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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1957
Page
11
A humorous Associated Press piece argues wives are not missing exciting social lives by staying home. It notes husbands face routine office life and lists office archetypes from evangelists to conspirators and Quacks, concluding some men are quietly diligent while others chase status.
SFC William J. Wilson 26 son of Theodore W. Wilson of Chester earned a certificate of proficiency after taking tank crew tests at the Seventh Army Tank Training Center Vilseck Germany. Wilson is a tank commander in Company A 2d Medium Tank Battalion 10th Infantry Division 69th Armor and has served in the Army since 1948 arriving in Germany in September 1955.
Robert L. Oakley 24, serving with the 510th Quartermaster Co in Germany, has been promoted to specialist third class. A Herrin High School 1952 graduate and former Borg-Warner employee, he entered the Army in August 1956 and completed basic training at Fort Knox before arriving overseas in March. His wife Dee Lonna Sue lives at 512 West Oak Street, Herrin, and his father Lloyd Oakley also resides at the same address.
A folklore note claims male seals possess as many as a hundred wives, illustrating a traditional belief about seal society and mating customs in coastal lore.
Tommy Miller 21 of 808 W Pecan St located two pink stork like wooden birds left in a parked car in front of his home on Saturday night. Ornamental yard figures for decoration were recovered Sunday from the vehicle.
Carbondale firemen battled three grass fires with no damage reported. One blaze burned near Schwartz street between Forest and James streets at 10 p.m. The cause remains unknown. Leaves at 600 West Oak Street were extinguished at 3 p.m.
Damascus, the capital of Syria, lies approximately forty miles from the Israeli border, highlighting proximity in regional tension and security planning.
Franklin E. Fenton, Navy radar man third class and son of Mr and Mrs Cameron F Fenton of Rt 1 Carbondale, completes training at the Electronics Technician School at Naval Training Center Great Lakes Illinois.
Retired miner Hugh B. Bryan 81 of 800 W Broadway Johnston City died at Herrin Hospital Sunday night. He was a member of UMWA Local 8490 and First Baptist Church. Born January 7 1876 in Auberntown Tennessee he lived in Johnston City 54 years. Survived by wife Rebecca Gates two children James L. Bryan and Mrs Phillip Mixsell five grandchildren and sister Mrs Zula Stone. Services 2 p m Tuesday Murman Wilson Funeral Home burial Lakeview Cemetery.
In a Sun day accident report from Southern Kinoisan Garrett Keaster is identified as executive secretary of the Illinois Public Aid Commission.He is listed as comptroller and Springfield IPAC office supervisor and formerly held the post of executive secretary.
The article notes John Taylor of Tailor and Cutter predicting kilts will become popular in the United States within a year or two. He cites New York shops with Scottish departments selling kilts and accessories, and observes Americans' growing openness to knee exposure and British fashion influences in suits and lapels.
The final session of a Franklin County wheat acreage dispute before a Soil Conservation Service board will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Benton. Attorney J Max Mitchell protests the 1958 redefinition of several tracts from separate farms to one farm, claiming it lowers his wheat allotment from 75 to 15 acres. An ASC attorney will attend. board members are William Sauer chair, L E Brooking, and Joe Newbury.
Warner Bros released the first talking film Don Juan in 1926 using synchronized phonograph records for sound. This marked a pivotal shift from silent cinema to sound era.
Navy Lt. (jg) Herbert H. Chapman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Chapman of Tamaroa and husband of Tirzah J. Kane of Pinckneyville, has earned the Century Club after his hundredth carrier landing aboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. A Waltonville High School graduate, he studied at Southern Illinois University before joining the Navy flight program in February 1954.
The Carbondale police car is back in service after a one day tour with new rings and steering issues. The car was briefly out of action Sunday night due to a broken steering apparatus and sent to a garage. A substitute car is used while repairs continue, but officials expect the regular vehicle on duty tonight.
The Cox Grocery Store in Oroville was broken into Saturday night and looted of 25 dollars in cash and two cartons of cigarettes. An unspecified number of shotgun shells was also taken after burglars smashed a window pane in the door.
Cars driven by Paul G. Fox 18 of 116 S. Forest St Carbondale and E R Fichtel 50 of 904 S Elizabeth St Carbondale collided at the Walnut Street and University Avenue intersection in Carbondale at 11 40 p m Saturday No injuries were reported.
The Randolph County Board on Friday authorized repairs to State Aid Road No. 5 from Leanderville to Rockwood after reporting the road was too damaged for school buses. Commissioners approved renting a golf machine with an option to buy to perform the work.
A Kiddie Christmas parade in Chester scheduled for Saturday was postponed due to inclement weather. The event is sponsored by local merchants and the Chamber of Commerce.
TV listings show a Monday night lineup across stations KTVI to WSIL featuring classic programs like Bruce Hayward News Robin Hood Burns and Allen Restless Gun Danny Thomas Fisher Wells Fargo Talent Scouts Voice of Firestone and more with late night news weather and sports updates and a 12 30 a.m. late movie slot noted.
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