Marion veteran seeks complete war dead list for county square
Marion resident Dave Rogers aims to compile a county wide roll of Williamson County men killed or died in service in all wars. His draft totals 184 names across Civil War to Vietnam, with Herrin bearing the heaviest toll. He invites further information at 993 3327 to fill missing entries for a proposed public memorial in Marion Public Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
Marion
Dave Rogers
Rt. 4
Rogers
Herrin
St. Louis
Marion Public Square
Vietnam
Korea
Creal Springs
Richard Parks
Richard Wilson
Franklin Beltz
James Bond
Kenneth Ferguson
Joe Huffstutter
Bruce Jackson
Alford Jeffery
Carl Rushing
Alan Flemming
William Kuhnke
Richard Lowes
Charles Moake
Johnston City
William Kuykendall
Dale Lingle
David Merrell
Jack Newton
Randle Thornton
Donald Baker
Dennis Barger
Jack Campbell
William Carnaghi Jr
R. P. Gillespie
Dennis Hughes
Kenneth Jacobson
Donald Marlow
Bradley Maxey
Ray Morgan
Harry Rash
Mark Triplett
J. L. Willoughby
Ronald Winnett
Bus repair bill ends saga as Kennedy ordered to pay
Circuit Judge William G Eovaldi in Benton ruled Richard Kennedy of Chicago must pay about 3500 for repairs to a bus owned by Kennedy and costs. The total damages reached 5979 with 2498 in attorney fees plus under 100 in filing and sheriff fees. Kennedy has 30 days to appeal or pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Kennedy
Chicago
Benton
Kennedy
William G. Eovaldi
Bonifield Brothers Trucking Co
West Frankfort
Eddie Griffin
Franklin County
Chicago Daily News
Illusisan
Rt. 57
Bonifield Company
Bonifield
Larry Bonifield
Randall Quindry
Walker Sworn In as First Democrat on Williamson Board Since 1968
Walker, a Democrat and new Williamson County commissioner, took his seat after being elected in November and taking the oath two weeks ago. He fills the vacancy left by Republican Jack Hampton and helped set the December meeting plan, with no temporary chairman to be named. The board approved representation for Williamson in a property tax suit and discussed petty cash funds and county operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanda Barras
Joe
Walker
Williamson County
Jack D. Hampton
Hampton
William J. Sinks
Robert Williams
Johnston City
County Welfare Services Committee
Upstate
Williamson
Earl Jent
Paul Wheeler
Herrin
Jent
Williams
Sinks
DuPage
Cook and
Lake Counties
Randolph County Board of Commissioners names temporary chairman
Robert Schroeder Democrat from Chester joins the Randolph County Board replacing Clarence Nordmeyer Republican after defeating him in November. Robert Pautler Democrat of Walsh is named temporary chairman to lead the board until a permanent chair is chosen later this month. The board shifts from two Republicans and one Democrat to the opposite composition and new hires at the nursing home highway department and relief commission are expected.
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Randolph County Board of Commissioners
Robert Schroeder
D-Chester
Clarence Nordmeyer
R-Chester
Nordmeyer
Schroeder
Chester
Robert Pautler
D-Walsh
Pautler
Harold Tillock
Williamson County Women Considered for Republican Circuit Clerk
Williamson County Republicans consider several women for circuit clerk. Pearl Roberts of Johnston City and Maureen Johnston of Marion are named as possibilities. Marion city clerk Maureen Johnston and freelance stenographer Pearl Roberts sit on county boards. The plan is to announce after a central committee meeting Tuesday night. Statewide officeholders and party nominees are discussed alongside male contenders for the states attorney post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
Republican Party
James Sanders
Pearl Roberts
Johnston City
Maureen Johnston
Marion
Sanders
Party Central Committee
James Basler
Kenneth Hubler
Hubler
Robert Howerton
Williamson deputy first recipient Herrin Rotary fund aid for injured officers
Herrin Rotary Club organized a fund to aid families of law enforcement and fire personnel injured or killed in the line of duty. Deputy sheriff Paul W. Davis, 83, of Herrin, Williamson County, wounded Sept. 21, is the first beneficiary. Davis, shot in the right hip, remains at Herrin Hospital and expects to go home before Christmas on crutches for about six months. The initial contribution came from Gordon Forsyth of Forsyth Coal Co. The fund, modeled after St Louis Backstoppers, will be ongoing under the club’s community service committee and gifts will vary by need. Davis to receive gifts before Christmas.
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Herrin
Edward E. Saunders
Herrin Rotary Club
Gordon Forsyth
Clayton
Forsyth Coal Co
Forsyth
Herrin Club
St. Louis
Murder trial delayed in Perry County Circuit Court
The Willisville man John Allen Brown faces a murder charge as his Perry County trial was postponed to 1 30 p m in Pinckneyville. State's Attorney Don Johnson said defense lawyers requested the delay and Johnson expected jury selection to take place in the afternoon. Brown is charged in the February 23 murder of Ernest Brune near Cutler, rural farmer.
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Willisville
Perry County
Pinckneyville
Don Johnson
John Allen Brown
Johnson
Richard White
Murphysboro
Brown
Ernest Brune
Cutler Farmer
Blairsville boy, 15, shoots father after alleged beating
A 15 year old Blairsville boy says he shot and killed his father early Sunday after the father allegedly beat his mother. The youth, Freddy Dean Tolar, told deputies he fired through a window with a .38 pistol to stop the attack. The father, Fred Morgan Tolar, 34, a security guard at Doctors Memorial Hospital, died at 3:25 a.m. in Herrin Hospital. the mother, Merline Tolar, was treated for facial injuries and two broken ribs. The boy is in custody of a relative. action remains pending verification of facts.
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Blairsville
Fred Morgan Tolar
Doctors Hospital
Carbondale
Herrin Hospital
Merline Tolar
Tolar
Herrin High School
Williamson County
Kenneth Powless
Virgil Vancil
Norge
Herrin
Marion
Twinkle Tree Farm
Doctors Memorial Hospital
Hurst Masonic Lodge
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Dothan
Ala
Henry
Eileen Clemmens Tolar
Merline Goodwin
Freddie
Timothy
Kerry
Billy
Panama City
Fla
Aubrey
Tuscumbia
Walt
Betty Gilbert
Christine Deese
Jacksonville
Hennie Davis
Eileen Tolar
Smith Funeral Home
George van Natta
Meat plant talks resume in East St. Louis to end Du Quoin strike
Union and management planned a negotiating session in East St. Louis today to end a 24 percent month long strike at Du Quoin Packing Co. The moves followed the union's rejection of a two cent an hour raise tied to an incentive plan. The union's Raymonda O Mohundra led talks with international backing to ensure proper representation. The strike affects about 320 workers who walked out Sept. 15. Police records note two unrelated driving and lamp-light offenses in nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East St. Louis
du Quoin Packing Co
Raymonda O’mohundra
Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workmen of North American
International
du Quoin
Charles Hayes
International Union
O’mchandro
Federal Pay Board
Provart Seated on Perry County Board of Commissioners
Provart of Perry Vie is seated to replace Steve Reel on the Perry County Board after defeating Robert Place by 200 votes in the November election. The meeting today is described as routine with no major business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vie Provart
D-Pinckneyville
Perry County
Winton Bigham
Bigham
Rednour
Provart
Campus beautification at Carbondale High School East
The Environmental Club and freshman class spent hours Saturday beautifying the campus with eight tulip poplar trees. Phoebe Cox donated the first trees. more donations are being sought to expand the arbors. Left to right planting scene includes Greg Yehline Philip Moss and club advisor Dan Reusch.
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Carbondale Community High School
East
Phoebe Cox
Greg Yehline
Philip Moss
Dan Reusch
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Oliver Davis Jr
Sneed Falk
Andrew Jackson Grant
George Kilbreth
William Kilbreth
Robinson King
Frank O’neal
Oliver Peebles
Darras Willis Pulley
Matthew Sims
Abram Sinks
Sheldon James Violett
James Abbott
Carl Dare
David Davies
Cecil Draper
Andrew Dunning
Lloyd Holland
Otis Ladd
Claude Mullins
Robert Parker
Everett
William Macurdy
Herbert Roberts
Joseph Robertson
Clyde Sherertz
Doyle Swilley
Thomas Tyson
William Westmoreland
James Worley
Otis Brayfield
Cambria
George Day
Edward Duncan
Mike McNeill
Fred Sheppard
Rossie Waller
Carterville
Clarence Dozier
Thomas Williams
Clifford
Charles Batson
Cottage Home
Sam Graves
Crab Orchard
Thomas Stephens
Mouser’s
Ben Grant
Harold McCain
Pittsburg
David Cusson
White Ash
Lawrence Benson
Clarence Stodghill
Robert Adams
Theodore Barnes
Carl Barwick
John Berra
Charles Bloodworth
Ray Bowen
Bruce Bradford
Lyndian Brown
Thomas’ Brown
Charles C. Calcaterra
Charles J. Calcaterra
Robert ’Calcaterra
Lowell Cole
Herman Cothran
Clovis Cox
Olin Davis Jr
Dwayne Dwyer
Claude Eldridge
Elmer Everett
Elbert Foncree
John Frigerio
Donald Wall
Donald Waller
Jack Waugh
Lester Winnett
L. D. Wyatt
Arthur Vannone
Victor Zucco
Howard Pierce
Paul Mangum
Victor Sskra
Tony Mandrell
James Thompson
Spillertown
Ralph Gaye
Rt. 1
Thompsonville
Herman Alexander
Carl Avis
Dewey Baker
Jewel Bethel Jr
Irvin Boester
William Breking
James Calvin
George Dial
Marion Doughty
Jack Fallon
Earl Fosse
Herbert Garrison
Mills Groves
Carl Halley
Ralph Helm
Fred Hill
Alman Maynard
Norvel Miller
Carl Norris
William Roberts
Jack Schafale
Allen Shreve
Ralph Stokes
Albert Warner
Wayne Wilson
John Trimble
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Herrin Rotary
Freddy Dean Tolar
James Orr
Galatia
S. 17Th St
Bob Keeling
James Taylor
Dianna L. Hennesy
Harrisburg
Hillary E. Humm
Perry
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