SIU Phi Kappa Phi Initiation Held for 31 Members
Nineteen undergraduates and 12 summer graduates at Southern Illinois University will be formally initiated into Phi Kappa Phi in campus ceremonies Wednesday. Dr. Carl Lindegren and Dr. Harry Moore will participate, with Moore delivering a talk on Tastes in Reading. The initiation takes place at 7 30 p m in the new agriculture building lounge followed by a reception.
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Southern Illinois University
Phi Kappa Phi
National Scholastic
Carl Lindegren
STU
Harry Moore
Southern
Moore
SIU
Cameron Garbutt
SIU Phi Kappa Phi
Agriculture
Enton
Kathryn Briley
Carbondale
Nancy Allen
Sally Harper
Nancy Hoffman
Jo Ann Dwyer Lawson
Douglass Rossman
Frank Bitzer
Vesta Morgan
Zetta Morris
Carterville
Frank Muhich
Herrin
Judith Jack
Hurst
Nedra Reames
Johnston City
Bernadine Gustat
Marion
Martha Sue Cooksey
Paula Sue Parks
Vienna
Helen Moore
Donations for Fire Victims Commended
Murphysboro residents have been generous in helping fire victims with clothing donations. Fire Chief Urba Hanson said clothing has poured in after requests and noted the items are in very good shape and deserve a pat on the back for kindness.
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Murphysboro
Urba Hanson
Hanson
Polio Student Joins Class, Typing With Toes
Joe Rowe a ten year old who has been paralyzed by polio types with his toes and has a straight A record. He skips grades and now attends Dan D Ayers school by telephone from his home. A sound box in the classroom and a second at Joe's room relay questions through a telephone line as teachers call. Joe answers by wire, learning and painting despite confinement in an iron lung.
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Dallas
Joe Rowe
Joe
San Antonio
Dan D. Ayers
Hospital Prayer Room Nears Completion in Anna
Collin Penninger of the Anna Kiwanis chapel room committee reports the Union County Hospital prayer room is near finished. Pews, altar, lectern and carpeting are in place with lighting and drapes pending. The cost is about 1200 dollars, funded by a Kiwanis summer drive, with dedication hoped for near year’s start.
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Union County Hospital
Collin Penninger
Anna Kiwanis Chapel Room
Penninger
Kiwanis
Aerialist Vernon Liedtke Dies Practicing New Act
Vernon A Liedtke age 45 known as the Sensational Orton died after a fall while rehearsing a new aerial act in Dallas. The performer planned a European tour next spring.
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Vernon A. Liedtke
Orton
Europe
Anna Chief Leads Third Sheriff Bid by Three Democrats
Three Democrats from Anna seek Union County sheriff in the April primary. Glenn Rosson, Clyde Stokes, and Anna Police Chief Dallas West circulate petitions. Rosson, a 33 year old construction worker and former deputy, is widowed with one child. Stokes, 58, a carpenter, previously ran in 1954. West, 55, has led Anna police since 1955 and also ran in 1954. Republican Audie Wright and others circulate petitions for sheriff and county offices.
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Union County
Glenn Rosson
Clyde Stokes
Dallas West
Anna
Rosson
Anna Baptist Church
Stokes
Carpenter
Moose, Mason and St. John’s Lutheran Church
West
The
Moose, Masons and Shriners
Audie Wright
Perl Zwahlen
John Fuller
Vermont Admitted as the 14th State in 1791
Vermont became the 14th state to join the United States in 1791, marking the first admission after the original thirteen colonies. It established its status as a U S state and shifted the balance of state representation in Congress.
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Vermont
Colonies
Training School Set by Jackson County Bureau
E H Regnier University of Illinois specialist will speak on party plans and programs for family and neighbor groups at a training session in Murphysboro. Leaders and recreation chairmen from 23 Jackson County units expected. delegates will report party planning at January and February meetings.
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E. H. Regnier
Wangra
Patley
Foc
Jackson County Home Bureau
Farm Bureau
Murphysboro
Regnier
University of Illinois
Jackson County
Caryl Shawker
School District Reorganization Discussion at SIU
A conference at Southern Illinois University will address school district reorganization in Southern Illinois. The Illinois Council on Community Schools partners with the Educational Council of 100 and SIU's Educational Research Services and Extension Division for the public meeting. Registration starts at 9 30 a.m. in the University Library Auditorium.
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Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University
The
Illinois Council On Community Schools
Educational Council of 100
SIU
Educational Research Services and Extension Division
University Library
Williamson JP's Get Commissions for New Justices
Williamson County received state commissions for 15 new justices of the peace. Delay from Thanksgiving postponed official assumption to Monday, while 11 re-elected justices who filed by Nov 25 began duties. Names listed include Arthur Askew, F C Turner, Aud Moore, William Shannon, and others across East and West Marion, Herrin, Carterville, Blairsville, Creal Springs, Stonefort.
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Williamson County
Charles Harris
Harris
Arthur Askew
F. C. Turner
Aud Moore
William Shannon
East Marion
Will Thomas
Laura Quinn
Elmer Farmer
West Marion
Olen Ballard
George Knowles
Herrin
Robert Radford
Lacy Lee
Carterville
Edward Zuelke
Fount Leach
Blairsville
Reuel Rector
Creal Springs
A. R. Buckner
Stonefort
Fire causes light damage at Percy coal mine dragline
Light damage was reported Monday in a fire in a large dragline at the Southwestern Coal Corp mine north of Percy. An oil heater apparently ignited a glove rack in the dragline cab. Steeleville fire department was called, but dragline crewmen controlled the blaze before it could damage the machine.
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Percy
Southwestern Coal Corp
Steeleville
First Half 1927 Hurricanes and Accidents Claim 1200 Lives
Report notes that catastrophes including storms and accidents killed about 1,200 people in the United States during the first six months of 1927.
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United States
Leonard Tomlinson Held On Violation In Jackson County
Leonard Tomlinson of Murphysboro was arrested Monday and returned to Jackson County jail for violation of probation. Tomlinson was jailed earlier on a vagrancy charge and released from county jail November 25.
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Leonard Tomlinson
Murphysboro
Jackson
Tomlinson
New Dristan Tablets Offer Sinus Drainage Cure
A New York special reports a tablet breakthrough named Dristan Tablets that allegedly drains sinus cavities and relieves headaches with fast, painless action. The product claims blood delivery to shrink swollen sinus doors and promote drainage, selling for 98 cents per 24 tablets with a full refund guarantee.
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New York
N. Y
Whitehall Pharmacal
Comgar
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