Jackson Board Names 3 To Handle TB Funds
Jackson County supervisors in Murphysboro created a TB aid fund by approving a 75 cent per 1000 levy and appointing a three member board Dr H H Rodewald Murphysboro Charles Helwig Jr and Mrs R W Ide to administer about 75000 with state subsidy of 30000. The board will work with the county supervisors and health department to implement aid for sanatorium care and determine eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Board of Supervisors
Murphysboro
H. H. Rodewald
Charles Helwig, Jr
Grand Tower
R. W. Ide
Carbongale
Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers
James Gillmore
County Board of Supervisors
Jackson County Public Health Department
Rodewald
Suvers File Suit Against Airport
Herman and Blue Suver sue the Williamson County Airport Authority for 2000 in circuit court alleging that underground tile drainage altered water flow on fourteen and a half acres south of the airfield. Defendants include J. D. Barter Construction Co and James E. McLaughlin. Damages claim ruined pastures crops and washed away a dam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
Herman
Blue Suver
Williamson County Airport Authority
Airport Authority
J. D. Barter Construction Co
James E. McLaughlin
Department of Aeronautics
Henry A. Schmitt 76 Dies Near Royalton
Henry A. Schmitt, 76, died Friday at noon at his Dutch Hill home west of Royalton. A retired farmer, he had lived in the area 52 years. Born October 16, 1874 in Hecker, Illinois, he is survived by his wife Lottie and sister Lizzie Schirmer of near Royalton. Funeral Monday at 1:30 p.m. at the family home with burial in Royalton Miners' Cemetery. visiting hours at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Schmitt
Dutch Hill
Royalton
Schmitt
Mr. Schmitt
Hecker, Ill
Lottie
Lizzie Schirmer
Royalton Miners’ Cemetery
Carbondale Residents Fail to Enter Yale Competition
Carbondale residents show little Christmas spirit with only four entries in the Christmas home decoration contest sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber of Commerce. Cash prizes of 25 15 and 10 will go to the most original displays. deadline extended with entries due by Friday. Richard Snider is in charge of entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Chamber of Commerce
Wse
Richard Snider
Phone 80
Auto Wreck in Ava Sends 4 To Hospital
An auto collision in Ava involving a Murphysboro driver and a Trico student car sent four Trico occupants to St. Andrews hospital for observation. Trico captain Kay Eldridge and Fall Festival queen Betty Rubach were among those treated. all were later released after X rays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trico
Ava
Bill Piper
Chestnut Street
Murphysboro
Kay Eldridge
Cutler
Betty Rubach
Campbell Hill
Joan Rathert
Delbert Martin
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Robert
Piper
Ronnie Esposito
Paige Stagner, Jr
Pat Wooldridge
Legion Caravan Visits City on State Tour
Legion caravan led by State Commander Lawrence Fenlon of Chicago arrives in Carbondale for a noon luncheon with local Legionnaires and auxiliary members. The tour aims to boost Legion membership, with a Herrin banquet tonight and a Division session tomorrow featuring national commander Erle Cocke as a potential guest and speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Fenlon
Chicago
American Legion
Carbondale
Legion
Herrin
Erle Cocke
Cocke
SIU Students to Register Monday
Southern Illinois University Carbondale will hold winter term registration Monday in the gymnas ium. Registrar Marjorie Shank announced. Classes start Tuesday and run until March 10, 1950. Christmas vacation begins December 16 and classes resume January 2. Fall term exams ended today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Marjorie Shank
Leland Hayes Rites Set for Sunday
Funeral services for Leland Hayes 41 of Carbondale will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Olivet Baptist Church. Rev. Floyd Waters will officiate and burial will follow in Oakland Cemetery. Friends may visit at 413 East Green Street after 5 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Hayes
Carbondale
Anna State Hospital
Olivet Baptist Church
Floyd Waters
Oakland Cemetery
William Hayes
East Green Street
Bank Mails 26066 In Christmas Checks
Carbondale's First National Bank will mail about 26066 in Christmas checks to 394 members of its 1950 Christmas club. Bank president George N. Alban Jr. announced the club has its largest membership and distribution to date, surpassing last year's 25000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
First National Bank
George N. Alban, Jr
Carbondale City Primary Filing Opens January 8
For Carbondale city elections filing for mayor, city commissioner, and police magistrate begins January 8 and runs to January 23. The city primary is February 27 with the April 17 election and May term start. Only one commissioner has publicly ruled out running. Mayor Wright previously served as finance commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Commission
Paul Brown
John I. Wright
Enlistments Reach 16 Carbondale Recruiting Area
Air Force and Army enlist 10 men in November at Carbondale station. Six join Army and four join Air Force. Reenlistments include William Reeves Pomona and Robert Sellers Makanda. Area covers Jackson and Union counties and Chester in Randolph county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Air Force
Army
Leonard Toler
John Alexander
James W. Hubbard
Donald Worley
William Fraley
William Reeves
Pomona
Wendell Martin
Julian R. Morrison
Robert P. Austin
Earl Turner
Clifford W. Fear
Jonesboro
Frankie Lee Reese
Chester
Robert Sellers
Makanda
Sgt
Toler
Jackson
Union
Randolph County
Chief Cautions Winter Drivers
Carbondale police chief Lee Davis urged motorists to drive carefully through the holiday period. He warned sleet ice snow and rain create extra hazards and urged use of tire chains and winter safety gear to avoid crashes and legal violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Davis
Carbondale
Davis
Coal Belt Fire Group Plans Meetings in Murphysboro
The Coal Belt Fire Group met in Murphysboro Friday night and voted to meet at Du Quoin January 5 and stage a celebration at Carterville February 5. Secretary Victor Stokes of Carterville praised the group's service in Franklin Perry Williamson and Jackson counties as Wm. L. Newton of Southern Illinois University showed fire prevention films. Attendees included Fire Chief Art Lawrence Johnston City Victor L. Stokes Paul Lawrence Wm. L. Newton Mayor H. Lane Benton Mayor John Gutry Carterville Mayor C. A. Hart Fire Chief Hanson and Murphysboro firemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal Belt Fire Protective Association
Murphysboro
du Quoin
Carterville
Association
Victor Stokes
Franklin Perry
Williamson and
Jackson
Wm. L. Newton
Southern Ilinois University
Art Lawrence
The
National Guard
Johnston City
Victor L. Stokes
Paul Lawrence
Carbondale
H. Lane
Benton
John Gutry
C. A. Hart
Hanson
Harvey Albright Dies at 60 Near Anna
Harvey Albright 60 a farmer died at his home east of Anna on Friday. Funeral arrangements are not yet completed Norris and Son Funeral Home of Jonesboro is handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Albright
Anna
Norris and Son Funeral Home
Jonesboro
Southern Illinoisans secrets unlocked by digs of natives
Dr. Charles Kelley told Carbondale Lions club the Southern Illinois museum will expand digs in Indian sites to learn about 5000 year occupancy by natives, the Hopewell culture, climbing to ancient trade links, and origins of erosion and other regional problems. He cited seven white generations and 200 Indian generations in the area and noted large past populations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
Charles Kelley
Kelley
Southern Illinois Museum
Carbondale Lions Club
Illinois
Asia
Hopewell
B. C
Dr. Kelly
City Finances Reported for Carbondale November
City accounts show total expenses of 8123.35 for November with disbursements across departments including police and fire salaries and street lighting. Special assessments amount to 1060.51 and receipts total 4813.55 with transfers from the parking meter fund of 1966.86 to the general fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mill Street
Green Street
Willow
Chestnut Street
Parking Meter Receipts Dip in Three Illinois Cities
Carbondale reports 340 meters yielded $350.32 at an average of $1.03 per meter. Herrin did not collect last week. Over a week and a half, 452 meters produced $435.01. Murphysboro, from 325 meters over two and a half weeks, totaled $741.80 with an average of 91 cents per week, but counts are delayed by a broken coin counter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Herrin
Murphysboro
Gulf Mobile and Ohio Gravels Murphysboro Yards Rework
The Gulf Mobile and Ohio Railroad continues graveling its main line through Murphysboro yards using red pea gravel. Work resumed Saturday at Gartside Street with material delivery by the local train and will proceed north toward the upper yards east of the Standard Oil bulk station. Pea gravel provides a compact roadbed and allows drainage to help preserve the ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company
Murphysboro
Gartside Street
Standard Oil Company
Youth Pinched Between Tractor and Picker
John Lavern Graff eighteen son of Sherman and Mrs Graff Murphysboro route 4 escaped with a broken leg after two hours pinned between a tractor and a corn picker on his father s farm. The incident occurred about 9 a m when the tractor jackknifed and pinned him against the picker. Graff was rescued by eight pipeline workers and two neighbors using a bulldozer. He is recovering at St Andrew s hospital in Murphysboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lavern Graff
Sherman Graff
Murphysboro
Graff
Texas-Illinois Natural Gas Pipeline Company
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Rule Redo Died Of Heart Attack In Murphysboro Inquest
A Murphysboro coroner's jury ruled John D. Redo's death natural due to a heart attack. His body was found heavily clothed on a floor in his north Murphysboro home after he had worked outside. Redo, a mechanic, had lived in the area about 50 years. jurors were N. M. Paul, Edward Blaise, Wes Becker, Lee Mitchell, Iva Imhoff, and Norma Rushing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
John D. Redo
Redo
N. M. Paul
Edward Blaise
Wes Becker
Lee Mitchell
Iva Imhoff
Norma Rushing
Miss Amanda Vaughn Rites at Cobden Sunday
Funeral services for Amanda Vaughn 78 of Anna will be held at 1 30 p m Sunday at Broadway Funeral Home Cobden Rev William Lively officiating Burial will follow at Oak Lawn Cemetery Carterville She is survived by a sister Mrs Viola Smith Anna and a brother Silas Vaughn Creal Springs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Vaughn
Anna
Broadway
Cobden
William Lively
Oaklawn
Carterville
Miss Vaughn
Viola Smith
Silas Vaughn
Creal Springs
Scout Board Lays Plans For Next Year
Executive Board members and finance campaign chairmen met in the Herrin Egyptian Council Office to approve Scouting plans for 1951. Herman Wallace praised the largest gathering, with leaders from Marion Harrisburg Eldorado Herrin and others. Plans include district unit formation, a Southern Illinois hiking trail, a new camp and training center, and expanded leader training programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Herman Wallace
Carbondale
Earl May
Homer Butler
Marion
Richard Cochrane
Harrisburg
Marshall Lloyd
Eldorado
Cassie Saffa
Mounds
Eugene Ward
Bob Bracken
McLeansboro
Robert Buckles
Crossville
Gill Montgomery
Montgomery
Boy Scout
al Hengst
West Frankfort
Illinois
Hengst
Allen Y. Baker
Pinckneyville
Wallace
Finance Campaign Reaches Midpoint Across Southern Illinois
All districts reported progress in the 1951 finance drive for Southern Illinois Scouting. Pinckneyville chair Charles Davis says about half the communities have reported and many are still working, with funds expected to grow to sustain Scout services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Davis
Pinckneyville
Council
Southern Illinois
Grand Chain
Carl McIntire
Cave-in-Rock
Aidel Owens
Mounds
Cassie Saffa
Elizabethtown
Oliver Anderson
Goreville
Pete Ray
Crossville
Bernard Coleman
Norris City
Troy Alexander
de Soto
Tom Endsley
Marion
Kenneth Absher
Carrier Mills
Fred Wasson
Shawneetown
Charles Durham
Benton
Willis
Ward Simpson
Eli Lasersohn
Harrisburg
Sahara District
Floyd Smith
Christopher
Arthur Bottomly
Wallace
Thomas Roberts Rites Set for Sunday
Funeral services for Thomas Roberts 73 of Carbondale will be at 12 30 p m Sunday at Community church East Birch street Rev J W Howard officiating Burial in Oakland cemetery Friends may call at Jackson Funeral home after 6 p m today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Roberts
Carbondale
East Birch Street
J. W. Howard
Oakland Cemetery
Jackson Funeral Home
Southern Illinois Educator Leaves For Federal School Survey
Dr. Victor Randolph associate professor of education at Southern Illinois University Carbon dale will join the U S Office of Education as a temporary school facilities survey representative He will report to Washington by January 2 1951 for a nationwide survey of school plants including Alaska Puerto Rico Hawaii and the Virgin Islands The work follows Public Law 815 authorized by Congress Randolph earned a B Ed from Southern Illinois MA from Columbia and PhD from George Peabody College Nashville Tenn
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Randolph
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
U. S. Office of Education
Randolph
Southern Illinois
U.S
Washington, D. C
DR. Randolph
United States
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Virgin Islands
Congress
Columbia University
New York Cty
George Peabody College For Teachers
Nashville, Tenn
Lions Honor LIU Trackmen at Carbondale Luncheon
Southern Illinois university cross country champions were praised by the Carbondale Lions club at a luncheon. Coach Leland P. Lingle lauded the team as the best he ever had while noting their wins over Eastern Northern and Western and a loss to Normal 30 to 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale Lions Club
Leland P. Lingle
Eastern
Northern
Western
Normal
Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Commission
Mount Pleasant
Mich
Phil Coleman
Roy Lambert
Harry Pick
Centralia
Coleman
Carbondale
Ray Palmer
Belleville
Joe Rafferty
Victor
Pedestrian Hit By Automobile in Carbondale
A Carbondale pedestrian, Enoch Fox of Giant City Blacktop road, was struck at Washington and East Main streets by Donald Reineking, 18, Route 2 Metropolis. Fox suffered a scalp cut and facial wound, taken to Doctors Hospital for observation after being hit as he walked into the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Washington
East Main Streets
Enoch Fox
Donald Reineking
Metropolis
Fox
Doctors Hospital
Reineking
East Main Street
John W Smith Dies at 72 in Cambria
John W. Smith 72 of Cambria died at Herrin hospital at 3 20 a m after three years illness. Born near Cambria June 15 1878 he married Emma Rogers in 1901. A hoisting engineer since 1907 he worked at Blue Hill Coal near Pittsburg. He leaves Emma, daughter Ellen Robinson of Alton, brother James M Smith, one grandchild, and funeral services are set at Cambria Baptist church with burial in Blairsville cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Smith
Cambria
Herrin Hospital
Coleman
Fredona Smith
Emma Rogers
Hurst
Smith
Blue Hill Coal Co
Pittsburg
Cambria Baptist Church
Masonic Lodge 802
Emma
Ellen Robinson
Alton
James M. Smith
West Frankfort
Blairsville Cemetery
Jackson County Re assessment Easier Say Officials
County Clerk Boyd Thorp states Jackson County can re assess property without difficulty after the state ruled the supervisor of assessments law unconstitutional. Treasurer D L McGregor will coordinate township assessors to re check books and a Board of Review will approve the re assessment with a potential blanket approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Supervisor of Assessments
Boyd Thorp
Illinois
State Department of Revenue
Illinois State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Board of Review
D. L. McGregor
Supervisor of
County Clerk’s Office
James Gillmore
County Board of Supervisors
R. A. Carter
Elkville
John Hinchecliff
Carbondale
James Lawder
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges Across Several Towns
Holden Hospital lists admissions including Miss Grace Kite Carbondale medical Mrs J R Tweedy Cobden surgical Mrs Cleman Lingle Carbondale surgical. Discharged Friday Mrs Don Glenn and daughter Marion John E Teal Harrisburg subgeal DOCTORS HOSPITAL Enoch Fox Carbondale accident Mrs Martha Indicott Harrisburg Harry Wiggs Carterville medic J F Throgmorton Carbondale Mrs Jesse Camden Cobden surgical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Throgmorton
Carbondale Medical
Jesse Camden
Cobden, Surgical
Postal receipts show big jump in November
Carbon dale post office receipts totaled 11733.60 in November. Postmaster Virgil Brown reported the month was about 400 higher than October and 1082.86 above November from the previous year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Virgil Brown
Southern Illinoisan The Daily Free Press notice page
Public notice column from The Daily Free Press describes subscription rates and delivery options including carrier and mail pricing. It notes carriage limitations and indicates AP news republication rights. The item reflects standard newspaper boilerplate for edition distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinoisan
Daily Free Press
Southern Ilinois Publications Inc
West Main Street
Carbondale
Illlinois
Ale Ilinois
Associated Press
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jackson Board
Pick Rodewald
Helwig
Suvers
Yale
SIU
Coal Belt Fire Group
Rule Redo
Scout Board
U.S. Post
Office of Education
LIU
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