Witness provides alibi for Albert Priddy in murder trial
John Lentz testified in Williamson County Circuit Court that he and Priddy were on a fishing trip near Crab Orchard Lake on May 20 and arrived in Carterville around 12:55 a m Priddy directed them to a service station and Corbett joined them later The group then drove to Carbondale arriving before 1:30 a m Smith was shot between 1 and 1:30 a m at Earl Mc Gowans home State witnesses included Tripp and Mrs Holmes who placed Priddy near Holmes and Mc Gowans houses around 1:05 a m His shotgun showed powder odor and glass particles upon inspection by Ted Abernathy the polygraph examiner The court adjourned late Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lentz
Albert Priddy
Edmund Smith
Priddy
Lentz
Granite City
Prudential _Life Insurance Co
Williamson County
Atty
Carl Sneed
Madison County
Crab Orchard Lake
Eugene Alcorn
John Rose
Homer Johnson
Edward Callns
Carterville
Sam Corbett
Corbett
Hub
Carbondale
Carbon
Smith
Earl McGowan
Ted Abernathy
Illinois
Ora Tripp
Teen
Rose Ann Alcorn
Wright
Weather Review Sees Week of Cold and Rain in Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois experienced a cold week with temperatures near 30 and a high reaching 62 by Saturday noon. Forecasters warned of snow and colder winds Sunday to Monday as a cold front moved through the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Weather Bureau
Dallas Price
Southern Illinois ‘University
Price
Illinois
Gulf of Mexico
Mt. Vernon
SIU Eyes Three Way Tie In I I IAC Title Drama
An ineligibility ruling against Western Illinois reserve quarterback Frank Esposito may force a three way tie for the 1955 I I IAC football championship. SIU finished third at 4 1 1. Central Michigan and Michigan Normal shared the crown at 5 1. Evans said Western may forfeit games Esposito played in. the decision was left to Western.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Illinois State College Reserve
Southern Illinois University
Ellidhes Seahace
George Evans
Northern Illinois
TIAC
Chicago
Frank Esposito
Evans
Esposito
North Dakota State
Western
Macomb
ILIAC
Central Michigan
Michigan Normal
Meter Take Off In Murphysboro
Murphysboro meter collections fall short of average since Walnut street resurfacing began. November receipts total 1036 dollars, second lowest since meters were installed with 192 from new S 13th Street lot meters. Fines yield 124 dollars. 68 from meters. About 800 pennies collected. meters accept nickels dimes and quarters. Thirty nine meters relocated to fit state law from 9th to 17th streets to S 14th 15th and Chestnut Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Walnut Street
Delmar Ward
Ward
S. 13Th Street
9Th Street
17Th Street
S. 14Th
S. 15Th
Chestnut Streets
No Injuries In Carbondale Wrecks Reported
Two minor auto accidents with no injuries were reported to Carbondale police Friday night. Cars Sian by Sue Odell on Rt. 4 collided with Donald Pate two miles west of the city. At 702 S. Washington, Don Kelley and Paul Eaton collided. damage to both cars was not estimated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Sian
Sue Odell
Rt. 4
Donald Pate
S. Washington
Don Kelley
Paul Eaton
Pate
Kelley
Eaton
Randolph Board to Call Six This Month
The Randolph County Selective Service Board will call six men for induction on December 8. Clerk Henry G. Ward said the office is processing two quota calls for pre induction physical examinations on December 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph County Selective Service Board
Henry G. Ward
Carbondale Men Fined For Intoxication
Earl Alexander of 522 East Oak and Johnnie Migett of 403 East Green in Carbondale were fined 13.40 dollars each today by Police Magistrate Roy Hall for intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Earl Alexander
E. Oak
Johnnie Migett
E. Green
Roy Hall
Bandits Slug Woman Take 230 in Cash at Goreville Store
A Goreville woman, Mrs Henry Darblings, was knocked unconscious during a daylight holdup at Darblings Grocery. Two bandits looted 230 dollars from the cash register before fleeing. Sheriff Orlan Cox has no suspects and provided only vague notes on the outlaws, describing one as short and the other tall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goreville
Henry Darbings
Darbings
Johnson County
Orlan Cox
Darblings
Herrin Kiwanis To Award Safe Teen Membership Trophies
Herrin Kiwanis Club will award trophies to first and second place in a Safe Teen mer lean campaign. President Roy Cornachie said the drive ends January 15. Over 50 teenage drivers have already joined the program, with a charter being ordered and officers named this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Kiwanis Club
Merlean
Roy Cornachie
Herrin Police
Harrison Benefit Match Set For Murphysboro Monday
A second shooting match to raise funds for the newly organized Harrison volunteer fire department is scheduled for 7 30 p m Monday at the Canning Implement Co grounds on the north city limits of Murphysboro on Route 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Harrison Volunteer Fire Department
Canning Implement Co
Murphysboro
Rt. 13
Area Chorus Presents Messiah with National Soloists
The Southern Illinois University chorus of 150 voices will perform Handel’s Messiah at 7:30 p.m. in Shryock Auditorium with four national light soloists: Dorothy Linden Krieg soprano from Chicago Myrtle Oechsle contralto of St Louis Ralph Nielsen tenor of Chicago and Carl Nelson baritone of Muncie Indiana. Maurits Kesnar directs the longtime group. The event features soloists in aria portions and concludes with student assembly numbers on November 12 at 10 p.m. Krieg Nielsen will sing solo parts in the performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Light
Ear Tone Illinois Chorus
Dorothy Linden Krieg
Chicago
Myrtle Oechsle
St. Slesia
Ralph Nielsen
Carl Nelson
Muncie
Ind
Shryock
Maurits Kesnar
Southern Ilnois University Music Department
World Council of Churches
Soldiers Field
Shaare Emeth Hebrew Temple
Nelson
Ball State Teachers College
Indiana
Midwest
Miss Krieg
Swedish Choral Club
Handelaria
Illinois
Ronald Mitchell
Litchfield
Kesnar
Community group officers shown in Marion meeting photo
From left are Mrs. Roy D. Chapin Jr., Michigan treasurer. Philip D. Armour Jr., Chicago secretary. C. K. Hunter, Chicago president. Donald … in a Marion gathering, highlighting the organization's leadership lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Roy D. Chapin Jr
Michigan
Philip D. Armour Jr
Chicago
C. K. Hunter
Donald
Herrin Jaycee Voice of Democracy Winners Named
The Herrin Junior Chamber of Commerce Friday announced winners in its Voice of Democracy contest. First Dennis Longwell, second Lillian Hudgens, third John Carlisle, all Herrin High School students. Prizes include a portable radio for Longwell and 10 and 5 dollars for the runners up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Junior Chamber of Commerce Satuday
Dennis Longwell
Lillian Hudgens
John Carlisle
Herrin High School
Longwell
WJPF
Danville
Tony Venegoni
Myrtle Carey
Doug Bryant
Charles Cook
Ben Orf
Woman Falls In Well Dies Near Herrin
Mrs. Mary Hock, 71, drowned Saturday about 30 a.m. in a well at her Centerfield home. She died at Herrin Hospital after Herrin fire department revived attempts failed. Found by daughter in law Waldine Hock. Centerfield lies about three miles east of Herrin on the Herrin Johnston City Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hock
Centerfield
Herrin Hospital
Herrin
Mrs Baggett Funeral Today in Carterville
Funeral services for Mrs Lucin da Jane Baggett 86 former resident of Carbondale and Carterville will be held today at 2 p m at the Carterville First Baptist Church Rev Hugh Stearns will officiate Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery Carterville Friends may call at the Huffman Funeral Home in Carbondale Mrs Baggett died Thursday at St Elizabeths Hospital in Belleville after a short illness She lived with a son Carl in Belleville She was mother of Mrs Louis Slover of Carbondale and Mrs Lloyd Taylor of Herrin She also leaves a son Clarence nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucinda Jane Baggett
Carbondale
Carterville
Carterville First Baptist Church
Hugh Stearns
Oakwood Cemetery
Huffman
Baggett
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Belleville
Carl
Louis Slover
Lloyd Taylor
Herrin
Clarence
Chicken Pox Hits Herrin Schools
Herrin schools report chicken pox cases affecting attendance at South Side and North Side. Lower grades in South Side show two to six absences per room while North Side primary classes report cases leveling off. Lincoln and West Side unaffected. West Side notes impetigo cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Lee Booth
Booth
South Side School
North Side School
Bess Capps
North Side
South Side
Lincoln
West Side
August Scherer
Ray Herrington Dies in Murphysboro Age 59
Raymond Leonard Herrington age 59 died suddenly in St. Andrew's Hospital Murphysboro. He was a farmer and longtime Murphysboro resident. He leaves parents William and wife? no, parents Mr and Mrs William Herrington, a sister Miss Ethel Herrington, and cousin Miss William Gimmerson. He was member of Episcopal Church Jackson County Farm Bureau and The American Legion Paul Stout Post 127. Funeral services Monday at 2 p m at Meyer Denny Funeral Home with Rev Father John W Harris officiating burial in Tower Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Leonard Herrington
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Murphysboro
Herrington
Rt. 2
William Herrington
Ethel Herrington
William Gimmerson
Herringtons
Episcopal Church
Jackson County Farm Bureau
4H Leaders' School Session Tuesday in Murphysboro
Jackson County 4-H club leaders attend a five hour leader training in the Farm Bureau building basement at 10th and Hanson streets from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Hugh Wetzel, Illinois 4-H specialist, assists staff. Topics include proper records keeping and project demonstrations. Donald Booth of Carbondale repeats his prize winning tractor maintenance and safety demonstration from the state fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Farm Bureau
10Th and
Hanson Streets
Hugh Wetzel
University of Illinois
Donald Booth
Rt. 32
Carbondale
Abandoned Studebaker Found North of Lake Murphysboro
Jackson County Sheriff Howard Cheatham impounded a 1947 Studebaker four door sedan found apparently abandoned north of Lake Murphysboro. The car had no license plates and no ownership clues. Residents said the auto had been parked for at least 24 hours and the sheriff said it is being traced through engine numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Howard Cheatham
Studebaker
Lake Murphysboro
Heriff
Carbondale Elks Sponsor Free Clinic for Crippled Children
The Carbondale Elks Home will hold a free clinic for crippled children starting at 9 a.m. on Wednesday. A Chicago bone specialist will treat and advise all crippled children in the area. attendees need not be Elks or related. The Southern Illinois Elks District runs clinics bi monthly in area towns. The Carbondale home is at 220 W. Jackson St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Herrin Water Main Repaired After Break Near Fire Station
Water main break on a 12 inch line between Ordill and Crab Orchard Lake damaged the system Friday morning. Workers excavated four feet to reach the leak and repaired it with a sleeve by about 4 p m according to Water Commissioner Lester Jordan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crab Orchard Lake
Herrin
Lester Jordan
Ordill
Petitions Circulated for Senator Crisenberry Run
Petitions to place incumbent State Sen. R. G. Crisenberry on the Republican April primary ballot were circulating in the Jackson County Courthouse. The Murphysboro resident seeks re election after long service in the state senate since 1936 and two terms in the house. He formerly taught in Johnston City Pinckneyville Du Quoin and Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otf
R. G. Crisenberry
Jackson County
Crisenberry
State Senate
Murphysboro
Johnston City
Pinckneyville
du Quoin
Carterville
Prowler Reported Near Dewey Street in Murphysboro
A window peeper was seen at the west end of Dewey Street in Murphysboro around 12 45 a m Saturday reporting to Jackson County Sheriff Howard Cheatham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deweytreet
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Howard Cheatham
Randolph Scenic Highway Preliminary Survey To Start Early In 1956
Preliminary survey work on a proposed scenic highway in Randolph County is to begin early next year. Illinois Governor Stratton announced full support at a Waterloo progress meeting, with plans for a route along the Mississippi east bank through Chester Modoc and Prairie du Rocher. A request for funds will be made to the 1957 58 Legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph Scenic Highway
Randolph County
Chester
Waterloo
Illinois
William G. Stratton
Mississippi River
Modoc
Prairie du Rocher
Stratton
State Highway Department
Appeal Filed in Murphysboro Sewage Case
The Fourth District Appellate Court in Mt. Vernon heard briefs and transcripts on Murphysboro's appeal of a State Sanitary Water Board order from July 1954 to stop dumping untreated sewage into the Big Muddy River. No date set for a decision. City argues the river harms no one as no community lies between Murphysboro and the Mississippi River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Fourth District Appellate Court
Mt. Vernon
Delmar Ward
State Sanitary Water Board
Big Muddy
Mississippi River
Weeks To Open Photo Service
Otis Weeks a veteran photographer for the Southern Illinoisan has resigned to open Weeks Photographic Service. He joined in August 1952, served four months as a reporter before becoming staff photographer. The 26 year old, married Cairo native will operate from 800 S Illinois Ave but portrait sittings will be at subjects homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Weeks
Southern Illinoisan
Weeks
Illinois Ave
Murphysboro youths facing transfer to Youth Commission
Two Murphysboro teens Frank S. Craine 15 and Fred Layne 16 faced a Jackson County Court hearing this morning where Judge Peyton Kunce revoked their probation and ordered transfer to the Illinois Youth Commission. They admitted taking cars from Grob Motor Co. warehouse at 18th and Logan, using them for trips and returning them. one car was badly damaged. They were previously placed on probation in February after admitting involvement in a poolroom break in theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Illinois Youth Commission
Jackson
Frank S. Craine
Fred Layne
Jackson County
Peyton Kunce
Youth Commission
Illinois
Kunce
Grob Motor Co
18Th
Logan Streets
Layne
Craine
Anna Christmas Decorations Brighten Main Street
Anna prepares for the holidays with new Yale decorations in the business district and on the highway. Large Christmas bells with lights span the intersection of Routes 51 and 127. City employees and local merchants string lights and decorate shops as many businesses display Santa figures and other Yuletide themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
Yale
Rts
Mine Report From Freeman and Nearby Sites
Mines Monday report lists Buckhorn Zeigler at 3, Old Ben at 9 14 22, Kathleen Pyramid not working, Truax Tract No 2 no report, Orient at 2 3. No additional context or outcomes provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman
Buckhorn Zeigler
Ben
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Fletcher Lewis
J. O. Gallimore
Clarence Wright
Week's Weather In Review
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DAC
Randolph Board
Safe Teen
Dorothy Krieg
English Springer Spaniel Assn
Herrin Jaycee
Ray Herrington
Jackson Club
Carbondale Elks
Sen. Crisenberry
Prowler Reports
Murphysboro Senace
Murphysboro Youths TO Youth Commission
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