Murphysboro Hospital fund nears goal with pledges
The St. Joseph Memorial Hospital drive in Murphysboro has raised $581,979 toward a $600,000 goal with Tuesday night pledges adding $34,965. A victory dinner is planned Friday at 6 45 p.m. at the VFW club room as organizers expect to top the total.
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Murphysboro Hospital
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
General Hospital
Joe Daniel
VFW Club
Daniel
VEW
Charles Ones
Murphysboro Lions Club
Murphysboro
Murphysboro Sportsman’s Club
King’s Daughters
S. 11Th St
Cold Weather Triggers Two Fires in Carbondale
Cold weather sparked two house fires in Carbondale. Jacob Hayes at 422 E. Sycamore St used a burning paper to thaw pipes, damaging floor joists. Gary Brookmeyer at 104 N Williams St faced a stove pipe fire. both incidents caused about 100 dollars in damage. Grass fires reported behind Pit Bar, at 508 E Sycamore St, and at 608 W College St started from trash fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Hayes
E. Sycamore St
Hayes
Gary Brookmeyer
N. Williams St
Amont Crawshaw
Carondelet Man Injured After Fall at Marion Motel
Amer Golliher, 65, of Re. 1 East Carondelet, sustained a cut to the head in a fall at the Marion Motel Tuesday night. He was listed in fair condition at Marion Memorial Hospital. Police said he admitted drinking and falling. a Carbondale taxi driver who drove him to Marion was questioned. Golliher, visiting a friend in a nursing home, is a former Carbondale resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amer Golliher
East Carondelet
Marion
Golliher
Marion Memorial Hospital
Charles Edwards
Carbondale
3-Year-Old Stranded on Frankfort Roof
Keith Barnard, 3, son of Mr and Mrs Albert Barnard of 809 N Taft St West Frankfort, climbed a television tower and ended up on a roof. Firefighters Luke Henson and Roger Young helped him down safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Keith Barnard
Albert Barnard
Taft St
Luke Henson
Roger Young
Keith
Earth
Natural Causes Cited In Death Of Mrs Wolfinbarger
An inquest in Herrin finds Mrs Marie Wolfinbarger died from natural causes per autopsy by Dr Lewis Rossiter. The verdict cites concussion brain damage from liver failure and cirrhosis, with injuries from a struggle in an alley. Sheriff says no murder evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Duerche Wolfinbarger
Herrin
Wolfinbarger
Lewis Rossiter
Carbondale
Rothschild Seeks Stratton Hearing in Georgia Burglary Case
Attorneys for Charles P. Rothschild seek a hearing before Gov. Stratton as extradition papers from Georgia arrive. The Tuesday hearing before Justice Robert Williams was continued at the county prosecutor's request. If extradition is denied, the case may be dropped. if granted, Rothschild faces transport to Georgia for prosecution for a 1956 $1,500 safe cracking burglary in Franklin County. Rothschild is free on $5,000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. “Rocky” Rothschild
Georgia
William G. Stratton
Justice of the Peace
Robert Williams
Alexander County
Mike O'Shea
O’shea
Springfield
Stratton
Rothschild
Franklin County
O'Shea
Fire Destroys Farm Home in Benton Area
Early morning blaze leveled the Paul Jones family two story farm home four miles northwest of Benton. Fire Chief LeRoy Sweetin said the structure was fully involved when the Benton department arrived at 6 30 a m. Water shortages hampered firefighters and loss was estimated at 15000 with only a few belongings saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Jones
Benton
Benton Fire Department
LeRoy Sweetin
Illinois Forestry Station
Sweetin
St. Louis Man Held on Carbondale Charges
A St. Louis man Melvin Woods aged 43 of 2035 Rutger Street was arrested two miles south of Carbondale at 3 10 a m on charges of immoderate driving and illegal transportation of alcohol by Acting Assistant Chief James Stearns and Patrolman James Daniels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Carbondale
Melvin Woods
Rutger St
James Stearns
James Danjiels
Sparta Man Killed In Car Truck Crash Near Sparta
A 54 year old Sparta man William Brumley was killed in a two vehicle crash on Rt 43 two miles south of Sparta. The other driver Clement Glass 36 of Sparta and Gustave Winkleman 57 of Steeleville were involved. Brumley was a railroad foreman and a Baptist church member. Services set for Friday at 2 pm. Burial in Tilden Cemetery. Belleville man Jasper Gay 37 escaped injury after leaving pavement on Rt 43 and was cited for drunken driving.
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Sparta
Clement D. Glass
Gustave Winkleman
Steeleville
William Brumley
Nant
Randolph County
Ray McDaniel
Brumley
Moberly
Ark
Missouri & Illinois Railroad
Beulah Mae Clifton
St. Genevieve
Myrtle Dean
Kentucky
Rose Marie Dean
Vandalia
William
David
Brotherhood of Maintenance of War Workers
First Baptist Church of
Lynn
First Baptist Church
Eugene Sanders
Tilden
Belleville
Rts
Jasper D. Gay
Scott Air Force Base
Fire Hits Mine Scale House Near Marion
Fire destroyed the scale house at the New Black Diamond Mine five miles east of Marion at 6 45 a m. Marion firefighters prevented spread to an engine room housing valuable machinery. The frame building burned to the ground with the scale out of order. Engine room walls were scorched but not breached. The blaze started from an overheated stove. Wendell Beltz a Carterville firefighter and top mine mechanic fought it with extinguishers but could not stop it. Work continued at the mine with weighing moved to McLaren and Barbara Kay mines. Marion firefighters also fought a flue fire at 6 30 a m at Virgil Clendenin’s home causing slight damage. A second call at 8 52 a m reported a grass fire at 206 W DeYoung street with no damage.
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New Black Diamond
Marion
Wendell Beltz
Carterville
McLaren
Barbara Kay
Virgil Clendenin
Garfield St
West Frankfort Store Robbed After Break In
Mack's Supermarket at 115 W Oak St West Frankfort was broken into and robbed about 830 pm Tuesday Franklin County Sheriff Carl Brown said Entry was gained by breaking the glass in the front door About 20 dollars was taken from the cash register.
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Mack’s
W. Oak St
Frankfort
Franklin County
Beni
Carl Brown
Brown
Last Night Sets All Time Dec 11 Low
A nine above zero low tied the Dec 11 coldest on record, matching a 1937 subfreezing mark. The arctic cold front dropped temps from the high 40s at noon to the low teens by midnight across Southern Illinois. Reports noted frozen water lines in Herrin and slick streets in Anna, with a five day warming trend starting tomorrow.
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Dallas Price
Southern Illinois University
Southern Illinois
Cairo Weather Bureau
Herrin
Carbondale
Marion
Anna
Murphysboro
Dallas West
Herrin Council urged to reopen bid on $440000 water bonds
Herrin voters and business leaders press council to reconsider Pohl Co. bid that was rejected as too high. Special meeting set for 7 p.m. Thursday to discuss bond issue and possible relocation delays tied to Rt 148 and industrial plans.
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Herrin
Sian Fred Henderson
Henderson
Rt. 148
Pohl & Co
Cincinnati
R. W. Booker
Jo W. Walker
Herrin Chamber of Commerce
Joe Cross
Herrin Better Government League
Cross
Clyde Brewster
Herrin Auto
Iar
Pohl
Marion Board Rejects All Bids For School Work
Marion Unit 2 Board rejected all general construction bids for an addition to Longfellow School due to changes in specifications. It will readvertise bids for openings Dec 27 at 8 pm. Electrical plumbing and heating bids will be awarded from those later bids.
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Marion Unit 2 Board of Education
Longfellow School
Sandoval
Crestwood Construction Corp
Champaign
Carbondale Sets Plan for Greater Community Development
The Carbondale Community Development Assn names Greater Carbondale as the trade area to be covered by the post office and rural routes. A steering committee forms a subcommittee to draft by laws, with plans for an executive group, advisory board, and committees on finance publicity city government religion recreation culture education welfare health sanitation housing and planning. Meetings continue into December and January to establish a permanent organization.
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Carbondale
Greater
Carbondale Community Development Assn
Greater Carbondale
Carbondale Post Office
Robert Merz
Forest Research Center
Troy Barrett
CCDA
Southern Illinois University Dept. of Community Development
Devils Kitchen Road bids due for dam project
Bids on access roads and recreational facilities at Devils Kitchen Lake are due December 12 and will be opened January 17. A $3,300,090 appropriation will fund the project, with work including road surfacing, parking, trailers, and park facilities. The U S Army Corps of Engineers oversees the Craborchard Refuge project.
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Devil’s Kitchen Lake
U. S
Kenneth J. Gray
West Frankfort
Gray
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Crab Orchard Refuge
West Is 52 Not 55 in Sheriff Candidate Note
Anna Police Chief Dallas West, age 52, was mistakenly listed as 55 in a Southern Illinoisan story about Union County sheriff candidates. West is circulating petitions for the Democratic nomination for sheriff.
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Anna
Dallas West
Union County
West
Geese disperse as Crab Orchard counts drop sharply
Crab Orchard Project Manager Gene Crawford notes a 74 000 goose decline from last week with counts down to 160 000 from 234 000 across four refuges. Dispersal and hunting pressure cited as geese move north to Fairfield and hunters tally over 10 000 killed so far this season through Dec 27.
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Crab Orchard
Gene Crawford
Crawford
Union County
Horseshoe Lake
Alexander County
Lard County
Ballard County
Fairfield
15 Year Old Girl Listed Missing In Murphysboro
A police bulletin in Southern Illinois seeks Dixie Mat Smith a 15 year old girl missing from a Murphysboro foster home. Jackson County authorities identify her and note she was placed by the Illinois Youth Commission Marion office but will not disclose the home address. She is described as a brunette 5 feet 5 inches tall, last seen in blue jeans a black and orange sweater and white shoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Dixie Mat Smith
Illinois Youth Commission
Marion
Youth Commission
School Board to Discuss Transfer and New McElvain School
Unit District 186 plans to move classes from Harrison School Murphysboro to the new McElvain School on the Ava road after Christmas vacation. The six room building, nearing completion, was funded by a 150 bond issue and was incorporated after District 150 joined the unit. A second new junior high is also under construction.
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Harrison School of
Murphysboro
Murphysboro Township
McElvain
Ava Blacktop Road
Somerset
Harrison School
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Carondelet
Santa
Carl Miller
Ray
W. DeYoung Street
Bureau
Price
Williamson County
Henderon
Omer
Duck” Yates
Rin
F. E. Holmes & Son
Houston Smith Construction Co
Harrisbug
Stroup Construction Co
Dix
Bearden Construction Co
G. R. Sherman
Mt. Vernon
A. M. Norman & Son
Steffes Lumber Co
Crest
Devils Kitchen
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