Calendar items and film schedule for several Illinois towns
Carbondale Plan Commission meets at 7 30 p m at city hall. Vienna council at 6 30 p m. Carterville Zone Commission at 8 p m at the grade school. Greater Egypt Employment Advisory Committee at 7 p m 303 W Main St Bent on. Jackson Legal Service Bureau executive committee at 7 30 p m in Carbondale city hall third floor. Jackson County Housing Authority office 4 30 p m at 8th and Bridge streets. Fox Carbondale Hawaii at Marlow s Murphysboro Divorce American Style and Frontier Hellcat shown Wednesday through Saturday with daily starts 7 15 p m and Saturday 2 30 p m. Varsity Carbondale Reflections in a Golden Eye screening.
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Carbondale Plan Commission
Vienna
Jackson Legal Service Bureau
Carbondale City Hall
Jackson County Housing Authority
8Th
Bridge Streets
Fox
Carbondale
Hawaii
Marlow’s
Murphysboro
Frontier Hellcat
Varsity
Public meetings and events in Carbondale and Murphysboro
A panel discussion on Carbondale sewage problems is set for 7 30 p m Thursday in the Carbondale Savings and Loan Association community room. Also Sallie Logan Library board meeting at 7 30 p m in Murphysboro. David Slivka lectures on sculpturing at 2 p m Thursday in Southern Illinois University Morris Library Auditorium. Rodgers Anna presents Clambake Thursday and Friday at 7 and 9 p m with Saturday matinee. Bertha Ohlau 83 dies in Percy after short illness. Funeral Thursday 2 p m at St John s Lutheran Church Post Oak. Burial in church cemetery. Schaack Funeral Home Steeleville handling arrangements.
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Carbondale
Carbondale Savings and Loan Association
Main St
Carbondale League of Women Voters
Sallie Logan Public Library
Murphysboro
David Slivka
Morris Library
Southern Illinois University
Bertha Ohlau
Percy
Jackson County
Henry
Sophia Lehnhoff Eggers
Campbell Hill
Herman Ohlau
Ohlau
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Post Oak
Arthur
Edgar
Steeleville
Melvin
Anna
Anna Clasen
Ford Eggers
Anna Strohmeyer
Anna Meyerhoff
Nora
Roger Treadway
Schaack
Francis E. Sorrels Sorrels
S. Main St
Jo-Ann
First Security Savings and Loan Co
Anna Jonesboro
Sorrels
Southern Illinois
Ralph N. Taake
Allin
First Bank and Trust Co
Cairo
Mound City
University of Illinois
Taake
Pinckneyville Hears 28000 Revenue Bond For Pool Project
City council adopts a 28000 revenue bond ordinance to fund a municipal swimming pool at the fair grounds. Design by City Engineer Loren C. Coltis, 30 year payoff, publication expected Thursday, effective in 10 days unless residents call for a vote. Remaining costs to be covered by investments.
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Pinckneyville
Fairgrounds
Loren C. Coltis
New Athens
Imperial Heights
Rend Lake Conservancy District
De Soto Fire Department Accepts Bids for New Truck
Fire chief Rev William D West reports total bids of 14993 35 for a new pumper. Tower Fire Equipment of Freeburg bid 9933 40 for the body and Grob Chevrolet of Murphysboro 5059 95 for the chassis. The truck will arrive by June 1 and replace one pumper, financed through the fire protective service contract.
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de Soto
William D. West
West
Tower Fire Equipment Firm
Freeburg
Grob Chevrolet
Murphysboro
Grob
Fire Protective Service
Mine Rescue Association Plans Meeting in West Frankfort
Mine group plans a gathering at West Frankfort Country Club Saturday with Mike Walsh of Bell and Zoller Coal Co. awarding Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association certificates and a life membership to be announced. Raymond Linville and Ray Ross will present a paper on a July David Kentucky coal mine explosion. Registration starts at 5 p.m. A banquet follows the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred J. Bailey
National Mine Rescue Association
West Frankfort Country Club
Mike Walsh
Chicago
Bell and Zoller Coal Co
Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association
Raymond Linville
Harlan, Ky
Ray Ross
Norton
David
Christmas rush post offices extend hours in four towns
Post offices in Carbondale Herrin Marion and Murphysboro announce extended window service for Christmas. Carbondale hours 7 30 a m to 5 30 p m Monday through December 21 plus open all day Saturday and December 16. Herrin 8 30 a m to 5 p m Saturday December 16 with weekday hours 8 a m to 5 30 p m until December 20 then 8 30 a m to 5 p m resume. Marion begins Saturday with 8 30 a m to 5 p m hours, December 15 16 8 a m to 5 30 p m, 17 2 to 5 p m, 18 8 a m to 5 30 p m, return to 8 30 a m to 5 p m December 19. Murphysboro maintains window service to 5 p m December 16 instead of noon on regular Saturdays.
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Carbondale
Herrin
Marion
Murphysboro
Orient Plan Commission weighs lake development plan
The Orient Plan Commission met for a discussion on lake development as a quorum shortage left many members away. Mayor Jack Allen and Dixie Pflanz noted ill attendance while considering filling ravines to create lakes as part of a broader public improvements program and a study of Greater Egypt's land use plan.
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Orient Plan Commission
Jack Allen
Jack McCutcheon
Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission
Dixie Pflanz
Pflanz
Commission
Orient
Two Area Men Named to Illinois Recreation Council
Gov Otto Kerner appointed William Freeburg of Carbondale and George Smith of Carterville to the 12 member Illinois Recreation Council. The advisory group will guide recreational facility plans and assist the General Assembly and the departments of Conservation and Economic Development. Freeburg teaches Recreation and Outdoor Education at Southern Illinois University. Smith serves as secretary and manager of Local 702, Illinois Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
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William Freeburg
Carbondale
George Smith
Carterville
Illinois Recreation Council
Otto Kerner
General Assembly
Conservation
Freeburg
Dept. of
Southern Illinois University
Smith
Illinois Brotherhood — of Electrical Workers
Lesser City dissolves water commission again in month
The Lesser City Council again dissolves the five member water commission and places all water department duties under the council. The old board members include Ivan Thomas and Bob Kirkpatrick. New commissioners are J. B. Fields Pete Crain Evan Warren Page Frank Shelton and Richard Garner. Mayor Dwight Dame announces temporary appointments and notes two longtime city employees will continue. A dispute over meter billing prompted the original dissolution in September.
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Ivan Thomas
Bob Kirkpatrick
Hollis Davis
Orville Craine
Burt Crocker
J. B. Fields
Pete Crain
Evan Warren Page
Frank Shelton
Richard Garner
Dwight Dame
Aliene Spann
George Zurich
Zurich
Gay Lackey
Tony Garner
Dame
Walter Martin
Charlie Kawinski
Water Department
Commission
Fire calls split between Carterville and Carbondale
At 10:25 a.m. Monday in Carterville a couch fire at Decker-McCamish Pool Room caused undetermined damage with no estimate. In Carbondale at 8:40 a.m. Monday a stove heating incident at 521 E Chestnut St. damaged living room minor damage reported.
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Carterville
Decker-McCamish
Carbondale
Chestnut St
Dan Powers
Shawnee Junior College District 531 candidates split on site and curriculum
Nineteen candidates in Shawnee District 531 present similar views on locating the campus and core administration staff. They largely favor a centrally located site near Grand Chain to West Vienna with road access, while several stress economic feasibility in land purchase and a strong vocational component above the state minimum.
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John C. Taylor
Southern Illinoisan
Shawnee Junior College
Grand Chain
West Vienna
Dongola
Ullin
Ralph N. Taake Jr
Carroll Adam Turner
Cypress
Charles A. Roberts Jr
Anna
C. G. Ulrich
Louis G. Horman
Metropolis
Grace Lingle
Turner
Herman, Ulrich, Roberts
Joseph Gruber
Glenn Dempsey
Joseph E. Bennett
Martin Brown
Cairo
Wendell H. Keith
Grand Tower
Brookport
Thomas M. Garrett
Robert G. Cruse
Goreville
Garrett
John R. Greenwell
Keith
Francis E. Sorrells
Taake Jr
Third St
Paducah Junior College
Murray State University
Kentucky
Kansas State University
Federal Land Bank Association
Harrisburg
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Cobden
Southern Illinoisat Inc
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Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Associated Press
Men’s & Boy’s Store
Johnston City
Levi's
Freeman Shoes
Arrow
Hush Puppies
Oshkosh
Orient Group
Greater
Egypt
Plan Commission
Recreation Council
Johnston City Jaycees
Broadway Boulevard
Water Commission
Shawnee Junior College District 531
Bennett
Fern Clyffe Road
Cruse
Redman Rd
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Texas A and M University
Alto Pass
Shawnee Unit
Ware
McClure
First National Bank
Clifton
N.J
Dave Elman
Hobby Lebby
Steakhouse
North Washington
Paul Masson
Champagne
Louie Cerutti
LBJ Steakhouse
Carbondale, Ill
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Carbondale, Illinois
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Murphysboro, Illinois
Union County
Bob Davidson
Donald Ray
Ation
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