Large Firms Cut Hiring For 1950 Graduates, Endicott Warns
Northwestern University placement director Frank Endicott says 169 major firms will cut college graduate hiring for 1950, with June graduates facing about a 25 percent drop. Reductions vary by field, from 55 percent in personnel work to 25 percent in accounting and chemical engineering, as companies near end of postwar expansion. Day of Southern Illinois University attends the Evanston meeting.
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Frank S. Endicott
Northwestern University
Bureau of Placement
Colege
Endicott
Raymond H. Day
Southern Illinois University
Phillips to Stay In Carterville Fire Job
Carterville fire chief Fred Phillips announced he will remain in his role after the city council denied his resignation on December 1 and approved special terms. He has served five years with the department and plans to resign as special officer soon, while continuing as a firefighter.
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Fred Phillips
Carterville
Phillips
Christmas Party Meetings At Local Homes
Philathea class of Methodist hosts a Christmas party at Bessie Ellis home 617 North Fourteenth Street at 7 30 p m each member to bring a dollar gift for exchange Win Win class of Christian meets at Esther Ranchinos home 205 North Twentieth Street at 7 30 p m bring 50 cent gift for exchange and 50 cent money gift for Christmas basket
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Philathea
Methodist
Bessie Ellis
North Fourteenth Street
Win Win
Esther Ranchino
North Twentieth Street
Cars Travel On Colp Road At Own Risk
The Herrin Colp road is unofficially open to traffic says Mitchell Construction Co. superintendent Or val Hudgens. Work remains to add hand rails on two 50 foot bridges and shoulder the road. Official opening will await completion and favorable weather, with two to three weeks needed for shoulder work if conditions permit.
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Herrin-Colp
Orval Hudgens
Mitchell Construction Co
State Highway Department
Hudgens
Williamson County Real Estate Transfers
Real estate transfers listed include Sidney Wilson Schwarm to Victor and Elvera Nagrodski with WD for $1, and Cecil and Wilma Payne to Densil and Elizabeth Glenn for $1 in lot 2 block 6 Cowan's 1st addition. Additional transfers show Polly and Alvin Collier to Sherman and Esther Spiller and Leva and L T Mann to Sherman and Esther Spiller as QCD for $1 in James Prentice's 1st addition. Jennie and Mike Crain to Sherman and…
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Sidney Wilson Schwarm
Victor
Elvera Nagrodski
E. Ne
Cecil
Wilma Payne
Densil
Elizabeth Glenn
Cowan
Polly
Alvin Collier
Sherman
Esther Spiller
James Prentice
Leva
L. T. Mann
Jennie
Mike Crain
Banks Warn of Counterfeit Ten and Twenty Dollar Bills
Herrin bankers cautioned shoppers about counterfeit ten and twenty dollar bills circulating since fall in St. Louis. Officials listed five fake bill types and urged customers to inspect every note, noting counterfeiters alter plate numbers to avoid detection.
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Herrin
St. Louis
H. A. Whittenberg
Bank of Herrin
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Federal Reserve Bank of
Whittenberg
Herrin Tigers Hit Road Then Home For Weekend Games
The Herrin Tigers basketball schedule this weekend features a road game at Johnston City tonight and a home game against the Benton Rangers tomorrow. The team seeks its first win of the season, with fans urged to attend both games. Park Avenue street closure will affect traffic tomorrow afternoon for Santa Claus candy distribution, with Santa’s truck near Park and Cherry streets arriving at 2 p.m.
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Herrin Tigers
Herrin
Johnston City
Tigers
Benton Rangers
Herrin to light Christmas display and Santa visit
Herrin Jaycees president Orwin Stotlar said lights will be turned on tomorrow night. A giant Christmas tree provided by the Herrin Rotary Club was set up at Park Avenue and Cherry Streets, with decoration to be completed by tomorrow. A three foot lighted star will top the flagpole near the doughboy at 8 30 a m tomorrow. Santa Claus arrives in Herrin tomorrow at 2 p m to hand out about 2000 sacks of candy from a truck between the doughboy and the tree.
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Park Avenue
Santa Claus
Odus Hughes
Santa
Cherry Street
Herrin
Orwin Stotlar
The
Herrin Jaycees
Herrin Rotary Club
Cherry Streets
No Luck At All In Maine Car Accidents
Lucien Boulay, awaiting cast removal from a leg broken in a prior automobile crash, was struck by another vehicle in Lewiston Maine. He sustained several broken ribs in the second mishap.
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Lewiston
Lucien Boulay
Merrin Illinois newspaper masthead notice
Entry details for second class matter dated February 11 1913 at Merrin Illinois post office under the 1879 act. Subscriptions: 25 cents per week by carrier city and suburbs. Mentions Associated Press rights to local news and AP news.
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Merrin
Ilinois
Jaycee President backs Hoover Commission report
Dene Madden of the Illinois Junior Chamber urges support for the Hoover commission aimed at cutting government spending. He spoke to about 60 Herrin Marion and West Frankfort Jaycees at the Ly-Mar hotel Marine room. The talk highlighted turnover of government workers, the 1950 Chicago national convention, and plans for an overseas Jaycee trip to Manila.
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Decatur
Illinois Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Hoover Commission
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Herrin Jaycees
Marine Room
Ly-Mar
Herrin
Marion
West Frankfort
Jaycee
United States
Illinois
Tommy Martin West
James Basinger
Stalemate in Bush YMCA Building Purchase Talks
State Senator Robert J. Young says negotiations over leasing or buying the idle $95,000 Bush YMCA building from Missouri Pacific have stalled. Illinois welfare, SIU, and the University of Illinois eye the site for crippled children programs and dormitory use, with rent discussions at about $200 a month and a purchase option in 1951.
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The
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YMCA
Charles Exline
Railroad
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University of Iinois
Department of Welfare
Young
Hospital News From Herrin Area Admissions and Births
Among those admitted to Herrin hospital Thursday were Mrs. Mary Alice Day Golconda Charles Parmely Johnston City Mrs Wanda Clark Mt Vernon Mrs Catherine Hicks West Frankfort Mrs Parale Deaton Marion George Rush Herrin and Mrs Mary Brown Marion Those dismissed Thursday were Mrs Alice Reiter Johnston City Alonzo Hart Johnston City Mrs Ora Ramsey Herrin J W Wood Herrin Benjamin Bryan Marion and Mrs May Moakes Carterville Dr and Mrs O H Taylor West Frankfort are the parents of a daughter born Thursday Mr and Mrs William Deaton Marion are parents of a son born Thursday Mr and Mrs Charles Hicks West Frankfort are parents of a son born Thursday Mrs Mary Treece Herrin was admitted Friday Mr and Mrs Marshall Treece Herrin are parents of a daughter born Friday Mr and Mrs Douglas Brown Friday
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Mary Alice Day
Golconda
Charles Parmely
Johnston City
Wanda Clark
Mt. Vernon
Catherine Hicks
West Frankfort
Parale Deaton
Marion
George Rush
Herrin
Mary Brown
Alice Reiter
Johnston Cig
Alonzo Hart
Ora Ramsey
J. W. Wood
Benjamin Bryan
May Moakes
Carterville
O. H. Taylor
William Deaton
Charles Hicks
Mary Treece
Marshall Treece
Douglas Brown
Darnell Again Heads Local 268 Teamsters in Herrin
Darnell was reelected president of Herrin Local No. 268 of the Teamsters at a meeting above the Rome club last night, with about 70 members present. Tony Garavalla challenged him, while Louis Rolande won the vice presidency, and Warren McNeill and Fred Roach were unopposed for key posts.
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Tuffy) Darnell
Herrin Teamsters
Rome
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Darnell
Union
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William Knapp
Warren McNeill
Fred Roach
Bill Humphrey
Busin
Manning
Carl Williams
Johnny Miriami
Joe Woodhouse
Chester Gurley
Clarence Popham
Herrin to Host Regional Basketball Tournament
Herrin has been selected as a site for a regional basketball tournament by the Illinois High School Association. No tickets will go on sale before late January. Herrin’s gym will accommodate regional and sectional events in late February or early March. Other regional sites include Cairo West Frankfort Mt Vernon Marion and Centralia.
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Herrin
E. C. Eckert
Illinois High School Association
Illinois
Cairo
West Frankfort
Mt. Vernon
Marion
Centralia
Eckert
State Receives Historic Fort as Public Park Bequest
Fort George in Castine Maine, a Revolutionary War relic, is bequeathed to the state for park use by Amy Cate Witherle, last member of a Castine seafaring family. The will specifies preservation and public access for the landmark.
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Fort Castine
U.P
Fort George
Greenwich Meridian Named Prime by World Conference
Greenwich Observatory in London was declared the prime meridian by 25 nations at the Washington DC meridian conference of 1884. The agreement established a universal reference line for navigation and timekeeping.
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Greenwich Observatory
London
England
Washington, D. C
Groundwork Underway for Seventeenth Census in Herrin District
Groundwork is underway in Herrin for the seventeenth decennial census. District Supervisor William Grindle, Dorothy Bracy, and Alex Coutts prepare township maps for mailing to Washington by December 15. Nine counties will be counted with 302 enumerators and 15 crew leaders as housing and agriculture censuses accompany the population tally.
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William Grindle
Dorothy Jean Bracy
Herrin
Alex Coutts
Chicago
Census Bureau
Washington
Grindle
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