First Methodist Church in Carbondale Plans New Addition
The Quarterly Conference approved improvements at First Methodist Church Carbondale including a rear addition to the building and basement remodeling. The $190000 project will increase capacity to about 1500, designed by Gale Henderson of St. Louis, with Evans Construction Co. of St. Louis handling the contract. Construction may begin next month. Building committee members include James Cherry Paul McRoy Dwight Kan John Armstrong Royal Dilinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
H. G. Hurley
St. Louis
Gale Henderson
Evans Construction Co
Hurley
James Cherry
Paul McRoy
Dwight Kan
John Armstrong
Royal Dillinger
Carbondale Man Treated After Knife Wound Incident
A Carbondale man Theodie Appleberry 201 E Oak was treated at Doctors Hospital for a stomach wound after his wife stabbed him during an argument near midnight. Police chief said no charges filed and the wife claimed he had been drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Doctors Hospital
Henry Hale
Theodie Appleberry
E. Oak
Hale
Fumes Trigger Fatal Benton House Explosion
Six members of the Wingo family died when gasoline fumes ignited kerosene and wood stove flames in a Benton home. Mrs Ruby Wingo 48 and five children perished. Agnes 14 survived with severe burns. Fire officials led the investigation and a family relief fund opened with a $10 donation from the mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Wingo
Hilton
Truman
Benton
Leroy Sweeten
Curran Fields
Denton
Wingo
Bank of Benton
William Carter
Agnes
Arlie Murphy
Frankfort
Merle
Charles II
New Aid Plan Cuts Funds for School Lunch Programs
Southern Illinois educators told the Illinois School Problems Commission that the new state aid equalization reduces lunch funding. Eldorado officials cited about $20,000 less under the formula that replaces special lunch funds, with debate over the plan’s impact and the need for a state board of education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
Illinois School Problems Commission
Eldorado High
Stratton
David Davis
Bloomington
Davis
Southern Illinois University
George B. Carty
Marion
Carty
Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers
Illinois
Egbert B. Green
R. Pekin
Board of Education
Green
Illinois Commission
Herrin Township High to Hold Christmas Concert
The annual Herrin Township High School Christmas concert is set for December 18 at 3 in the new gymnasium. Admission is free. The show features two parts, band and chorus, directed by Roy C. Eastin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Township High School
E. C. Eckert
Roy C. Eastin
New Carbondale Laundry Opens in City
A new self service laundry opens at Mill Street and S University Avenue in Carbondale. Owner Ned Farris brands the University Cleaners and Launderette. it will employ three people with 20 machines and three dryers. Dry cleaning is offered and a 30 car parking lot is planned for spring. Grand opening set for January 7. construction cost reported at $35,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mill Street
S. University Avenue
Carbondale
Ned Farris
University Cleaners
Farris
New Dates Set in Carbondale Christmas Contests
Judging for Carbondale Christmas decorations contests sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce has been postponed to December 15 for merchants and December 20 for residential decorations. Chairman Miss Dorothy Bowles announced the new dates today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Chamber of Commerce
Dorothy Bowles
Herrin Man Wins Dog Death Verdict in Small Claims Court
Louis Faro of Herrin won a $250 damage verdict from Jack Cover of Herrin for the death of a bird dog. Cover testified the dog killed several chickens, and the case was heard in Justice of the Peace George Wood's court with a 20 day appeal period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Faro
Herrin
Jack Cover
Rt. 1
Faro
Cover
Justice of the Peace
George Wood
Santa Claus Arrives in Herrin For Christmas Parade
Santa will arrive by plane at Williamson County Air and ride to City Hall at 1 30 p m in a convertible. He will distribute over 1000 candy sacks prepared by Future Homemakers and hear children’s wishes. The Jaycees plan a large Christmas program with a 30 foot tree provided by the Rotary Club at Park Avenue and Cherry Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Brewer
Val Stanley
Junior Chamber of Commerce
St. Nick
Williamson County Airby
Herrin High School
Santa
Jaycees
Rotary Club
Park Avenue
Cherry Street
Stanley
Southern Illinoisan
Herrin
Herrin Jaycees
S. Park Avenue
Elks
VFW
Eagles and Legion
Herrin Survey May Set New Pattern
Herrin council hires two St. Louis engineering firms to run simultaneous preliminary surveys on water and sewer needs. Williamson and Associates and R W Booker and Associates will report by Feb 6 1956. The plan may set a national pattern for city engineering work and ethics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
St. Louis
Sanitary Water Board
Joe Williamson
Williamson and Associates
National Society of Professional Engineers
Washington, D. C
Williamson
Missouri Society of Professional Engineers
Washington
R. W. Booker
Booker
Lester Jordan
Police Briefs From Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro and Sparta
Carbondale police arrest John Ebb for intoxication. Herrin fines Charles May for speeding. Murphysboro driver Billy K Jones pays 9 in fines for illegal muffler. Sparta resident Morgan Woodall fined 50 for disturbing the peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
John Ebb
Herrin
Charles May
Carterville
Justice of the Peace
George Wood
Murphysboro Police Car Arrives Today
A new Ford sedan squad car for the Murphysboro City Police Dept. arrived in the city this morning. Morgan Motor Co will install a siren and police radio and paint the vehicle before delivery. Work is expected to require three or four days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro City
Bob Morgan
Morgan Motor Co
Morgan
Jackson Board Approves 56 Budgets and Law Test Plan
Jackson County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution to test a new state law barring justices of the peace from township duties, plan federal surplus commodity distribution, routine department budgets, and a gift Abraham Lincoln photo for the county clerk. The meeting noted a state Supreme Court test and potential township elections in 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Mayrphysboro
Justices of the Peace
Abraham Lincoln
Sam R. Plant
Warren Montgomery
Charles F. Carpentier
Chairman Plant
Illinois Public Aid Commission
Lando E. Howard
Clifford C. Jeremiah
W. J. Wanstreet
Jackson County
Howard
Johnston City
Elkville-Dowell
Perry County
Wanstreet
Public Aid Commission First
Jackson County approves 582 929 budget with 1976 rise
The Jackson County Board of Supervisors approved a 582 929 budget for 1956 with a 19 750 increase over 1955. A new 40 000 federal aid roads fund was added and the municipal retirement levy was raised from 21 000 to 35 000 to catch up payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Boyd Thorp
Thorp
County General Fund
Joint
Federal Aid
Truax-Tracr
Rts. 13
John T. Blankinship
Community Council Meets Tonight in Carbondale
The Carbondale Community Council will convene at 7 30 tonight in the Kroger Co conference room on N Illinois Avenue to discuss local affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale Community Council
Kroger Co
N. Illinois Avenue
HTHS Drivers Bat Thousand In State Tests
Herrin driver training pupils achieved a perfect score on state written and reading tests this week. All 16 members of the Sept class under instructor Wallace Baker passed, according to Principal E. C. Eckert, who noted the state pass rate is about 40 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Wallace Baker
E. C. Eckert
Mrs. C. I. Van Arsdalen Dies Suddenly at 62
Mrs. C I Van Arsdalen 62 died at 4 a m today at 500 W Oak Carbondale of a sudden coronary heart attack. She was active in youth work and held leadership roles in Indian affairs within the Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs. Survived by husband C I Van Arsdalen three children a sister in law and a brother in Washington D C Funeral is Saturday at 9 a m in St Francis Xavier Church Carbondale with burial in Oakland. Friends may call after 1 p m Friday. Recitation of the rosary Friday at 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. I. van Arsdalen
Oak
Carbondale
Joe Brauer
Paoli
Ind
van Arsdalens
van Arsdalen
Fire Girls
Federated Woman's Club
Illinois Federation of Women’s Clubs
IFWC
Jackson County Selection of Women’s Clubs
Egyptian Garden Club
American Legion Auxiliary
Bowles and Winstead Lead Carbondale Fund Drive Kickoff
Dorothy Bowles, paid secretary of the Carbondale United Fund drive, and William Winstead, drive chairman, check the progress as volunteers begin the community fundraising effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Bowles
Carbondale United Fund Drive
William Winstead
Herrin Man Elisha Mears Dies at 89
Elisha L. Mears 89 a Herrin resident and former coal miner died Tuesday at Herrin Hospital He lived at 517 South 24th Street Funeral services are set for Friday at 2 30 p m at Herrin Hurricane Memorial Baptist Church with burial Saturday in Mt Emblem Cemetery Chicago He is survived by his wife Harriet two daughters Mrs Ethel Broyles and Mrs Edith Bunting two sons Carey Elton and Floyd 15 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elisha L. Mears
Herrin
Herrin Hurricane Memorial Baptist Church
Grammer
Mt. Emblem Cemetery
Chicago
Storme
Mears
Carmi
Jessie
Mary Ann Meyers
Herrin Hospital
S. 24Th Se
Lydia Myers
Harriet Mornin
Harriet
Ethel Broyles
Edith Bunting
Carey, Elton
Floyd
Evansville
Ind
Mines Working Friday Fidelity Pyramid Truax Tract No 2
The report lists mine sites Fidelity Pyramid Truax Tract No 2 and Buckhorn Zeigler 3 along with Old Ben 9 14 and 22 Orient 2 3 and Kathleen no report noted for New Kathleen.
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Fidelity Pyramid Truax-Tract No
Freeman
Buckhorn Zeigler
Ben
Orient
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Masonic and Oddfellows Cemetery
First Methodist
Carbondale Church
State
Norman E. Hilton
Paul Denton
New Carbondale
Herrin Man
Santa Claus
Murphysboro
Jackson Board
Jackson
Community Council
Ihf
Warbondale
Kathleen
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