Murphy School Survey by SIU Under Way
An intensive survey of Murphysboro's grade school system by Southern Illinois University explores the community, administration, personnel, finance, buildings, and curriculum. The study aims to project future needs, assess consolidation options, and inform the school board with concrete recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Southern Ilinois University
Jacob Bach
School Business
William Carruthers
Bach
William Tudor
Woodson Fishback
Midwest Administration Center
University of Chicago
Southern Illinoi
Uiniversity
William Shelton
Victor Randolph
Lincoln School
Logan
Cash Register Recovered After Theft at Marion Station
A cash register stolen from H. L. Blumenstock service station at 909 S. Court St Marion was recovered by Sheriff Ora Kirby and Deputy Charles Edwards Sunday in Crab Orchard Lake. A hunter spotted the battered register under ice, reports said. The burglars took about $51.27 in cash plus around $30 in credit cards. the cash box was missing and the window was smashed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Blumenstock
S. Court St
Marion
Ora Kirby
Charles Edwards
Crab Orchard Lake
A. J. Chamness
Carterville
Blumenstock
Fire Chief's Wife Extinguishes Barn Fire Quickly
At 8 30 am a barn on Route 2 Carbondale owned by Carl Crain fire chief caught fire. Crain’s wife threw a bucket of water on the blaze and then called the fire department, which arrived to find the fire already out thanks to the single bucket of water.
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Carbondale
Mrs. Bernice Brooks 76 Carbondale Mother Dies
Bernice Brooks 76 mother of Dr Clyde M Brooks prominent Carbondale physician died at 8 40 am at 309 W Monroe St Carbondale after a year long illness Born Jan 31 1876 in Union County daughter of Montgomery and Emily Hunsaker she married James Rolla Brooks in 1897 He preceded her in death along with a daughter Lois Tappan Funeral services will be held at 8 pm Wednesday at Huffman Funeral Home Carbondale with Rev William Jansen officiating Interment Oakland Cemetery two sisters and a brother survive along with eight grandchildren and three other daughters.
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Bernice Brooks
Clyde M. Brooks
Carbondale
Monroe St
Union County
Montgomery
Emily Woods Hunsaker
James Rolla Brooks
Brooks
W. Main St
Robert Calhoun
N. Almond St
Robert L
Mitchell
Easton
Alton
Yates
Litchfield
Lois ‘Tappan
St. Louis
Mortimer Hunsaker
Wolf Lake
Rosa Fitch
Emily Nixon
Ft. Worth
Tex
Huffman Funeral Home
William Jansen
Normal
First Presbyterian Church of
Oakland Cemetery
Safecracking Suspect Held In Missouri
C. C. White of Chicago, sought by Williamson County for questioning in a Marion safekracking, is held in Farmington Missouri after being picked up while hitchhiking. He used the name Oliver Clayton and carried papers bearing Arthur Aikman’s name. Aikman’s hotel room safe was broken into on Nov 23 with $15 taken. White admits California parole warrants and may be returned if not needed there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. White
Chicago
Williamson County
Marion
Farmington
Dewey Smallin
Williamson County Sheriff's Office
White
Smallin
Oliver Clayton
Arthur Aikman
Aikman
Hotel State Building
Western Union
Missouri
California
Fire damages house in Christopher causing up to 700 dollars
At 5 p.m. Saturday a fire at 802 South Church Street in Christopher damaged the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Naylor. The kitchen was destroyed while the living room and ree decor were badly damaged by smoke. Mrs. Naylor found the fire after visiting her mother. Firemen saved the rest of the house but a rekindle at 7 p.m. caused ceiling collapse. Origin not definite, basket suspected.
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Bob Naylor
S. Church St
Christopher
Rites for Herrin Woman to Be Held Wednesday
Funeral services for Lena May 56 of 513 S 24th St Herrin will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Moroni and Johnson Funeral Home with Rev Glen Odum officiating. Burial will be in Herrin City Cemetery. Mrs May died at 1 40 p.m. Thursday at Herrin Hospital after an illness of 18 months.
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Lena May
S. 24Th St
Herrin
Moroni and Johnson Funeral
Glen Odum
Herrin City Cemetery
Soldier S Fox Reports From Yokohama While Stationed in Korea
Sgt. William P. Fox, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fox of Carterville, called home from Yokohama on Friday night. He is on rest leave with the 378th Combat Engineers Battalion in Chunchon, Korea, and returned there by plane Saturday. Fox has been in Korea since March 8, 1951, and expects to be sent back to the United States in early 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Fox
Carl Fox
Carterville
Yokohama
Japan
378Th Combat Engineers
Chunchon
Korea
Santa Letter From Herrin Child Seeks Simple Gifts
Cheryl Lee Ranchino of Herrin writes to Santa asking for a ukulele and book, nurse set, puppet, ironing board, electric iron, story records, and a chemistry set. She also asks for a sweater for her mother as snow falls outside. The Daily Journal will forward her wish to the North Pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheryl Lee
Ranchino
20Th St
Herrin
Santa
Daily Journal
Southern Illinoisan
North Pole
Ex Herrin Resident Lee Aldridge Dies Suddenly
Lee Aldridge former Herrin resident and Daily Journal employee died about 1 30 p m Sunday of coronary thrombosis after ill while driving to his Forest Park home He visited friends in Herrin DuQuoin and Christopher over the weekend He left Du Quoin for Chicago after a son arrived to accompany the body home.
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Lee Aldridge
Herrin
The
Daily Journal
Forest Park
Mr. Aldridge
DuQuoin
Christopher
Jim Cardwell
Jim Wiggins
Eunice Turner
Homer Mitchell
Fred Cooper
Charles Aldridge
Arthur David
Chicago
Schroeder
du Quoin
Arthur
Charles
Cooper
Aldridge
Wesley
Crystal Lake
Wilma Perry
Seattle
Wsch
Florida
Wall Street Journal
Hunting Death Called Accident in Duck Hunt
Coroner's jury at Storme's Funeral Home in Herrin ruled the fatal shot of 20 year old William Roy Hunt during a duck hunt an accident. Virgil Stacy 14 of Hafer stated he fired when Hunt rose unexpectedly 20 to 30 feet away near Energy lake. Hunt died at Herzin Hospital about 12 45 p m Saturday and the inquest noted the 12th hunting death in Illinois that year. Funeral services were held at First Baptist Church of Energy with burial in Herrin city cemetery.
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Storme
Herzin
William Roy
Billy) Hunt
Virgil Satcy
Hafer
Herrin
Stacy
Herrin Township High School
Hunt
Herrin City
Energy
Don Childers
Orville Brown
Hater
Illinois
Carterville
Roy C
Mamie Cravens Hunt
Herring Township
Betty Avripas
Detroit
Mich
Ollie Hunt
First Baptist Church of Energy
Eugene Baggett
Injured In Rt. 13 Crash Over Weekend
A McClure resident who drove into the rear of a state highway truck spreading cinders on the Big Muddy River bridge east of Murphysboro on Route 13 was jailed in Murphysboro for reckless driving early Saturday. Rufus Tweedy faced charges after a wreck that injured three men in the truck crew. Injuries included a broken leg for Floyd Childers and serious head trauma for Marion Tucker, with others sustaining bruises.
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McClure
Big Muddy River
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Rufus Tweedy
Tweedy
Ervin Ring
Wolf Lake
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Floyd Childers
St. Andrew's Hospital
Henry Farmer
Marion Tucker
State Highway Department
3 Car Pile Up North of Herrin on ice and debut
Three unrelated crashes injure several near Anna and Herrin. Mrs Wendell Bode of Alton suffered a forehead cut after a three car collision at Routes 146 and 51 east of Anna. In a separate incident on Highway 127 south of Jonesboro two drivers, Miles Coleman and Henry Jacobs, were admitted with injuries. A third wreck on the Big Muddy Bridge north of Herrin involved Ida Parsons and Charles F Georg with Georg’s car badly damaged and blocking a lane.
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Wendell Bode
Alton
Anna
Anna City Hospital
Clyde Mccintosh
Bode
Bodie
Jonesboro
Miles Coleman
Elco
Henry Jacobs
Pulaski
Edward Weston
Coleman
Jacobs
Anna State Hospital
Big Muddy Bridge
Herrin
Big Muddy River
Route 148
Sam Ganrnall
Ida Parsons
Herrin St
Charles F. Georg
Carbondale
Only One New Face Jackson's Newly Elected Officers Take Over
Jackson County begins December with four newly noted county officers taking seats in Murphysboro. County Judge Peyton Kunce is the sole newcomer. State's Attorney John Gilbert Circuit Clerk James McRoy and Coroner Edward Knowles are incumbents. Bonds set for Gilbert Knowles at 5 000 dollars and McRoy at 10 000 dollars. Kunce faces a reckless driving hearing on his first day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Peyton Kunce
John Gilbert
James McRoy
Edward Knowles
Illinois
Gilbert
McRoy
Knowles
County Board of Supervisors
Roy S. Huffman
Know
T. C. Ellis
Carbondale
Fred Fraser
Charles Helwig
Kunce
Charles Ebersohl
Edward Helton
Glenn Brown
Kance
Ex-School Principal Returns Home From Korea Service
Cpl Allen McCabe former Crab Orchard Grade School principal has been discharged after 16 months in Korea. He arrived at home Route 1 Creal Springs and was released recently at Camp Carson Colorado from the engineer corps.
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Cpl
Allen McCabe
Crab Orchard
Route 1
Creal Springs
Korea
Camp Carson
Colo
Engineer Corps
Driver Fails to Stop in Police Report Collision
An Unnamed driver attempted to brake but could not avoid a collision with a Georgia auto. Garnall stated Evans suffered a bump on his leg as a result.
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Georg Auto
Garnall
Evans
Two Women Injured By Hit and Run Car Near Carbondale
Mrs William Fox of Rt 3 Carbondale and Mrs George Ellis a passenger in the Fox car were treated at Doctors Hospital Carbondale for injuries after a car sideswiped their vehicle on Rt 13 one quarter mile west of Carbondale. The other car fled the scene and both women were released after treatment.
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William Fox
Rt. 3
Carbondale
George Ellis
Fox
Doctor’s Hospital, Carbondale
Herrin native Ralph K. Jones promoted to lieutenant colonel
Lt. Col. Ralph K. Jones, U S Army and Boston College ROTC instructor, was notified on his 33rd birthday of a temporary appointment to lieutenant colonel from major. A Herrin, Illinois native, he served in World War II and with President Eisenhower's Europe staff, and now resides in Westwood Massachusetts with his wife Evelyn Schwager Jones and three children.
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Silver Leafs
Ralph K. Jones
Herrin
U. S. Army
Boston College
R.O.T.C
Army of the United States
Jones
Ralph Jones
W. Stotlar St
Col. Jones
University of Illinois
United States Military Academy
898Th Field Artillery
Eisenhower
Europe
Chamberlain Ave
Westwood
Mass
Evelyn Schwager
Chenoa
Patrick
Michael
Nancy Lyn
Harry Schwager
Chenoa High School
William Winning Dies at 78 in Carterville
William Young Winning 78 of Carterville died at 5 p.m. Saturday in Herrin Hospital after a three month illness. A retired coal miner, he lived at the Waldron Hotel and was born in Carlinville on October 23, 1874. Survived by two brothers Robert of Carterville and Samuel of Anna. Services will be held today at Riggin Funeral Home in Carterville with Rev. J. H. Lawrence officiating, burial in Oakwood Cemetery.
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William Young Winning
Carterville
Herrin Hospital
Mr. Winning
Waldron Hotel
Carlinville
Robert
Jolena Winning
Samuel
Anna
Riggin
J. H. Lawrence
Oakwood Cemetery
Schneeman Dies Metropolis Man at 75
Louis H. Schneeman 75 of Metropolis died Sunday at 10 a.m. after a weeklong illness. A retired farmer, he is survived by his wife Effie, a son Louis Jr., three stepsons Carl Robert B and John C Sweeney, all of Metropolis, a brother Ed of Herrin, and sisters Mrs. Ida Garrett of Metropolis and Mrs. Alice Stegman of Karnak. Funeral services Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Aikin Funeral Home chapel Metropolis with Rev. D A Lunsford officiating. Burial in Odd Fellows cemetery. Friends may call before services.
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Louis H. Schneeman
Metropolis
Effie
Louis Jr
Carl
Robert B
John C. Sweeney
Herrin
Ida Garrett
Alice Stegman
Karnak
Aikin Funeral Home
D. A. Lunsford
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Follies Benefit Hits 350 Attendees for St Mary’s Fund
About 350 people attended the Herrin Business and Professional Women’s Club Follies of 1952 at St Mary’s School Gym. Proceeds benefited the St Mary’s cafeteria fund.
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Herrin Business & Professional Women’s Club
B & PW
Jackson County Farm Bureau elects Sauer and Parrish
Two new directors were elected to the Jackson County Farm Bureau board at the 34th annual meeting held Saturday night at Murphysboro Township High School. New directors are Joe Parrish in district 2 and William Sauer in district 6.
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Jackson County Farm Bureau Board
Murphysboro Township High School
Joe Parrish
Vergennes
Ora
Carl Thompson
William Sauer
Makanda
Pomona
C. J. ‘Thomas
Warren Crews
Somerset
Ivan B. Lively
Murphysboro
H. J. Struck
Carl Robinson
Jackson
Eldon Starkweather
Mt. Carbon
Mildred Benz
Southern Illinois
Jeannette Dean
Otto Steffey
Illinois Agricultural Association
Jackson County Board Meets Tuesday and Wednesday
The Jackson County Board of Supervisors will hold its annual December meeting Tuesday and Wednesday in Murphysboro. County Clerk Boyd Thorp announced the routines include approving expenses from the November 4 election and considering appropriations and budgets for county government operations.
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Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Murphysboro
Boyd Thorp
Thorp
Funeral services set for Mrs Madella Lyons
Mrs Madella Lyons 72 of Carbondale died Sunday night at her home after living in Marissa most of her life. She leaves son William H Lyons publicity director at Southern Illinois University and daughter Mrs Howard Ballimer of Marissa. Services Tuesday at Finger Funeral Home Marissa with Rev Johnson officiating. Burial in Marissa City Cemetery.
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Madella Lyons
William H. Lyons
W. Freeman St
Carbondale
Lyons
Marissa
Southern Illinois University
Howard Ballimer
United Presbyterian Church
Finger Funeral Home
Johnson
Marissa United Presbyterian Church
Marissa City
Old Ben and Peabody Work Shifts Amid Crypto Mining Journal
Fragmentary data shows shifts and names such as Old Ben Peabody Orient and Fidelity alongside multiple badge numbers and station codes. No clear event or outcome is stated.
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Mines
Freeborn
Buckhorn Bell & Zoller
Peabody
Ben
Orient
Orients
Fidelity
New Kathleen
Pyramid
Burning Star No
Net
Burning Star
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SIU
du Qouin
Salem
Washington
Ratahes
Samford
Shelton
Santa Claus
Kunce Takes Over
County Court House
Judge Kunce
C. E. Wright
Everett Prosser
Wright
William Winning
L. H. Schneeman
Metropolis Man
Jackson Bureau
Sauer ~ and
Parrish
Jackson Board
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