City officials deny exclusive CIP S contract in Carbondale meeting
Businessmen and Mayor John I Wright heard that the proposed 30 year operating pact with Central Illinois Public Service is not an exclusive franchise. Mayor Wright backs the contract and a 10 year street light agreement in tonight's council session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John I. Wright
J. Edward Helton
Carbondale
Central Illinois Public Service Company
George Patterson
Business Men’s Association
Wright
State Commerce Commission
Helton
Kidnaping of Santa The Attucks School Play
The Attucks grade school will stage a Christmas operetta titled Kidnaping of Santa Claus on Wednesday at 7 30 p m The play features Theodore Boyd as Grouch Ed ward Blythe as Socrates Mary Miller Lavetta Blythe and others The plot has goblins kidnapping Mary Miller and Santa to stop his world tour but Radio Radiola and Socrates the cat broadcast for help and Santa is rescued The goblins then help elves pack Santa’s sleigh
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Attuck- Grade
Santa Claus
Theodore Boyd
Grouch
Edward Blythe
Socrates
Cornelius Miller
Mary Miller
Lavetta Blythe
Radiola
Mary Elizabeth Holder
Henry Slaughter
Santa
Brother of Two Local Women Dies in Iowa
J. M. Temple of Des Moines Iowa died in a Des Moines hospital Monday morning. He leaves a wife four children and two sisters Mrs Harvey Harry 408 South Beveridge street Des Moines and Mrs H J Gessler 204 South University avenue Carbondale. Mrs Harry is in Des Moines at the present time.
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J. M. Temple
Des Moines
Iowa
Des Moines Hospital
Harvey Harry
City Employees to Receive Early December Paychecks
Carbondale city employees will get their December paychecks on December 22 or 23, instead of month end. City clerk Harry Grater said the early payday, in place for several years, helps provide Christmas shopping money for 41 workers.
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Santa Claus
Carbondale
Harry Grater
Grater
Collision Leads To $1 500 Suit
A $1 500 damage suit from a two car collision near Murphysboro was filed in Jackson County circuit court. True E. Giberson and Eugenia Giberson sue Edward Roberts for actual damages and injuries from the Sept 2 1949 incident on Route 13.
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Murphysboro
Jackson County
True E. Giberson
Eugenia Giberson
West Sycamore Street
Carbondale
Edward Roberts
Giberson
Roberts
Eugene Sims
Spruce Street
Robert Schwartz
Gibersons
Baptist Foundation Cantata and Play Tonight
The Baptist Foundation presents a Christmas cantata The Heavenly Child at 7:30 in the Foundation chapel with soloists led by Bob Murphy and Betty Belcher. Afterward the College Young Women’s auxiliary stages the play Her Lengthened Shadow about a Chinese missionary.
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The
Chapel Singers of the Baptist Foundation
Foundation
Bob Murphy
Betty Belcher
Mildred Peebles
Bob Cagle
E. F. Quinn
Harold Taylor
College Young Women’s Auxiliary
Harral A. Hall
China
U. Payroll Hike Charted at Southern Illinois University
Gov Adlai Stevenson released a payroll study showing July to October 1949 payrolls at Southern Illinois University rose on average by 34048 per month over 1948. The four month period added 90925 man months monthly while SIU added 118 employees, a 20 percent rise, driven by larger student body and expansion. October 1949 payroll totaled 167330 with four month costs 535899 versus 399707 in 1948.
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Southern Illinois University
Adlai E. Stevenson
S. U
Sane
Win Boy Scout Rank Advances
Ten Jackson county Boy Scouts received rank advancements at the Paroah District Court of Honor held last night at the C C C Scout Cabin in Riverside Park Murphysboro. Second Class badges went to Robert Nordmeyer Gilbert Zimbelman from Troop 4 and Bob Bizzel Bob Breimel Louis Etherton Jim Lawder Jim Smith and Bob Williford from Troop 115. First Class badges went to Gary McCarthy from Troop 37 and Thomas Fricke from Troop 4. McCarthy received Merit Badges in Cooking Art Athletics Farm Home and Its Planning Farm Mechanics First Aid Dog Care Home Repairs and Camping.
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Jackson County
Paroah District Court of Honor
C.C.C
Riverside Park
Murphysboro
Robert Nordmeyer
Gilbert Zimbelman
Bob Bizzel
Bob Breimel
Louis Etherton
Jim Lawder
Jim Smith
Bob Williford
Carbondale
Gary McCarthy
Thomas Fricke
Egyptian Flying Club Expands with Six New Members
Six new members were voted into the Egyptian Flying Club at a Carbondale airport meeting led by president Earl Hood. New members are Robert Gulledge Charles Owen Orlen Wallace Leo Robinson the Rev Elwood Wiley all of Carbondale and E F Lyday of Carterville. The club, now 24, amended its constitution to rise from 20 to 30 members and plans a January trip to McDonnell Aircraft near St Louis.
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Egyptian Flying Club
Carbondale
Earl Hood
Robert Gulledge
Charles Owen
Orlen Wallace
Leo Robinson
Elwood Wiley
E. F. Lyday
Carterville
McDonnell Airplane Corporation
Lambert Field
St. Louis
Mardale
PT A Groups Cancel December Meetings
The Lincoln and Brush Springmore Parent Teachers associations will not hold December meetings. Brush-Springmore meets the second Monday. Lincoln meets on the third Monday, per president Mrs Lou is Brewer.
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Pt.a
Lincoln and
Brush-Springmore Parent Teachers Associations
Louis Brewer
Brush- Springmore
Lincoln
Brush-Springmore
Johnny to Visit Carbondale on Thursday Tour
Johnny of the Philip Morris Tobacco Company will visit Carbondale Thursday as part of a nationwide tour. He will stop in Murphysboro Herrin Cairo and other Southern Illinois communities visiting grocery drug and delicatessen stores handling the companys cigarettes.
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Johnny
The
Philip Morris Tobacco Company
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Herrin
Cairo
Illinois
Three Grades Present Christmas Programs at University School
University school holds Christmas programs by fourth grade in the afternoon with The Magic Christmas Bell in the auditorium, then a sixth grade musical tea at 2 PM featuring solos and a poem, followed by a 7:30 PM fifth grade operetta Poor Little Rich Girl about Margaret visiting an orphanage.
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University School
Elizabeth Meehan
University Auditorium
Santa Claus
Donald Ingli
Wimble
Michael Morris
Nimble
Patricia Baker
Terry Simmons
Duke Howell
John Paul Mees
Constance Feirich
Jerry Meyers
Marty Phillips
Winifred Mofield
Deborah Cochran
Billy English
Wayne Zeschke
George Camp
Carman McGinnis
Paul McRoy
Johanna van Lente
Sally Taylor
Elaine Bicknell
Jimmy Carter
Jon Alexander
Ralph Dillon
Wallace Pulliam
Jimmy Medlin
Margaret
December Cub Pack 8 Meeting Canceled
Cub Pack 8 of the Boy Scouts will not hold its December meeting. Cub master Ray Lybarger said the monthly gathering is canceled today. The Pack, sponsored by First Methodist Church, will meet next on January 19.
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Boy Scouts
Ray Lybarger
First Methodist Church
Johnson Hall Aids S I U Housing Project
Johnson Hall, a Baptist Foundation girls dormitory at Lake and West Grand streets, is a 35 by 104 foot brick building built by volunteers under Dr George L Johnson. Cornerstone laid July 15, occupancy began mid September, with future wings planned to match the present unit.
Three SIU Education Staff Reach Doctoral Milestones
Three staff members from Southern Illinois University College of Education have passed exams toward advanced degrees. William Freeberg, instructor in men's physical education, completed his final oral examination for a doctorate at Indiana University. Chalmer Gross and Jean Fligor, instructors at University School, passed their preliminary doctoral exams. Gross has studied at the University of Chicago, while Fligor studied at Michigan State University.
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College of Education
Southern Illinois University
Douglas E. Lawson
William Freeberg
Indiana University
Chalmer Gross
Jean Fligor
University School
Gross
University of Chicago
Fligor
Michigan State University
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges Listing
Admitted Monday were J. H. Thompson medical Marion G. M. Childers medical Goreville James D. Reno medical Carbondale Thomas L. Stout medical Car Alfred Hiller medical Carter. Discharged Monday Mrs John Cannon medical Carbondale Rev Harold Maze medical Peoria.
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G. M. Childers
Goreville
James D. Reno
Carbondale
Thomas L. Stout
Alfred Hiller
Carterville
John Cannon
Harold Maze
Peoria
Yule Lights to Go on Tonight in Carbondale
Carbondale will switch on its Christmas lights tonight. Fire chief Carl Crain said the stringing of lights across city streets slowed Friday due to weather, but workers completed the installation yesterday afternoon.
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Carbondale
Carl Crain
Crain
Negro Legionnaires Hold Raccoon Dinner Meeting
About 12 members of the Negro Garvin King American Legion post 542 in Carbondale attended a raccoon dinner at the post home on East Oak street Thursday night. Commander Henry Cleet and entertainment chair Taz Green said more wild game feeds are planned. The post has 27 members and meets the second and fourth Thursday nights monthly.
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American Legion
Carbondale
East Oak Street
Henry Cleet
Taz Green
Legion Post
Southern Acres Christmas Party Planned at Project Center
Residents of Southern Acres at the Crab Orchard Ordinance Plant will host a Christmas party at 7 p.m. Thursday in the project center. The program includes a visit from Santa Claus carol singing and square dancing. Mrs. Bob Williams chairs entertainment and refreshments. Mr. and Mrs. John Day co chair the decorations committee.
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Southern Acres
Southern Illinois University
Santa Claus
Bob Williams
John Day
Post Office Windows Lengthen Hours for Christmas Rush
Carbondale post office windows will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. from Friday Dec 16 through Saturday Dec 24, with city carrier deliveries on Dec 17 and 24. Christmas packages receive restricted Sunday and Monday delivery. staff prepared for a heavy mail week and issued holiday instructions on card timing, stamps, and handling, including rubber bands for sorting.
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Daily Free Press
Southern Lindisan
West Mainstreet
Carbondale
Carpendale
Illinois
Associated Press
Carbondale Post Office
Virgil Brown
Brown
Yale Open House at Anthony Hall Wednesday
Yale Open House at Anthony Hall in Southern Illinois University will host a Christmas gathering for faculty and staff from 2 to 4 30 p m tomorrow. Sponsors include the university social committee and wives of the academic deans with co hosts Miss Maxine Vogely and Mrs Willis G Swartz. The Pi Kappa Sigma sorority also holds an open house from 7 to 1 p m tomorrow at 806 South University Avenue inviting the public.
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Anthony Hall
Southern Illinois University
Maxine Vogely
Willis G. Swartz
Pi Kappa Sigma
South University Avenue
Wire a Hat Gift Idea Spreads in Western Union
William Humphrey local Western Union manager announced that patrons can wire a hat as a Christmas gift. The arrangement was completed with a man’s hat manufacturer.
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William Humphrey
Western Union
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