Cardwell Heads Demo Board In Williamson
Milo Cardwell was elected temporary chairman of the Williamson County Board of Commissioners. The board will meet December 17 with Henry Wright and other Marion Republicans starting new terms. Several local officials began new terms after November 6 elections and appointments were confirmed for general assistance staff and highway department foreman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo Cardwell
Corinth
Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Cardwell
Henry “Hank” Wright
Herrin
Burl Turner
Adolph Flack
Marion
Ton
Lonnie Priest
Rt. 5
Highway Department
Mildred
Chloe Saylor
Iso
New Jackson County Officers Take Office In 195? Start
Three Republicans won the November election for Jackson County offices and were sworn in. State's Attorney William G. Ridgeway and Coroner Gale Williams began duties alongside incumbent James McRoy. Williams plans to remove the secretary from the payroll, saving about 1700 annually. McRoy will keep deputies Kenneth Black and Lois Ferando. Ridgeway taps outgoing State's Attorney John Gilbert as assistant. Williams cites campaign promises as the motive for the secretary change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
William G. Ridgeway
Gale Williams
James McRoy
Williams
Edward Knowles
County Board of Supervisors
McRoy
Kenneth Black
Murphysboro
Lois Ferando
Elkville
Ridgeway
John Gilbert
Carbon
New Officials Williams of Murphysboro Take Oath This Morning
Williams of Murphysboro assumes office as new official alongside a colleague after a morning oath. The ceremony formalizes their roles in local government and sets a path for upcoming duties.
Herrin Woman Found Dead at Home in Painville
Emma Hall 67 of Painville near Herrin was found dead Sunday morning by her husband from a heart condition according to Coroner Adolph Flack. Born in Thompsonville she is survived by husband Fred Hall two sons Donald and Fred Jr a daughter Ruth Ann Elders and relatives in Christopher. Funeral set for 1 pm Tuesday at Johnson Funeral Home Herrin with burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery Thompsonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Hall
Herrin
Painville
Adolph Flack
Thompsonville
Fred Hall
Benton
Donald
Fred Jr
Ruth Ann Elders
Carterville
Mara Allen
Rurie Kirkpatrick
Omer Summers
Christopher
Johnson Funeral
Adley Bruce
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Third Round Salk Polio Shots Set for Steeleville Area
About 300 school children from Steeleville and Percy areas will receive third round Salk polio vaccines on Wednesday at Steeleville Elementary School. Only students who had the first two shots are eligible. St. Mark's Lutheran and Percy Grade School pupils join. A $1 clinic fee helps defray expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steeleville
Percy
Martin Wegener
Randolph Et Pee - Dimes Association
Sai Mayfield
Egon Schendher
St. Mark’s Lutheran Ool
Mines Working Tuesday Report Sparks Activity Across Sites
Mines listed as working on Tuesday include Old Ben 9 Old Ben 14 Old Ben 22 Old Ben Briquet Plant Orient 2 Orient 3 Buckhorn Zeigler 3 Freeman Fidelity New Kathleen Pyramid Burning Star No 1 Truax Traet No 2 with brief site notes across multiple operations. Reduced activity shown at several mines while others continue steady output.
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Ben
Orient
Buckhorn Zeigler
Freeman Fidelity
New Kathleen Pyramid
Burning Star
Edith Downen Dies Former Murphysboro Resident
Edith Downen 61 a former Murphysboro area resident died in Lemay Missouri after a three year illness Funeral services were held at Roberts Residence Funeral Home Murphysboro with burial in Tower Grove Cemetery She was born in Ava in 1895 married 1925 to Benjamin C Downen who survives Also surviving are sons Benjamin Jr and William a brother Harry Crisler sisters Cora Stanton Eugenia Crisler and Dora Childres She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Murphysboro
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Edith Downen
Mureee
Roberts
Murphysboro
Tower Grove
William
Harry Crisler
Cora Stanton
Carbondale
Eugenia Crisler
Dora Childres
Oroville
Downen
First Baptist Church of
Police Briefs From Herrin Carbondale And Murphysboro
Police magistrates fined several individuals for disturbances intoxication and speeding in Herrin Carbondale and Murphysboro. Names include Pender McDowell Malone Williams Virgil Daniels and Robert Wells with varied penalties and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Pender
Donald
Vienna
Earl May
McDowell
Maries
Marion
Malone
Thomas
Carterville
Williams
Val
Houston
Carbondale
Robert Wells
E. Birch Sr
Roy Hall
Murphysboro
Virgil Daniels
Seate St
Holden Hospital Nominates Mrs Frank L Dobbs to Lead
Mrs Frank L Dobbs is appointed administrator of Holden Hospital Carbondale replacing Mrs Elsie Bain who has led since E S Jackson resigned last summer. The Holden Board praised Mrs Bain for handling the interim duties and sent a commendation letter. Dobbs has prior administrative hospital experience in Kentucky Missouri and hospital X ray labs.
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Frank L. Dobbs
Holden Hospital
Carbondale
Holden Board
W. A. Robinson
Elsie Bain
Bain
E. S. Jackson
Robinson
Dubbs
W. Main St
Limerick Loan Co
City
Robert L. Smith Dies in Marion at 55
Robert L. Smith, 55, of 914 S. Virginia Ave Marion, died Saturday evening at Marion Memorial Hospital. He worked as a division meter record supervisor for Central Illinois Public Service Co and was a member of First Christian Church and IBEW Local 702. He was married twice, survived by his wife Dorothy Adams, his father Arthur Smith of Mt. Vernon, a son Robert Jr. of Dover, Del., a sister Gracy Kagy of Trenton, and a grandson. Burial was at Odd Fellows Cemetery with services at Mitchell Funeral Home.
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Smith
Marion Memorial Hospital
Anna
Arthur
Nancy Smith
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Sybil Summers
Dorothy Adams
Marion
First Christian Church
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Mt. Vernon
Robert, Jr
Dover
Del
Gracy Kagy
Trenton
White Rites Today for Murphysboro Native John White
Funeral services for John Allen White 67 a Hurst trainman were held at Roberts Residence Funeral Home Murphysboro with burial in Tower Grove Cemetery. He died Saturday in Missouri Pacific Hospital St Louis after about four weeks illness born 1889 in Murphysboro lived in Hurst since 1925 married first Cora Bean 1919 later Lillian Fricke survived by two sons Howard East St Louis Raymond Pekin two daughters Mrs Everett Steel Ava fifteen grandchildren six great grandchildren brothers Ralph LaVerne Calif Robert Sullivan C N White St Louis Frank Riverside Calif sisters Mrs J R Morton La Jolla Calif Mrs H H Parker Sun Valley Calif member First Methodist Church Murphysboro charter member Egyptian Lodge 972 Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Hurst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Allen White
Hurst
Roberts
Murphysboro
Tower Grove
White
Missouri Pacific Hospital
St Louis
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Cora Bean
Lillian Fricke
Howard
East St. Louis
Raymond
Pekin
Everett Steel
Ava
Ralph
LaVerne
Calif
Robert
Sullivan
C. N. White
St. Louis
Frank
Riverside
J. R. Morton
la Jolla
Elvis Cutout Kidnap Plot At Carbondale Theater
A seven foot Elvis Presley cut-out was stolen from the Varsity Theater lobby in Carbondale at 6 p m Sunday. Two young men entered the lobby seized the prop and fled in a waiting car. One thief wore striped coveralls and a straw hat. The image was later found hanging in effigy from a Southern Illinois University flag pole.
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Hollywood
Elvis Presley
Varsity Theater
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Herrin Group Lists Blast Fund Outlay
A fund for victims of the Herrin propane gas explosion, which killed ten, shows total spending of 1 105. A committee led by Rev. A G Anderson handles distributions. Expenditures largely cover funeral costs at Johnson Funeral Home Herrin with 295 to Johnston Funeral Home for Robert Lee Keller and 305 and 395 to Johnson Funeral Home for Charlotte Jean Jarvis and Sharon Lee Jarvis, plus 100 to Keller for clothing.
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Herrin
A. G. Anderson
Johnson Funeral Home
Johnston Funeral Home
Robert Lee Keller
Charlotte Jean Jarvis
Sharon Lee Jarvis
Robert Keller
Homes In Path Of Oil Fire Near Murphysboro
Murphysboro firefighters battled an oil fire at around 11 noon, consuming three sheds and threatening several homes. The blaze stretched from Route 127 east of Murphysboro to the Big Muddy River, covering about 50 acres by noon, with origin still undetermined.
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Murphysboro
Rt. 127
Big Muddy River
Arrows fired at Carbondale shop from railroad track
Unidentified bowmen fired twelve steel tipped arrows into Dennis Perry's auto upholstery shop at 713 Illinois Carbondale after closing Friday night. Three arrows hit windows while others stuck in roof or fell harmlessly. Perry found two bows and cans next morning. weapons stolen from Southern Illinois University. This follows a prior incident with broken rear windows two weeks earlier.
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Dennis Perry
Illinois
Carbondale
Illinois Central Railroad
Perry
Southern Illinois University
Slots Raid Charge Filed in Chester Club
E. L. Harris of the Buddy Buddy Cocktail Lounge faces a Randolph Circuit Court charge of possession of gaming equipment. A hearing will be set after a County Judge appointment. The raid by state police and Randolph Sheriff yielded two slot machines taken from the open tavern Friday night.
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Randolph
E. L. Harris
Chester
Randolph County
James Otis Jones 69 Murphysboro dies after brief illness
James Otis Jones of Murphysboro died at his home on Route 2 after a brief illness. Born in 1887 in Johnson County he farmed in Jackson County for about 50 years and worked for the Illinois Department of Highways in Carbondale. He is survived by his wife Jennie Dixon, a daughter Vera Stearns, a son Gene, three grandchildren, and sister Laura Walker. Funeral services Tuesday at Centenary Methodist Church with burial in Worthen Cemetery.
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James Otis Jones
Murphysboro
Johnson County
Jackson County
Illinois Department of Highways
Carbondale
Jones
Jennie Dixon
Vera Stearns
Gene
Laura Walker
Ozark
Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church
Jackson County Farm Bureau
Meyer- Denny Funeral Home
Centenary Methodist Church
Ross Smith
Raymond Nausley
Worthen Cemetery
1041-Pounder TV To Feature Santa Appearance
New York December 3 AP reports 1041 pound Robert E Hughes arrived by air from St Louis for a local TV show. He did not appear due to fatigue from travel. Producer Alex Daybreak plans a tent sized Santa suit and hopes to air Hughes as the world s biggest Santa Claus once ready.
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Robert E. Hughes
Hughes
St. Louis
Great Lakes
Alex Daybreak
Daybreak
High Fountain Spouts Early In Carbondale
A broken water main sprayed water across the 200 block of East Willow Street in Carbondale at 2:15 a m. The break caused furniture damage to W R Green at 201 East Willow as water entered a chimney flue. Repairs completed by 1 p m after officials borrowed a patch for the pipe.
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Carbondale
East Willow Street
W. R. Green
E. Willow
F. Eldridge
Tiny) Corbitt
Jackson Bureau Meets Thursday at Murphysboro
The Jackson County Farm Bureau will hold its 38th annual meeting Thursday at Centenary Methodist Church in Murphysboro with reports from officers, director elections from Vergennes to Degognia, and dinner at the church and Masonic Temple. Charles Mayfield of the Illinois Agricultural Association will be guest speaker.
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Jackson County Farm Bureau
Centenary Methodist
Murphysboro
Farm Bureau
Vergennes
Somerset
Kinkaid
DeSoto
Pomona
Fe Tower
Degognia
Masonic Temple
Charles Mayfield
The
Illinois Agricultural Association
Services Pending for Former Ava Resident William Kilpatrick
William Kilpatrick, a former Ava area resident, died Sunday at Roosevelt Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Funeral arrangements are pending at Wilson Funeral Home in Ava.
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William Kilpatrick
Ava Area
Roosevelt Memorial Hospital
Chicago
Wilson Funeral Home
Ava
Carbondale teens collide in minor South University crash
James R. Rossiter aged 17 of 1106 West Chautauqua and Charles Stephens aged 18 of 202 North Oakland Carbondale drove in a 12 45 p m Sunday collision in the 600 block of South University Carbondale. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Rossiter
W. Chautauqua
Charles Stephens
Oakland
Carbondale
South University
PFC Clinton A Lindsey Assigned to 408th QM Company in Germany
PFC Clinton A Lindsey son of Mr and Mrs Obert Lind Rt 1 Pomona was assigned to the 11th Airborne Division's 408th Quartermaster Company in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Clinton A. Lindsey
Obert Lind
Rt. 1
Pomona
Lth Airborne Division
408Th Quartermaster Company
Germany
Load of Sweet Potatoes Overturns on Rt 37 near Johnston City
A load of sweet potatoes overturned on Route 37 about one mile south of Johnston City, blocking the road and delaying traffic while cleanup crews cleared the spill.
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Johnston City
Death probe details vary in McConachie case
Reports on the death of Donald W. McConachie 44 of Sparta diverge as Alexander County officials say the case is not an inquest and cite an accident. McConachie was found fatally injured near the El Patio Night Club in Cairo and died in Cape Girardeau. The coroner in Jackson suggests no inquest, while witnesses and an eye witness truck driver are mentioned as pending.
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Donald W. McConachie
Sparta
Alexander County
McConachie
el Patio
Cairo
Cape Girardeau
Cape Girardeau County
Meo
J. S. Sigmund
Jackson
Leslie Chrestman
Chrestman
Sigmund
Sheriff’s Office
Atty
Michael O’shea
Carl Clutts
Clutts
Illinois exhausts polio vaccine funds and imposes limits
Gov. Stratton announced federal and state money for polio vaccine in Illinois is depleted. The state spent 2,024,404 in federal funds, 54,000 from Federal Children’s Bureau, and one million state dollars, buying 4,472,622 doses. All but 3,000 vials used. Health Department urges vaccination under 45. vaccines from state allotment limited to under 20 and pregnant women. Illinois not eligible for additional unspent congressional vaccine funds.
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Springfield
Stratton
Illinois
State Health Department
Congress
Chester Legion Auxiliary Plans Essay Contest
The American Legion auxiliary of Chester will hold an annual essay contest early next year with the theme What My American Independence Means To Me. Winners at Chester move to the auxiliary February meeting and then to district judging in three classes for middle and high school students.
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American Legion Auxiliary of
Chester
Anna Rittenhouse
Army PFC Billy J. Jones Takes Part In German Field Exercise
In Germany Army PFC Billy J. Jones son of Mrs Irvin Jones Rt 1 Carbondale recently participated in a field training exercise with the 32nd Signal Battalion in Germany.
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Army
Billy J. Jones
Irvin Jones
Rt. 1
Carbondale
32Nd Signal Battalion
Germany
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Williamson County Board
Henry
Hank” Wright
Milo Card
Well
Herb Whitcomb
Gale
Salk Polio
Holden Head
Kentucky
Missouri
Robert Smith
Robert L. Smith
Virginia Ave
Mitchell
Lael Smith
Odd Fellows Cemetery
St. Louis Hospital
Elvis
Herrin Group
Robin Hood Vandal
James Jones
New York
Jackson Bureau
QMC
al Shoe
Maker
Little Rock, Ark
Chester Legion Group
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