Public Meetings and Events in Southern Illinois Area
Listings of upcoming public meetings across cities including Murphysboro Pinckneyville Carbondale and more with times mostly 7 to 9 p.m. Also announced arts events such as a gallery sale and film showings plus a lecture by Harold Spears at Southern Illinois University.
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Herrin
Little Egypt
S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A
Herrin High School
Mitchell Gallery
Southern Illinois University
Harold Spears
San Francisco
Harlan D. Beam
University Center
Community events and obituaries in Tuesday notices
Tuesday schedules include Jonesboro consolidation meeting at the school 7 p.m. and local council and plan commission meetings in Carbondale and Carterville. A lecture by SIU geographer David L. Jones and an arts program at SIU Southern Library are listed alongside an international Festival of Nations. Marion obituary for Raleigh Lay and a Vietnam promotion notice for Lonnie Fox are included.
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Anna
Carbondale
SIU
Crainville Village Board
Vienna Township High School
Carbondale Township Supervisors Meeting
N. Washington St
Chester City Council
Sparta City Council
Lesser City Council
Herrin Public Building Commission
West Frankfort
Zeigler City Council
Christopher City Council
Benton City Council
Marion Park Board
Bank of Marion
Marion Carnegie Library Board
Cobden
Jonesboro
the Arts
Festival of Nations
Norris Library
Southern Illinois University
Metropolis man dies from gun cleaning accident
Ernest Hendrix 42 of 203 Oak Drive Metropolis died by a shotgun wound to the mouth while cleaning his gun at home. Massac County Sheriff Henry Brenningmeyer said Hendrix was found slumped in a chair with the wound. Funeral services set for 2 pm Wednesday at First Baptist Church Metropolis with Rev Paul Dann officiating. Friends may call after 10 am Tuesday at Atkins Funeral Home.
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Raleigh Eugene Lay
S. Holland St
Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
Dale
Creed
Mary Campbell Lay
Lydia Clarida
McLeansboro
Lau
Mary Lou
Katherine Tanner
William Clarida
Rudell Kasper
Phoenix
Ariz
Wilson Funeral Home
C. R. Walker
Bruce Patton
Maplewood Cemetery
Metropolis
Massac
Henry Brenningmeyer
Ernest Hendrix
Oak Drive
Sarah Steers
Kathy
Linda Williamson
Becky Wells
Robert
Joliet
Lloyd
O. D
Carterville
First Baptist Church of Metropolis
The
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
First Baptist Church of
Paul Dann
Pstor
Atkins Funeral Home
Illinois Pledges Reach $19500 In Lions Telethon
Illinois residents pledged 19500 of the 134800 raised in a Lions Club telethon for the handicapped. Dallas L McClurken Illinois chairman said 15800 of the Illinois pledges have been paid. Contributions can be mailed to Lions Club telethon P O Box 1414 Paducah Kentucky. McClurken called 1967 telethon the most successful yet.
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Illinois
Lions Club
Dallas L. McClurken
P. O
Paducah
McClurken
West Frankfort boy wins Illinois food poster contest
Butch Melvin ten of West Frankfort wins the 1967 Illinois food poster contest with Good Foods Deliver Good Health. His drawing of a stork delivering a basket of basic foods topped over 18 000 posters from Illinois elementary pupils. District winners include Gail Chestnut Julie Aden Gail Mize Russell Moore Joseph Homberger Janice Lee Fetche.
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Butch Melvin
West Frankfort
Illinois
Butch
Denny Melvin
Logan School
Illinois Agricultural Association
County Farm Bureaus
Gail Chestnut
Mokena
Julie Aden
Chillicothe
Gail Mize
Gardner
Russell Moore
Ellery
Joseph Homberger
Pleasant Plains
Janice Lee Fetche
Eldorado
Lamour Stars In Hello Dolly At Southern Illinois University
Dorothy Lamour headlines a Southern Illinois University production of Hello Dolly at Shryock Auditorium. The cast includes Jess Richards Dick Leppig Leslie Daniel Andrea Bell and Eric Brotherson with Gower Champion directing and choreographing. The audience cheered both matinee and evening shows noting the costumes and staging as highlights.
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Dorothy Lamour
Southern Illinois University
Shryock Auditorium
Miss Lamour
14Th Street
New York
Ning
Big City
Horace Vandergelder
Dolly
Jess Richards
Barnaby
Dick Leppig
Cornelius Hackl
Leslie Daniel
Andrea Bell
Minnie
Eric Brotherson
Vandergelder
Loose ship rams bridge near Portsmouth Virginia
A coal laden merchant ship Mohawk slipped anchor in rough seas and struck the Chesapeake Bay bridge tunnel off Portsmouth. The 497 foot Liberty Ship rammed the west side and scraped the structure for about a half mile before stopping. No injuries were reported and damage estimates were not yet determined.
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Portsmouth
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Coast Guard
Bridge Tunnel
Maritime Historian Ernest Dodge To Speak At SIU
Maritime historian Ernest S. Dodge will lecture on exploration of the South Seas at 8 p.m. in Morris Library Auditorium. The talk is hosted by the SIU chapter of Sigma Xi, with Dodge noted author of Northwest by Sea and editor of The American Neptune.
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SIU
Ernest S. Dodge
South Seas
Southern Illinois University
Dodge
Sigma Xi
National Scientific Research Society
Morris Library
Crab Orchard refuge bill seeks joint federal state law enforcement
The Senate Interior Committee approved a measure to place about 21 000 acres of Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge under shared federal and state jurisdiction. The change would let state and local officers handle lesser offenses while the rest remains under federal control. The bill follows Interior Department proposals and echoes a prior 5 year effort.
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Senate Interior Committee
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Senate
Illinois
U.S. Interior Dept
Congress
Lunch workshop on school meals at Marion High School
A Saturday school lunch workshop at Marion Senior High School on South Carbon Street features talks by Marguerite Robinson and Mrs Frances Young, with Barbara Miller discussing convection ovens. Attendees may visit exhibits from 8:00 to 9:45, with reservations via Mrs Wandling.
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Marion Senior High School
South Carbon Street
State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Illinois Food Service Association
Joseph VanRoeke
Marion First Presbyterian Church
Marguerite Robinson
Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare
Frances Young
St. Louis
Area Dairy Council
Barbara Miller
Chicago
Ray Suddarth
Ralph Hanauer
Springfield
Isabell Eaton
Department of Public Instruction
Wandling
Marion Unit
W. Hendrickson St
Southern Illinoisan Newspaper Publication Notice
The Southern Illinoisan outlines its publication details including daily and Sunday editions, office addresses in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro, and its role as successor to prior local papers. It notes AP republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Walnut Street
Murphyscore
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
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Murphysboro Human Relations Commission
City Hall
Pinckneyville
Marlow’s
Murphysboro
Varsity
Fox Eastgate
Laurel and Hardy
David L. Jones
Muckelroy Auditorium
Lonnie C. Fox
Vietnam
Fox
Lonnie Fox Jr
Orchard Dr
PO. Arm. Bn
San_ Francisco
Calif
Army
South Wall
Walnut
Kelley’s
BIG Star
Busters
Marlyn
North Park Ave
Harmonia Gardens
Drama Review
Dolly Gallagher Levi
Gower Champion
Yonkers
Dolly Levi
Capvéevtice State and Savings Paneeriwor
FDIC
Crab Orchard
Chopin
George Sand
ABC
Liquors
West
Frankfort
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