Movie and meeting listings from Southern Illinoisan calendar
The calendar lists film showings at Marlow's Murphysboro Rodger's Anna Orpheum Marion Varsity Carbondale and two sets of public and school meetings across Jackson Williamson and surrounding counties. Opera and guided events include theater showings and multiple board and council sessions with times noted for Tuesday Wednesday and upcoming weekend. Special events include Herrin senior citizens crafts on Wednesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlow’s
Murphysboro
Inspector Clouseau
Rodger’s
Anna
Orpheum
Marion
Varsity
Carbondale
Camelot
Fox
Jackson County Technical Action Panel
United States Conservation Service
Benton High School Board
Williamson County Public Building Commission
Carbondale Library Board
W. Main St
Vienna Public School District 55
Herrin Park
Chamber of Commerce
N. 14Th St
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Elverado Unit
Elverado High School
Elkville
Absenteeism at CCHS Returns To Normal After Walkouts
Supt William T Holder said absenteeism at Carbondale Community High School Central is back to normal after two days of walkouts by white students. About 100 skipped classes Friday and around 30 Monday for reasons including parking on High Street and an early lunch period. He noted many students visited his office and promised to keep open discussions while operations remained normal for the 1300 plus student enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale Community High School Central
William T. Holder
High Street
Cchs Central
Holder
CCHS
Pinckneyville District 50 Board approves investments and staff hires
The Pinckneyville District 50 Grade School Board voted to invest about 140000 in interest bearing notes with varying due dates. The board also supported the Pinckneyville Head Start Program for the 1969 summer and approved a contract for Susan Boyd of Carbondale as a special education teacher starting January 1969 at 645 dollars monthly for five months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinckneyville
Hugh D. Malan
Susan Boyd
Carbondale
Grass fires reported in Carbondale area
Fire calls note multiple grass fires in Carbondale and surrounding streets with no damages reported. An incident at 821 N Marion St caused $5000 damage to a house as crews worked on thawing a water line. Public notices describe paper history and Associated Press rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
Kirk
George
Carbondale
E. Chestnut St
S. Poplar St
Marion St
Fannie Isom
School board sells house in Frankfort district sale
The Frankfort Community Unit School District sold a house built by the high school building trades class for 19001 dollars. Paul Wynn of West Frankfort submitted the winning bid. The home at 201 N Horrell St features three bedrooms and a brick front with a colonial look. The district plans a new 18048 square foot house under instructor Frank Steh. In Benton, a rural home burglary Sunday stole about 2000 in musical equipment including a guitar, microphones and amplifiers from Bob Robertson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Building Trades
Frankfort Community Unit
Paul Wynn
West Frankfort
N. Horrell St
Frank Steh
Steh
Benton House
Bob Robertson
Rt. 1
Benton
County funeral directors host Dec 18 ambulance service meeting
Williamson County funeral directors invite city officials and Marion Memorial Hospital Board members to a 7 p.m. Uptown Restaurant Marion session. They may exit ambulance service and plan to hear Roger Yetterberg of the Illinois Funeral Directors Association on upcoming ambulance policy and wage rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
Marion Memorial Hospital Board
Uptower
Marion
Roger Yetterberg
Illinois Funeral Directors Association
Yetterberg
Missouri
Blocked rail line reopened near Murphysboro after 22-car derailment
Through traffic on the Missouri Pacific Railroad near Murphysboro was restored late Monday after a Sunday derailment blocked 22 cars near the sewage treatment plant. Three trains passed the site Monday morning as crews routed traffic slowly until permanent track replacement. Damaged cars included 14 piggyback trailers and items such as shotgun shells, Life magazines, wheels, steel, and cookies. The line, now part of the Chicago to mid south Main Mo Pac route, sustained very heavy damage and remains under salvage assessment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri-Pacific
Murphysboro
B. J. Crawford
Chester
Crawford
Mo-Pac
Central and Eastern Illinois Line
Chicago
Mid-South
Lesser names Pat Garascia city treasurer
Mrs Pat Garascia was appointed Lesser city treasurer by the city council in a special meeting to replace Mrs Gay Lackey whose four year term ends in April. Lackey was paid 25 per month and plans to move with her husband to Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Garascia
Gay Lackey
Dwight Dame
Lackey
Hawaii
Three youths plead guilty to underage alcohol charges in Carbondale
In Circuit Court Carbondale three youths aged 19 Michael S Bishop Dennis Michael Glenn and Paul Haberstick pleaded guilty to underage acceptance of alcohol with fines and costs. A fourth youth William Craig Canavan 18 sought a trial set for Jan 6 on underage acceptance indecent exposure and false ID. Walter Woods 52 pleaded guilty to public intoxication and illegal transportation of alcohol with fines and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Paul Haberstick
N. Wall St
Michael S. Bishop
Dennis Michael Glenn
Taylorville
William Craig Canavan
Oak Park
Walter Woods
N. Allman
Logan Aims for NCA Full Accreditation After New Status
Logan College has been granted correspondent status by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. President Nathan A. Ivey said this step opens the path to full accreditation, following an institutional analysis report and an on site review conducted in October by Leon C. Billingsly of Missouri Southern College. He praised the college leadership and faculty and noted the five year full accreditation timeline. The next phase includes planning and developing the status study as the formal candidate status application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Logan College
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Nathan A. Ivey
NCA
Leon C. Billingsly
Missouri Southern College
Billingsly
Ivey
Board of Trustees
Darnes
Shawnee
Loren E. Klaus
Howard Saar
Klaus
Saar
Logan
Thomas A. Graman
Metropolis
Alexander
Pulaski
Massac
Johnson and Union
Grand Tower
Alto Pass
Jackson County
Coal miner near lifelong teaching goal dies before graduation
Albert Malone a 61 year old Saline County coal miner died of a heart attack days from completing a bachelor of education at Southern Illinois University. He had balanced 46 years in mines with part time SIU study to teach, planning to start Christmas break as a graduate. He is survived by his wife and three daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saline County
Southern Illinois University
Albert Malone
Carrier Mills
Eldorado
Malone
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
SIU
Blue Bird Coal Co
Turner Mine
Williamson County
State weighs options for buried cemetery under Kinkaid Lake
The Illinois Division of Waterways faces a century old private graveyard on land bought for Kinkaid Lake west of Murphysboro. Seven known burials aged from infants to 51, with no living relatives nearby, lead officials to consider capping the site with a concrete cover rather than moving graves. Relatives may file objections with the Springfield office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Stevens
State Division of Waterways
Kinkaid Lake
Murphysboro
Amanda Worthen
Dave Fligor
Reed’s Creek Conservancy
Fligor
Mud Line Road
Dave
Hughes
Tom Hughes
Ildrem
Springfield
Crab Orchard Lake
Protests Delay Kinkaid Lake Planning in Ava Area
Ava officials protested delays as the Reed Creek Conservancy District advanced a contract with R A Nack and Associates for a planning survey south of Ava along Rt 151. The board sought State Waterways approval and set a Dec 23 meeting to pursue action and a state update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinkaid Lake
Ava
Reed’s Creek
Allen
State Division of Waterways
John Guillou
Division of Waterways
U. S. Forest Service
Forest Service
Conservancy District
Wamsley
Beckman
Rt. 151
Dave Fliger
Guillou
Open door policy guides Illinois junior colleges
Illinois junior colleges must admit all qualified students for the prescribed curriculum, with admission limited by available class space. Prospective transfers require comparable ability to state university entrants. Shawnee board hears site plans as it prepares for a fall opening and bond funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Taylor
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois Junior Colleges
Robert Darnes
State Junior College Board
Springfield
Karnak
Darnes
Shawnee Junior College Board
Illinois
Benton expands road project with railroad crossing work
Benton City Council approved using part of the railroad bed for a street project on South McLeansboro Street near the Illinois Central crossing. Franklin County will install flashing lights at the crossing at an estimated $18,000. The overall project costs reach about $50,000 with contingencies, widening the street from 20 to 29 feet and adding curbs and gutters. City funds of $65,000 from motor fuel tax are available. Railroad bed renovation is projected at about $3,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton City
McLeanshro Street
Leland Brown
Franklin County
McLeansboro
Webster Street
Brown
Community meeting on Carbondale schools integration plan
A public discussion on Carbondale grade schools integration is set for 8 p.m. today at Attucks School gymnasium. Organized by the Northeast Community Development Congress, the plan would reorganize to four primary schools and three intermediate schools. Congress members and interested parents will tour Carbondale Community High School central at 2 p.m. Wednesday to learn about operations and discuss collaboration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Attucks School
Northeast Community Development Congress
Congress
Carbondale Community High School
Simon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Shawnee Resource Conservation and Development Project
USDA
S. Court St
Crab Orchard
Board of Education
Herrin
Carbondale City Council
Giant City School District 130
Vienna Township High School Board
Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Com
Herrin Senior Citizens
Southern Ilinois Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 16Th Street
Walnut Street
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Turner Interiors
Lincoln Square
Rt. 13
West
Marion, Il
Lee
S. Illinois
Hillyer
Gillooly
Jim Gillooly
Shawnee Resources Conservation and Development Association
RCD
Soil Conservation Service
Southern Illinois, Inc
Kinkaid Lake Development Association
Shawnee Board
Shawnee Junior College
Louis G. Horman
John G. Holland
Cairo
Cutler-Chapman Law Firm
Graman
Holland
Bank OF
Evansville
Vergennes State Bank
First National Bank OF
F.D.I.C
Santa Claus Drive
Village Inn Pizza Parlor
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