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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1949
Page
6
Ora Snyder of the Electrification unit promotes a safe, low cost pipe heating method using soil heating cable and thermostat. He plans county meetings to demonstrate a wiring panel and other labor saving ideas for veterans at the Court House on Wednesday night December 14.
Meteors with flaming tails, part of the geminid shower, are expected to stream across the night sky from 8 p.m. to midnight local time with visibility of more than one per minute. The four night display is forecast as spectacular by the National Bureau of Standards.
Judge C W Wright of Carbondale attends the Illinois County Probate Judges Association annual convention in Chicago. He is a past president of the group and led the organization in 1948. The gathering began Thursday and runs through Saturday. Wright left Carbondale Wednesday night.
Carbondale residents Martha Spear Bill Hall and Bill Wakeland of the Madrigal singers at Southern Illinois University performed recently with the group. Founded in 1940 by Floyd Wakeland the ensemble averages 40 appearances yearly in English style dress, unaccompanied, and without a conductor. They performed before the Council of 100 in a Friday meeting and before legislators on Saturday.
In Riverside California UC chemists grind orange leaves to test what trees need for proper nutrition. The study foresees a hungry tree showing deficiency in its foliage as a predictor of required fertilizer.
Fifteen students from Southern Illinois University’s physical education department for women attended a modern dance symposium at Eastern Illinois College in Charleston. Faculty from the University of Illinois Eastern Western Normal and Southern schools joined in morning technique sessions and afternoon dance presentations.
Six employees from the Crab Orchard capacitors division of Sangamo Electric Co and their wives attended the third annual Sangamo 15 Year Club meeting Tuesday at the Marion Bowl in Marion. Walter Winesburg served as toastmaster and read a message from 500 members in Springfield. Mrs. Sherman Carr provided accordion music for group singing. Rex Nicholson was named club chairman for employees with at least 15 years of service. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Harry Guyman, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Winesburg, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Crowder, Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Blacke, Mr. and Mrs. Rex Nicholson, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mitchell.
Large food markets offer as many as 3,000 separate articles in consumer sizes. This bustling inventory signals broad product choice and scale, highlighting the expansive breadth of items available to shoppers in modern markets.
Miss Evelyn Ames has been selected as soloist for Southern Illinois University’s Messiah program in Shryock Auditorium on Sunday December 11 at 7 30 p m. The performance repeats Monday December 12 in Centralia High School auditorium at 8 p m with sponsorship by the Centralia Rotary Club. Both concerts are open to the public without charge.
A fatal fire on Chicago near West Side killed one person and forced 35 residents to flee a three story building. Fire officials say the body was found in the basement and the blaze likely started from a kerosene stove.
The fragment notes a small fire with undetermined cause and an estimated $1,000 in building damage. It mentions tin supply specifics, stating only about half a percent of a modern tin can is tin.
Hat cleaning and blocking service advertised for men in Southern Illinois. Emphasizes professional craftsmanship, careful shaping, and quality materials to restore and maintain hats. Serves residents seeking preserve style with careful attention to fabric and brim.
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