Public Meetings and Local Notices Across Six Counties
A compiled list shows multiple town and city councils in Six counties holding sessions at various times this Monday evening. Includes Du Quoin, Benton, Carbondale, Murphysboro, Chester, Sparta, Pinckneyville, Vienna, Jonesboro and others with 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. start times plus special committees and boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coca Cola Bottling Co
Auditorium du Quoin
Lesser City
Cambria Village Board
Chester City Council
Swanwick St
Benton City
Zeigler
Christopher
Murphysboro
City Hall
Johnson County Housing Authority
Vienna
Jonesboro
Marion Park District Board of Commissioners
Bank of Marion
Marion
Funeral rites for Robert L. Whiteside
Funeral services for 21 year old Robert L. Whiteside of Mounds, formerly Vienna, were held at Pleasant Ridge Preface Church near Bloomfield. Whiteside, killed in an automobile crash near Vienna, was a 1965 Vienna High School graduate, served in the Army, and worked as an engineering technician for the Illinois Division of Highways. He was born September 19, 1947 in Vienna, son of Louis and Marilyn Whiteside, with several siblings and grandparents named. Burial followed at West Side Cemetery near Bloomfield. Mount Funeral Home of Vienna handled arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Whiteside
Mounds
Vienna
Pleasant Ridge
Bloomae
Whiteside
Leland Culp
West Side Cemetery
Bloomfield
Mount Funeral Home of
Vienna High School
University of Illinois
Illinois Division of Highways
Louis
Marilyn Rainbolt Whiteside
J. G. Whiteside
Opal Rainbolt
Grantsburg
James Allen
Marion
Gary Bruce
John Thomas
Terry Gene
Nina Elaine
Mary Ellen
Mr. Whiteside
John T. Clayton
Rt. 2
Carbondale
Fire calls in Carbondale West Frankfort and Chester damage reports
Fire incidents at Carbondale Rt 51 house owned by Co V Damron and in West Frankfort 509 N Madison St damaged bedroom with no injuries. In Chester 1808 High St home owned by Ted Mueller heavy damage to front bedroom with smoke and water in interior. Funeral details announced for Chester resident Mrs Curless with services at Welge Funeral Home. Police brief lists Richard Pasquino 18 with $30 disorderly conduct fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Rt. 51 South
Co. V. Damron
West Frankfort
Madison St
Marcus Booth
Chester
High St
Ted Mueller
Charles Talbot
Holiday period ends as 19 injured in Sunday accidents
The four day Thanksgiving holiday ended at midnight Sunday with 26 accidents in the last 24 hours in Southern Illinois state police district 13. Nineteen people were injured in 12 Sunday crashes and one death occurred in a head on crash on Rt 146 Saturday. A state police squad car was involved in a minor mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
Robert L. Whitesides
Mounds
Rt. 146
Veiina
Coulterville
William C. Jarrett
Harold Tanner
Rt. 3
Pinckneyville
Tanner
Mollie
Jarrett
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Jerry L. Rednour
Sparta Hospital
Rt. 153
Eden
Glenn Boulton
Murphysboro
Rt. 127
Pyattwye
Willie Koenig
Boulton
Mable
Stanley A. Renth
Nashville
Rt. 460
Walter Stinman
Chicago
Porter M. Bratcher
Kinmundy
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mt. Vernon
Rt. 37
William S. Smith
Kell
Traf
Robert Hasting
Trivoli
Busch Auto
Keller Crawford
Deckerd
Tenn
Lloyd Jordan
Eldorado
Equality
Anne Cross
Sparta
Rts
Eustace E. Porter
Richard Iacomini
Woodale
Charles J. Huggins
Decatur
Walter A. Martin
Springfield
Good Samaritan
Martin
Charles Parker
Albert Moore
Rt. 1
Henderson
SIU educator to join British broadcast honoring editor Boorman
SIU journalism chairman Howard R. Long prepares a taped message for a BBC program in England December 10 honoring H. R. Pratt Boorman on his 40th anniversary as editor in chief of the Kent Messenger in Maidstone. Boorman’s 1968 visit included hoisting the British flag on SIU campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
England
Illinois
H. R. Pratt Boorman
Kent Messenger
Maidstone
Howard R. Long
SIU
Atlantic
Boorman
Long
International Conference of
Queen Elizabeth
Pupils Try Indian Life At Springmore School
Students at Springmore School Carbondale help raise a teepee for the Cooperative Outdoor Education Project in Jackson County The structure will hold about 25 pupils and is used with lessons on Native life Outdoor education teachers Ron Williams and Hank Schafermeyer assist with poles and setup
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springmore School
Carbondale
Jackson County
Ron Williams
Hank Schafermeyer
Bush man Frank Pitts dies after six year illness
Frank Pitts 62 of Bush died Sunday at Doctor's Hospital Carbondale after a six year illness. Born June 11 1906 in Bell Ellen Alabama he was a retired miner and Local 9018 United Mine Workers member. Survived by wife Bonnie a daughter Dixie Lee Dillman of Bush a son Leon of Carterville a sister Nellie Riley of Bush and three grandchildren Funeral services 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Johnson Funeral Home Herrin with Rev Kent Hickerson officiating Burial in Blairsville Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Keserich
S. Emma St
Christopher
Miners Hospital
Mr. Keserich
Yugoslavia
United States
Franklin County
Zeigler No. 1
Croatian Fraternal Union of America
United Mine Workers of America
John
Calumet City
Rudy
Riverdale
Ann Gerhart
Harvey
Henry Franlini
Chicago
Josephine Ceresoli
Gilbert Funeral
Cristopher
Angelo Lombardo
Masonic and
Odd Fellows
Benton
Leonard Marqus Quertermous
S. Madison St
Marion
Mitchell Funeral Home
C. R. Walker
Robert Howie
Rose Hill Cemetery
Quertermous
Marion Memorial Hospital
Good Hope Baptist Church
Hampton
Marion Third Baptist Church
Livingston County
Scott
Vina Vick Quertermous
Edith Chittenden
Cleo Grider
Alvie Atterberry
Frank Pitts
Bush
Doctor’s Hospital
Carbondale
Mr. Pitts
Bell Ellen
Ala
Frank
Nettie Booth Pitts
Bonnie Pinkston
Murphysboro
Bonnie
Dixie Lee Dillman
Leon
Carterville
Nellie Riley
Johnson Funeral Home
Herrin
Kent Hickerson
Blairsville
Two Escape Macomb Jail In McDonough County
Two inmates from Macomb broke from the McDonough County Jail Sunday night after overpowering a jailer during a return from the shower. Danny L. Carey 24 and Kenneth Fosdyck 40 had pleaded guilty last week to burglary and sought probation. authorities launched roadblocks to recapture them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macomb
McDonough
Danny L. Carey
Kenneth Fosdyck
Rockwood Soldier Earns Bronze Star for Vietnam Service
James L. Taylor 20 of Rockwood received the Bronze Star Medal with V device for aiding troops during a Cam My village attack in South Vietnam. He serves as a medic with Company H, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment. He is the son of Mr and Mrs George Taylor and is married to Rosalie Brewer of Perryville. The Philippines area note follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Taylor
Rockwood
Vietnam
Lor
11Th Armoured Cavalry Regiment
Cam My
South Vietnam
Taylor
George Taylor
Rt. 1
Rosalie Brewer
Perryville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Herri Little Egypt
S.P.E.B.S.Q
Herrin High School
Rodgers
Anna
Fox
Coogan
Jackie McDonald
Sarasota
Fla
McDonald
Gertrude McDonald
John D. McDonald Jr
Marion Orpheum
Green Berets
Double Man
Bend Lake College Board
Inn
Benton Airport Authority Board
John A. Logan College Board of Trustees
E. Cherry St
Grand Tower Plan Commission
Williamson County CD Agency
Rt. 13
Herrin Senior Citizens
N. 14Th St
Wolfgang Hink
University of Wurzburg
Germany
Lawson Hall
Leonard Quertermous
LaVerne Curless
Kaskaskia St
Huey and
Flossie Carter Davis
Ross Curless
Perryville, Mo
Welge Funeral Home
Floyd Jent
Evergreen Cemetery
Richard Pasquino
Fic
Martin Holtzclaw
Cairo
Dix
Jackie D. Smith
Mildred A. Holtzclaw
Cambria Road
Lester L. Brandon
Herrin Hospital
Patsy L. Brandon
Clifton E. Lawrence
Cambria
Brandon
Bruce Bush
Cicero
Neil Bush
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 16Th Street
Walnut Street
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Katherine Zurich
Lesser
Zurich
Poland
Max
Milton
Detroit
Mich
Nick
Fremont
Ohio
George
Pete
Ann Oster
Tustin
Calif
Dorothy Robertson
Brayfield Funeral Home
Peter Hsu
Maple Hill Cemetery
New York City
Southern
Logan
W. Moin Carbondale
Martinling
Campus & Mardale Shopping
Philippines
Mexico
Islands
OMEGA
East Cherry Herrin
South
Tropical Fish and Aquarium
Sunny Hill
Good Hope
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
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