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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1956
Page
2
Jaycee Chief To Speak in West Frankfort During Visit
Wendell H. Ford president of the U S Junior Chamber of Commerce arrives from Melbourne Australia to West Frankfort for two meetings. He will meet Jaycee chapter presidents at Franklin County Country Club at 4 30 p m and speak at a 7 30 p m dinner there. About 400 Jaycees from chapters south of Springfield are expected with guests Ray Bonifield Goffrey Hughes and George Prader Jr attending. It is his first visit as a national Jaycee officer. Ford is an Owensboro Kentucky insurance man and Kansas City 1956 president of the Jaycees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Melbourne
Australia
Chamber of Commerce World Congress
Franklin County Country Club
Southern Illinois Jaycee
Springfield
Ray Bonifield
West Frankfort
Southern Illinois
Goffrey Hughes
Benton
SII
George Prader Jr
East St. Louis
Owensboro
Kansas City
Tulsa
Okla
Alaska
Hawaii
Kentucky
Kentucky National Guard
American Legion Boy Scouts of America
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Kentucky Council of Education
Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
Vincent's Angina Tops Jackson County Disease Report
Vincent's Angina led the Jackson County communicable diseases report for November with 13 cases. The monthly tally also shows five animal bites with no rabies, and cases of strep, chickenpox, gonorrhea, syphilis, hepatitis, influenza, measles, tuberculosis, and polio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Jackson County Health Department
Marine Pvt William C Davis completes four weeks at Camp Pendleton
Marine Private William C Davis of Anna finishes four weeks of boot camp at the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton California. The Southern Illinoisian details the publication’s lineage and mailing addresses in Herrin Murphysboro and notes AP news reuse rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
William C. Davis
Marine Corps Base
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Carbondale Council OKs Purchases for City Departments
Carbondale City Council cleared several routine procurements at a brief session on Tuesday. Measures authorized spending for the water street and police departments, including 200 street signs estimated at 150 to 200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Virgil Barringer
John Wooten
City Sewage Disposal
John I. Wright
Barringer
East Willow St
W. R. Green
E. Willow Sr
West Walnut Street
New City Library
South Illinois Avenue
Cranberries Found by Pilgrims Near Plymouth Rock
The Pilgrims discovered cranberries near Plymouth Rock and gave them the name crane berries as a nod to cranes’ fondness for the berries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth Rock
St Joseph Aspirin Relief For Headache and Pain
An advertising pitch promoting St Joseph Aspirin as a trusted relief option for headaches colds and muscle pain. The copy claims wide use by millions daily and highlights a 100 tablet price of 49 cents with a call to buy at a lower cost than competitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Jury drawn slowly in Hardin County murder trial
A new panel of 25 jurors was drawn for the murder trial of Hardin County mother and daughter, with only four jurors seated after two days of voir dire from 90 prospects. Defendants Mrs. June Davis and her daughter Betty Davis, 18, are accused of killing 19 year old Betty Joiner of Hartford Connecticut on July 1 1955 in Cave in Rock. Joiner collapsed on a highway after a scuffle and was struck by a car shortly after the confrontation over a man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
June Davis
Betty
Betty Joiner
Hartford
Indictments in Murder Case After Personal Inquiry
The passage notes that Mrs. Davis and her daughter were indicted by a grand jury after Miss Joiner's father's personal investigation prompted temporary murder warrants. Prospective jurors varied with some excused for preconceived views and others challenged by sides or related to defendants.
Navy Seaman Aboard Bremerton In 7th Fleet
Aboard the heavy cruiser USS Bremerton quarter master third class Charles F. Downing, son of Mr and Mrs J O Downing of Benton, serves in the 7th Fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Downing
USN
J. O. Downing
Benton
Bremerton
7Th Fleet
Carbondale Man Re-enlists in Guided Missile Unit
Gale E. Blessing of Carbondale re-enlists in the U S Army for six years. Sergeant Max M. Kinsby at Murphysboro recruiting station says Blessing will join an Army anti-aircraft command with a duty station in a guided missile unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gale E. Blessing
W. Chestnut St
Carbondale
Max M. Kinsby
Murphysboro
Sgt. Blessing
Chicken Dinner at Oud Fellows Hall Thursday
The Herrin Rebekah Lodge No. 289 will host a chicken dinner and supper for the public at the Oud Fellows Hall on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Rebekah Lodge
Williamson Officers to Attend Meeting
Williamson County officials will attend the Illinois Association of County Officials annual meeting in Chicago from Thursday to Saturday. Commissioner Milo Cardwell Henry Wright and C H Whitcomb Treasurer Wayman Welborn and Supt of Schools Russell Emery will attend. Emery is legislative chairman of the Vienna bloc of superintendents and chairs the certification board for the State Association of County Superintendents. The officials will hold two joint sessions in addition to officers meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson
Williamson County
Illinois Assn. of
Chicago
Milo Cardwell
Henry Wright
C. H. Whitcomb
Wayman Welborn
Russell Emery
Emery
Vienna Bloc
State Association of County Superintendents
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University of Illinois
Frankfort
Wendell H. Ford
U. S
Southern
Ralph E. McCoy
Southern Illinois University
Illinois Library Assn
Council Ok's
Burg’s
Ladies’ Store
Colombo
Brown & IN
Wolverton Electric
Brown
Cherish, Ey
Artemis
Arta
Royal Crest
S. Illinois
Herrin and
Carbondale Man
Hamilton Motor CO
Tilden, Illinois
Jeep
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