Benton Plans Sewer Water Improvements
Benton prepares final plans for a 1.287 million dollar renovation of the sewage disposal plant and water plant upgrades plus three miles of water mains. Clark Dailey and Dietz of Urbana will finish the sewage plans this month with water system plans due in March. Mayor Howard Lewis outlined expected costs including 693 thousand for water plant work and 319 thousand for the sewage plant, with a 5.19 million bond issue to finance the project and 94 thousand federal reimbursement already approved. bond discussion will wait until March plans are complete.
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Benton
Clark, Dailey and Dietz
Urbana
Charles Moss
Howard Lewis
Big Muddy
Benton Lake
Lewis
Hunter Found Dead In Woods In Degognia Township
Ralph Edker Dilday sixty five sixty seven ninety two was found dead in woods near his home west of Aya in Degognia Township Jackson County. Coroner Floyd Crawshaw said the death appears due to a heart attack while hunting. Relatives reported him missing after he did not return from hunting. He was a farmer and World War I veteran born September 3 1885. He leaves wife Mary Mount two sons John and Ray a daughter Alice Wright a brother Calvin and three grandchildren. Funeral at 2 p.m. Friday Schroeder Funeral Home Chester with Rev. Co Lively officiating burial in Buchanan Cemetery.
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Ralph Edker Dilday
Aya
Degognia
Jackson County
Floyd Crawshaw
Williamson Dilday
Chester
Mary Mount
Dilday
John
Ray
Joliet
Alice Wright
Rockwood
Calvin
Kaskaskia
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Schroeder
Co. R. Lively
Buchanan Cemetery
Wall Street Bridge Petition Considered by County Board
A petition seeks county township participation in Wall street bridge construction at Carbondale. If approved the bridge could be built at no city cost. The attorney general ruled the county and township may jointly fund projects lying partly in Carbondale Township. Mayor Miller noted most of the bridge may lie outside city limits.
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Wall Street
Carbondale
Jackson County Board of Supervisor
W. A.” Glenn
County Board
D. Blaney Miller
Glenn
McRoberts Dies Former Area Resident at 51
Hugh McRoberts 51, formerly of Zeigler and Christopher, died Saturday at his Whiting Indiana home after a decade in Indiana. Born February 18, 1910 in Avoca Pennsylvania, he was a millwright at a steel mill and a Catholic, with memberships in the Eagles Lodge Zeigler and Zeigler American Legion. Survived by daughters Kathryn McRoberts Zeigler and Margaret Hughes Chicago, and sisters Elizabeth Cook Christopher Frances LaGrotte San Francisco and Mary Maggio San Francisco. Funeral 3 p.m. Thursday Gilbert Funeral Home Christopher. Rev Stephen Boros officiating. Burial Zeigler Cemetery. Friends may call.
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Zeigler
Christopher
Hugh McRoberts
Whiting
Ind
Indiana
Mr. McRoberts
Avoca
Eagles Lodge
Zeig
Herrin group spurs town growth with 5 plants
About 63 people attended a weekly meeting reporting encouraging town gains. Herrin’s drive produced five plants employing roughly 2,500 people, with over one million dollars in cash invested to secure these jobs, a record many towns struggle to match. Jaycees pledge Christmas beautification as newcomers arrive from Carbondale Murphysboro and elsewhere.
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Herrin Group
Herrin
Woman In Good Condition After Pinckneyville Collision
Rosemary Cerutti 22 of Herrin was reported in good condition at St Louis hospital after a noon Monday head on crash near Pinckneyville. She was transferred from Pinckneyville Community Hospital to St Louis for treatment, with officials giving her head injury as satisfactory today.
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Rosemary Cerutti
Herrin
St. John's Hospital
St. Louis
Cerutti
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Pinckneyville
District 13
State Police
Sulantelsy du Quoin
Hubler
Carbondale man released after warden fails to sign complaint
Albert Wiley, 24, of 501% E Birch St, was held for hunting without a license but released by Police Magistrate Robert Schwarts after a game warden failed to sign the complaint. If a warden signs, the man could be arrested again. The magistrate left a complaint for the warden to sign.
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Carbondale
Robert Schwarts
Sigma
Albert Wiley
E. Birch
St. Schwartz
Schwartz
Youth Fined After Chase On South Marion Street
Police captured a youth after a chase on South Marion Street following a reported window peeping. Carbondale officials and Patrolman Hazel pursued the youth across back yards. Hazel captured him within 15 to 20 feet before the youth was fined for the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Marion
Carbondale
Birgit Barringer
Jack
Hazel
Ward baby dies newborn rites held in Herrin
Funeral services were held today for Robin Ward the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Gale Ward of Rt 1 Herrin born prematurely and died shortly after birth at Herrin Hospital The service was in the George Van Natta Funeral Home and burial was planned at Greenwood Cemetery Canton
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Robin Ward
Gale Ward
Rt. 1
Herrin
Herrin Hospital
Sis
George ‘van Natta
Hertin
Greenwood Cemetery
Canton
Cub Scout Leaders Attend Pow Wow at Lincoln Junior High
Seventy Cub Scout leaders from the Egyptian Scout Council gathered for an annual pow wow training session Sunday at Lincoln Junior High School in Carbondale. Attendees hailed from Anna, Carbondale, Christopher, Du Quoin, Herrin, Johnston City, Marion, Murphysboro, West Frankfort and Zeigler. Gerald Stambaugh of Herrin served as general chairman.
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Lincoln Junior High School
Carbondale
Egyptian Scout Council
Anna
Christopher
du Quon
Herrin
Johnston City
Marion
Murphysboro
West Frankfort
Zeigler
Gerald Stambaugh
Two Chicago men injured in overturned car on Rt. 87
District 13 reports two Chicago men treated for minor injuries after a car overturned five times five miles north of Benton at 11 15 p.m. Robert White, 27, and Tate, 21, were injured. No other injuries reported in four District 13 accidents Tuesday.
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Chicago
District 13
Robert ‘White
Rt. 87
Benton
Tate
Clarence A. Durall Dies in Marion at 75
Clarence A Durall 75 of 1712 W Chestnut St Marion died at 9 50 p m Tuesday at his home He was born Sept 12 1886 in Jackson County He married Larilda Parsons in Marion Oct 11 1913 A retired miner and member of the Second Baptist Church and United Mine Workers He is survived by his wife a daughter Mrs J Ray Bell Mrs William Burks Mrs Cowendel Hartwell and Maurice of Marion a brother Ernest of Marion nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren Services will be at 2 p m Thursday in the Second Baptist Church The Rev J D McCarty will officiate Burial will be in the IOOF Cemetery Friends may call at Mitchell Funeral Home of Marion
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Clarence A.’ Dural
Chestnut St
Marion
Jackson County
Larilda Parsons
Second Baptist Church
United Mine Workers
Duval
J. Ray Bell
William Burks
Cowendel Hartwell
Maurice
Ernest
J. D. McCarty
Relate
Mitchell Funeral Home
Holshauser Granted Building Permit in Anna
The Anna City Council issued a building permit to Van Holshauser for a new home at 204 Apple Lane, estimated cost $8,000. The council also reported two weeks of parking meter receipts totaling $519.40 and police fines for November totaling $10.
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Anna
van Holshauser
Apple Lane
Student Fined After Breakage of Trailer Door
Police report details a 1960 car stolen from Carbondale and abandoned in a driveway after a chase through Illinois Avenue College Street and surrounding avenues. David Deverick, 22, Tau Kappa Epsilon, was fined 15 dollars and ordered to pay restitution for a damaged trailer door. He was arrested Monday at 11 45 p.m. at 401 8 Graham Street by Patrolman James Stearns.
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Booker
Illinois ‘Avenue
College Street
Holden
University Avenue
Am Alley
Ash Street
Southern Ilinois University
South Ash Street
Robert Schwartz
David Deverick
Tau Kappa Epsilon
James Stearns
Graham St
Murphysboro Barn Burns on Rt 3 Farm Residents Safe
A barn on Route 3 in Murphysboro burned early today and was out of control when firefighters arrived. The Don Jewell family and Eu gene McCormick lived on the farm, which is owned by Francis McCormick and stored in the loft. Cause not determined and no loss estimate available.
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Rt. 3
Murphysboro
Don. Jewell
Eugene McCormick
Francis McCormick
Southern Illinoisan publication details and masthead
The Southern Ilinoisan is published daily except Saturdays by Southern Illinois Publications Inc. at Carbondale and Herrin Murphysboro with secondary post office classifications. It states lineage as successor to Carbondale Free Press Berlin Daily Journal Murphysboro Independent and notes AP dispatch rights.
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Southeen Llinoisan
Southern Ilinsis
Puplivajlona Inc
Main’ Street
Carbondeles
North Sth
South 12Th Street
Murphysboro
Post Ofice
Carbondale
Herrin
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Folka
Dean
Jet Doun
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Daniel Jacquot
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Bruce Stalker
Midland Laboratories
Wm. Stewart
Charleston, Ill
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Mr. Vernon
Freeman Coal Go
Henry Mallow
Potosi
State Hi-way
Elmer Salto
Pittsburg
Garey Redmond
California
Heevin Tigers
Floyd P. Bracy
Bracy Realty Company
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Paiceo
Zwick & Goldsmith
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William R. Patterson
Clay
Oir Eldorado
Edna Billingsly
Memphis
Tenn
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Irene Inson
Dowell
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Roma
Clarence Botkin
Collinsville
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Clarence A. Durall
Leary
Fart Taylor
Stewart’s Trailer Court
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Salem Maple
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America
Hunter Motor CO
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Spezia's Motors
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Herrin, Hl
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North 17Th St
Murphyshors, I
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Steeleville, II
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