AnnaC 0IC Honors Eight Anna Chamber Members
The Anna Chamber of Commerce honored eight long standing local business people at the Ladies Night event held at the American Legion Community Center. Recipients included Alberta Willis, L B Tuthill, Everett Alden, August Bruchhauser, John Coffman, Robert B Duncan, John Laon, and John W Roy. New officers and board members were introduced as part of a year end review with George E Parks as master of ceremonies. More than 260 attendees attended.
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Anna Chamber of Commerce
Anna
American Legion Community Center
Alberta Willis
L. B. Tuthill
The
Tuthill Insurance Agency
Everett Alden
August Bruchhauser
Phoenix Flour Mills
John Coffman
Robert B. Duncan
John Laon
Andohn W. Roy
Anna Building and Loan Assa
Howard Lam
George E. Parks
Shawnee Students Present A Christmas Carol at Yale Program
Shawnee High School speech students stage Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol on December 19 at 7:30 p.m. Louis Kaufman leads as Scrooge with Bill Adams as Fred and John Knupp as Bob Cratchit. Roy Lee Walker and Ronnie Boonk portray the four ghosts with John Kaufman as Tiny Tim and Wilma Cook as Mrs Cratchit. Mrs Linnet Lurley directs.
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Shawnee High School
Charles Dickens
Louis Kaufman
Scrooge
Bill Adams
Fred
John Knupp
Bob Cratchit
Jen Blandford
David Hatchet
Ronnie Boonk
Roy Lee Walker
Four Ghosts
John Kaufman
Tiny Tim
Wilma Cook
Mrs. Cratchit
Carbondale Post Office Adopts Christmas Hours and New Staff
Postmaster Brown announced Christmas changes for Carbondale with extended Saturday hours from 7 45 a m to 2 p m and weekday windows 7 a m to 6 30 p m through December 23 New staff, many inexperienced, will deliver much of the city mail starting Monday Deliveries will occur twice daily beginning Thursday and calls for mail status will be limited during the rush
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Carbondale
Virgils
Cary
Brown
Polio Vaccinations Prove Effective Statewide
State Health Department reports polio cases higher among unvaccinated Iowa children aged 6 to 9 percent with 135 cases, 44 paralytic, versus 77 cases and 11 paralytic in vaccinated children from April 19 to November 1. Two deaths occurred in the unvaccinated group, none in the vaccinated, prompting a push for vaccination in ages 5 to 14.
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State Health Department
Fire Ruins Four Room Royalton Home
A Thursday night fire in Royalton destroyed a four room frame house on N. Dean Street owned by Joe B. Tule. The blaze started about 11 30 p m and damaged contents. neighbors Glyde Pyles and Royalton Fire Department responders helped. The Tule family were away at the time of the fire.
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Royalton
Joe B. Tule
N. Dean Street
Weteighbor
Glyde Pyles
Paris Man Acquitted in Edgar County Case
Robert Pinnell aged 65 of Paris was acquitted by an Edgar County court on December 9. The case drew regional attention as legal proceedings concluded with an official verdict dismissing the charges.
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Paris, Ill
Robert Pinnell
Paris
Edgar County
Murphysboro Shoe Store to Open Saturday
Murphysboro's new Famous Shoe Store will open on schedule Saturday, owner J Russell Vaughn said. Earlier plans delayed by a major shoe industry strike have been resolved as shipments resume, allowing sufficient stock for the opening.
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Murphysboro
J. Russell Vaughn
Vaughn
Man Charged With Assault On Trial Date Pending Murder Conspiracy
A defendant was found guilty on a Wednesday night assault charge with intent to kill and remains under indictment for conspiracy to commit murder and perjury related to the September 5 fatal shooting of John Francis Twigg aged 39.
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John Francis Twigg
Shoe Shop Owner Talks After Fire Gutting Walnut Street Store
The owner describes door prizes as part of the response after a fire on March 26 gutted Vaughn’s shoe store at the 13th and Walnut street location, which had operated for nearly two decades.
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Vaughn
13Th and
Walnut Street
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Williams Store
Stines
Genesco Aluminum Products
Carterville
Scher
Johnston City
Monroe Street
Herrin
Davis Motor
Chamber of Commerce
Tuthill
Willis
Annac
Ne&w
John Caner
E. E. Chamness
Joe Gollon
C. Earl Hughes
Mary B. Harper
Fred Brooks
Leon Whitney
Clarence Champbell
Carl Boyd
Yule
Springfield
East Broadway
Cift
Zwick’s
Royalton Home
Tricot
Harry Berger
Tiny
Jemmies
Janene
Kaylon Incorporated
Eaton & Brown Appliance Co
E. Main
South
Washington
Shelton
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