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C
Marion Veterans Hospital
Southern Illinois Uni
Carbondale
A. Paul Morris
Cambria Labor Day Homecoming Parade and Festivities
Cambria marks its Labor Day Homecoming Monday with a parade starting 9 30 a m at Beasleys Lumber Co along Main street to the city park. Morning games and noon lunches at the park are hosted by Cambria churches. Proceeds benefit the Volunteer Fire Department. Metropolitan Toronto parks exceed 10000 acres.
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Cambria
Beasley’s Lumber Co
Main Street
Williamson County Fair Opens With Premiums of 43300
Williamson County's 117th annual fair begins Saturday with eight nights of grandstand shows and 43300 in premiums for exhibitors. Opening features a Lions Club wrestling show and a tag team main event, with ringside 3.50 and grandstand 2.50 to 1.50 admission.
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Williamson County
Illinois
Marion Lions Club
Bob and
Joe
Frankie Lane
Rex Allen
Marina Ray
Yoko Moto
Jerry Barber
Gary Parlor
Kinkaid Junior Rodeo Association of Ava
Teen Center plans buses to the fair
The Carbondale Teen Center will run two buses to the Du Quoin State Fair on Saturday departing 7 p.m. and returning by 11 p.m. Buses meet Kroger’s at Mardale Shopping Center and the train station with phones to call parents on return. Each bus and the fair dance admission are 50 cents.
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Carbondale
du Quoin
Kroger’s
Mardale
Law school class includes 81 Illinoisans at SIU Carbondale
The first Southern Illinois University law school class at Carbondale totals 87 students with 81 from Illinois counties. Jackson County leads with 17 students, 17 veterans noted, 15 women among enrollees. Six out-of-state students come from Missouri Ohio New York Pennsylvania Indiana and Michigan.
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Illinois
School of Law
Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
SIU Carbondale
Siu-Edwardsv.le
Jackson County
St. Clair
Madison
Williamson
Franklin
Cook
Winnebago
Lawrence
Saline
DeKalb
Morgan
White
Randolph
Missouri
Ohio
New York
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Michigan
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North Illinois Avenue
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Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
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Law
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I.T.P.A
du Quoin State Fair
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Glenview Drive
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Plumbing Supplies
Carbondale, Ill
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Snapper
Morse
H.P
Kohler
ENG
Model
Poloran
John Deere
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DU Quoin State
Carbondale & Energy
Rt. 51 South
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Hillside Nursery & Garden
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