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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1965
Page
11
William W. Sivels 21 of Colp will depart Saturday for Vietnam and join the U S Army first recovery division after completing Fort Dix training. A 1964 Herrin Township High School graduate, he is the son of Mr and Mrs Carl Sivels.
The Grant City School District 130 board appointed Charles Popp to fill the vacancy left by Ellis Rich who resigned for business reasons. Superintendent Claude Ross said the panel also approved buying new stage curtains funded mainly from the PTA carnival fund, with installation planned before the Christmas program. In maritime measure 6,080 feet equal one nautical mile.
The Carousel Playhouse in Herrin will hold a rummage sale Friday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at 1108 Ft. Madison St to raise funds after a theft of equipment. Robert Hunt, president, seeks sponsors to cover the gap between income and expenses as the group aims to reopen in January with a comedy and to resume a Saturday children's film series next year.
The Anna City Council signed a contract with Central Illinois Public Service Co to place all city light meters on one bill. New meters on a water tower in Anna Heights and a new lift station accompany a sewer line under construction in the annexed area. Ward Simpson says the rate stays at one rent per kilowatt hour. The council approved 27844 dollars to Knowles and Dungey Construction Co for new lines to the annexed area and 2326 dollars to Gilmore Asphalt Co for paving two new streets Transcript and Pease drives in the annexed area.
Duane Grisham, head of Florsheim Shoe Co in Anna, was elected president of the Anna Chamber of Commerce Saturday succeeding Leon Whitnay who served two years.
The U S Census Bureau will conduct an annual farm labor survey and a first phase hunting and fishing survey in December via a scientifically selected sample. William G Whittington of Carterville is the local representative. The surveys, funded by USDA and Interior, support Labor Statistics data. They cover all family members nine years and older and seek 1965 hunting and fishing activity.
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