Rend Lake 17 Mile Dam Proposed Near Benton
Thomas Casey chief engineer outlines tentative Rend Lake dam plans on the Big Muddy River near Benton Illinois. The earthen dam would span about a mile and a half with a lake 25 to 35 feet deep covering 13 000 to 20 000 acres. Costs and financing await final design and Corps of Engineers input.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Chambers
Rend City
Benton
Parrellel
Casey
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Big Muddy
Mississippi River
Egyptian Council Scout Jamboree quota filled
The Egyptian Council contingent to the Boy Scouts National Jamboree next summer has reached 56 boys and four leaders. Jamboree chairman Louis V. Steckenrider hopes to add eight to 16 places. Apply by December 15 if not yet registered. The event is at Valley Forge Pennsylvania with travel by chartered bus and visits to Washington DC and New York surrounding the jamboree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis V. Steckenrider
Valley Forge
Washington, D. C
New York
Springfield Paper Folds After 20 Years in Print
The Springfield Citizens Tribune ceased operations this Saturday due to advertising shortfalls and forced closure. Publisher J. R. Fitzpatrick confirmed the paper ends its run after more than two decades as a weekly and less than three months as a daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
New SIU Talk Explores Experimental Cure of Mental Illness
Dr. Joseph V. Brady of Walter Reed presents a study on conditioned experimental neuroses in laboratory animals as a potential path to treating mental illness. The lecture at Life Science Auditorium is second in a Sigma Xi series at Southern Illinois University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Joseph V. Brady
Army
Walter Reed Medical Center
Washington
SIU
Sigma Xi
Life Science
Israel Goldiamond
Brady
Southern Illinois Yule Program Sets Holiday Events
SIU launches a week of Yuletide events led by President Morris reading the Christmas story at a 10 am Shryock Auditorium assembly. Madrigals and choirs perform with new Southern Belles as campus hosts Deck the Halls, dances, teas, caroling, and a Messiah performance. Proceeds from a charity dance fund Christmas baskets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delyte W. Morris
Southern Illinois University
Shryock
Southern Belles
Southern
Santa Claus
Woody Hall
Southern Illinois
Maurits Kesnar
Carbondale
Morris
Morrises
Alpha Phi Omega
Service Fraternity
Central Michigan
Queen Slated At Hurst Bush
The Hurst Bush High School homecoming queen will be crowned Friday night after a basketball game with University High School Carbondale. Crowning at 9:30 p.m. Candidates include Roberta Morse Barb Craddock Betty Chittwood Trish Coleman Connie Beckman Sherry Hunsaker Kay Jarvis Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurst Bush High School
University High School
Carbondale
Roberta Morse
Barb Craddock
Betty Chittwood
Trish Coleman
Connie Beckman
Lettermen
Sherry Hunsaker
Pep Club
Kay Jarvis
Future
Homemakers of America
Marion Men Quit Welfare Board
Kenneth Absher and George Williams of Marion resigned from the Williamson County Welfare Department advisory board. Absher cited excessive travel as the reason while Williams said the move allows the Democratic–controlled new County Board of Commissioners to name a replacement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Kenneth Absher
George Williams
Monday
Williamson County Welfare Department
Absher
Williams
County Board of Commissioners
Senior Class Dance Sponsored by Accidental Music
The senior class hosts a dance with the "accidentals" providing the music. The event runs until 1 p.m. and is described in the school notice.
Rts 13 146 listed in 1957 Illinois highway program
Edwin A. Rosenstone outlined Illinois 1957 road plan totaling 220 million dollars for Southern Illinois routes 13 and 146 plus new segments from East St Louis to Troy and near Vincennes to Lawrenceville. Interstate projects total 1 680 miles with multi lane access and new bridges and grade separations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rts
Southern Illinois
Rt. 13
Marion
Pulley’s Mill
Rt. 146
Jonesboro
Union-Pulaski Counties
Anna- Jonesboro
Edwin A. Rosenstone
Department of Public Works and Buildings
Veterans Memorial Bridge
East St. Louis
Rt. 66
Troy
Wabash River
Vincennes
Ind
Lawrenceville
Champaign
Urbana
Danville
Rt. 51
LaSalle
Rosenstone
Gov. Stratton
Associated General Contractors of Illinois
Stratton
Illinois
Louisiana Soldier Tegtmeyer Serves at Fort Polk
In Louisiana Specialist Third Class Paul W Tegtmeyer son of Mr and Mrs George Tegtmeyer Campbell Hill serves as a radio telephone operator in Battery B of the 1st Armored Division’s 2d Anti aircraft Artillery Battalion at Fort Polk Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul W. Tegtmeyer
George Tegtmeyer
Campbell Hill
1St Armored Division
Fort Polk
Charles Eames to Lecture at SIU Auditorium
Charles Eames renowned designer will speak at 8 p m in the University School Auditorium SIU Thursday. The free talk kicks off a design series and will showcase Eames art and design films including Here Comes the Parade. He runs his own film company and is famed for moulded plastic and plywood chair designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Eames
University School
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Eames
Finishes School Richard G Hubler at Great Lakes Naval Center
Richard G. Hubler a fireman apprentice in the USN and son of Mr and Mrs Herman G Hubler of 305 Clinton St Pinckneyville completed the Boilerman school at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
James F. Linson
Blanch Linson
Anna
U.S. Naval Academy
Naval Training Center
Bainbridge, Md
Linson
Naval Academy
Richard G. Hubler
USN
Herman G. Hubler
Clinton St
Pinckneyville
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Johnny W. Brantley
Stella Woodfork
Pyramid Courts
Cairo
Great Lakes
Boulhern Illinoisan Publication Note
The Southern Ilinois An announces publication details including addresses in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro. It lists wartime era postal classifications and succession from prior papers with AP news use rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulhern Illinoisan
Southern Ilinois Publications, Inc
West Main Street
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
South 12Th Street
Murphysboro
Herrin Tr
Southern
Linolsan
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Rend Lake
Creomulsion
Hurst Bush
Department of Policy Matters
ZWIEX
Herrin and
Carbondaie
Bainbridge
Louisiana
Armstrong
Pistol
Stearns
South Washington
IAL
Hiram WalKer
Hiram Walker & Sons Inc
Peoria
Eaton & Bro
Rahie
Sohn’s
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