Carbondale Schools Plan Holiday Program Series
Carbondale schools begin Christmas recess Dec 16 with Dec 14 15 16 programs. University and elementary grades perform operettas and concerts under supervision of teachers and the student council. About 175 students take part in Surprise Christmas with no admission charge. Dec 16 features a lower grades sing at the Allyn building first floor.
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Carbondale
Community High School
Attacks High School
Joe Thomas
Georgetta Alexander
Ronald McKinley
Timothy Avery
Telascher McCoy
University School
Elizabeth Meehan
Allyn
Ora Rogers
University
Mary Entsminger
Springmore, Brush and
Lincoln
Lincoln Auditorium
Madelyn Treece
Mary Swindell
Lily Strickland
Grand Central Railroad Station
New York
N. Y
Jane Travelstead
Jo Jeannine Miller
Henry Maze
Jean Arras
Charlotte Addison
Ronnie Morris
Stanton Hudgins
Donald Reps
Dick Howe
Barbara Goldstein
Juanita Wright
Malcolm Winkler
Judy Barrett
Danny Kimmel
David Pittinger
Mary Lea Brown
Frankie Taylor
Hospital Admissions and Discharges Listed for Week
Hospital notes show admissions: Mrs Oscar Cline Marion medical, Mrs George Perry surgical, Mrs William Davis medical, John L Chester Carbondale medical, Mrs W S Bragg medical Carbondale. Discharges: Everett L Baldwin surgical Anna, Miss Alberta Gibbons medical Carbondale, Leo Hoffner accident Carbondale, Mrs Paul V Poe surgical Marion, Mrs Thurman Peters and daughter Carterville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
John L. Chester
Carbondale
W. S. Bragg
Everett L. Baldwin
Anna
Alberta Gibbons
Leo Hoffner
Paul V. Poe
Mar
Subscription Rates Listing for Carbondale Daily
The Daily Free Press in Carbondale Illinois lists subscription rates for carrier and mail delivery. Carrier 25 cents a week. mail 6 weeks 1.00 12 weeks 2.00 24 weeks 4.00 52 weeks 7.50. Mail subscriptions exclude areas with carrier service. Local post office filing notes second class matter under act of 1879. Associated Press ownership noted.
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Daily Free Press
Southern Coindsan
West Main Street
Carbondale
Carpendale
Illinois
Associated Press
Yule Decorations Go Up in Carbondale
Don Crabtree fastens cedar rope on light poles along South Illinois Avenue as 60 poles receive Santa heads and holiday symbols. about 1200 feet of rope used. Carl Crain says lights will be turned on Saturday with 40 strings spanning Illinois Main and Washington streets rather than parallel strings.
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Don Crabtree
Carbondale
Illinois Avenue
J. A. Patterson
Carl Crain
Carbondale Business Men’s Association
Chief Crain
Illinois
Main
Washington
Licensing Law Talk at Benton Dinner
State Representative W O Verhines told about 85 water plant operators and city officials in Benton that the Operating Engineers union of Chicago backs the operators licensing bill. He said lack of active support helped defeat the measure and that any law must aid organized labor and public backing. Downer of the Illinois Public Health department noted operators statewide had not supported licensing.
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W. O. Verhines
Vienna
Benton
Operating Engineers Union of Chicago
Verhines
W. J. Downer
Illinois Public Health Department
Downer
Coal Swindler Preys On Carbondale Residents
Rumors say a smooth operator capitalized on a coal emergency two weeks ago to sell worthless slack and dust coal at high prices. Victims report he targeted homes, using excuses about late deliveries and flat tires to rush sales, with several tons purchased at inflated rates.
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West Side
Carbondale
Farm Bureau 31st Annual Meeting Set at Murphysboro High
Nearly 1000 people expected for the Jackson County Farm Bureau meeting at Murphysboro Township High School auditorium tomorrow at 7 30 p m. Featured speaker Frank Wilcox of Country Mutual discusses farm safety and driving. Ray Blacklock wins state safe driving award for Rural Youth contest. Directors for five districts will be elected. Refreshments after the meeting and about 20 attendance prizes to registrants before 7 30 p m.
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Jackson County Farm Bureau
Murphysboro Township
Frank Wilcox
Chicago
Country Mutual Casualty Insurance Company
Wilcox
Ray Blacklock
Vergennes
Warren Crews
W. C. Anderson
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
Community Chest Pro-Rated At 76 Percent In Carbondale
Carbondale's largest Community Chest fund totaling 7828 will be distributed to groups at 76 percent of requested amounts after fall drive fell short of its 10300 goal. Recipients include Boy Scouts 2432 and Girl Scouts 1520 with other allocations to Teen Town, Salvation Army, American Cancer Foundation, and more. Marion Harris chairs nominating committee. officers to be elected in January and take office February.
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Carbondale
Community Council
Hugh Watson
Salvation Army
American Cancer Foundation
Hogan Center
Marion Harris
Lester Barnes
Mae Dorsey
H. A. Flynn
Carbondale banks warn on counterfeit money season
Bank officials in Carbondale urge merchants to beware of fake currency during holidays. Reports of bogus $10 and $20 bills appear in Du Quoin and St. Louis as Secret Service increases efforts to curb losses.
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Carbondale
du Quoin
St. Louis
Secret Service
Glen Storme
First National Bank
Herrin Lions Plan Area Meetings and Legislative Committee
The Herrin Lions club aims to organize an area meeting plan for the international organization. Members voted to contact other clubs with the proposal and formed a legislative committee led by A. D. Morgan with Lan Haney Marvin Owen and A. T. Brown. Senator Robert J. Young will forward information on General Assembly legislation.
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Herrin Lions Club
M. W. Finney
Robert J. Young
Hurst
General Assembly
Herrin Organization
Young
A. D. Morgan
Lan Haney
Marvin Owen
A. T. Brown
Mead Nebraska Nitrate Plant To Close By Army
The army announced plans to close the Mead Nebraska ordnance plant soon despite a senator’s proposal to keep it open temporarily. Army spokesman said plans have not changed and closure is proceeding.
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Mead, Neb
Army
Washington
Kenneth Wherry
R-Neb
Vitamin Talk Frames Egypt's Needs at Dinner Meeting
Scerial Thompson, Harrisburg attorney, outlined “Vitamins for Egypt” at a Greater Egypt association dinner in the Hotel Roberts Blue Room. He urged Independence, Investment, Individual Risk, and Faith as keys to local advancement and youth retention, urging self-reliance over reliance on Springfield or Washington. Selection on trumpet by Olsson and Mueller accompanied short remarks by local leaders.
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Scerial Thompson
Harrisburg
Greater Egypt Association
Hotel
Roberts
Thompson
Times
Egypt
Springfield
Washington
Independent Student Association hosts eight state delegates at SIU
Delegates from Illinois Indiana Michigan Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota Missouri and Kentucky convene at Southern Illinois University to discuss independent student life. Events include panel discussions housing activities dances and a regional song contest with an informal campus dance tonight.
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Southern Illinois University
Independent Student Association
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Kentucky
D. W. Morris
Morris
George Alton
Iowa State University Isa
W. G. Swartz
Government Department
Vince Genovese
E. G. Lentz
Watchman Ordered for Southern Illinois University Allyn Training
Inspector Louis Meisser state labor department conciliator said he found hazards to citizens at the Federal Construction built Allyn Training building in Carbondale. The company must hire a watchman and address dangers cited by Delmar Shackleton of Laborers Local 227 including a quick lime pit and unguarded elevator pits.
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Louis Meisser
State Labor Department
Southern Illinois University
New Allyn
Federal Construction Company
Carbondale
Meisser
Delmar Shackleton
Shackleton
Elks Sponsor Yale Dance for Teenagers in Carbondale
Carbondale Elks will host a Christmas dance for teens at 220 West Jackson Street on December 22. The club facilities open from 8 30 p m to midnight with Tommy Lawson and his band providing music. A small admission fee will go to Ti Town as a donation from the Elks committee.
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Carbondale Elks
West Jackson Street
John Gilbert
O. K. Bowen
The
Elks Committee
Tommy Lawson
Ti Town
Memb
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George Perry
Surgical
William Davis
Thurman Peters
Carterville
Farm Bureau
MTHS
Frm Bureau
Marlo
Robert Young
Shirley Temple
LAW of the
Ever Tam Host
Gloria Henry Stephen Dunne
Teenie
Vic Smiley Burnette
Lor 2
Shirley Bury Temple
Fitzgerald
Herrin
Phillip H. Olsson
Robert Mueller
G. F. Comstock
Illinois Federation of Women’s Clubs
C. W. Bishop
A. T. Ayers
Don Dilmore
Franklin College
Henry Buter
Purdue
Joy Strickland
de Pauw University
Bob Martz
Indiana University
Dick Post
Purdue University
Peg Tandy
University of Illinois
Bob Bartz
Valpariso College
Jay LaFoe
Western Illinois College
Bill Waters
ISA
Bob McCabe
Jim Holland
Jean Humn
Charles Dickerman
Phyllis Johnson
Russell King
Henry Barnard
Jim Walker
Denton Ferrell
Lowell Kypta
W. G. Gersbacher
Julius Swayne
Genet Tay
Joe
Joe Kirkwood Leon Errol Elyse Knox Noe
K Uy
Ina Bus
Petal Durbin
O'Brien
Mary
ST. John
Peggy Stewart
S Sther Skelton
Williams Ra
Jaye
Keenan Wynn
seTty Garrett
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