Jaycee Project Herrin Decorates Park Avenue For Christmas
Herrin Jaycees plan park avenue decorations with green and white signs, a 24 foot sign at the south entrance, a 20 foot Santa Claus near Coca Cola plant, and a stocking prize in Young Modern Shop window. Roy Calcaterra chairs the effort with Donors invited to support costs. Santa visitsHerrin December 23 and cantata at North Side School is sponsored with the school.
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Herrin-Johnston City Road
Coca- Cola
North Park Avenue
Murphy
Jaycees
Herrin
Associa @tion
Santa Claus
Roy Gene Calcaterra
Bob Hardcastle
Santa
Park Avenue
Vari
Buren” Street
Williamson County
North Side School
Absent Crosses Noted At Herrin City Council Meeting
Mr and Mrs Joe Cross longtime attendees were absent from the Herrin council meeting Monday night due to a 7 pm appointment. Aldermen noted their regular seats and the couple explained they have only missed three or four meetings in seven years and maintain an active filing system on city activities.
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Joe Cross
Herrin
Marion Board Lets Contract For School Interior Painting
The Marion Unit 2 Board of Education awarded a painting contract for the Jefferson School interior to Melving Fisher at 1295 dollars. Other bids ranged from 850 to 1950 dollars. The board also approved a 335 dollar electric typewriter for the high school and added two telephones with a push-button system at 18.80 monthly. Final approvals covered new roof work and a steam tunnel at the junior high school totaling 25220 dollars. The panel declined remodeling Mission Ridge School into an office, opting to seek a better location northwest of Marion. Bills of 98 dollars for football injury treatment were approved along with reports from staff on speech correction and penmanship instruction.
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Jefferson School
Marion Unit 2 Board of Education
Melving Fisher
James King
Jim O'Hara
Sprague
Bradley
Bill "Pressley
Don Copher
Mission’ Ridge
Mission Ridge
Marion
Robert Wallace
Juanita Winters
Lincoln
Man Sentenced To Penal Farm In Car Crash Case
Howard Chaney, 53, appeared before Judge John Clayton in Williamson County Court after pleading guilty to leaving the scene of an accident. The driver also involved was Marion Police. Chaney was sentenced to one year in Vandalia state penal farm. Buckner, Albert Dale, 25, Creal Springs, was fined for driving while intoxicated and carrying a concealed weapon.
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Marion
Bob Yearack
Vandalia
Howard
Chaney
John Clayton
Williamson
Albert Dale Buckner
Creal Springs
Buckner
Justice, of the Peace
Elmer Farmer
Anna Man Named to Recreation Commission
Floyd C. Cook of Anna is named by Gov. Otto Kerner to the Commission on Recreational Development. The group will study planning development and financing of public recreation areas and report to the Legislature in 1963. Other members include Georges Murray of Peoria Lester Crown Benedict Garmisa and Walter Klausch of Chicago.
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Anna
Floyd C. Cook
Otto Kerner
Commission On Recreational Development
Georges Murray
Peoria
Lester Crown
Benedict Garmisa
Walter Klausch
Chicago
Carl Parks Rites In Marion
Carl Parks 65 of 420 Calumet St Marion died 6 45 pm Monday in Franklin County Hospital Benton He ran a drug store with his brother the late Ernest at the current W T Grant site until a 1941 fire He was business manager for Bailey Refrigeration Co Herrin since 1950 Born Williamson County Jan 29 1896 son of Robert and Jane Irwin Parks Married Mable Fuller Mills in Clayton Mo Jan 14 1942 Survived by wife daughter Paula granddaughter Melanie of Maryville Mo brother Charles Livermore Calif sister Mrs Winnie Beasley Crab Orchard stepdaughters Mrs Floyd Beekum Jacksonville Fla Mrs Shirley Hawes Richardson Texas and Mrs Thomas Hagan Lawton Okla six step grandchildren Lifelong member of Marion Elks Lodge 800 Services 11 am Thursday Wilson Funeral Home Marion Rev W A Robinson Burial Valhalla Cemetery Belleville 3 pm Friends may call after 2 pm Wednesday
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Parks
Bailey Refrigeration Co
Herrin
Williamson
County
Robert
Jane Irwin Parks
Mable Fuller
Jacksonville
Shirley Hawes
Richardson
Texas
Thomas Hagan
Lawton
Okla
Marlion Elks Lodge 800
Wilson Funeral Home
Marion
W. A. Robinson
Valhalla Cemetery
Belleville
Water Department Recognizes Long-Serving Staff
The city honors 23 years of service by a water plant operator and 19 years by Dan Williams of the maintenance division with certificates signed by veteran city clerk Charles.
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Dan Williams
Water Department
Charles
Carbondale Christmas Decorating Contest Entries Due
Carbondale Council of Garden Clubs announces a Christmas Decorating Contest with judging Dec. 20–23 and entries due by Dec. 18. Prizes range by class, from Door and Window to Yard Scenes, with lighting and originality judged. Entry forms require name, address, phone, and class number. Eligible residents around Carbondale town limits may enter.
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Carbondale Counceil of Garden Clubs
Council of Garden Clubs
Prisoner Will Be Returned From Oklahoma
Lawrence McKnight, a 29 year old Menard Penitentiary inmate, will be returned to Chester for prosecution on escape charges after being captured in Oklahoma City. Warden Ross Randolph said extradition was waived and FBI information indicates McKnight will be released to Illinois authorities for return to Menard. He walked away from an outside work gang on August 18.
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Menard Penitentiary
Oklahoma
Chester
Ross Randolph
Lawrence McKnight
McKnight
Oklahoma City
Randolph
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ullinois
Menard
Lake Dragged for Mt Vernon Mother and Four Children
Search parties continued in Miller Lake for Janet Darlene Warren 23 believed drowned with her four children when the car sank near Mt Vernon. Rescue teams and local units searched, with the father and daughter surviving. Bodies of the children were recovered. mother’s body unrecovered, pending funeral arrangements.
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Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Janet Darlene (Warren
Miller Lake
Civil Defense
Mt. ‘Vernon
John Warren
Janet-Marie
James Everett
Robert Lee
Charles Marion
Angelia Lea
Osborn
Dix
City auction plan outlines bids for property sale
Chicago officials, including Corp. Counsel David Warford and Public Safety Commissioner Bob Yearack, say the city must advertise for bids and accept the highest bid. Fire losses reported in November total an estimated 6,500 dollars. Warrants approved for November reach 31,023 dollars, including 95,325 dollars from the general fund. City clerk receipts stand at 792 dollars.
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Chicago
Burlingto Railroad
Corp
David Warford
Public Safety
Bob Yearack
General Fund
Wreck Near De Soto Ends With No Injuries
No injuries reported after a two-vehicle collision Monday at 2:15 p.m. on the Murphysboro blacktop road one mile west of De Soto. Cars driven by Addie Ebersohl, 61, De Soto, and Leroy Harris, 49, Dowell, were involved. minor damage was noted.
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de Soto
Murphysboro
Addie Ebersohl
Leroy Harris
Dowell
Body missing in Crab Orchard Lake mystery cleared
A passing motorist reported seeing a body in Crab Orchard Lake Monday afternoon. State police and wildlife refuge officials searched the area but found no trace of a body and said the motorist was apparently mistaken.
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Orchard Lake
Local figures discuss upcoming training for youth protection
Boyd Richard Swank and Mrs Cassie Albrecht state association director will answer audience questions. Dr Grimm proposed attendance for association members at a forthcoming training institute for lay counseling, sponsored by the community counseling association and an institute for law enforcement officers dealing with juvenile problems. Cordelia Ballard, field consultant of the Illinois Commission for Children, recently visited him.
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Sweer
Encé “Boyd
Richard
Grimm
Cordelia Ballard
Field
Ilinois Commission For Children
Spring
Apield
Herman Singer Dies at 63 in Chester Funeral Friday
An obituary for Herman Singer born July 23 1883 in Chester and a farmer. He married Clara Petrowske on Nov 30 1916. He leaves wife, son Albert J. Singer of Chester, and sister Mrs Anna Montroy. Funeral at 9 am Friday at St Marys Church Chester with Rev Father A B Lehmen officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Friends may call at Welge Funeral Home after 10 am Wednesday.
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Chester
Joseph Singer
Singer
Clara Petrowske
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Albert J. Singer
Anna: Montroy
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
A.B. Lehmen
Church
Welger Funeral Home
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