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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1949

Page

11

Christmas Gifts for the Home Workshop

Selections cover building and plumbing items, mechanic tools, and wood carving sets. Prices vary from 29 cents screwdrivers to $275 complete home workshop. Items aim to boost basement workshops and appeal to men on gift lists this Christmas.

Toy shop sale offers varied items from trains to blocks

The listing details numerous sale items including rubber hoses air pumps elevator hardware a two story truck terminal metal draw bridge spring toys shooting galleries cowboy suit phonograph and child friendly musical gear. Also featured are spelling boards printing presses art sets and Ku san Karakinae blocks.

April Turkeys Ready For Christmas Ovens

Turkeys hatch in April grow rapidly and reach oven size by Thanksgiving or Christmas. Males and females differ in growth, with males typically larger as they approach the holiday season.

Carbondalian Assigned To Okinawa Station

Private John W. Stickney of Carbondale has been assigned to the Headquarters of the 20th Air Force on Okinawa. After enlisting in August 1948 at Fort Knox, he completed basic training and moved to the Pacific theater arriving in Japan January 1949. He served with the Fifth Air Force and was reassigned to Itazuke Airbase in Kyushu as a lineman with the 467th Signal Heavy AVN Construction company.

John W. Stickney Myrtle Stickney East College Street Carbondale 20Th Air Force Okinawa John United States Army Fort Knox Japan Fifth Airforce Itazuke Kyushu 467Th Signal Heavy Avn Construction Company

Crab Orchard Group Attends Milwaukee Wildlife Conference

Eugene Crawford director at Crab Orchard refuge attends the Milwaukee wildlife managers meeting. Also traveling are Roy Campbell industrial manager DeWayne Beck assistant wildlife manager and George Wiseman conservationist. the conference runs through the week.

Eugene Crawford Crab Orchard Federal Wildlife Managers Milwaukee Wisconsin Roy Campbell Dewayne Beck George Wiseman

Brief note on achieving a quarter pound weight goal

A short statement discusses attaining a weight around .25 pounds within a specified timeframe. No individuals or organizations are named in the readable text. The fragment implies a target weight metric and a deadline but lacks context and participants.

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