Murphysboro Council to Vote on Water Company Proposals
Murphysboro city council plans a definite vote tonight on two water company proposals for service extensions and a soft water plant in exchange for a rate increase around 55 percent. Negotiations followed earlier offers and counter offers, with a November 21 ICC hearing looming.
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Murphysboro
Murphysboro Water Company
Water and Light Committee
Water Company
The
Illinois Commerce Commission
Council to View Fire Prevention Film
A fire prevention film titled Fighting Fire with Wetter than Water will be shown to city council members before their semi monthly session. Fire Chief Urba Hanson previewed the film for Logan junior high students and plans a Monday showing at Murphysboro Township High School with the public invited.
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Urba Hanson
Logan
Murphysboro Township
Explorer Post 15 Plans Browns ville Mapping Hike
Members of Explorer Post 15 planned a Browns ville mapping hike for Sunday. The group distributed post numbers at the meeting and instructed members how to place them on uniforms after re registering.
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Explorer Post 15
Brownsville
Newspaper Subscriptions and AP Rights Notice
The notice lists subscription rates by carrier and mail options with weekly and multi week pricing. It states mail subscriptions require advance payment and that the Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights to local news and dispatches.
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Associated Press
Focalsews
AP News
Little Change In County Tax Bills For 1950
County Clerk Boyd Thorp stated Jackson County taxpayers should expect roughly similar real estate tax bills in 1950 as 1949 because the 1950 multiplier remains at 106 percent. Valuation changes occur only gradually, with adjustments possible through Board of Review hearings, while rural schools may see a rise to 40 cents per $100 valuation to qualify for state aid.
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Jackson County
Boyd Thorp
Thorp
Board of Review
John Doe
James Lawder
Mardale
County Health Unit
Christmas Tree Sales Forecast For Murphysboro 1949
Murphysboro dealers forecast 1949 Christmas tree sales between 1200 and 1400 units with prices near prior-year levels. Northern spruce 4–6 ft trees at 99 cents and 6–8 ft at about 1.99 dollars. Some merchants note earlier orders and freight costs shaping this year’s market. the 8–9 ft trees see little demand.
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Murphysboro
Block Thirteen
S Uem
Hospital Notes Admissions and Dismissals List
Admissions on December 8 include Ruth M. Wasmer maternity at 411 S. 23rd St Murphysboro Esther Sickmeyer Campbell Hill and Nancy Flanigan medical Route 2 Murphysboro Dismissals include Norma Ferguson and baby Commercial Ave Murphysboro
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Ruth M. Wasmer
S. 23Rd St
Murphysboro
Esther Sickmeyer
Campbell Hill
Nancy Flanigan
Route 2
Norma Ferguson
Baby
Commercial Ave
Infantile Politicus and Star of Bethlehem Spotlight
An essay links infantile politics to voting momentum in 1950 with GOP fundraising from new babies in several wards. Murphysboro recalls a Bethlehem star on the water tower guiding a famed Nativity crib exhibit. Dr. Andy Hall of Mt. Vernon is named America’s No. 1 country doctor for 1949 based on long practice and financial hardships.
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Tomas Gabbert
South St. Louis
Ruby Koelling
Ol’ Miss
Murphysboro
Bethlehem
South Mountain
Carbondale
Hills Country
Illinois
Andy Hall
Mt. Vernon
America
Hall
Heaven
Hell
Murphysboro C of C Reassigns Meeting Time and Place
Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce votes to move meetings to Sallie Logan library in Chamber offices on the first Tuesday of each month at 7 45 p m. Meetings were at Logan House at noon. The body also received a $1000 check from the Southern Baptist Association tied to a cancelled radio project with funds to be distributed to donors next week.
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Murphysboro
Chamber of Commerce
Sallie Logan Library
Logan House
The
Southern Baptist Association
Woman Gives Birth to Baby Girl on Birthday
Mrs Henry R Wasmer of 411 S Twenty third street Murphysboro gave birth to a baby girl weighing eight pounds three ounces at 6 25 am at St Andrew s Hospital. Both mother Ruth Mary Borgsmiller Wasmer and the infant were reported doing fine.
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Murphysboro
Henry R. Wasmer
S. Twenty-third Street
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Wasmer
Ruth
Mary Borgsmiller
Stierwalt Named Murphysboro Shrine Club President
G. C. Stierwalt was elected president of the Murphysboro Shrine club for the coming year succeeding J. C. Sanders. New officers include Willard F. Wright as first vice president, F. W. Fink as second vice president, and R. R. Barringer as secretary treasurer. The club reviewed a year of activity and planned a Christmas party.
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G. C. Stierwalt
Murphysboro
Shrine Club
J. C. Sanders
Willard F. Wright
F. W. Fink
Anna
R. R. Barringer
Shrine Benefit
Children’s Hospital
East St. Louis
Ainad Temple
Farm Bureau 31st Annual Meet Nears 1000 Attendance
Jackson County Farm Bureau prepares for the 31st annual meeting tomorrow at 7 30 p m in Murphysboro Township High School auditorium with about 1000 expected. Guest speaker Frank Wilcox will cover farm safety and safe driving, and Ray Blacklock will receive the state safe driving award after Rural Youth contest win. Directors for five of nine districts will be elected, with supper dropped this year and refreshments served after the meeting. Musical entertainment by Jim Bolen and his orchestra. about 20 attendance prizes for registrants before 7 30 p m.
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MTHS
Jackson County Farm Bureau
Murphysboro Township
Frank Wilcox
Chicago
Country Mutual Casualty Insurance Company
Wilcox
Ray Blacklock
Vergennes
Warren Crews
W. C. Anderson
County Farm
Frm
Bradley and Kinkaid
Theodore Rucker
Campbell Hill
de Soto
Elkville
P. A. Cochran
Levan
Sand Ridge
Grand Tower
Herbert Marshall
Murphysboro
Carbondale
C. A. Terry
Degognia
Fountain Bluff
Shirley Brickey
Jacob
Jim Bolen
Two Ex MTHS Cagers Meet In College Contest Tonight
Two former Murphysboro Township athletes turn opponents as Johnny Borgsmiller of Arkansas and Joe Ozburn of LSU face off tonight in a college basketball game at Baton Rouge. Both players were stars at MTHS and are sophomores and juniors respectively in their current programs.
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MTHS
Murphysboro Township
Johnny Borgsmiller
John Borgsmiller
Division Street
Joe Ozburn
Ross Ozburn
Mulberry Street
Borgsmiller
University of Arkansas
Fayetville
Ark
Ozburn
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
Arkansas
Two Women Die In Ava Homes
Ruby Faye Fox aged 56 dies at her Ava home after a year long illness. She was born in Ava in 1893 and married Joseph E. Fox in 1915. Funeral at St Luke’s Ev Lutheran Campbell Hill with burial in Ava Evergreen. she belonged to Unity Lutheran Church, St Louis. Mabel G Rosendohl, 74, dies at sister’s home in Ava. Born Elkhorn Nebraska 1875, widow of William C Rosendohl, survived by sister and two nephews. Funeral at Wilson Funeral Home Ava burial in I O O cemetery Percy.
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Ruby Faye Fox
Ava
Campbell Hill
Joseph E. Fox
Matt Wright
Unity Lutheran Church of
Arnold Kaitschuk
Ava Evergreen Cemetery
Mabel G. Rosendohl
Anna McCormack
Elkhorn
William C. Rosendohl
Presbyterian Church
Wilson Funeral Home
W. T. Campbell
Percy
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Edward Linacsay
W. Cecil Holloway
Mgr
Bradford
Milton Bennett
Junior
Christmas City
Odds and Ends
Dr. “Andy
Bill Pigott
C. of
Ed Cullinan
Music Shop
Murphysboro, Ill
U. C. Stierwalt Heads Shriners
Farm Bureau
H. L. O'Connell
Walnut, Murphysboro
Ford
Runswell
Chevrolet
Pontiac
International
Cardwell Motors
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